I would probably skip Fear Itself in its entirety, even the crossovers, except maybe Avengers Academy. A terrible event. It would be the worst in over a decade of AvX wasn't beating it out for that title!
The main Avengers book I am fairly certain has been Bendis since #1, meaning it's never been good.
Secret AVengers started out boring, can't speak for it right now.
Avengers Academy has always been OK to pretty good, though there's been a noticeable quality dip after Fear Itself, especially on the art, which wasn't great to begin with.
New Avengers has also always been Bendis and has always been terrible.
Wow, Avengers deserves better.
Thank god for the new creative teams coming up.
JiM had good Fear Itself crossovers also.
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