Secret Wars (1984)

I decided that it would be interesting to read Secret Wars in the lead up to the movie next year. Turns out there are two of them and I read the older, likely less relevant one. The 1984 event was one of the first major crossover events that Marvel ever did and it was in connection with a Mattel toy line. This really does show as the whole event is just an opportunity to smash all of Marvels biggest toys together. It's flimsy but there is some enjoyment to be had from the silliness of the whole thing. I love Dooms caricature villain persona, and I think the make-up of the teams is really interesting for a story from the 80s. This is also the first appearance of black suit Spider-man. The cover of that issue is iconic, but the actual issue doesn't really do much with the change at all. I think I enjoyed it knowing how iconic the suit becomes, and it looks very cool on the page, but I really wish that there was more development with it. There is some problematic dialogue, and I felt the…