Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume Two Review

Finished reading Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume Two, this continues writer Jonathan Hickman's Avengers crossover of both the Avengers and New Avengers series'. The book opens up with Spider-Woman and Black Widow finding Tony Stark being imprisond by the Cabal in Wakanda as Black Swan is currently keeping watch on him. When Black Swan leaves the room after telling Tony about her life Natasha and Jessica come out of the shadows only to leave Tony when he states that he's been doing the right thing with the Illuminati since the multiple Earths have been colliding with the main Marvel Earth. After leaving Tony Jessica and Natasha head to A.I.M's facility in the Savage Land as Sunspot debrief's his new Avengers team of the worlds current events. Meanwhile the team of Avengers that traveled to the other side of the multiverse find themselves at the temple of the Black Priests where Doctor Strange has been living for the past few months. While back on Earth S.H.I.E.L.D and the Avengers find the Illuminati hiding out in Spain where a large fight between the teams ensues. Overall this was a good book as it continues the story arc very nicely as the forces of the Avengers and the Illuminati finally come to blows with one another in a brilliantly executed fight scene drawn by artist Mike Deodato. While the book once again gives a shocking cliffhanger ending like the previous book which keeps making you want more of the story even though this act has ended. Also the Pod's origin and more of Black Swan's backstory is shown in the book which are both incredibly interesting and makes for more in-depth future stories. While the reveal of Doctor Strange and Iron Man's place within the story so far helps to answer questions that were in the previous book while creating the question of where this will lead to later on. 7.5/10.