I've only recently gotten back into Marvel comics. Wolverine was always my favorite character, but is it just me or is he a major player in virtually every Marvel title? He's fucking everywhere.
I was behind Cap 100% during Civil War, and I recall Steve Rogers recently bringing it up during an Illuminati meeting where he had to remind everybody that he died because of it. Civil War was probably the last big event that I enjoyed from beginning to end, with everything else afterwards being very tame in comparison. Secret Invasion didn't interest me, Dark Reign was alright at first, Siege was a step in the right direction, Fear Itself didn't have a lasting effect, and Avengers vs. X-Men had its moments.
And if we're on the subject of CW, I'll never forget
McNiven's page of Tony punching Caps face off. I remember studying that page for days wondering how anybody could draw something so realistic, like you could almost feel the impact.