**WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD**
Though the Avengers vs. X-Men crossover event of the summer is meant to be an epic worthy of the names contained in the title, the tentpole of the spectacle seems to be falling in on itself. While Round Six and Seven introduced the Phoenix Force, showed their true power, and built the foundation of a story that seemed to be picking up, Round Eight has seemed to backtrack to a simple punch and smash formula usually reserved for the AVX: VS books.
The main plot of this particular follows Namor as he tries to take down the Avengers himself with all the glory of his slice of the Phoenix Force pie. Holding up in the nation of Wakanda, the Avengers attempt to flee, with Hope Summers, to K'un-Lun, the city where Kung Fu was born. With possibly billions of dollars in damage and a lot of paperwork to follow up on, a very full roster of Avengers assemble in Wakanda to fight the Prince of Atlantis. They give it their all, as any Avenger would, but in the end, it takes the strength of every one of them to take him down. What comes as odd is the defeat of Scarlet Witch. Just an issue ago, she was called the only threat of the Phoenix Force, yet she was worn down in a single page.
While the story as a whole is lacking in this particular issue, something comes up that may have implications in subsequent issues. When Namor was defeated, his portion of the Phoenix Force was equally distributed to the remaining members. Could this lead to conflict with in the Phoenix Five, well, Phoenix Four?
Last Line...5/10
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