Avengers #31 (HERE BE SPOILERS!)

I can't tell if my disappointment with this issue has to do with the plot or if I'm just so damned tired with the way that Bendis sets up stories that I just can't do it anymore.

Bendis drops us in medias res as some woman on a speeder bike in a "Dune" setting escapes some dudes on speeder bikes.  One of the dudes manages to destroy her bike and attacks her, but she defeats him, making her way on foot to her destination, a city in the distance.  Meanwhile, at Avengers Towers, the Avenger are enjoying a break after the events of "Avengers vs. X-Men" when Cap is surprised by a visit from Simon Williams.  Simon apologizes to Cap for the Revengers, telling him that he feels like he's in the middle of a nervous breakdown.  Cap offers to help him, but, before Simon can accept the offer, the Rulk attacks.  Simon makes quick work of him, announcing to no one in particular that he knew it wouldn't be easy and pledging to make amends.  He then disappears.  In "Dune" land, the woman has arrived in the city and convinces someone to transmit a signal using an Avengers membership card, a signal that eventually wakes up Tony from his nap.  Tony assembles the Avengers to inform them that the signal came from inner space and the scene ends before we learn who transmitted it.

As usual with Bendis, this issue shows the hint of promise for the rest of the arc, but I'm not convinced that it's going to fulfill that promise.  The best parts of this issue involve the mysterious woman.  I'm guessing that she might by Yellowjacket, a.k.a. Rita DeMara, since she was resurrected after "Chaos War" and it would make sense that she would somehow find herself stranded in inner space.  The worst parts of this issue involved Wonder Man.  I never bought the Revengers storyline, and I don't know why Bendis insists on returning to this subject.  Throughout his run, Bendis just seems to have these moments where he refuses to let a plot die, no matter how much it should die.  I mean, why bring in Wonder Man now to apologize?  Didn't Cyclops just prove him correct?  Couldn't you argue that the Avengers and the X-Men did make matters worse, just by their mere presence?  I'm not saying I personally would argue that, but I think someone like Simon could make a pretty compelling argument to that effect.  Why have him apologize now then?

Looking at the issue on the whole, the inner-space sub-plot doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Simon Williams sub-plot.  How Bendis marries these two sub-plots is obviously going to determine how this arc goes.  I'm trying to optimistic.  I am.  Really.