diff --git "a/curated/events.txt" "b/curated/events.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/curated/events.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,3914 @@ +Annihilation (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Annihilation (Event) +Full name: Annihilation +Other aliases: Annihilation War; Annihilation Wars,See Notes Annihilus War; The Bug War; Annihilation Wave +First appearance: Annihilation: Prologue Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Followed by Annihilation: Conquest.; The Annihilation Wave was stated to be a cosmic level threat.; Annihilation and Annihilation: Conquest are collectively known as the Annihilation Wars. +Trivia: Annihilation was stated to have transpired in 18,920 GVD. + +============================================================ + +Acts of Vengeance (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Acts of Vengeance (Event) +Full name: Acts of Vengeance +Other aliases: Acts of Veal-Geance +First appearance: Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger Vol 1 8 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The Acts of Vengeance event saw the debut of Psylocke in the body of Kwannon for the first time, and going by the name "Lady Mandarin" (while serving as an ally of the original Mandarin). Ironically though, the storyline has no real ties to the actual arc of the storyline.; This event also saw the last appearance of Avengers Island.; Despite all three being labeled with the Acts of Vengeance cover tag, only the third of the New Mutants issues is really involved in the Acts of Vengeance. The remainder are about the New Mutants continuing adventures on Asgard, a storyline that started before Acts of Vengeance began.; Spider-Man gained the Captain Universe powers during his Acts Of Vengeance arc, which helped him to defeat the Tri-Sentinel created by Loki.; Also The Leader was intended to participate in the acts but he declined the offer to join the Assembly of Evil.; The usage of Magneto in the crossover led to much controversy amongst many writers at Marvel at the time. This in particular led to Mark Gruenwald famously writing Captain America Vol 1 367, which retconned Magneto's entire involvement in the John Byrne penned comics as being nothing more than a facade for his true mission: to capture and kill Red Skull by way of burying him alive in an underground bunker.; ==Recommended Readings==; Alpha Flight Alpha Flight Vol 1 79, Alpha Flight Vol 1 80; Amazing Spider-Man Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 326, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 327, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 328 and Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 329 (aftermath).; Avengers Avengers Vol 1 311, Avengers Vol 1 312, Avengers Vol 1 313, and Avengers Annual Vol 1 19 (aftermath).; Avengers West Coast Avengers: West Coast Vol 1 53, Avengers: West Coast Vol 1 54, and Avengers: West Coast Vol 1 55; Avengers Spotlight Avengers Spotlight Vol 1 26, Avengers Spotlight Vol 1 27, Avengers Spotlight Vol 1 28, and Avengers Spotlight Vol 1 29; Captain America Captain America Vol 1 365, Captain America Vol 1 366, and Captain America Vol 1 367; Cloak and Dagger Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger Vol 1 8 (prelude), Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger Vol 1 9; Damage Control Damage Control Vol 2 1, Damage Control Vol 2 2, Damage Control Vol 2 3, Damage Control Vol 2 4; Daredevil Daredevil Vol 1 275, Daredevil Vol 1 276.; Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Vol 1 11, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Vol 1 12, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Vol 1 13.; Fantastic Four Fantastic Four Vol 1 334, Fantastic Four Vol 1 335, Fantastic Four Vol 1 336.; Incredible Hulk Incredible Hulk Vol 1 363; Iron Man Iron Man Vol 1 251, and Iron Man Vol 1 252.; Marc Spector: Moon Knight Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1 8, Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1 9, Marc Spector: Moon Knight Vol 1 10.; New Mutants New Mutants Vol 1 84, New Mutants Vol 1 85, New Mutants Vol 1 86.; Power Pack Power Pack Vol 1 53.; Punisher Punisher Vol 2 28, Punisher Vol 2 29; Punisher War Journal Punisher War Journal Vol 1 12, Punisher War Journal Vol 1 13.; Quasar Quasar Vol 1 5, Quasar Vol 1 6.; Spectacular Spider-Man Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 158, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 159, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 160.; Thor Thor Vol 1 410 (prelude), Thor Vol 1 411, Thor Vol 1 412.; Uncanny X-Men Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 256, Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 257, Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 258.; Web of Spider-Man Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 59, Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 60, Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 61, Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 64, Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 65.; Wolverine Wolverine Vol 2 19, Wolverine Vol 2 20; X-Factor X-Factor Vol 1 50.; What The...?! What The--?! Vol 1 6 "Smacks of Vengeance"; What If..? What If...? Vol 1 31 "What if Spider-Man had kept his cosmic powers" + +============================================================ + +Black Event (Earth-148611) +Kind: event +Page: Black Event +Full name: Black Event +First appearance: Star Brand Vol 1 12 +Created by: John Byrne; Mark Gruenwald; Sal Buscema +Reality: Earth-148611 +Notes: In The Pitt Vol 1 1, Browning calls the Black Event the Pittsburgh Effect. +Trivia: It has been speculated the destruction of Pittsburgh was a parting shot at former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, as Shooter was born in Pittsburgh. + +============================================================ + +Atlantis Attacks +Kind: event +Page: Atlantis Attacks +Full name: Atlantis Attacks +First appearance: Silver Surfer Annual Vol 1 2 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Badoon Wars (Earth-691) +Kind: event +Page: Badoon Wars +Full name: Badoon Wars +Other aliases: War of the Star Systems +First appearance: Marvel Super-Heroes Vol 1 18 +Created by: Arnold Drake; Gene Colan +Reality: Earth-691 + +============================================================ + +Black September (Earth-93060) +Kind: event +Page: Black September +Full name: Black September +First appearance: Black September Vol 1 ∞ +Reality: Earth-93060 + +============================================================ + +Bloodsport (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Bloodsport (Event) +Full name: Bloodsport +First appearance: Wolverine Vol 2 167 +Created by: Frank Tieri; Dan Fraga +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Armor Wars I +Kind: event +Page: Armor Wars I +Full name: Armor Wars I +Other aliases: Stark Wars +First appearance: Iron Man Vol 1 225 +Created by: Bob Layton; David Michelinie +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: "Armor Wars" came to be due to Iron Man Vol 1 co-writer Bob Layton's dissatisfaction over the lack of publicity for his and David Michelinie's return to the series. According to Michelinie, during a brainstorming session, Layton expressed his discontent, and then-editor-in-chief Jim Shooter told him that to get a special type of promotion, they would need an eventful story for them to push. Almost immediately, Shooter came up with the premise of Tony Stark's armor designs being stolen and used by his enemies.; While throughout its original run in Iron Man this storyline was titled "Stark Wars," the name was changed in the collected edition to "Armor Wars." According to co-writer Bob Layton, this change came about because they thought "Armor Wars" sounded cooler.; Iron Man's Stealth Armor upgraded during "Armor Wars."; "Armor Wars" was first collected in a trade paperback in 1990. The book's popularity resulted in it quickly falling out of print and would not be re-released until 2007, when Marvel released a new printing (with a new cover). The book collects issues #225–231 as well as the epilogue to the story presented in issue #232. The Prologue story (#215–224) was published in a trade paperback in March, 2010.; "Armor Wars" was also adapted into two episodes of the Iron Man TV show in the 1990's.; What If...? Vol 1 8 features an alternate-universe story called "What If Iron Man Lost the Armor Wars?" which features Tony Stark destroying Stark Enterprises and eventually giving up the mantle of Iron Man. + +============================================================ + +Apocalypse: The Twelve +Kind: event +Page: Apocalypse: The Twelve +Full name: Apocalypse: The Twelve +First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 376 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Continued in the Ages of Apocalypse. + +============================================================ + +Blood and Thunder +Kind: event +Page: Blood and Thunder +Full name: Blood and Thunder +Other aliases: Thud and Blunder +First appearance: Thor Vol 1 468 +Created by: Ron Marz; Jim Starlin; Angel Medina; Bruce Zick; Mike DeCarlo; Phil Felix +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Assistant Editor's Month 1984 +Kind: event +Page: Assistant Editor's Month 1984 +Full name: Assistant Editor's Month 1984 +First appearance: X-Men Annual Vol 1 7 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +'Nuff Said +Kind: event +Page: 'Nuff Said +Full name: 'Nuff Said +First appearance: Black Panther Vol 3 39 +Trivia: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 39 was originally solicited as Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 36. However, the events of September 11th, 2001, led Marvel to scuttle those plans, turning #36 into a tribute issue and pushing the 'Nuff Said issue to #39.; 'Nuff Said's origins hail back to G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Vol 1 21, which was an entirely silent issue starring Snake Eyes which was also parodied in Deadpool Vol 2 42. + +============================================================ + +Age of X (Earth-11326) +Kind: event +Page: Age of X +Full name: Age of X +First appearance: Age of X: Alpha Vol 1 1 +Created by: Mike Carey; Mirco Pierfederici; Clay Mann; Steve Kurth +Reality: Earth-11326 +Notes: The Age of X had many after effects on the mainstream universe:; Frenzy kept her memories of Age of X, including her feelings for Cyclops who erased his memories of Age of X and ended their relationship. Her experience as a hero during the Age of X prompted her to turn over a new leaf and join the X-Men.; Chamber's powers were restored, but his body returned to its old state, with his torso and lower jaw destroyed.; Tempo is believed dead.; Legion gained more control over his powers, but a few rogue personas escape his brain and emerge into the real world.; Hellion maintained the great telekinetic skill he had exhibited in the Age of X universe.; Pixie occasionally turned into her Age of X self against her will. Emma Frost corrected this, but allowed Pixie to keep some of Nightmare's personality traits.; Revenant was revealed to be a telepathic projection of Rachel Summers, and was able to alert her father that she required aid. This allowed Cyclops to send a team of X-Men to rescue her. +Trivia: Age of X was advertised with a campaign that featured content unlockable by QR barcodes. The QR codes loaded five 'Historical Logs that introduced events that made the Age of X timeline differ from the Prime Marvel Universe. In order of release: + +============================================================ + +Assault on New Olympus +Kind: event +Page: Assault on New Olympus +Full name: Assault on New Olympus +First appearance: Assault on New Olympus Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Atlantis Rising +Kind: event +Page: Atlantis Rising +Full name: Atlantis Rising +First appearance: Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Assault On Armor City +Kind: event +Page: Assault On Armor City +Full name: Assault On Armor City +First appearance: Darkhawk Annual Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: This storyline was a crossover than ran through Marvel's Annuals in August, 1992. + +============================================================ + +Annihilation: Conquest +Kind: event +Page: Annihilation: Conquest +Full name: Annihilation: Conquest +Other aliases: Annihilation Wars; Phalanx Conquest Conquest War +First appearance: Annihilation: Conquest Prologue Vol 1 1 +Created by: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: A sequel to Annihilation.; Annihilation and Annihilation: Conquest are collectively known as the Annihilation Wars. + +============================================================ + +Age of Apocalypse (Event) (Earth-295) +Kind: event +Page: Age of Apocalypse (Event) +Full name: Age of Apocalypse (Event) +First appearance: X-Men: Alpha Vol 1 1 +Created by: Scott Lobdell; Mark Waid; Fabian Nicieza; John Francis Moore; Larry Hama; Warren Ellis; Jeph Loeb; Howard Mackie; Terry Kavanagh +Reality: Earth-295 +Notes: This timeline was sparked by the events in Legion Quest.; The entire event was parodied in Marvel Riot Vol 1 1. +Trivia: Though it may appear the other way around, this event was actually inspired by the script for "One Man's Worth". While the comic event launched in February of 1995, with the episode not airing until September of that year, the lead time required for the episode's development and animation, as well as the ongoing collaboration of creative teams prior to the episode's inception, indicates the "universally-altering effects of a time traveler killing off Professor X" was an idea that had its roots on X-Men: The Animated Series before being adapted to the comics. + +============================================================ + +Battle of the Atom +Kind: event +Page: Battle of the Atom +Full name: Battle of the Atom +Other aliases: X-Men: Battle of the Atom +First appearance: X-Men: Battle of the Atom Vol 1 1 +Created by: Brian Michael Bendis; Jason Aaron; Brian Wood +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: ===Consequences===; The Future Brotherhood stay on The Present, as well as Kymera and her panther who join Wolverine's X-Men, in order to track them down.; Charles Xavier II is crippled as his father.; Shadowcat and the time-displaced X-Men quit Wolverine's X-Men and join Cyclops' X-Men.; Wolverine wants S.H.I.E.L.D. to explain for their Sentinels.; ===Battle of the Atom casualties===; Future Brotherhood; Beast; Deadpool; Xorn (Jean Grey); Future X-Men; Colossus; Wolverine (Jubilee) + +============================================================ + +100th Anniversary Special +Kind: event +Page: 100th Anniversary Special +Full name: 100th Anniversary Special +Other aliases: Marvel's 100th Anniversary; Marvel's 100th Anniversary Special +First appearance: 100th Anniversary Special - Fantastic Four Vol 1 1 + +============================================================ + +Avengers NOW! +Kind: event +Page: Avengers NOW! +Full name: Avengers NOW! +First appearance: Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier Vol 1 1 +Created by: Ales Kot; Nathan Edmondson; Rick Remender; Al Ewing; Stuart Immonen; Jason Aaron; Victor Ibanez; Tom Taylor; Kieron Gillen; Marguerite Bennett; Mark Waid; Elliott Kalan; Yildiray Cinar +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Avengers NOW! is a continuation of All-New Marvel NOW!, featuring a third wave of relaunched titles. +Trivia: Currently confirmed events and titles affecting the characters present in the teaser poster:; Iron Man - Superior Iron Man Vol 1; Thor - Thor Vol 4; Captain America - All-New Captain America Vol 1 and Captain America and the Mighty Avengers Vol 1; Winter Soldier - Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier Vol 1; Deathlok - Deathlok Vol 5; Angela - Angela: Asgard's Assassin Vol 1; Ant-Man - Ant-Man Vol 1; Scarlet Witch - Uncanny Avengers Vol 2 + +============================================================ + +American Civil War (Event) +Kind: event +Page: American Civil War (Event) +Full name: American Civil War (Event) +Other aliases: Civil War +First appearance: Mystic Vol 1 19 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +All-New, All-Different Marvel +Kind: event +Page: All-New, All-Different Marvel +Full name: All-New, All-Different Marvel +First appearance: Free Comic Book Day 2015 (Avengers) Vol 1 1 +Created by: Brian Michael Bendis; David Marquez; Sara Pichelli; Jason Aaron; Chris Bachalo; Mark Waid; Mahmud Asrar; Charles Soule +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: All-New, All-Different Marvel is a publishing initiative which relaunches numerous titles with new creative teams in the wake of Secret Wars. + +============================================================ + +Ages of Apocalypse (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Ages of Apocalypse (Event) +Full name: Ages of Apocalypse (Event) +First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 378 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Follow-up to the Apocalypse: The Twelve event. + +============================================================ + +Battle of New York (Multiverse) +Kind: event +Page: Battle of New York +Full name: Battle of New York +Other aliases: The attack on New York; The Incident; Death and Destruction Raining From the Sky; Nearly Wiping Hell's Kitchen off the Map; The Invasion +First appearance: Marvel's The Avengers +Reality: Multiverse +Trivia: The Battle of New York occurred on May 4th 2012 according to an obituary about Phil Coulson's death. + +============================================================ + +Apocalypse Wars +Kind: event +Page: Apocalypse Wars +Full name: Apocalypse Wars +Other aliases: X-Men: Apocalypse Wars +First appearance: Extraordinary X-Men Vol 1 8 +Created by: Jeff Lemire; Humberto Ramos; Cullen Bunn; Ken Lashley; Dennis Hallum; Mark Bagley +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Began in March 2016. +Trivia: The covers of Extraordinary X-Men Vol 1 8, Uncanny X-Men Vol 4 6, and All-New X-Men Vol 2 9 are an homage to Apocalypse's first full appearance in X-Factor Vol 1 6. + +============================================================ + +Aesir/Vanir War +Kind: event +Page: Aesir/Vanir War +Full name: Aesir/Vanir War +First appearance: Mighty Thor Vol 1 18 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: At some point, Freyja gave birth to Balder, from an union with Odin, possibly before her marriage. His and his brothers' (Hermod and Tyr) status remains blurry as far. +Trivia: Freyja noticed that the war was named that way because "history was written by the particularly unimaginative winners". + +============================================================ + +Angel Wars II (Earth-14412) +Kind: event +Page: Angel Wars II +Full name: "Angel Wars II" +Other aliases: "New War of Angels" +First appearance: Loki: Agent of Asgard Vol 1 12 +Created by: Al Ewing; Lee Garbett +Reality: Earth-14412 +Notes: This event is an alternate scenario to the series Original Sin - Thor & Loki : The Tenth Realm. + +============================================================ + +9/11 +Kind: event +Page: 9/11 +Full name: September 11th Attack +First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 36 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +American Revolutionary War +Kind: event +Page: American Revolutionary War +Full name: American Revolutionary War +Other aliases: American War of Independence +First appearance: Captain America Comics Vol 1 73 +Created by: Ken Bald +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Black Plague (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Black Plague (Event) +Full name: Black Plague +Other aliases: Final Secret; Black Death; Bubonic Plague; Plague of Black Death +First appearance: What If? Vol 1 35 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: If their numbers hadn't been culled because the cats were (allegedly) in league with the Devil, they might have prevented the Bubonic Plague in Europe. + +============================================================ + +Battle of Pylos +Kind: event +Page: Battle of Pylos +Full name: Battle of Pylos +First appearance: Incredible Hercules Vol 1 118 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Battle of Harkoon +Kind: event +Page: Battle of Harkoon +Full name: Battle of Harkoon +First appearance: Annihilation: Super-Skrull Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Battle of Venarium +Kind: event +Page: Battle of Venarium +Full name: Battle of Venarium +Other aliases: Sack of Venarium; Siege of Venarium +First appearance: Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 6 +Created by: Robert E. Howard +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Assassination of John F. Kennedy +Kind: event +Page: Assassination of John F. Kennedy +Full name: Assassination of John F. Kennedy +First appearance: Avengers West Coast Vol 1 60 +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: The death of Kennedy was among the events predicted by the Cloaked Clairvoyant, but she was brushed off as a crackpot. + +============================================================ + +Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki +Kind: event +Page: Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki +Full name: Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki +First appearance: Strange Tales Vol 1 61 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Age of X-Man (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Age of X-Man (Event) +Full name: Age of X-Man (Event) +First appearance: Age of X-Man Alpha Vol 1 1 +Created by: Zac Thompson; Lonnie Nadler; Ramón Rosanas +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: This event got pitched because Jonathan Hickman needed more time to revamp the X-Men books. The original plan was for the Krakoa era to start right after Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 10, the end of the X-Men Disassembled storyline. + +============================================================ + +Annunaki Civil War +Kind: event +Page: Annunaki Civil War +Full name: Annunaki Civil War +First appearance: Dead of Night Featuring Devil-Slayer Vol 1 3 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Absolute Carnage +Kind: event +Page: Absolute Carnage +Full name: Absolute Carnage +Other aliases: Absolute Barnage +First appearance: Absolute Carnage Vol 1 1 +Created by: Donny Cates; Ryan Stegman +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Absolute Carnage originated as the third arc of Donny Cates' Venom Vol 4 run, but was reworked into an event. Marvel's editorial department additionally refused to let Donny Cates kill off certain major characters.; Marvel released "post-credit scenes" in the issues part of Everyone Is a Target as a build up for the event. + +============================================================ + +Assassination of Abraham Lincoln +Kind: event +Page: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln +Full name: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln +First appearance: Avengers West Coast Vol 1 55 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Acts of Evil +Kind: event +Page: Acts of Evil +Full name: Acts of Evil +First appearance: Ms. Marvel Annual Vol 2 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The event's name is a callback to Acts of Vengeance, when Loki gathered and encouraged villains to attack heroes who had less experience fighting them. +Trivia: This event was released on the 30th anniversary of Acts of Vengeance. + +============================================================ + +Annihilation - Scourge +Kind: event +Page: Annihilation - Scourge +Full name: Annihilation - Scourge +First appearance: Annihilation - Scourge Alpha Vol 1 1 +Created by: Matthew Rosenberg; Juanan Ramirez; Cian Tormey; Ibraim Roberson; Christos N. Gage; Diego Olortegui; Michael Moreci; Alberto Alburquerque; Dan Abnett; Paul Davidson; Manuel Garcia +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +1906 San Francisco Earthquake +Kind: event +Page: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake +Full name: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake +Other aliases: Great San Francisco Earthquake; the '06 Fire +First appearance: Mystic Vol 1 56 +Created by: Carl Wessler; Paul Reinman +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Age of Acheron +Kind: event +Page: Age of Acheron +Full name: Age of Acheron +First appearance: Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 27 +Created by: Robert E. Howard; Lin Carter +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The Age of Acheron created by Robert E. Howard, along with in Acheron, in "The Hour of the Dragon"/"Conan the Conqueror" (Weird Tales; December, 1935 to April, 1936). Originally expanding on information provided from the pseudo-historical essay "The Hyborian Age", which didn't mentioned Acheron. + +============================================================ + +Assemblage of Avatars +Kind: event +Page: Assemblage of Avatars +Full name: Assemblage of Avatars +First appearance: Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 7(Mentioned)Circa 10,000 BC: Hyborian Age of Conan; Age of Conan +First appearance: Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 1 +Created by: Robert E. Howard +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Human-Deviant Wars +Kind: event +Page: Human-Deviant Wars +Full name: Human-Deviant Wars +First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Annual Vol 1 23 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Industrial Revolution (Heroes Reborn) +Kind: event +Page: Industrial Revolution (Heroes Reborn) +Full name: Industrial Revolution (Heroes Reborn) +First appearance: Avengers Vol 2 4 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Iraq War +Kind: event +Page: Iraq War +Full name: Iraq War +First appearance: Elektra Vol 3 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Inhumans vs. X-Men +Kind: event +Page: Inhumans vs. X-Men +Full name: Inhumans vs. X-Men +Other aliases: IVX +First appearance: IVX Vol 1 0 +Created by: Charles Soule; Jeff Lemire; Leinil Francis Yu +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Officially announced on July 23, 2016 at Comic-Con International in San Diego, at the “Cup O’Joe” panel, as reported by Newsarama. + +============================================================ + +Infinity Countdown +Kind: event +Page: Infinity Countdown +Full name: Infinity Countdown +Other aliases: The Gathering of the Infinity Stones +First appearance: Infinity Countdown Vol 1 1 +Created by: Gerry Duggan; Aaron Kuder +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: While promoted as a tie-in for Infinity Wars in its cover, the events of Doctor Strange Vol 5 3 affect directly the story of Infinity Countdown. + +============================================================ + +Hunt for Wolverine +Kind: event +Page: Hunt for Wolverine +Full name: Hunt for Wolverine +First appearance: Hunt for Wolverine Vol 1 1 +Created by: Charles Soule; David Marquez +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Infinity Wars +Kind: event +Page: Infinity Wars +Full name: Infinity Wars +Other aliases: Infinity's End +First appearance: Infinity Wars Prime Vol 1 1 +Created by: Gerry Duggan; Mike Deodato Jr. +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: While promoted as a tie-in for Infinity Wars in its cover, the events of Doctor Strange Vol 5 3 directly affect the story of Infinity Countdown. + +============================================================ + +Lesser Cataclysm +Kind: event +Page: Lesser Cataclysm +Full name: Lesser Cataclysm +First appearance: Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 8 +Created by: Robert E. Howard +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Holocaust (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Holocaust (Event) +Full name: Holocaust (Event) +First appearance: Mystic Comics Vol 1 6 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Iran-Contra Affair +Kind: event +Page: Iran-Contra Affair +Full name: Iran-Contra Affair +First appearance: Captain America Vol 1 332 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Iron Man 2020 (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Iron Man 2020 (Event) +Full name: Iron Man 2020 (Event) +Other aliases: Robot Revolution +First appearance: Iron Man 2020 Vol 2 1 +Created by: Dan Slott; Christos Gage; Pete Woods +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: This event was first teased in the Marvel 2019 Marvel Previews issue released on December 26, 2018 with a cryptic teaser that announced the year 2020 was approaching. The event was finally announced on October 4, 2019 during Marvel's Next Big Thing panel at New York Comic Con.; In the original checklist released for the event, all tie-ins had a different title order. 2020 Force Works Vol 1 was originally titled Force Works 2020, 2020 Machine Man Vol 1 was Machine Man 2020, and so on. Additionally, 2020 iWolverine Vol 1 was going to be called Weapon.EXE 2020.; The publication of this event was intented to span from January to June, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Diamond Comic Distributors suspended the distribution of new print titles between April 1st and May 27th. which also caused digital releases by Marvel Entertainment to be postponed. In addition to the resolicitation of the postponed issues to further dates, pushing the event's end to August, certain issues, namely 2020 Force Works Vol 1 3 and 2020 Ironheart Vol 1 1 were released exclusively on digital. +Trivia: Tony Stark: Iron Man Vol 1 19, the last issue before Iron Man 2020, ends with the New Year's countdown, Iron Man 2020 Vol 2 1 begins after a time-jump of a few weeks, and Empyre (which happens after Iron Man 2020 and has Tony Stark back as Iron Man) takes place in April based on Empyre Vol 1 1. This means that the events of Iron Man 2020 unfold in a period of two months at the most. + +============================================================ + +Harrowing +Kind: event +Page: Harrowing +Full name: The Harrowing +First appearance: Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 6 +Created by: Stuart Moore +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Jaspers Warp +Kind: event +Page: Jaspers Warp +Full name: Jaspers' Warp +Other aliases: Crooked World +First appearance: Daredevils Vol 1 9 +Created by: Alan Moore; Alan Davis +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The story features Alan Davis's first work on Captain Britain. Dave Thorpe left the series and Alan Moore took up the work providing his only work with mainstream marvel comics. It was during this story that Earth-616 is first designated. + +============================================================ + +King in Black (Event) +Kind: event +Page: King in Black (Event) +Full name: King in Black +Other aliases: Knull Attack; Rain of Dark Aliens; Symbiote Rain +First appearance: King in Black Vol 1 1 +Created by: Donny Cates; Ryan Stegman +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this event:; KING IN BLACK Announcement Trailer Marvel Comics; The event was first teased in the free Empyre Magazine Vol 1 1; Marvel reprinted the recommended issues leading to the event in Knull: Marvel Tales Vol 1 1 and in the True Believers: King in Black line.; According to the timeline at the end of King in Black Vol 1 1, the King in Black event takes place one year after the events of Rex (Story Arc) and three months after the events of Absolute Carnage.; The King in Black event takes place some time following the events of Black Panther Vol 7 and the Last Remains arc of Amazing Spider-Man Vol 5, and during and immediately after the events of the Prey arc of Thor Vol 6,; King in Black: Ghost Rider Vol 1 1 is full of continuity errors. It infers that the events of Ghost Rider Vol 9 had only recently concluded, when they seemed to conclude shortly after Incoming Vol 1 1, which was before Empyre. Even if they didn't, they had to conclude before the Age of Khonshu arc in Avengers Vol 8 33-Avengers Vol 8 38, since Mephisto has returned to power by then, and because Avengers Vol 8 45 is part of this event. Finally, Mephisto is shown back in power in Amazing Spider-Man Vol 5 60, which occurs days after Last Remains and therefore after this event.; It is unclear where King in Black: Immortal Hulk Vol 1 1 fits in the event's timeline, as it is set on Christmas Eve while King in Black: Iron Man/Doom Vol 1 1 is set some time prior to Christmas, and the events of King in Black Vol 1 1-5 seemingly occur in the space of several hours. +Trivia: The title of "King in Black" is a reference to Hastur, the King in Yellow (the central character of the Hastur Mythos, and a Cthulhu Mythos character). Knull was first named as such in Silver Surfer: Black Vol 1 2. + +============================================================ + +Hyinar Usurpation +Kind: event +Page: Hyinar Usurpation +Full name: Hyinar Usurpation +First appearance: Royals Vol 1 6 +Created by: Al Ewing; Kevin Libranda +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Heroes Reborn (2021 Event) (Earth-21798) +Kind: event +Page: Heroes Reborn (2021 Event) +Full name: Heroes Reborn +First appearance: Heroes Reborn Vol 2 1 +Created by: Jason Aaron; Ed McGuinness +Reality: Earth-21798 +Notes: Heroes Reborn was first teased on January 21, 2021 via Marvel Entertainment's Twitter account with an image post that revealed its title and tagline. This was followed by a series of teaser posters tweeted out throughout the 21st and the 22nd by Marvel Entertainment, Editor-In-Chief C.B. Cebulski, senior editor Tom Brevoort, the official Spider-Man Twitter account, the official Hulk Twitter account, Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada, the official Wolverine Twitter account, and the Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. official Twitter account. Afterward, Heroes Reborn was officially announced.; Heroes Reborn takes place between Avengers Vol 8 45 and Avengers Vol 8 46. +Trivia: Most of the characters and locations introduced in the event are pastiches of properties owned by DC Comics.; Imprisoned in Negative Zone:; Bottled Hive of Annihilation; General Annihilus; Dr. Doom (Victor von Doom); Hulk (Bruce Banner); Imperial Guard; Gladiator (Kallark); Earthquake; Flashfire (Grannz); Hussar; Manta; Neutron; Oracle (Sybil); Smasher (Vril-Rokk); Titan; Starbolt; Unnamed Stygian; Mutant Force; Frenzy (Joanna Cargill); Jubilee (Jubilation Lee); Magneto (Max Eisenhardt); Mister One and Mister Two; Rogue (Anna Marie); Sabra (Ruth Bat-Seraph); Mr. Beyonder; Namor; Starbrand (Kenneth Connell); Ultron (Dr. Henry Pym); Widow Guard; Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes); Imprisoned in Ravencroft Institute:; Black Skull (Johann Smidt); Bullseye (Lester); Deadpool (Wade Wilson); Echo (Maya Lopez); The Goblin (Norman Osborn); Jackal (Flash Thompson); Jackal (Miles Warren); Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff); Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors); Moon Knight (Mark Spector); The Octopus (Otto Octavius); The Octopus' Octopi; Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich); Sabretooth (Victor Creed); Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton); Venom symbiote; Silver Witch (Wanda Maximoff); Imprisoned in Cosmic Prison, Knowhere:; Beta Ray Bill; Circus of Crime; Great Gambonnos (Ernesto & Luigi Gambonno); Princess Python (Zelda DuBois); Precious; Ringmaster (Maynard Tiboldt); Super-Skrull (Kl'rt); Thanos; Imprisoned in Muir Island's Prison:; Emma Frost; Imprisoned in Statue Garden, New York:; All-Gog; The Giantess (Janet Van Dyne); Gorr (God Butcher); Hela; Hercules; King in Black (Knull); Tigra (Greer Grant); Ulik + +============================================================ + +Hellfire Gala +Kind: event +Page: Hellfire Gala +Full name: Hellfire Gala +Other aliases: Hellfire Vigil +First appearance: Marauders Vol 1 21 +Created by: Gerry Duggan; Jonathan Hickman; Pepe Larraz; Matteo Lolli; Russell Dauterman +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: Each year, Marvel hosted an online X-Men election where fans voted for a character to become one of the X-Men, then the roster (including the winner) would be announced in that year's Hellfire Gala.; 2021: Armor, Banshee, Boom-Boom, Cannonball, Forge, Marrow, Polaris (WINNER), Strong Guy, Sunspot, and Tempo.; 2022: Armor, Avalanche, Bling!, Firestar (WINNER), Gentle, Gorgon, Micromax, Penance, Siryn, and Surge.; 2023: Cannonball, Dazzler, Frenzy, Jubilee, Juggernaut (WINNER), and Prodigy.; For this gala, all of the candidates are selected as X-Men, but Orchis attacks soon after and kills almost all of them. The fan vote instead picked the one to survive the attack.; This vote was very close and three candidates were in the lead at different points in time.; The dead X-Men ended up receiving their own book: Dead X-Men Vol 1.; Real-life celebrities have made guest appearances at the galas.; 2021: Scott Adsit, Pete Alonso, Steve Aoki, Saquon Barkley, DMC, Eminem, Kevin Feige, Nick Foles, Coco Gauff, Ira Glass, James Monroe Iglehart, Gabriel Iglesias, Aaron Judge, Jimmy Kimmel, Method Man, Jason Mantzoukas, Marc Maron, George R. R. Martin, Killer Mike, Alex Morgan, Seth Meyers, Conan O'Brien, Patton Oswalt, EL-P, Adrianne Palicki, Megan Rapinoe, Paul Scheer, and Taboo.; 2022: Jon Hamm.; 2023: Declan Shalvey as a fictional ambassador of Ireland.; The Hellfire Gala seems to be based on the real-life Met Gala.; The Hellfire Galas are known for their annual variant covers, which can be viewed here. + +============================================================ + +Last Annihilation +Kind: event +Page: Last Annihilation +Full name: The Last Annihilation +First appearance: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 7 16 +Created by: Al Ewing; Juan Frigeri; Valerio Schiti +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Infinite Destinies +Kind: event +Page: Infinite Destinies +Full name: Infinite Destinies +First appearance: Iron Man Annual Vol 3 1 +Created by: Jed MacKay; Ibraim Roberson +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Infinite Destinies was announced on March 18, 2020 and it was originally going to run from June to September of that same year (with two annuals coming out each month). The event was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was resolicited on March 11, 2021, with the event extending from June to August (with three annuals coming in June, two in July, and three in August). The order of the annuals was also altered. The original order consisted of:; Iron Man Annual Vol 3 1; Captain America Annual Vol 3 1; Thor Annual Vol 4 1; Black Cat Annual Vol 2 1; Avengers Annual Vol 4 1; Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual Vol 1 1; Guardians of the Galaxy Annual Vol 4 1; Amazing Spider-Man Annual Vol 5 2 + +============================================================ + +Magus Saga +Kind: event +Page: Magus Saga +Full name: Magus Saga +First appearance: Strange Tales Vol 1 178 +Created by: Jim Starlin +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Infinity Watch (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Infinity Watch (Event) +Full name: Infinity Watch +First appearance: Thanos Annual Vol 3 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Imperial +Kind: event +Page: Imperial +Full name: Imperial +Other aliases: Imperial War +First appearance: Imperial Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jonathan Hickman; Federico Vicentini; Iban Coello +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this event:; Imperial - Official Trailer - Marvel Comics; The series that sprang out of Imperial were meant to be ongoing series, but due to apparent low sales they were rendered into limited miniseries, with the planned Exiles series being apparently cancelled or shelved. +Trivia: Jonathan Hickman has compared Imperial Vol 1 to Ultimate Invasion Vol 1. Like how Ultimate Invasion sets up the new Ultimate imprint, Imperial sets up the landscape for new interconnected space stories.; Hickman also has done something similar with House of X Vol 1/Powers of X Vol 1, which began the Krakoan era of X-books. + +============================================================ + +Kree-Skull War (Earth-71831) +Kind: event +Page: Kree-Skull War +Full name: Kree-Skull War +First appearance: Captain America Vol 9 703 +Created by: Mark Waid; Leonardo Romero +Reality: Earth-71831 + +============================================================ + +Operation Galactic Storm +Kind: event +Page: Operation Galactic Storm +Full name: Operation Galactic Storm +First appearance: Captain America Vol 1 398 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Quasar Vol 1 was a direct-only series at the time, so Quasar Special Vol 1 was released on newsstands in its place, printing the same material as the direct issues. +Trivia: The arcade game Avengers in Galactic Storm was released in 1995 by Data East, Ltd. and it's loosely based on this storyline.; The Kree and the Shi'ar would go to war with each other again in the War of Kings, where this time the Kree would be victorious. + +============================================================ + +Midnight Massacre +Kind: event +Page: Midnight Massacre +Full name: Midnight Massacre +First appearance: Nightstalkers Vol 1 10 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: This is the second Midnight Sons event, after Rise of the Midnight Sons.; The story is directly preceded by Nightstalkers Vol 1 7, Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins Vol 1 9, and Morbius: The Living Vampire Vol 1 10.; It is followed by the six-part Road To Vengeance: Missing Link which leads directly into the third and final Midnight Sons event, the seventeen-part Siege of Darkness.; It was never specified how many people Blade had killed while he was the demogorge. Although ten of those killings were shown in-story, Ghost Rider spoke of Blade having killed "countless others" whose deaths presumably occurred behind the scenes. However, once Hastings had cast the spell to resurrect the fallen, only nine beings appeared around her, leaving the question of what happened to Blade's other victims unanswered. + +============================================================ + +Phalanx Covenant +Kind: event +Page: Phalanx Covenant +Full name: Phalanx Covenant +First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 316 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Other: Evolve or Die +Kind: event +Page: Other: Evolve or Die +Full name: The Other: Evolve or Die +Other aliases: The Other +First appearance: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The story spanned across all three of Spider-Man's series at the time: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Vol 1 and Marvel Knights: Spider-Man Vol 1. +Trivia: Due to the events of One More Day, it is unknown if Spider-Man retained the powers he gained through his evolution, since he's currently using his mechanical web-shooters.; During the events of Spider-Island, Peter Parker's clone Kaine killed the Spider-Queen using the same stingers Peter had during this event, and has since had them as part of his power set in his role as the Scarlet Spider. + +============================================================ + +Mutant Massacre +Kind: event +Page: Mutant Massacre +Full name: Mutant Massacre +First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 210 +Created by: Louise Simonson; Jon Bogdanove; Chris Claremont; Jackson Guice; Walter Simonson; John Romita, Jr.; Terry Shoemaker +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: Originally, the mutant massacre was planned of Nimrod killing off the Morlocks. However this was later changed and the Marauders were created, save for Sabretooth and Vertigo, as a killing team. + +============================================================ + +Operation: Zero Tolerance (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Operation: Zero Tolerance (Event) +Full name: Operation: Zero Tolerance +First appearance: Cable Vol 1 45 +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: The term "Zero tolerance" entered the public arena in the 1980s, in connection with the 'War on Drugs' and was later applied more widely to certain law enforcement initiatives and similar. + +============================================================ + +Maximum Security +Kind: event +Page: Maximum Security +Full name: Maximum Security +First appearance: Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet Vol 1 1 +Created by: Kurt Busiek; Jerry Ordway +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Maximum Carnage (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Maximum Carnage (Event) +Full name: Maximum Carnage +Other aliases: Massacre +First appearance: Spider-Man Unlimited Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: A video game based on the event was released for the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis in 1994.; Maximum Carnage was morphed into a haunted house during Halloween Horror Nights: Islands of Fear at Universal's Islands of Adventure in 2002, which has been designed to be a trip through Carnage's hideout which contained every single one of his henchman and the fate of various superheroes. The aforementioned maze was specifically located at Island Under Siege, the scare-zone version of Marvel Super Hero Island. The storyline has been altered, involving Carnage taking over the world after he has slain every superhero who came after him. The event's main icon, Dr. Albert Caine, better known by his alias, the Caretaker, chose Carnage based on his disregard for life and desire to seek total chaos.; A poster for Maximum Carnage can be seen as part of scenery in Bottom S3E02 ("Terror"). + +============================================================ + +Onslaught Reborn +Kind: event +Page: Onslaught Reborn +Full name: Onslaught Reborn +First appearance: Onslaught Reborn Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jeph Loeb; Rob Liefeld +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: The Heroes Reborn Hawkeye was Clint Barton from Earth-616, but in the Onslaught Reborn's Counter-Earth under Hawkeye's mask there is the mutant Logan (James Howlett), know in many realities as Wolverine. This Hawkeye also wear the original Heroes Reborn Hawkeye suit. + +============================================================ + +Marvel Versus DC +Kind: event +Page: Marvel Versus DC +Full name: Marvel Versus DC +Other aliases: Marvel vs. DC; DC vs. Marvel +First appearance: DC Versus Marvel Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: This is the first Marvel/DC crossover that occurs within the continuity of both universes. Previous crossovers took place in a shared continuity construct (that is, on an alternate Earth where Marvel and DC were "always" together).; This world resembles World of the Rider War, featuring in the Japanese Super Heroes TV series Kamen Rider Decade. In both worlds, heroes from parallel dimensions have to fight against each other to protect their own dimension from being merged and finally destroyed.; Marvel DC Crossovers; Marvel Versus DC + +============================================================ + +Mys-Tech Wars (Earth-93031) +Kind: event +Page: Mys-Tech Wars +Full name: Mys-Tech Wars +First appearance: Mys-Tech Wars Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-93031 +Notes: The majority of this mini-series most likely takes place in an alternate reality (Earth-93031), and at one point, it's mentioned that several realities are converging on one point, but the beginning and the end both take place in what is most likely Earth-93031.} + +============================================================ + +Onslaught (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Onslaught (Event) +Full name: Onslaught (Event) +First appearance: Onslaught: X-Men Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: It should be noted that in Onslaught: Marvel Universe #1, Reed Richards stated that no mutants could sacrifice themselves to destroy Onslaught because their mutant physiology would boost Onslaught's power. Despite saying this, both the Scarlet Witch and the Sub-Mariner - both mutants - sacrificed their lives to Onslaught with no ill effects. The story narrative states that the Scarlet Witch's hex powers somehow allowed her to enter Onslaught without causing any ill effects; however, why Namor could not make Onslaught more powerful is unexplained. + +============================================================ + +Maximum Clonage +Kind: event +Page: Maximum Clonage +Full name: Maximum Clonage +First appearance: Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Alpha Vol 1 1 +Created by: Tom DeFalco; Ron Lim +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: New Warriors Vol 1 #61 serves as a prologue to the story arc. +Trivia: The name of the event is a reference to the Maximum Carnage event. + +============================================================ + +Planet of the Symbiotes (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Planet of the Symbiotes (Event) +Full name: Planet of the Symbiotes (Event) +First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Super Special Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Necrosha +Kind: event +Page: Necrosha +Full name: Necrosha +First appearance: X Necrosha: The Gathering Vol 1 1 +Created by: Craig Kyle; Christopher Yost; Mike Carey; Zeb Wells +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Realm of Kings +Kind: event +Page: Realm of Kings +Full name: Realm of Kings +First appearance: Realm of Kings Vol 1 1 +Created by: Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning; Kevin Walker +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Follows up the events of War of Kings. + +============================================================ + +One Nation Under Doom (Earth-928) +Kind: event +Page: One Nation Under Doom +Full name: One Nation Under Doom +First appearance: Doom 2099 Vol 1 28 +Reality: Earth-928 +Notes: A similar event in 2025 would share the similar name as One World Under Doom. + +============================================================ + +Nation X (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Nation X (Event) +Full name: Nation X (Event) +First appearance: X-Men: Legacy Annual Vol 1 1 +Created by: Matt Fraction; Mike Carey; Peter David +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Major plot events:; Dr. Yuriko Takiguchi passes away due to natural causes.; Magneto joins the X-Men on Utopia.; Beast leaves the X-Men because he believes Cyclops has compromised ethics. He briefly works for S.W.O.R.D. before joining the Secret Avengers.; "Lobe's Team" are introduced as antagonists to the X-Men.; The whole X-Factor Investigations team visits Utopia.; The construction of the Atlantean Pillar to prevent the sinking of Utopia and house the Atlantean people.; Magneto summons the bullet imprisoning Kitty Pryde back to Earth, but Kitty remains intangible. + +============================================================ + +Messiah War (Earth-80521) +Kind: event +Page: Messiah War +Full name: Messiah War +Other aliases: Age of Stryfe +Messiah Complex act II +First appearance: X-Men: The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop Vol 1 1 +Created by: Craig Kyle; Christopher Yost; Duane Swierczynski +Reality: Earth-80521 +Notes: Writer Craig Kyle describes it as being the follow up to Messiah Complex and "the middle chapter of what I think will be a major three-part saga, which will continue to define and redefine the X-Universe moving forward". The final chapter being Second Coming. +Trivia: Although this event takes place in an alternate future, the repercussion of this saga largely effect the mainstream continuity.; In issue one of this series, Deadpool breaks the fourth wall in a unique way: He first appears using the Battle Rifle and Magnum from the massively popular Halo video game franchise. + +============================================================ + +Ragnarok (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Ragnarok (Event) +Full name: Ragnarok (Event) +Other aliases: Apocalypse,; Armageddon; Ragnarok Wars; Twilight of the Gods +First appearance: Thor Vol 1 128 +Created by: Stan Lee; Jack Kirby +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Phoenix Saga +Kind: event +Page: Phoenix Saga +Full name: Phoenix Saga +Other aliases: The Dark Phoenix Saga +First appearance: X-Men Vol 1 101 + +============================================================ + +Minimum Carnage +Kind: event +Page: Minimum Carnage +Full name: Minimum Carnage +First appearance: Minimum Carnage: Alpha Vol 1 1 +Created by: Christopher Yost, Cullen Bunn +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Mayhem Mode (Earth-91119) +Kind: event +Page: Mayhem Mode +Full name: Mayhem Mode +First appearance: Marvel Super Hero Squad Online +Reality: Earth-91119 + +============================================================ + +Over the Edge (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Over the Edge (Event) +Full name: Over the Edge +First appearance: Double Edge: Alpha Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Incredible Hulk Vol 1 434 shows the event's aftermath. + +============================================================ + +Original Sin (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Original Sin (Event) +Full name: Original Sin +First appearance: Original Sin Vol 1 0 +Created by: Jason Aaron; Mike Deodato Jr. +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The secrets revealed to the heroes are the following:; Captain America: the mind-wipe the Illuminati submitted him to.; Hulk: That Tony Stark had involvement with the gamma bomb that turned him into the Hulk, by removing the bomb's shielding. In reality, Tony's removal of the bomb's excessive shielding saved Bruce's life, as the bomb had so much shielding the pressure would've made the bomb even more destructive and would've killed Bruce instead of transforming him into the Hulk.; Iron Man: That while he was drunk, he removed the shielding from Bruce Banner's gamma bomb. Doing so actually saved Bruce's life, as the excessive shielding would've caused an even more destructive detonation which would've killed Banner.; Thor: The revelation that there was a tenth realm and that he had a sister.; The Thing: That the Human Torch had ruined an opportunity to turn him back to normal permanently.; Spider-Man: That the spider that bit him years ago had also bitten a girl named Cindy Moon. She was kept in a hidden bunker for the last thirteen years by Ezekiel Sims, blocking her scent from the Inheritors.; J. Jonah Jameson: He fired a former Daily Bugle employee for viewing an embarrassing article that he wrote, in which he praised Spider-Man in his early days of being a wrestler.; Luke Cage: The existence of a Mighty Avengers team in the '70s led by his father.; Daredevil: That his mother, Maggie, left because Jack was apparently actually an abusive husband. In reality, Matt's mother left because she had suffered from postpartum depression, and her paranoia made her believe Matt was there to tear her and Jack apart. The scuffle Matt saw in the visions he thought was a result of Jack being abusive was actually a result of Maggie trying to assault baby Matt under the influence of said paranoia.; Emily Preston: The survival of Eleanor Camacho, Deadpool's daughter.; Scott Adsit: That Deadpool had killed his own parents.; Radiance: That the Invaders apparently had the opportunity to prevent the atom bomb from being dropped in Hiroshima during WWII. In reality, the bombing on Hiroshima was the military's response to the Invaders refusing to cause a tsunami to defeat Japan's naval fleet, which would've killed thousands of innocents in islands nearby.; Nova: That the Supernovas were killers of other Novas.; Gamora: That Richard Rider and Star-Lord made a deal with Thanos before they were trapped in the Cancerverse.; Seth Horne: The existence of Deathlok (Henry Hayes).; Lockjaw: The location of a very large bone he had buried.; Howard the Duck: That he was born the potentially smartest creature on his homeworld.; Rebecca Stevens: That, in his deteriorating sanity, the Black Knight (Dane Whitman) savagely attacked (thus putting into a coma) a fake Savage Steel.; Lineage: That Black Bolt recently wiped-out a Kree ship after discovering its patrons performing experiments on dead humans with Inhuman linage. Lineage gained this information from a relative he absorbed who died of a heart attack at the site of the event.; Gil Carmichael: An unstated secret about Dr. Doom. + +============================================================ + +New Age of Apocalypse (Earth-295) +Kind: event +Page: New Age of Apocalypse +Full name: New Age of Apocalypse +Other aliases: Age of Apocalypse: 10th Anniversary +First appearance: X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Vol 1 1 +Created by: Akira Yoshida; Chris Bachalo +Reality: Earth-295 +Notes: Tenth anniversary follow-up to the Age of Apocalypse event. + +============================================================ + +Marvel NOW! (2016 Event) +Kind: event +Page: Marvel NOW! (2016 Event) +Full name: Marvel NOW! +Other aliases: Marvel NOW! Divided We Stand +First appearance: CAGE! Vol 1 1 +Created by: Khary Randolph; Al Ewing +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Quest for the Golden Fleece +Kind: event +Page: Quest for the Golden Fleece +Full name: Quest for the Golden Fleece +First appearance: Marvel Preview Vol 1 10 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Odyssey +Kind: event +Page: Odyssey +Full name: Odyssey +First appearance: Tales of Suspense Vol 1 10 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Olympic Games +Kind: event +Page: Olympic Games +Full name: Olympic Games +Other aliases: Olympics +First appearance: Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 58 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The Marvel Universe Handbooks and Power Grid, grade many heroes and enhanced individuals as comparable to Olympic athletes regarding strength speed and agility.; However as Earth-616 operates on a Sliding time Scale this should be considered a topical reference. + +============================================================ + +Monsters Unleashed (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Monsters Unleashed (Event) +Full name: Monsters Unleashed +Other aliases: MU; Great Clash of Monsters +First appearance: Monsters Unleashed Vol 2 1 +Created by: Cullen Bunn; Steve McNiven; Greg Land; Adam Kubert; Leinil Francis Yu; Salvador Larroca +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: First teased on August 26, 2016 with a cryptic poster that paired the names of Steve McNiven and Cullen Bunn together with the letters "MU" and a release date of January 2017, followed by other four similar posters that teased the involvement of Greg Land, Adam Kubert, Leinil Francis Yu and Salvador Larroca. These four posters were released one each day between August 29 and September 1. The event's name was unfolded later that final day at Marvel's Diamond Retailer Summit presentation in Baltimore, as reported by Newsarama, with a synopsis being released on September 16 via Entertainment Weekly. +Trivia: All-New X-Men Vol 2 1.MU sets the beginning of the events in Monsters Unleashed during Mardi Gras. + +============================================================ + +Original Sin (Storyline) +Kind: event +Page: Original Sin (Storyline) +Full name: Original Sin +First appearance: Wolverine: Origins Vol 1 28 +Created by: Daniel Way; Mike Deodato; Mike Carey; Scot Eaton +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Rage Against the Machine +Kind: event +Page: Rage Against the Machine +Full name: Rage Against the Machine +First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 371 +Created by: Alan Davis; Terry Kavanagh; Jim Cheung; Andrew Robinson; Rick Leonardi +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: The event is named after the American political rap metal band of the same name. + +============================================================ + +Napoleonic Wars +Kind: event +Page: Napoleonic Wars +Full name: Napoleonic Wars +Other aliases: Patriotic War of 1812 +First appearance: Battle Vol 1 44 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Mexican–American War +Kind: event +Page: Mexican–American War +Full name: Mexican–American War +First appearance: Billy Buckskin Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Prohibition +Kind: event +Page: Prohibition +Full name: Prohibition +First appearance: Fantastic Four Vol 1 91 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Phoenix Resurrection (X-Men Event) +Kind: event +Page: Phoenix Resurrection (X-Men Event) +Full name: Phoenix Resurrection (2017) +First appearance: Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey Vol 1 1 +Created by: Matthew Rosenberg; Leinil Francis Yu +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Phoenix Resurrection (Ultraverse Event) +Kind: event +Page: Phoenix Resurrection (Ultraverse Event) +Full name: Phoenix Resurrection (1995) +First appearance: Phoenix Resurrection: Genesis Vol 1 1 +Created by: Ian Edginton; Dan Abnett + +============================================================ + +Pre-Cataclysmic Age +Kind: event +Page: Pre-Cataclysmic Age +Full name: Pre-Cataclysmic Age +Other aliases: Thurian Age; Age of Atlantis; Atlantean days; Pre-Cataclysmic Age of Atlantis; ----; Age of Kull; Age of King Kull +First appearance: Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 10 +Created by: Robert E. Howard; Roy Thomas +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The Pre-Cataclysmic Age is sometimes known as the "Age of Atlantis", though Atlantis played a relatively minor roles in that era, dominated by the civilized Seven Empires of Thuria, whose rise marks the beginning of the era, 100,000 years ago. Thus, the "Thurian Age" is a more fitting name.; The dates have fluctuated in the past, before being fixed as currently known (Age of Kull circa 18,500 BC, Great Cataclysm circa 10,000 BC, Fall of Acheron circa 13,000 BC, and Age of Conan circa 10,000 BC). Consequently some dates stated in comics were erroneous or were later retconned. Such cases includes:; "The Hyborian Age Chapter 1: The Pre-Cataclysmic Age" in Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 7 (August, 1975) erroneously stated the Pre-Cataclysmic Age to be set within circa 10,000 BC.; The Vampires' profiles in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 1 14 (March, 1984) and Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 2 20 (February, 1988) mention the pre-Cataclysmic Atlantean sorcerers creating the Vampires about 15,000 years ago, which would be about the end of the Age of Acheron, circa 13,000 BC. + +============================================================ + +Pleistocene +Kind: event +Page: Pleistocene +Full name: Pleistocene +Other aliases: Pleistocene EraPleistocene period the Dawn of Man +First appearance: Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 22 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Post-Hyborian Cataclysm +Kind: event +Page: Post-Hyborian Cataclysm +Full name: Post-Hyborian Cataclysm +Other aliases: "terrible convulsion of the Earth" +First appearance: Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 17 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Though mentions of the Cataclysm occuring 10,000 years ago could fit the Post-Hyborian Cataclysm, they are likely to be an error in dating.; Such cases include the story "The Kingdom Beneath the Sea" (Namora Vol 1 1) , which depicts the sinking of the island of Mu as occurring ten thousand years ago. This can be ruled as an error, given the Great Cataclysm's profile in Blockbusters of the Marvel Universe Vol 1 1 lists the sinking of Mu in Namora #1 as the earliest key chronicle referenced listed in its infobox.; The rough dating of this cataclysm fits the hypothesized Younger Dryas solar flare / comet caused melting of the glaciers ending the Ice Age and subsequent rapid massive Flood and sea level rise. + +============================================================ + +Moon Landing +Kind: event +Page: Moon Landing +Full name: Moon Landing +Other aliases: Apollo 11 Mission +First appearance: Fantastic Four Vol 1 98 +Created by: Stan Lee; Jack Kirby +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Outlawed +Kind: event +Page: Outlawed +Full name: Outlawed +First appearance: Outlawed Vol 1 1 +Created by: Eve Ewing; Kim Jacinto +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: On April 15, 2020 Marvel Comics announced that a new version of the New Warriors would appear in the Outlawed storyline, under the mentorship of the original team. The new characters, Trailblazer, Screentime, Snowflake, Safespace and B-Negative, met considerable backlash from the online audience, particularly due to the use of internet slang in their names as well as the perceived political agenda of the writing and designs, with Snowflake and Safespace drawing most of the criticism. Originally delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has yet to be rescheduled for release.; B-Negative would eventually cameo in one of the oneshots of the Darkhold event. + +============================================================ + +Reckoning (Story Arc) +Kind: event +Page: Reckoning (Story Arc) +Full name: Reckoning +First appearance: Wolverine: Origins Vol 1 46 +Created by: Daniel Way; Marjorie Liu; Scot Eaton; Stephen Segovia; Will Conrad +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Punishment +Kind: event +Page: Punishment +Full name: Punishment +First appearance: Dark Wolverine Vol 1 88 +Created by: Rick Remender; Marjorie Liu; Daniel Way; Tony Moore; Stephen Segovia; Paco Diaz; John Lucas +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Reckoning War (Earth-616}) +Kind: event +Page: Reckoning War +Full name: Reckoning War +First appearance: Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha Vol 1 1 +Created by: Dan Slott; Carlos Pacheco; Rachael Stott +Reality: Earth-616} + +============================================================ + +Oromo Conflict +Kind: event +Page: Oromo Conflict +Full name: Oromo Conflict +First appearance: Black Panther Legends Vol 1 2 +Created by: Tochi Onyebuchi +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Multiversal War (Multiverse) +Kind: event +Page: Multiversal War +Full name: Multiversal War +First appearance: Loki (TV series) Season 1 6 +Reality: Multiverse +Trivia: The Multiversal War was presumably occured on several realities in the Multiverse, according to what He Who Remains and Kang the Conqueror said. + +============================================================ + +Queen in Black (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Queen in Black (Event) +Full name: Queen in Black +Other aliases: Hel on Earth +First appearance: Queen in Black Vol 1 1 +Created by: Al Ewing; Iban Coello +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Amazing Spider-Man: Symbie Vol 1 1 was originally meant to be a tie-in to the event and be released on June 10, but for some reason the issue was delayed for six more months.; The event itself would be delayed as the release dates of most of the first issues were postponed for a couple of weeks from their original planned releases for unknown reasons. + +============================================================ + +Marvel/DC (DC Universe; TRN1680; 7642; TRN1818; 9602; 616; TRN1819; TRN1820; Mojoverse; TRN1826) +Kind: event +Page: Marvel/DC +Full name: Marvel/DC +Other aliases: DC/Marvel +First appearance: Marvel/DC: Deadpool/Batman Vol 1 1 +Created by: Zeb Wells; Greg Capullo +Reality: DC Universe; TRN1680; 7642; TRN1818; 9602; 616; TRN1819; TRN1820; Mojoverse; TRN1826 + +============================================================ + +Secret Wars (1984 Event) +Kind: event +Page: Secret Wars (1984 Event) +Full name: Secret Wars +Other aliases: Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars; The First Secret War(s); Secret War; Secret Wars I +First appearance: Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jim Shooter +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Though they were allied with Captain America's faction, the X-Men chose to act as a "third force" in the conflict, because of others' skepticism over Magneto's presence among the heroes.; Two mini-series have since been released to further flesh out the heroes' time on Battleworld.; 2015's Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars, which established that Deadpool was present during the event, though Wasp's strong desire to forget him after a failed romance wiped his presence from everyone's minds. Additionally, Deadpool used his own wish to revive the deceased Zsaji.; 2023's Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld, released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the event. It focused on Spider-Man and the Human Torch and revealed the presence of several heroes and villains not included in the original event. However, it did not acknowledge Deadpool's involvement.; The heroes' absence causes criminal activity to greatly increase on Earth. + +============================================================ + +Rise of the Midnight Sons +Kind: event +Page: Rise of the Midnight Sons +Full name: Rise of the Midnight Sons +First appearance: Ghost Rider Vol 3 28 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Followed by Midnight Massacre + +============================================================ + +Secret War +Kind: event +Page: Secret War +Full name: Secret War +First appearance: Secret War Vol 1 1 +Created by: Brian Michael Bendis +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The books were delayed to the point they were released in the span of over 20 months, initially scheduled for a quarterly release.; In Secret War Vol 1 2, an intoxicated Wolverine says he has never seen Spider-Man out of his costume, even though he first saw Peter out of costume in Spider-Man Versus Wolverine Vol 1, which was released in 1987. +Trivia: Secret War was incorporated into the video game Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. + +============================================================ + +Saga of the Serpent Crown +Kind: event +Page: Saga of the Serpent Crown +Full name: Saga of the Serpent Crown +First appearance: Silver Surfer Annual Vol 1 2 + +============================================================ + +Secret Invasion (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Secret Invasion (Event) +Full name: Secret Invasion +Other aliases: Secret Pigvasion; Skrull War; The Battle for Earth; The Great Skrull Enterprise; The Skrull Invasion +First appearance: Avengers: The Initiative Annual Vol 1 1 +Created by: Brian Michael Bendis; Leinil Francis Yu +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: At the first stages of the Invasion, that situation was stated to be an Omega Level Threat by Gauntlet, and the global failure of Stark Tech was considered as well as an Omega Level Threat by Iron Man in his pre-recorded message. +Trivia: The event had been criticized and accused for being anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant due to the depiction of the Skrulls as zealots who used their religion to justify their invasion, which had been a prevalent sentiment in America at the time. + +============================================================ + +Return of the Defenders +Kind: event +Page: Return of the Defenders +Full name: Return of the Defenders +First appearance: Incredible Hulk Annual Vol 1 18 +Created by: Peter David; Kevin Maguire; Ron Marz; James Fry; Tom Morgan; Roy Thomas; M.C. Wyman +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Siege of Darkness +Kind: event +Page: Siege of Darkness +Full name: Siege of Darkness +First appearance: Nightstalkers Vol 1 14 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: This is the third and final Midnight Sons event, after Rise of the Midnight Sons and Midnight Massacre.; It is directly preceded by Road To Vengeance: Missing Link. + +============================================================ + +Road To Vengeance: Missing Link +Kind: event +Page: Road To Vengeance: Missing Link +Full name: Road To Vengeance: Missing Link +First appearance: Ghost Rider Vol 3 41 +Created by: Howard Mackie; Ron Garney +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Followed by Siege of Darkness + +============================================================ + +Standoff +Kind: event +Page: Standoff +Full name: Standoff +First appearance: Thor Vol 2 58 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Siege (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Siege (Event) +Full name: Siege +Other aliases: Siege of Asgard +First appearance: Siege Prologue Vol 1 1 +Created by: Brian Bendis, Olivier Coipel +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Shattershot (Mojoverse) +Kind: event +Page: Shattershot +Full name: Shattershot +First appearance: X-Men Annual Vol 2 1 +Reality: Mojoverse + +============================================================ + +Secret Wars II +Kind: event +Page: Secret Wars II +Full name: Secret Wars II +First appearance: Secret Wars II Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Second Coming +Kind: event +Page: Second Coming +Full name: Second Coming +Other aliases: X-Men: Second Coming +First appearance: Second Coming: Prepare Vol 1 1 +Created by: Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Matt Fraction, Terry Dodson, Zeb Wells, Mike Carey, Peter David, Simon Spurrier +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: In an online interview with ComicBookResources.com, X-Writers Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost stated that after Necrosha, Elixir stayed on Genosha to heal and bury the corpses left by Selene and her Inner Circle. Thus is absence on Utopia during the Second Coming. This sabbatical is because Elixir is having trouble reverting back to his Golden state from his Black form. +Trivia: The 3rd Printing Variant covers for Chapters 1-5 say "SHE HAS RETURNED".; ==Consequences==; The Second Coming had various effects on the Marvel Universe:; Various mutants were wounded or (seemingly or not) killed (See the list of casualties); The Human Council is decimated, Bastion killed, the M.R.D. is deployed and aborted. Globally, the anti-mutant coalition is severely weakened.; The X-Men are reinstalled as heroes.; X-Factor is unified again.; Hope reveals her powers and an obvious relation to the Phoenix.; The first wave of new mutants start with the Five Lights.; ==Second Coming casualties==; X-Men; Ariel Trapped in an interdimensional limbo; Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner); Vanisher (Teleford Porter) Revealed to be alive or resurrected; Cable (Nathan Summers) Revealed to be alive, in the future; Human Council; Cameron Hodge; William Stryker; Donald Pierce; Bolivar Trask; Stephen Lang; Graydon Creed; Bastion; Sack; ===Others===; Golden Gate Bridge; Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh)'s leg; Hellion (Julian Keller)'s hands + +============================================================ + +Shadowland +Kind: event +Page: Shadowland +Full name: Shadowland +First appearance: Shadowland Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Read part 25, Shadowland: Power Man Vol 1 4 until Power Man leaves Iron Fist. Continue reading this issue from there as part 30. + +============================================================ + +Revolution (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Revolution (Event) +Full name: Revolution +First appearance: Cable Vol 1 79 +Created by: Robert Weinberg; Michael Ryan; Warren Ellis; Brian Wood; Steve Pugh; Chris Claremont; Leinil Francis Yu; Fabian Nicieza; Yanick Paquette; Steve Skroce; Ian Edginton; Whilce Portacio; Steven Grant; Ariel Olivetti; Roger Cruz; Adam Kubert +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Shockwave (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Shockwave (Event) +Full name: Shockwave +First appearance: Generation X Vol 1 67 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: } + +============================================================ + +Spider-Island (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Spider-Island (Event) +Full name: Spider-Island +Other aliases: Spider-Pocalypse; Spider-Island The Sequel +First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 666 +Created by: Dan Slott; Humberto Ramos; Stefano Caselli +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Schism (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Schism (Event) +Full name: Schism +First appearance: X-Men: Schism Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jason Aaron; Kieron Gillen +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Shattered Heroes +Kind: event +Page: Shattered Heroes +Full name: Shattered Heroes +First appearance: Avengers Vol 4 18 +Created by: Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction; Christopher Yost; Cullen Bunn; Brian Michael Bendis; Christos Gage; Kieron Gillen; Alan Davis; Pasqual Ferry; Scot Eaton; Salvador Larroca; Daniel Acuña; Renato Guedes; Tom Raney; Kieron Gillen +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Regenesis +Kind: event +Page: Regenesis +Full name: Regenesis +First appearance: X-Men: Regenesis Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: This isn't an event by itself, but an aftermath of Schism. For an issue by issue reading order, see Marvel Comics 2011. + +============================================================ + +Revolutionary War (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Revolutionary War (Event) +Full name: Revolutionary War +First appearance: Revolutionary War: Alpha Vol 1 1 +Created by: Andy Lanning; Alan Cowsill +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Spider-Verse (Multiverse) +Kind: event +Page: Spider-Verse +Full name: Spider-Verse +Other aliases: The Great Hunt; The Culling; Edge of Spider-Verse; Spider Season; Dirtbag Season; Spider-War; An Apocalyptic Multiversal Spider-Orgy; Spider-Verse Saga; Totem War +First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 3 9 +Created by: Dan Slott; Olivier Coipel +Reality: Multiverse +Notes: The event had a 5-paged prelude in Free Comic Book Day 2014: Guardians of the Galaxy.; Four teams were formed during this event: Peter's Team, Otto's team, Spider-Men (Earth-41940) and the Web-Warriors (Earth-12041).; When asked on Twitter why the universe designations for Spider-Man Unlimited and Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends in Amazing Spider-Man Vol 3 7 and for Spider-Gwen in Amazing Spider-Man Vol 3 9 differed from those listed in the [http://www.marvunapp.com/master/earthteaz.htm#numbered Marvel Universe Appendix], Dan Slott [https://archive.today/2015.02.07-005910/https://twitter.com/DanSlott/status/531922855865626624 responded] that "[unless] mentioned in actual stories, designations in wiki entries and handbooks don't count." The validity of his statement is yet to be confirmed, and the wiki has made a policy of treating the "retconned" designations as alternate universes.; In an official FAQ response in Amazing Spider-Man Vol 3 12 in regards to the universe designation of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, editor Nick Lowe stated that "There are a lot of universes out there, so maybe there's a version of the Amazing Friends who are still alive. I wouldn't bank on it, though."; Despite having gotten Spider powers from Peter Parker, the Venom symbiote and its progeny from Earth-616 are not counted as Totems. In spite of this declaration, versions of Venom and Carnage still appear alongside the various Spider-Men and Women that are depicted in the Web of Life and Destiny in Spider-Woman Vol 5 3, and it is also contradicted by What If Spider-Man Killed Kraven the Hunter?, which established Venom and Anti-Venom as Spider-Totems. The editorial reason Agent Venom and other symbiote characters weren't included in Spider-Verse was because Marvel had to draw the line somewhere and chose to exclude the symbiotes from the event.; Amazing Spider-Man Vol 3 14 reveals the event takes place the day before Ultimate Peter Parker was revealed to be alive after being revived by Oz.; According to writer Dan Slott and editor Nick Lowe, the Spider-Man from Earth-7831 is the one from both the Spider-Man: The Animated Series and Spider-Man: Unlimited cartoons, which they decided were "logically" in the same continuity. This is disregarded by X-Men '92 Vol 2 10.; Spider-Ham is stated to be from Earth-25, but this is retconned in Web Warriors Vol 1 9 and Spider-Gwen Vol 2 18, which state he is from Earth-8311. +Trivia: A handful of variants of Spider-Man were forbidden to use by Dan Slott and his collaborators. This includes the following:; Zombie Spider-Man; Spider-Boy from Amalgam Comics, which is co-owned by DC Comics; Any of the Spider-Man variants co-owned by Sony Pictures, which would include:; The Spider-Man from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy; The Spider-Man from Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man duology; The Spider-Man from Spider-Man: The New Animated Series; The Spider-Man from The Spectacular Spider-Man; The story "It's the Little Things" in Spider-Verse Vol 1 2 alludes to the off-panel participation of the Raimi and Webb versions of Spider-Man. Their facial appearances are discussed by two Spider-Man variants with regards to the roles of their live-action actors, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield respectively, in other movies. "It's the Little Things" also features the head and chest of Spider-Boy hidden in a panel crowded by countless Spider-Totems.; Supaidāman should have been one of these forbidden Spider-Men, but he appeared in the event regardless due to an internal misconception when in reality Marvel didn't have permission to use the character. After Toei Company, the creators and owners of the character, found out, they asked Marvel to not use Supaidāman again. However, the character's acknowledgement in Spider-Verse was acclaimed by his Japanese fans, prompting Toei to change their mind and let Marvel keep using the character.; Dan Slott was inspired by his own work on the game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions to conceive Spider-Verse.; Spider-Verse was originally going to be a story set during Superior Spider-Man Vol 1, and would've run in the place of the "Necessary Evil" and "Darkest Hour" story arcs. + +============================================================ + +Secret Wars (2015 Event) (Earth-15513) +Kind: event +Page: Secret Wars (2015 Event) +Full name: Secret Wars (2015) +Other aliases: Great Collapse +First appearance: Free Comic Book Day 2015 (Secret Wars) Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jonathan Hickman; Esad Ribić +Reality: Earth-15513 +Notes: Two videos were released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this event:; Secret Wars Battleworld Revealed!; SECRET WARS Live Kickoff; All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe Vol 1 1 provides a profile for Secret Wars, descriptions for Battleworld's domains and the reality designations for their realities.; Secret Wars was originally an 8-issue mini-series +Trivia: Comparisons to the original Secret Wars:; Previous "Secret Wars" are caused by a being called the Beyonder; Doctor Doom similarly steals the power of the Beyonder(s), only this time it is the race instead of just one.; The setting is also a patchwork planet called Battleworld, though it is made with realities instead of planets like the original Battleworld.; The Life Rafts used to survive the final incursion resemble the Beyonder's Constructs. They are also mostly divided into heroes and villains.; Like before, the Molecule Man plays a key role and works for Doctor Doom.; This event ends the Seventh Cosmos and starts the Eighth Cosmos.; Despite not being included under the Last Days banner, both Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 1 12 and Deadpool Vol 4 45 feature the Final Incursion, with the latter even showing the destructive impact.; Even though it's stated the entire Multiverse was destroyed, some realities seemed to have persevered, as the "Wonder Man's Secret Wars" episode of Marvel Super Heroes: What The--?! shows several intact realities, including the one the show takes place in, with one even having an intact planet Earth (that is, until it's eaten by Galactipool). + +============================================================ + +Shattering +Kind: event +Page: Shattering +Full name: Shattering +Other aliases: Apocalypse: The Twelve Prelude +First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 372 +Created by: Alan Davis; Terry Kavanagh; Adam Kubert +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: These events set the stage for the Apocalypse: The Twelve event. + +============================================================ + +S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary +Kind: event +Page: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary +Full name: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary +First appearance: S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol 3 9 +Created by: Mark Waid; Lee Ferguson; Chelsea Cain; Joelle Jones; Matthew Rosenberg; Daniel Warren Johnson; Kathryn Immonen; Rich Ellis; David Walker; Jody Houser; Luke Ross +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Spider-Women (Event) (Earth-65) +Kind: event +Page: Spider-Women (Event) +Full name: Spider-Women (Event) +First appearance: Spider-Women Alpha Vol 1 1 +Created by: Robbie Thompson; Jason Latour; Dennis Hallum; Vanesa Del Rey +Reality: Earth-65 + +============================================================ + +Siege of Wundagore +Kind: event +Page: Siege of Wundagore +Full name: Siege of Wundagore +First appearance: Heroes for Hire Vol 1 15 +Created by: John Ostrander; Joe Edkin; Pasqual Ferry; Derec Aucoin; Don Hillsman III +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Soviet-Afghan War +Kind: event +Page: Soviet-Afghan War +Full name: Soviet-Afghan War +Other aliases: Russian–Afghan War +First appearance: Incredible Hulk Vol 1 258 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +ResurrXion +Kind: event +Page: ResurrXion +Full name: ResurrXion +Other aliases: Inhumans/X-Men: ResurrXion +First appearance: Inhumans Prime Vol 1 1 +Created by: Al Ewing; Jonboy Meyers; Saladin Ahmed; Christian Ward; Matthew Rosenberg; Javier Garron; Cullen Bunn; Jorge Molina; Marc Guggenheim; Ardian Syaf; Sina Grace; Alessandro Vitti; Christina Strain; Almicar Pinna; Dennis Hopeless; Victor Ibanez; Greg Pak; Greg Land; Tom Taylor; Leonard Kirk +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: All the announced X-Men series will bring back the iconic and famous "corner box arts" for their covers. + +============================================================ + +Running with the Devil +Kind: event +Page: Running with the Devil +Full name: Running with the Devil +First appearance: Bullseye Vol 1 1 +Created by: Charles Soule; Ron Garney; Ed Brisson; Guillermo Sanna Bauza; Matt Owens; Alec Morgan; Matthew Rosenberg; Ben Torres +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Secret Empire (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Secret Empire (Event) +Full name: Secret Empire (Event) +Other aliases: Third Patriotic War +First appearance: Secret Empire Vol 1 0 +Created by: Nick Spencer +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The event was first hinted at with a series of posters released between January 11 and 13, 2017, and further teased in Civil War II: The Oath Vol 1 1, released on January 25. It was then officially announced on February 10.; A prelude for this event was featured in Free Comic Book Day 2017 Secret Empire.; A free preview was released in Secret Empire Free Previews Spotlight Vol 1 1. + +============================================================ + +Screaming Citadel +Kind: event +Page: Screaming Citadel +Full name: Screaming Citadel +First appearance: Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel Vol 1 1 +Created by: Kieron Gillen; Jason Aaron; Marco Checchetto; Salvador Larroca; Andrea Broccardo + +============================================================ + +Star Trek: Telepathy War +Kind: event +Page: Star Trek: Telepathy War +Full name: Star Trek: Telepathy War +First appearance: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Vol 1 12 + +============================================================ + +Spanish-American War +Kind: event +Page: Spanish-American War +Full name: Spanish-American War +First appearance: Punisher: A Man Named Frank Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Spanish Civil War +Kind: event +Page: Spanish Civil War +Full name: Spanish Civil War +First appearance: Wolverine Vol 2 35 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Skrull-Xandar War +Kind: event +Page: Skrull-Xandar War +Full name: Skrull-Xandar War +Other aliases: Xandarian Wars +First appearance: Fantastic Four Vol 1 204 +Created by: Marv Wolfman; Keith Pollard +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Seven Years' War +Kind: event +Page: Seven Years' War +Full name: Seven Years' War +Other aliases: French and Indian War +First appearance: Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 64 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Spider-Geddon (Multiverse) +Kind: event +Page: Spider-Geddon +Full name: Spider-Geddon +Other aliases: Interdimensional Spider-War; Spidergeddon +First appearance: Spider-Geddon Vol 1 0 +Created by: Christos N. Gage; Jorge Molina +Reality: Multiverse + +============================================================ + +Siege of Khemi +Kind: event +Page: Siege of Khemi +Full name: Siege of Khemi +First appearance: Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 108 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Russian Revolution +Kind: event +Page: Russian Revolution +Full name: Russian Revolution +First appearance: Strange Tales Vol 1 24 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Space Race +Kind: event +Page: Space Race +Full name: Space Race +First appearance: Fantastic Four Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Roswell UFO Incident +Kind: event +Page: Roswell UFO Incident +Full name: Roswell UFO Incident +Other aliases: Roswell 1947 +First appearance: Blackwulf Vol 1 2 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Second Kree-Skrull War +Kind: event +Page: Second Kree-Skrull War +Full name: Second Kree-Skrull War +First appearance: Silver Surfer Vol 3 25 +Reality: Earth-616 +Weapons: Universal Weapon + +============================================================ + +Siancong War +Kind: event +Page: Siancong War +Full name: Siancong War +Other aliases: Sin-Cong Conflict; Sin-Cong Revolutionary War "Southeast Asian Conflict" +First appearance: History of the Marvel Universe Vol 2 2 +Created by: Kurt Busiek; Mark Waid; Javier Rodriguez +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Conceived by Kurt Busiek, the Siancong War is an idea that History of the Marvel Universe Vol 2 writer Mark Waid had contended for years. The Marvel Universe works on a sliding timescale in which the beginning of the Age of Heroes is perpetually drifting in time roughly fifteen years behind current day. The Siancong War functions as a "floating conflict" that serve as a backdrop for characters whose origins were originally tied to specific wars that occurred in real life and cannot be held by the sliding timescale, mainly the Vietnam War.; The history of the following characters are affected by the implementation of the Siancong War:; The American recon patrol that would become the Folding Circle. They discovered the Well of All Things in the Temple of the Dragon's Breath during the Siancong War.; Inventor Tony Stark, was captured by Wong-Chu's Red Guerillas, and forced to escape with his first armor, before encountering Col. James Rhodes, during this conflict.; Marine Frank Castiglione, later Frank Castle, fought in this conflict, receiving the Bronze Star, Silver Star, and four Purple Hearts.; During one of his first two tours of Siancong, Frank fought alongside Michael "Ice" Phillips.; During his third tour, Frank killed enemy sniper The Monkey, adopting his skull motif.; Ben Grimm served as a pilot of remarkable skill in the Air Force, in his plane, the Yancy Belle.; Reed Richards served with a wartime intelligence similar to World War II's O.S.S. +Trivia: Before the Siancong Conflict eventually made it to print in History of the Marvel Universe, Busiek and Waid had planned to implement it during the former's run in Iron Man Vol 3. + +============================================================ + +Siege of the City of Wonders +Kind: event +Page: Siege of the City of Wonders +Full name: Siege of the City of Wonders +First appearance: Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 148 +Created by: Charles Dixon +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The Siege of the City of Wonders was created by Chuck Dixon, announced in-universe in "Host of the Serpent Cult" (Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 148; May, 1988), and then depicted in the following issues, all written by Dixon: "Traitor's Gold" (Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 149; June, 1988), "The Plague King" (159; April, 1989), and "Conscience of the King" (213; September, 1993). + +============================================================ + +Reign of X +Kind: event +Page: Reign of X +Full name: Reign of X +First appearance: Hellions Vol 1 7 +Created by: Zeb Wells; Stephen Segovia; Leah Williams; David Baldeon; Gerry Duggan; Stefano Caselli; Al Ewing; Valerio Schiti; Vita Ayala; Rod Reis; Benjamin Percy; Adam Kubert; Viktor Bogdanovic; Tini Howard; Marcus To; Joshua Cassara; Jonathan Hickman; Phil Noto; Tom Muller +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Secret Warps +Kind: event +Page: Secret Warps +Full name: Secret Warps +First appearance: Secret Warps: Soldier Supreme Annual Vol 1 1 +Created by: Al Ewing; Carlos Villa; Carlos Gómez +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: The story titles of each issue are 'warps' of previous events / alternate universes; Acts of War - Acts of Vengeance & Civil War; The Inferno Gauntlet - Inferno & Infinity Gauntlet; Days of Future Mars - Days of Future Past & War of the Worlds; Supremeuniversal - Squadron Supreme & Newuniversal; Secret Infinity Warp Warps - Secret Wars & Infinity Wars + +============================================================ + +Sins of Sinister (Moira VII.1) +Kind: event +Page: Sins of Sinister +Full name: Sins of Sinister +First appearance: Sins of Sinister Vol 1 1 +Created by: Kieron Gillen; Si Spurrier; Al Ewing +Reality: Moira VII.1 +Notes: A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this event:; SINS OF SINISTER -1 Teaser - Marvel Comics + +============================================================ + +The Snap (Multiverse) +Kind: event +Page: The Snap +Full name: The Snap +Other aliases: The Blip; Decimation; Mercy +First appearance: Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest - Volume 1: Beginning +Created by: Christopher Markus; Stephen McFeely +Reality: Multiverse +Trivia: The Snap occurred in May 2018, according to the book Marvel Studios: The Marvel Cinematic Universe - An Official Timeline.; The victims of the Snap are known as "The Vanished". + +============================================================ + +Shadows of Tomorrow +Kind: event +Page: Shadows of Tomorrow +Full name: Shadows of Tomorrow +First appearance: X-Men Vol 7 23 +Created by: Tom Brevoort; Jed MacKay; Gail Simone; Eve L. Ewing + +============================================================ + +Vietnam War +Kind: event +Page: Vietnam War +Full name: Vietnam War +Other aliases: Second Indochina War; Vietnam Conflict +First appearance: Tales of Suspense Vol 1 39 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The Siancong War now takes the place of the Vietnam War in the sliding timescale of the Marvel Universe. For instance, while Iron Man and the Punisher's origins were originally tied to the real-world Vietnam conflict of the 1960s and '70s, they now took place in the fictional Siancong War in a similar geographical area. + +============================================================ + +Unlimited Access +Kind: event +Page: Unlimited Access +Full name: Unlimited Access +First appearance: Unlimited Access Vol 1 1 +Created by: Karl Kesel; Pat Olliffe +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Unforgiven +Kind: event +Page: Unforgiven +Full name: Unforgiven +First appearance: Spider-Man: Unforgiven Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Ultimatum (Event) (Earth-1610) +Kind: event +Page: Ultimatum (Event) +Full name: Ultimatum +First appearance: Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 1 129 +Created by: Jeph Loeb; David Finch; Danny Miki; Steve Firchow; Richard Starkings; Comicraft; Lauren Sankovitch; Lauren Henry; Mark Paniccia +Reality: Earth-1610 +Notes: Ultimatum is an event that took place in (publishing year) 2009 on Earth-1610. It involved all of the major heroes of the Ultimate Universe in a conflict against the master of magnetism Magneto. Ultimatum has its roots in two major titles in Marvel's Ultimate line, Ultimate Origins Vol 1 and Ultimates 3 Vol 1. The book ends with a dedication to the writers and editors who helped found the Ultimate line of comics. +Trivia: Ultimatum was met with an almost universally negative reaction from reviewers and fans alike. IGN listed Ultimatum as one of the worst comic book events ever created. + +============================================================ + +Terminus Factor +Kind: event +Page: Terminus Factor +Full name: Terminus Factor +First appearance: Captain America Annual Vol 1 9 +Created by: Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Utopia (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Utopia (Event) +Full name: Utopia +First appearance: Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia Vol 1 1 +Created by: Matt Fraction; Mike Carey +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Tournament of Champions +Kind: event +Page: Tournament of Champions +Full name: Tournament of Champions +Other aliases: Tournament of Titans +First appearance: Thor King-Size Special Vol 1 2 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Subterranean Wars +Kind: event +Page: Subterranean Wars +Full name: Subterranean Wars +First appearance: Avengers Annual Vol 1 20 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: "Subterranean Wars" was a five-part storyline running through Marvel's 1991 Annuals. The story took place entirely through Annuals with a cover date of June, 1991. +Trivia: The other Annual storylines for 1991 were The Von Strucker Gambit, Korvac Quest, Kings of Pain, and Vibranium Vendetta. + +============================================================ + +Vibranium Vendetta +Kind: event +Page: Vibranium Vendetta +Full name: Vibranium Vendetta +First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Annual Vol 1 25 +Created by: David Michelinie; Guang Yap; Marie Severin +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: "Vibranium Vendetta" was a three-part storyline running through Marvel's 1991 Annuals. The story took place entirely through Annuals with a cover date of September, 1991. +Trivia: The other Annual storylines for 1991 were The Von Strucker Gambit, Subterranean Wars, Korvac Quest, and Kings of Pain. + +============================================================ + +Von Strucker Gambit +Kind: event +Page: Von Strucker Gambit +Full name: Von Strucker Gambit +First appearance: Daredevil Annual Vol 1 7 +Created by: Gregory Wright, Ron Garney +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: "The Von Strucker Gambit" was a three-part storyline running through Marvel's 1991 Annuals. The story took place entirely through Annuals with a cover date of May, 1991. +Trivia: The other Annual storylines for 1991 were Subterranean Wars, Korvac Quest, Kings of Pain, and Vibranium Vendetta. + +============================================================ + +System Bytes +Kind: event +Page: System Bytes +Full name: System Bytes +First appearance: Punisher Annual Vol 1 5 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: This storyline was a crossover through Marvel's Annuals cover dated September, 1992. + +============================================================ + +Suicide Run +Kind: event +Page: Suicide Run +Full name: Suicide Run +First appearance: Punisher Vol 2 85 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The events of the first story in Punisher: War Zone Annual Vol 1 2 take place between Punisher Vol 2 85 and Punisher War Journal Vol 1 61.; The first story in Punisher Annual Vol 1 7 takes place during the events of Punisher Vol 2 86.; The events of the backup story in Punisher Vol 2 100 take place between Punisher War Journal Vol 1 62 and Punisher War Journal Vol 1 64. + +============================================================ + +United We Stand (Earth-1610) +Kind: event +Page: United We Stand +Full name: United We Stand +First appearance: Ultimate Comics Ultimates Vol 1 15 +Created by: Sam Humphries; Brian Michael Bendis; Brian Wood; Billy Tan; David Marquez; Paco Medina +Reality: Earth-1610 + +============================================================ + +Superior Spider-Month +Kind: event +Page: Superior Spider-Month +Full name: Superior Spider-Month +Other aliases: Superior Spider-Week +First appearance: Superior Foes of Spider-Man Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Ultimate Marvel NOW! (Earth-1610) +Kind: event +Page: Ultimate Marvel NOW! +Full name: Ultimate Marvel NOW! +First appearance: All-New Ultimates Vol 1 1 +Created by: Michel Fiffe; Amilcar Pinna; Joshua Hale Fialkov; Mario Guevara; Brian Michael Bendis; David Marquez +Reality: Earth-1610 +Notes: Ultimate Marvel NOW! is a publishing initiative which relaunches numerous titles in the wake of the Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand Vol 1. + +============================================================ + +Thanos Imperative +Kind: event +Page: Thanos Imperative +Full name: Thanos Imperative +First appearance: Thanos Imperative: Ignition Vol 1 1 +Created by: Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Sequel to Realm of Kings + +============================================================ + +Uprising (Earth-199999) +Kind: event +Page: Uprising +Full name: Uprising +Other aliases: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Uprising +First appearance: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 14 +Reality: Earth-199999 +Notes: The last 6 episodes of the event follow up on the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.; ==Videos== + +============================================================ + +Time Runs Out +Kind: event +Page: Time Runs Out +Full name: Time Runs Out +Other aliases: The Fall +First appearance: Avengers Vol 5 35 +Created by: Jonathan Hickman; Jim Cheung; Mike Deodato Jr.; Stefano Caselli; Kev Walker +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Time Runs Out concludes Jonathan Hickman's run on the two main Avengers titles—Avengers Vol 5 and New Avengers Vol 3—and leads directly into the finale of his saga, Secret Wars. +Trivia: All the issues have a banner that reads "IN [X] MONTHS…TIME RUNS OUT!" on their covers' trade dress, counting down the real-life time before the release of Secret Wars Vol 1 1. The banner features in the background the two Earths gradually get closer with each passing month. This blurb was also used in their comic solicitations.; Time Runs Out ("The Fall") is teased in Avengers Vol 5 1, along with the last White Event ("The Light") and the Builder War ("The War"). + +============================================================ + +Time and Time Again +Kind: event +Page: Time and Time Again +Full name: Time and Time Again +First appearance: New Warriors Vol 1 47 +Created by: Fabian Nicieza +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: This storyline was a crossover through Marvel's New Warriors titles in 1994. + +============================================================ + +War of Angels +Kind: event +Page: War of Angels +Full name: War of Angels +Other aliases: "Angel Wars" +First appearance: Original Sin Vol 1 5.3 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: On Earth-14412, there was a new War of Angels, "Angel Wars II" after the reunion of Heven with the other Nine Realms. That future reality's Loki stated that because of his tempering during the reconnection of Heven to the Realms by Thor and Loki, that war was removed from history. + +============================================================ + +Starblast (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Starblast (Event) +Full name: Starblast (Event) +First appearance: Starblast Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Argumentally tied-in, but not directly part of this event, are Namor, the Sub-Mariner Vol 1 46, Quasar Vol 1 31 to Quasar Vol 1 53, and Quasar Vol 1 57 to Quasar Vol 1 60. + +============================================================ + +Vader Down +Kind: event +Page: Vader Down +Full name: Vader Down +First appearance: Star Wars: Vader Down Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jason Aaron; Kieron Gillen + +============================================================ + +Tunguska Event +Kind: event +Page: Tunguska Event +Full name: Tunguska Event; | Name 2 = +First appearance: Fantastic Four Vol 1 13 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +War in Afghanistan +Kind: event +Page: War in Afghanistan +Full name: War in Afghanistan +Other aliases: Afghan War +First appearance: Captain America Vol 4 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Trojan War +Kind: event +Page: Trojan War +Full name: Trojan War +Other aliases: Ilian War +First appearance: Thor Annual Vol 1 8 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Thor (Eric Masterson) passed through the final battle of the War, when the Argives emerged from the wooden horse. + +============================================================ + +Twelve Labors of Hercules +Kind: event +Page: Twelve Labors of Hercules +Full name: Twelve Labors of Hercules +First appearance: Hercules Vol 3 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The Twelves Labors are tainted with inaccuracies:; Many involved people can't get right the numbers of each labor, including Ares and even Hercules. On this account, Eurystheus's numeration is presumably the safest course.; The order of the labors doesn't fit chronology:; The Twelfth Labor in fact occurred in 1277 BC, before the cause that allegedly led to the Twelve Labors.; The 2nd (or 3rd) labor, slaying the Hydra, occurred in 1271 B.C., while the 6th or (or 5th), the cleaning of the Augean Stables as set in 1272 B.C., before.; Both the dispersal of the Stymphalian Birds (1271 BC) and the cleaning of the stables (1272 BC) have been told to be 5th and 6th labor.; Hercules himself explained to Amadeus Cho this way: Incredible Hercules Vol 1 115 + +============================================================ + +Titanomachy +Kind: event +Page: Titanomachy +Full name: Titanomachy +Other aliases: Clash of the Titans +First appearance: Incredible Hercules Vol 1 130 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Uranosian War +Kind: event +Page: Uranosian War +Full name: Uranos War +Other aliases: Uranite Heresy; Uranos schism; Uranosian War +First appearance: What If? Vol 1 24 +Created by: Jim Starlin +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Taking A.I.M. +Kind: event +Page: Taking A.I.M. +Full name: Taking A.I.M. +First appearance: Avengers Vol 1 386 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Venomverse (Multiverse) +Kind: event +Page: Venomverse +Full name: Venomverse +First appearance: Edge of Venomverse Vol 1 1 +Created by: Cullen Bunn; Iban Coello +Reality: Multiverse + +============================================================ + +Stark Week +Kind: event +Page: Stark Week +Full name: Stark Week +First appearance: Marvel Minute Season 1 23 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The comics released were; Iron Man Vol 1 1.jpg|Iron Man Vol 1 1; Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 1.jpg|Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 1; Invincible Iron Man Vol 2 1 Quesada Variant.jpg|Invincible Iron Man Vol 2 1; Iron Man Vol 4 1.jpg|Iron Man Vol 4 1; Superior Iron Man Vol 1 1.jpg|Superior Iron Man Vol 1 1; } + +============================================================ + +Trans-Sabal Civil War +Kind: event +Page: Trans-Sabal Civil War +Full name: Trans-Sabal Civil War +First appearance: Incredible Hulk Vol 1 390 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +War in Heaven +Kind: event +Page: War in Heaven +Full name: War in Heaven +Other aliases: "Lucifer's angelic coup" "rebellion against God" "rebellion against Heaven" "the war against Heaven" "revolt in Heaven"; Fall; Heaven's Only War +First appearance: Dead of Night Featuring Devil-Slayer Vol 1 3 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Malachi is sometimes erroneously listed among the lieutenants of Lucifer cast down to Hell after the War in Heaven. + +============================================================ + +Texas Revolution +Kind: event +Page: Texas Revolution +Full name: Texas Revolution +First appearance: Kid Colt Outlaw Vol 1 22 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +War of 1812 +Kind: event +Page: War of 1812 +Full name: War of 1812 +First appearance: Young Allies Vol 1 19 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Tournament of the Heavenly Cities +Kind: event +Page: Tournament of the Heavenly Cities +Full name: Tournament of the Heavenly Cities +First appearance: Immortal Iron Fist Vol 1 10 +Created by: Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction; David Aja +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Super Olympics +Kind: event +Page: Super Olympics +Full name: Super Olympics +First appearance: Marvel Illustrated: The Swimsuit Issue Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Thanos War +Kind: event +Page: Thanos War +Full name: Thanos War +First appearance: Iron Man Vol 1 55 +Created by: Jim Starlin, Mike Friedrich, Steve Englehart +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Thursebolt +Kind: event +Page: Thursebolt +Full name: Thursebolt +Other aliases: The Feast of Thor +First appearance: Thor Vol 3 620.1 +Created by: Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning; Mark Brooks +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Thousand Year War +Kind: event +Page: Thousand Year War +Full name: Thousand Year War +First appearance: Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 26 +Created by: Lin Carter; Gardner Fox; Val Mayerik +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The Thousand Year War was created by Lin Carter in his Thongor of Lemuria stories. + +============================================================ + +Titan Schism +Kind: event +Page: Titan Schism +Full name: Titan Schism of the Second Age +Other aliases: Titan Schism +First appearance: Eternals Vol 5 2 +Created by: Jim Starlin +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Summer of Symbiotes +Kind: event +Page: Summer of Symbiotes +Full name: Summer of Symbiotes +First appearance: Cult of Carnage: Misery Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +War for Freedom +Kind: event +Page: War for Freedom +Full name: War for Freedom +First appearance: Marvel Atlas Vol 1 2 +Created by: Michael Hoskin; Anthony Flamini; Stuart Vandal; Eric J. Moreels + +============================================================ + +Symbiosis Necrosis +Kind: event +Page: Symbiosis Necrosis +Full name: Symbiosis Necrosis +First appearance: Venom Vol 5 31 +Created by: Torunn Grønbekk; Al Ewing +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +U-Decide! +Kind: event +Page: U-Decide! +Full name: U-Decide! +First appearance: Captain Marvel Vol 5 1Marville Vol 1 1Ultimate Adventures Vol 1 1 +Created by: Peter David; ChrisCross; Bill Jemas; Mark Bright; Paul Neary; Ron Zimmerman; Duncan Fegredo +Reality: Earth-616; Earth-3131; Earth-1610 +Notes: The original plans for U-Decide! involved the loser (the creator whose book received the least sales after 6 issues) would suffer a punishment:; Joe Quesada would take a pie to the face.; Bill Jemas would fall into a dunk tank.; Peter David had no specific punishment as part of the event, but his long-running Captain Marvel book would be cancelled.; The results of the contest were to be given out at either Wizard World Chicago or Wizard World Philadelphia, after each book had reached six issues, but no such event ultimately occurred. + +============================================================ + +Vostok 7 +Kind: event +Page: Vostok 7 +Full name: Vostok 7 +First appearance: G.O.D.S. Vol 1 7 +Created by: Jonathan Hickman; Valerio Schiti +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: In real life, the Vostok programme only went up to Vostok 6 and Vostok 7 was cancelled.; } + +============================================================ + +Venom War (Event) +Kind: event +Page: Venom War (Event) +Full name: Venom War +First appearance: Venom War Vol 1 1 +Created by: Al Ewing; Iban Coello +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: Before the wrestling element came to him during the COVID-19 pandemic, Al Ewing's original idea for the Venom War was to have a big brawl on the streets of New York, which is in-line with the version of the Venom War seen by Doctor Doom in Venom Vol 5 25. + +============================================================ + +Vicious Circle +Kind: event +Page: Vicious Circle +Full name: Vicious Circle +First appearance: Force Works Vol 1 12 +Created by: Dan Abnett; Fred Haynes; Carlos Franco +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: This event was published in three comic-book series in June, 1995. All the issues of these series were flipbooks with double amount of pages, including a normal, complete story in the typical continuity of that series, and a second story belonging to this story arc. + +============================================================ + +Starkwar III (Earth-71831) +Kind: event +Page: Starkwar III +Full name: Starkwar III +First appearance: Captain America Vol 9 701 +Created by: Mark Waid; Leonardo Romero +Reality: Earth-71831 + +============================================================ + +War of the Seven Spheres +Kind: event +Page: War of the Seven Spheres +Full name: War of the Seven Spheres +First appearance: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Vol 1 48 +Created by: Len Kaminski; Geof Isherwood +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +World War II +Kind: event +Page: World War II +Full name: World War II +Other aliases: Great Patriotic War; Second Global Conflict; Second Maltese Siege; Second World War; WWII; World War Two +First appearance: Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 2 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: WWII was mentioned for the first time in Marvel Comics in a Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 2 text story, when the Angel (Thomas Halloway) battled against the Nazis in Grybow, Poland.; Early issues of Fantastic Four Vol 1 state that both Reed Richards and Ben Grimm fought in World War II. However based on Earth-616's Sliding Timescale these should be considered topical references as the stories were originally published in 1961. Current Marvel Handbooks generalize Ben Grimm to having served in the military, and all references to Reed being in the army are no longer referenced. However, both can be generalized to the fact that they served in the military and took part in military conflicts, just not ones dating back to World War II. + +============================================================ + +World War I +Kind: event +Page: World War I +Full name: World War I +Other aliases: First World War; Great War; War of Wars +First appearance: Daring Mystery Comics Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +White Event (Multiverse) +Kind: event +Page: White Event +Full name: White Event +Other aliases: The Light +First appearance: Star Brand Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jim Shooter; John Romita Jr. +Reality: Multiverse +Notes: White Events usually produce a Nightmask, a Starbrand, a Justice, and a Cipher, but sometimes there are others like a Spitfire.; These are derived from New Universe.; Nightmask (Adam) explains that the last White Event was a fractured, failed Event due to the system being broken thanks to the incursions, which is why it only produced a Nightmask and a Starbrand (Kevin Connor). Under normal circumstances, others like a Cipher and a Justice would have manifested.; clear +Trivia: Starbrands, Nightmasks, Justices, and Ciphers are the new Builder systems while the Ex Nihilii, Abyssi, and Alephs are old ones. After the newuniversal superstructure was created, most of the Ex Nihilii were recalled and most of the Abyssi died, except Ex Nihilo and his Abyss.; The Builders classify both created races like Ex Nihilii and Abyssi, as well as ascended individuals like Starbrands and Nightmasks, as "sentient systems" and "tools" of the Builders.; A White Event allowed Emmett Proudhawk to have a vision in the Superflow with a talking hawk. The hawk informs him about the first four that have been selected as "agents of the great mystery" and associates them with the four elements:; "There is a boy who lives in the sky." (Starbrand); "A girl through whom this place flows like water." (Nightmask); "A man who burns." (Justice); "A woman who communes with this earth of machines and electricity." (Cipher); The Last White Event (the Light) is one of three things teased at the start of Jonathan Hickman's run on Avengers Vol 5. The other two are the Builder War (the War) and Time Runs Out (the Fall). + +============================================================ + +X-Tinction Agenda +Kind: event +Page: X-Tinction Agenda +Full name: X-Tinction Agenda +First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 270 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Published during the comic book speculator boom, the involvement of Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld caused the issues of the crossover to sell for $10-20 on the secondary market when the books were first published, though the issues have since gone down in value. +Trivia: X-Tinction Agenda was one of the worlds incorporated into Battleworld as part of the Secret Wars (2015 Event) event. This lead to a 4-issue comic line tie-in called X-Tinction Agenda Vol 1. + +============================================================ + +X-Cutioner's Song +Kind: event +Page: X-Cutioner's Song +Full name: X-Cutioner's Song +First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 294 +Created by: Scott Lobdell; Brandon Peterson; Peter David; Jae Lee; Fabian Nicieza; Andy Kubert; Greg Capullo +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Each issue came sealed in a plastic bag with a trading card. The cards featured profiles of various X-Men characters from story's villain's (Stryfe) perspective.; The issues were collected in X-Men: The X-Cutioner's Song TPB Vol 1 1 on May 1, 1994 (ISBN 0-7851-0025-3).; In 1994, a video game loosely based on the story, X-Men: GamesMaster's Legacy, was released for the Sega Game Gear. + +============================================================ + +World War Hulk +Kind: event +Page: World War Hulk +Full name: World War Hulk +Other aliases: Hulk's War; Hulk World War,; World War Hog +First appearance: World War Hulk Prologue: World Breaker Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The situation was stated to be an Omega Level Threat (designating both Hulk and his invasion). While Hulk was battling in the streets, S.H.I.E.L.D. Wakandan agent Derek Khanata stated that there was "a Class Omega situation" going on. + +============================================================ + +X-Men: Messiah Complex +Kind: event +Page: X-Men: Messiah Complex +Full name: Messiah Complex +Other aliases: X-Men Messiah Complex; X-Men: Messiah Complex +First appearance: X-Men: Messiah Complex Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Trivia: In New X-Men Vol 2 46, Wolverine is shot through the eye by Scalphunter, obliterating the right side of his mask near his eye. However, in X-Men Vol 2 207, his mask is completely whole, showing no evidence of the bullet. Yet, when Xavier is shot, Wolverine is once again shown missing the right part of his mask. + +============================================================ + +War of Kings +Kind: event +Page: War of Kings +Full name: War of Kings +First appearance: Secret Invasion: War of Kings Vol 1 1 +Created by: Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning; Christopher Yost +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: Quasimodo claims that recent lunar scans have made those on Earth aware of the inactivity of the Inhumans in Attilan and instead reveal they are now in Kree space.; Sequel to Annihilation: Conquest and followed by Realm of Kings. + +============================================================ + +World War Hulks +Kind: event +Page: World War Hulks +Full name: World War Hulks +First appearance: World War Hulks Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jeff Parker; Jeph Loeb +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +X-Termination (Multiverse) +Kind: event +Page: X-Termination +Full name: X-Termination +First appearance: Age of Apocalypse Vol 1 13 +Created by: Marjorie Liu; David Lapham; Greg Pak +Reality: Multiverse + +============================================================ + +War of the Serpent +Kind: event +Page: War of the Serpent +Full name: War of the Serpent +First appearance: Mighty Thor Vol 1 7 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: It is possible that Heimdall took part in the War, witnessed or suffered from that event, given he was terrified at the Serpent's return. + +============================================================ + +Weapons of Mutant Destruction +Kind: event +Page: Weapons of Mutant Destruction +Full name: Weapons of Mutant Destruction +Other aliases: W.M.D. +First appearance: Weapons of Mutant Destruction: Alpha Vol 1 1 +Created by: Greg Pak; Mahmud Asrar +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The crossover was first hinted at with a teaser published by Axel Alonso in his Twitter account on February 24, 2017, being officially announced on March 8. + +============================================================ + +Woodstock Festival +Kind: event +Page: Woodstock Festival +Full name: Woodstock Festival +Other aliases: Woodstock Music & Art Fair +First appearance: Woodstock Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Where Is Wolverine? +Kind: event +Page: Where Is Wolverine? +Full name: Where Is Wolverine? +First appearance: Captain America Vol 9 697 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +World War II (Pacific Theater) +Kind: event +Page: World War II (Pacific Theater) +Full name: World War II (Pacific Theater) +Other aliases: Pacific War +First appearance: Human Torch Vol 1 7 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +World War II (European Theater) +Kind: event +Page: World War II (European Theater) +Full name: World War II (European Theater) +Other aliases: WWII; Second World War; World War Two +First appearance: Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 2 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +World War II (Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa) +Kind: event +Page: World War II (Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa) +Full name: World War II (Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa) +Other aliases: WWII; Second World War; World War Two +First appearance: Marvel Mystery Comics Vol 1 33 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +War of the Realms +Kind: event +Page: War of the Realms +Full name: War of the Realms +Other aliases: Roar of the Realms +First appearance: War of the Realms Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jason Aaron; Russell Dauterman; Matthew Wilson +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The War of the Realms as an in-universe event began in 2015's Mighty Thor Vol 2 1. The War of the Realms as an editorial event focuses of the developments surrounding Midgard's entry into the war. This page documents the War of the Realms in its entirety, including the events before Midgard's entry into the conflict as background information. + +============================================================ + +Watergate Scandal +Kind: event +Page: Watergate Scandal +Full name: Watergate Scandal +Other aliases: Watergate +First appearance: Wit & Wisdom of Watergate Vol 1 1 +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: In Captain America Vol 1 175, the tale of a high ranking government official involved in a villainous plot closely paralleled the timeline of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal, so much so that the letters page attempted to distance itself from that ongoing scandal by noting the plot line started development a year prior in Captain America Vol 1 163. According to writer, Steve Englehart, his intention was for Number One to be then president Richard Nixon.; In the alternate future of Earth-691 + +============================================================ + +Wraith War +Kind: event +Page: Wraith War +Full name: Wraith War +First appearance: Rom Vol 1 51 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Wolverine Goes to Hell +Kind: event +Page: Wolverine Goes to Hell +Full name: Wolverine Goes to Hell +First appearance: Wolverine: Road to Hell Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jason Aaron; Renato Guedes; Daniel Acuña; Jason Latour; Steven Sanders; Michael Gaydos; Jamie McKelvie; Marjorie Liu; Daniel Way; Giuseppe Camuncoli; Will Conrad +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +Whitechapel Murders +Kind: event +Page: Whitechapel Murders +Full name: Whitechapel Murders +Other aliases: Ripper Murders. +First appearance: Adventures into Terror Vol 1 29 +Reality: Earth-616 + +============================================================ + +X of Swords +Kind: event +Page: X of Swords +Full name: X of Swords +Other aliases: Contest of Swords +First appearance: X of Swords: Creation Vol 1 1 +Created by: Jonathan Hickman; Tini Howard +Reality: Earth-616 +Notes: The event was first hinted at in a roundtable discussion with the X-Men editors on January 13, 2020, and further teased with a mysterious image on February 27. It was then officially announced on February 28, during C2E2.; A prologue for this event was featured in Free Comic Book Day 2020 (X-Men/Dark Ages).; Marvel reprinted the recommended issues leading to the event in Marvel Tales: Captain Britain Vol 1 1, True Believers: X-Men - Saturnyne Vol 1 1, and True Believers: X-Men - Soulsword Vol 1 1.; X of Swords Handbook Vol 1 1 was set to be released as a complement to the event. +Trivia: The title is derived from the tarot card Ten of Swords.; Despite appearing in promotional material for the event, Charles Xavier and Rachel Summers do not wield the Cerebro Sword and the Blade of the Phoenix, respectively. + +============================================================ + +War of the Bounty Hunters +Kind: event +Page: War of the Bounty Hunters +Full name: War of the Bounty Hunters +First appearance: Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha Vol 1 1 + +============================================================ + +X-Men: From the Ashes +Kind: event +Page: X-Men: From the Ashes +Full name: X-Men: From the Ashes +First appearance: X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comic Vol 1 1 +Created by: Tom Brevoort; Jed MacKay; Ryan Stegman; Gail Simone; David Marquez; Eve Ewing; Carmen Carnero; Alex Paknadel; Diogenes Neves + +============================================================ + +X-Men of Apocalypse (295; 616) +Kind: event +Page: X-Men of Apocalypse +Full name: X-Men of Apocalypse +First appearance: X-Men of Apocalypse Alpha Vol 1 1 +Reality: 295; 616 + +============================================================ + +Washington Blast (Earth-71831) +Kind: event +Page: Washington Blast +Full name: Washington Blast +First appearance: Captain America Vol 9 702 +Created by: Mark Waid +Reality: Earth-71831 + +============================================================ +