There's ample reason to be wary of event comics these days. They crop up with alarming frequency and derail the momentum of ongoing superhero comics. Even writers who generally deliver top-notch work can stumble when it comes to crafting such massive and unwieldy beasts. Hence the disappointments that were Original Sin and Avengers & X-Men: AXIS last year. Of Marvel's core lineup of writers, only Jonathan Hickman seems naturally suited to tackle projects of this scope. Given the ambition and complexity of his writing, it often seems like every Hickman comic is an event comic anyway. For this reason, Secret Wars is shaping up to succeed where many recent Marvel events have failed.
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