Siege received some bad press when it first came out from Marvel at the end of 2009. Fans were feeling crossover fatigue from all the events before and after and everyone was ready to stop them.
Whatever the case, Siege didn’t sell that well compared to previous crossovers and a lot of fans blasted it.
Having completed the trade collection of the individual issues, I think I know why. This isn’t a company-wide crossover at all.
This story could have just as easily been told in the pages of <I>Dark Avengers</I> and <I>New Avengers</I>. Instead it spun off in to dozens of book, some of which only played a role on the perphiry of the story at best.
Anyway, the basic concept is all about Norman Osborn finally go9ing off the deep end. He betrays Presidential orders and invades Asgard, ready to bring the gods down. This leads to a battle between the Dark Avengers and the new Initiative and the combined forces of the New Avengers and Secret Warriors.
And that’s pretty much it. There’s some twists and turns, but that’s it. The story is one single battle between the two sides. And the fact that the Heroic Age was coming next pretty much sums up who the winner will be.
It isn’t a bad little adventure, but that’s all it is: a little adventure. And that’s disappointing for something with 50+ tie-in issues.
Recommended to Avengers and Marvel fans. Others be wary.
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