I ' ll say Siege , despite my current complicated relationship with Bendis and his writing . Siege works as it is because of two simple things . It ' s short and it ' s specifically about heroes being heroes . They aren ' t fighting each other , they aren ' t distrusting each other , they ' re not acting like assholes with one another , they see something wrong going on and they all band together to put a stop to it . Bad things happen , people still die , but it feels like everyone is allowed a moment to save the friggin day . Coming out of a status quo that saw the villains in control of the Marvel Universe , this is basically the resistance overcoming the evil empire . Spidey gets to punch Osborn , Tony and Steve become friends again , and heroism overall triumphs . It ' s what comics should be . There is one scene in particular that always makes me grin from that event , this one . It ' s the moment Normie realizes he ' s done goofed . mediacacheak 0 . pinimg . com 236 x 77 f 18377 f 183 c 79 b 687 f 9 bb 48 e 1 df 74 d 39 c 901 . jpgFollowed up next issue by this gem ! siege 2031 . jpgHow can anyone hate this event when it ' s got that in it ! ? This is what an event should leave you with . It shouldn ' t make you hate characters , it shouldn ' t make you exhausted , it shouldn ' t feel like it ' s dragging . It should get to the point , show you what you want to see and present the characters , villains and heroes , at their best . Norman in full megalomania doing what he does , being a paranoid control freak . Captain America leading the charge against the bad guy . Tony Stark , using his smarts to outwit the evil mastermind and stopping a cosmic force of evil by dropping a helicarrier on it ' s head ! That event was everything one could want and it didn ' t take a whole friggin year to finish up .