It gets even murkier if we take story arcs within ongoing titles. I've tried to only list events that were outside the books that gave rise to them. So, like, I'm not listing Spidey arcs that took place entirely within ASM.
Because, for example, Pre-FP JSA would occupy a lot of spots on my list, but that was just stories in their ongoing title. They weren't events, per se.
Originally posted by Bentley
No, this thread won't do!Let's get crazy and do an Event tier thread 😎
You are the worst kind of person.
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Originally posted by leonidas
i left out the majority of events that were sort of 'internal' to individual families of books. for example, the last hunt from the spidey books was among the best i've ever read. fall from grace, a daredevil arc, was also one of the all time greats imo. there were simply too many 'family of book' events to get into, but i agree, some of those are the best of the lot. within a family the story can be told more concisely. it tends to be a lot more focused and moves along a lot more smoothly and consistently. i loved the more recent court of owls for the same reason. in fact, i could list a half dozen batman 'events' that i thought were close to 10/10's. i tried to define 'event' as a more broad, company-wide series is all.
Though, ones like Second Coming are kinda in between. Unlike events *entirely* in the title like Last Hunt and Fall From Grace and most of the Bat events, it did have a couple stand alone issues in addition to running through several X-titles.
Just read Trinity War and Forever Evil on a lark. It all seemed a bit...familiar? Never mind that TW had the more interesting premise, then pissed it all away by a twist at the end that made no sense whatsoever, given the buildup. Forever Evil was a story that we've seen a dozen times under different guises. And the reveal at the end was, well, again, familiar. Apparently nothing about Final Crisis was actually final, eh? Or any of the earlier crises for that matter.
I assume some solo title picked up Pandora's story, which was never actually resolved. She had a neat epiphany toward the end, but the existential question of evil's existence and her role in it was left hanging. Up until the non sequitur ending, I was actually enjoying it quite a bit.
Though I find it hilarious that they're wasting no time mucking up multiversal continuity once again, so quickly after "fixing" it for about the 4th time. The Syndicate was from Earth 3, yeah? So we've already got continuity errors surfing the multiverse after the destruction of theirs. If pre-FP Kara shows up, it'll be a party.
Originally posted by roughrider
I like an event that brings serious change to a universe. Marvel may have gotten it started with Secret Wars, but it was nothing more than a large scale battle featuring an omnipotent being with a Hamlet complex. That's why I still favour Crisis On Infinite Earths over the rest, because it was the first rebooting in comics history and DC became better for it. Though they would get too Crisis happy over the next few decades and pull that club out of the bag repeatedly...I'll give some props to Flashpoint too, because the new DC has a sharper look with all the character and costume redesigns.
At Marvel, I like the Annihilation, House Of M and Civil War series the best, due to the drastic consequences that followed. Secret Invasion was worth it because it upended the established order and led to the Dark Reign, which showed what the next logical thing would happen after Iron Man's pro registration side won.
The Infinity Gauntlet series was massive but kind of ended weakly. But it was worth it to show Thanos at his best; this is what made him the villainous superstar he has been ever since.
DC vs. Marvel was a stunt, but a fun one for the fans. And it gave us the crazy mash-up that was Amalgam comics for a while.
Yeah, COIE was probably the best event ever. Followed by Infinity Gauntlet.
Flashpoint sucked donkey balls, though.
Originally posted by Digi
Just read Trinity War and Forever Evil on a lark. It all seemed a bit...familiar? Never mind that TW had the more interesting premise, then pissed it all away by a twist at the end that made no sense whatsoever, given the buildup. Forever Evil was a story that we've seen a dozen times under different guises. And the reveal at the end was, well, again, familiar. Apparently nothing about Final Crisis was actually final, eh? Or any of the earlier crises for that matter.I assume some solo title picked up Pandora's story, which was never actually resolved. She had a neat epiphany toward the end, but the existential question of evil's existence and her role in it was left hanging. Up until the non sequitur ending, I was actually enjoying it quite a bit.
Though I find it hilarious that they're wasting no time mucking up multiversal continuity once again, so quickly after "fixing" it for about the 4th time. The Syndicate was from Earth 3, yeah? So we've already got continuity errors surfing the multiverse after the destruction of theirs. If pre-FP Kara shows up, it'll be a party.
i read trinity when it first came out and really liked the way it started. but you're right--the conclusion was enormously unsatisfying, and yes, her story is still being told though i only followed it briefly after TW. i'll catch up eventually.
i started reading forever evil but it did nothing for me for whatever reason. then their were the vast number of tie-ins. it just seemed like a LOT of work for what i was afraid would be little pay off...
Originally posted by roughrider
I didn't like the event so much as I did the soft rebooting that followed it.
Flashpoint had the issue that it was mainly about an alt-world that didn't get much resolution, as the plot in the end was eaten by the timeline stuff. The event wasn't really about the big consequences that happened, and the big consequences didn't have much to do with the story of the event.
Wouldn't really call it a 'soft' reboot- even the stuff that 'carried over' was fairly altered, and more was changed than not. I'd say... what's happening at Sonic right now is a better example of a soft reboot (the whole main cast has memories of what was, but the world's been altered).