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So I Just started Secret Warriors...
@JonesDeini: Dark Reign and Siege were essential.Did you enjoy these stories or are they totally necessary to fully appreciate the S.H.I.E.L.D./Hydra/Leviathan dynamic?
Honestly, Secret Warriors is one of those series where you should probably read the whole thing from beginning to end. Hickman really didn't do any filler arcs or standalone stories. I'm not sure why someone would've told you this is an exception to the "everything matters" nature of Hickman's writing. If anything, Secret Warriors is exactly the book that gave him that reputation. Skip any issue, and chances are you've missed something. God of Fear, God of War is the story arc that gets the closest to being skippable since it gets a little sidetracked tying into Dark Reign and sorta crossing over with Thunderbolts, but even that arc is actually a big deal not only for Phobos but because that's where Leviathan is first revealed in the B-story of the arc.
Honestly, Secret Warriors is one of those series where you should probably read the whole thing from beginning to end. Hickman really didn't do any filler arcs or standalone stories. I'm not sure why someone would've told you this is an exception to the "everything matters" nature of Hickman's writing. If anything, Secret Warriors is exactly the book that gave him that reputation. Skip any issue, and chances are you've missed something. God of Fear, God of War is the story arc that gets the closest to being skippable since it gets a little sidetracked tying into Dark Reign and sorta crossing over with Thunderbolts, but even that arc is actually a big deal not only for Phobos but because that's where Leviathan is first revealed in the B-story of the arc.Absolutely. I know because I missed an issue and I felt like so much happened. Secret Warriors is one of the most intricately plotted series in Marvel right now. Well, that and S.H.I.E.L.D. Both of which are written by Hickman, so go figure.So I'd really say start with the first trade, Agent of Nothing, and make your way through the series from there. You've already read S.H.I.E.L.D. so there's no need to recommend that. Some elements of it do tie into the series like they have with Fantastic Four. Besides that... Secret Warriors really does stand on its own with the exception of a brief tie in to Thunderbolts.
Ooooh okay, cool. That means I got a lot of backtracking to do. I grabbed #24 on a whim, guess I'll buy the issues up to the ending then go about reading the back issues. I know a friend who was following the series so I should be able to catch up that way.
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