Also, HUGE co-sign on Whiteout's recommendation. Planetary is one of the best series ever published, let alone in the past decade.
Bendis' work is a big source of controversy in the COTW realm. I think he's responsible for a lot of classic material in the past ten years, but he's also had his share of stinkers.
A good rule of thumb for Bendis is to stick to the indy and non-crossover stuff like POWERS, Alias, Moon Night, Ms. Marvel, etc. IMO he's consistently written the best Spidey book on the stands for over a decade now in Ultimate Spider-Man. He also wrote the best Daredevil run of the last 25 years (although the current run by Mark Waid is REALLY good, too).
Bendis run on Avengers is hit or miss. Really continuity heavy, decompressed, and at times anti-climactic. Only fux w/ his Avengers stuff if you REEEEALLY feel the other stuff listed above.