Large-scale events in comic books are often the most ambitious and memorable stories published by Marvel and DC. When successful, these events showcase the best aspects of a shared universe, celebrating beloved characters and storylines – examples like Secret Wars, Annihilation, and The Infinity Gauntlet are considered some of Marvel’s greatest achievements. However, poorly executed events, such as Civil War II and Ultimatum, can be equally infamous. Whether good or bad, these crossover events have a significant impact on the Marvel Universe, more so than almost anything else. This is why Marvel frequently creates them, but it also leads to a problem: there are simply too many.
Marvel has been releasing a lot more large-scale events lately. These events impact every comic they publish, driving storylines in a certain direction, but as soon as one ends, they immediately jump into the next. There’s little breathing room for stories to settle, as Marvel quickly moves on to the next big crossover. Ultimately, Marvel does too many of these company-wide events, and it’s tiring for readers to follow them all.
Never-Ending Events in Sequence
Consider the recent “One World Under Doom” storyline. In it, Doctor Doom became the world’s emperor by gaining the power of the Sorcerer Supreme. The nine-issue series ran from February to November, taking up a large part of the year. With Doom in such a powerful role, the rest of the Marvel Universe had to adapt, leading to many related stories and spin-offs. These included “The Eight Deaths of Spider-Man,” Doom Academy, and numerous tie-ins with the Fantastic Four across their two ongoing series.
This event builds directly on the conclusion of the previous one, Blood Hunt, which itself involved many crossovers and related series. And before that, the One World Under Doom storyline continued with an epilogue called Will of Doom, exploring the aftermath of Doctor Doom’s reign and who would take his place. All of this – these two major events and their many connected stories – is a lot to keep track of, especially considering it wasn’t the only thing Marvel was publishing at the time.
While One World Under Doom was happening, two other significant events occurred at Marvel. Imperial was a large-scale cosmic story that reshaped that side of the universe, though it felt relatively independent. Age of Revelation, however, was a huge, company-wide crossover lasting sixty issues – an unreasonable length for a three-month event. With so much already going on, and another massive event, Armageddon, already in the works, it feels like there’s simply too much happening at once.
Too Many Events, Too Much Pressure
As a Marvel fan, it honestly feels like there are just too many big events happening all the time. I can barely wrap my head around what happened in the last one before another one starts, promising huge changes to everything! You can try to ignore them, but they actually do affect the ongoing stories, so you end up feeling lost if you don’t participate. I love how events can bring characters together and get people excited, but lately it feels like Marvel is relying on them too much. It’s like they’re trying to force that epic feeling with event after event, but it’s just ending up overwhelming and making everything feel less special.
Readers get tired of constant, large-scale events. In the past, these crossovers were infrequent and felt significant because of their rarity – they were special occasions. Today, Marvel seems to be doing events constantly, and it feels exhausting, like one endless story instead of exciting team-ups. While these events could be as impactful as older ones, they struggle to generate the same excitement because readers are still catching up from the last event when a new one begins.
Marvel is releasing too many events in quick succession. While events are a great way to showcase the interconnectedness of their universe, readers can’t stay enthusiastic indefinitely. These events need time to resonate with audiences so people can get excited about the next one, but Marvel isn’t giving them that space, and it’s ultimately hurting the impact of their events.
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