>>149225441
Events suck. They get bloated and have very little actual scale or depth to them. Secret Wars started the trend but it actually had the qualities most events should have.
It led to characters undergoing status quo shifts that stuck for a while, had a large scale, ended alright, and had kino moments that only happen during events. Pic rel is kino with Hulk protecting everybody and displaying his power in comparison to them. Events should have characters with personalities placed in a unique situation and not just be toys smashing against each other. This event does exactly that but each character plays off each other and the fights are cool and fit the characters while being creative. Titania is scared of Spider-Man after this, he gets a new costume, and thrashes the X-Men. Thing gets depowered, Wasp and Magneto have moments, and the heroes have to contend with Magneto joining them. Dr. Doom also gets explored and the villains also struggle to stay together. There's more that goes on which just shows that Secret Wars had more quality to it beyond just commercial stuff.
Also Battleworld is a great setting and Jim also created Contest of Champions which then informed the great JLA/Avengers Crossover's structure which was possibly the best way of handling that type of story.
>>149225539
>got close and punched
Jesus he really is a Shonen editor. They always want melee attacks in their stories.