Best Major Event of the Marvel Universe from the 2000's

[hippie_hunter]

But the status quo of Dark Reign takes advantage of the status quo created by the Initiative. What Civil War did to the Marvel Universe is far more dramatic than Secret Invasion.

 

[samurai black]

Secret Invasion COULD'VE been a great crossover. But the reality is, Marvel Editors were too scared to have any of their "Breadwinners" turn out to be the Skrulls. The biggest name ended being Black Blot. In the end, SI really didn't change anything. Villians wearing hero uniforms was already happening. Heroes as bad guys...CIVIL WAR... Norman Osborn as a "good guy" was already done. He couldnt've have taken the "shot heard around the world" unless he was already the Director of the Thunderbolts. Civil War changed everything. Point blank.

 

[runawayboulder]

I'm surprised that Messiah Complex isn't getting any love. I thought it was the best X-Crossover since Age of Apocalypse in the 90's. I put it right up there with AoA and Inferno, and Mutant Massacre.

I'm working on reading Annihilation after hearing everyone rave about it. I'm not really too big on the space end of the Marvel U, although I did enjoy Operation: Galactic Storm back in the day.

 

[runawayboulder]

double post

 

[Manic]

I'm surprised that Messiah Complex isn't getting any love. I thought it was the best X-Crossover since Age of Apocalypse in the 90's. I put it right up there with AoA and Inferno, and Mutant Massacre.

Eh. I liked Utopia more, so I voted "other."

 

[Havok83]

I thought the actual mini featuring Secret Invasion to be boring. It wasnt quite as interesting a read as some of the other Marvel events. And making so many chaacters skrulls was a pretty lame idea IMO. The ending was horrible and the fallout, while dramatic has been incredibly illogical. Norman Osborn pretty much now runs the Marvel Univese bc he shot the skrull queen in the head? I mean really?

 

[JewishHobbit]

I loved Messiah Complex but I feel that Ramos's art, and to a lesser degree Bachalo's, knocked it down a few degrees and made it less enjoyable for me. Plus, the ending left it open and I hated that it didn't have a concluded finish. That always bugs me. Civil War had a definate end. Annihilation had a definate end. Secret Invasion, for the most part, had a definate end. Messiah Complex left Xavier's life hanging, his body disappearing, and Cable in the future to raise the mysterious baby. Good stuff has come from it all but the event itself didn't feel complete.

And I felt that most of Utopia was kinda boring. I liked the 2 Legacy tie-in issues, and the final issue was great, but the stuff leading up to it was just kinda bleh for me.

 

[IFryKids]

I thought Messiah Complex started out strong, but lost a LOT of steam as it went on.

My vote went to Annihilation. It's one of the main reasons I got back into comics after not reading them for over a decade.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Messiah Complex totally Bendised out in the end. Great buildup but it petered out in the end. It's also responsible for some of the worst changes to the X-Men, in my opinion. I'm looking at you, assassin-squad-having Cyclops.

 

[iloveclones]

My vote went to Annihilation. It's one of the main reasons I got back into comics after not reading them for over a decade.

That, imo, is one of the best compliments that any comic series or mini-series can get.

 

[runawayboulder]

I loved the ending to Messiah Complex......until 5 seconds later Xavier was back from the dead.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Xavier's change in Legacy was one of the very few bits of fallout from Messiah Complex that I loved. It was great to see him take the gloves off and rejoin the ranks of the world's greatest telepaths. That category had been overrun by Cable, X-Man, and other people who have a lot of raw power but little finesse or skill for too long.

 

[Manic]

With the exception of the Charles/Scott/Emma confrontation (which I'm choosing to ignore), Mike Carey wrote Xavier like a freaking monster during Legacy. I loved it. It was none of that "I'm not going to read your mind without your permission" crap. Xavier kicked your mind in first, then asked questions later.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, ironically while he was trying to make amends for his past sins. But at least he was more honest in Legacy.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I love Legacy when it first started but after a while it kinda droned on (mostly during the Original Sin arc and the last arc with Rogue) but the last issue was really good. I just feel a little tainted though by the Juggernaut issue. He flat out reduced him to the chump he was before Austen made him awsome (as wierd as that is). So that issue taints me and I can't help but to think of it first when I think of Legacy.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I dropped it for Original Sin. The last arc with Rogue was pretty bland. That's why I dropped Legacy altogether after Rogue became the star.