The end is here.

Or is this the start?

After finally finishing Hickman's entire Fantastic Four, Avengers, and New Avengers run I picked up Secret Wars. The conclusion of all 3, plus other plots throughout the marvel universe. In this, right at the start, the world has ended. 616 and ultimate universe collide and...it's over? Wait, no, a new world is born. One with a new god. Who is this god? Well who else, it is DOOM! That's right, Doom is here and he is now God-level powered.

Slowly heroes trickle in from the normal world to confront Doom. This could be your typical superhero flare but Hickman smartly asks the questions of who else but Doom could have done what he has?

The thing I loved here was seeing both heroes and villains come together. They knew they had to in order to stop doom. Unlikely to stop someone with so much power but plenty of shocking deaths. Moments that'll make you go "holy shit" as a marvel fan. I was taken aback by some deaths actually. The art is also amazing, with amazing action set pieces and and also plenty of emotional moments.

My one downside is that it wrapped up slightly fast. I heard Hickman wanted 2-3 more issues. I could see that.

However, after reading all those runs this was one of the only ways he could finish it and I think he mostly stuck the landing. A 4 out of 5.