(Disclaimer alert: ranting to follow, as well as highly inappropriate metaphors and exceedingly little in the way of actual summary of Secret Wars.)Every morning on my way to work, I pass the Washington Monument, thrust up into the air like the proudly tumescent stone member of a long-deceased white guy, and I think to myself, “Self, I sure need some coffee.”Then, I think, “Also, I kind of want to impale the individuals responsible for inflicting Secret Wars on the world on that monument, ideall...

I’d like to tell you about this comic, but it’s a SECRET!Actually, it isn’t. The title really doesn’t make sense, and it’s really just a nod towards the first big Marvel crossover Secret Wars. (Which also really wasn’t a secret either now that I think about it.) This also has plenty of other things you could rip on it about. Like you have to have a fairly detailed and current knowledge of the Marvel comics universe including Hickman’s run on Avengers to have a prayer of understanding it. There’s...

A decent crossover and good fun to read. Not all of it made sense and I certainly don't think the ending made any sense. Hickman is a great writer, but you can tell this was very rushed.No to forget Ribic, damn that guy can draw!

Life, the world, and even the universe is ending. The reason, because two worlds are colliding.The defenders of Earth 616 have done their best to stave off their end, but the time has come.Some run from the end and suffer loss.A few stand against the end...and are rewarded for their efforts.Doom is a God that saved the world and created the Battleworld.The tagline leading into Secret Wars was everything dies and I must say the concept bummed me out. I was pretty negative about Secret Wars as it

Secret Wars (finished 2016-07-29, 4-5 stars)Well that was pretty awesome. Here we are. The big reboot. The reset to anything and everything that Marvel wasn't happy with or wanted to make the best of (i.e. the shutdown of the Ultimate Universe). Coming into this with all that corporate backstory cheapens the event somewhat, but on the other hand Jonathan Hickman has been building on his past successes and taking such care to create a giant interconnected mythos out of so much of the Marvel Unive...

I enjoyed this book a whole lot more on my second read-through, partially because I didn't fully grasp the Battleworld concept on my first read, still, I have two major problems with it, there was too focus on the Fantastic Four and the ending sucks, big time, it was the cheapest way out ever.

I personally thought this was great. I think it should be read after you've read Hickmans Avengers run, as it's a conclusion to that. And if you want to REALLY get it, you should read his Fantastic Four before his Avengers run, because this feels like a culmination of a lot of stuff he's been doing at Marvel, almost since he started there.It was very delayed, and that was frustrating, but it'll make one hell of a pretty graphic novel.

After building up to this for the last 5 years or so, I found Secret Wars a bit of a let down. The first 3 or so issues are mainly buildup, then when things are set in motion most of the action appears off screen. Everyone shows back up at the end to fight Doom one at a time. At the end it appears that everything has went back to normal except that Miles Morales is now in the Marvel U and the Future Foundation is off on a new adventure. I'm actually pretty glad this whole Secret Wars thing is ov...

I would give it 5 stars. But.... Human Torch burned it.No, not really, just.. for the sake of all the science talk, for the stuff that were hard to follow sometimes when you just wanna read and have fun, and for all this time that every single issue towards the end was getting SO DAMN LONG TO PUBLISH, MARVEL.Ugh. Do NOT. I repeat. Do NOT pick this up if you think you're going to read it and understand everything that's happening. Nope. You gotta read the Avengers and New Avengers volumes first.

The epic of epics, Jonathan Hickman's Avengers (and entire Marvel Universe) arc finally concludes. It doesn't get more high concept. 2015's Secret Wars is basically Marvel's Crisis on Infinite Earths, but taken in a completely different direction. After the end of the multiverse, Dr. Doom is now omnipotent and takes all the remains of the various realities and timelines to one remaining planet. It's called Battleworld--a clever reference to the original 80s Secret Wars crossover. Yet this isn't

I've heard a lot about this event, little inspiring. So I was pleasantly surprised, four issues in, when I was really enjoying myself. Sure, there are elements borrowed from elsewhere (cough Game of Thrones cough). Sure, it can be a little chaotic, going through multiple potential lead characters in fairly short order. But it's fun, and something about Doom's Battleworld just appeals to me. Plus, I kind of like reading Doom when he's in full on benevolent despot mode. But the last couple of issu...

Are You There, Doom? It's Me, Margaret. Yeah, I'm not sure what happened. I mean, I know what happened, but I don't know what happened.I get the feeling that the ending being somewhat vague (and fucking abrupt!) was done on purpose, so the Powers That Be can tweak things as they need to, and...ok. I guess that's fine. I mean, what am I going to do about it anyway? Start wandering through parks, shaking my fist and yelling, What the fuck did that stretchy bastard do at the end?! Long-term ramific...

Small bit of background: I read all of Hickman's New Avengers and Avengers (including what is now in the Time Runs Out HC) but didn't read Secret Wars until now, so it's been quite a few months and I've been eagerly awaiting this to see just what happened at the end of the Marvel Universe.I wouldn't say I necessarily had high expectations but I did have different expectations from what was delivered. After reading about the first half I was slightly disappointed, but after finishing it, realized...

Marvel gets finally a reboot! This TPB edition collects “Secret Wars” (2015) #1-9, plus material from the “Secret Wars – Free Comic Book Day” issue #0.Creative Team:Writer: Jonathan HickmanIllustrator: Esad RibicCovers: Alex Ross KINDA CONFUSING TITLE The original Secret Wars was back then, in 1984, and when they did a sequel, it was titled Secret Wars II……was it too much to ask to properly title this as “Secret Wars III”?!Even when they did the event Secret War, in 2004, while it looked to

Its the final clash between 1610 and 616! God Doom has created a new world and it falls on the survivors to find out what it is and through the initial issues we learn what this new Battleworld is and finally we find out the history and the various factions and all that exist here and then we follow the heroes and even villains to see this world and their final battle against Doom but in the end it comes down to two men and its just epic and the fallout will decide the future of Marvel or will e...

The last issue of Secret Wars came out today. All I could think while reading it was that that this final issue was all I needed to read. The 8 issues leading up to it, as well as all the other tie-in Battleworld issues, were just...there.I dunno.I'm just glad its all over. I'm not even sure what exactly happened. The book took so bloody long to come out that by the time I was reading a new issue I had forgotten half the shit that had occurred previously.One positive - Esad Ribic killed it on th...

So, this is the grand finale to Jonathan Hickman’s years-in-the-making Marvel spectacle?*spits on the ground* (view spoiler)[ Thanks, Carmen!! *waves* (hide spoiler)]As a “series” finale goes, it’s on the list just above the WTF Lost thing and the head-scratching Seinfeld final episode.The crossover event, showing rare glimpses of wit and fun, that led up to this was more often than not a chore to get through. The splintered Battleworld storylines that came next ranged from mildly entertai...

OK, I was reading this on the Marvel Unlimited app as each issue came out but it was so painful that, after finishing #6 on MU, I went to Comixology and bought the last three issues. It was the comicbook equivalent of ripping the plaster off quickly so as not to draw out the pain. So there you go.Let's get one thing out of the way before I start talking about the story: Essad Ribic's artwork on this book was absolutely beautiful. As far as I'm concerned, this book was worth reading for the artwo...

The Multiverse is doomed. All worlds have collided and been obliterated except for Earth-616 (the “main” Marvel universe) and Earth-1610 (the Ultimates universe) – until now. In the wake of the end of the world, a new planet appears: Battleworld. It’s ruler? Doom. Welcome to Secret Wars. Aaaand PAUSE! I mention quite a few spoilers in this review because they’re a large part of why this event didn’t work for me, so if you want to save yourself for Secret Wars and go into this one completely gree...

Well, it's finally over.Honestly, as a person who actually enjoyed Hickman's Avengers (for the most part), I still really got tired of his shit somewhere about midpoint of Secret Wars. This series was about four issues too long and completely pointless by the end of it. Because, duh, as if somebody thought that the Battleworld will permanently be the one and only world and everyone would keep worshiping Doom as the god.And there wouldn't be anything wrong with this story being inconsequential if...