Finished reading Secret Wars, spinning out of Marvel's Time Runs Out story arc writer Jonathan Hickman tells the story of what happens to the Marvel universe after the whole multiverse has come to an end. The book opens up with the heroes of the main Marvel universe and the Ultimate universe fighting for their very existence as the final incursion of the multiverse is about to end all things. When the end is almost upon the heroes Reed Richards and Black Panther along with the Fantastic Four and Future Foundation teleport as many of the Earths heroes onto a trans-dimentional life-raft which ends up breaking apart causing Reed to loose his family in the blast from the incursion. The book then jumps eight years into the future where Dr Doom is now the God and ruler of Battleworld, a patchwork planet built by the will of Doom from the remains of old universe's with Doctor Strange as his right hand man and sherif of the world. When a life-raft is found a group of Thor's investigate only for them to be killed by The Cabal. This leads Strange to open the raft that he found three years prior after meeting Miles Marales Spider-Man in the open one. Once news of the survivors reaches Doom Strange sacrifices himself hoping that the heroes led by Reed Richards of the main Marvel universe can discover what Battleworld is and whether the multiverse can be restored. Overall this was an amazing book as the risks feel incredibly high and the greatly paced action is weaved into one perfect story that deserves being a Marvel event and gives the Fantastic Four the perfect sendoff for the time being. There are some amazing character moments within the book which are great as writer Jonathan Hickman is able to give characters like the Punisher and members of the Guardians of the Galaxy some amazing short moments. This is also the same within the giant battle towards the end of the book with Black Panther and Namor attacking Doom with an army of zombies while some of the Barons of Battleworld and even Thanos go out in a spectacular fashion that does not feel out of place or take attention away from the primary story. The artwork by Esad Ribic and his designs for Battleworld and its inhabitants is absolutely stunning while colourist Ive Svorcina's work helps bring all this to life as each character looks incredibly realistic which makes creatures like the zombies even more horrifying. The font used by letterer Chris Eliopoulos also needs mentioning as instead of the normal everyday lettering being in upper case the characters from the Ultimate universe use lower case which is quite a nice touch that helps to distinguish between the sets of characters. 9.5/10.
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