Secret Wars

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Secret Wars, the original company wide crossover which did the team up of all character. It featured to pointless battles and typical, hey were fighting who needs a reason, stories that seam to populate many titles today.

The story sold millions when it was first released and honestly I cant see why. The characterization is shallow, the conflicts forced and make little sense, why would the X-men refuse to work with the Avengers and Fantastic Four, teams they know well.

The story feels long and drawn out, there really is no conflict, just fight or die, except they never fight. Subplots just sit there, nothing particularly interesting happens. The only bright spot is the first appearance of Spidermans Black costume, (I like it) and the characterization of Dr. Doom, which seemed to be right on. I only paid 9.00 for this 300 page book, and I still feel like I didn't get anywhere near my moneys worth. Buy an Essential TPB instead of this overhyped story.