And with a few exceptions along the way (Black Bolt vs Thanos and Black Panther vs Namor), I just didn't even care about most of it. I mean, at that point, the Bad Guys were waging war on the universe(s?) and everyone had to come together to fight, but then the Illuminate were also dealing with their own problems (relating to Secret Wars) - while also dealing with infighting, possession, and other spoilery crap. Thing is, I picked that particular example because I'd read it about 5 times, and at the end of each time, I'd found that I'd just sort of.drifted off into la-la land.
They are a different species or whatever, so they talk funny. 'The message came from the Shi'ar Strontian subspecies whose biological indicators exist within our xenobase. Ok, I desperately want to like Hickman, but this is an example of what it is about his writing that puts me to sleep: And maybe that's because I'm reading it after having already trudged through Secret Wars? Which I did with the hope that there was a light at the end of the tunnel - only to find that the light was actually coming from the dumpster fire, Secret Empire.Īnd now we know why they were keeping it SECRET.
