Some of Marvel’s Best Stories, as Championed by io9 Readers

Before he was busy basically overhauling the X-Men with a bunch of writers and artists to ascertain the golden Krakoan Age for Marvel’s Merry Mutants, Jonathan Hickman mainly re-wrote all the goddamn universe in a legendary run throughout a collection of major titles, every delicately laying the piece to culminate in Secret Wars, the line-wide reshuffling of all the Marvel Multiverse. From the seeds sown as early as six years prior in Fantastic Four, to the machinations of the secretive Illuminati in New Avengers, Hickman’s tenure as a Marvel author is lauded for good purpose.

Rishi Joe Sanu: Jonathan Hickman’s huge interconnected story which begins with Fantastic Four and FF in 2009, runs via SHIELD, Avengers, New Avengers, Ultimates, and ends with 2015’s Secret Wars. It’s by far the most important and probably the most bold crossover story that both DC or Marvel has finished so far. It reads extra like a science fiction novel than a basic comedian guide.