![]() ![]() ![]() One of those – maybe even the biggest of them all – was 2015’s Secret Wars. The rarity of a true universe-changing event, though, can mean that when they do arrive, they have an outsized impact. Many events are just big stories with enough oomph to warrant a more significant focus – or even arcs elevated in hopes of goosing orders – rather than something with actual line-wide significance. The problem is this doesn’t always happen. “This story will change everything,” the marketing for each of these titles tells us, again and again. They’re also meant to sell comics, of course, but this usually feeds from that same transformative nature. That’s their fundamental nature, acting as crescendos to recent, notable storylines. Event comics are designed to change the superhero universe they belong to. ![]()
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