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. History: In an effort to expand his empire, Annihilus led an invasion army from the Negative Zone into the positive matter universe.; History; Annihilation Day, minus 41; A prison ship holding Drax the Destroyer, Lunatik, the Blood Brothers, and Paibok the Power Skrull crash landed near Coot's Bluff, Alaska. Drax was killed after Paibok assumed the form of Thanos the Mad Titan and distracted him long enough for the others to target him.; Annihilation Day, minus 40; Cammi Benally discovered the ship and bargained with Paibok, who gave her Drax's body. Following the bargain, Drax's body underwent a transformation, leaving the Destroyer reborn in a weaker, but more cunning body.; In retaliation for his own killing, he killed one of the Blood Brothers and Lunatik. The prison ship Dredge 02 arrived and took Paibok, Drax, and Cammi into custody.; Annihilation Day, minus 7; Thanos arrived at the Kyln and retrieved Skreet and the Fallen One, convincing the Fallen One to serve him. He then waited nearby with Death, who informed him that someone who served her even better than Thanos would soon arrive.; Annihilation Day; From the Crunch (the power source of the Kyln and the border between the positive- and negative-matter universes) came the Annihilation Wave, an immense army commanded by Annihilus, bent on conquering the positive-matter universe and adding its territory to his own. The Kyln was destroyed in the invasion, marking it as the first casualty. During the first day, the Annihilation Wave slaughtered millions of worlds.; Annihilation Day, plus 7; The Nova Corps were assembled on Xandar to face the impending threat of the Annihilation Wave.; Meanwhile, Dredge 02 arrived with its prisoners in tow. Following his rebirth, Drax's DNA had been altered, making it impossible for the Nova Corps to prove that Drax was the same Drax that was earlier sentenced. As such, he and Cammi were released, but told they could not leave the Nova Corps' custody until the threat of the Wave was assessed.; As the Wave arrived at Xandar, the Nova Corps met it head on. The Corps were slaughtered. The Xandarian Worldmind was taken offline, Richard Rider barely survived the assault, and Drax and Cammi fled the destruction in a quickly commandeered ship.; Annihilation Day, plus 11; Richard Rider searched for other Corps survivors, but only discovered the Worldmind. If destroyed, the entire culture of Xander was lost, and the Nova Force along with it. Richard Rider allowed himself to reluctantly be taken over by the Worldmind, providing him with the combined power of the Nova Corps. With the influx of additional power and still enraged at the Wave's destruction of his fellow Corpsmen, Nova attempted a one-man assault on the Wave, doing immense damage, but almost killing himself in the process. Crashing on a nearby planet, Richard Rider, the last remaining Nova, discovered Drax and Cammi.; Initially arguing with the Worldmind over what they should do (preserve the Worldmind's data or take on the Annihilation Wave), the two eventually come to terms (thanks to Drax promising to instruct Nova on how to properly use his newly immense power), deciding to face the Wave, but with help from others. Drax first taught Nova how to open stargates, allowing them to escape the Wave that still surrounded Xandar.; Arriving at Nycos Aristedes, the trio were saved by Quasar (Wendell Vaughn) who was busy overseeing a mass evacuation of the planet. As Nova worked to open a stargate so that the citizens of the planet could flee, the Wave arrived. Deciding to take on the Wave's fleet together, they inflicted heavy casualties on the Wave and eventually came into conflict with Annihilus. As the two attempted to destroy Annihilus and end the invasion, Nova was momentarily incapacitated, allowing Annihilus to destroy Quasar and claim his Quantum Bands. Attempting to then take the Nova Force, Annihilus was subjected to a mental assault from the Worldmind who used the hivemind that the Wave operated on to elicit mass confusion and to cause them to begin assaulting each other. Near death, Nova was retrieved by Cammi and Drax, who then fled.; Annihilation Day, plus 12; Ronan the Accuser was taken into custody by the Kree Empire to face court martial.; Annihilation Day, plus 15; The Super-Skrull learned from a Kree troop that he had infiltrated that the Wave possessed an immense weapon called the Harvester of Sorrow, a weapon capable of destroying entire planets.; Annihilation Day, plus 17; Annihilus begins his attempts at taking the Power Cosmic, sending his Seekers, including their leader Ravenous, after the Heralds of Galactus. Cornering the Air-Walker, the Seekers and Ravenous assaulted the android until the Silver Surfer arrived, defeating Ravenous and the Seekers, but failing to save the Air-Walker. With his last words, the Air-Walker told the Silver Surfer; that he must combat the Wave.; Annihilation Day, plus 19; Terrax the Tamer was captured by Annihilus' Seekers.; The Silver Surfer arrived in the Skrull Empire's territory, finding it decimated; however, in one debris field he found a single survivor, a former Skrull slave named Tarq Maru. As he attempted to take Maru to safety, the Surfer was attacked by the Seekers. After a heated battle, Red Shift and Firelord arrived, turning the tide and beating the Seekers.; Thanos finally met Annihilus, creating an alliance.; Annihilation Day, plus 20; Tenebrous of the Darkness Between and Aegis, Lady of All Sorrows, two of the Proemial Gods, were revealed to have been freed in the destruction of the Kyln. Preparing to seek their vengeance against Galactus, the two discovered the Fallen One retrieving the Maker's body. Sensing the power of Galactus on the Fallen One, they began to interrogate him.; The Silver Surfer, Red Shift, and Firelord found a refugee fleet and delivered Tarq Maru to safety. Stardust then arrived, telling the Surfer that Galactus sought an audience with him. Stardust remained with the other Heralds to assist in their assaults against the Wave.; Annihilus informed Thanos of his attempts to gain the Power Cosmic, failing to gain it before the death of Morg the Executioner. Thanos, curious as to what Annihilus was doing, agreed to assist him.; Annihilation Day, plus 21; Galactus informed the Surfer of the threat posed by Tenebrous and Aegis, asking the Surfer to once again become his Herald. The Surfer agreed, and while Galactus imbued him with the extra power that his current Heralds wielded, Ravenous and his Seekers attacked. Finishing as they begin their assault, the newly empowered Silver Surfer devastated the Seekers and sent Ravenous back to Annihilus, demanding they return to the Negative Zone.; Annihilation Day, plus 29; Ronan was convicted of treason after testimony from Tana Nile "revealed" that Ronan has been in contact with Baroness S'Bak. As punishment, Ronan was stripped of his title of Accuser.; Annihilation Day, plus 40; Thanos met with Tenebrous and Aegis, agreeing to help them find Galactus and enact their revenge.; Annihilation Day, plus 41; An Annihilation Wave fleet led by Admiral Salo attacked the Skrull world Aks'lo. Despite being led by the Super-Skrull, the Skrull army stationed there was destroyed after the arrival of the Harvester of Sorrow.; Annihilation Day, plus 46; The Super-Skrull sought aid from Baroness S'Bak in attacking and destroying the Harvester of Sorrow, fearing that the weapon might be used on the planet Zaragz'na, where his son Sarnogg lived. S'Bak refused. Desperate to stop the Harvester, the Super-Skrull turned on his fellows, stealing an escape ship and being joined by R'Kin, a young Skrull whose father served under the Super-Skrull.; Annihilation Day, plus 47; The Super-Skrull and R'Kin went to Earth, convincing Reed Richards to send him to the Negative Zone so that he could find more information on the Harvester.; Annihilation Day, plus 48; The Super-Skrull and R'Kin captured a Negative Zone vessel.; Annihilation Day, plus 52; The Super-Skrull discovered members of the Annihilation Wave, destroying an army and interrogating the last surviving member, then killing him when he learned who had created the Harvester, a high-ranking Wave scientist named Hawal.; Annihilation Day, plus 55; The Super-Skrull and R'Kin arrived on the prison planetoid UX-73 where prisoners of the Wave were used as slave labor and the scientists of the Wave developed new means of destruction.; The Super-Skrull slaughtered the forces of the prison and convinced the inmates to join him in destroying the Harvester. He also discovered Hawal, who he forced into developing a means to destroy his invention.; Annihilation Day, plus 65; R'Kin began developing a portal that the Super-Skrull's forces could use to return to the positive-matter universe.; Annihilation Day, plus 66; Hawal finished the weapon needed to destroy the Harvester. The Super-Skrull then killed him.; The Super-Skrull revealed his fears concerning his son to Praxagora.; Annihilation Day, plus 68; The Super-Skrull's forces returned to the positive-matter universe and began their assault on the Harvester, but were betrayed by R'Kin and the Super-Skrull's forces were captured. Admiral Salo forced the Super-Skrull to watch as the Harvester destroyed Zaragz'na. R'Kin revealed that he betrayed the Super-Skrull because he held him responsible for his father's death. The Super-Skrull then hypnotized R'Kin, forcing him to release the Super-Skrull's troops. R'Kin then fled as Preak, Praxagora and the Super-Skrull began their assault on the Harvester. The Super-Skrull chased after R'Kin, catching up to him and ripping off his limbs, leaving him to die. Meanwhile, Preak was killed by the Wave's forces and Praxagora readied to overload her internal power source, attempting to turn herself into a living bomb. Before she could destroy herself, the Super-Skrull arrived, absorbing her power and destroying the Harvester himself.; After the destruction, Praxagora retrieved the inert body of the Super-Skrull.; Annihilation Day, plus 79; The Annihilation Wave destroyed the majority of the Skrull Empire and its citizens were slaughtered.; Annihilation Day, plus 88; Ronan passed judgement on the Kree world Bwokk, despite no longer having his Accuser title.; Ronan then learned from Tullk Ul-Zyn that Tana Nile was on the world Godthab Omega.; Annihilation Day, plus 95; Ronan arrived on Godthab Omega, discovering his old ally Korak the Pursuer among the residents. Almost immediately, the two were engaged in a brief battle with Stellaris and Nebula, who they discovered were members of Gamora's Graces. Other warriors from across the universe were revealed to have mysteriously gathered here.; As one of Annihilus' queens, Eradica led an assault on the Kree Empire, as Ronan and Gamora met in battle.; Annihilation Day, plus 99; The Wave arrived and it was discovered that the cosmic being Glorian had been shaping the world. The forces on Godthab Omega overcame the influence of Glorian and banded together to defend themselves against the Wave. Glorian eventually used his power to destroy the Wave, but his mind snapped as a result.; Ronan finally found Tana Nile, who was mortally wounded in the assault. Before dying, she informed him that the House of Fiyero, the leading power in the Kree Empire, were behind her false testimony. Ronan and Gamora then worked together to get the survivors off-planet and warn the Kree of the Wave's arrival.; Annihilation Day, plus 183; While visiting the grave of her father, Phyla and Moondragon were attacked by Thanos, who ripped Moondragon's left ear off and told Phyla to deliver it to Drax while taking Moondragon hostage.; On Daedalus 5, the United Front, a universal resistance movement organized by Nova and Star-Lord to combat the Annihilation Wave, managed to hold off an assault by the Wave.; Annihilation Day, plus 204; A major offensive was launched by another of Annihilus' queens, Extirpia. During the battle, Firelord captured the queen.; At the same time, Galactus and the Silver Surfer were attacked and defeated by Tenebrous and Aegis. The two Proemial Gods turned Galactus and his Herald over to the Annihilation Wave.; Annihilation Day, plus 206; Gamora and Nova end up romantically involved.; Star-Lord and Nova interrogated Extirpia, who informed them of the capture of the Silver Surfer and Galactus.; Drax revealed to Cammi that he was only helping the United Front in an attempt to get closer to Thanos, and fulfill the mission for which he was created for.; Annihilation Day, plus 212; Phyla arrived on Daedalus 5, delivering Thanos' message to Drax, who decided that it was time he fulfill the purpose for which he was created for and headed off to destroy Thanos.; Nova and Ronan met with the House of Fiyero, but when they attempted to arrest Ronan, Ronan slaughtered them.; Praxagora arrived on Daedalus 5 with the Super-Skrull's body, telling the gathered troops how he died.; Out of nowhere, Ravenous, one of the Mad Thinker's androids, Paibok, Terrax, and the Infant Terrible (now known as the Delinquent and, along with Paibok and Terrax, controlled by parasites) appeared amidst the United Front troops. Soon joined by the Centurions, a Negative Zone equivalent of the Nova Corps controlled by Annihilus, a massive assault was launched on the United Front. They were soon joined by an enormous Annihilation Wave fleet whose flagship featured Galactus, converted into a massive weapon by the Annihilation Wave scientists.; Firelord revived the Super-Skrull as the Heralds sensed Galactus' approach and Nova ordered an evacuation.; With the arrival of the Galactus-weapon, Red Shift and Stardust combined their powers to protect the United Front forces, dying in the process. Daedalus 5 was then devoured by Galactus.; Using the chaos to his advantage, Drax snuck onboard a Wave ship, slaughtering its occupants and using it as cover to hunt down Thanos.; After the immense losses suffered by the United Front, the group disbanded, with Ronan leaving to exact his revenge on the House of Fiyero with the Super-Skrull, who was eager to kill Kree, and Praxagora in tow.; Annihilation Day, plus 220; Drax reached the third of Annihilus' queens, Eradica, and killed her, using her vessel to get even closer to Thanos.; Nova reached Earth's Moon, momentarily contemplating where he could unite Earth's forces to assault the Wave. Learning of the Civil War, he realized that there was no way he could get their help, and departed.; Moondragon learned that Thanos wanted Annihilus to succeed so that he could rule an empty galaxy, with no opponents to challenge him. Thanos revealed that he had no interest in Annihilus' schemes and released Moondragon from the parasites used to control her. He then prepared to release Galactus, but Drax arrived, fulfilling his duty and killing Thanos, thus leaving Galactus still imprisoned.; Nova headed deeper into Wave-controlled territory, rejoined by Star-Lord and Phyla. They were briefly aided by Blastaar the Living Bomb-Burst and the Spaceknights.; Unable to release Galactus, Drax released the Silver Surfer, who turned his might on the task of freeing Galactus. An enraged Galactus devastated the nearby Wave forces and destroyed the nearest planet.; On Hala the Super-Skrull, Praxagora, and Ronan learned that the House of Fiyero had brokered a deal with the Annihilation Wave, leaving the Kree homeworld to Ravenous and the Centurions. Ronan nearly killed Ravenous in their ensuing battle, then killed the leaders of the House of Fiyero. He then found the Supreme Intelligence nearly destroyed by the occupiers, and killed his one-time leader as an act of mercy. Ronan was then declared the leader of the Kree.; Nova, Phyla, and Star-Lord finally reached the center of the Annihilation Wave, attacking Annihilus himself. As Annihilus overpowered his attackers, he was surprised when the Quantum Bands flew onto Phyla's wrists, twisting the balance of power. With Annihilus slightly weakened, Nova focused his power and turned Annihilus inside-out, killing him.; Thanos and Death witnessed the final battle, but Nova refused to join them, clinging to life.; Annihilation Day, plus 222; After the death of Annihilus, the parasites controlling Paibok, Terrax, and the Delinquent were deactivated. The three made their escape, causing mass devastation in the process. Arriving on New Xeron and finding it controlled by the Space Parasite, the three assaulted the Space Parasite, with Terrax landing the killing blow. Terrax then set out to rebuild his reputation.; Annihilation Day, plus 227; Galactus was weakened from his capture and sent the Silver Surfer to find a new planet for him to feed upon. While waiting, a reborn Stardust arrived, offering Galactus the energy of their remaining people as a demonstration of their devotion to him.; Annihilation Day, plus 268; Armistice Day.; After Annihilus' defeat, the remaining Annihilation Wave forces agreed to a treaty that brought the hostilities to an end, but gave the remaining Wave forces all of the Skrulls' territory and the former Kree capital, Kree-Lar.; Phyla decided to use the Quantum Bands to become the new Quasar.; Skreet joined Cammi.; Annihilation Day, plus 274; Firelord refused to accept the terms of the armistice and set out to destroy the remaining Centurions, but discovered that the group had rifts in its ranks, including some honorable members.; Annihilation Day, plus 277; A dying Extermina gave birth to one final being: Annihilus.; Annihilation Day, plus 281; The Silver Surfer confronted and, with extreme effort, managed to destroy Tenebrous and Aegis, nearly destroying himself in the process. Impressed with his actions, Galactus healed him. ============================================================ 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" History: The so-called "Prime Movers" (Dr. Doom, Magneto, Kingpin, Wizard, Mandarin, and Red Skull) were originally tricked into thinking that the Acts of Vengeance were each individual's idea by Loki who posed as an unassuming man in a white suit and played at being their personal assistant/lackey, making each believe they were really in charge.; The idea was that after years of being constantly beaten by the many super-heroes, it was time that the villains stopped attacking the same targets they always attacked, and focused on ones they had never faced. By doing so, they hoped to take the heroes off-guard and easily defeat them. ============================================================ 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. History: The Black Event, categorically, is the complete and utter destruction of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas. In the hours prior to its destruction, Kenneth Connell, bearer of the Star Brand, had participated in a comic book convention after embracing the ideas of a superhero. While there, he encountered his old nemesis, the Old Man, and the two fought inside the convention, killing hundreds of bystanders in the process. In the scuffle, Ken read the Old Man's mind and learned he was a centuries old man driven insane by the power of the Star Brand. With this information, coupled by the devastation caused by their fight, Ken decided to get rid of the Star Brand. He had initially planned to transfer the energies on the Moon, but fearing he wouldn't get help in time, he decided to do so within the Earth's atmosphere. Despite the futile efforts of the specter-like Paranormal known as The Witness, Ken attempted to transfer the Star Brand into a weight. Because the Star Brand couldn't handle its new "home", it resulted in a catastrophic, yet soundless, explosion at 6:06 PM, December 22nd.; Despite the work of MacIntyre Browning to prevent everyone knowing of the devastation, the Russians revealed the destruction and begin a months long strain of tension, leading to the militarization of many male Paranormals and initiating a war with Russia that would end with the Star Child's influence. ============================================================ Atlantis Attacks Kind: event Page: Atlantis Attacks Full name: Atlantis Attacks First appearance: Silver Surfer Annual Vol 1 2 Reality: Earth-616 History: The Silver Surfer who is involved in the Second Kree-Skrull War temporarily lost control of his board due to space fungus. He used the Power Cosmic to restore the space fungus to its previous form, that of the Deviant Ghaur. Who realizing he would likely lose a fight with the Silver Surfer headed back to Earth. The Silver Surfer preoccupied with the intergalactic war, sent a mental warning to Doctor Strange. Upon his arrival on Earth, Ghaur arrived in the undersea dominion of Lemuria and recruited Llyra. He planned to locate the Serpent Crown to summon the Elder God Set, to destroy his enemies on Earth.; In a meeting with Attuma at a Lemurian rebel outpost, Ghaur explained to him his plan to take over the world. In which they would use the combined forces of Attuma's Atlantean army, Llyra's Lemurian rebels, and Ghaur's Deviants to prepare the world for Set's return by weakening the surface world. Attuma agreed on the condition that he be put in command of the combined military forces. Namor working with Iron Man in investigating a Hydra operation, discovered Attuma's forces sneaking into the Panama Canal. Battle ensued between the invaders and the heroes. They held off the invasion force until the U.S. Air Force arrived.; Lyra and Ghaur relocated to the Bermuda Triangle, establishing a base on Magneto's former island. Where they prepared to summon Set by recreating the Serpent Crown. The Abomination, whose body was inhabited by Tyrannus was freed by Lemurian soldiers. Ghaur and Llyra were able to pull his mind out and restore his body.; Back on the island base in the Bermuda Triangle, Ghaur was building a giant version of the Serpent Crown. Meanwhile Viper and Tyrannus were creating Serpent-Men. Ghaur ordered an attack on the surface world. Attuma sent his lieutenants (U-Man, Tyrak, Lord Arno, and Warlord Krang) to attack the United States, each of the four leading an army. Seeking to weaken key elements in America's defense, the Atlanteans attacked the Shoreham Nuclear Plant, Langley Air Force Base, Fort Hamilton Army Base, and Cape Canaveral. In response to the attacks, Captain America assembled the Avengers who split into four teams which engaged and defeated the invaders.; A team of Deviants who looked similar to several New Mutants members were sent to retrieve the Horn of Doom. Despite the assistance of the Atlantean mutant team SURF, Namorita was unable to stop them. Mistakenly believing the New Mutants were the attackers, they went after the New Mutants and attacked the teens. While they fought, Ghaur used the horn to summon an undersea monster to attack Atlantis as a sacrifice to Set, thereby betraying his Atlantean allies. The New Warriors, Namorita, and SURF joined forces to save Atlantis by leading the monster away from Atlantis into a trench where they buried it, though by that time the city was in ruins.; As Marvel Girl hurtled toward Ghaur's base, pulled by a tractor beam as she was one of several female super-heroes whom Ghaur had marked with the "Mark of Set", Beast hanging on to her ankle. He managed to break through her trance, dropping them into the ocean. Attuma decided he would claim her and took his army to retrieve her, where he encountered Atlantean rebels led by his daughter Andromeda who challenged him to a duel. A battle ensues between the two forces. Beast attempts to rescue her with the assistance of his former teammates, the Defenders. To prevent Jean Grey from dying he was forced to turn her over to Ghaur. Attuma defeated Andromeda, and Ghaur snatched her before he could end her life, to make her one of the Brides of Set.; Attuma personally lead the Atlantean attack on New York City, where they did battle with the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and the US military. Who were able to hold off the Atlantean forces until they sent in a giant monster, the Megasaur which turned the tide in their favor until it was defeated by Spider-Man. While this was going on, the undefended city of Atlantis was destroyed by Llyra's Lemurian forces. Ghaur has taken the Invisible Woman captive and the disguised Namor assisted in the defense of NY City. Upon learning of the betrayal and the destruction of Atlantis, the Atlantean army retreated back into the ocean and a stunned Attuma surrendered without a fight.; As his plan to have the Atlanteans sacrificed to Set failed, Ghaur sent his marked female captives (the Seven Brides of Set - Dagger, Storm, Marvel Girl, She-Hulk, Andromeda, Scarlet Witch, and the Invisible Woman) to retrieve artifacts which he can use to summon the Elder God Set from the dimension in which he is imprisoned. She-Hulk is apprehended by Captain America, the West Coast Avengers, and Beast while the other brides achieved their objectives. They let her go and follow She-Hulk to the seas and back to Ghaur's base. Where they are forced to battle the Brides and the Deviant army. Wonder Man destroyed one of the artifacts and in desperation Ghaur ordered the Scarlet Witch to use her reality-warping abilities on one of the artifacts. Beast attempted to stop the spell using an iron gauntlet and failed, as Set breaks through to the material plane.; Thor, Doctor Strange, Quasar, and the Thing end up in Set's dimension where they fought the Elder God in his true form, an inside-out version of the colossal multi-headed snake. Thor goes to Gaea for help but she is contained by Set's growing power. He then headed to the Sun's center to summon Atum and managed to goad him to transform into Demogorge, the god-eater. Who consumed Thor, briefly permitting Thor to have some control over Demogorge. It appeared in Set's dimension, rips off Set's heads, and sent those seven heads into different dimensions. After which Demogorge spitted Thor out. Having been defeated, Ghaur disappeared before the Avengers can apprehend him.; The Fantastic Four, Avengers, and several other super heroes arrived at Llyra's underwater base. Defending it is was army of Lemurians and Deviants, which they battled. Ghaur attempted to summon Set by using the Seven Brides. Namor arrived and confronted Llyra and Ghaur, and was soon joined by the Fantastic Four. Together they fought Ghaur and Llyra, who are empowered by the Serpent Crown. When Ghaur betrayed Llyra and took her access to the Serpent Crown, the burst of power ended up summoning Naga's spirit. Who emerged and fought Ghaur for control of the Serpent Crown, which resulted in Naga, Ghaur, and Llyra apparently blinking out of existence. Freeing the Seven Brides from the Serpent Crown's control. Which became unstable and on the verge of exploding. The former brides pushed the Serpent Crown into a ravine where it exploded. Namor and his cousin Namorita then took off to find their people whom disbursed due to the destruction of Atlantis. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Badoon Wars were a series of conflicts throughout the Milky Way in the late 30th and early 31st centuries. The combatants included the United Lands of Earth and the Trilexia, who attempted in vain to ward off invasion by the Brotherhood of Badoon. The ship Sol III harbored refugees from many species across the galaxy fleeing the Badoon.; The Badoon Empire; The Badoon established an empire that plundered the galaxy and destroyed civilizations. Though they were the terror of the Milky Way galaxy, there were some worlds allied to the Badoon. In 3007 AD, the Badoon invaded the Solar System. Within a year the solar system was conquered, starting with the human colony worlds (Pluto, Jupiter, and Mercury), and then Earth. During their campaign of conquest and afterwards, the Badoon committed genocide throughout the former United Lands of Earth. In which they exterminated the human sub-species; Jovians, Pluvians, and the Mercurians. The Pluvians had evacuated Pluto having been forewarned, but the refugee ships were destroyed by the Badoon. In Jupiter, the colonists were worked to death mining radioactive minerals. On Mercury in a few hours, every man, woman, and child was butchered in a surprise attack. One of the alien civilizations that was exterminated by the Badoon was that of the Centaurians.; Earth Under Badoon Rule; On Badoon-occupied Earth, New Moscow was the capital of the Badoon regime in the solar system and the seat of power of the Badoon governor, Koord. Humanity was used as slave labor, kept in slave camps surrounded by laser fences and forced to forced to wear slave discs. They turned humans into mindless and nerveless soldiers called Zoms by lobotomizing them. Earth's population had been reduced to 50 million humans by 3015 AD.; Resistance against Badoon rule began with the Guardians of the Galaxy in 3007 AD. A band of super powered survivors consisting of Major Victory a time displaced thousand year old astronaut, Yondu the last Centaurian, Martinex the last Pluvian, and Charlie-27 the last Jovian. Which inspired a Terran resistance movement that was in contact with the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Terran Underground.; Liberation of Earth; When Mr. Fantastic's time machine accidentally pulled a woman (Tarin) from the early 31st century to the late 20th century, several of Earth's heroes whom were present learned of the Badoon conquest and enslavement in the future. Captain America, Sharon Carter, and the Thing returned to the 31st century with Tarin. Where the three heroes helped start an uprising in New York City which was liberated with the help of the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Terran Underground.; When the Guardians of the Galaxy traveled back in time to find out how a previous Badoon attempt of Earth had been defeated, they returned to 3015 AD with the Defenders. With their assistance they brought about a worldwide slave uprising against the Badoon overlords which continued after the Defenders returned back to Earth. The final battle in the struggle to liberate Earth was at New Moscow, where the Badoon were finally overthrown. The former slaves full of anger, bitterness, and hate wished to massacre all the Badoon prisoners. Major Victory convinced them to permit the Sisterhood of the Badoon to come to Earth (brought to Earth by Starhawk) to take all the captured Badoon males with them, a fate which the Badoon males considered to be worse than death. Within a week, Earth was free of Badoon. ============================================================ Black September (Earth-93060) Kind: event Page: Black September Full name: Black September First appearance: Black September Vol 1 ∞ Reality: Earth-93060 History: Black September is a reference to a restructuring of the entire Ultraverse universe.; Countdown to Black September; The UltraForce storyline that leads to Black September begins with Black Knight's arrival in the Ultraverse from Earth-616, leading to a crossover with the Avengers and a conflict over the Infinity Gems. There were five parts to the "Countdown" published through Malibu, though Marvel published a part of the story between the fourth and fifth parts:; I: UltraForce Vol 1 8; II: UltraForce Vol 1 9; III: UltraForce Vol 1 10; IV: UltraForce/Avengers: Prelude Vol 1 11; Avengers/UltraForce Vol 1 1; V: UltraForce/Avengers Vol 1 1; Black September; These books were all released with the cover date of 1995, September and mainly had all-black covers:; Black September Vol 1 ∞; UltraForce Vol 2 ∞; All New Exiles Vol 1 ∞; Prime Vol 2 ∞; Mantra Vol 2 ∞; Rune Vol 2 ∞; Night Man Vol 2 ∞; Siren Vol 1 ∞ ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Bloodsport was an annual competition in Madripoor. The Bloodsport included a succession of one-on-one fights, each of them ending in the utter defeat of one of the fighters. Use of super-human powers and advanced personal weaponry was allowed, and commonly (but not always) the fight ended in the death of one of the contestants. The winner of the fight would then fight in the following round, until he or she was declared victor.; Event; One of the annual competitions was sponsored and organized by the Viper, with Mister X as previous champion. Under the sight of celebrities in the audience, different super-human fighters gave their blood in the field. In the first round:; Headhunter defeated and killed Oddball; Puma apparently devoured the Gamecock; Taskmaster defeated, but not killed, the Cat; Maximillian Zaran defeated, but not killed, his old partner Razorfist; Anaconda snapped Forearm's neck; Toad murdered Eel; Wolverine defeated Speed Demon.; In the second round:; Taskmaster defeated Zaran by throwing a cane at his head while the latter deflected arrows shot by Taskmaster; Puma defeated Anaconda by slashing through her windpipe (though she survived the injury); Wolverine defeated Toad by grabbing him by the tongue and slamming him against the cage in which they were; Defending winner Mister X (who did not fight in the first round due to "champion privileges") beheaded the Headhunter.; In the semifinals:; Wolverine defeated Puma; Mister X defeated Taskmaster.; The final had Wolverine facing Mister X. Here, Wolverine learned that his opponent was a telepath and, thus, could predict his every move and counter it with uncanny accuracy. However, Wolverine later slipped into his berserker rage and started turning the tables of the battle, since the viciousness of his rage makes him attack unpredictably. Mister X was nearly killed, but his bodyguard Blok saved him in the nick of time.; Behind the Scenes; The "Bloodsport" first appeared in Wolverine Vol 2 167. Tieri organized a thread in the Internet, where the fans could propose characters to be killed in the pages of the comic-book. Although he probably considered the results, he did not followed any of the ideas except Todd Thompson's suggestion of killing "any or all of the Serpent Society" (personalized in Anaconda, who nevertheless survived). Some of the most popular characters included Meltdown (7 votes), Bloodscream (aka Bloodsport) and Jubilee (4 votes each). Other characters such as Mimic and Sebastian Shaw found unexpected supporters once they had been "nominated". Viper herself was nominated (and she ended as the sponsor of the event).; The "Bloodsport" was also a comic-book event covering Wolverine #167 to Wolverine Vol 2 169; The event was later referenced in the video-game Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, in Ryu's ending, where he prepares to face Iron Fist in Bloodsport. Incidentally, the event's creator, Frank Tieri, had also written the tie-in comic packaged with pre-orders for the game. ============================================================ 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. History: Iron Man #225-Vol 1 232; Iron Man had battled the criminal called Force, and had recruited and helped him. Tony Stark was examining Forces' armor and realized a lot of the technology resembled that of Iron Man's armor technology. It was then revealed that Spymaster had stolen some Iron Man armor secrets and had sold them to Justin Hammer, who then sold them to criminals and heroes alike. Tony Stark then invented "Negator Packs" that could destroy his technology on contact.; Targets; Iron Man #225-#229; Tony Stark suited up as Iron Man and printed out a list of people who had his secrets. He went after Stilt Man, and used the first of his negator packs on the criminal. He then confronted the Mauler, who just gave his costume away with no fight. After that, he went after the Controller. In their battle, a boy was killed, and acting blindly out of rage, Iron Man defeated the Controller. Some of his next targets included Stingray, the Mandroids, Crimson Dynamo, Titanium Man (Gremlin), and others.; "The Day the Hero Died"; Iron Man #230; Iron Man had lost his friendship with Steve Rogers, and was no longer an Avenger. He was an international criminal, now, and Tony Stark "fired" Iron Man. The government then sent the agent "Firepower" a man in a huge battle suit/armor, after Iron Man. The battle took place in the desert, and when Iron Man was almost defeated, he retreated to a helicopter, in which James Rhodes was inside. Tony Stark took off the Iron Man armor and filled with blood packs. He and Rhodes then sent it flying out the helicopter. Firepower fired a missile and blew it up. With the blood all over, everyone in the world except Anthony Stark and James Rhodes thought Iron Man was dead.; "Reborn Again"; Iron Man #231; Firepower then began attacking Stark Enterprises all over the world. Meanwhile, Tony Stark adds the finishing touches to the new Iron Man armor he'd started working on just before the fight with Force; He adds a protective circuit that would not let the technology get stolen, and faced Firepower. The new armor actually did some damage to Firepower's armor. Firepower was about to launch a missile but his armor was so banged up it was stuck. With 9 seconds to spare, Iron Man found the cancellation code for the missile. Firepower was then arrested. Tony Stark then decided he was not going to destroy the new armor like he originally planned, because of what Firepower said: "There'll be others who will kill you. Just like I killed the OLD Iron Man."; "Intimate Enemies"; Iron Man #232; Tony went to bed last issue at the very end. Little did he know, even though the "Armor Wars" were over now, the nightmare had just begun. In his dream he was Iron Man in his old armor fighting a mechanical beast. He confronted James Rhodes in Iron Man armor, tons of corpses, and a living cybernetic world. The beast that he was fighting absorbed his power, so he reversed repulsors, defeating the creature, but tearing his armor apart, causing an explosion. As he screamed in pain, he woke up, and realized that the dream was just a reflection of his own guilt. The Armor Wars were then officially over. ============================================================ 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 History: Thor's gone completely crazy, and it will take the combined might of the Infinity Watch, Silver Surfer, and Thanos to subdue him. ============================================================ 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 History: Assistant Editor's Month is a one-off event that happened at Marvel Comics wherein the editors of Marvel Comics surrendered full creative control over to their assistants, the end result usually resulting in something humorous or offbeat. The genesis of the Assistant Editor's Month was that all the regular Marvel editors were off at the 1983 San Diego Comic-Con, giving the assistant editors free rein over all of Marvel's titles that month. All these issues had the cover date January 1984.; Checklist; Issues; Issue; Assistant Editor; Notes; Alpha Flight Vol 1 6; Linda Grant; Used white panels on cover and fighting scenes.; Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 248; Bob DeNatale; The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man!; Avengers Vol 1 239; Mike Carlin; The team made an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman and saves the show from an attack by Fabian Stankowicz, who was jealous of the Avengers notoriety. The issues cover also featured a parody of old DC Comic books from the 1960s, including a check board pattern along the top and the Marvel Comics logo redesigned in a parody of the old DC Comics emblem of that era.; Captain America Vol 1 289; Mike Carlin; Involved a back-up story, where Captain America is captured by an amalgamation of M.O.D.O.K. and the Red Skull (Moskull) and had to be rescued by Bernie America (really Cap's girlfriend Bernie Rosenthal). The issue's cover is also a parody of old DC Comic books from the 1960s, including a checkerboard pattern along the top and the Marvel Comics logo redesigned in a parody of the old DC Comics emblem of that era.; Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 154; Jim Owsley; Features a story where Conan's body is drastically altered in the middle of a daring quest. This issue features a cover in parody of DC Comics old cover style. The title name 'The Man-Bats of Ur-Xanarrh!' is also in parody of DC Comics 'Batman of Zur-En-Arrh'.; Conan the King Vol 1 20; Jim Owsley; Jim states "I felt that is this landmark issue of CONAN THE KING. I'd take the theme of Assistant Editor's month just a bit further."; Daredevil Vol 1 202; Mike Higgins; Issue featured a Marvel logo reading "Marvel Pop Art Productions" much in the fashion a number of Marvel comic books had on the covers in the early '60s before they were dropped. This issue also has Foggy Nelson as the featured character on the cover.; Dazzler Vol 1 30; Bob Harras; Dazzler ends up defending the San Diego Comic-Con from a rampaging mutant and encounters Ralph Macchio. Macchio's face is drawn on Dazzler's body in the Marvel logo box on the cover. Also the last page is one-pager 'The Ralph Macchio Gallery'. All Hail Ralph!; Defenders Vol 1 127; Ann Nocenti; Featured a cover alteration, the assistant editor's self-portrait is superimposed on Angel's body in the Marvel Comics logo box.; Fantastic Four Vol 1 262; Mike Higgins; Has a written note from John Byrne in the Marvel logo acknowledging that it's Assistant Editor's Month but asking the staff not to do anything too ridiculous with the cover. John Byrne and Mike Higgins also appear as characters in this issue's story.; Further Adventures of Indiana Jones Vol 1 13; Eliot Brown; The Beware stamp in the UPC box on the cover. The assistant editor one-page story is at the end, called 'Massachusetts Brown:Raiders Of The Late Book'.; G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Vol 1 19; Linda Grant; Snake Eyes fact file, without editor's permission. Also has an altered Marvel logo box featuring the assistant editor of this book.; Incredible Hulk Vol 1 291; Ann Nocenti; Has an altered Marvel logo box featuring the assistant editor of this book on the Hulk's face.; Iron Man Vol 1 178; Mike Carlin; Features a parody of the old DC Comics cover format. Also has a back up story of a group of kids who pretend they're Avengers, firing their version of "Iron Man." But then they realize that he is an asset to their group when he beats up a local bully.; Marvel Retread Funnies Vol 1 1; Scheduled to publish in this month but cancelled. Only a cover released before, features a parody of the old DC Comics cover format, and the line 'She's Dead' is around the MC logo .; Marvel Tales Vol 2 159; Bob DeNatale; Marvel Team-Up Vol 1 137; Bob DeNatale; Instead of featuring a Spider-Man team-up like usual, this issue of Marvel Team-Up has Aunt May and Franklin Richards teaming up to stop Galactus.; Micronauts Vol 1 56; Bob Harras; Two Assistant Editor's Month stories; Moon Knight Vol 1 35; Linda Grant; 'Flying Solo, Flying Blind?'; New Mutants Vol 1 11; Elliot Brown; A slightly altered cover. In the Marvel Comics logo which usually features head shots of the various New Mutants, has the inclusion of the assistant editor of that book with purple antlers drawn on, one of which obscures Cannonball's face.; Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 86; Bob DeNatale; This issue features artwork mostly done by Fred Hembeck.; Power Man and Iron Fist Vol 1 101; Linda Grant; Rom Vol 1 50; Bob Harras; Featured an altered Marvel logo box featuring Rom in a house coat and pipe (a la Playboy owner Hugh Hefner) and Starshine dressed in a pink apron and oven mitts.; Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior Vol 1 5; Bob Harras; Features a parody of the assistant editor dressed as Crystar. He is wearing Crystar's helmet however is wielding a tennis racket instead of Crystar's trademark sword.; Star Wars Vol 1 79; Eliot Brown; Eliot Brown had a Darth Vader costume himself, Lando dressing up as Captain Harlock from Space Battleship Yamato.; Thing Vol 1 7; Ann Nocenti; Has an altered logo box. In this story Thing reads his own comic, is not impressed, and pays a visit to the Marvel Comics office.; Thor Vol 1 339; Mike Carlin; Mike Carlin and Walt Simonson dancing.; Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 177; Elliot Brown; Here is a one-page story for this showing Eliot Brown measuring up the Blackbird for the Marvel Handbook released that month. He is kicked out of the X-Mansion by Professor X since he has taken too long to get the correct measurements and the X-Men need to use the jet.; X-Men Annual Vol 1 7; Elliot Brown; X-Men go to the Marvel offices.; Marvel Age Vol 1 10; Marvel Fanfare Vol 1 12; Ann Nocenti; 'Editori-Al' is changed to 'Editori-Gal', then Ann faced a writer crisis, Roger Stern cannot find any editors to discuss story plot of next month. So Ann made him wear Captain America's suit to inspire his idea, which prove to be a disaster. There is also a 'Robbie's Page' instead of 'Shooter's Page' in the end, written by Robbie Carosella.; Issues on checklist, but with nothing special; Not a part of the event; Following issues were published in January, 1983, but they weren't on event checklist and hadn't had anything special. ============================================================ '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. History: 'Nuff Said was more of a theme than an actual event, occurring in titles in early 2002. The challenge for the writers and artists of the books involved was to tell a story without using any words, only art. Each issue included a partial script of the issue at the end, to better inform the reader of what happened in the issue. ============================================================ 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: History: Anti-Mutant Propaganda Rising; With the proliferation of mutant births, anti-mutant sentiment grew. And without anyone to peacefully unite the mutants or create a poster organization for mutant superheroes, mutants were only seen as a liability and danger.; Anti-mutant protests and rallies began springing up all over the United States, and often turned violent. During the March of Purity on Washington, D.C., mutants right advocate Dr. Henry McCoy was savagely beaten to death by anti-mutant protesters.; Albany; Anti-mutant sentiment finally gained legal traction after a young mutant girl's powers manifested in a fiery explosion. Reports say the explosion looked like a Phoenix. The explosion leveled Albany, New York and killed approximately 600,000 people; The Decimation; After the Albany incident put a face on "the mutant threat" and paved the way for anti-mutant legislation, the U.S. government sanctioned the creation of the mutant hunting robots, the Exonims.; Exonims went into mass production and began running operations (such as Clean-Sweep, Iron Pig, and Red Hot) to round up mutants and human relatives of mutants. Mutants were arrested or killed on sight. In the months that followed, the mutant population dropped drastically. The culling of the mutant population became known as "The Decimation".; With mutants being executed by the thousands in places like Alcatraz and by Exonims in the streets, human families of mutants were next to be targeted. X-Gene carriers were offered the option of sterilization or imprisonment. Researchers were even commissioned to develop a "cure" for mutancy.; Around the world mutants did not fair any better. The United Kingdom attempted to exile their mutant population to a small island off the coast of Ireland. However, the ships never made it to their destination. Instead it was liberated by mutant extremists and most of the mutants escaped into Canada and the United States.; Those aiding or protecting mutants were targeted as well. The popular superhero team, The Fantastic Four, was publicly arrested for harboring a mutant fugitive. Sue Storm herself reported the incident after the mutant injured her son Franklin.; Fortress X; In the midst of anti-mutant hysteria, the mutant "terrorist" known as Magneto organized several efforts to liberate mutants including campaigns in San Francisco, Genosha, Baton Rouge, and New York City. Magneto also organized mutants rights organizations like the Brotherhood and Acolytes.; In a show of force and to rally his fellow mutants, Magneto used his control over magnetism to literally steal multiple skyscrapers (including the Chrysler Building) from Manhattan and create a mutant safe haven, Fortress X. Now Magneto maintains his stronghold and invites mutants to join him in the last stand of mutantkind.; Following these numerous terrorist acts by Magneto and his followers, the U.S. government assembled an elite team of human heroes to hunt down these last mutants. ============================================================ 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. History: Situation; In the wake of the Annihilation, there was much to rebuild. The once mighty Kree empire was left with its defenses crippled, and the Supreme Intelligence was now dead. The Kree now fell under the leadership of Ronan the Accuser. Phyla-Vell now possessed the Quantum Bands and had taken over Wendell Vaughn's place as the new Quasar. The Silver Surfer had become Galactus' herald once again along with Stardust, both being needed to quench Galactus' now insatiable hunger. Quill was in charge of helping to rebuild the Kree defense networks. Choosing to forgo rebuilding the Nova Corps until later, Richard Rider still possessed the full power of the Nova Corps and was flying from world to world attempting to answer distress calls from all corners of the universe. Despite Annihilus' death, his remaining broken forces were now spread throughout the galaxy. Many generals from the Annihilation Wave were now ruling over their own planets as a result of the treaty struck between Ronan's Kree empire and the remainder of Annihilus' army. Seeking retribution, Firelord flew between planets controlled by Annihilus' officers to put them out of power.; Prologue; It was revealed that the Phalanx were now the primary enemy after they used their technology, as well as the devastation left in the wake of the Annihilation Wave to take control of the Kree Empire.; The techno-organic Phalanx invaded the Kree Empire, using the Space Knights as pawns unwittingly brought to the Kree homeworld of Hala by the former Star-Lord, Peter Quill. Assimilating the majority of the population and encasing the Kree Galaxy in a force field, the Phalanx conquered the Kree in a matter of weeks.; Starlord; At the onset of the Phalanx invasion, Peter Quill was at ground zero. He managed to find cover and make it to a Kree prison where he met several warriors to team with including, Mantis and Captain Universe. He resumed his former persona, Star-Lord, and took off to fight against the Phalanx. The group quickly lost two of their warriors in battle.; After discovering that the Phalanx planned to infect the Kree with an airborne techno-virus, Star-Lord and friends — including Groot, who survived an earlier skirmish only to return as a sprig — found themselves on the run. The Phalanx captured all but Mantis, who slipped away, and Captain Universe, who had planned to sacrifice himself to save the others but turned out to be their last hope.; Quasar; Meanwhile, Quasar had been on the outskirts of Kree-Space, aiding those still suffering from the devastation of the Annihilation Wave when she learned of the Phalanx invasion. Accompanied by Moondragon, she followed the commands of a mysterious voice which instructed her to find the "savior" of the Kree empire. During her quest she battled the Super Adaptoid, learned how to control her new Quantum Bands, and discovered more about Moondragon's history, before watching her transform into an actual Dragon of the Moon. Quasar and the newly transformed Moondragon tracked the savior to the remote planet Morag IV, but were ambushed by the Super-Adaptoid. The heroes recovered thanks to the locals, but discovered the Adaptoid had already reached the savior and was attempting to assimilate them. After a brief fight, the Adaptoid unleashed a destructive force on the nearby town, forcing Quasar to choose the innocents over the savior at the cost of exhausting her Quantum Bands.; Quasar found herself, Moondragon, and the grateful natives of Morag IV in pitched battle against not only the Super-Adaptoid, but a host of Phalanx bent on assimilating the savior of the Kree — the enigmatic Adam Warlock. Quasar and Moondragon ultimately defeated the Super-Adaptoid and in the process, Quasar reabsorbed power into her Bands from the Super-Adaptoid that he had earlier managed to absorb. The mysterious voice guiding Quasar turned out to belong to the Kree Supreme Intelligence, who believed that Warlock would prove to be the Kree's savior. Warlock was regenerating in a cocoon, but his regeneration was damaged by the Super-Adaptoid and the Phalanx. Moondragon and the Supreme Intelligence helped Warlock re-emerge, but he was younger than expected (due to the prematurity of his re-emergence) and troubled, despite the mental work of Moondragon and the Supreme Intelligence to soothe him.; Wraith; Soon afterwards, a new warrior by the name of Wraith was captured by the Phalanx. He was capable of easily defeating the Phalanx warriors by inflicting them with fear. Wraith expressed that he had no interest in fighting the Phalanx, but they proceeded to attack anyway. After being defeated, the Phalanx then dispatched Ronan, who has been converted to their cause, to torture Wraith. Wraith managed to escape however, along with the Super-Skrull, and was guided by the spirit of his deceased father to find the man who murdered his family. This led Wraith to stop the Supreme Intelligence from being used as a weapon against the Kree and also to free Ronan from the Phalanx.; Under interrogation by Ronan, Wraith revealed his origin: the son of an exiled Kree scientist, the boy was kidnapped by the Nameless Kree after his parents were murdered and bonded with the soul-stealing, strength-enhancing symbiotic Exolon, eventually murdering his captors and returning to Kree space seeking his family’s killer.; Nova; Upon leaving Earth, distress calls from all over Kree space summoned Rider to the planet Hala, the seat of the Kree Empire. Approaching the planet, Rider encountered a contingent of Phalanx-possessed Kree Sentries that attacked him without provocation. The Worldmind reported that these Sentries were carrying viral programming that nearly succeeded in invading its own systems. Cutting and running, Rider attempted to open a stargate and flee, only to impact at full speed against the energy barrier the Phalanx were using to seal off Kree space from the rest of the universe, mortally wounding himself in the process.; Flung to Drez-Lar, a planet on the far edge of Kree territory, Rider's charred body came to rest in a crater near the encamped survivors of a downed Kree vessel. Working quickly to protect its host's remains from incoming Phalanx attackers, the Worldmind chose Ko-Rel, a female commander of the former warship, conferring on her the powers and rank of a Nova Corps Centurion and the designation Nova 0001. Nearing death, Rider was transported to the safety of Ko-Rel's ship to give his suit's healing systems time to attempt repairing his broken body. Later, the Phalanx Select Gamora snuck on board the ship and infected Rider with the Phalanx transmode virus, accelerating his recovery and making him a Select.; Now a slave of the Phalanx, Nova rekindled his affair with Gamora and spent a brief time as a Phalanx Select. Tasked with killing Rider before the Worldmind could succumb to the transmode virus, thus allowing the Phalanx full access to the Nova Force, Ko-Rel attacked him, guided by Worldmind's fast thinking. But once she incapacitated him, she hesitated to finish the job only to be killed by Gamora in retaliation. Upon Ko-Rel's death, the remainder of the Nova Force transferred back into Rider's now fully healed body, enabling him to contain his transmode virus infection and break free from Phalanx possession. Fleeing, Nova utilized the gravity of a nearby neutron star to create a wormhole and escape. In hot pursuit, Gamora and new Phalanx Select Drax followed Rider into the wormhole.; Hurled haphazardly through space, Rider found himself far on the other side of the universe where he discovered Knowhere, a small, self-contained city carved into the massive severed head of a long dead Celestial. He met a telepathic dog named Cosmo, who explained that Knowhere is being threatened by the Abyss, a powerful entity and arch-nemesis of the Luminals, Xarth Three's equivalent of the Avengers, who was able to turn anyone into zombies. Rider is able to seal the prison the Abyss was held in, by using the transmode virus to repair it, allowing Knowhere to resume its daily life. Cosmo also provided Rider information about Kvch, the homeworld of the Technarchy, the Phalanx's parents. Using Knowhere's near-universal teleportation technology, Rider made his way to Kvch. However, Gamora and Drax followed him.; Eventually arriving on Kvch, home planet of the Technarchy, Rider was able to enlist the help of the mutant Warlock and his adopted son Tyro, who succeeded in completely curing Rider, Drax, and Gamora of the Transmode Virus before accompanying them back to Hala to engage the Phalanx. Bursting through the Phalanx's recently weakened energy shield, Nova saved Star-Lord's life and aided in the battle against Ultron.; Conquest; A Phalanx assimilated Xenmu, along with Shatterax and Korath tried to kill Moondragon, Quasar, and Adam. However, Adam Warlock whisked them away to where some miniature Kree were being held by the High Evolutionary. The Phalanx Technarchy's primary director was revealed to be the Avengers villain Ultron. Ultron killed Korath and decided to involve himself in the battle personally.; Moondragon and Quasar sought to persuade the High Evolutionary to join them in their struggle against the Phalanx. Ultron found them and seemingly killed Moondragon. Ultron and Warlock prepare to battle. Blastaar, who was working against the Phalanx, appeared to die. Star-Lord appeared to have the plans for the Phalanx Babel Spire and planned to infiltrate it.; Quasar, Moondragon and Adam stood against Ultron. The High Evolutionary was ultimately captured by the Phalanx, and was forced to transfer Ultron's essence into Adam's body or be destroyed. The High Evolutionary performed the transfer, seemingly betraying and killing Adam in the process. However, the Evolutionary made a few cryptic remarks to Ultron's former body once the transfer was complete, suggesting that there were layers of complexity to the situation that the Evolutionary was keeping to himself. Ultron awakened in Adam's body, unaware of these remarks and pleased with the results. Controlling Adam's abilities better than Adam could, Ultron gathered the Phalanx to end the resistance against him in the form of Star-Lord and his team. Then, he planned on controlling an army of Adam Warlocks to conquer Earth.; Running concurrent to these events, Star-Lord was captured and tortured by Ultron. Bug, Rocket Raccoon and Mantis concocted a plan that involved Groot growing inside the Babel Spire and destroying it from the inside out. Mantis used her telepathic powers to increase his growing abilities and when the time was right she would also ignited the flammable chemicals in his body. This would result in his death, but Groot approved since he would die a hero, befitting his status. Rocket Raccoon took a cutting of Groot to regrow him. The plan went well, and Star-Lord was rescued, but the team had to jump off the spire to survive. Groot used the last of his life energy to grow a protrusion to catch them as they fell.; Mantis explained the loss of Groot and that Star-Lord would not have gone along with the plan if he knew three of his teammates would die. Star-Lord did not understand how three would die as only Captain Universe and Groot had died (he doesn't count Deathcry as a member of the team). Mantis says she saw Ultron at the moment appearing and killing her. In Adam Warlock's body, Ultron does appear and cripples her with a blow to the head.; Eventually arriving on Kvch, home planet of the Technarchy, Rider was able to enlist the help of the mutant Technarch Warlock and his adopted son Tyro, who succeeded in completely curing Rider, Drax, and Gamora of the Transmode Virus before accompanying them back to Hala to engage the Phalanx.; Outside the energy shield a gathering of ships from the Badoon, Rigellians, Galadorian Spaceknights, Spartax and the few Kree free outside the barrier before it raised, constantly batter the shield with all their weaponry, failing to get through. Suddenly, Nova appears with Drax and Gamora along with Warlock and Tyro. The Technarchy begot the Phalanx and have come to set things right. They penetrate the shield and engage Ultron. Ultron easily outmaneuvers Nova but cannot defeat Warlock and the Technarchy. Warlock then infects Ultron with a slow-acting version of the Techno-Organic Virus, which caused Ultron to flee.; Ronan the Accuser led 15,000 Kree Sentries to Hala to destroy all Phalanx and Phalanx-infected Kree on Hala. After seeing Nova, Quasar, Drax and Gamora standing up to the Phalanx, the fleet calls for the attack of Hala to be called off. Ronan refused, and orders Praxagora to fire, but she also refused. Ultron had passed his essence into her and stunned Wraith so he could transfer his essence into the Sentries. As he was leaving Praxagora's body, he destabilized her fusion core and killed her. This resulted in the ship carrying Ronan, Ra-Venn and the Super-Skrull to be destroyed. Only Kl'rt's force fields saved them.; As he departed, the High Evolutionary revealed that Adam was still alive and would continue to lead the group. It turned out that he was stored in the gems on the Quantum Bands Phyla-Vell wore, so she returned his soul to his body. Ultron took control of the Kree altered Sentries and formed one giant Ultron from them. Adam and Phyla-Vell stood against him, and Adam transferred all the souls of the Kree lost in the Conquest to the Quantum Bands, energizing them and reforging Phyla-Vell's sword. She dealt the death blow to Ultron, after Wraith had used his Exolons to trap Ultron in his current body so he couldn't leap to the next. The cryptic remarks of the Evolutionary were no longer as mystifying.; As Phyla-Vell mourned Moondragon's death, Adam came to her and expressed Star-Lord's plan to form a team to stand against galactic threats and prevent further catastrophes from happening. ============================================================ 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. History: In a twisted version of the world we know, the inhabitants battle against the eternal Mutant Apocalypse as Bishop seeks to repair the timeline that began when Legion, Professor X's own son, tried to kill off all of his father's enemies; however, when Legion attempted to murder Magneto, Xavier sacrificed his own life to save Magnus. As a result, Magneto cast off his anti-human sentiments and carried on Xavier's dream of peaceful co-existence, thereby founding the X-Men. ============================================================ 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) History: When Kitty Pryde's group of time displaced X-Men (The 05 X-Men) and Cyclops Uncanny X-Men are forced to team up to stop an out of control new mutant, when Young Cyclops is killed by a Sentinel. He is resurrected moments later by one of Cyclops' recruits, Christopher Muse, who is a healer. However, in the brief moments that Young Cyclops was dead, the adult Cyclops blinked out of existence and the world around the two groups suddenly began to shudder and shake, as if reality was collapsing from the time paradox.; This causes another round of debate from Wolverine's X-Men about returning the 05 to their proper place in the timeline. The debate is suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a group of older X-Men led by an aged Kitty Pryde, the grandson of Charles Xavier, and an adult Jean Grey (the time displaced 05 Jean Grey, having never returned to the past), dressed as the new Xorn. They seek to force the X-Men to go back to the past.; Realizing that something doesn't seem right, 05 Jean escapes with 05 Cyclops. The X-Men and "Future X-Men" pursue, with Xorn explaining that a catastrophe will soon befall the X-Men if the 05 do not return to their original place in the timeline. The exact nature of that catastrophe is left ambiguous.; 05 Jean & Scott eventually make contact with Cyclops team of Uncanny X-Men, and after some consideration Scott agrees to help his younger self and young Jean. Realizing that Scott's thinking on the matter is compromised, Emma Frost telepathically alerts the X-Men and Future X-Men of Young Jean's and Scotts location. However, upon seeing Xorn attack her younger self, Emma has a change of heart and attacks Xorn with the Cuckoos and 05 Jean.; Xorn is able to defeat the combined powers of Emma and her Cuckoos, but 05 Jean is eventually able to defeat her. Xorn gives 05 Jean a glimpse of the future, a ploy on her part, which convinces 05 Jean that they need to go back to their proper place in the timeline. The three teams of X-Men part ways, with Cyclops unsure if this fight is really over. Magik, who is also suspicious of the motives of these new X-Men, travels to the future along with 05 Beast and 05 Iceman. It is discovered that these "Future X-Men" are really the "Future Brotherhood", and motives are purely self-serving. This new Brotherhood was created when Alison Blaire, also known as the X-Men Dazzler, is elected president and quickly assassinated, with the identity of the assassin unrevealed. The true "Future X-Men" agree to travel back in time and confront the Brotherhood.; Upon arriving at the X-mansion with 05 Jean, Scott and Angel, it is discovered that the 05 Beast and Iceman are in the future. The Brotherhood realizes that they will soon have to fight Cyclops team and the true "Future X-Men", and accelerate their plans. It is revealed that the "Future Kitty Pryde" is really Raze, the shape shifting son of Mystique and Wolverine. They attack the original X-Men, including Wolverine who is incapacitated. Raze is able to infiltrate Scott's team and capture 05 Iceman and Beast.; The 05 X-Men are brought to Beast's time machine and an attempt is made to send them back in time. However, an unknown force prevents this process from being completed. As the other Brotherhood members are overwhelmed by the Uncanny X-Men and the Future X-Men, the surviving Brotherhood members flee to Cape Citadel, the site of the first battle between the 05 X-Men and Magneto.; The Brotherhood attacks the military to attract the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. The fully united force of the Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine's team of X-Men, and the "Future" X-Men arrive to stop them. Xorn is able to control the S.H.I.E.L.D. weapon systems on site and launch the government Sentinels, which were being created in secret. The X-Men defeat the government Sentinels, and turn their attention to Xorn. She is able to hold the combined forces off, but her powers overload and she explodes.; The exact catastrophe that befalls the X-Men due to the 05's presence is not revealed. The Future X-Men return to their proper place in the timeline with their casualties. The whereabouts of the Brotherhood member Raze is unknown. The 05 X-Men, due to being nearly forced to go back in time, decide to leave the Jean Grey School and join the Uncanny X-Men. Kitty Pryde, distraught that her input was disregarded during the ordeal, joins them to continue to mentor the 05 Team. ============================================================ 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 History: Marvel celebrates their overall 75th Anniversary (counting from 1939 as Timely Comics) by imagining how they may celebrate their 100th Anniversary as Marvel Comics (counting from 1961). ============================================================ 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 History: New/Relaunched/Revamped series; October 2014; November 2014; December 2014; January 2015 ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The American Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in history of the United States of America.; Events; 1861; In 1861, Abraham Lincoln elected the 16th President of the United States.; First Battle of Bull Run; On 21 July 1861, the first major battle of the war occurred when public and political demands push an unprepared Union Army into battle in Virginia.; 1862; Battle of Secessionville; On June 16, 1862, Brothers; Color Sgt. Alexander Campbell and James Campbell fought each other on opposite sides of the Battle of Secessionville, which was the first major attempt by federal troops to regain Charleston.; In September 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which made ending slavery a war goal.; In September 1862, Dracula lord of the Vampires traveled to Savannah, Georgia. Dracula agreed to bolster the Confederacy with his Vampiric Legion of the Damned in exchange for Annabelle St. John's return to Transylvania. Though the Legion slaughtered all Union troops they came across, Anabelle's father recognized Dracula for what he was, and along with his son Cornelius staked him. Anabelle, determined to honor the bargain, removed the stake and returned home with him.; To the west, the Union destroyed the Confederate river navy by summer 1862, then much of its western armies, and seized New Orleans.; In 1862, Tyrannus led an invasion of Tyrannoids from Subterranea, bursting through the grounds the would one day be the Ravencroft Institute, interrupting a battle during the Civil War.; Richard Trask had been a Colonel in the Confederate States Army. While a good tactician, Trask was also a ruthless and merciless opponent on the battlefield. After the war, Trask took a group of former soldiers who remained loyal to him, garbed them in masks and hoods, and headed westward, offering out his services to those willing to pay for them.; During the war, the Ghost Rider finds Confederate officer Travis Parham avenging the murders of his friend, an ex-slave named Caleb and Caleb's family by a group of marauders led by George Reagan. Parham meets a horse-riding Ghost Rider who seeks the same men. Eventually, Parham learns about the deaths instrumental in helping set forth the Spirit of Vengeance.; 1863; Iron Man of Earth-81191 battled Doctor Doom from Earth-616 aboard the Time Platform. They arrived in various time points such as 270,000,000 BC, Tunguska in 1908, Pompeii in 79 AD, and Pennsylvania during a battle in 1863.; Siege of Vicksburg; In 1863, the successful Union siege of Vicksburg split the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River.; Battle of Gettysburg; In 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's incursion north ended at the Battle of Gettysburg. Jeb Lee, a Confederate spy, marched the Gettysburg battlefield disguised as a Union drummer. On November 19, 1863, following the North's victory Abraham Lincoln attended a ceremony to officially consecrate the grounds and delivered his Gettysburg Address.; After the battle was Jeb Lee revealed to be a Mutant and was collected by Apocalypse and "stored" for later use as the Pestilence of his Final Horsemen.; 1864; Western successes led to General Ulysses S. Grant's command of all Union armies in 1864. Inflicting an ever-tightening naval blockade of Confederate ports, the Union marshaled resources to attack the Confederacy from all directions, leading to the fall of Atlanta.; In 1864, to Union General William Tecumseh Sherman and his march to the sea. The last significant battles raged around the ten-month Siege of Petersburg, gateway to the Confederate capital of Richmond.; 1865; In 1865, John Steele was discovered to be a Union spy by Aloysius Thorndrake. While escaping fin Texas, he stumbled into a portal that connected Earth to Mars. The portal lead to the Vanishing Point, where an ancient entity known as the Abyss was trapped since the dawn of time. Steele and the Confederate soldiers were tainted by said entity's touch and became it's servants.; Following the war the Demon Nightmare gave Lincoln nightmares for seven months, taking him to the graves of the men he sent to their deaths.; Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse; The war ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Lee surrendered to Union General Grant at the Battle of Appomattox Court House.; Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; On April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre, President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play.; He was succeeded by Andrew Johnson becoming the 17th President of the United States.; Aftermath; After the war, much of the South's infrastructure was destroyed, especially its railroads. The Confederacy collapsed, slavery was abolished, and four million enslaved black people were freed. The war-torn nation then entered the Reconstruction era in a partially successful attempt to rebuild the country and grant civil rights to freed slaves.; Alternate Realities; X-Men Cinematic Universe (Earth-41578); The Mutants James Howlett and Victor Creed took part in many wars in their long lives, one of which being the American Civil War. The two fought for the Union, using their strength and voracity to help them win many battles.; Earth-717; On Earth-717; Union soldier Stephen Rogers became the first Captain America during the American Civil War where he led the Union's victory over the Confederate States of America a year earlier in the war; ensured Abraham Lincoln's longevity in his second term; a successful Reconstruction era; and prevented the Indian Wars from happening.; Earth-42466; On Earth-42466 Deadpool time traveled to Gettysburg in 1862. Now in 1862, Deadpool allied himself with a battalion of soldiers from the Confederate Army. The changes he made back in Germantown had affected the timeline allowing the soldiers to have tanks and robots during the American Civil War. This gave Deadpool a huge advantage over Cable and his group after they showed. Deadpool and his soldiers kept the mutants, Warpath and Domino at bay with the advanced technology while Cable traveled back to 1777 to check on the others.; Earth-70213; Union Army officials Colonel Fury and Doctor Xavier recruited three African-Americans to enforce their ranks: the Armor Users James Rhodes, and the mutants Ororo Munroe and Scott Summers to whom they explained their special gifts, and trained them into an elite combat team.; The three black super-soldiers' strikes surprised the over-confident Confederate leaders, defeating their army and killing thousands of them, ending the American Civil War in merely two weeks. ============================================================ 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. History: In the aftermath of Secret Wars, an All-New Marvel Universe emerges.; Clear; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; October 2015; November 2015; December 2015; January 2016; February 2016; March 2016; April 2016; May 2016; June 2016; July 2016 ============================================================ 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. History: Apocalypse returns and each of the X-Men teams have their own trial. First, it is Storm's team as they head to the future to save their fellow X-Men from a future threat: Colossus and his new crew of All-New, All-Different Horsemen of Apocalypse. Then, with the All-New X-Men, Genesis and Young Beast get sent to Ancient Egypt where the clone of Apocalypse must team up with the one thing he never thought would happen: the original Apocalypses' younger self. Finally, Magneto and his team search for a way to restore one of their own: Archangel, who is now no more than a mindless drone under Psylocke's control.; This is the Apocalypse Wars.; Extraordinary X-Men; When Cerebra detected the sudden appearance of six hundred new mutant signatures in Tokyo, Storm sent Colossus and his team of young mutants - composed of Anole, Ernst, Glob, and No-Girl - to investigate. Cerebra took them to the warehouse where all the mutant signatures were coming from, and for their surprise, it served as the base of the Sugar Man.; Sugar Man had genetically engineered six hundred mutant embryos in total isolation from the Terrigen Mists and planned to send them to the future, where they would be safe from the M-Pox caused by the Mists and would grow to become the next generation of mutants, with him as their leader. Sugar Man was about to teleport the ark and himself to the future when Colossus and the young X-Men arrived. Their interference resulted in Sugar Man being separated from his ark and their teleportation along the ark to the future. Soon afterwards, the X-Men arrived and, upon discovering what had happened, used Cerebra to track and follow Colossus and his team through the timestream.; Arriving a thousand years into Earth's future, the X-Men found themselves in a destroyed New York City. The X-Men soon found their young members, but Colossus wasn't with them anymore, and they were somewhat different as they had arrived some time before Storm's team. They were in possession of the ark containing the mutant embryos and were also protecting it. When the older X-Men asked what had happened to Colossus, Cerebra warned them of the incoming threat: Colossus himself and his fellow Horsemen of Apocalypse.; Searching for answers about the place they were, Jean Grey read the young X-Men's minds and discovered they had been there for a year, fighting their way through the bubble worlds of the Omega World, where mutants no longer existed, having been wiped out along with many other races in the wake of Apocalypse, who now reigned supreme over what remained of Earth. After Jean showed what she had discovered to her teammates, the X-Men engaged the Horsemen of Apocalypse in battle, but were defeated and the ark taken from them by Colossus and the other Horsemen, who returned to Apocalypse's Kingdom soon after. Due to the damages sustained in the battle, Cerebra couldn't teleport them back to the past anymore and lost contact with Forge in the past. Stranded in the future, the X-Men fought their way through the Moloids to get to Apocalypse's Kingdom, where they were ambushed by the Venom Symbiote, one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse, who took control over Logan's body.; While the other X-Men were battling the Horsemen of Apocalypse, Nightcrawler took Storm to the interior of Apocalypse's Pyramid, planning to end that once and for all by defeating Apocalypse himself. They were ambushed by Moon Knight, another Horseman of Apocalypse, but Nightcrawler quickly dealt with her by throwing her into a pit full of spikes they almost fell into while exploring the pyramid. At the top of the pyramid, Storm and Nightcrawler met Apocalypse, who revealed to them that Omega World was his body and him its heart, with his Horsemen functioning like antibodies. Apocalypse also revealed he had already destroyed the ark, which led Nightcrawler to stab him in the back while he fought Storm. With Apocalypse fatally wounded, Omega World started to crumble.; After defeating Deadpool and Venom, the X-Men tried to take Colossus down, but were no match for him. Only Magik, who had just arrived to rescue them, was able to knocked Colossus out. Seeing Apocalypse as the only person capable of transforming Colossus back to normal, Storm took him with them back to the past, but he teleported Colossus away as soon as they arrived in X-Haven. Somewhere else, Colossus was found by Clan Akkaba and revealed to be the Horseman of War.; Uncanny X-Men; After many failed attempts to connect with Archangel's mind in order to discover what had happened to him, Psylocke was about to give up when she suddenly found herself inside his mind. There, Warren changed back to his Angel persona and warned Psylocke about the incoming catastrophe that would befall the town of Green Ridge, and later the world if he was not stopped. Psylocke sought Magneto's help to investigate the small town of Green Ridge, in Colorado. Once there, Magneto and Psylocke suspected something was wrong with the town as she was unable to probe into its citizens minds, and followed them to a tent in the middle of the park. There, a priest welcomed everyone and introduced them to their savior, who to both Psylocke and Magneto's surprise was a wingless Warren Worthington.; When the cult ended, Magneto and Psylocke were approached by Warren, who told them he was blessed for having been freed from his mutation. Psylocke asked to read Warren's mind to search for answers and he accepted it, leading Psylocke to discover Warren had been tampered with by someone. Later, accompanied by Magneto, Psylocke followed Warren to a secret vault which led them to the Hidden Akkaba City, where they were attacked and eventually subdued by Genocide and the other members of the Clan Akkaba.; Easily escaping captivity, Psylocke searched for Warren only to encounter her former lover Fantomex. Psylocke engaged him in an intense fight in which he told her Clan Akkaba let her escape on purpose so she could summon Archangel, kickstarting their plan, and revealed he had been working for Magneto. After knocking Fantomex out, Psylocke found a room full of clones of Archangel, and afraid of them, summoned Archangel to help her.; Meanwhile, Mystique freed Magneto from his cell and deactivated the power dampeners he was shackled with. While fighting their way through Clan Akkaba's ninjas, Mystique and Magneto heard Warren's scream, and followed it to a lab where they discovered Genocide had been having Warren's wings extracted so they could be used to create clones of him to be used to purge the world. Mystique menaced to kill Warren and foil Genocide's plan, but the Death-Flight had already awakened and Archangel was coming to lead them.; Psylocke attacked the Death-Flight to protect the citizens of Green Ridge, and was eventually joined by Fantomex, Mystique, and Magneto, who had just killed Genocide. Magneto and Psylocke witnessed as Warren and Archangel merged together with all their clones to create a new being. This new Archangel was unsure of who or what he now was, but was determined to find out. He swore off all violence and returned with Magneto's X-Men to their base in the Savage Land.; All-New X-Men; On the day of Evan's sixteenth birthday, his friends threw a party for him in what was left of Utopia, but Evan wasn't in the mood for a party as he was worried about what he would become in the future. Evan then went to a small town on Kansas, a place that resembled the one that he grew on in his fake memories, with Pickles to relax. After returning Pickles to Hank's lab, a curious Evan put the Third Eye of Horus on as Hank tried to create a time machine, which he would use to return with his time-displaced friends to their own world. The mask unexpectedly sent Hank and Evan to ancient Egypt, where they found themselves fighting the Sandstormers to save their own lives. As Hank was incapacitated and heavily injured by one of them, Evan was rescued by none other than the younger version of En Sabah Nur, a.k.a. Apocalypse.; While the Sandstormers were convinced to take Hank prisoner as a way to bring En Sabah Nur back to them by their mystic, who now had in his possession the Third Eye of Horus, Evan and En Sabah Nur escaped to Perunefer, where they met Erika of Amnisos, an old friend of En Sabah Nur who offered herself to help them escape Baal, En Sabah Nur's father and leader of the Sandstormers. After fighting their way through the Golden Raiders, Baal's rivals, Evan and En Sabah Nur escaped on the ship of Erika's father only to receive a mystical message from Baal, who was willing to kill Hank if his son didn't return to him.; Evan and En Sabah Nur arrived at the spot Hank was being held captive, and were surprised by finding the place unguarded, prompting them to easily free Hank. All of sudden, the Sandstormer Mystic appeared and used his powers to make En Sabah Nur unconscious, creating a sandstorm to escape with him afterwards. Evan and Hank then set their course to the Sandstormers' base camp, where they would take the Third Eye of Horus back from the Sandstormer Mystic, and use it to return to the present. However, Evan was unwilling to leave En Sabah Nur to fulfill his destiny and become Apocalypse, so he went ahead and tried to save him. As Evan fought Baal, Hank sneaked into the mystic's tent to retrieve the mask, but he didn't find it. The mystic appeared and offered a deal: a story from the future Hank came from in return for the mask. With the Third Eye of Horus once again in his possession, Hank rescued Evan and returned to the present with him. ============================================================ 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". History: Background; Buri had three sons: Bor, Mimir and Njord. After Bor bested his father in combat, he succeeded him. Njord left to found Vanaheim and sire the Vanir.; Bor's son Odin eventually succeeded as the Aesir's leader.; Freyr later became the leader of the Vanir.; The two tribes of Gods eventually became rivals, although relations existed between individuals of both groups, such as the love of Siri of the Aesir and Heimdall of the Vanir.; Casus Belli; At some point, Odin wished to unite the Aesir to the Vanir. He came to Vanaheim but Freyr refused his proposal, answering that the Vanir would remain independent and refused to bow. Odin, infuriated, gave Freyr an ultimatum until dawn to accept the merger.; War Preparation; That very night, Freyr went to Muspelheim and met with Surtur, who offered him to inspire the Vanir to stand against the Aesir.; War; The next day, Odin and the Aesir met Freyr and the Vanir, powered by Surtur's fire on the field, and war broke out between the Odinkind and the Vanir.; The war prevented Aesir-Vanir interactions, such as the planned wedding of Siri and Heimdall.; During a truce, Vanir and Aesir exchanged peace hostages. Among those given by Odin to his rivals were Mimir who, for unrevealed reasons, was decapitated. His living, talking head was sent back to the All-Father. Still a recluse, Buri used his powers to witness that murder.; Final Truce and Peace; Years later, Odin came to Freyr, offering him a truce. Considering that Freyr would never surrender and was ready to sacrifice his people, and that he knew he would win even after centuries of war, Odin proposed to marry Freyr's daughter Freyja in order to unite their people truly.; Odin and Freyja were married in the Temple of Union of Vanaheim, settling peace between their people, yet to be validated by the birth of a royal heir, although it was also sometimes considered that Odin had defeated and annexed the Vanir to Asgard.; Aftermaths; Political and Sociological Impacts; Despite the peace and the fact that the records of the war were destroyed, a certain grudge remained among the Vanir towards the Aesir and Asgard. That grudge was even borne by Njord, who despised the Aesir. However, Vanir and Aesir mixed, and couples were wed at the Temple of Union.; After Jotunheim paid the Angels of Heven for devising strategy, they suggested an alliance of all of the Asgardians' enemies, who consequently prepared war against Asgard, including Vanaheim.; Mimir's head, still living, was gifted with the power of prophecy. Odin turned him to fire, making him his advisor. He became a wise but cruel prophet to Asgard's leader.; Born long after Freyja's marriage, her sister Gullveig was named Steward of Vanaheim, ruling the realm, while Freyja represented "the Fallen Vanir" on the outside, such as in the Congress of Worlds.; The Heir and the War of Angels; The heir due for the peace to be sealed was eventually born in the form of Aldrif Odinsdottir.; During the War of Angels, all Ten Realms battled each others, but none allied with Asgard. At some point, the Angels attacked Asgard, and the newborn Aldrif was seemingly killed by the Queen of Angels. That story was hidden, and so no royal heir was known, meaning that the Aesir and Vanir remained two conjoined tribes instead of a single one, as Freyja was too devastated to be willing to bear another heir.; The War of Burning; Years later, Surtur had Gullveig to rebel against Asgard, offering them the same gifts as to Freyr, along with his and the Manchester Gods' technologies. The rebel Vanir and the Engels destroyed the Temple of Union and war broke between them and all on the Nine Realms. Along came confusion and distrust among the Asgardians, who served under Freyja, a Vanir queen.; Alternate Realities; Aesir and Vanir clashed in other realities and cycles. ============================================================ 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. History: Backgrounds; In the past, the so-called War of Angels between the Angels of Heven and the Asgardians came to an end with Odin sealing off Heven from the other Nine Realms.; They were eventually freed, at the time the Watcher was killed.; War; The Angel Wars II took place in the Blue Area of the Moon, with Odin Borson and Loki being main players agains the Angels, and it unfolded at the same time as a confrontation between Earth's heroes and Nick Fury. Some of these heroes included Doctor Strange, the Black Panther and the Avenger Captain America.; The two conflicts intertwined, leading to Fury and the heroes he was confronting to join the brawl against the Angels. Fury was slain by an Angel in the middle of the fight.; Thor had been rendered unworthy from picking Mjolnir and spent at least a portion of the War in the sidelines, focused on trying to lift it.; Aftermath; Loki was considered hero of the day, and had to care for the unworthy Thor to keep him out of trouble.; Alternate Reality Versions; Prime Marvel Universe (Earth-616); When he travelled to this universe from the one the Angel Wars II unfolded, Loki attempted to kick-off this event earlier than when it had happened in his timeline by luring Angela back to Heven when Thor and Loki's younger self were there. However, the conflict was averted when the younger Loki freed Odin from self-exile. ============================================================ 9/11 Kind: event Page: 9/11 Full name: September 11th Attack First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 36 Reality: Earth-616 History: On September 11, 2001, a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks were conducted by the extremist Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda against the United States. The World Trade Center was hit, killing and injuring thousands of people and causing billions of dollars worth of property and infrastructure damage.; At the site of the primary attack, Spider-Man and many other heroes worked side-by-side with the rescue crews.; Aftermaths; United States President George W. Bush declared a "War on Terror" which also saw the United States Army invade Afghanistan, beginning the War in Afghanistan. This led to American forces installing a new government and attempting to stabilize the region, while clashing with the forces of the terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.; Years later, a conflict erupted between the citizens over ground zero, some wanting it to remain untouched as a tribute to those who died and some wanting to construct there as a symbol of healing. Eventually, a riot broke out between the two fractions, and the police had to get involved, as well as Commander Steve Rogers accompanied by Sharon Carter. The riot was so violent that Rogers investigated if a supervillain was behind it, however, he didn't find anything. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The American Revolutionary War, also known as the American War of Independence, was the armed struggle in which the thirteen North American colonies rejected the authority of Great Britain and the rule of King George III and constituted themselves as the United States of America, fighting from 1775 to 1783 with foreign assistance from France and Spain. The conflict was repeatedly influenced by immortals, cabals, time travelers and extraterrestrial interventions that sought to steer the outcome for their own eras.; Pre-War (1760s–1774); After British victory in the Seven Years' War the Crown tried to tighten control over its mainland colonies, to tax them for imperial defense and to restrain westward expansion, which produced organised colonial resistance. Colonial leaders met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in Continental Congress while loyalist interests were already being sounded out by the colonial Hellfire Club. On December 16, 1773 the Boston Tea Party occurred when American protesters destroyed an entire shipment of tea in Boston, Massachusetts in defiance of rising taxation. British punitive measures, including the closure of the port at Boston, and reinforcement of the garrison, pushed the colonies toward coordinated action in 1774. In parallel, women of the resistance formed what became the Daughters of Liberty to move intelligence and frustrate Hellfire influence. Benjamin Franklin was recruited to the cause by the Brotherhood of the Shield working as a operative following a prediction by Nostradamus.; Opening Clashes in Massachusetts (1775); In April 1775 Paul Revere's ride warned the countryside around Boston, Massachusetts as British troops marched to seize colonial stores at Concord, Massachusetts. Militia responses produced the fighting at Lexington and Concord, making the breach irreparable. New England forces besieged Boston and fought on the Charlestown peninsula until their ammunition failed. The colonies created the Continental Army and chose George Washington as commander. A temporal disruption caused Willy Lumpkin to arrive in the colonies during the war, startling General Washington and allowing nearby British forces to capture him. Alerted to the danger, the Watcher sent the Fantastic Four through time, with Reed Richards and the Human Torch infiltrating the British position, freeing Washington and returning him to command so events could proceed as recorded. They were then drawn into Tempus' realm, defeated him and had Lumpkin's memory cleared so further paradoxes would not occur.; Competing Cabals in Philadelphia; Philadelphia hosted a colonial Hellfire circle of loyalists, including George Clinton and the telepath Lady Grey, whose purpose was to keep British influence alive in the city and watch Washington's movements. They escalated matters by burning the Worthington home, which drew in the Revolutionary era Captain America. He attempted to recruit the immortal Ulysses Bloodstone who at first refused because too many mortal risings had failed in his lifetime. He persuaded him and Bloodstone entered the Continental Army as a major, later saving Rogers from William Taurey. He then continued to serve under General Wallace Worthington. During 1775 a displaced Captain America met Benjamin Franklin, inspiring him with his read white and blue colors for the nations flag. It was during this time he caim in to possesion of the Eternity Mask using it's powers to help win battles. At the same time in the city, loyalist field agents such as James Green and Diana Knight were running operations that patriot officers like Patrick Clemens worked to break up The Daughters of Liberty quietly guarded key patriots from loyalist reprisals. Also in that year Doctor Strange and Clea traveled to the period and boarded the same ship carrying Benjamin Franklin to the Americas, defending it from an attack by the sorcerer Stygyro so that Franklin could complete his journey. In 1976, they visited the time period once again, with Strange briefly jealous of Franklin's attention to Clea. Later the time displaced West Coast Avengers reached the region during the war and met Franklin during their backward jump through history.; Declaration of Independence (1776); On 2 July 1776, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress voted for independence and on 4 July issued the Declaration of Independence, with the Founding Fathers later recorded together. Among influencing events for their own ends, the immortal Gideon moved a key figure in the formation of the new nation's Declaration of Independence, as part of the Externals machinations. A disguised cell of Skrulls among the delegates, including one posing as Thomas Jefferson, tried to guide the language until the Fantastic Four exposed and hypnotised them into thinking they were cows. By July 1776 Philadelphia was a known meeting point for magic users, including Doctor Strange and Clea. During this time the Egyptian god Khonshu chose a colonial Moon Knight to protect his relics in Boston, Massachusetts, which drew Kang the Conqueror to the year. When the British landed at Kips Bay on 15 September 1776, the arrival of Cable, Hope Summers and Bishop briefly mixed future combat with British artillery around Manhattan, New York, though the city still fell as in recorded history.; Winter Victories and the Valley Forge Encampment (1776–1778); Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on 26 December 1776 was carried out at night in freezing conditions from the Pennsylvania side after assembling boats in secrecy, with General Washington dividing his force and personally leading the main column across ice choked water to strike the Hessian garrison at Trenton in a surprise attack that restored Continental morale and proved the army could still take the offensive despite defeats around New York. A separate twentieth century experiment briefly displaced Washington during the crossing of the Delaware River, yet the incident was corrected and the attack went forward. The later winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania saw the Continental Army hold together in conditions of cold, disease, short rations and poor clothing while Washington and his officers reorganized supply, drilled the men and kept Congress' support long enough for the army to emerge in spring as a more disciplined force. Valley Forge became the emblem of Continental endurance and was later invoked by modern soldiers. In later decades Valley Forge remained a remembered and visited site.; Philadelphia Campaign and the Saratoga Turning Point (1777); In 1777 the British advance on Philadelphia produced major engagements around Germantown, Pennsylvania. The Battles of Saratoga were fought in September and October 1777 near Saratoga, New York under General Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold halted and then defeated British General John Burgoyne's army as it advanced south from Canada in a plan to cut New England off from the other colonies. After two major clashes at Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights, the battered British force became surrounded and short on supplies, forcing Burgoyne to surrender on October 17, 1777. In the region of Sleepy Hollow a Hessian soldier fell in battle becoming a spirit of vengeance known as the Headless Horseman. During this period Sir William the "Black Knight" served in the British Army in the colonies.; Southern Drives, Yorktown (1779–1783); As the war shifted south through Savannah, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, the Carolina backcountry of North Carolina and South Carolina and into Virginia. In 1781 American and French forces trapped the British near Yorktown, Virginia and compelled their surrender, while the immortal Bloodscream fought in British service.; End of the War; A final clash in 1783 on ground that would become the Ravencroft Institute in New York claimed the life of the Revolutionary era Captain America. In 1783 representatives of Great Britain and the United States of America signed the Treaty of Paris in Paris, France, by which Britain formally recognized American independence and brought the war to its legal close.; Alternate Realities; Earth-42466; Deadpool traveled to Germantown in 1777 intending to alter the war, but Cable and his X-Force intercepted him on behalf of Dr. Francis Talbot to keep history intact. Deadpool let himself be distracted so X-Force could move in and stop him from changing key Revolutionary moments.; Earth-1740; An arachnid Highlander called Spider-Laird pursued two Redcoats of the King's Enforcers who had stolen livestock, defeated Raymond Bloch and webbed Fanciful Dan, then met three spider-robed women who knew his true name and destiny.; Earth-74082; In this timeline George Washington was captured alive by British forces during the war, which required time-traveling heroes to free him so the colonies could still gain independence and keep this altered branch from overwriting primary history.; Earth-74820; Here George Washington was successfully executed by the British Army in 1777 after temporal interference, creating a lasting divergent Revolutionary outcome that remained fixed for this reality.; Earth-57780; Kang attempted to derail the American Revolution by sabotaging Boston and Philadelphia milestones so independence would fail, but this era’s Spider-Man and Captain America restored the key events and preserved the familiar Revolutionary sequence.; Earth-928; A squad of British soldiers originating from the American Revolutionary War was pulled forward in time to 2099 A.D. and arrived in Nueva York at the moment Spider-Man 2099 was infiltrating Alchemax Tower. They tried to gun him down with 18th-century weapons despite the futuristic setting, but Miguel evaded them and continued his incursion, leaving this displacement as one of several temporal anomalies tied to the Revolutionary era. ============================================================ 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. History: Overview; The Black Plague (also known as Black Death) was a plague epidemic that annihilated half of Europe, from Great Britain to Kazakhstan; Origin; Many unrelated origins have been given as explanations for the Black Plague:; It was caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium.; It was caused by a Primal Scream originated from a cosmic being (a "truly" cosmic being who "got his knickers in a twist").; When the Sorcerers Guild attempted to expel the Cat People, two of them escaped and one of those two, Flavius, retaliated by throwing a potion at Orann, which sent him fleeing out into town where he inadvertently spreads a new disease. The two cat people guilty for their actions hoped to cure the plague they released on the world.; Black Plague spots; Wales; In 1347, in South Wales, villagers accused Andras' Killcrop (birth-activated mutant) son Dafydd of causing the plague.; When the villagers torched his house, Dafydd used his aerokinetic powers to stop the flames, only propagating them to the rest of the village.; Crimea and Kazakhstan; Around the same period, in Crimea, the Proto-Mutants who lived as a tribe apart from the local humans were immune to the Black Plague. As the humans spotted that immunity, their fear and anger grew. They captured and killed Proto-Mutant Ister's sister, possibly drinking her blood, seeking for a cure.; The Proto-Mutants retreated further into the hills but were slaughtered by the humans and buried in a mass grave near Kuryk, Kazakhstan, off the Caspian Sea.; ===Super-beings involvement===; Before winter 1374, Albert Destine attempted to use his healing power to stem the Plague, having greatly suffered from it (causing his father Adam and his brother Thaddeus to escort him to the Shalu Monastery in Shigatse).; Black Axe battled the undead in Europe during the Black Death.; Black Plague's end; The Inhuman corporation Ennilux was instrumental into ensuring that mankind survived the Black Plague.; Helene and Flavius of the Cat People, guilty over the release of the plague attempted to find a cure. In their old age they was successful saving the human race.; Legacy; The Proto-Mutant mass grave was later dug up by Dr. David Michael Gray, who hired another scientist to harvest and weaponize the plague. This led to the discovery of the Proto-Mutants.; ============================================================ Battle of Pylos Kind: event Page: Battle of Pylos Full name: Battle of Pylos First appearance: Incredible Hercules Vol 1 118 Reality: Earth-616 History: ; Pericymenus was killed by fellow Argonaut Hercules at the Battle of Pylos. ============================================================ 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 History: The Battle of Harkoon was a battle fought during the Kree-Skrull War between the forces of the Kree and Skrull empires. A Skrull counter attack against the Kree's insurrection into the Harkoon Belt, the battle proved to be quite bloody, with many Skrulls killed. One of those killed was General N'ala, who, while under the command of the Kl'rt the Super-Skrull, sacrificed himself to successfully drive the Kree from Harkoon.; For his role in the battle, the Kl'rt was awarded a countess as his bride. N'ala's son R'kin would grow up idolizing Kl'rt. ============================================================ 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 History: ============================================================ 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. History: On November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, the President of the United States of America John F. Kennedy was riding with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife. He was fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald firing from the Texas School Book Depository into Dealey Plaza from a nearby building. The motorcade rushed to the hospital where he was announced dead.; Nightingale from First Line had a vision of the president being killed by an unknown assailant. The team travelled to Dallas to stop the attack but mistook Chimera and Howler as the attackers, unaware of Oswald's plans.; Aftermath; Two days later, Oswald was fatally shot on live television in the Dallas Police Headquarters.; In an experiment the time traveler Immortus travelled back to 1963. Doing so he created Earth-9007 a timeline where Oswald was killed by an Agent Corrigan. He arrived at the depository after getting a tip off phone call from Immortus. He created the alteration so that the single assassin theory would be ignored and the true killer of JFK from the grassy knoll would be investigated. Immortus erased the timeline rather then seeing how it would play out.; Alternate Theories and Claims; A number of alternative theories exist surrounding that event.; Second Shooter Theories; It was speculated that there was a second shooter on a nearby grassy knoll. Over the years it was speculated that the famed Soviet assassin the Winter Soldier was involved in many assassinations since the 1950s. It was also believed that he was the second gunman who shot JFK.; When JFK was resurrected as a Zombie he told Deadpool in his dying breath that the shot came from in the car. Deadpool believed that Jackie Kennedy was the second shooter.; Involvements; Various claims or statements have implicated some parties into the assassination:; Senso, a member of the Hidden Ones, claimed to have been involved in the assassination.; Nick Fury also stated that General John Ryker was involved in the assassination.; Gideon was said to be have been involved as part of the Externals' machinations.; It was revealed JFK had been replaced by a Skrull and was taken out by the CIA.; Lee Oswald Taking the Fall; Captain America stated that JFK was murdered by three Corsican mercenaries paid by Fidel Castro. The information was known within three days after the assassination, including by Nick Fury, who was under orders to lie. To prevent a World War, the information was suppressed and Lee Oswald took the fall for people to have a face and a name to blame. Sabretooth also mentioned that Oswald was a red herring taking the fall.; Alternative Realities; Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610); When the Red Skull, the son of Captain America, escaped the government, he made a statement of his rebellion against the system that created him by orchestrating the assassination of JFK.; Clear; New Ultimate Marvel (Earth-6160); President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by capitalist mastermind and ultra-preneur Midas as part of a deal he made with the Maker to obtain the White House. Howard Stark, at the time known as Iron Man, attempted to save the President, but failed. This event led to a series of events that ultimately caused the dissolution of the United States of America and the formation of the North American Union and Regional Subsidiaries in 1969.; Clear; Earth-Crossover Universe (Earth-7642); An assassin stood on the grassy knoll of Dealey Plaza and killed President John F. Kennedy.; Clear; Ape Universe (Earth-8101); The ape vampire Baron Blood was responsible for the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Years later, while posing as Captain America and leader of the Ape-vengers, Blood was accused of being a vampire by Gibbon, a claim the impostor brushed off as improbable as his having killed Kennedy.; X-Men Movie Universe (Earth-41578); It was believed that Magneto used his powers to change the directory of the bullet to kill JFK, while himself stated he tried to stop the bullet, as JFK was a mutant. The incident was investigated and published in The Bent Bullet Report.; Glorian's Maybe-Verse (Earth-64124); Blue Marvel saved John F. Kennedy from the assassination.; Clear ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; During the final stage of World War II, the United States of America detonated two nuclear weapons over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. On August 6th and 9th, 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed hundreds of thousands, most of whom were civilians leading to immediate surrender ending the war.; Events; The Allies planned to use the combined powers of Invaders; Namor, the Human Torch and Spitfire to create a tsunami to destroy the islands of Japan. However Gwenny Sabuki convinced them not to due to all the innocence. However this did not matter as the US government who chose instead to use their atomic bomb.; Namor after witnessing the devastation at Hiroshima attempted to stop the attack on Nagasaki. He tried to catch the bomb as it fell from the plane but he failed appearing to have been killed in the blast. He however survived and went into hiding from the surface world.; In 1945, the mutant hero Logan was captured by Japanese soldiers in Japan, where he was sent to a prison camp near Hiroshima. Logan escaped from his cell along with Lt. Ethan Warren, an American soldier who was also captured, and found refuge and love in a local Japanese girl, named Atsuko. Unfortunately, Lt. Warren, himself a mutant, returned and murdered the girl and the two men fought, until both were caught in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima that destroyed much of the city. Logan survived thanks to his healing factor.; Time Travellers; Two prisoners escape their prison cell using a magical Monkey's Paw taking them on a journey through time. They first they arrived on the RMS Titanic, then the Hindenburg and finally ending up in Hiroshima, just before the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.; Legacy; The Japanese hero Sunfire was raised by his uncle Tomo to hate America due the bombing of Hiroshima. He was raised to believe the radiation from the bombing caused his mother to die during childbirth. He later took him to the ruins of Hiroshima where young Sunfire's powers manifested.; Warren returned in a now flaming skeleton man and hunted for Logan. He attacked him and ripped out Logan's heart and ate it, restoring his human form. Logan stood continued the fight, shocking Warren and tried to kill him with an energy blast. Logan was unfazed and advanced. Warren begged for mercy, but Logan killed him.; Logan's bones were infected with radiation from the Hiroshima blast, but his healing factor kept it at bay. However, when it gave out Dr. Reed Richards discovered that he started to develop leukemia.; Alternative Realities; X-Men Movie Universe (Earth-41578); In Earth-41578; in 1945, Logan was imprisoned in a POW camp in Nagasaki. The sirens went off warning off the American attack. A young soldier Yashida noticed Logan chained up and tried to free him as the bomb hits. Logan rushed to save the young soldier before he committed Seppuku. He grabbed him and threw him to the well and shields him while he takes the full force of the nuclear blast. Yashida was shocked to see Logan heal himself in seconds. When they climbed out, they were horrified by the sight of the destroyed Nagasaki. ============================================================ 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 History: ; Cassus Beli; When Apsû grew annoyed by the chaos introducted by the younger generations of Annunaki gods sired by his offspring, he planned to destroy them all, but Ea learned about it and preemptively slew Apsû, thus enraging Tiamat and her son Kingu.; Civil War; When Tiamat and Kingu attacked the Annunaki, Tiamat's minions stole the Tablet of Destiny from Dagon, and Kingu used them as a breastplate granting him great power.; They then launched the Annunaki civil war, Kingu leading Tiamat's monster-progeny armies (horned serpents, snake-dragons, demonic lions, lion-men scorpion-men and bull-men) and besieging Dilmun.; Ba'al (with the help of his brother Ea) usurped Dagon's rule, who had succeeded to Anu and whom they perceived as ineffective.; Dagon sired the giant god Ullikummis, made entirely of impenetrable diorite stone, who grew rapidly and chased Ba'al, though he was later defeated by Ba'al and Ea.; As Anu and Dagon proved incapable of ending the war, Ea's son Marduk offered to lead Anu's forces against the armies of Tiamat, and in return would become supreme ruler of the Annunaki. He slew Tiamat, defeated Kingu, retrieved the Tablets of Power and slaughtered Tiamat's remaining followers. He then was crowned ruler of the Annunaki. ============================================================ 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. History: Prelude; Resurrected by a cult dedicated to the worship of Knull and bonded to a piece of the deific primordial Grendel symbiote, Cletus Kasady begins hunting everyone who ever bonded to a symbiote in order to claim their codices - trace remnants of symbiote left in their bodies. Over the course of several months, "Dark Carnage" conquers the Underground City that Venom had once protected and sets up a Spire of living abyss to serve as an amplifier for his new hive-mind; and claims the codices of the city of Doverton, Alejandra Jones, Leonard Elkhart, numerous Weapon V personnel, and countless deceased former hosts whose desecrated bodies the cult deposits in a mass grave.; During the War of the Realms, Dark Carnage sets up a lair underneath Manhattan, establishing a second Spire. Succumbing to Knull's corruption, the Riot, Agony, Phage, and Lasher symbiotes take over a family of four and set out for New York. The theft of the corpse of Thaddeus Ross draws the attention of the Hulk, who begins investigating out of concern that something more sinister might be involved and discovers the mass grave, reporting it to the authorities.; Absolute Carnage in New York; Infiltrating Ryker's Island, Dark Carnage kills Lee Price - attempting to frame Eddie Brock - before hunting Eddie and his son down. Despite rebonding to the Venom symbiote, Eddie is outmatched and only able to escape by exploiting the Dark Carnage symbiote's weakness to electricity. Reluctantly allying with Spider-Man, Eddie contacts the Maker - who has built a codex-extracting machine in Rex Strickland's Warehouse and wants to test it on Normie Osborn, one-time host of the Carnage symbiote. Peter and Eddie refuse and set out to retrieve Norman Osborn - who had bonded to the Carnage symbiote as the Red Goblin and now believes himself to be Cletus Kasady - from Ravencroft Institute before Carnage can do so. Anticipating this, Dark Carnage has John Jameson - who he had infected with the Dark Carnage symbiote while slaughtering Doverton - kill the staff and set up a trap. Attacking the institute, Dark Carnage infects the inmates with pieces of the Dark Carnage symbiote to turn them into a horde of four-armed Carnage Doppelgängers, and bonds Norman Osborn to an offshoot of the Dark Carnage symbiote to turn him into a replica of his original Carnage form.; Spider-Man and Venom barely manage to escape and begin searching for the various heroes, antiheroes, and villains who have bonded to symbiotes. Dark Carnage claims Ravencroft Institute as a base of operations and sacrifices Shriek to resurrect the Demogoblin. Misty Knight - who had been captured by Jameson - manages to escape and contacts Iron Fist, who rallies the other heroes who opposed Carnage during his first attempt to conquer Manhattan to rescue her. Deadpool, seeking psychiatric help, comes across Dark Carnage's cult and burns the institute down - forcing Dark Carnage to relocate to his lair under Manhattan.; As Dark Carnage's Carnage Doppelgängers rampage across the city, devouring or infecting everyone they come across, Venom barely rescues Scorpion from Osborn but is unable to save Miles Morales from being infected by a symbiote and turned into a six-armed Carnage Doppelgänger. Contacting Captain America, Wolverine, and the Thing, Spider-Man joins them in disabling the Spire underneath Manhattan, while Hawkeye infiltrates the Underground City in San Francisco and disables its Spire. Hunted by the symbiote-infected Freak, Conundrum, and Will O' The Wisp, Deadpool kills them but is attacked by Osborn. Deadpool is saved by Spider-Man, who he allows to be captured in order to follow Osborn back to Dark Carnage's lair - blowing himself up and losing the lower half of his body in an attempt to kill Dark Carnage. The Scream symbiote is resurrected by Dark Carnage and sent after Andi Benton, bonding to Patricia Robertson. When Scream breaks free from his control and protects Andi, Dark Carnage hunts them down and kills Patricia; the Scream symbiote bonding to Andi and helping her escape. Iron Fist's team rescues Misty Knight and frees Jameson from his symbiote. Returning home from fighting a Lovecraftian monster in deep space, Captain Marvel is eaten by the symbiote-infected Chewie and confronts a manifestation of Dark Carnage inside her. Carol manages to separate Chewie from the Dark Carnage symbiote - forcing the Flerken to regurgitate her - and is briefly taken over by it, but incinerates it with her cosmic powers; leaving Chewie in the care of Spider-Woman before joining the fight.; While this occurs, Rex Strickland's Warehouse is attacked by Riot, Agony, Phage, and Lasher - who have taken over a family of four. Dylan and Normie are rescued by Sleeper, who attempts to bond to Dylan but is captured by the Maker. To save Sleeper, Dylan frees the Life Foundation symbiotes; which merge into Hybrid and take over the Maker. Dylan and Normie are saved by the arrival of Spider-Man's team, and Bruce Banner completes the Maker's machine, killing the Hybrid symbiote in the process.; As the Maker's machine extracts the assembled heroes' and villains' codices, Dark Carnage infiltrates Rex Strickland's warehouse disguised as Eddie Brock, learning Spider-Man's civilian identity in the process, and summons his horde to attack. Frustrated by Eddie's refusal to fight Dark Carnage, the Venom symbiote leaves him and bonds to Bruce Banner, who transforms into the Hulk after being killed. Eddie tasks Spider-Man with escorting Dylan and Normie to safety while he armed himself with Captain America's shield and a Jury gauntlet. While Spider-Man fights Osborn in the tunnels below, Eddie frees Miles from his symbiote and learns that Dark Carnage is nearly strong enough to free Knull. Dark Carnage defeats the Venomized Hulk and rips the Venom symbiote off him, absorbing it to assume a new demonic form. Initially despairing, Eddie frees the extracted codices from the Maker's machine and bonds with them in order to pursue and stop Dark Carnage.; As Eddie and Dark Carnage fight in midair and on the rooftops, Cloak arrives with Dagger, Iron Fist, Firestar, Morbius, Deathlok, Captain Marvel, Deadpool, and Scream as backup, turning the tide against Carnage's horde. With Spider-Man and Norman Osborn unconscious, the latter's offshoot of the Dark Carnage symbiote separates from him and attacks Dylan only to be destroyed when Dylan's powers activate. Eddie and Dark Carnage crash through the roof of the tunnel, the latter telling Eddie that he has already lost - regardless of whether he lets Dark Carnage kill his son or kills Dark Carnage to save Dylan, Knull will be freed. Deciding to save his son and reclaim his symbiote anyway, Eddie kills Dark Carnage, takes the Venom symbiote back, and absorbs the Dark Carnage symbiote into it.; With Dark Carnage's death, the Carnage Doppelgängers are restored to humanity, the heroes celebrating this as a victory. However, as Dark Carnage had predicted, Knull is reawakened and destroys Klyntar, seizing control of its constituent symbiotes and turning them into a fleet of symbiote dragons.; Aftermath; During the fight with Dark Carnage, Eddie revealed Dylan was his son, leaving the boy hurt and believing Eddie had abandoned him. This causes Dylan to hide his powers from Eddie, powers he used when Norman's symbiote tried to hurt him and Normie.; After being assimilated by the Venom symbiote, the Carnage-ized Grendel symbiote lay dormant for a few weeks before it began communicating with Eddie, threatening to take over him and slaughter the Avengers. Eddie returned to the Isla de Huesos to solve his current situation, but the Carnage symbiote caused his Quinjet to crash when he arrived, assimilating the Venom symbiote and separating from him. Alone, Eddie retrieved an armory he had left on the island years ago and tried to issue an ultimatum to the Carnage symbiote, offering it the island in exchange for the Venom symbiote. When Carnage attempted to take over him, Eddie cut off his left hand and fled into the jungle, using a communications tower to conduct a bolt of lightning and separate both symbiotes when the Carnage symbiote tried to bond to him again. Unfortunately for Eddie, the Carnage symbiote got to him before the Venom symbiote could, taking over him. Meanwhile, Dylan had kept a piece of Norman's Carnage symbiote in order to study and understand his powers; using it to track and help his father by transforming Venom into the form of a Tyrannosaurus rex. When both Eddie and Dylan overcame Carnage's will, Eddie was separated from it and bonded with Venom again. Unfortunately, Carnage survived, bonding to a shark to escape the island. Eddie would return to the mainland and inform the Avengers of Knull's arrival.; List of Codices Claimed; These are the known symbiotes assimilated and hosts whose codices were harvested as part of this event and its leadup:; Scorn (Tanis Nieves) - Carnage and Scorn codices fatally harvested by Grendel; Stephanie Morrell - killed by Carnage, body exhumed and Carnage codex posthumously harvested by the Cult of Knull; George Miller - died of natural causes, body exhumed and Carnage codex posthumously harvested by the Cult of Knull; Entire populace of Doverton, Colorado - Carnage and Dark Carnage codices fatally harvested by Carnage and the Cult of Knull; Eric Morrell - Dark Carnage codex fatally harvested by Doppelganger; Venom (Angelo Fortunato) - killed by Venom, body exhumed and Venom codex posthumously harvested by the Cult of Knull; Agony (Leslie Gesneria) - killed by Scream, body exhumed and Agony codex posthumously harvested by the Cult of Knull; Phage (Carl Mach) - killed by Scream, body exhumed and Phage codex posthumously harvested by the Cult of Knull; Lasher (Ramon Hernandez) - killed by Scream, body exhumed and Lasher codex posthumously harvested by the Cult of Knull; Riot (Trevor Cole) - killed by Scream, body exhumed and Riot codex posthumously harvested by the Cult of Knull; Toxin (Pat Mulligan) - killed by Blackheart, body exhumed and Toxin codex posthumously harvested by the Cult of Knull; Thaddeus Ross - killed by Foreigner, body exhumed and Venom codex posthumously harvested by Carnage and the Cult of Knull; Ghost Rider (Alejandra Jones) - demonically-augmented Venom codex fatally harvested by Carnage; Leonard Elkhart - Venom codex fatally harvested by Carnage; Robert Urquhart III - Weapon V symbiote codex fatally harvested by Carnage; Ezra Sheppard - Weapon V symbiote codex fatally harvested by Carnage; Matthew Johns - Weapon V symbiote codex fatally harvested by Carnage; Bob Russell - Weapon V symbiote codex fatally harvested by Carnage; Dr. Andrew Breen - Weapon V symbiote codex fatally harvested by Carnage; Unknown number of Weapon V personnel - Weapon V symbiote codices fatally harvested by Carnage; Venom (Lee Price) - Venom and Maniac codices fatally harvested by Carnage; Mania Symbiote - assimilated into the Dark Carnage symbiote by Carnage; Shriek (Frances Barrison) - Scorn codex fatally harvested by Carnage, resurrected as Demagoblin; Unknown number of Ravencroft inmates - Dark Carnage codices fatally harvested by the Cult of Knull; Scorpion (Mac Gargan) - Venom and Maniac codices non-fatally harvested by Carnage; Scream (Patricia Robertson) - killed by Carnage; Lasher (Sadie) - Lasher codex non-fatally harvested by the S.C.I.T.H.E.; Phage (Billy) - Phage codex non-fatally harvested by the S.C.I.T.H.E.; Agony (Tess) - Agony codex non-fatally harvested by the S.C.I.T.H.E.; Riot (Tess' Husband) - Riot codex non-fatally harvested by the S.C.I.T.H.E.; Sleeper (Tel-Kar) - killed by unnamed alien royal guard; Goblin Childe (Normie Osborn) - Carnage codex non-fatally harvested by the S.C.I.T.H.E.; Captain America (Steve Rogers) - Carnage and an unnamed symbiote codex non-fatally harvested by the S.C.I.T.H.E.; Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlett) - Tyrannosaurus, "Venom", and Carnage codices non-fatally harvested by the S.C.I.T.H.E.; The Thing (Ben Grimm) - Dreadface, Carnage and Hive-altered symbiote codices non-fatally harvested by the S.C.I.T.H.E.; Hawkeye (Clint Barton) - Carnage codex non-fatally harvested by the S.C.I.T.H.E.; The Hulk (Bruce Banner) - Venom codex fatally harvested by Carnage; Venom symbiote - assimilated into the Dark Carnage symbiote by Carnage; Carnage (Cletus Kasady) - Carnage, Negative Zone symbiote, Hive-altered symbiote, Dark Carnage, Mania, and Venom codices fatally harvested by Venom; Venom/"Legion" symbiote - assimilated into the Venom symbiote by Venom; Dark Carnage symbiote - assimilated into the Venom symbiote by Venom; List of Casualties; Venom (Lee Price) - gut punched and Maniac symbiote ripped out by Carnage (Cletus Kasady).; Ghost Rider / Guardián Fantasma (Alejandra Jones) - impaled, spine ripped out and eaten by Carnage (Cletus Kasady).; Len Elkhart - spine ripped out by Carnage (Cletus Kasady).; Hybrid (War Dog) - killed by Hybrid Symbiote when it succumbed to Knull's control.; Unnamed neighbor - killed by Agony (Tess) when she spat a jet of acid onto his face.; V1 (Robert Urquhart) - killed by Dark Carnage (Cletus Kasady).; V4 (Ezra Sheppard) - spine ripped out by Dark Carnage (Cletus Kasady).; V2 (Matthew Johns) - spine ripped out by Dark Carnage (Cletus Kasady).; V3 (Bob Russell) - spine ripped out by Dark Carnage (Cletus Kasady).; Numerous unnamed Mars Team members - killed by Dark Carnage (Cletus Kasady).; Dr. Andrew Breen - offered himself as a sacrifice to Dark Carnage (Cletus Kasady).; Shriek (Frances Barrison) - spine ripped out by Carnage (Cletus Kasady) and later possesed by Demogoblin / Demagoblin.; Numerous unnamed New Yorkers - killed by Carnage doppelgängers and Scream (Donna Diego).; Scream (Trish Robertson) - impaled by Dark Carnage (Cletus Kasady).; Miles Morales' Symbiote - killed when Venom (Eddie Brock) channeled a surge of electricity through Captain America's shield, freeing Miles.; Space Squid - obliterated by Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers).; Dark Carnage (Cletus Kasady) - impaled with a necrosword and sliced in half by Legion / Venom (Eddie Brock).; Carnage doppelgängers' symbiotes - died when Dark Carnage (Cletus Kasady) was killed by Legion / Venom (Eddie Brock) and the Dark Carnage symbiote was assimilated by Venom Symbiote. ============================================================ 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 History: On April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., the President of the United States of America; Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin. He was Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died the following day. He was the first U.S. president to be assassinated.; Conspiracy theories suggest that figures such as Booth, a 33rd-degree Freemason, may have had knowledge of the alien artifact’s egg under Federal Hall on Wall Street. Some accounts claim that Lincoln, who was not a Freemason, was assassinated after asking too many questions about the site’s secrets.; Aftermath; After his death Andrew Johnson was appointed president and the nation went into a state of mourning.; In an experiment the time traveler Immortus travelled back to 1865 and altered time so Booth failed to kill the President Lincoln because of Lincoln's instinctive reaction that managed to hit Booth's hand as soon as he heard the click of the gun. Booth was erased from existence when Immortus destroyed his reality.; Later While taking a tour of Washington, D.C., Gorgilla along with Reed Richards noticed the Lincoln Memorial transformed into a statue of Zarrko the Tomorrow Man. Moments later, Zarrko himself teleported in and Gorgilla heard the time tossed tyrant say his plan to become president of the world had worked. Angered by this, the man-ape threw a giant slab of pavement at Zarrko, thereby apparently killing him. Gorgilla found Zarrko's time glove and by accident was teleported to April 15th, 1865 where he inadvertently prevented John Wilkes Booth and Zarrko from killing president Lincoln. While grabbing Zarrko he was teleported back to the present creating Earth-97666. It is in the new timeline he noticed the statue of Lincoln was now holding a puppet. In this new timeline Gorgilla had become the President himself, he figured he should let the Man in the Blue Pajamas fix this, but only after he enjoyed being president for one day.; President Lincoln was later raised from the dead as a Zombie along with George Washington. Together they planned to burn the US to the ground in hopes of starting from scratch. Deadpool tried to stop them at Independence Hall. Deadpool then made a joke about how he was "killed by an actor", in response Zombie Lincoln shot Deadpool in the back of the head, through the left eyeball, "John Wilkes Booth style." He later faced Deadpool again and he said "Booth got the drop on him."; Alternative Realities; Earth-717; On Earth-717; Captain America ensured that President Abraham Lincoln survived his second term. ============================================================ 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. History: Marvel’s heroes face villains they’ve never fought before! The Punisher takes on an alien Brood Queen! Eddie Brock and Venom are targeted by monster hunter Lady Hellbender! Ms. Marvel battles the Super-Skrull, who has all the Fantastic Four’s powers on his side! No job is too small for Deadpool, but fixing one boy’s bad dreams will become a Nightmare! The lethal assassin Bullseye plots the ultimate case of character defamation for She-Hulk! Plus: Ghost Spider vs. the murderous Arcade! Moon Knight vs. Kang the Conqueror! And Wolverine vs. the sorceress Morgan Le Fay! ============================================================ 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 History: ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; On Wednesday, April 18th, 1906, a terrible earthquake shook and tore apart San Francisco, California. It was seemingly caused by various superhuman activities.; Origins; A few events have been considered to be the origin of the earthquake:; The X-Club traveled back in time to 1906 to understand the origins of Mutants. The Hellfire Club was operating in the city at this time and used psychic to learn more about the birth "Over-Men" the next stage in human development. The X-Club came to collect DNA samples from Doctor Nemesis' parents. When they arrived they learned Dr. Nicola Bradley and his wife Catherine Price had been working on a new energy source. The Hellfire Club kidnapped to use the energy source to power their new Sentinel. The X-Club came to their rescue but the battle between the Hellfire Club's Sentinel and the X-Club caused the earthquake.; A group of Mole Men planned an invasion of San Francisco during this time, they borrowed underneath the city causing an earthquake and produced multiple fires. The Mole Men figured that the citizens must have thought to destroy their city rather then have them take it over. They retreated back underground.; During the earthquake the Dreaming Celestial's chamber was damaged. The Eternals arrived and formed the Uni-Mind to fix it. In an apparent manifestation of Mahd Wy'ry, Sprite realized he could use the Celestials' powers to change his Eternal life, allowing him to finally grow up.; Aftermath; The immortal being known as the Forever Man was in San Francisco during the incident and was killed and later resurrected in the flames. Now a teenager again he was given the name "Morgan MacNeil Hardy" and considered the city his home and wished to return it to it's prominence before the quake.; During the earthquake, the Tenderloin district was plunged into a cavern, becoming a haven for homeless people known as the Underground City.; Alternate Realities; Big Hero 6 (Earth-14123); After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Japanese immigrants helped to rebuild the city and the name was changed to San Fransokyo.; It was revealed that Lenore Shimamoto caused the earthquake when her experiment with an energy amplifier caused a "Great Catastrophe". ============================================================ 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. History: Preface; The Age of Acheron was the time of prominence of the kingdom of Acheron over the world continent which lasted for twenty-five centuries, and ended with the Fall of Acheron, circa 13,000 BC.; Dating; The Age of Acheron began centuries after the Great Cataclysm, which occurred circa 18,500 BC.; Though the beginning of the Age of Acheron was never explicitly mentioned, it can be considered that the Age of Acheron spanned over the whole existence of Acheron, which spanned over twenty-five centuries, consequently (see below) circa 15,500 BC, the attested date for the foundation of Acheron, and for the worship of Set there.; It took an end with the Fall of Acheron, circa 13,000 BC.; The end of the Age of Acheron and the beginning of the Hyborian Age overlaps or coincidence, as the Hyborian was mentioned to begin (or to dominate) circa 14,000 BC,; For the sake of clarity, a divide between the Age of Acheron and the Hyborian Age at 13,000 BC (with possible exceptions).; History; Foundation of Acheron (15,500 BC); Circa 15,500 BC, thousand years after the Great Cataclysm. the kingdom of Acheron was founded by a northern offshoot of the Survivors of Pre-Cataclysmic Lemuria, Stygians from Khemi, who established an outpost at the embouchure of the Tybor and expanded up-river, while enslaving or destroying the small unclassified tribes it encountered. By that period, they worshiped Set. The capital, Python, was likely set in southern Nemedia. Acheron soon broke off Stygian control, though it remained Stygian in culture.; By the same era, Eidoran (set in Argos, possibly in Eastern Argos, during the Age of Conan) was one of the places where Set was worshiped circa 15,500 BC. The city was mighty but decadent, and worshipers of Set summoned demons from Hell, seemingly including Set's servant Khorus.; After the Great Cataclysm, Agamotto, son of Oshtur, grew tired and retreated. When finally returned, he spent more time with Oshtur's new "offspring", who lived in a floating city dedicated to Oshtur and hovering above Earth: Akah Ma'at.; 15,000 BC; Numerous events occurred circa 15,000 BC:; The Acheronian empire quickly developed, encountered the wandering Hybori, and absorbed the Hyborian kingdoms (formerly under Stygia's dominion, seemingly Stygian satellites at some point, absorbed by Acheron during its expansion) of both Ophir and Koth.; 17,000 years ago, Selene was born in Central Europe. She is as far as we know the oldest mutant with a clear era of birth (though there is likely other mutants predating her).; In 15,000 BC, Agamotto choose as his successor Shamhat Saraswati, a great priestess of Akah Ma'at.; Guided by Shamhat, Oshtur and Agamotto, the Bird-Men of Akah Ma'at soon evolved into powerful sorcerers and almost godlike beings. Varuna, the most powerful among them, was eventually manipulated by Chthon and soon two factions rose among the Bird-Men: Varuna gathered same-minded followers, the Asura, and the Seraphim.; A mutant civilization carbon-dated to be 15,000 years old existed in modern-day Isla des Demonas. That civilization, built by the demon-looking mutants known as Neyaphem and led by Azazel who called himself Satan, enslaved humanity. That civilization eventually ended when the Neyaphem were repelled to another dimension by the "Angels", the Cheyarafim, another early group of mutants. ============================================================ 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):; Several Avatars represented Chthon, including Varnae.; Presumably several represented Gaea as well, including Lady Linnea, and Zhered-Na.; Conclusion and Aftermath; Very little was accomplished during the summit (though it became legendary), and Agamotto would soon began to grow frustrated with mankind's limitation.; Though, he continued to observe and began to groom Zhered-Na into his successor, impressed by her. ============================================================ Banner of War Kind: event Page: Banner of War Full name: Banner of War First appearance: Hulk vs. Thor: Banner of War Alpha Vol 1 1 Created by: Donny Cates; Martin Coccolo Reality: Earth-616 Notes: A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this event: ============================================================ Battle of Boars' Vale Kind: event Page: Battle of Boars' Vale Full name: Battle of Boars' vale First appearance: Domains of Doom Created by: Scott Davis; Steven E. Schend Reality: Earth-616; Earth-74924 History: The Battle of Boar's Vale is the name of a particularly bloody combat that took place in 1538 in Boars' Vale, in the Bolgorad region of Latveria, during the Latverian civil conflict known as the Haasen/Draasen Wars.; The Haasen/Draasen Wars broke out in 1447, with the heirless death of Baron Karl Haasen III and the accession to the throne of Latveria of his nephew Vlad Draasen, perceived as a weak king. This created a rift between the Crown of Latveria and the Draasen Baronies. The Draasen family annexed themselves titled land and granted those territories to their allies, naming them Counts and Seneschals without a royal decree, eventually leading to 90 years of intermittent civil war. During that time, however, the Latverians temporarily put aside their differences when it was necessary to protect their borders from Hungarian and Turkish invasions.; Latveria had been founded not long before, in the 14th century, and many Latverians, of Transylvanian descent, had introduced the legends of vampires and werewolves to Latveria. During the Haasen/Draasen Wars, rumors of vampires grew in Bolgorad, a region in southern Latveria; however, few people paid attention to these legends.; In 1538 the Battle of Boars' Vale took place in Boars' Vale, Bolgorad. It lasted three days, cost almost four hundred lives, and went down in history as one of the bloodiest clashes in the history of Latveria. Besides, some survivors spoke of mysterious figures moving through the evening mists, crouching over fallen soldiers to drink their blood. Shortly after, a number of soldiers mysteriously disappeared: They neither returned to their families, nor were their bodies found. Later, people close to the disappeared disappeared in turn. There was a vampire-related panic in the area. Answering this call, a family of self-proclaimed vampire slayers and scholars of vampire lore (Wilhelm Kroft and his four sons Leo, Oscar, Pietro, and Stefan) traveled to Boars' Vale and, during the three following years, tracked and killed twenty-seven vampires, nineteen of which were a direct result of the Battle of Boar's Vale.; The Haasen/Draasen Wars continued until, in 1544, the Bolgorad Treaties were signed, ending the war. The Treaties restored the Haasen dynasty to the throne, but legitimized several of the new baronies and counties, including those new lands for the Draasen family. ============================================================ Blood Hunt Kind: event Page: Blood Hunt Full name: Blood Hunt Other aliases: Endless Night; Vampire Apocalypse First appearance: Blood Hunt Vol 1 1 Created by: Jed MacKay; Pepe Larraz Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Since Varnae's ritual supposedly affected all Darkforce users it's unknown if other unseen users were also affected, those being: Asylum, Black Death, Chernobog, the previous Cloak, Coyote, Darkveil, Dark Tower, Death Reaper, Doorman, Ecstasy, Exile, Jack Chain, Neon Dragon, Night, Nightwind, Noir, Quagmire, Sepulchre, Shadowshift, Silencer, Smuggler, "Temnota", Tentakill, Vacuum and Vector. History: The Darkforce Dimension empties onto Earth, blocking out the Sun. The Scarlet Witch and Iron Man determine that Blackout, Cloak, Darkstar, Dusk, and Silhouette have become portals to the Darkforce Dimension. Elsewhere, Tigra and Hunter's Moon see the Shroud in a similar condition. Tigra notes that this incident is expanding across the world before vampires descend. Attacks occur across the world, with Doctor Doom having Latveria's borders fortified. Blade the Vampire-Slayer contacts the Avengers, stating that he has the information and to meet up at specific coordinates. Unfortunately, the Avengers are ambushed by Bloodstorm One (a Hydra clone of Dracula in a new body), Megrim, Cruel, Unusual, Damascene, and Smoke Eater, who emerge from Blade's truck and then face off with the Avengers. The Avengers are overwhelmed by the Bloodcoven as the Impossible City ends up compromised. Though Black Panther sacrifices himself to have the rest of the remaining Avengers evacuated. Doctor Strange and Clea are also attempting to end these attacks. Blade identifies their spell as one that ends all vampires, but it requires the Darkhold. Blade states that the vampires have become organized under the Structure, which caused the global uprising. The Avengers were defeated by the Bloodcoven, an ultra-vampire kill squad that fed on superhuman blood. When Strange asks if Dracula is the leader of the Structure, Blade stabs Strange and states that he is the one who is leading it.; At the Impossible City, Thor and the Scarlet Witch have been restrained while Black Panther has been turned into a vampire. Blade dispatches him and the Bloodcoven to Earth where Bloodcoven will find "the girl". In New York City, after saving some people, Bloodline and Dracula are confronted by Bloodcoven. Meanwhile, Hunter's Moon and Tigra are fighting vampires while determining they must find Strange. Miles Morales shows up, commenting that he is also going to see Strange. Upon their arrival, they are greeted by Strange's astral form, as his body has been turned into a vampire. Captain Marvel, Captain America, Iron Man, and the Vision show up for a second round with the Bloodcoven. Captain Marvel attacks Bloodstorm One as the Vision flies through the Darkforce to expose Megrim to some sunlight. The Vision returns with enough solar energy to repel the Bloodcoven, forcing their retreat. As Captain Marvel tells Captain America that they will retake the Impossible City, Bloodline tells Iron Man that they need to get to Greenwich Village. Upon arrival at the Sanctum Sanctorum, Dracula, Bloodline, and the Avengers meet with Strange's astral form, Hunter's Moon, Miles Morales, and Tigra. Bloodline states she cannot find her dad. Miles suddenly turns into a vampire.; At the Impossible City, Blade is told by Black Panther that the item he is looking for is buried deep beneath Wakanda. A trapped Scarlet Witch congratulates Blade for getting everything he wants and noting that one of his Bloodcoven has not returned. She then states that the Avengers' eyes are now opened. At the Sanctum Sanctorum, a vampiric Miles Morales attacks only for the Vision to subdue him and Doctor Strange's astral form and Clea to restore his mind to normal. Upon finding out what happened to him, Miles learns from Doctor Strange's astral form that Blade did the same thing to his body. When Bloodline informs them what she knows and asks who is responsible, Dracula informs Bloodline that her father, Blade, is responsible, which surprises her. He states that Blade broke the Avengers, unleashed the Blood Hunt on her, and that she must be ready to strike him down. When Bloodline runs off, Dracula and Miles Morales go after her. Tigra states that the Midnight Mission will put together an army that cannot be killed or turned, while the Avengers prepare for Round 2 against the Bloodcoven. Captain America then does a broadcast that is seen in Halifax, the Impossible City, Manhattan, Mexico City, Asgard, Latveria, and Wakanda, stating that they have fought worse opponents that tried to take over Earth before and will tell the vampires that they cannot have it. After the broadcast, Captain America states to Iron Man that it was the same speech that Black Panther made. Blade then orders Black Panther to re-target the Mass-Translocation Drives where they manifest over Central Park and summon Atlantis' Temple of the First Blasphemy from its underwater resting place in Wakanda.; Following the Temple of the First Blasphemy's arrival in New York City, Doctor Strange's astral form and Clea visit Doctor Doom in Doomstadt, Latveria as he starts to talk to Doctor Strange's astral form, who notes that they should have visited him first. At the Temple of the First Blasphemy, Black Panther meets up with Blade and the Bloodcoven. When Black Panther asks Blade if he is not blade, it is then revealed that Blade is actually possessed by Varnae. Back in Doomstadt, Doctor Doom informs Doctor Strange's astral form and Clea about Varnae and how Marie Laveau had prepared Blade to become Varnae's host. When Doctor Strange's astral form mentions that there are no vampires in Latveria, Doctor Doom mentions that he had taken precautions in case of a vampire invasion, as well as a precaution regarding the Darkforce when Doctor Strange's astral form brings it up. To bring the Sun back, they will need a lot of mages and magical creatures. Doctor Doom takes care of one of the requirements by enlisting the Strange Academy students. To enact the next step, Doom asks to be given the title of Sorcerer Supreme. In Asgard, Hunter's Moon and Tigra talk about how they would get the Aesir on their side when word of Thor's defeat reaches Asgard. They arrive outside a cell where they are revealed to have brought the Wrecker with them to open it. At the Temple of the First Blasphemy, the Varnae-possessed Blade tells Black Panther that he has the power of a god and the living Darkhold in his possession, which he needs to complete his ritual. Varnae states that the vampire is his pupal form as he calls the Darkforce to him. Just then, everyone sees a glowing light appear in the sky as the Fists of Khonshu, led by a resurrected Moon Knight, arrive thanks to the powers of Khonshu. Black Panther reveals that the Heart-Shaped Herb has been healing him bit by bit as he frees Thor. The rest of the Avengers show up as Varnae dares them to face the Unliving Darkforce.; Characters Turned into Vampires; White Rabbit; Earl; Veren; Doctor Strange; Unnamed priest; Black Panther; Spider-Man (Miles Morales); Thomas/T.J.; Colleen Wing; Sonal; Bulldog; Edward Hardcastle; White Widow; Dagger; Maverick; Irina; Alan; Helen; Union Jack; Wolverine (Logan); Nightdrifter ============================================================ Age of Revelation (Earth-25221) Kind: event Page: Age of Revelation Full name: Age of Revelation First appearance: X-Men: Age of Revelation Vol 1 0 Reality: Earth-25221 History: After being welcomed onto Cyclops' X-Men with open arms, Revelation set out on the impossible task that Apocalypse entrusted him with: creating a world where only the fittest survived. With his linguistic mutant power amplified to an astonishing new level, Doug commands Earth itself with his voice, reshaping it as a utopian haven for mutantkind. It's a mutant homeland built on an insidious lie, spreading across the planet and wiping out humanity until it becomes a mutant homeworld!; X YEARS FROM TODAY the Revelation Territories stretch from the Atlantic to the Mississippi – a mutant utopia ruled by the heir of Apocalypse. But beneath the surface, rebellion brews. As a ragtag X-Men team strikes from the shadows, Revelation faces threats from within. It all begins here – the dawn of the AGE OF REVELATION!; Proponents of Revelation; Opposed Revelation; Angel of Death (Mind controlled); Bei the Blood Moon (Defected); Choristers; Chance; Elbecca Voss; Fabian Cortez; Khora of the Burning Heart; Topaz; Cyber; Locus; Omega Kids; Quentin Quire; Sabretooth (Zane); Seraphim; Carmella Unuscione; Catseye; Chrome; Dragoness; Hellion; Marrow; Phaser; Primal; Psylocke (Defected); Sabretooth (Laura Kinney); Strobe; Vanisher; X-Men; Beast (Defected); Magneto (Defected); Temper (Left); Warlock; Akihiro; Bei the Blood Moon; Corina Ellis; Darkchild; Deathdream; Gabby Kinney; Hulkling; Juggernaut; Nightcrawler; Sage; Vindicator; Wolverine; X-Men; Animalia; Archangel; Beast (with consciousness of Beast-616); Cyclops (with consciousness of Cyclops-616); Forge; Glob Herman; Magneto; Schwarzschild; Xorn; Wiccan ============================================================ Clone Saga (Event) Kind: event Page: Clone Saga (Event) Full name: Clone Saga Other aliases: Spider-Clone Saga First appearance: Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 117 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: ===The Clone Saga in Other Universes===; In the MC2 reality, the child of Parker and Watson survived, under the care of Mongrain, and became Spider-Girl (May Parker). A child of Reilly and Elizabeth Tyne merged with Daredevil and a demon and became Darkdevil (Reilly Tyne). Spider-Girl Vol 1 44 recaps the Clone Saga in a long flashback.; In Ultimate Spider-Man Norman Osborn is still the Green Goblin, but Miles Warren is his psychiatrist and is dating Aunt May. Gwen Stacy has died, and like before she was cloned but the clone has become Carnage. Curt Connors is still the Lizard, but Ben Reilly is his assistant. The Scorpion and Kaine, among others, are clones of Parker.; ===The Clone Saga in Other Media===; In the 1994 animated Spider-Man series, Miles Warren creates clones of Hydro-Man and Watson in "The Return of Hydro-Man" (episodes 59-60), but they degenerate in the end. A more cosmic Clone Saga takes place in "Spider Wars" (episodes 64-65), when Spider-Carnage tries to destroy the Multiverse.; In Ultimate Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus created clones of Spider-Man from mixing his DNA with Synthezoids and dubbed them as Spider Slayers. Eventually, Scarlet Spider the perfected clone that would not degenerate, was used as a double agent for Doc Ock to spy on Spider-Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. Trivia: This storyline has been collected twice, in:; Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic Vol 1 (2010–2011); Spider-Man: Clone Saga Omnibus Vol 1 (2016–2017) History: A clone of Spider-Man, created years ago and thought dead, reappears. Tests reveal that the clone is the real Spider-Man and Peter Parker is only a clone. Several mysterious figures appear, some clones. But in the end, there is minimal change. The test results were faked, the clone dies, Parker remains Spider-Man.; Yet there is a lot to credit the Saga with. It introduced the major characters Kaine and Phil Urich. It brought back Norman Osborn, the original Green Goblin, and elevated him to the status of Spider-Man's #1 enemy. It also brought back Miles Warren.; It introduced the minor, but noteworthy, villains Lady Octopus, Don Fortunato, his son Jimmy-6, and the Grim Hunter. It brought forth and killed the unborn child of Peter and Mary Jane. And of course, Peter will never forget his "brother", Ben Reilly. So despite some people's claims that the Clone Saga was a waste of two and a half years of Spidey material, it changed the face of Spider-Man's world, and ended up defining Marvel in the 1990's.; History; Note: To save space, titles in this article are abbreviated:; ASM = The Amazing Spider-Man; TSS = Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man; SM = Spider-Man; SMU = Spider-Man Unlimited; SSM = The Sensational Spider-Man; WOS = Web of Spider-Man; Background in the Books; In Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 121 (June 1973), Gwen Stacy died after the Green Goblin threw her off a bridge. In the next issue, the Green Goblin died when his own glider hit him in the chest. It was a landmark event in comic-book history: not one but two major characters died in very permanent ways.; Then a clone of Gwen Stacy appeared. Spider-Man eventually learned that Professor Miles Warren had created her, along with a clone of Parker himself. Warren (calling himself the Jackal) and the Parker clone died in an explosion (ASM 149 (October 1975)), and Spider-Man dumped his clone's body in a factory smokestack (ASM 151 (December 1975)). The Gwen's clone left town. One sliver of uncertainty remained: the real Parker might have died in the explosion, and the survivor only thought he was the original. Parker realized, however, that the clone could not have his recent memories.; A clone of Warren appeared as the first Carrion but also seemed to die (TSS 31 (June 1979)).; The Gwen Stacy's clone returned years later. The High Evolutionary wanted to duplicate Warren's success at cloning; instead he found, through examining Stacy, that Warren had created a virus that only simulated cloning. "Gwen Stacy" was really a woman named Joyce Delaney, not a clone (TSS Annual 8 (1988)). A second Carrion surfaced, also a victim of the virus (TSS 149 (April 1989)).; Background in the Bullpen; The same person, Gerry Conway, wrote all the preceding stories. Reader reaction, although divided at the time, has confirmed the decision to kill Stacy and Osborn as a good one. A mark of the story's impact is that Stacy has never been brought back; the clone was Conway's way of warning later writers to leave her be, and his "cloning virus" retcon should have tied up all the loose ends. Published at the beginning of the storyline, Spider-Man Collectors' Preview Vol 1 1 gives some background material to promote the road to ASM 400.; Act 1 in the Books; Aunt May had been seriously ill. A mysterious figure came to her bedside, revealed in Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 216 (September 1994) as a twin of Peter Parker named Ben Reilly. Also, Parker (never a picture of mental health) had been edging into schizophrenia, even thinking of his Spider-Man persona as a separate person.; The event began with several crossover stories. In Power and Responsibility (WOS 117, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 394, Spider-Man Vol 1 51, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 217 (October 1994)) Parker almost went insane. At the Ravencroft Institute, two mysterious figures, Judas Traveller and Scrier, forced Reilly to fight Parker. Reilly and Parker briefly teamed up against Traveller, but Reilly was caught in an explosion and disappeared.; The The Exile Returns story (WOS 118, Spider-Man Vol 1 52 (November 1994); Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 119, Spider-Man Vol 1 53 (December 1994)) focused on Reilly. He became the Scarlet Spider and defeated Venom, unaware that Parker and Venom had made a non-aggression pact. Venom's own mini-series, Separation Anxiety (December 1994 - March 1995), dealt with him getting his symbiote back.; In the Back from the Edge story (ASM 395, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 218 (November 1994); Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 396, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 219 (December 1994)) Parker began a painful journey to regain his sanity. He consulted Daredevil, who had his own troubles with his secret identity, and then got poisoned by the Vulture.; SMU 7 (November 1994) served as a brief interlude between the The Exile Returns and Back from the Edge stories.; The Web of Life crossover (WOS 120, Spider-Man Vol 1 54 (January 1995); Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 121, Spider-Man Vol 1 55 (February 1995)) showed Reilly settling into his new/old life, and encountering Betty Brant and J. Jonah Jameson. He met Kaine, another mysterious figure from his past, who then killed the Grim Hunter for some reason.; The Web of Death story (ASM 397, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 220 (January 1995); Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 398, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 221 (February 1995)) continued Parker's climb back to sanity. Doctor Octopus, his mortal enemy, counteracted the poison for some reason. Kaine then killed Doctor Octopus for some other reason. It was all rather pointless. However, the silver lining arose when Parker's wife, Mary Jane Watson, told him that she was pregnant.; In Spider-Man Unlimited Vol 1 8 (February 1995), everyone found out that Doctor Octopus had mysteriously been murdered, while the Funeral for an Octopus limited series (March - May 1995) involved his funeral, and both Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider taking on the Sinister Six, each not knowing that the other was involved.; Smoke and Mirrors brought the two story lines, as well as Parker and Reilly, knowingly back together (WOS 122, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 399, Spider-Man Vol 1 56 (March 1995)). They battled a new Jackal and a mysterious figure called the Guardian, who both turned out to be clones of Parker. Another Jackal appeared and claimed to be Miles Warren, because the Jackal who died was not the original Warren, but a clone. Not only that, but Parker and Reilly might both be clones. The Jackal escaped in yet another explosion.; The Clone Journal one-shot (March 1995) featured Reilly's reflections, and was basically a recap of everything that had happened so far from his perspective.; In Players and Pawns (TSS 222 (March 1995); WOS 123, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 400 (April 1995)) another Parker's clone (later known as Spidercide) appeared from the rubble of the Jackal's lab. The Jackal attacked Reilly, but was defeated and got sent to the Ravencroft Institute. Aunt May almost recovered, told Parker that she knew he was Spider-Man, and seemingly died. (It was later revealed that this was never Aunt May at all, but a genetically-modified actress) Shortly thereafter, police lieutenant Jacob Raven of Salt Lake City, who had been tracking Reilly, appeared and arrested Parker for the murder of his partner.; Act 1 in the Bullpen; In 1994, the staff responsible for the Spider-Man titles began planning for the 400th issue of The Amazing Spider-Man. Management wanted an event to compare with Age of Apocalypse, which had boosted sales of the X-Men titles. Terry Kavanagh proposed bringing back the Spider-Clone from 1975. The idea might have died if J. M. DeMatteis had not championed it. Lacking anything better, the team ran with it.; The event would have three acts: Reilly and Parker learn that they switched lives five years ago, i.e. Parker is the clone; they struggle with the question of who deserves to be Spider-Man; Parker dies nobly, and Reilly takes over as Spider-Man. The fans might not like it at first, but it would shake up the status quo and let the staff reinvent the character of Spider-Man.; Marvel Comics, however, was undergoing a process they called Marvelution. Ronald Perelman had bought Marvel in 1989, when it was making money, and set about maximizing the return on his investment: Marvel comic books became a commodity; prices went up, quality went down. Comic-book fans are better educated, more brand loyal, and more sensitive to quality than the typical consumer. If you buy Spider-Man titles, for instance, you do not switch to Batman if the price is lower. If the quality of those Spider-Man titles drops below a certain (subjectively determined) level of quality, though, you will stop buying them. Perelman and the rest could easily have learned those facts about their new customers, but they either didn't bother or didn't care.; The new management clustered titles under teams of editors. All the Spider-Man books, for instance, fell under the control of Danny Fingeroth, Eric Fein, Mark Powers, and Mark Bernardo. The editor in chief was Tom DeFalco. In this "profit or die" atmosphere, no job was safe, and the marketing department had a veto over creative decisions. Their first directive was to stretch out the event to maximize sales. The clones, like the schedule, began to multiply. The obligatory "shock ending" in ASM 400 became the death of Aunt May, something that nobody wanted and that was later reversed. Once again, though, they lacked anything better.; Act 1 1/2 in the Books; The first casualty of the enforced delay was tight plotting. The story Aftershocks (SM 57, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 223 (April 1995)) explored some more aspects of the new characters and of Reilly's background after he left NYC five years prior.; The next chapter, Mark of Kaine (WOS 124, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 401, Spider-Man Vol 1 58, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 224, Spider-Man Unlimited Vol 1 9 (May 1995)), started to develop Kaine's character, who kidnapped Watson. Traveller helped Parker escape from prison to rescue her. Parker, Reilly, and Spidercide, who believed himself to be the original Parker, battled Kaine. Spidercide turned out to be a shape-changing maniac and apparently died in an explosion. Reilly took Parker's place in prison.; In another loss of cohesion, the next issue did not belong to a crossover but stood alone. It also demonstrated that no part of Conway's stories could escape retconning. In Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 125 (June 1995) Parker, wearing the Scarlet Spider costume, tracked a clone of Miles Warren and the original Gwen Stacy's clone to a house in New Jersey. They tried to escape, but while crossing that bridge (where Stacy died), their car crashed. A new Green Goblin rescued Gwen, but when she fell off the bridge, Parker rescued her. Warren met the fate of every clone and degenerated. Stacy learned that she was not another woman pretending to be a clone (as the High Evolutionary had claimed) but a clone pretending to be another woman pretending to be a clone; in other words, the retcon was retconned. It later turned out that this new Green Goblin was Phil Urich.; Crossfire (ASM 402, Spider-Man Vol 1 59 (June 1995)) brought Traveller back into the mix, who fought Parker (still in the Scarlet Spider costume), and was revealed to seemingly have power over space and time.; Another one-issue story (TSS 225 (June 1995)), brought Phil Urich back into the spotlight, who turned out to be a heroic Goblin, showed Parker getting rid of that awful Scarlet Spider costume he had acquired, and revealed that Spidercide survived the previous explosion.; The Trial of Peter Parker (WOS 126, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 403, Spider-Man Vol 1 60, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 226 (July 1995)) dropped hints about Reilly's time away from New York. Kaine was revealed as yet another Parker clone and as the real killer of Raven's partner. Seward Trainer, an old friend of Reilly's, tested Parker and Reilly, and announced that Parker was the clone.; Act 1 1/2 in the Bullpen; The central revelation of the Clone Saga came out three months behind schedule. Following the marketing department's orders, the staff began to put out limited series and one-shots to boost sales even further, although by design they had nothing significant to do with the story.; Act 2 in the Books; Spider-Man: The Jackal Files (August 1995) was a collection of pinups, but it also served as a prologue to Maximum Clonage. Spider-Man: The Lost Years (August-October 1995), a three-part miniseries, began to fill out Reilly's and Kaine's backstories. The readers, of course, would want to know more about the new Spider-Man, even if they didn't know it yet. For instance, he once fell in love with a woman named Elizabeth Tyne.; Maximum Clonage (New Warriors 61, Maximum Clonage Alpha, Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 127, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 404, Spider-Man Vol 1 61, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 227, Maximum Clonage Omega (August 1995)) brought the Jackal back to center stage. With an aerosol bomb, he hoped to mutate all of humanity into an ideal form. Parker and Reilly stopped his plan, and Warren fell to his death trying to save the Gwen's clone. During this story, hundreds of Spider-Clones chased Reilly through the city and then degenerated. Spidercide finally died, and Kaine apparently did so as well, without revealing why he had kidnapped Mary Jane earlier. It was to protect her from someone... someone she loved...; The Exiled story (WOS 128, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 405, Spider-Man Vol 1 62, Spider-Man Unlimited Vol 1 10 (September 1995)) appeared to resolve the question of who would be Spider-Man. Reilly tried to leave town again, but after defeating the Vulture, decided to stay. Meanwhile, Peter started to have bizarre dreams about killing Mary Jane.; Time Bomb (TSS 228 (September 1995); Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 129 (October 1995)) was a postscript to Maximum Clonage. Before he died, the Jackal activated a command he had implanted in the clone's mind: to kill the one he loved most. Parker tried to kill Watson, so he was definitely the clone. Unless the Jackal had just implanted that command in him when he had kidnapped him at some earlier point.. but nah, Parker clearly was the clone.; In The Greatest Responsibility (ASM 406, Spider-Man Vol 1 63, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 229 (October 1995)), Parker realized that his responsibility to his unborn child outweighed his responsibility to use his powers. He left the job of Spider-Man to Reilly. Meanwhile, Carolyn Trainer, the daughter of Seward Trainer, was introduced as a female Doctor Octopus.; A one-shot, Spider-Man: The Parker Years (November 1995), flashed back to the highlights (and lowlights) of Parker's career, before he left.; Act 2 in the Bullpen; The title Maximum Clonage obviously came from Maximum Carnage, an earlier Spider-saga. The Alpha and Omega one-shots were supposed to remind readers of the recent Age of Apocalypse epic. No one had any better ideas. This six-part event within an event was supposed to wrap up the Clone Saga and replace Parker with Reilly. Instead, it graphically illustrated what happens when you take a marketing maxim, "If some is good, more is better," to its logical conclusion. However, the story did reach the planned end of the second act: Reilly would take over as Spider-Man.; During this time, DeMatteis became frustrated with the delays and quit, to be replaced by Tom DeFalco. Kavanagh left because of creative differences with Fein and was replaced by Todd DeZago. Remember that Kavanagh and DeMatteis were responsible for the Clone Saga in the first place. Fingeroth also left.; Act 3 (Fake) in the Books; Scarlet Spider Unlimited 1 (November 1995) attempted to explain away some of the inconsistencies that had crept into the saga. Reilly, taken to Mount Wundagore, learned that the High Evolutionary had lied to Parker and Delaney (in TSS annual 8) because he was jealous of Warren's success. Warren's clones were real (already shown in WOS 125), meaning that the "cloning virus" was fake.; In the chapter Virtual Mortality (Web of Scarlet Spider 1, Amazing Scarlet Spider Vol 1 1, Scarlet Spider Vol 1 1, Spectacular Scarlet Spider Vol 1 1 (November 1995)) Reilly started to settle into his new life.; Cyberwar (Web of Scarlet Spider 2, Amazing Scarlet Spider Vol 1 2, Scarlet Spider Vol 1 2, Spectacular Scarlet Spider Vol 1 2 (December 1995) continued with Reilly, who then adopted a new Spider-Man costume.; The Cyberwar story was briefly interrupted by Green Goblin Vol 1 3 (December 1995), where the Scarlet Spider and the all-new Green Goblin were introduced to the super-powered competition known as the Great Game.; A new title, The Sensational Spider-Man, replaced the least popular spider-book, Web of Spider-Man. The next few issues (SSM 0, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 407, Spider-Man Vol 1 64, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 230, Spider-Man Unlimited Vol 1 11 (January 1996)) showed Reilly convincing people that despite the costume and attitude change, he was the genuine Spidey, which was actually a lie.; Meanwhile, in a four-part miniseries, Spider-Man: The Final Adventure (December 1995 - March 1996), Peter and Mary Jane moved to Portland. In a final irony, the corporation that was responsible for giving Parker his powers took them away. Everything was ready for Reilly to take Parker's place permanently. The Clone Saga was over.; Act 3 (Fake) in the Bullpen; During the Age of Apocalypse event, all the X-Men books had changed their titles for four months. The marketing department wanted all the Spider-Man books changed to Scarlet Spider for four months. In a rare compromise, they settled for two months.; As originally plotted, The Final Adventure was supposed to culminate in the birth of Parker and Watson's child. After the usual delays and wrangling, the ending changed.; DeFalco was fired as editor in chief but stayed on as writer on ASM.; Act 2 Do-Over in the Books; Media Blizzard (SSM 1, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 408, Spider-Man Vol 1 65 (February 1996)) continued to establish Reilly as the new Spider-Man. He took on Mysterio, who had incorporated new technology into his powers of illusion, and beat him.; Although centered on Kaine, who was still alive, The Return of Kaine (TSS 231 (February 1996); Sensational Spider-Man Vol 1 2, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 409, Spider-Man Vol 1 66 (March 1996)) introduced another Spider-Clone. This one was a skeleton found in the smokestack where Parker dumped Reilly's "body," way back in ASM 151.; TSS 232 (March 1996) brought Peter and Mary Jane back from Portland after they had heard about the skeleton.; Web of Carnage (SSM 3, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 410, Spider-Man Vol 1 67, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 233 (April 1996)) shoehorned a popular foe into the Clone Saga.; Act 2 Do-Over in the Bullpen; No better example shows the chaos going on in the Bullpen than the skeleton. Someone had the idea, so it went into the pot. Nobody had any idea where it had come from or what it meant, but someday it might contribute to the final result. No one had the time or imagination to work it into the story in a plausible way, so it became one of many loose ends.; Finally and fatefully, Budiansky made a decision, possibly the only one that readers would accept: Peter Parker would remain Spider-Man. More than a year of preparation and hard work instantly became invalid. Not only did the staff still have to find a way to end the Clone Saga, they would have to undermine, even contradict, much of the groundwork they had already laid for it.; Act 2 1/2 in the Books; Blood Brothers (SSM 4, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 411, Spider-Man Vol 1 68, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 234 (May 1996); (SSM 5, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 412 (June 1996)) promised some answers. Yet another mysterious figure, Gaunt, appeared, who had a connection to Trainer. Jason Macendale, the current Hobgoblin, also showed up, with his own connection to one more (and the last) mysterious figure.; SM 69 (June 1996) served as an aftermath to Blood Brothers, where Reilly was cleared for burning down his current place of employment, the Daily Grind; Gaunt severed ties with the Hobgoblin, who was taken down by Reilly and finally arrested for murdering Need Leeds years earlier, among other crimes; and Parker was injured.; SMU 12 (May 1996), which chronologically took place after Blood Brothers and its aftermath, got rid of the skeleton that had hastily been thrown into the Saga. It was not mentioned again until the Saga had ended.; TSS 235 (June 1996) revealed that Peter's injuries were still acting up, which was a sign for concern. Meanwhile, in Sensational Spider-Man Vol 1 6 (July 1996), the Daily Grind was rebuilt, and Reilly's relationships with his co-workers were too. In addition, his current girlfriend Jessica, the daughter of the Burglar that had shot Uncle Ben, and who had learned that he was Spider-Man, forgave him for being involved with her dad's death, after watching him perform selfless acts as Spider-Man. However, she chose to leave his life.; ASM 413 (July 1996) involved Reilly fighting Mysterio again, and Peter once again having an incident, this time resolving to tell Mary Jane his concerns. But first, Reilly teamed up with Daredevil in Daredevil Vol 1 354 (July 1996).; Another limited series, Spider-Man: Redemption (4 issues, September-December 1996), a sequel to Lost Years, but which chronologically took place at that moment in time, resolved the story of Reilly and Kaine. Elizabeth Tyne found Reilly again, but surrendered herself for murdering her evil father years ago. Kaine surrendered as well and was not heard from again for the rest of the Saga. This noble action ironically may have been what ultimately spared him, since by the end of it all, every other clone of Spider-Man would have been dead.; At the end of Spider-Man Vol 1 70 (July 1996), Peter's injuries took a toll for the worse, and he fell into a brief coma. He was rushed to the hospital in Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 236 (July 1996), and Mary Jane tried to call Reilly, who was busy fighting bad guys.; Act 2 1/2 in the Bullpen; The staff still faced a huge problem: how to finish off the Clone Saga in a plausible way. Months went by, hundreds of memos traded hands, but Budiansky couldn't make a decision. He was sure about one thing: the mastermind could never be Norman Osborn. That would create more problems than it solved, leave the fans feeling cheated, and undo a classic story. Jurgens quit, frustrated by the delays, by differences with Budiansky, and by his sense that he wasn't working with the "real" Spider-Man. The other writers felt almost as frustrated. Without knowing where Spider-Man would be in a year, or even being sure who would be Spider-Man, it was nearly impossible to start new projects.; Then another reorganization took place. Bob Harras, who had been head editor of the X-Men group, became editor in chief. To keep the Clone Saga from interfering with Onslaught, an event taking place in the X-Men group at that time, he decreed a six-month delay for the Clone Saga. Budiansky and Fein got fired. Ralph Macchio became editor of the Spider-Man group.; Act 2 3/4 in the Books; In the August titles (SSM 7, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 414, Spider-Man Vol 1 71, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 237) Parker appeared to sicken and die, but he revived with his spider-powers, albeit spotty at first.; September brought a crossover with the Onslaught event (ASM 415, Spider-Man Vol 1 72). The rest of the six-month delay simply marked time through September (SSM 8, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 238), October (SSM 9, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 416, Spider-Man Vol 1 73, Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 239), and November (SSM 10, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 417, Spider-Man Vol 1 74). The only concession to the Clone Saga was to reveal Traveler as a mutant illusionist and Scrier as a cult instead of one person.; Act 2 3/4 in the Bullpen; Whatever skills Harras had as an editor or manager, he knew little about writing comic books. He issued decrees concerning the Spider-Man books, decrees that contradicted continuity, the advice of the staff, logic, and common sense. First, he decreed that the mastermind would be Norman Osborn.; Act 3 in the Books; At long last, Revelations (TSS 240 (November 1996); Sensational Spider-Man Vol 1 11, Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 418, Spider-Man Vol 1 75 (new title) (December 1996)) brought the Clone Saga to an end. Watson went into premature labor after getting drugged. The child was allegedly stillborn, but Alison Mongrain (who gave her the drug) took the child (or its body) to Europe. The final mysterious figure was unmasked as Norman Osborn, the original Green Goblin, long thought dead. In the ensuing battle with Parker and Reilly, the Goblin's jet glider killed Reilly.; Almost as an afterthought, Osborn Journals Vol 1 1 (February 1997) tried to tie up some loose ends. Additionally, the tongue-in-cheek Spider-Man: 101 Ways to End the Clone Saga Vol 1 1 (January 1997) mockingly acknowledges the fan and creator exhaustion at the entire affair.; Act 3 in the Bullpen; Harras continued to micromanage, going so far as to dictate specific lines of dialog for Revelations. He decreed that Foggy Nelson should appear at the Daily Bugle massacre, even though he had no connection to Spider-Man or to the story. He decreed that Osborn was not responsible for Aunt May's death, even though he later decreed that he was. He decreed that the fate of Watson's child would deliberately be left a mystery, even though that would leave readers feeling cheated. He decreed that Reilly would turn to dust when he died, even though every other clone degenerated into a puddle of goo.; The original plot of Revelations included a journal written by Osborn that would have explained the most embarrassing loose ends of the Clone Saga. This key element got pushed so far into the background that, for certain parts of the saga to make any sense, it became necessary to publish The Osborn Journal separately. ============================================================ Decimation Kind: event Page: Decimation Full name: Decimation Other aliases: M-Day; Mutant Decimation; The Great Power Outage of 2005; The M-Day Decimation; Wandageddon First appearance: Decimation: House of M - The Day After Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 Trivia: The original meaning of decimation is the destruction of one tenth – so the opposite of the depowering of 90% of mutants. This error is lampshaded in X-Factor Vol 3 2. History: M-Day; After losing control of her reality warping powers upon unlocking repressed memories of her deceased children, the Scarlet Witch was taken into the care of her father Magneto. Magneto brought his old friend Professor Xavier to treat Wanda, but her grip on reality continued to slip.; With reality itself threatened, the Avengers and X-Men met to discuss the situation. Fearing that their friends would opt to euthanize Wanda rather than risk her unmaking reality, Wanda's twin Quicksilver convinced her to create an alternate reality where they and their friends had the lives they had always wanted.; In this reality, mutants were the dominant race and Magneto was the world's ruler. However, this reality soon came undone as the heroes regained their memories of the real world. Upon learning what Quicksilver had done, Magneto killed him in a fit of rage. Wanda resurrected her brother, and distraught and angry over the fact that their father had always cared more about mutantkind than his own children, the Scarlet Witch then changed reality again, this time attempting to rid the world of the mutant gene by casting another spell; "No More Mutants".; This event occurred at 11:15, a Tuesday morning in New York City, or off-coast of Callao, Peru at 3:00 PM in the afternoon of November 2nd.; Initial count, oversimplifications & errors; The Decimation reduced the mutant population down to a few hundred, as most mutants were M-Day Depowered and some others were M-Day casualties as a result of losing their powers.; In total, 986,618 mutants were either depowered or killed by the Decimation. If not for the intervention of Emma Frost and Dr. Strange, every single mutant would have lost their powers.; At the time of the Decimation, it was first estimated that 91.4% of the world's mutant population lost their powers overnight. The US Government estimated a number of Post-M-Day Mutants (The 198), cataloged, but acknowledged that there were a few thousands, around 300 individuals who were recognized as mutants, and Tony Stark admitted that a low estimate had been produced. Dani Moonstar stated that there were 198 known mutants, but others had remained off the grid until then, including Jonas Graymalkin or Leon Nunez, but also known mutants, like the "199th mutant", off the record of the 198 as part of a deal with the government, or Wiz Kid who hacked into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database.; The 198/"less than 200" estimation was although often used as the correct number, as well as "9/10" or "two hundred remaining mutants". A Cerebro estimated a decrease of 91.4% of the world's mutant population in the moments after the M-Day, when Tony Stark stated (after the Civil War) that over 99.99% of the mutants were. It was often stated that "90%" or "over" of the mutants lost their powers.; It was stated that a million mutants or more were depowered on M-Day. This tallies with a rounding up of the 986,618 figure.; In the sole Xavier Institute, the mutant students count went from 182 to 27.; Many mutants thought to be depowered were later revealed to have maintained their powers, having hidden their mutant powers and/or their presence to the world, while many of the still-powered were Decimation casualties during the violence that followed the Decimation.; These different counts, along with the low number of individuals using their powers in public made some calculations very risky and absurd:; At Matt Landru's funeral (one of the 198), Bishop stated that 10 percent of the world's mutants were present.; The twenty-five students of the Xavier Institute represented about one-eighth the mutant population in the world. The sum of the mutants of the Institute represented one-quarter of Earth's mutant population when Hulk attacked.; By countries; In Japan, except for a few exceptions who entered service for the Japanese government, all mutants were officially depowered.; By powers; Immediate attacks; The Sapien League took advantage of the situation by attacking the mansion and any mutants attempting to reach it.; The X-Corp office of Paris was bombed, and Cyclops consequently dissolved the organization.; The 198 at the Institute; The Xavier Institute became a haven for those who still had their mutant powers, many of them attempting to escape persecution. Against the wishes of Institute professors Emma Frost and Scott Summers, the government assigned Sentinel Squad O*N*E to protect the mansion and its inhabitants.; Mutants at the Institute rallied around the number "198", an early government estimate of how many powered mutants were left in the entire world.; The Ghoul; Reporter Sally Floyd interviewed a number of depowered mutants for her Mutant Diaries report. However, a serial killer calling himself the Ghoul murdered several of those whom she interviewed, leaving "Not enough died" as a marker. The Ghoul was eventually killed in an explosion during an attempt to capture him by the X-Men. Given the nature of his teleportation powers, it's possible that the Ghoul survived.; M-Day Energy Effects; When the Scarlet Witch depowered mutants, she did not destroy the energy those mutants possessed. Instead, the energies were expelled from their bodies. While passing some orbiting rocks, the energy awakened a dormant Vulcan (who was fused with Darwin). This massively boosted Vulcan's powers (and also Darwin's). Eventually leaving orbit and entering the atmosphere, the energy was absorbed by the Collective, turning him into an immensely powerful and dangerous being; the energies later got dispersed into the Sun.; Mutant Town; X-Cell, a group of former mutants who blamed the United States government for losing their powers, began a terrorist campaign. With the overwhelming majority of Mutant Town's residents now depowered, the label quickly began to lose all meaning.; Onslaught; Somehow, the Decimation also restored Onslaught to life. He chased Franklin Richards to Counter-Earth.; Salem's Seven's return; All dead, banished, or inanimate, the Salem's Seven were all returned, including Brutacus who is part mutant.; Endangered Species; Fearing by the extinction of mutantkind, Beast went on the search for a cure. He made a broad appeal to the scientific community, both heroes such as Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man, but also villains like Dr. Doom and Mr. Sinister. All either rejected him or failed to provide aid. Desperate for help, Beast was joined by his unscrupulous alternate reality counterpart Dark Beast.; The two made no progress, and after the Dark Beast endangered an innocent attempting to test a cure, Beast parted ways with him. He decided to track down the Scarlet Witch herself, and found her in Transia, seemingly with no memory of her past. Wanda provided no answers and encouraged Beast to move on, as did Dr. Strange.; Effects; Effects on mutants and X-Gene; The X-Gene was erased from the Depowered Mutants, without any trace. Depowered mutants were detected as Humans by devices such as Cerebra.; The Decimation affected the DNA of every mutant, even when separated from its source: Mutant Growth Hormone (MGH) provided by depowered mutants was rendered useless.; However, Astra managed to create a seemingly powered clone of the Blob despite the fact that the original had been de-powered.; Reversing the Effect; While the M-Day effect was initially thought to be irreversible, some methods proved more or less effective in restoring mutant powers. Please consult the Repowered Mutants and the ways they got their powers back.; Celestials; In concordance with the High Evolutionary, Magneto was able to construct a machine to restore his powers, using the Dreaming Celestial and the product of what they called "a Celestial lobotomy". The machine however, was not only nearly impossible to construct but extremely dangerous. The process worked, and Magneto regained his mutant powers at the cost of the machine itself.; Apocalypse managed to restore the powers of Polaris (depowered by M-Day) after turning her into one of his Horsemen. It was believed that Apocalypse simply gave her powers similar to her old ones through other means, but he seemingly managed to re-activate Polaris' X-Gene.; Reality Manipulations; After one of Legion's rogue personas, dubbing itself Moira, altered reality to create a world of constant war and struggle where he was a hero, some aspects of this reality bled through into the real world after Legion restored it. One of these aspects were the powers of Chamber. In this reality created by Legion, Chamber once again had his mutant powers in their old state, and upon returning reality to its original form, Chamber kept his restored powers.; After falling into the M'kraan Crystal and drifting into the White Hot Room, Professor Xavier regained his telepathic powers upon emerging.; Wanda Maximoff was able to reverse the M-Day effect on one mutant, Rictor. After losing the source of her enhanced powers, the Life Force, however, Wanda was unable to reverse it for anyone else.; Hope Summers and Phoenix; The return of mutant messiah Hope Summers to the present triggered the first activated mutations since her own and M-Day. It is believed that this, along with Hope's unique ability to stabilize these mutants, were an extension of her relationship with the Phoenix Force.; The Phoenix Force travelled to Earth to claim Hope Summers as its host in order to reverse the Scarlet Witch's curse. It did so successfully, after Hope used its powers to re-ignite mutations across the world. This only caused new mutant births however, and did not restore the powers of previously depowered mutants.; The Five; After the founding of the mutant nation of Krakoa, a group of mutants known as the Five were created, composed of Hope Summers, Proteus,Tempus, Egg, and Elixir. The Five were tasked with resurrecting mutants who had died prematurely. The Five able to revive depowered mutants with their powers intact, presumably in part due to Proteus' reality warping powers.; List of confirmed powered or depowered mutants post-M-Day; Post-M-Day Mutants (The 198); Known as the Post-M-Day Mutants (The 198) (which also was the name of a group of mutants gathered into the Xavier Institute).; Among the unnamed powered mutants to be counted are Gargouille's boyfriend and a fire-breather, both killed by Predator X. Utopia and Ravencroft Asylum for the Criminally Insane also appeared to had various unidentified mutants.; Known Pre-M-Day Deceased Powered Mutants; The Decimation extended even to mutants who were already dead on M-Day. When Selene reawakened the dead of Genosha and elsewhere, she discovered that many of her undead subjects no longer possessed their mutant abilities as a result of M-Day.; Please consult the Post-M-Day Mutants (Pre-M-Day Deaths).; Depowered Mutants; Please consult the M-Day Depowered. ============================================================ Civil War (Event) Kind: event Page: Civil War (Event) Full name: Civil War Other aliases: Superhuman Civil War First appearance: Civil War Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: In the MMO Super Hero Squad Online, two card game quests are based on Civil War, but it is instead about the "Super Hero Vegetarian Act", and the two sides are meat eaters and veggie eaters. Trivia: Nextwave Vol 1 11, released during Civil War, has a cover parodying the cover design for tie-ins to the event, though it claims that the issue is not a tie-in to any event.; The Civil War was discussed between Loki and Osborn at the beginning of Siege, when Loki was suggesting how to create a tragedy to enact action against Asgard, like what Stamford had done.; The Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius in Peter Parker's body) described the Civil War as Captain America declaring war on Iron Man in the name of privacy, so that costumed people could keep their identities behind the mask a secret.; Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 and Captain America: Civil War are based upon the "Civil War" event. While Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 closely follows the original storyline, the film adaptation borrows key events and elements such as a bombing killing innocent civilians caught in the crossfire and a grief-filled Miriam Sharpe blaming Tony Stark for the death of her son. History: Brief Summary; In a battle between Nitro and the New Warriors, Nitro exploded, seemingly killing the entire team and a huge number of civilians (including 60 school children nearby). This led the United States government to introduce a "Living Weapon of Mass Destruction" registry for all super-powered individuals. Most heroes were divided on the issue, and a Civil War ensued.; Background and Casus Belli; Mutant Registration Act, Secret War, Hulk; The Superhuman Registration Act had been a long time in the making. The logical extension of the often-proposed, never-passed Mutant Registration Act, the Superhuman Registration Act arose following the devastating attack on Manhattan in reprisal for Nick Fury's "Secret War" and the Hulk's destructive rampage in Las Vegas, which killed 26 adults, 2 children, and a dog (unbeknownst to the general public, the Illuminati subsequently deceived the Hulk and jettisoned him into space following this incident).; M-Day and Decimation; Following M-Day, 90% of the Earth's mutant population found itself spontaneously depowered. With the mutant population suddenly far less visible and extremist groups claiming the event marked a turn in the tide of growing mutantdom (if not divine punishment against all mutants), sympathy for the group was near an all-time low. Many of the remaining mutants - estimated at first at 198 individuals - were gathered up and forced to relocate to the Xavier Institute for their own protection. These events put public support for the registration bill at around 50%.; Tony Stark (Iron Man) was among those working to prevent passage of the act. He even hired a new Titanium Man to attack him immediately after his testimony before the Commission on Superhuman Activities, hoping it would hammer home that the act would make the nation less capable of dealing with rogue or foreign superhuman threats. The anti-registration camp seemed to be making headway, and may have even defeated the bill by the narrowest of margins, if not for the events that took place in Stamford, Connecticut.; Stamford; Villains Nitro, Cobalt Man, Speedfreek, and Coldheart had been holed up in a house in Stamford when the New Warriors located them. The Warriors were at the time the focus of a reality TV show, and although a number of them felt that the villains were out of their league, the network and others in the group thought it would be great for ratings. When Namorita attempted to capture Nitro, he used his explosive powers and destroyed several city blocks, including the elementary school at the epicenter. All of the New Warriors, the three villains accompanying Nitro, and over 600 civilians, among them 60 school children, were killed. Numerous members of the superhero community arrived on the scene to search for survivors.; Growing tension; Public sentiment towards superheroes plummeted. The inactive New Warriors were widely regarded as "baby killers" by association. Hindsight, desperate to distance himself from them, began releasing their secret identities, and almost as many were killed by lynching as by the explosion in Stamford. The Human Torch (Johnny Storm) was beaten into a coma outside a Manhattan nightclub. Public opinion had been lukewarm for the Superhuman Registration Act before; now it passed the tipping point. Although nominally a UN agency, S.H.I.E.L.D. seemed to have assumed the brunt of enforcing the act under acting director Maria Hill.; Anti-Registration; Captain America (Steve Rogers) balked at leading a force to apprehend rogue heroes. He felt that heroes needed to be above direct government control, because when politicians could control the heroes, they could decide who the villains were. When Cap refused to support the Superhuman Registration Act aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, Hill attempted to arrest him. Yet, she had no right to do so, for the Act had not been passed yet, so Captain America was not yet a superhuman illegal combatant. So, Cap's actions in that case were in self-defense. After his escape, Cap began organizing other anti-registration heroes into a group the press dubbed the "Secret Avengers." Most of his core group (Captain America, Hercules, Bill Foster, Luke Cage, Daredevil (Daniel Rand), Falcon, and Cable) had to take on a series of identities to avoid capture, literally becoming outlaws. The Secret Avengers apprehended a number of criminals while evading the opposing heroes and the new S.H.I.E.L.D. "cape-killer" units. Other heroes joined them or were liberated after their arrests. The Young Avengers, Cloak, and Dagger were some of these later heroes to join the group.; Pro-Registration; Iron Man, on the other hand, felt that it was reasonable that heroes have proper training and oversight, that the casual self-policing the superhero community had enjoyed until now was insufficient, and (most importantly) that it was now impossible to resist this change in the political landscape. He gathered his own pro-registration heroes to bring in Captain America's group and other non-registered combatants. Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), with the help of Yellowjacket and Tony Stark, began work on designing a prison (nicknamed 42 because it was the forty-second idea on Tony's list of ways to improve the world) to detain superpowered violators.; Most of the pro-registration heroes, such as Mister Fantastic, Doc Samson, She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters), Ms Marvel (Carol Danvers), and Wonder Man, already had highly public identities. Even Stark unmasked himself as Iron Man (for the second time in his career), and admitted to previous attempts to hide his identity. One supporter, however, was not yet public: Spider-Man was reluctant to reveal his identity. He prepared to liquidate his assets and flee the country with his wife and aunt to avoid revealing his identity and putting them in jeopardy. They, on the other hand, were supportive and felt it was time for Peter to finally get some recognition for his good work. During a live, nationally televised broadcast, he pulled off his mask and announced, "My name is Peter Parker, and I've been Spider-Man since I was fifteen years old."; Mutant matters; The X-Men, on behalf of the mutant community, declared neutrality in the growing conflict. Acting leader Cyclops felt that the mutants had already been through too much during the Decimation to take a stand either way and survive. Individuals within the X-Men had their own opinions on the matter, however. Wolverine felt that the act was every bit as racist and oppressive as the Mutant Registration Act, while Bishop felt it was necessary to embrace the act and make sure that mutants could continue to self-police, lest the truly oppressive regime of his home timeline should come to pass. As the last known mutants, all members of the 198 and X-Men were already in government databases and were registered by default when the act passed.; The 198 have since chafed at the constant O*N*E surveillance, as well as their inability to leave the school grounds without being tracked by monitoring chips. When it was discovered the chips could also deliver a powerful electric discharge to assure the 198 could be subdued, they rioted. Mister M used his powers to remove the chips and they left the mansion. Bishop, Sabra, and Micromax were given permission to apprehend them, threatening to shatter Cyclops' neutrality. During the incident, General Lazer's thinly veiled anti-mutant sentiments and his covert attempts to destroy them were uncovered. His neck was snapped by Johnny Dee (via his duplicate of the general) and the mutants and heroes rallied together to prevent disaster. The more sympathetic director of O*N*E, Val Cooper, now seems to have a free hand with regards to the mutant refugees.; The X-Men and the 198 were not the only voices of the mutant community, however. The now mostly-depowered Morlocks and the residents of New York's once entirely mutant ghetto Mutant Town remained easy targets for hate groups now that they had reverted to more-or-less normal humans. X-Factor Investigations, an independent group of private investigators made up in part by members of the old superteam X-Factor, have recently set up shop in Mutant Town, and at times have been the only ones protecting the former mutants and putting down hate-induced riots. When the Registration Act passed, the group seemed uncertain how to react, and ultimately decided to go along with whatever their leader, Jamie Madrox, decided. Jamie, being one of the least decisive on the issue, was not happy to hear this. Initially conflicted, he happened to meet a fleeing Aegis (Trey Rollins), who was being pursued by capekillers after stopping a purse-snatcher. After helping Aegis escape, Madrox made up his mind and called a press conference to inform everyone that Mutant Town was now officially off-limits. From now on, they would protect its residents, and the capekillers' presence would not be tolerated.; Into this chaotic scene comes Pietro Maximoff. The man once known as Quicksilver had lost his speed powers during the Decimation event, but had gained new powers by inhaling the Inhumans' Terrigen Mists. He now has the ability to restore lost powers to former mutants, though doing so usually ended badly for the recipient of his "gift". He has also set up shop in Mutant Town, though the full extent of his activities has not yet been revealed.; Wolverine tracking Nitro; Meanwhile, Wolverine had begun tracking down Nitro the moment rescue efforts ceased. He was able to track Nitro's scent and determine he had skipped town hidden on a pick-up. Interrogating the driver, Wolverine then found Nitro hiding in a cabin in the woods. By this time S.H.I.E.L.D. had also intervened, and a team including Wolverine was sent to capture him. Predictably, he incinerated everything within a wide radius of the cabin. The agents died, and Wolverine was reduced to (seemingly) nothing more than an Adamantium-plated skeleton. It was while he was regenerating that he heard Nitro talking to a contact over the phone, informing him of the latest kill. The conversation went sour: Nitro's use of Mutant Growth Hormone to enhance his power was mentioned, as was the fact that he was now officially too hot to be useful. Finally regenerated, Wolverine went toe-to-toe with Nitro, taking advantage of the small radius of safety around his body that prevents Nitro from incinerating himself or anything on his person.; The fight was interrupted by a trio of Atlanteans before Wolverine could kill Nitro. The Atlanteans sought to bring Nitro back to Atlantis, where he was wanted by Prince Namor for the murder of his cousin, Namorita. Wolverine fought with them, then joined them to go to Atlantis to confront Namor personally. During the course of debate over what to do with Nitro, the villain freed himself and tried to take an Atlantean woman hostage. Wolverine subdued him, cutting off his hand in the process. He then decided to leave Nitro to Atlantean justice, and focus instead on the ones who supplied him with MGH. He eventually determined the distributor was the corrupt head of Damage Control, a firm that took clean-up and rebuilding contracts following superhuman fights. It didn't take much detective work to determine that more powerful villains meant bigger fights, and bigger contracts.; Operation: Justice Like Lightning; Meanwhile the government recognized that a war between superheroes left the country defenseless against the remaining super-villains. Their fears are well-placed: villains such as Doctor Doom, Red Skull, Arnim Zola, the Mad Thinker and the Puppet Master have all been shown to have insidious plans in the works. The Thunderbolts were asked to spearhead Operation: Justice Like Lightning, in which they would confront, capture, and if possible reform super-villains. Little did anyone outside the Thunderbolts suspect that Helmut Zemo had already been collecting super-villains for an army to confront the mounting threat of the Grandmaster and his new Squadron Sinister! The captured villains willing to play along quickly swelled the team into three large squads. Still more are being trained every day in a secret mountain camp. Numerous other villains have been released since then under more direct (or less legitimate) government supervision, including the Green Goblin, the Vulture, the Jester, and Jack O'Lantern. The villains are supposedly kept in check by nanites in their blood stream which can monitor and disable them at any time. Norman Osborn, however, has learned the secret to deactivating them from a mysterious benefactor.; Criminals' reactions; Most villains sought to bypass the act. Crime mistress Ricadonna allowed some supervillains to escape the act by grafting Skrull tissue into their bodies in exchange for freeing her from prison. The survivors of the experiment: Ferocia, Kingsize, Flame and a new Blue Streak gained shape-shifting abilities, making registration easy to avoid. She later underwent the same process herself. Former Maggia member Hammerhead, on the other hand, saw the act as an opportunity to usurp Wilson Fisk as the Kingpin of Crime by rallying criminals (consisting of the Ani-Men V, Answer, Aura, Bloodshed, Clown, Cyclone III, Discus, Electro, Great Gambonnos, Kangaroo II, Man Mountain Marko, Mauler, Mindblast, Override, Ringmaster, Stiletto, Spot, Squid, Trapster, and Will O' The Wisp) in opposition of the act. His reasoning was that it was only a matter of time before every super-being was treated as a walking WMD, and then the criminals among them were as good as dead. A number of super-criminals did in fact rally under him, but the Kingpin managed to orchestrate the capture and death of his rival from his jail cell. He deceived Tony Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. into believing they were raiding Captain America's secret headquarters, while his double agent under Hammerhead, Underworld, made sure the usurper did not survive.; The criminal named The Hood also took advantage of the split in the superhero community by creating his own criminal syndicate and attempted to gain influence in the criminal underworld.; Civilian victims; Conflict among the heroes was constant, with the government-backed heroes tracking down unregistered super-humans (and subsequently arresting or registering them) and trying to find Captain America's Secret Avengers. The Secret Avengers operated out of a series of secret safe houses set up by Nick Fury, kept secret from everyone within S.H.I.E.L.D.. Cap's team continued to apprehend super-villains (usually leaving them bound for the authorities), and launched a series of well-coordinated attacks on prison transports carrying unregistered super humans. During one such raid, the convoy was diverted when Iron Man became aware of Cap's plan, and ended up going directly down Yancy Street, a hotbed of civilian opposition to the Act. The Thing, who was only visiting his old neighborhood, got roped into crowd control. When a young member of the Yancy Street Gang named Cee died in the riot, Grimm became so disgusted with both sides that he left the country for France (As a patriotic American he could not act against the law, but as he felt the law was wrong, he could not support it either). Incidentally, the US government made it very difficult for Grimm to get out of the country. His assets were frozen (too much money to risk going untaxed), his baggage was held up (even shampoo could be a potential bomb), and he was lucky to board before he was added to the national "no-fly" list. He took up with the Heroes of Paris.; Runaways; In Los Angeles, the Runaways, unaware of the situation, stopped the Flag-Smasher in public, and was chased out by S.H.I.E.L.D., with their agents severely damaging cyborg member Victor. In New York, the Young Avengers see the fight on TV and the Vision suffers a seizure. Despite Captain America's veto of the plan, the Young Avengers steal a Quinjet and track down the Runaways. After a brief fight, the two teams are attacked by Noh-Varr, who was sent by S.H.I.E.L.D. to take them down. Noh-Varr breaks Xavin's neck and steals Hulkling, Wiccan, and Karolina, taking them back to his prison in the Cube. During the fight, the Vision phase-shifted his hand into Noh-Varr's chest, who broke it off to escape. The remaining members of both teams broke into the Cube and saved their teammates, freeing Noh-Varr from the mind control of the Cube's warden. The Runaways refuse to pick a side in the war and maintain a neutral stance.; Project: Lightning; The Secret Avengers were lured by a false emergency call into an ambush by the pro-registration forces, in an attempt by Iron Man to talk the conflict out. However, Captain America attacked Stark, leading to a direct confrontation between the two sides. They first attempted to disable Cap and his team with sonics, but as the battle began to turn decided to unleash the secretive Project: Lightning: Thor. After the fight, it was soon revealed that this was not the true Thor, but a clone created from a few strands of Thor's hair and empowered by a technological copy of the recently-returned Mjolnir. The return of the long-missing god among them gave everyone pause, but the battle soon raged on. When confronted by Bill Foster, Thor sent a bolt of lightning through the hero's chest, killing him. With both sides in shock, Cap ordered a retreat. Bill Foster's tragic death dramatically changed the way both sides looked at the conflict, and turned it into a true Civil War. The event shook up both sides in the war, with Stature and Nighthawk finally surrendering and registering, while the Human Torch and Invisible Woman decided to oppose the act's enforcement with Captain America.; Spidey switches sides; The pro-registration side suffered another blow when Spider-Man became curious about many of the details of enforcement. He came to realize that Stark was using the "Iron Spidey" suit to monitor his actions and reactions, including his spider-sense. He found and added override codes for a number of Stark commands designed to subdue the wall-crawler if necessary. At one point, he accompanied Stark on a visit to 42 after Sue and Johnny left to join the Avengers. He learned that many of the most powerful captured super-humans were being held without trial and without access to counsel in an enormous super-prison within the life-draining Negative Zone. Spider-Man rebelled against the act, and was attacked by Iron Man when he tried to sneak away with Aunt May and Mary Jane. During the fight the three escaped, and several "ex"-villains were sent to capture him. Already weak, he was found, drugged, and blasted half to death by Jack O'Lantern and the Jester. He was saved at the last minute by the Punisher, who brought him to Captain America. Castle revealed he hadn't cared much about the superhero's little war until the government started using killers like Bullseye and Venom. Now he was determined to take down the scum, anyone supporting them, and anyone in his way. The Avengers knew the Punisher's skills were exactly what they needed to wage their guerrilla war, but also that accepting the convicted killer into their ranks destroyed almost all of their legitimacy and moral high-ground. Later, Spider-Man would interrupt a news cast to make a public statement about the horrors of the act's enforcement, and pledged to fight it.; Cable; Following the incident, the US government tried to discredit Cable, who was seen as a risk even before he allied himself with the anti-registration camp. Cable opposes the registration act because he sees it as the first step towards government-sponsored superteams, then towards a super-powered police force that will ultimately lead to a global police state. Like Bishop, his concern for the future is driven by a knowledge of his timeline's past. For the past few years, Cable had been promoting his island-nation of Providence as an intellectual Utopia of peace, cooperation, and advance technology. When Cable recently over-threw the Flag-Smasher as president of the troubled nation of Rumekistan (with the help of the popular resistance), many in the greater world became convinced the would-be mutant messiah was a threat to international stability. The mercenary group Six Pack (which paradoxically included the very anti-registration Solo and Cable's pro-registration, sometimes-friend Deadpool) was sent to disrupt the Rumekistan power grid as part of a larger plan to discredit Cable. The plot was thwarted, and exposed before the international community.; Atlantis; An ambassador from the kingdom of Atlantis, on a mission of peace backed by the European Community (represented at the event by the Super Heroes of Europe), was the target of an unsuccessful assassination attempt. Norman Osborn, bearing an obviously fake press pass and handgun (and none of his Green Goblin paraphernalia), fired once at the statesman, hitting him the shoulder. The ambassador was escorted back to the ocean by his people, and Osborn immediately collapsed to the ground claiming he was framed. Police later recognized that an accomplished menace like Osborn could have easily killed the ambassador, and that the events leading up to the shooting just did not make sense. Osborn attempted to tell police that his actions were being controlled by a third party through the nanites, but was unable. He was turned over to the federal government before NYPD could learn much. Following the attack, Atlantis has massed their troops and vessels along the United States' east coast, as if preparing to attack.; Attilan; The US is also still in the midst of a cold war with the Inhumans of Attilan over their refusal to return stolen Terrigen Crystals. Since the now-deceased General Lazer has the first and last word on the matter, it's still not clear if the US government even knew Lazer had taken possession of the crystals originally stolen by Pietro Maximoff. Unaware of the war footing, the Sentry recently traveled to Atillan, where he was at first attacked, then brought before the royal family. Informing the Inhuman royal court of his hidden past, the Secret War, House of M, Decimation, and Civil War, many of the Inhumans were moved to tears at the tragedy of it all. When Iron Man came to retrieve Reynolds, he was informed that this war would not be allowed to come to their land again, or else the cold war between their peoples would heat up very quickly. Sentry later accompanied a S.H.I.E.L.D. squad to battle Wolverine and told him that he did not want to get involved but saw no choice—he claimed that he had to stop the ugly business even if that meant becoming part of it for a while. He then knocked Wolverine unconscious and handed him over to S.H.I.E.L.D.. However, Wolverine escaped shortly thereafter, having taken advantage of a S.H.I.E.L.D. miscalculation regarding how a power-nullifier would affect his claws. He leapt from the helicarrier and survived by shaking off the power-nullifier during the fall, allowing his healing factor to save him from the impact of the massive drop.; Wakanda; It should also be noted that the visit by the Super Heroes of Europe underscored the fact that no one has really decided how the act applies to foreign superheroes, though several super-villains of foreign origin are already being held based on previous convictions. Though not involved in the Civil War directly, relations with Wakanda and its super-powered monarchs, the Black Panther (T'Challa) and Storm, have also been strained lately. It now seems inevitable that the Civil War will spill beyond the US' borders.; Speedball's fate; Public interest peaked when Speedball was found alive, hurled a state away by the force of the Stamford blast. Robbie seemed to have lost his powers in the blast (the explanation being that his powers protected him from the sudden force, but burned out their biological mechanisms in the process). He was held without trial in a foreign country for a time, but was eventually relocated and given counsel in the form of Jennifer Walters (She-Hulk), who attempted to argue he was unconscious when the act was passed, and thus never had the chance to register. Instead of following her advice, he refused to register. Having no more powers, he was put in the prison's general populace, where he was regarded by the rest of the prisoners as a "baby killer" and beaten regularly. Hoping to set an example for those who would attack him, he challenged the meanest detractor to a boxing match. He was in the middle of getting pummeled in the ring when his powers kicked in, destroying the ring and knocking out everyone in the near vicinity. He was again put in solitary, where he learned his parents never wanted to see him again. He jumped at the chance to testify before Congress on the Stamford incident, but was shot as he was being escorted to chambers. As he was bleeding to death in the ambulance, his powers again activated with enough force to hurt even She-Hulk. He was mended through Reed Richards quick action, but returned to prison once better. This time imprisoned at the Raft super-prison, he was used as the focus of an escape opportunity by a group of supervillains (Razorfist, Crimson Cowl, and Diamondhead in particular). They distracted the guards long enough to take Baldwin hostage, then killed the guards while Justine Hammer opened the gates. With Baldwin being used as a human shield, he was again able to activate his powers, this time intentionally, burning many of the escapees beyond recognition. Having seemingly undergone a major and spontaneous and violent personality change, he is now anxious to register and get back out into the world.; Journalists; Trying to navigate this entire sordid affair were reporters Sally Floyd and Ben Urich. Sally started out as one of the most vocal opponents of the act in the press, immediately decrying it as violation of civil liberties. Her opinion was not altered much by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s constant surveillance, nor her recent arrest after she attended a meeting of unregistered heroes. However, after she was bailed out by Senator Sykes, one of the authors of the registration act and a frequent target of her opinion pieces, she began to realize that he too was concerned with American civil liberties, and that she hadn't given the issue the full consideration expected of a good reporter. After a disappointing interview with Captain America, Sally found herself more conflicted than ever. Ben Urich, on the other hand, had been mostly quiet on the act itself, but had slowly been cataloging inconsistencies as he researches fires, murders, and attacks on himself. He wondered if Norman Osborn was really being monitored, who attacked him dressed as the Green Goblin, why would the Goblin attack a group of Atlanteans, and what were the Atlanteans doing hiding in a New York warehouse. From the shooting of Robbie Baldwin to the shooting of the Atlantean ambassador, the more evidence he gathered, the more the missing pieces spoke of a conspiracy.; Final battle; As the Punisher worked his way through the Baxter Building to retrieve plans for File 42, Sue Storm went to Atlantis to persuade Namor to join the Secret Avengers, but to no avail. The super-villains Goldbug and Plunderer arrived at the Secret Avengers' base to join Captain America's team, but the Punisher immediately killed them, calling them killers and thieves after their deaths, leading Captain America to attack him and kick him out of the group once he did not raise a finger against him. The Secret Avengers, joined by Storm and the Black Panther, reach the Ryker's Island penitentiary and head through the portal to the 42 complex, but the team is confronted by the pro-registration supporters, revealing each team had placed a spy on the other. Hulkling is able to release the incarcerated heroes from the cells of the 42 complex through the guise of Henry Pym, making the odds more even. As the battle is about to commence, Captain America warns the pro-registration heroes: "Now close your eyes, gentlemen. This might hurt."; As the battle began in the Negative Zone, Cloak moved the battle to the center of New York City. Namor and an army of Atlanteans join the battle alongside the Secret Avengers, followed by the Thor clone and Captain Marvel on the pro-registration side. Vision disrupts Iron Man's armor and Captain America is able to subdue him. On the battlefield, Mr. Fantastic is shot while trying to save the Invisible Woman from the Taskmaster and Hercules crushes the skull of the Thor clone. As the battle rages on, the city is badly damaged. Thing returns to protect the citizens from harm of the battle. Captain America's side seems victorious as Iron Man lays on the ground waiting for Cap's finishing blow. Just before Cap can hit Iron Man, several standard cops, EMTs, and firefighters hold him back, and Cap realizes how much damage the fighting has caused to the general population that they all want to protect. Wishing to avert anymore unnecessary bloodshed, Cap surrenders and the team follows suit, with many of the Secret Avengers given amnesty by the government while Captain America is placed in jail.; Aftermaths; Initiative; Two weeks later, the 50-State Initiative was officially launched and the Mighty Avengers assemble as a team. Tony Stark was appointed Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., while Maria Hill is demoted to deputy status. Some heroes chose to move to Canada, while some stay underground, such as the New Avengers. In front of his New Avengers teammates Luke Cage and Doctor Strange, Spider-Man sorrowfully donned his black costume.; Alternate Reality Versions; Ultimate Civil War: Spider-Ham; left; Alternate Civil War; A reality similar to Earth-616, whereas its Spider-Man was killed by Karn during the Civil War.; left; Annihilation Reached Earth; Unlike the event's Earth-616 counterpart, Matt Murdock of Earth-14026 participated in this event as well.; left; Marvel: Ultimate Alliance; The story begins with the superheroes waging an unsanctioned attack on Castle Doom, Latveria due to the fact that the prime minister, Lucia Von Bardas, markets technology to the Tinkerer, who, in turn, markets them to supervillains in order to upgrade their suits. The President refuses to attack Latveria due to the fact that Bardas has established friendly relations with the American government. The attack on Latveria is successful, ending with Fury's squadron destroying Castle Doom, and Bardas being presumed to be dead.; One year later, Ms. Marvel is reported to be missing after being sent to recover intel on criminal activity. A team is sent to rescue her, and find her interrogated by the Shocker. They then discover that a cyborg Von Bardas has been leading Latveria in an assault on America for the attack on Latveria. Her plan is thwarted by the heroes, however, in the process, a portion of the city has been destroyed, causing the government to consider enacting the Superhuman Registration Act. Nick Fury disappears in light of the incident, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill is appointed to be the new director. In a television broadcast of The New Warriors, the supervillain Nitro creates a massive explosion, killing over 600 lives and causing the Superhuman Registration Act to be enacted. Captain America, in disagreement of the Act, rebels and forms a team of his own in order to battle those who support the Act. Another team is formed, led by Iron Man, in order to restore peace and thwart Captain America's rebellion. The story then is split into two separate branches depending on player choice: Pro-Registration and Anti-Registration.; The Pro-Registration then creates nanite technology which is used to control the minds of supervillains, aiding them in their quest to defeat Captain America. The two plotlines converge when the Pro-Registration team leads the Anti-Registration team to a chemical plant. Iron Man attempts to negotiate with Captain America, promising amnesty for the Anti-Registration team, but the Captain refuses, resulting in a battle between the two factions. The nanite-controlled villains, however, go haywire and plant bombs all over the chemical plant. Nick Fury returns to the plotline as he tries to defuse the explosives. As the final bomb is about to be defused, however, Venom thwarts Fury's intentions, causing an explosion which incapacitates the heroes. They are brought to a safe house by Nick, who unites the teams in order to defeat the out-of-control villains.; The heroes travel to the Negative Zone in order to bring samples of the nanite formula. The mission is a success and the team escapes, however, Fury's fate is unknown, as he was left behind right after he activated a self-destruct system. The Registration Act, as a result, is suspended, after it is revealed that the nanites have survived and have spread throughout the world. The reunited teams are then split into various groups, with the main group heading to the Black Panther's home, Wakanda. They defeat nanite-controlled agents, and it is revealed that the nanites are now under the control of the group known as The Fold. The team then also discover that Nick Fury has been taken over by the Fold. The groups then establish a base in Wakanda, as the country is safe from the nanite invasion. The team then travel to Iceland, a destination which contains a base under the Fold's control. They then transmit a signal which paralyzes the nanite-controlled villains and heroes, allowing them to be cured. The team then battle the Tinkerer, who is the ringleader of the Fold, and defeat him. However, the battle has not yet been won; a nanite-controlled Nick Fury then battles the heroes, ending with the heroes victorious.; The end of the game is then determined on which faction the player chose; if the Pro-Registration team has been chosen, the Superhuman Registration Act is amended, whereas if the Anti-Registration team has been chosen, the Superhuman Registration Act is repealed.; left; The Gun & The Sword; In Earth-TRN1680, Captain America escaped the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier with the aid of Wonder Woman during the beginning of the war.; left; Notable Participants; Confirmed proponents of registration; Registered heroes and villains:S.H.I.E.L.D. ForcesEnforcers; Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff); Doc Samson; Iron Man (Tony Stark); Mister Fantastic; Ms Marvel (Carol Danvers); Phone Ranger; She-Hulk; Tigra; Thor Clone (Ragnarok); Wasp; Skrull Yellowjacket (Criti Noll); Wonder Man; Bishop; Micromax; Sabra; Penance (previously Speedball, registered); Songbird; Great Lakes Champions; Sentry (Robert Reynolds); Hellcat; Thor Girl; Two-Gun Kid; Araña; John Jameson; Stature; Nighthawk; Director Maria Hill; Dum Dum Dugan; Agent 13; Agent Whitman; Gabe Jones; Cape-Killers; Superhuman Restraint Unit; Deadpool; Blade; Heroes for Hire; Thunderbolts; Noh-Varr; Detained and recruited heroes and villainsMajor government supporters:Major civilian supporters:; Ajaxis; Aqueduct; Blacklash; Bloodstrike; Batroc; The Beetles; Joaquim Robichaux; Elizabeth Vaughn; Gary Quinn; Boomerang; Bullseye; Bushmaster; Death Adder; Doctor Octopus; Eel; Green Goblin (Norman Osborn); Iron Maiden; Jack O'Lantern; Jester (Jonathan Powers); Killer Shrike; King Cobra; Lady Deathstrike; Machete; Mongoose; Overmind; Ox; Porcupine; Primus; Quicksand; Rattler; Red Ronin; Scarecrow; Silk Fever; Slyde; Smiling Tiger; Snake Marston; Taskmaster; Tatterdemalion; Texas Twister; Unicorn; Venom (MacDonald Gargan); Vermin; Whiplash; Whirlwind; Zaran; Psionex; U-Foes; Wrecking Crew; Vantage; Henry Peter Gyrich; Val Cooper; Happy Hogan; J. Jonah Jameson; Miriam Sharpe; Sprite; Opponents of registration; The Secret Avengers:Detained heroes and villainsUnregistered heroes and villains:; Arachne (formerly upheld the act); Cable; Luke Cage; Captain America; Colossus; Cyclops; Havok; Diamondback; Black Panther; Storm; Cloak (detained); Dagger (detained); Spider-Woman (detained); Daredevil; Iron Fist (Daredevil) (detained); Falcon; Wolverine; Goliath (deceased); Jane Foster; Nick Fury; Hercules; Night Nurse; Young Avengers (Wiccan (detained), Stature (later registered)); Ultra Girl; Triathlon; Living Lightning; Invisible Woman (formerly upheld the act as a member of the Fantastic Four); Human Torch (formerly upheld the act as a member of the Fantastic Four); Silhouette (Silhouette Chord); Firebird; Machine Man; Monica Rambeau; Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (formerly supported the act); Justice (Vance Astrovik); Stingray; Battlestar; Coldblood; Jack Flag; Ghost Rider; Gladiatrix and her resistance cell; Lightbright; Living Mummy; Network; Prodigy (Richard Gilmore); Prowler; Shroud; Solo; Speedball (found alive, registered change into Penance); Typeface; Digitek; Lectronn; Silverclaw; Debrii; Firestar (retired); Jessica Jones (relocated to Canada); Punisher; Magneto; Quicksilver; Rage; Runaways; Slapstick; Thunderclap; Timeslip; Sersi; Moon Knight (Exception due to unstable mental health); Howard the Duck (Unrecognized existence); Winter Soldier; Registered opponents:Supervillain opponents:Major civilian opponents:; Arachne (formerly upheld the act; Invisible Woman (formerly upheld the act; Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (formerly upheld the act; X-Factor Investigations; 198; Goldbug (killed by Punisher); Plunderer (killed by Punisher); Kingpin; Nitro; Citizens of Harlem, New York City; Neil Crawford; Sally Floyd; Yancy Street Gang; Foreign opponents:; Black Bolt; Namor; Casualties:Neutral parties:; 600 residents of Stamford, CT; Bantam (Roberto Velasquez) (killed in a fight with Thunderclap); Goliath (killed in a fight with Thor); Cee of the Yancy Street Gang; Cobalt Man (Ralph Roberts) (killed at Stamford); Coldheart (killed at Stamford); John Fernandez (killed at Stamford); Goldbug (killed by Punisher); Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (severely wounded by anti-hero protestors); Microbe (killed at Stamford); Namorita (killed at Stamford); Plunderer (killed by Punisher); Speedfreek (killed at Stamford); Slyde (killed by Underworld); Night Thrasher (seemingly killed at Stamford; Jester (killed by Punisher); Jack o' Lantern (killed by Punisher); Superhuman Restraint Unit; Doctor Strange; Thing (formerly upheld the act as a member of the Fantastic Four; Ben Urich; Thena and most of the other Eternals; X-Men (publicly); Nova (Richard Rider); Thor ============================================================ Days of Future Present Kind: event Page: Days of Future Present Full name: Days of Future Present First appearance: Fantastic Four Annual Vol 1 23 Created by: Walter Simonson, Bob Harras, Louise Simonson, Chris Claremont Notes: The X-Factor annual is titled Part 2 of the story but is actually Part 3 History: A future version of Franklin Richards appears and causes chaos. A new villain, from the same future, also appears and causes more chaos.; History; In the possible future seen in Days of Future Past saga, Franklin Richards (son of Reed and Susan Richards of the Fantastic Four) fell in love with Rachel Summers (daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey of the X-Men). During a desperate mission to overthrow the mutant-hunting |Sentinels who ruled that future, Franklin was killed.; As it turned out, Franklin Richards sent his dreamself back in time in the instant before he died. The trip left him disoriented; it also unlocked his reality-warping powers. He replaced the new Four Freedoms Plaza building with the old Baxter Building and a previous version of the FF. On arriving home, the current FF were understandably taken aback to meet themselves. After a misunderstanding, the two teams compared notes. Both teams had a version of Franklin, but the younger team's version appeared as an infant to them and as an adult to the real team. Franklin failed to convince the real Richardses that he was their son and, frustrated, disappeared. Everything returned to normal ... until a horde of robots poured out of a portal.; Franklin went to Professor Xavier's school but found it in ruins. He restored it to its future state, when he spent time there as a New Mutant, and populated it with those future mutants. The current New Mutants, deep underground in the Danger Room, fought briefly with the new New Mutants. Franklin insisted that the current mutants were imposters and, frustrated again, disappeared. The FF arrived, looking for Franklin, followed by another horde of robots. This time they also faced the robots' master, Ahab, a mutant-hunter from Franklin's future, but he retreated. The FF and the New Mutants tracked Franklin to the American Museum of Natural History, where they battled Ahab, his robots, and a Sentinel. Franklin erased the robots and the Sentinel from reality. Aghast, he relocked his and his younger self's powers.; The FF enlisted X-Factor to help them find Franklin. Rachel Summers (who traveled back in time after Franklin died in the future but arrived before he did) tried to get through to him but failed. The FF, the New Mutants, and X-Factor located Ahab's base and sent him back to the future. Franklin then kidnapped Nathan Summers (the son of Summers and Grey in this reality, who would become Cable).; Franklin met Rachel again and recovered his composure. Ahab returned, kidnapped Susan Richards and Scott Summers, and turned them into Hounds (his mutant-hunting agents). Franklin destroyed Ahab's equipment and chased him off. He then realized that his presence would eventually drain the life out of Rachel and the younger Franklin; he voluntarily gave up his own life force to save them. ============================================================ Bloodties Kind: event Page: Bloodties Full name: Bloodties First appearance: Avengers Vol 1 368 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: The Bloodties event ran through Avengers Vol 1 368, X-Men Vol 2 26, Avengers: West Coast Vol 1 101, Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 307 and Avengers Vol 1 369. The story details a civil war between the human and mutant populations of Genosha. History: Kicked out of the Acolytes, Fabian Cortez goes to Genosha , where he assumes leadership of the island’s mutate population and fuels the rebellion against the Genoshan government. A Civil War erupts between mutates, humans and a small resistance group consisting of members of both races. While the UN are discussing how to get the situation under control, mutant expert Professor Charles Xavier is sent to the island on a peace keeping mission, accompanied by the mutate Jenny Ransome and Phillip Moreau, the former Genegineer’s son. The conflict enters a new level when Cortez kidnaps Luna Maximoff, the daughter of Crystal and Quicksilver, and as such Magneto‘s grandchild, to get revenge on him. While the X-Men and Quicksilver secretly enter the island, the Avengers have to violate their UN charter when they, against direct orders, depart for Genosha to rescue the child of one of their members. As self-proclaimed heir of Magneto, Exodus too arrives at the battleside and takes up Cortez’s challenge in his name. However the assembled heroes soon realize that his vast abilities and fanatic view of mutants as superior race make him a much bigger problem than Cortez ever was. ============================================================ Cold War Kind: event Page: Cold War Full name: Cold War Other aliases: The Cold War First appearance: Young Men Vol 1 24 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Most of the Silver age heroes participated during the cold war directly or indirectly since their first appearances were during the early 1960s. History: The Cold War was the continuing state of political conflict following World War II between the Communist World – primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies – and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States and its allies. The Cold War era occurred on Earth-616 much in the same way as in the real world. Below details events that are unique to that universe.; A man who wanted to be as Captain America was surgically altered to look identical to Steve Rogers. He fought communists during the early 1950s, including a communist Red Skull. He was finally frozen by the scientists.; In many other countries, the communist influence began civil wars and revolutions. The year 1955 saw the starts of both the Korean and Vietnam Wars.; Apocrypha; The Earth-616 universe operates on a Sliding Timescale, meaning that events in that universe happen much slower than in real time. As a result, events that were first published in the 1960s get "pushed forward" in time. Events published by Marvel Comics in the 1960s are said to have occurred roughly "ten years ago" in relative comparison to the current point in history. As such while a lot of early Marvel stories have events heavily influenced by the Cold War are considered "topical references" in relation to the date in which the story was published. Recent editions of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe usually generalizes specific events that are considered topical for the time in which the story was published.; For example, as per Fantastic Four Vol 1 1, the historic rocket trip from which the Fantastic Four gained their powers was a result of the space race. However, by Fantastic Four Vol 1 236 all references to Reed's "rocket trip" had been retconned as the space race had become a date references. In addition Reed's spacecraft is no longer referred to as a rocket and his purposes for going into space have since vastly expanded to be considered more fantastic, and less dated.; Other examples still maintain at least part of the original story telling. For example, in the Incredible Hulk Vol 1 1, a Russian spy named Igor Drenkov was sent to America to steal weapons, aircraft and national secrets. Igor actions led to the accidental creation of the Hulk. Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 5 (published in 2008) still references Igor as a Russian spy, however it is generally accepted that any Cold War references in that story are considered topical.; Tales of Suspense Vol 1 39, which features the birth of Iron Man was originally set in Vietnam, during America's involvement in the Vietnam War. However since Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 1 (published in 2005) retconned Iron Man's origins so that his injury occurred while in Afghanistan and excised all references to the Cold War.; Likewise, Charles Xavier and Cain Marko were said to have fought in the Korean War as per X-Men Vol 1 12. However this has since been generalized as an eastern conflict as early as Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol 1 6. ============================================================ Contest of Champions Kind: event Page: Contest of Champions Full name: Contest of Champions Other aliases: Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions First appearance: Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions Vol 1 1 Created by: Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant, Bill Mantlo, John Romita Jr. Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Death was called "The Unknown" throughout the series.; 2015's Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars Vol 1 1 revealed that a Bonus Round was fought in East St. Louis, with Deadpool, Doop, Howard the Duck and Pink Sphinx on the side of Death, and Rocket Racer, She-Man-Thing, the Vile Tapeworm and Frog Man on the side of the Grandmaster. The Bonus Round was a result of Deadpool and the other participants voicing their frustration over not being chosen for the main event. Death's team won the Bonus Round, granting Deadpool the chance to kiss her. Trivia: Contest of Champions is the very first Marvel limited series, and predates Secret Wars as the first major crossover despite the latter often being cited as such. History: The heroes of Earth are abducted and transported to a large ship. The mystified heroes pondered how all of them got there. The Grandmaster and Death introduced themselves as the reason the heroes were captured. The reason the Grandmaster was playing was to restore life to his recently deceased brother, The Collector. Death could restore life to his dead brother. Both entities chose twelve players. ============================================================ Devil's Reign (1997 Event) Kind: event Page: Devil's Reign (1997 Event) Full name: Devil's Reign First appearance: Devil's Reign ½: Silver Surfer/Witchblade Vol 1 ½ Reality: Earth-616 Trivia: This is one of few intercompany crossovers that are canon to Earth-616 rather than the Crossoververses, the other being Marvel Team-Up Vol 3 14 and Avengers/JLA. History: The crossover between Top Cow and Marvel in which Mephisto attempts to gather all the souls of the Top Cow Universe so that he may return to the Marvel Universe more powerful than ever. ============================================================ Dark Reign Kind: event Page: Dark Reign Full name: Dark Reign Other aliases: Osborn's Dark Reign First appearance: Secret Invasion: Dark Reign Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: ===Reading Order===; Unofficial Dark Reign Reading Order, with lots of details: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120519090253/http://www.squidoo.com:80/dark-reign The Dark Reign of Marvel Comics]; ~Blake Czirr; No reading order has yet to be officially published. However, the issues concerning Dark Reign were published in the following order: History: Dark Reign was the name attributed to an era which represented the downfall of the modern super-hero and the ascendancy of known super-villains into positions of power.; Following the events of the 2008 storyline "Secret Invasion", Norman Osborn resigned as Director of Thunderbolts and disbanded the team. Immediately afterward Osborn met with the President and was given complete control of a new world peace-keeping organization called "H.A.M.M.E.R." (as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s viability had been deemed compromised by the massive Skrull infiltration). Tony Stark was removed as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., due to his inability to stop the Skrulls and his unwillingness to give up the list of secret identities of every registered SHRA member. The Avengers and Fifty State Initiative became the Thunderbolts Initiative. Norman later met in secret with Namor, Emma Frost, Doctor Doom, Loki's female form, and the Hood about his plans for the new world order. Osborn offered the Cabal solidarity and the resources to accomplish their own agendas (mirroring those of the Illuminati). In return Osborn asked for their public support/registration, as well as cooperation fulfilling any request he may have of them. He also introduced them to a shadowy figure (later identified to be the Sentry) who would keep them in line if they plotted to overthrow him. At the end of the meeting, Namor and Doctor Doom had a discussion of their own plans that had already been set in motion. Shortly afterward, Norman returned to Thunderbolts Mountain to oversee its shutdown. When confronted by an irate Andreas von Strucker about his action, Norman seized his sword and murdered him in a psychotic tantrum. Norman Osborn then threw Strucker out of a window, watching as the body tumbled down the mountainside. Norman realized his psyche was not in a stable state.; Meanwhile, the New Avengers (Luke Cage, Spider-Man, Ronin, and Wolverine) reunited having lost Echo and Iron Fist but had gained the original Spider-Woman, Ms. Marvel, Mockingbird and the current Captain America. Luke Cage told the team that they needed to find his baby. With the aid of the Fantastic Four, the team began tracking down anyone who might have had a lead on the Skrull-Edwin Jarvis. They finally found a Skrull posing as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in a bar and interrogated her. Before she could reveal the location of the baby, a drunk S.H.I.E.L.D. agent shot and killed her. Later on, it was revealed that Luke had gone to Norman Osborn for help and agreed to sign on with him in return for help in finding his baby. Norman Osborn managed to locate the Skrull-Jarvis and had Bullseye kill it. Luke Cage went back on his deal with Norman Osborn and gave his child to Jessica Jones. The New Avengers later watch on television about Norman Osborn unveiling his Dark Avengers. Ronin refused to stand for it and said that the true Avengers were going to get back at them for this.; Tony Stark was now seen as a coward and was hated by the public. His Extremis powers began to fade and he became weaker. His company was handed over to Osborn, as well as his suits of armor. However, in order to protect his fellow superheroes from Osborn, he infected the Superhuman Registration Act database with a computer virus while keeping the only copy within his brain.; Chthon resurfaced and killed off the New Men at Mt. Wundagore, with no Doctor Strange to counter this new threat. Knowing about Chthon's activities and how they had taken down most superheroes, the Scarlet Witch resurfaced and helped Henry Pym to reform the Mighty Avengers to combat him. However, Mordred successfully summoned Chthon into the body of Quicksilver and Chthon arrived, claiming that this reality shall "fall before him" in a blink of an eye.; The heroes and civilians that had been replaced by Skrulls (namely Dum Dum Dugan, Edwin Jarvis, Frog-Man, Mockingbird, Razorback, She-Thing, and Thor Girl) alongside Alicia Masters met with Doc Samson at Camp Hammond as part of a support group. While noting the hostilities of Red Nine, Annex, Geiger, Batwing, and Prodigy II over the supposed death of Crusader II, Delroy Garrett stated that he was leaving the Initiative and joining up with Ryder to hunt down any Skrulls still hiding out on Earth.; Norman Osborn's next order of business was setting up his new team of Avengers. He was able to recruit Ares, The Sentry, and Marvel Boy (now calling himself Captain Marvel under the suggestion of Khn'nr), as well as giving his former Thunderbolts new identities (Moonstone became Ms. Marvel, Venom III became Spider-Man, Bullseye became Hawkeye, and the addition of Daken who took the identity of his father Wolverine). Norman Osborn hired the Ghost to break into Tony Stark's armor vault and steal one of the suits, which Norman used to become the Iron Patriot. Morgan Le Fay showed up to fight Doctor Doom. As Doctor Doom began to lose, a HAMMER soldier called Osborn, and the Dark Avengers arrived to rescue Doctor Doom. The Sentry tore off her head, but she subsequently violently reappeared in his place, and took control over the new Spider-Man, who attacked Ares.; Norman was called to ride aboard Air Force One by President Barack Obama. On board, Doc Samson revealed that he had footage of Norman as the Green Goblin murdering security forces inside Thunderbolts Mountain. Norman Osborn tried to frame Samson by suggesting that he was actually involved. Before Samson could play this evidence, the new Thunderbolts (Yelena Belova, Ghost and Ant-Man) took control of Air Force One and someone dressed as the Green Goblin attacked. At the same time, a Gamma Radiation emitter planted on Samson by Ant-Man caused Samson to "Hulk out", becoming stronger and less rational, even threatening the President. Norman used a device to knock everyone on the plane (except himself, Samson, and the Goblin) and had Ghost phase Samson out of the plane. When the President awakened, Norman started fighting the Goblin, their dialogue suggesting that the Goblin had tried to kill Norman at Thunderbolts mountain. Norman threw the Goblin out of the plane. At this point, it was revealed (to the reader) that the Green Goblin was actually Headsman, one of Norman's new Thunderbolts, who was saved from the fall by his teammates. In the aftermath, the President placed Norman in charge of the country's security. Norman also persuaded the President to put out a global warrant for Doc Samson's arrest.; Shutting Down Camp Hammond; When some of the graduates at Camp Hammond were assigned to different teams, Baron Von Blitzschlag encountered the cyborg Thor-clone which was reactivated by a fail-safe programmed by Criti Noll (which required his access code to keep him contained). The Thor clone seemingly killed the Baron within a couple of minutes and was then attacked by Thor Girl, whom he defeated after a long and heavy fight above Camp Hammond. Trauma then posed as the real Thor to catch him of guard, which failed. Reserve member Gorilla Girl then took on the clone. Just as she was about to lose, Counter Force (the former New Warriors) appeared to fight.; In Santa Marco, War Machine took down a Sentinel retrofitted by mercenaries of Eaglestar International, a corrupt paramilitary defense contracting firm based out of the nation of Aqiria, and used by them in an attempt to exterminate people who are of the same tribe as the rebel leaders that opposed President Luis Augustine, the corrupt dictator of Santo Marco. After the battle, Rhodes found Parnell Jacobs, who was believed to be killed by Stuart Clarke, among the group of people and forcibly recruited him to be his "one-man pit crew" in the satellite and to help reconfigure Rhodes' bionics to reduce the stress on his system. When Jacobs found out from Bethany Cabe, who was the director of the secret War Machine R&D facilities in the Colorado mountains, that Dr. Glenda Sandoval (who is now a medic with Eaglestar) had been captured by Eaglestar and was raped and tortured, he accepted. Cabe's team developed a clone body, labeled "J. Rhodes, Repro Bod 2.0", for him to take over because the cybernetics in Rhodes were not meant to be a permanent fix. The facility was attacked and the clone body was discovered by Norman Osborn. Rhodes, along with communication support from Jacobs and Cabe, invaded the Eaglestar base in Aqiria. Rhodes integrated some daisy cutter missiles into his armor and sent the missiles back to the Eaglestar mercenaries, but decided not to kill the live infantry there. With help from former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, he managed to find Sandoval. Rhodes decided to go after Eaglestar CEO Davis Harmon for his role in what happened. But before he could reach him, Norman Osborn intervened by sending the Avenger Ares to fight him. Rhodes managed to hold his own against the god of war and he captured Harmon. Harmon released Sandoval, but Rhodes found out that Harmon ordered the rape of Sandoval along with the order to experiment on her with something unknown. Harmon led Rhodes, Ares, Sandoval, and the agents to a quarantine room. Before opening the door, he told Rhodes since he was a government contract agency, he couldn't be prosecuted. But Sandoval showed Harmon that she was an employee for the same agency and killed him. When they were about to leave, Ares decided to open the door to find out what was behind it. The experiments conducted at Eaglestar turned out to be test subjects who were infected by an "Ultimo virus". When Jacobs told Rhodes to get Sandoval out of there, she was revealed to also have been infected with the same virus.; Following the Skrull defeat and the rise of Norman Osborn to power, the Agents of Atlas decided to oppose Osborn's agenda by taking on the role of "super villains". Their first act was to attack Fort Knox and steal the gold reserve, which Osborn planned on using to finance a secret weapons system.; Dealing with the Avengers; Black Panther was secretly approached by Namor in an attempt to recruit him into the Cabal, the secret council of super-villains masterminding the events of the Dark Reign. After refusing, Black Panther was attacked by Namor's fellow Cabal-member Doctor Doom and an army of his Doombots, who critically wounded him (though the Panther managed to make it back to Wakanda). The council of Wakanda were forced to find a temporary replacement. T'Challa was in critical condition and in a coma.; After fighting off Tiger Shark (who alongside Bob, Agent of HYDRA was hired by Norman Osborn to kill him and retrieve his head), Deadpool and Bob (after a little squabble and a bullet to Bob's hand) discussed the current events Deadpool missed while being hunted by Tiger Shark. When Deadpool heard that Norman was the one who killed the Skrull Queen, he put two and two together about who stole the data Deadpool got from the Skrulls during the Invasion. Knowing it was supposed to be Nick Fury who got the information to kill the Skrull Queen, Deadpool sent a letter to Norman asking for 100 million dollars in hush money to keep Deadpool from ruining Osborn's heroic outlook. Norman then sent the new Thunderbolts to attack Deadpool.; Quake was leading the team in shutting down a covert base in Texas when HYDRA appeared and attacked the team. As the Secret Warriors attempted to evacuate, H.A.M.M.E.R. surrounded the area, but they were able to escape. Nick Fury confronted the team on their failures, but specifically talked to Daisy about information he uncovered. A month before, Fury infiltrated a covert Chicago base and downloaded all information about the previous and current command structures of S.H.I.E.L.D. A few weeks later, he confronted the new U.S. President about the deactivation of S.H.I.E.L.D. and gave him the location of two of the organization's covert bases. He revealed to Daisy that HYDRA was on a recovery mission at the Texas base and that S.H.I.E.L.D. was a branch of HYDRA while various agencies of the United States Government (NSA, Department of Treasury, FBI Science and Technology Branch), as well as the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate and Foreign Intelligence Service were all under HYDRA control.; After Loki resurrected Odin's father Bor, brainwashed him, and set him loose on New York City, Thor flew to intervene and tried to reason with Bor. This failed and the two marked up in battle, which Thor barely survived. He let out a call for the Avengers, but the Dark Avengers arrived and attacked both gods. After a long fight, Thor decided to end it permanently and the two gods attacked each other in a last attack. But in the end, Thor was the one who came out the victor and then both Loki and Balder arrived telling Thor exactly who it was he had just killed. When Thor learned of this he was overcome with horror and grief, but it was too late and Bor died. Because of this, Loki had Thor exiled from Asgard forever due to him killing another member of the Royal Family in which Balder was forced to agree with Loki. Should he ever return, he would be killed along with any who tried to aid him. Balder asked him if he had any last words. Thor told him that he did, but they were for another time and another place, and for someone else. But when he finally did speak those words, thunder, fire, and darkness should follow after. Later in a tavern, Loki was telling some of the other Asgardians that she knew of a new place they could go, since they were uncomfortable in such a hot and flat climate. She had already spoken to their king and he had invited all Asgardians to live there, where there was snow-capped mountains, where they could hunt to their hearts content which happened to be Latveria.; Norman Osborn had Mainframe obtain Quasimodo and had it give him the data on every known bad guy when he became Norman's analysist.; Scarlet Witch was angrily attacked by Stature, who was stopped by Vision's revelation that the image before them was but an astral projection from elsewhere. The Hulk, in anger and confusion as to how he vanished from Arizona Desert and appeared at Wundagore, threatened to "smash". The U.S. Agent demanded Pym tell him what was happening, and a giant-sized Stature assailed Wanda in fury. The other Avengers, including Jocasta and Hercules, struggled to restrain the Hulk while Amadeus Cho tried to remind the Hulk of their past relationship. The shocked U.S. Agent called out to Amadeus Cho and Hercules. Iron Man arrived on the scene, surprised greatly, and battled the enraged Banner, this time managing to triumph. The united forces of the Avengers, aided by Wanda, quashed the threat of Chthon, and released Quicksilver from his demonic control. Pietro demanded answers from his sister. The Mighty Avengers then discovered that Scarlet Witch was actually Loki in disguise. The Avengers were fooled by Loki's trick, and followed this false "Wanda's" instructions, which evidently was Loki's dirty work. Now both the Dark and Mighty Avengers were, essentially, under the control of the Cabal.; After realizing who the Dark Avengers really were, the New Avengers sent Spider-Woman to trick Osborn into leading his team into a trap, at the abandoned Hellfire Club Mansion, where they could de-power and fight them more fairly. However, Osborn realized their plot and sent the Hood and his criminals to eliminate them. They managed to barely escape by Spider-Woman focusing her power through Ms. Marvel. After this, Ronin went on live television, addressing the country that they seemed to have forgotten that Osborn was a murderer, and that he was in league with the Hood and he and his "New Avengers" couldn't be trusted.; Recently, Maria Hill found the Controller holed up in the basement of Futurepharm, hooked into a large machine holding many people in containers. Also, a new-armored Iron Man battled an enraged Namor in Stark's underwater base.; In a flashback during the fight with Morgan le Fay, it was revealed that Osborn visited the Sentry shortly after the Invasion. Osborn confided in Bob his own mental health problems, and convinced him that there was no Void, that he had created it by denying his own humanity. Osborn offered to help Bob, on the condition that he join his Avengers.; The fight between Counter Force and Ragnarok (the adopted name of the cyborg Thor clone) raged on as Justice told Ragnarok that he had worked with the REAL Thor before and that Ragnarok was unworthy of that name. After Ragnarok knocked out Rage and Slapstick, Debrii had the Scarlet Spiders hack into Ragnarok. However, Ragnarok killed Michael the Scarlet Spider. Ragnarok was about to vanquish Von Blitzschlag with pure physical force, when the crafty Baron dismissed the notion as futile. He stated that while he could have easily killed everyone here and everyone in the world, he would not change the fact he was, in fact, a android-clone based on the real Thor. Unconvinced, Ragnarok was shown proof that such methods were possible when one of the Scarlet Spiders revealed he and his "brothers" were all clones as well. Blitzschlag told Ragnarok that the real Thor was living in Asgard, which was now physically in the realm of Earth (or Midgard) where it was floating above Oklahoma. Ragnarok resolved that it mattered not whether he was or wasn't a clone, but rather that his warrior's resolve was true. He flew off to presumably confront Thor and his fellow Asgardians.; Later, there was a meeting of the New Avengers, and it was decided that Ronin was the new leader, and Ms. Marvel was second in command. The team also forced Spider-Man to reveal his identity to the team, and Jessica Jones became extremely excited saying that she had a crush on him in high school. Spider-Man admitted that he actually didn't even know who she was, and that he had just called her "coma girl". He then admitted that if she had said something then he would have definitely gone out with her, but she was already too upset and left. At the same time, Doctor Strange contacted Wiccan, attempting to find out if he was the one destined to be the next Sorcerer Supreme, mentioning that he had previously met with Jennifer Kale only to find that she was not the one. Shortly after speaking with Wiccan, Doctor Strange was attacked by the Hood and ended up outside the New Avengers' doorstep magically wounded.; End; Osborn's reign ended after he attempted to conquer Asgard against the express orders of the President. In the resulting Siege Asgard was destroyed by an unleashed Void, who was killed by Thor. Afterwards Osborn and his villainous associates were taken into custody and the former Captain America Steve Rogers was given Osborn's post, starting the Heroic Age. ============================================================ Death of Captain America Kind: event Page: Death of Captain America Full name: The Death of Captain America First appearance: Captain America Vol 5 25 Created by: Ed Brubaker; Steve Epting Reality: Earth-616 History: The Death of the Dream; In the aftermath of Civil War, Captain America is taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody where he is assassinated per the order of the Red Skull. Crossbones snipes at him while Sharon Carter, who has been brainwashed by Doctor Faustus posing as a S.H.I.E.L.D. psychiatrist, delivers the killing blow. S.H.I.E.L.D. director Tony Stark and Black Widow hunt Captain America's murderers. Falcon, Captain America's old partner, follows his own leads to find the killers. Meanwhile, Bucky Barnes decides to kill Tony Stark, blaming him for Captain America's death.; The Burden of Dreams; After receiving a posthumous letter from Steve Rogers telling him to continue the Captain America legacy and look out for Bucky, Stark shows Winter Soldier the letter and proposes to make him the new Captain America. Bucky agrees on the condition that he can be an independent agent who doesn't answer to Stark, S.H.I.E.L.D., or the Initiative. The Red Skull fakes the death of Aleksander Lukin, whose mind he inhabits and begins using Kronas Corporation's vast holdings to economically cripple the United States, before having S.H.I.E.L.D. agents brainwashed by Doctor Faustus open fire on crowds of protesters in front of the White House. The Red Skull continues his assault by engineering a riot by placing Kronas security troops and drugged water in a protest on the Lincoln Monument. The Skull also kidnaps Sharon Carter, who now knows that she is pregnant with Steve Rogers' child.; The Man Who Bought America; All of the Red Skull's actions benefit his puppet politician, Gordon Wright who quickly becomes a popular third party Presidential candidate. Once elected, Wright will lead the country directly into a police state secretly controlled by the Red Skull.; The Skull also plans to transfer his consciousness into Sharon's unborn child, apparently sired by Steve Rogers himself and potentially having inherited his Project Rebirth enhancements.; Both schemes fail because of the impatience and incompetence of the Skull's daughter — her near-fatal attack on Sharon Carter causes her to lose the baby, and she intentionally botches her pseudo-assassination of Gordon Wright by attempting to kill him for real. Faustus has surreptitiously tampered with Sharon's programming, she is able to rebel, and before escaping shoots Lukin to death. Black Widow and the Falcon lead a S.H.I.E.L.D. raid at the Red Skull's compound. Most of the Skull's agents are captured. The Red Skull escapes however; his consciousness is transferred from Lukin to one of the robot bodies used by Arnim Zola. ============================================================ Crossing Kind: event Page: Crossing Full name: Crossing First appearance: Avengers: The Crossing Vol 1 1 Created by: Terry Kavanagh; Bob Harras; Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning; Ben Raab; Mike Deodato Jr. Reality: Earth-616 Notes: The Crossing was created to redefine Iron Man in the Marvel Universe.; Through Heroes Reborn and Avengers Forever most of it has been retconned; Because of the presence of many writers, some continuity errors were present during The Crossing, like the Black Widow in two different places at the same time.; The Crossing consists of 2 Preludes, 22 Chapters including Tie-ins and 1 Aftermath making it a total of 25 Issues.; Eric J. Moreels of the Marvel Handbook Staff suggested a Reading Order but there are a few things that should be considered:; Moreels listed Avengers Vol 1 390 as the first Prelude and Iron Man Vol 1 319 as the second Prelude; next Moreels listed Force Works Vol 1 16 before Iron Man Vol 1 320 though Force Works was published in October 1995 while the Iron Man Book was released in September 1995; Moreels listed Force Works Vol 1 20 before Avengers Vol 1 394 though it was published a Month later; Moreels listed War Machine Vol 1 23 as Chapter 20; Moreels' Listing can be found here: http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/archive/index.php/t-22515.html History: Iron Man is revealed to have been working for "Kang" for years. "Mantis" sides with Kang out of heartbroken spite. There's a mysterious time portal in the Avengers Mansion's basement, a couple of murders and more confusion than you could shake an enigma AND a riddle at!; The Avengers travel back in time to enlist a 19 year-old Tony Stark while his grown-up version almost kills them. The older Stark ultimately makes a heroic self-sacrifice, allowing Teen Tony to remain in the present, becoming Iron Man for a short period of time.; Other significant events followed in rapid succession. First among them was the Onslaught incident, wherein a great many heroes seemingly died, most of them being members of the Avengers and of the Fantastic Four.; In time it was shown that those characters were not really dead; instead, Franklin Richards saves the heroes and recreates the adult Tony on his Counter-Earth - thereby undoing a considerable part of the results of The Crossing. Most of those heroes and even a few villains were eventually returned to the mainstream Earth.; Kurt Busiek later added more significant and direct retcons in the series Avengers Forever (see Notes). ============================================================ Divided We Stand Kind: event Page: Divided We Stand Full name: Divided We Stand First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 495 Created by: Ed Brubaker Reality: Earth-616 History: At the wake of Messiah Complex Charles Xavier is presumed dead and X-Men are disbanded. There is no home for mutants, no trust and no purpose to live for. Scott Summers as mutant race leader must solve all these new problems.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; February 2008; March 2008; April 2008 ============================================================ Coming of Gah Lak Tus (Earth-1610) Kind: event Page: Coming of Gah Lak Tus Full name: The Coming of Gah Lak Tus Other aliases: The Coming of Galactus First appearance: Ultimate Nightmare Vol 1 1 Created by: Warren Ellis, Trevor Hairsine, Steve McNiven, Tom Raney, Brandon Peterson Reality: Earth-1610 History: 1904. The Tungus River Valley, Russia. A giant meteor crashes down, destroying everything in its landing.; 1927. Two Russian men walk into the drop-zone, the first humans to walk there in over twenty-three years. They are astonished when they see something.; 2004. A young woman is trying to watch television, but the reception keeps fading away. However, when the reception returns, there are 10 images. 1st: A solar system. 2nd: An alien city. 3rd: The worried eyes of an alien. 4th: Every alien astonished and frightened at what they are seeing. 5th: The same image as the 1st. 6th: The same image as the first and 5th, with the exception that the Solar System is missing. 7th: Tears emerge from the alien's eyes. 8th: Some sort of blast hits the planet. 9th: Everything falls down. 10th: Everyone dies. The sound of the screaming from the alien's makes everyone shiver. Two more images show up: The planet breaking apart, and the planet gone. As every television, cell phone, or just any screen is interrupted with the broadcast of the images, and the horrible screaming of the alien, there is a voice: "No... no escape... no escape... It comes... and there's no escape... all the stars go out... you are already dead... it comes and you are all dead... we are all dead... listen... there is only death for you... there is only small life... then there is this... we he I send this tell this warn this... there is only horror now... there is only death now..." These words are shown as we see all the aliens dead, rotting in piles. On Earth, many people are committing suicide, not wanting to face what comes next. At the Xavier institute, Jean Grey wakes up, just from dreaming the same recording everyone saw. Jean runs to Xavier, who also dreamt it. Xavier uses Cerebro to find out that the recording is coming from Russia. Xavier asks Jean to get Wolverine and Colossus. At the Triskelion, Nick Fury also knows the recording is coming from Russia. Fury recruits Ultimates members Captain America and Black Widow. Nick Fury also notes that they are recruiting Samuel Wilson, a.k.a. the Falcon, for the mission. In the Amazon, Nick Fury calls Sam for the mission. Sam agrees, taking his wings out his back-pack, attaching them, and then flying off a cliff. ============================================================ Break-Thru (Earth-93060) Kind: event Page: Break-Thru Full name: Break-Thru First appearance: Break-Thru Vol 1 1 Created by: Gerard Jones; George Perez; Al Vey Reality: Earth-93060 ============================================================ Curse of the Mutants Kind: event Page: Curse of the Mutants Full name: Curse of the Mutants Other aliases: X-Men: Curse of the Mutants First appearance: X-Men: Curse of the Mutants Saga Vol 1 1 Created by: Victor Gischler Reality: Earth-616 Notes: For those who want to read the comics in order; the following is the order in which to read the comics, and not as the synopsis suggested:; Death of Dracula Vol 1 1; X-Men Vol 3 1; X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Blade Vol 1 1; X-Men Vol 3 2; X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Storm & Gambit Vol 1 1; Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 1; X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - X-Men vs. Vampires Vol 1 1; X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - X-Men vs. Vampires Vol 1 2; X-Men Vol 3 3; X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Smoke & Blood Vol 1 1; Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 2; Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 3; Namor: The First Mutant Vol 1 4; X-Men Vol 3 4; X-Men Vol 3 5; X-Men Vol 3 6; Tomb of Dracula Presents: Throne of Blood Vol 1 1; X-Men Vol 3 11 ============================================================ Chaos War Kind: event Page: Chaos War Full name: Chaos War First appearance: Chaos War Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: In the Dream Dimension, Nightmare sees that Hercules has returned, and plans to use Hercules' visions of Amatsu-Mikaboshi's army to horrify the world, only for Amatsu-Mikaboshi himself (now calling himself "the Chaos King") to arrive and kill Nightmare himself. Hercules assembles a group of heroes and tells them that Amatsu-Mikaboshi is coming to Earth, has taken down many of the alien pantheons and is adding to his army. He gives the assembled heroes a fraction of his power in order to help fight Amatsu-Mikaboshi, leading them through the skies and opening a portal to the Dream Dimension to challenge Amatsu-Mikaboshi. Upon arrival, they see Nightmare's hordes fleeing, and Nightmare's corpse, realizing that the Chaos King has slain him and claimed his power to destroy the minds of all the mortal heroes.; Amadeus Cho, Hercules and Thor manage to return to Earth with the dozens of defeated heroes, reaching the Olympus Group headquarters where Hebe attempts to embrace Hercules, but is unable to due to his unstable new powers. As Hebe and Venus attempt to revive the fallen mortal heroes, the other three prepare for the inevitable conflict with Amatsu-Mikaboshi while trying to fight his chaos around Earth. After seeing Hercules preventing the death of millions, an enraged Pluto is assuaged by his wife, Persephone, who tells him that "one day", all life will be his. Hela suddenly breaks into his throne room, warning him of the Chaos King's assault on the realms of the dead. Pluto begins to threaten her, only for an all-out assault on his Underworld, led by the thousands of alien gods he enslaved from world to world to begin. Pluto releases the souls of the dead, both blessed and damned, to fight for his realm, freeing Zeus, Hera, Ares, various mortal heroes (consisting of the Banshee, the Swordsman, and Yellowjacket) and various mortal villains (consisting of the Abomination and the Iron Monger) only for Amatsu-Mikaboshi himself to arrive amidst the chaos of the colossal invasion and brutally tear out the heart of Zeus yet again, his armies already threatening to overwhelm the domains of Earth's death deities with ease in the first few moments of the conflict.; Hercules, sensing this, is distracted long enough for him to stop his time-freeze over the planet and next summons Eternity, who refuses to aid them against Amatsu-Mikaboshi. Rejecting Amadeus Cho's demands that he summon other cosmic beings, such as Infinity or the Living Tribunal, to their aid, Hercules instead summons Sersi, revealing to her that Athena had fled when he returned to Earth. Upon her suggestion for more power, Hercules summons Galactus and the Silver Surfer, who violently attack them in fury that they had teleported them to Earth just when Galactus was about to satisfy his hunger on an alien world. Hercules strikes him down and Venus next uses her power to enthrall him. Daimon Hellstrom next arrives from Hell itself, telling them that Death has fled their reality. The Chaos King has triumphed over the Underworld and all the souls of the dead are now unleashed on Earth.; John Proudstar suddenly finds himself returned back to life, along with other former X-Men the Banshee, Moira McTaggert, Sophie and Esme Cuckoo, and the deceased duplicates of Jamie Madrox. They find themselves in the ruins of the Xavier School and there, they find Destiny's Diaries, which hold the secrets of defeating the Chaos King. The team travel to Muir Island to find the remaining pages of Destiny's Diaries. Later on, Moira (possessed by the spirit of Destiny) reveals that they need to call upon and unleash the most primal force of Earth itself in order to defeat the Chaos King.; Hercules, Thor, Amadeus Cho, Sersi, Daimon Hellstrom, Venus, the Silver Surfer and Galactus battle Zeus, Ares, and Hera (with the last now enslaved by the Chaos King). Zeus easily downs Galactus with a massive bolt of lightning, with even the Devourer of Worlds' power seemingly unable to defeat them. The Council Elite seals the Throne Room of the Council Elite in an attempt to conceal themselves from Amatsu-Mikaboshi and protect the doorways to each of their divine realms, and most importantly, to protect the font of Creation itself. After Hercules uses his omniscience to pierce the veil hiding the Council, the Chaos King and his alien deity army (bursting out of the dying Zeus's chest) invade the realms of Earth's pantheons until only he and his army remain, easily destroying many of the gods, including the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu (despite her promises that the Gods of Japan will defeat him, as they did in ages past) and decimating their twilight realms with brutal ease. His void seemingly consumes everything, with the Upperworld, Avalon and even Ama falling him to him in quick succession.; Amadeus Cho at last admits that it is simply not possible for the Chaos King to be defeated, pleading with the other members of the Squad to retreat from Amatsu-Mikaboshi (now a colossal being of pure darkness greater in size than even entire planets and towering over even Galactus himself) and the God Squad joins their powers in a last desperate attempt to shield themselves from the forces of primordial chaos. Athena (with her owl Pallas) at long last appears to Amatsu-Mikaboshi and reminds him that none of this would have been possible without the wisdom of his greatest servant.; As Amatsu-Mikaboshi's army attacks Earth, Thor ends up engaged with the alien god Glory, where he beats Glory. Drained from the fight, Thor crashes back to Earth, reverting to an amnesiac Donald Blake form. He is nurtured by Rebecca Steinhardt (a woman living alone). Alien swarms released by Glory follow Thor and eventually materialize into a many-headed monster, which attacks Blake and Rebecca.; The Gods of Zenn-La (the homeworld of the Silver Surfer) gather together after one of them, Thrann: Saint of Science, tells his fellow gods that, just as the universe had been given "orbit, organization, and order", its cosmic fire had been lighted from a beginning of primordial darkness and chaos by the First Mover; the First Mover had also extrapolated that the Nil Star would herald the end of times. Amatsu-Mikaboshi, now in a colossal and monstrous form, leads his army of enslaved gods, from which he has leeched their powers from to bolster himself, invades the Cosmic Plane of the Gods of Zenn-La, and is able to swiftly annihilate most of them with ease since both the Gods and mortals of Zenn-La have been estranged for eons, especially due to the Gods' inaction when Galactus threatened their planet. Thrann, remembering that a mortal, Norrin Radd, not Zenn-La's Gods, had delivered their world from destrution, musters his last bit of strength against Amatsu-Mikaboshi. Despite his best efforts, though, Thrann is consumed and enslaved, his last words a warning to Amatsu-Mikaboshi that Earth had not just one hero, unlike Zenn-La, but a multitude. The Impossible Man confronts Amatsu-Mikaboshi, trying to humor and reason with him while shapeshifting in various forms in order to divert his attention, but the Chaos King finally tires of him and brutally kills him.; The Impossible Man's last words are "I thought we were just playing around..." Amatsu-Mikaboshi then designates the Netherworlds of Hell as his next target. While Satan tells Amatsu-Mikaboshi that the damned choose their own paths and fates through free will, Amatsu-Mikaboshi counters that the old laws between gods are now null and void and his void would be a release for them, and unleashes his power against the forces of Hell, including the Ghost Rider, Daimon Hellstrom, Satannish, and Pluto. As Hela screams that Hell's fires have begun to dim, Satan urges Hellstrom to flee and warn the mortals to prepare to meet not their Maker, but their Unmaker, and vows to hold Amatsu-Mikaboshi off as long as he can. Even empowered by all Hell's fire, Satan is overpowered and devoured by the Chaos King, who seizes control over many of the dead souls of the Underworld, only to face the combined forces of the living, including every single super-hero of Earth led by Hercules and his reunited God Squad.; After Amatsu-Mikaboshi gains dominion over Earth's Council of Godheads and decimates the various pantheons and their realms, the God Squad (with Hercules, Thor and Amadeus Cho diverted elsewhere with their own struggles) manage to form a shield against the darkness of Amatsu-Mikaboshi by joining their powers. Finding themselves in a dark tunnel between realities, the God Squad come upon Inari Okami, the messenger of the Amatsu-Kami, with his sacred pet fox Inari, who had been grievously wounded by the Chaos King. He charges the four members of the God Squad to seek out the Amatsu-Kami at the temple above Yomi's gates. Led by Inari's pet fox, the God Squad eventually entered into the realm of Bast the Panther God, and though she threatens to devour them all for their sudden intrusion into her realm, she senses Amatsu-Mikaboshi's growing darkness and agrees to join them on their quest to reach the remaining Amatsu-Kami. Eventually, upon reaching Tagamakahara, they are greeted by Susa-No-O-Izumo, the Japanese god of the sea, who reveals that he knew Venus in centuries past. Joined by Tsukuyomi, the Japanese god of the Moon, Susa-No-O and Tsukuyomi tell the God Squad that Izanagi released Amatsu-Mikaboshi because he thought he could restore his honor if he served alongside noble gods, believing that if such a thing was indeed possible, the Amatsu-Kami themselves could break their own eternal cycle of death and rebirth.; However, as the God Squad reach the gates to Yomi, where both Inari and Amaterasu await them, all of the Amatsu-Kami betray them, revealing that they had been under Amatsu-Mikaboshi's control all along, attacking them ruthlessly. Eventually, the God Squad manage to overpower and kill most of the gathered Amatsu-Kami, but a lone survivor breaks Yomi's seal, releasing hordes of Japanese demons. Venus summons the Kraken to their aid, and Daimon Hellstrom, unable to re-enchant Yomi's stone seal, instead uses Yomi's remaining "soul-energy" to open a portal to an unknown place elsewhere. Bast, urging them to flee, makes a final stand against Yomi's demons to hold them off, falling to them as the God Squad escape.; Because of what happened in the death realms, several dead Avengers return from the dead. They discover that a resurrected Grim Reaper has allied himself with Amatsu-Mikaboshi.; Meanwhile, Guardian, Vindicator, Shaman, and Marrina return from the dead and reunite with other Alpha Flight heroes. They come together again as Alpha Flight when the Great Beasts return due to Sasquatch releasing them to kill the Chaos King. However, after Snowbird freezes them, the Chaos King impales them with his tentacles.; Meanwhile the Silver Surfer, Daimon Hellstrom, Venus and Sersi battle the forces of Amatsu-Mikaboshi, assisted by Bast.; While Hiro-Kala is now inside the core of K'ai restoring the planet, the Hulk is shown mourning the loss of Hiro-Kala with Skaar present. A-Bomb, the She-Hulk and the Red She-Hulk tell Korg to enter the warp, only for the Hulk to tell them to keep waiting. The Hulk is then contacted by Doctor Strange, telling him that Amatsu-Mikaboshi has killed Nightmare, decimated the death realms and sent Death fleeing from Earth. The Hulk and his allies eventually return to Earth, where they end up facing a resurrected Abomination and numerous demons released during Amatsu-Mikaboshi's attacks and Zom (with the Zom part in Doctor Strange rekindling).; Athena insists to Amatsu-Mikaboshi that he would need her aid in the final battle to destroy Hercules, telling him that Creation would simply emerge from his void even if he did triumph, but the Chaos King enslaves her in turn. With the God Squad scattered, Gaea and her daughter Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire, summons the surviving gods to a remote isle of Hawaii for a brief moment of succor before the very end. Cho insists that they must retreat to Hera's Continuum to escape Amatsu-Mikaboshi's oblivion, but Hercules refuses to aid him in doing so, seeking to still fight the Chaos King with his own power. Balder tells him that the deities who still cherished Earth will stand by his side, and Hercules himself senses just how powerful the Chaos King has become before hesitating. Athena brutally attacks Hercules with all of her power, screaming that she exiled him to Hera's Continuum bubble universe because she sought to protect him from Amatsu-Mikaboshi.; Even in death, Hercules is still as stubborn as he was in life. Gaea now screams in pain as she feels the Chaos King feasting on her flesh and the fading of her bones. She directs Hercules to follow her at the center of Mount Halemaumau where, according to Hawaiian legend, Gaea created her first miracle. The Elder Goddess reveals that she is the true font of Creation, the first being to form out of the chaos which is the Chaos King. It was she who birthed the gods themselves, and the true source of what the gods both can do and have done. She then instructs Hercules to embrace her daughter, Pele, which Hercules followed despite his wife Hebe's plea that Gaea will change him into something else entirely. Hercules' body is then destroyed in flames, as Gaea taught him what it really means to be the God of Gods. Hercules then recreates himself (imbued with Gaea's powers) and casually annihilates Athena with one gesture.; As Donald Blake is being treated by Rebecca Steinhardt, the forces of Glory are closing in on them.; The Dead Avengers end up facing off against the Grim Reaper.; During his fight with the Abomination, Doctor Strange is attacked from behind by Amatsu-Mikaboshi, who awakens the Zom part of Doctor Strange. As the Hulk and his allies fight a Zom-possessed Doctor Strange along with several demons, the Hulk ends up discovering that his father, Brian Banner, is also back from the dead. He also discovers that the demons are going after Marlo Chandler, as she was mentioned to have once hosted Death. ============================================================ Death of Spider-Man (Earth-1610) Kind: event Page: Death of Spider-Man Full name: Death of Spider-Man Other aliases: DoSM; Ultimate Death of Spider-Man First appearance: Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 2 153 Created by: Brian Michael Bendis; Mark Millar; Leinil Francis Yu; Mark Bagley; David Lafuente; Sara Pichelli; Chris Samnee Reality: Earth-1610 Notes: Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 2 160 is the final chapter of the Death of Spider-Man event and final issue of Ultimate Spider-Man. It was shipped Polybagged to help protect the secret within from early spoilers.; Post-DoSM: The series, Ultimate Spider-Man, continued after this event, again under the name of Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man and a new volume, with a new webhead donning a brand new costume. In Ultimate Fallout Vol 1 4 this new character is revealed to be Miles Morales. Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Vol 1 1 (also known as Ultimate Spider-Man #167), by the creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, was on sale in September, 2011.; Post-DoSM: The Ultimates returned in Ultimate Comics: Ultimates, an ongoing monthly series from the creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić. The series begun in August, 2011.; Post-DoSM: The X-Men returned in Ultimate Comics: X-Men, an ongoing monthly series from the creative team of Nick Spencer and Paco Medina. The series begun in September, 2011.; Post-DoSM: Hawkeye appeared in his first solo mini-series, Ultimate Comics: Hawkeye, by the creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Rafa Sandoval. On sale in August, 2011. Trivia: While published as being part of the same event, Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates both tell different stories. However, the two stories cross-over in Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 2 157 and Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates Vol 1 3, both showing the events leading up to, and including, Spider-Man getting shot by the Punisher.; There is some inconsistency between Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 2 157 and Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates Vol 1 3 despite occurring at the same time: Spider-Man follows Captain America to the Queensborough Bridge where he witnesses an explosion. The explosion is even covered all over the news within the pages of Ultimate Spider-Man. However in the pages of Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates there is clearly no explosion on the bridge from the time that Captain America arrives to when Spider-Man is shot. The explosion is then shown to happen in the pages of Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates Vol 1 4, while Spider-Man is already on the bridge after getting shot.; Due to this event being broadcast in the media without many details about the background of the story, many people believed that the character who died was Peter Parker from Earth-616.; It resembles the DC comics storyline The Death of Superman. In both stories, the hero kills the villain (Green Goblin and Doomsday) and dies later. However both heroes and villains return to live later. History: Prelude; Black Cat & The Zodiac Key; The Black Cat, having not too long ago stolen the great Zodiac Key from the office of the late Wilson Fisk, who knew how dangerous the key was and kept it hidden, is visited by Mysterio in an attempt to persuade her to give it to him. Black Cat refuses and in an attempt to attack Mysterio, ends up to accidentally level many city blocks with the Key.; Meanwhile, Tony Stark is with Peter Parker when they are alerted to the blast and head off to investigate. When they arrive, Mysterio uses the Key against them by firing a blast of energy. Tony's armor emits a force-field that absorbs the energy blast, but this leaves him drained of power. Another blast from Mysterio completely destroys Tony's armor. Peter manages to take the key while Mysterio is distracted by an attack from Black Cat. However, he accidentally opens a singularity in the sky by using only his thoughts, making the same mistake that Felicia did.; Mysterio almost regains the Key but is then grabbed from behind by Tony, who manages to subdue him, and reveals that Mysterio is nothing more than a robot that is being controlled remotely by someone elsewhere. Tony then takes the Zodiac Key and returns to his lab to study it, thanking Peter and informally offering him a job to work for him. Distraught, Peter swings to Mary Jane's house and she invites him inside.; Back at Daily Bugle; The next day Peter gets fired from his job at Burger Frog because of his frequent absence from work (due to him secretly being Spider-Man). Almost immediately he is contacted by J. Jonah Jameson who offers him his job back (with the added bonus of not being fired due to absence because of being Spider-Man), as well as a gift in the form of a scholarship for when Peter attends college, in exchange for exclusive rights to Peter's stories as Spider-Man to publish on the Daily Bugle website. Jonah tells Peter that he owes him his life and wants to make up for all the lies that he has ever said about him in the media.; Peter's Birthday & Back with Mary Jane; Shortly after, Peter responds to an explosion caused by the same group of roller blade hooligans that he encountered before. The Shroud also shows up to take them down. Peter, knowing she's really his ex-girlfriend Kitty Pryde, begs her to talk to him. He convinces her to rejoin his circle of friends.; When they arrive at his house, he is surprised by many of his friends, including Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, Johnny, Bobby, Gwen, Aunt May and Mary Jane, who are throwing him a surprise birthday party. During the party he professes his love, once again, for MJ and the two kiss.; Death of Spider-Man; Peter and Mary Jane are having lunch when they are visited by a very begrudging Steve Rogers, who tells Peter to suit up and meet him for training. Peter meets Rogers at the cemetery where they begin a lesson on fighting smart versus fighting foolishly and how the second one can lead soldiers right to a cemetery like the one they are standing in. Rogers gets called away by Carol Danvers, stating that General Nick Fury and his Avengers have gone rogue. Peter follows Rogers to the Queensborough Bridge where he witnesses a massive explosion.; Meanwhile, Norman Osborn once again transforms into the Green Goblin and escapes the Triskelion, along with Dr. Octopus, Sandman, Kraven the Hunter, Electro and Vulture and hides in an apartment building near Central Park. They witness the explosion on the news and Osborn states that since S.H.I.E.L.D. is occupied it's the perfect time to do God's work: kill Spider-Man. Otto objects to this plan and, although he is grateful that Norman freed him from prison, decides that he has no grudge against Peter Parker and wants to continue his career as a scientist, and tells Norman that they should be proud that they created Spider-Man together. Norman transforms and hurls Otto out of the window. Otto uses his ability to control metal to form his "Octopus Arms" out of any and all of the metallic objects in the area. Norman leaps after him, stating that Otto is a fool for believing that ever he had anything to do with the creation of Spider-Man after which Norman overpowers Otto and deals a fatal blow to him.; Peter gets a phone call from Mary Jane saying that Norman has escaped prison and will most likely come after Peter's family. He decides his family is more important than joining a fight he doesn't belong in and swings home before Norman and his crew can get there. Peter arrives at home and warns both Aunt May and Gwen to pack and drive away from the city until he calls them. He then heads out to find Norman to put an end to this, when he once again is called by Mary Jane. She tells him that she just witnessed Norman murdering Otto Octavius on the news. Peter heads to where the battle took place to find Otto's body lying lifeless in the middle of the street. A bystander points up to where Norman fled the scene to and Peter went to investigate the apartment above. Finding nothing there he once again heads out in search of Norman and the rest of his team of fugitives, when he spots Captain America standing over a beaten Nick Fury and decides to intervene. He arrives at the scene and sees the The Punisher aiming a rifle at Cap. He immediately dives towards Cap and pushes him out of the way, getting shot himself.; Meanwhile, Osborn and the remaining members of his group show up at the Tinkerer's Lair and demand he supply them with weapons, including Vulture's Suit as well as blasters and knives for Kraven.; Meanwhile back at the Queensboro bridge, a squad of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents arrived at the bridge and, during the momentary confusion caused by Spider-Man's appearance, shoot and attempt to apprehend Fury. Filled with remorse, Frank begged the agents to "punish him" for shooting an innocent kid. Captain America promises Peter that his wound is not fatal and commends him for taking a bullet for him without a second thought, stating that when he grows up Peter will be the best out of all of them. War Machine then arrives and blows up the bridge, causing everyone but Spider-Man, who uses his ability to stick to surfaces, to fall into the water below. Peter manages to gain his composure and dresses his wounds with his webbing. He then decides he needs to go to a hospital, however doing so will require him to reveal his secret identity, which he decides he is fully prepared to do. He then spots Osborn and his crew and follow them to his house instead of going to the hospital.; Osborn and his group then appear at the Parker residence looking for Peter. However they are instead met by Johnny and Bobby. Johnny manages to overpower Norman, but Sandman intervenes and completely engulfs Johnny in sand, putting out his flame. Ice Man tries to help Johnny but is swiftly defeated by Electro. Just as they are about to enter Peter's house, they spot him down the street, unmasked. He quickly takes out the Vulture with his webs and, even though he can barely stand, prepares to fight the rest.; Peter lies and tells the rest of the villains that S.H.I.E.L.D. and the New Ultimates are on their way, and that it would be in their best interest to just surrender. However Electro points out that Spider-Man is hurt and Sandman, Kraven and himself prepare to attack. Peter, thinking quickly, kicks open a fire hydrant and aims the jet of water at them using his hands. Electro shorts out and electrocutes both Sandman and Kraven. Peter then decks Electro, knocking him out. Peter then, exhausted, notices that a crowd of his neighbors has gathered around him in the street. Some of them are even recording him on their cellphones. He asks them to call the police and an ambulance.; Peter then gets attacked, once again, by Sandman, Vulture and Electro, leaving him even more injured than before. In a panic, one of the neighbors calls Aunt May and informs her that her nephew is Spider-Man and that he's about to be killed. May turns the car around and speeds back home. She arrives just as Electro is about to deal the final blow to Peter and manages to shoot him three times in the chest with her revolver. Electro falls to the ground, though to be dead, but not before once again shorting out and electrocuting Sandman and Vulture, leaving them all unconscious.; May grabs Peter and they embrace. Norman then wakes up and charges straight towards them. Peter grabs hold of May and Gwen and swings them to safety. He then knocks Norman down long enough to wake Johnny up. Johnny lights up and confronts Norman, only to have Norman absorb his flame and knock Johnny to the ground. Empowered, Norman unleashes a storm of fireballs at Peter and the surrounding vehicles. In the fiery chaos Peter manages to flank Norman and hit him from behind with a mailbox and hurl him into the open jet of water from the fire hydrant he earlier used to take out the rest of Norman's group.; Stripped of his new power, Norman manages to once again get up and is about to deal a fatal blow to Peter when Mary Jane runs into him with a truck she managed to steal. The truck flips over but Peter manages to get her out and the two kiss. He then throws her to safety and, in one last effort, lifts the truck over his head and crushes Norman with it... twice. Unfortunately, before Peter is able to get to safety the truck explodes, critically wounding him, and hurdles him onto the grass. Mary Jane and Johnny (having woken up) rush towards him. MJ says they need to get him to a hospital. Johnny suggests that he fly him to the hospital, but MJ says he can't be moved in his current condition. Aunt May finally manages to get away from Gwen and back to the scene of the fight with Gwen chasing her, only for them to see Peter lying on the ground, dying. They immediately rush towards him, with Aunt May, asking him what he had done. He manages to tell Aunt May that he is happy that he finally was able to make up for not saving his Uncle Ben by now saving her. He then seemingly passes out and Johnny listens to his chest for a heartbeat, but to everyone's horror, hears none.; In the fiery wreckage Norman, transformed back into his human form, manages to smugly smirk before he, too, dies.; Avengers vs. New Ultimates; With the Triskelion having recently been transported to Iran, Thor is slowly teleporting S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel, including Tony Stark, who recently had a relapse of his brain tumor, home to Manhattan. The New Ultimates, also having recently added Giant-Man and Black Widow to the team, learn from Gregory Stark that New Prototype Super-Soldiers were stolen from one of his facilities. The team is then sent to Bulgaria to intercept the train believed to be transporting the stolen property.; The team manages to derail the train and witness one of the prototype Super-Soldiers, called the Mimic, emerge from his containment unit and, shortly afterward, die a painful death. Captain America questions the conductor of the train, who reveals to them that he was hired to steal and transport the prototypes by Nick Fury.; Meanwhile, Fury manages to recruit the Punisher (promising him the keys to every cell in the prison in which he is currently incarcerated) and Blade (promising to deliver to him the man who killed his mother, Deacon Frost). Hawkeye also gets recruited for Fury's mission.; Posing as civilians, the group observes the sale of Maximus, a still-gestating Prototype Super-Soldier presumably similar to the Mimic. The team strikes and attempts to intercept the case containing Maximus, however they are attacked by the man responsible for the sale, Tyrone Cash. War Machine attempts to neutralize Cash, with little success, when Blade intervenes and manages to hypnotize him, reducing him to his withered form. Cash then confesses to Fury that he is working for Carol Danvers, and that she has been selling secrets for years. They then escort Cash to his home, where Frank kills everyone within except for the prostitutes, and force him to reveal the secrets of his transformation. Cash tells them that the secret is to ingest a special pill that he invented once every 24 hours and the transformation can be done at will. Fury then shoots Cash in the head, killing him.; Meanwhile, Tony wakes up after his surgery and has a bad feeling that something terrible is about to happen. He asks a hired model, dressed as a sexy nurse for Tony's enjoyment, to contact his secretary to ready his Iron Man armor. Carol Danvers converses with Captain Britain, who is currently leading the task of transporting the Triskelion back to New York, when Nick Fury appears. Danvers orders her men to attack, revealing that War Machine, hiding himself with technology that allows him to become invisible, is also there. Iron Man arrives in time to save Danvers, but is forced into battle with War Machine. Blade appears among the chaos and knocks Carol unconscious and proceeds to kidnap her with the help of Hawkeye. They are intercepted by Giant-Man and Black Widow, while Captain America hunts down Nick Fury on the Queensborough Bridge and beats him almost to submission. Frank Castle, watching from higher ground, decides to try and take out Rogers' knee caps with a sniper rifle. He takes a shot, but Spider-Man arrives and sees him pointing a rifle at Cap. Not willing to see Cap die, Spider-Man dives and pushes Cap out of the way and gets hit by the bullet instead.; A squad of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents arrived at the bridge and, during the momentary confusion caused by Spider-Man's appearance, shot and attempted to apprehend Fury. Filled with remorse, Frank begged the agents to "punish him" for shooting an innocent kid. Captain America promises Peter that his wound is not fatal and commends him for taking a bullet for him without a second thought, stating that when he grows up Peter will be the best out of all of them. War Machine then arrives and blows up the bridge, causing everyone but Spider-Man, who uses his ability to stick to surfaces, to fall into the water below. Thor then arrives and attempts to rescue them, damaging War Machine in the process. Blade manages to take down Black Widow, only to then be severely wounded himself by Iron Man, who was unaware that Blade was not actually super-powered. Carol Danvers calls for backup when she is hit by a Police Cruiser.; While Nick Fury is in custody and Carol Danvers is in the hospital, the leadership of S.H.I.E.L.D. is given to Gregory Stark by the President of the United States. Gregory then takes Fury onto the Helicarrier U.S.S. Jimmy Carter where he reveals to him that he was the one who pitted the Ultimates against the Avengers. He in fact was using the smuggled Super-Soldiers to supply the rebels of the rogue states to help the Pro-Democracy Forces. He then has his men shoot Fury and leave him for dead.; Fury then begins to transform, using the special pills he acquired from Tyrone Cash a few days prior, into a Hulk-type physique, thus protecting him from his wounds. The other Avengers, also having taken the pills, join Fury in confronting Gregory, however he reveals that he is prepared for any and all opposition to his plans and activates a nanite fleet, similar to his brothers', in his body, imbuing him with Super-Powers. He easily defeats the Avengers and, causing the U.S.S. Jimmy Carter to tilt, hurdles all of them but Fury over the edge.; Meanwhile, in Pyongyang, North Korea, the revolution begins with many Super-Soldiers, led by The Spider, causing mayhem. The New Ultimates are alerted to this attack but are ordered to stand down by Gregory on the grounds that intervening would breach the U.N. Treaty. The Spider, revealing himself to be a Korean himself, though grown in Gregory Stark's Lab for just this occasion, confronts the Korean Military. However he is interrupted when the New Ultimates, going against Gregory's orders, show up with the Avengers.; A huge battle erupts between the Korean forces and the Ultimates & Avengers. When the Punisher confronts the Spider, Hawkeye intervenes and crushes the Spider with a giant block of concrete, killing him. Before he can deal a fatal blow to Nick Fury, Gregory Stark is informed that the Ultimates are in Korea. He teleports to Korea to confront them. He steals Thor's Hammer and easily takes down Thor and Captain America. When he is about to kill Giant-Man, however, Tony smashes him into the ground. The two brothers battle, but Gregory damages Tony's armor and he is unable to fight. Instead, Tony uses an Electro-Magnetic Pulse to deactivate Gregory's Nanites, thus removing his powers. Thor, thinking quickly, summons lightning and horribly burns Gregory.; Even though the uprising in Korea had been stopped, it came to light that Gregory's true target was Iran, where the Triskelion currently resided. Iran, now under a democratic rule, allowed the Triskelion to remain there while work began building a new one in New York. Gregory was then taken off his life-support and he seemingly perished.; Nick Fury met with Carol Danvers and informed her that by order of the President of the United States she was being forced to resign as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. due to the fact that under her watch not only did Gregory Stark commit crimes against the United Nations, but Spider-Man was killed. Nick Fury then took up his old position as S.H.I.E.L.D. Director. Monica, with the referral of Nick Fury, became the new leader of the Avengers. A new Triskelion was also in New York Harbor. ============================================================ Dead Man's Hand Kind: event Page: Dead Man's Hand Full name: Dead Man's Hand First appearance: Daredevil Vol 1 307 Reality: Earth-616 ============================================================ Citizen Kang Kind: event Page: Citizen Kang Full name: Citizen Kang First appearance: Captain America Annual Vol 1 11 Created by: Roy Thomas; Larry Alexander Reality: Earth-616 Notes: This storyline was a crossover between Marvel's Annuals cover dated October, 1992. ============================================================ Divided We Fall (Earth-1610) Kind: event Page: Divided We Fall Full name: Divided We Fall First appearance: Ultimate Comics X-Men Vol 1 14 Created by: Sam Humphries; Brian Michael Bendis; Brian Wood; Billy Tan; David Marquez; Paco Medina Reality: Earth-1610 Notes: Continues straight on into United We Stand. History: The United States is in turmoil. With Mutant Hysteria at a fever pitch, the destruction of Asgard and Washington DC at the hands of the Maker, and the unleashing of the Nimrod-type sentinels to attack mutankind, the US effectively falls apart. In the interim, state succession becomes rampant as Texas becomes an independent nuclear-powered nation and Utah, Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico become abandoned due to the Nimrod attacks. As such, various ragtag weary heroes regain their lost resolve to rebuild and save their country, with Steve Rogers returning to resume his role as Captain America. and Tony Stark debuting a new model of armor. Kitty Pryde leads the fledging Mutant Population to a new safe haven as she does battle with the Nimrod sentinels while the Ultimates combat the forces of the The Maker. ============================================================ Civil War (Super Hero Squad) (Earth-91119) Kind: event Page: Civil War (Super Hero Squad) Full name: Civil War Other aliases: Meat vs. Veggies; Superhero Registration; Superhero Revolution First appearance: Marvel Super Hero Squad Online Created by: Matt Wayne Reality: Earth-91119 ============================================================ Deadpool Killogy (Multiverse) Kind: event Page: Deadpool Killogy Full name: Deadpool Killogy First appearance: Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Vol 1 1 Created by: Cullen Bunn; Dalibor Talajic; Lee Loughridge Reality: Multiverse ============================================================ Cataclysm (Earth-1610) Kind: event Page: Cataclysm Full name: Cataclysm Other aliases: Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand; Ultimate Cataclysm First appearance: Cataclysm Vol 1 0.1 Created by: Brian Michael Bendis; Mark Bagley Reality: Earth-1610 History: In the aftermath of the Age of Ultron event, in which the heroes of the mainline Marvel universe broke the time space continuum, a tear in time and space transported the cosmic entity known as Galactus from the main Marvel universe into the Ultimate Universe. Galactus' Ultimate Universe counterpart, the parasitic swarm Gah Lak Tus, merged with Galactus and battled with the cosmic superheroes Nova, the Silver Surfer, and Captain Marvel. After being significantly wounded by the heroes, a weakened Galactus travelled to Earth to regenerate his energy by feeding on the planet.; The only member of Earth who detected Galactus' arrival early was the robot known as Vision, who flew into outer space to confront Galactus, but was destroyed. Galactus appeared on Earth suddenly and took the rest of the planet by surprise, arriving in the U.S. state of New Jersey and decimating it under his feet.; The heroes of Earth found that they could not defeat Galactus by force, but discovered that the being originated from an alternate universe where he had been defeated before, by an alternate universe version of the man Reed Richards. While Galactus was occupied building himself a machine with which he would consume Earth, the heroes sent their own Reed Richards (who was a villain, as opposed to the alternate universe in which he was a hero), to the alternate universe, known as Earth-616. He was accompanied by the young hero Spider-Man, who had been to Earth-616 briefly before. Richards and Spider-Man returned to their home universe, and Richards used the knowledge he gained to devise a plan to defeat Galactus.; The heroes continued to battle Galactus to try and slow his construction of the device that would help him consume the Earth. The superhero leader Captain America sacrificed his life to buy time by driving a jet into Galactus' mouth. Reed Richard's plan to stop Galactus was eventually enacted, and involved growing the mutant Kitty Pryde to the size of Galactus where she battled him. What Reed Richards did not inform Kitty was that his plan also involved opening up a portal to the antimatter universe known as the Negative Zone where Galactus would starve, and Galactus began to fall into the portal because he was busy fighting Kitty. Kitty was nearly sucked into the vortex as well but was saved at the last moment by her fellow heroes, and the Asgardian god Thor dealt the final blow to send Galactus into the Negative Zone to starve, sacrificing his own life by falling into the portal with the enemy. ============================================================ Death of Wolverine Kind: event Page: Death of Wolverine Full name: Death of Wolverine First appearance: Death of Wolverine Vol 1 1 Created by: Charles Soule; Steve McNiven Reality: Earth-616 History: Logan had a reunion with Mister Fantastic, who explained to him that his entire physical structure is based on the fact that he could heal himself and that now only using his claws can be fatal. He assured him he can reactivate his healing factor but will need time and asked him not to fight until he can figure it out. Traveling to an island in British Columbia, Canada, he was attacked again and again by A.I.M. agents, ninjas and other mercs and assassins who came for a bounty in his head. They took most of each other out competing for the bounty and he killed the rest. He returned to main land to a bar and left a bartender with a note for whomever else came looking for him before heading back to the island. Next came Nuke and several of his mercenaries. One of them was sent to the port, which was set to explode. Wolverine sunk the boat from below and killed the other mercenaries as they tried to escape to the coast, leaving only Nuke alive. Nuke threw Logan against some rocks but he head-butted Nuke with his Adamantium skull until he was defeated, he told Nuke to tell everyone that he is the last one he lets live and demanding to know who put out the contract. Nuke revealed that the contract was to bring him alive and that it was put by the new queen of Madripoor, Viper.; He traveled there and disguised himself as an arms dealer and offered to sell one of Viper’s men an Iron Man helmet, demanding to see Viper herself for the deal, which he agreed. She saw through his disguise and sent her guards against him, but he defeated them with little effort. He demanded answers and she revealed that a client came to her for various works and that she subcontracted the word out for him. She told him that she would tell him who the client is if Logan could beat her “pet”: Sabretooth, who was chained and captured. He explained that she got him out of prison and injected him with his venom, getting the antidote if he obeys. She claimed that she wanted one to die and that whoever wins gets what he wants. Sabretooth attacked him and slashed his eye, he set the helmet to explode and throw it to him but it didn't stop him. However, Lady Deathstrike attacked and impaled Sabretooth, allowing the Viper to escape, but Logan stopped Deathstrike from killing Sabretooth, claiming that when it happens, it won’t happen that way, she reluctantly let him go. She explained that she didn't come to capture him but that the bounty extended to her and others like them and she barely escaped from Japan from another who took the contract: Lord Ogun, and tracked him there to work together and get to the bottom of it. However, she noticed that his eye didn't regrow and realized the loss of his healing factor and claimed that he can’t help her but decided to exchange his life for her own. However, Kitty arrived and phased her arm through Deathstrike’s chest.; Kitty treated Yuriko with un-phasing but Deathstrike tried to attack her and Kitty un phased her hand in Deathstrike’s and tried to kill her as she escaped. Wolverine passed out due to his wounds, but Kitty injected him with a Regen Serum, which healed him. They travelled to Japan to find Ogun. In Tokyo, he considered that it may never stop until he dies and contemplated ending it now but ultimately decided to live out the remainder of his life, however short it turned out to be. Kitty kissed him until he stopped her, she then taunted him on what happened to Jean, Mariko and Rose. He then realized she was possessed by Ogun. He revealed Kitty came looking for him at Japan and he found and possessed her. He offered to release her if he surrenders but he refused and they fought. Ogun threw him into a house, where Logan took a samurai armor and swords and battled Ogun, who started losing control of her body as she was fighting him and he taunted him that he can’t win against two of his students at the same time, forcing him off her body. Kitty insisted he go after Ogun’s new body but told him she heard the name of who put the contract while Ogun was in his head: Abraham Cornelius. He tracked Ogun to a factory and found the corpse of Cyber, which was recuperated by Ogun, melting in acid. Ogun revealed Cornelius was paying great money for Cyber's skin, some swords and other articles. Wolverine assumed he was looking for his Adamantium skeleton and Ogun told him where was Cornelius, paradise valley in Nevada. Claiming he didn't know more, he treated Logan with stepping to the acid and killing his vessel but promised him to find another vessel, leave his current vessel unharmed and leave him alone if he simply go. He also offered him more Regen Serum but he claimed he was done living forever and told him to tell Cornelius he was coming.; Logan traveled to Cornelius' facility in Paradise Valley. Using improvised fake claws, he killed the guards and broke into his lab, where he witnesses Cornelius experimenting on innocent people. He demands to know what he is doing and Cornelius claimed that he was "getting it right", claiming that he deserved to be known for something other than helping make a killer unkillable. Cornelius claimed that he was responsible for what Logan was and that his test subjects belong where he is. Revealing that all they need is the Adamantium. He told him that he had enough Adamantium and that what he needed was his healing factor for the subjects to survive, the Regen Serum being his attempt to recreate it. Cornelius told him that he could save his test subjects by giving him his healing factor, but Logan made a cut in his hand and let it bleed, showing Cornelius the lost of his healing factor. Cornelius then ordered a volunteer of his program, Sharp, who was made into a fighting machine, to kill him. During the fight, Cornelius activated his machines on the test subjects and taunted Logan, claiming that he was an animal and that Sharp was perfect. However, Logan tricked Sharp into breaking the glass protecting Cornelius, who was hurt by a shard of glass, he knocked Sharp and crushed his armor. However, Cornelius activated the Adamantium merging process and escaped. He unleashed his claws to slash the batch of liquid Adamantium before it was injected and the metal covered his entire body in the process. He injected the subjects with the Regen Serum and leave after Cornelius before the Adamantium hardened. A soldier tried to help Cornelius escape but he escaped when Logan arrived. He killed Cornelius as he asked him what he ever do beside killing, and reflected on his life before he died from suffocation from the hardening Adamantium, kneeling in the sunset, leaving Storm in charge of the X-Men and the team heartbroken. ============================================================ Destiny War (Multiverse) Kind: event Page: Destiny War Full name: Destiny War First appearance: Avengers Forever Vol 1 1 Created by: Kurt Busiek, Carlos Pacheco, Roger Stern Reality: Multiverse Notes: Each Avenger Rick Jones summoned to help him came from different points in history: Captain America is from Captain America #175, Hawkeye is from Avengers #99, Yellowjacket is from Avengers #59, and Giant Man and the Wasp are both from Avengers Vol 3 #11.; The Avengers that participated in the event lose their memory of it except for Rick Jones, Giant Man, and Wasp.; While the Avengers of Earth-9904 were erased from history by Immortus, they now exist in mainstream reality (Earth-616) as the Agents of Atlas. History: Immortus was tasked by the Time-Keepers to alter the destiny of the human race and prevent them from traveling beyond their solar system. If this happened, then humans would conquer the universe with help from the Avengers. Immortus had to stop the Avengers. If he didn't, the Time Keepers would destroy not only the Avengers but the human race and the Earth as well.; Immortus discovered that the root of this dark future was that of long time Avengers ally Rick Jones whose Destiny Force powers were beginning to resurface. Immortus decided to solve this problem by slaying Jones. At that time, Jones was left on the Blue Area of the Moon by the Avengers to be examined by the Supreme Intelligence of the Kree Empire. Immortus initially sent his agent Tempus to eliminate the boy, but he found opposition from the Intelligence, Libra, and his own past self Kang the Conqueror -- who was trying once again to thwart his destiny of becoming Immortus. Immortus responded in kind by sending a massive army of warriors from different eras to try and kill the boy. Jones himself managed to fight by using his Destiny Force powers to summon a group of Avengers from various times, including Captain America from the past, two versions of Henry Pym (Yellowjacket from the past and Giant Man from the present), the Wasp from the present, Hawkeye from the past, and Captain Marvel and Songbird from the future.; Immortus was forced to retreat when the Avengers were able to fight off his army and Jones accessed the full power of the Destiny Force. Immortus then decided to attempt another angle to strike and attacked Kang's home realm of Chronopolis. The Avengers were there as well, but they failed to stop Immortus from slaying Terminatrix and the Anachronauts. Kang forces the heroes and Jones to flee into the timestream while he stayed behind to face Immortus and his forces. Immortus eventually captured the Heart of Forever and use it to convert all of Chronopolis into the Forever Crystal, a powerful chronal device that allowed Immortus the ability to wipe out entire universes and prune the timeline according to the will of his masters.; The Avengers escape the destruction of Chronopolis using Kang's replica Sphinx time-machine. The two Hank Pyms were able to determine that the time-machine dashboard was detecting three "chronal anomalies." Surmising these as potential hot spots of Immortus' activities, the Avengers break off into mini-squads. Utilizing Kang's smaller Chronosphere modules, they investigated with a sense of the "upper hand", believing Immortus didn't suspect them. Staying behind and out of reach, Rick reluctantly becomes "home base".; The first step Immortus took was to complete the final deception in his original plan to manipulate the Vision and the Scarlet Witch. He traveled back in time following the battle between the original Human Torch and his modern day counterpart. He then used the Forever Crystal to split the timestream, creating two versions of the Torch. One was taken by the robot Ultron to be transformed into the Vision and the other taken by the Mad Thinker who used the Torch's corpse to capture and enslave his partner Toro. This was to prevent Scarlet Witch, a Nexus being, from having children that could possibly become powerful enough to threaten the timestream.; Immortus next traveled to the 1950s of Earth-9904 a reality that was on the brink of invasion by the alien Skrulls, who had one of their agents posing as Richard Nixon. A mini-squad consisting of Wasp and Captain Marvel followed Immortus to that era leading to a clash with that realities version of the Avengers. However, after a brief clash, the heroes agreed to work together to stop Immortus. Immortus reveals the Skrull spy's deception and obliterates the reality with the Forever Crystal. Only the Wasp and Captain Marvel managed to escape back into the timestream.; Another mini-squad consisting of Giant Man and Captain America went to Earth-9930, which was set in the first half of the 21st-century. Arriving in war-torn Manhattan, Cap swiftly lends aid to the people on the street fending off an alien invasion. Cap and Giant Man soon meet up with the Avengers of that world being led by an aging Black Panther. Giant-Man and Captain America fight alongside the Avengers against the overwhelming alien invasion. After forcing the invaders to retreat, the heroes travel to Wakanda to use its vibranium to build a small fleet of attack ships to take the fight against the Martians to Mars itself. After a brief fight with Mourning Prey and numerous insectoid children, the vibranium is obtained. Cap and Giant Man later returned to the timestream.; The last mini-squad consisting of Hawkeye, Songbird, and Yellowjacket arrived in Arizona during the year 1873 on Earth-616. Disguised in clothing of the era, the trio head into town to find what appeared to be Kang The Conqueror harassing Old West gun-fighting heroes Rawhide Kid, Kid Colt, and Two-Gun Kid. Through some quick realization, Songbird removes her party from the scene, clarifying that they are witnessing a previous Avengers adventure. Rationalizing that the scenario will be resolved through its natural course of events, they return to the nearby cave where the Chronosphere is stashed only to find it missing. Suddenly, a cackling hologram of the alternate Kang actively contending in this era taunts the heroes, detonating an explosive collapse of the cavern. Using her solid-sound powers, Songbird saves her teammates. They quickly get the attention of a trio of horse-backed gunfighters appearing to be the Black Rider and the Gunhawks: Reno Jones and Kid Cassidy. The gunfighters later turn out to be Immortus' Space Phantoms in disguise. After defeating the Space Phantoms, the three heroes decide to go back into Tombstone to get their Chronosphere back. The trio stumble upon a battle between Two-Gun Kid and Kid's assembled group of costumed gunmen against Kang. Kid would later be helped by another group of Avengers. The heroes get their Chronosphere back despite a Space Phantom trying to thwart them by disguising himself as Songbird.; The regrouped Avengers then attacked Immortus after he returned to Limbo. He held them at bay with tormenting visions. But one member of the group -- Yellowjacket -- learning that he was destined to become Giant Man and offered to help betray his comrades in exchange for Immortus changing history so that he remained Yellowjacket forever. Planting bugs from Limbo on his comrades, Yellowjacket was able to lead Immortus directly to the point in the timestream they were hiding out. Although Immortus managed to incapacitate the team, his actual target -- Rick Jones -- was nowhere to be found.; Meanwhile, Kang had survived the destruction of Chronopolis, escaping to a hideout hidden in the realm he called "Purgatory". There he reflected on his past life up to that point before he was contacted by Rick Jones and the Supreme Intelligence and informed that the Avengers were captured and that the Time-Keepers were preparing to make their final gambit.; Meanwhile, Immortus transports the Avengers to the future of Earth-9812 to see the future that the Time-Keepers were trying to stop where the Avengers have become an intergalactic empire, the future the Time-Keepers were seeking to avoid. The Avengers were captured by the Theta-4 division of the Galactic Avenger Battalion. The Battalion's leader and descendant of Richard Jones, Jonz Rickard, foiled Hawkeye's escape attempt by using his control of the Destiny Force. Rickard, believing the Avengers to be heretics for using what he thought was a duplicate of Captain America's legendary shield, fitted them with inhibitor collars and threw them into a cell for them to await execution. Fortunately, the Avengers were freed by Yellowjacket, who was temporarily allied with Immortus, and were led back to Limbo. However, the Avengers were then captured by the Time-Keepers and taken back to Earth-9812 to be placed on a mock trail for allegedly causing the dark future of Earth-9812. During the mock trial, the Time-Keepers explained all their manipulations they ordered Immortus perform over the years to the Avengers. Appalled by this, Yellowjacket realized that he was making a deal with the devil, freed his fellow Avengers, and he and they fought back against Immortus and the Keepers. They were soon joined by Rick Jones who came with Libra, the Supreme Intelligence, and Kang.; By this time, the Time-Keepers had had enough and retreated back to their native era at the end of time on Earth-794282 where they intended to use the Forever Crystal to power a massive Chrono-Cannon to wipe out the planet Earth and the human race from history. When Immortus refused to hand over the Forever Crystal, the Time-Keepers slew him on the spot and took the crystal. The Avengers arrived to stop them, and in order to hold back their attackers, the Time-Keepers summoned an army of evil Avengers to fight off the heroes. During the struggle, the Time-Keepers also attempted to speed up Kang's destiny to turn him into Immortus. However, the Avengers fought back when Rick Jones and his Earth-98120 counterpart combined their Destiny Force powers to summon an army of good Avengers to help in the battle.; Through sheer sense of will, Kang managed to fight off the Time-Keepers' attempts to force his transformation into Immortus. In the end, the Avengers triumphed, destroying the Chrono-Cannon, and Kang executed the Time-Keepers in retaliation. However, before he could get a hold of the Forever Crystal, Captain America smashed it despite the temptation to use it to change many of his personal tragedies. Kang was also in for another shock when he found Immortus, now a separate entity from him alive and well. When it was deduced that Kang's destiny was no longer tied to that of Immortus, the conqueror realized that he had achieved the greatest victory of all and teleported away. The Avengers were also returned to their respective eras. ============================================================ Civil War II Kind: event Page: Civil War II Full name: Civil War II Other aliases: Civil War,; Second Superhuman Civil War First appearance: Civil War II Vol 1 0 Created by: Brian Michael Bendis; David Marquez Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Officially announced on December 7, 2015. History: An Inhuman precog named Ulysses Cain who had recently been brought into the Inhumans helped save the day from a Celestial Destructor when Medusa used the information from a vision he had to warn the Avengers. During a celebratory party, the heroes discovered the source of the Inhuman's knowledge. Captain Marvel wanted Ulysses to work with the Ultimates, in order to preemptively tackle disasters before they happen, but Iron Man opposed the idea, suggesting it was dangerous to take his visions for granted for several reasons. The fact that it was possible to prevent the events Ulysses saw meant he didn't have access to anything set on stone, additionally, little was known about how Ulysses' powers worked, including their efficacy. Tony also brought into question the morality of stopping and punishing somebody for a disaster they could potentially do, and might not even know they'd do, however, Carol remained adamant in using Ulysses, considering it had worked perfectly in stopping the Celestial.; While he initially only warned his fellow heroes in the need to be careful about Ulysses' visions and what course of action could be taken based on them, Iron Man eventually set out to prevent Captain Marvel from using Ulysses ever again after an attempt at preemptively stopping Thanos led to the death of War Machine and She-Hulk ending up in critical condition.; Fueled by grief, Iron Man infiltrated New Attilan and kidnapped the young Inhuman in order to properly study and analyse his powers, but not before entering into a brief scuffle against Queen Medusa, Crystal, and Karnak. Captain Marvel, the Avengers, and the Ultimates tracked down Tony after convincing the Inhumans to let them deal with Tony by themselves. When Tony was confronted by his colleagues, Ulysses experienced another vision, one in which a rampaging Hulk killed them which projected to everyone present.; In light of this vision, Tony agreed to let Carol go talk to Bruce Banner as long as she wouldn't try to detain him without any proof he would Hulk-out. Tony and Carol tracked Banner down to his secret laboratory in Utah and confronted him. It was soon discovered that Banner had been experimenting on himself with Gamma cells even after having being depowered. When this information came to light after Beast hacked into Bruce's computers, Banner lashed out at his peers. His rant and his life were cut short when an arrow hit him in the head, killing him. The perpetrator, Hawkeye, was placed in trial for Banner's murder, and it was discovered Bruce had tasked Clint with the task of taking his life with a special anti-Hulk arrow tip if he ever was to Hulk out, and Clint claimed that he had seen Bruce's eyes flick green before shooting him.; The tension between Iron Man and Captain Marvel only increased, and Tony blamed Carol for Banner's death, claiming that she caused it with her actions.; Some time after Hawkeye's acquittal was handed down, Tony assembled a group of heroes, including Captain America, Medusa and Captain Marvel herself to reveal that he had discovered the way Ulysses' powers worked. Tony revealed that his brain automatically absorbs data and energies cascading from all over the world in order to create his visions, which are nothing more than the result of a complex algorithm. The exact probability is not stated, however when Carol gives Jessica Drew twenty of the visions to test, all twenty occur. Even in the light of this reveal, Carol remained adamant of using Ulysses's powers, which prompted Iron Man to make the situation public, causing a rift in the super hero community that quickly escalated to a confrontation between Iron Man's and Captain Marvel's sides at the Triskelion.; An intense fight ensued leading to the Triskelion being heavily damaged, and the Guardians' ship C.I.T.T. being destroyed by Vision. The Inhumans soon arrived to aid Captain Marvel's side. The conflict was halted when Ulysses had a vision of Miles Morales killing Steve Rogers in Washington, D.C., prompting Captain Marvel to order Miles' arrest.; However, Steve Rogers prevented this by asking Thor to take Miles back home. Carol attempted to chase after them, but she was restrained by Ms. Marvel. Maria Hill told Iron Man and his allies that they were under arrest for attacking the Triskelion. She was interrupted by Black Panther who stated that he no longer supported Captain Marvel and her cause. While Hill was preoccupied, Doctor Strange cast a magic spell that transported himself, his allies, and Panther away from there. Iron Man and his allies took shelter in one of Nick Fury's old bases. When night fell, Hill informed Carol that Miles had been found in Washington, D.C. in front of the Capitol Building.; Captain America soon arrived to the very same location. Shortly before the two heroes are confronted by Captain Marvel, Ulysses experienced a vision that transported him to a future where its Wolverine warns him about Tony's actions. Before Captain Marvel could convince Miles to come with her, Iron Man stepped in to stop Carol, breaking out into a fight.; As an arduous battle unfolded between the two former friends turned enemies, the Inhumans, Alpha Flight, the Ultimates and the X-Men flew to the scene to stop them. Unwilling to hold back, Captain Marvel eventually wore off the defenses of Iron Man's armor and destroyed it, causing Tony to succumb to the injuries. Meanwhile, Ulysses had experienced another trance, with his powers causing him to jump through different futures until he was confronted by Eternity. The sentience of the universe stated that Ulysses had now transcended humanity, and was welcome to join him in a new place of existence. Ulysses accepted, and vanished, much to Captain Marvel's dismay.; Tony Stark's body was taken shortly after to the Triskelion, where Beast discovered that secret biological enhancements in Tony's body were the only thing that had kept it alive. Tony remained in a stasis pod, where Beast could further investigate his condition.; Some time later Carol, was invited by the President to the White House, where she reported that the fallout from the war caused both positive and negative developments in America's super hero community. The President allowed Captain Marvel to ask for any favors, and she stated she had some ideas for the future.; Notable Participants; Iron Man's Side; Avengers; Captain America (Sam Wilson); Iron Man (Tony Stark); Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan); Nova (Sam Alexander); Spider-Man (Miles Morales); Thor (Jane Foster); Vision; Black Panther Switched from Danvers' side; Captain America (Steve Rogers); Dazzler (Alison Blaire); Deadpool (Wade Wilson); Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange); Hawkeye (Kate Bishop); Hercules; Hulk (Amadeus Cho); Logan; Luke Cage; Magneto's X-Men; Archangel; E.V.A.; Fantomex; M; Mystique; Nightcrawler; Rachel Grey; Sabretooth; Ms. America (America Chavez); Nico Minoru; Riri Williams; Time-Displaced X-Men; Genesis (Evan Sabahnur); Oyo (Idie Okonkwo); Young Angel (Warren Worthington III); Young Beast (Henry McCoy); Young Cyclops (Scott Summers); Young Iceman (Robert Drake); Captain Marvel's Side; Alpha Flight (Space Program); Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier); Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers); Puck (Eugene Judd); Sasquatch (Walter Langkowski); Ant-Man (Scott Lang); Guardians of the Galaxy; Agent Venom (Flash Thompson); Angela (Aldrif Odinsdottir); Drax the Destroyer (Arthur Douglas); Gamora; Groot; Kitty Pryde; Rocket Raccoon; Star-Lord (Peter Quill); The Thing (Ben Grimm); Hawkeye (Clint Barton); Inhumans; Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin); Karnak; Medusa (Medusalith Amaquelin); Naja; Reader; Triton; She-Hulk (Jen Walters); Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Ultimates; Blue Marvel (Adam Brashear); Spectrum (Monica Rambeau); Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes); X-Men; Forge; Iceman (Robert Drake); Magik (Illyana Rasputina); Marvel Girl (Jean Grey); Storm (Ororo Munroe); Neutral Parties; Gabby; Gwenpool (Gwen Poole); Hellcat (Patsy Walker); Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff); Singularity; Spider-Woman; Wasp (Janet Van Dyne); Wasp (Nadia Pym); Wolverine (Laura Kinney) ============================================================ Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy Kind: event Page: Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy Full name: Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy Other aliases: Amazing Spider-Man: Dead No More, The Clone Conspiracy,; Dead No More,; The New U Technologies Fiasco; Night of the Living Dead night First appearance: Clone Conspiracy Vol 1 1 Created by: Dan Slott; Jim Cheung Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Originally teased on January 12, 2016; being revealed and announced as a Spider-Man event on January 26, 2016; and later renamed from Dead No More to The Clone Conspiracy on June 17, 2016.; A prelude for this event was featured in the Free Comic Book Day 2016 (Captain America) Vol 1 1. History: Before Dead No More; J. Jonah Jameson's father Jay is hospitalized after collapsing. With his health deteriorating by the hour, Peter Parker and Jameson are approached by Dr. Rita Clarkson, a representative of New U Technologies who offers them the chance to save Jay's life using an expensive cutting-edge experimental procedure that consists of the use of cloned organs and body parts.; While initially reluctant, Jonah agrees to use New U's procedure on his father. In order to incentivize Jameson to promote the company, Clarkson reunites Jameson with his formerly deceased wife Marla, to show him the extents New U can reach.; Meanwhile, Peter is forced to resort to New U to save the life of a Parker Industries worker named Jerry Salteres following a fatal accident. While the surgery appears to be miraculous and Salteres's health is restored, Jerry's presence following the procedure triggers Peter's Spider-Sense.; In order to investigate New U, Parker sends his ally the Prowler to their headquarters in San Francisco. The Prowler discovers the company is the front for the Jackal's new master plan, and witnesses the birth of a new Electro. However, before being able to report to Peter, the Prowler is fried and killed by Electro. The Jackal uses his procedure to bring him back to life, and even turn him to his side.; Several months before these events, Otto Octavius created a copy of his consciousness, due to the events of the battle against the Inheritors having given him the knowledge that he was going to die at some point in his future. A hundred days later, the copy of Octavius's mind awoke inside one of his former gauntlets. Unable to usurp Peter Parker's body once again, he hosted his mind within the Living Brain. After months of pretending to be a simple robot, Otto lashed out at Peter and Anna Maria Marconi when he learned how his original self met his end. The gauntlet ejected from the Living Brain as it self destructed, containing Otto's mind once again, and it set out to regain his original body, using New U's technology as a means to do that.; With Jay's health having taken a turn for the worse, Peter has to endure Jonah's and May's concerns for his extreme skepticism for using New U, with his secret identity preventing him from informing them of the real reason he doubts them. Peter remains adamant of sticking to the conventional procedure, and Jay has sided with him.; Peter's superheroic endeavors prevent him from accompanying May and Jonah as Jay's health reaches critical status and he undergoes conventional surgery. To make matters worse, this is not enough and Jay passes away.; Dead No More; After attending Jay's funeral, Peter decides to pay Jerry Salteres a visit in order to investigate why his Spider-Sense went off in Jerry's presence. When they reach his house, his wife Emma reveals that New U had mysteriously taken Jerry away after he had accidentally forgotten to take a post-procedure daily pill prescribed by New U and his health decayed.; As Spider-Man, Peter infiltrates the New U Headquarters and tries to locate Jerry using a microscopic Spider-Tracer he had tagged him with at the hospital once his Spider-Sense had gone off. Spider-Man delves deep into the laboratory and discovers several stasis tubes, with one of them apparently containing nothing but Jerry's nervous system, completely stripped from his body, and alive. Spider-Man is soon sighted by one of Miles Warren's clones/assistants, who calls the Rhino and Electro for help. After dispatching the two villains, Spider-Man continues to pursue Miles, only to find Gwen Stacy herself behind a closed door. The shock of Gwen's presence prevents Spidey from reacting to his Spider-Sense on time, and he's sucker-punched by the returned Doctor Octopus.; The Jackal puts a halt on the fight, instead offers Spider-Man to be toured around New U, and tries to convince the web-slinger that he's trying to do good. He soon reveals that he was brought back every villain that had died on Spider-Man's watch, and they're being reformed by those allies of the hero that had also perished. After the Jackal explains that he's trying to convince Peter to work for him, George Stacy points his gun at Gwen, claiming to have noticed she is not his real daughter. She reveals herself to actually be the Gwen Stacy of Earth-65, Spider-Woman. After making their way through the army of Spider-Man's villains and allies, Spider-Man and Gwen escape. It's revealed that the real Gwen is being held captive by Scarlet Spider, who is working together with Earth-65's Gwen to prevent a dire future they witnessed in alternate universes from happening, one where Peter Parker's alliance with the Jackal brought the world's end through the Carrion Virus.; Scarlet Spider had brought Gwen to Horizon University so they could provide her with the New U pills they were analyzing to prevent her from suffering cell degeneration (what would eventually develop into the Carrion Virus). They try to contact the authorities regarding New U, but the police chief had secretly undergone their procedure, and tips them off about their location. Rhino and Electro attack Horizon University, retrieving Gwen and kidnapping Scarlet Spider and Anna Maria in the process.; After having escaped from New U, Spider-Man and Spider-Woman try to assist Scarlet Spider to no avail, as they arrive too late. The Kingpin suddenly appears on the scene, having being investigated the Jackal ever since he had tried to convince to join his cause by bringing back his wife Vanessa, and provides Spider-Man with information on a meeting between Jackal and the organization that has been exhuming corpses for him to reanimate.; Spider-Man travels to the scene and confronts the Jackal as he's in the middle of a transaction. After the webslinger notices that his foe is stronger and faster than ever, the Jackal decides to reveal his true identity: not that of Miles Warren, but instead Ben Reilly. Ben further attempts to convince Peter to join his cause and use Parker Industries' resources to go worldwide by proposing to reanimate the body he has just been transacted, the corpse of his beloved Uncle Ben.; In the Jackal's laboratory, Doctor Octopus is studying Kaine to perfect his "Proto Clone." Anna Maria is brought into the lab to help him and becomes uncomfortable when Doctor Octopus starts appealing towards his love interest. Otto then realizes that the clones inside the bunkers have started breaking down at slower rates, so he figures that they should isolate the frequency which causes the cellular breakdown. Meanwhile, Spider-Woman of Earth-65 follows her Earth-616 counterpart into the South New U Technologies facility to find Kaine.; After Ben and Peter's confrontation, Ben starts driving Spider-Man to the New U Technologies facility with Uncle Ben's corpse and explains to Peter that he was able to make his company and vision come to life through emotionally blackmailing the higher-ups of society. He then shows Peter the "Haven," a section of the facility set up like a normal neighborhood where Peter sees all of his resurrected friends and enemies, with the latest ones being Sally Avril, Ned Leeds, and Nick Katzenberg. He apologizes to the Stacys and Marla Jameson tells Spider-Man that she was honored by his vow not to let other people die.; After J. Jonah Jameson heads upstairs to promote the New U Technologies on television, Spider-Man confronts the Jackal and tells him that the reason he hasn't brought Uncle Ben back yet was because Peter knew Uncle Ben would tell the Jackal that he's wrong and that he's using his power without responsibility. It prompts the Jackal to order Spider-Man's rogues to kill him, planning to replace Peter when he's dead. Prowler assists Spider-Man in battling the villains as the Jackal heads back to his laboratory.; At the laboratory, Doctor Octopus claims a "breakthrough" by reversing the responsible frequency for the breaking down of the cells. Anna Maria reveals she knows how to stop the decaying process on the clones and Jackal offers her the "Proto Clone" body in exchange for the formula. Doctor Octopus takes offense to Jackal's comments on Maria's dwarfism and attacks his boss. Spider-Woman of Earth-65 uses the opportunity to try and free Kaine, but is attacked by Electro. Doctor Octopus pulls a switch which activates the frequency to kick the Carrion Virus in all of the clones, and causes them to start rapidly decaying. Spider-Woman escapes with Kaine as the Carrion Virus starts spreading, which causes Anna to also be affected. Spider-Man tries to appeal to Ben, stating they are still good guys, but the Jackal ignores him and takes over Jameson's broadcast to tell the world that they will all die and be reborn.; People who took the New U treatment from all over the world start to break down and turn into Carrions, infecting other people as well. Gwen Stacy directs Spider-Man to the Jackal's main lab while Prowler and Jean DeWolff contain the crowd of villains attempting to break out. Captain Stacy dies in Gwen's arms, making her promise to help and take care of Peter. At the Jackal's lab, Jackal throws Kaine out of a window, forcing Spider-Woman to leave the scene to catch him, with Electro on her tail, reducing the participants of the brawl to Otto and Reilly.; At a corridor leading to Jackal's lab, Gwen locks Spider-Man in the other side of the passageway, deciding to remain behind and use her last minutes to fend off the Green Goblin, Hobgoblin and Jack O'Lantern, the only three villains who had managed to follow them, in order to buy Spider-Man time.; Back at Jackal's lab, Anna manages to find the reverse frequency necessary to save everyone from decay. Spider-Man arrives and escapes with her to find a way to broadcast the signal globally, while Doc Ock maintains the Jackal occupied. They get to the Fact Channel station on top of the facility, where Peter planned to use its equipment to broadcast the signal. However, with her last breathes, Marla Jameson had shut everything down. Peter decides to move to Plan B, and uses the Webware's emergency system to broadcast the frequency through every Webware device in the world, even if it would cost them their integrity afterwards.; The plan works, and every Carrion who hadn't broken down is reverted back to normal, with the exception of the Jackal and Doctor Octopus. Having decided to kill Reilly, Doc Ock destroyed the Webware in his possession that would've saved both of them. When Peter and Anna Maria return to Ben's lab, they find Jackal's mask, Otto's tentacles, and a pile of dust in the ground. However, Anna notices that a stasis tube that previously contained a prototype body of New U's ultimate clone template was open and had been emptied.; In the end, some of the villains dissolved while others remained alive. The hero and his allies are approached by Dr. Rita Clarkson, and shows them a sub-basement in the complex where New U kept in stasis all of their patients in order to help with the cloning process. Some of them were even cured of their conditions by New U's procedures, including the original Prowler and Jerry Salteres. ============================================================ Deadpool: Til Death Do Us... Kind: event Page: Deadpool: Til Death Do Us... Full name: Deadpool: Til Death Do Us... Other aliases: Deadpool: Til Death Do Us; Til Death Do Us First appearance: Deadpool Vol 5 28 Created by: Gerry Duggan; Salvador Espin; Joshua Corin; Scott Koblish; Christopher Hastings; Iban Coello Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Officially announced on December 16, 2016 via Comicbook.com. History: Deadpool’s whirlwind romance with Shiklah was one of the most exciting times of his life. Traveling across the world, fighting all sorts of threats at her side, and finally marrying her as a way to thwart the evil vampire lord, Dracula. But since then, the reality has set in. Shiklah is a demon succubus, and more than that, the Queen of the monster kingdom hidden beneath Manhattan…and the problems; between them continue to pile up.; Now, when an affront to Shiklah’s people demands justice, a line is crossed. As the Monster Metropolis declares war on the surface world, Deadpool must choose between the wife to whom he’s pledged himself and the role he’s been crafting for himself as a hero. Also featuring Spider-Man and the Mercs for Money, this is one domestic dispute that’s really going to break some things up.; Written by Gerry Duggan (DEADPOOL, UNCANNY AVENGERS), Joshua Corin (DEADPOOL: TOO SOON) and Christopher Hastings (GWENPOOL, VOTE LOKI) and with art by Deadpool all-stars Salva Espin, Scott Koblish, Iban Coello and Reilly Brown on covers. ============================================================ Celestial War (First Cosmos) Kind: event Page: Celestial War Full name: Celestial War First appearance: Ultimates 2 Vol 2 6 Reality: First Cosmos Notes: It remains unclear if the Celestial War presented in Iron Man Vol 4 13 is the same conflict that the one of Ultimates 2 Vol 2 6, as the Godkiller Armor was accessed in the Seventh Cosmos. Trivia: The Celestial War seems to be paralleled with the War in Heaven, with the First Firmament representing God, the Aspirants representing the loyal Angels, and the Celestials representing the Fallen Angels.; "War in Heaven" is the title of Ultimates 2 Vol 2 6, the issue that details the Celestial War.; The Celestials are called "rebel angels" in a recap of the Celestial War from Defenders: Beyond Vol 1 2. History: Backgrounds; In the beginning, there was only one universe, the First Firmament, perfect but alone. It decided to create life: Celestial servants. Some of them immediately turned into its servants, and industriously worshiped the First Firmament, seeking its approval whenever they created life on their own, which prompted the First Firmament to name them "Aspirants."; Others, "multicolored rebels," who were "as many as the stars themselves," wanted their own creations to evolve and for the universe to grow, change and die. That was seen by the First Firmament as madness and sacrilege.; War; At the final battle of the Celestial War, both "Celestials" and Aspirants were desperate. The Aspirants had built the Godkiller Armor, a weapon of such power that made them be able to turn the battle in their favor. However, the suit was stripped to provide key elements for the Aspirants' fleets, and they immediately entered a civil war, which gave the Celestials time to recover and crush their opponents.; The war ended by the defeat of the Aspirants, and the Celestials shattering the First Firmament into pieces: As the rebels detonated their weapons, hundreds of new universes split off from it. The First Firmament fled along with the remaining Aspirants to the Far Shore, and the new universes formed a new collective entity embodying the Second Cosmos, the first Multiverse.; Aftermath; The Second Cosmos (or Second Infinity) was colonized by the "rebels." Those Celestials evolved their own servitors whom they came to call "Omegas," in opposition to the First Firmament, who was the Alpha. These Omegas would later be known as Beyonders, Ivory Kings, Kings in White, among many other names, and they were tasked by the Celestials to provide maintenance for the Multiverse. At some point, the Celestials started assigning Kings in Black to maintain from inside the Multiverse while the Beyonders worked from the outside.; The First Firmament would lurk at the Multiverse during its many rebirths, waiting for the right time to strike back. This moment came after the change from the Seventh Cosmos to the Eighth Cosmos, leading to the Eternity War.; In the Seventh Cosmos, Recorder 451 was able to retrieve the Godkiller Armor. ============================================================ Damnation Kind: event Page: Damnation Full name: Damnation Other aliases: Hell on Earth; The War of Damnation First appearance: Doctor Strange: Damnation Vol 1 1 Created by: Nick Spencer; Donny Cates; Rod Reis Reality: Earth-616 History: Following the near-destruction of Las Vegas at the hands of Hydra during their short-lived empire, Doctor Strange attempted to revert the damage caused, and used magic to restore the city to its previous state. However, as an unforeseen consequence, a demonic structure called Hotel Inferno emerged from the ground. Strange investigated Hotel Inferno and was taken to Mephisto, who claimed that the entire city had manifested in Hell following its ravaging, and he had adapted it into his realm before Strange pulled back up into Earth.; The tower's influence began to change the citizens of Las Vegas, making them act on their very base instinct and impulse. In turn, for even the lesser of sins, their souls were taken by Mephisto. It also engulfed the heroes present at the scene, namely Falcon, Captain Marvel, Thor, Hawkeye and Black Panther, who were turned into Ghost Riders. Strange agreed to Mephisto's proposal to play a game of brimstone blackjack. If Mephisto lost, he had to go back to Hell and return the human souls in his possession, but if Doctor Strange lost, he would lose his soul to the demon lord.; Meanwhile, Doctor Strange's ally, the ghost of talking dog Bats, sought Wong's help to assist Stephen. Wong decided to summon to Strange's aid a group of heroes familiar with supernatural threats: Blade, Moon Knight, Elsa Bloodstone, Doctor Voodoo, Man-Thing, Iron Fist, and finally Ghost Rider to lead them all.; Strange ended up winning the game by cheating. Unfortunately, Mephisto found out and immediately had Strange captured, tortured, and turned into a Ghost Rider. Even though Wong managed to assemble the team, they were immediately overpowered by infernal threats as soon as they arrived to Las Vegas. Wong and Bats were separated from the rest. While the other heroes were saved from the Ghost Riders by the Scarlet Spider, Wong was confronted by Stephen. Bats managed to temporarily turn the tide of the battle by possessing Stephen's soulless body. After the Midnight Sons caught their second wind, Wong sent Ghost Rider to the top of Hotel Inferno in order to confront Mephisto. Mephisto lifted the curse from Johnny Blaze, so that he could throw him off the building to his death.; While possessing his master's body, Bats and Strange found themselves in a necrotic realm where the souls of all of those under Mephisto's control where trapped. He encountered the souls of the Avengers, and even Dormammu and Shuma-Gorath. Dormammu explained Strange that when he returned Las Vegas, he opened hole in the frabric of dimensional magic. The lords of several of these dimensions ventured into the necro-dimension where the doorway was the most powerful, and battled for access. In the end, Mephisto had emerged victorios, and cast the others down as he crossed over into Earth.; Back on Las Vegas, the Midnight Sons fought the damned Avengers for hours until Mephisto appeared on the scene to gloat about the absurdity of sending Johnny Blaze, a pawn of Hell, against him. In a turn of events, the damned Avengers knock Mephisto down. Wong revealed that when Johnny died and was sent to Hell, he usupred Mephisto's vacant throne and became the new king of his realm. Shortly afterwards, Strange escapes from the necro-realm after tricking Dormammu into helping him open a doorway. Mephisto attempted to return to Hell, but Strange, the Midnight Sons and the damned Avengers held him down. Strange finally defeated Mephisto one-on-one after Blaze granted him from Hell the powers of all of the damned Avengers, but the Hell-Lord escaped. When Mephisto returned to Hell, he was defeated by Blaze an an army of Spirits of Vengeance from across the Multiverse, and was returned to Earth. Hotel Inferno remained in Las Vegas and the city returned to normalcy, with Mephisto being held captive on the top of the casino with countless of magical restraints. The heroes departed, and Wong remained in Hotel Inferno to keep an eye on the casino. ============================================================ Crusades Kind: event Page: Crusades Full name: Crusades First appearance: Black Knight Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Crusades was a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Catholic Church. The main aim was to recover the Holy Land from Muslim rule.; Events; Second Crusade; In 1144 AD, the second Crusade began. Bennet du Paris sought out the legendary Tower of Power, the domain of the mythic "Eternal Pharaoh" in Akkaba. After traveling for hours through violent sandstorms, Paris finally collapsed and a voice spoke to him, asking if he was willing to risk everything to become one of the strong. Paris was then tested and his mutant powers manifested for the first time. Proving himself strong, Paris disappeared from the spot. Nur had teleported Paris on his Ship and transformed him into Exodus. After capturing the time-traveling Sersi and the Black Knight, Eobar Garrington, who was being controlled by the time-traveling Black Knight, Dane Whitman, Nur commanded Exodus to destroy the Black Knight. Exodus refused and turned on Nur, calling him a "false god". However, Exodus was no match for Nur and Nur stripped Exodus of his power and sealed him away in a crypt in the Swiss Alps, trapped in a coma like state with a curse preventing Exodus from leaving, yet others were allowed to come and go as they pleased.; The Knights Templar were one of the many groups to take part in the invasion of the Holy Lands in the Middle East.; During the Crusades the Knights Templar attempted an invasion of the African nation of Wakanda, however they were unable to defeat the tiny African nation as they defeated the European invaders with ease.; Third Crusade; In 1187 AD, Jerusalem fell Saladin of Egypt conquered it. King Richard the Lion Heart of England raised an army to retake the city. Edicts from Pope Gregory VIII prompted the Third Crusade to liberate the holy land from its Muslim conquerors. Among King Richard's knights was Eobar Garrington the Black Knight of that era.; In 1189 AD, Adam Destine joined the crusaders and fought in God's name for the right of Christian pilgrims to visit Jerusalem.; In 1191 AD, Richard and his knights had continued fighting their way to Jerusalem but the toll of supplies on their prisoners prompted Richard to send the Black Knight to meet with the Saladin of Egypt and make an exchange of the prisoners for the fragments of the True Cross in order to prevent the slaughter of the prisoners. However the Knight faced serious delays and was unable to return in time before Richard's confederates, King Philip II of France, Leopold of Austria, and Conrad of Monferrat convinced him to burn the 2700 prisoners alive, earning the ire of the Black Knight. The Black Knight attempted to slay King Richard, but realized he could not do so without changing history and refrained from doing so. Later Richard fell ill thanks to a conspiracy between Conrad of Monferrat and a mystic named Sabbah who used a spell to make him sick. Richard was saved when the Black Knight and Prester John exposed the conspiracy that ended with the King being restored to health. However King Richard ordered the Black Knight banished and his name stricken from the history books for the previous attempt on his life.; However, later that year King Richard fell ill once again and ordered the Black Knight to his side. He ordered the Knight to assassinate the Saladin of Egypt before his own death. At this time the spirits of both Garrington and Whitman struggled for control of their body. While Garrington intended to assassinate the Saladin, Whitman knew that to do so before the Saladin's destined fate would also alter history. Taking control again, Whitman prevented another assassin -- the Syrian Rashid ah-Din -- from killing the Saladin and allowed himself to be captured. King Richard, having apparently overcome his illness paid a ransom to free the Black Knight, who continued to serve by his side for many year thereafter.; In 1192 AD, King Richard led his knights into further battle with the Saladin and his forces in the Saladin's homeland of Egypt. By this time both King Richard and his long time foe had developed a long respect for each other. During an attack by the Saladin's minions, King Richard and his knights were rescued by El Alemain. El Alemain was the brother of one of Richard's knights, Sir John O'Dare whose crew died of plague on their way to the battlefield. El Alemain vowed to his brother to fight for King Richard in the Crusades. Alemain proved his worthy to King Richard by defeating the Saladin in one-on-one combat, but allowed the Egyptian ruler to go free. Richard then dubbed El Alemain the Crusader. During this period Guy de Montfort, one of Richard's knights, attempted to assassinate the king. However he failed thanks to the intervention of the Crusader, although the hero did not have the evidence to expose De Montfort. Richard later sent the Crusader to save his knight Sir Quincy who had been captured by the Saladin. ============================================================ Boxer Rebellion Kind: event Page: Boxer Rebellion Full name: Boxer Rebellion First appearance: Semper Fi Vol 1 4 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Boxer Rebellion (拳亂) was a anti-colonial uprising that took place in China from 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty. It was initiated by the Yihequan, nicknamed the "Boxers", as they were known for their martial arts skills. They were motivated by proto-nationalist sentiments and opposition to Western colonialism and associated Christian missionary activity.; Events; In 1899 AD, US troops intervened in the Boxer Rebellion in China.; It was during this time Zheng Zu lead his elite fighting force the Five Weapons Society against the invaders only to learn that the House of the Deadly Sabre had fallen to the foreigners. Zheng Zu reprimanded his commanders for not properly preparing his men for such an assault. His lieutenant begged for forgiveness and mercy for his failure he let the Sabre commander in on a old secret Zheng Yi had similarly been weak and, rather than being held back, he murdered his own brother and added his spirit energy to his own. When he realized that China could not remain isolated from the rest of the world he set up bases across the globe establishing new strongholds in England, Japan, Russia, and France.; Alternate Realities; Earth-42466; Deadpool went into the past allegedly to cause the ascension of United States. He arrived in the 1900's during the Boxer Rebellion. He began a relationship with the Dowager Empress Cixi. He hid his backup portable time machine located under China's throne. He eventually sneaked away, stating he had to use the bathroom. He later returned, knocked her out and used his time machine to continue his mission. ============================================================ Dark Son Kind: event Page: Dark Son Full name: Dark Son First appearance: Incredible Hulks Vol 1 612 Reality: Earth-616 ============================================================ Clinton–Lewinsky Scandal Kind: event Page: Clinton–Lewinsky Scandal Full name: Clinton–Lewinsky Scandal First appearance: Fantastic Four Vol 3 54 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Clinton–Lewinsky Scandal was an American political scandal that involved President Bill Clinton having an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This led to perjury charges and the impeachment of the President. He was subsequently acquitted on all impeachment charges.; Events; Senso of the lost Inhuman tribe the Hidden Ones claimed to have influenced history in secret. They created the scandal to hide their influence in the White House.; Sigmund Freud referenced the scandal when he stated "Sometimes a cigar is only a cigar but sometime it's a lethal weapon ask Monica". ============================================================ Cuban Missile Crisis Kind: event Page: Cuban Missile Crisis Full name: Cuban Missile Crisis First appearance: Wolverine Vol 2 49 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Cuban Missile Crisis, confrontation between the United States of America and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This is closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.; Events; But ultimately Kennedy called Khrushchev bluff and removed the missiles.; It was revealed the Fidel Castro kept one of the missiles.; Alternative Realities; X-Men Movie Universe (Earth-10005); On Earth-10005; the event was orchestrated by Sebastian Shaw who hoped to start a nuclear war in which mutants would gain dominance. The X-Men were able to stop the crisis using their powers.; Universe (Earth-717); On Earth-717; the crisis allowed the Ultimate Federalist Freedom Fighters to take control of the USSR.; Marvel Cinematic Universe (Earth-199999); On Earth-199999, the Cuban Missile Crisis was one of many conspiracies by Hydra since their installation into high office during Operation Paperclip.; You Are Deadpool reality (1961); In this unnamed reality the Cuban Missile Crisis increased further then it did in other realities. ============================================================ Covenant (Event) Kind: event Page: Covenant (Event) Full name: Covenant (Event) First appearance: Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 169 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Similarly, according to the legend, every few centuries, the Endless Stair, a stairway between Heaven and Hell opened next to a small town of the Bossonian Marches in Aquilonia, when Ahriman and Mitra came to trade in the souls of men. Allegedly, a fabulous treasure and utter perils accompanied the event for one who would approach it. Circa 10,000 BC, Red Sonja witnessed such event, and encountered an angel-like creature destined to "her" treasure, having beaten her and wishing to live with her, but rejected him. History: ============================================================ Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Event Kind: event Page: Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Event Full name: Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Event Other aliases: Cretaceous–Tertiary Extinction First appearance: Iron Man Annual Vol 1 10 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Before Avengers Vol 8 26 attributed the extinction event to the first White Event, different explanations had been previously presented:; In Iron Man Annual Vol 1 10, the extinction of the dinosaurs is presented as the aftermath of a battle between the evil god Set and the Demogorge.; In West Coast Avengers Vol 2 44-49, it is revealed That Which Endures, a collective entity responsible for natural selection, decided dinosaurs were a evolutionary dead end and chose to focus on mammals.; In Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol 1 8, Loki makes an off-handed remark that the last time Ratatoskr was loose, "all the raptors got replaced by hairless apes who invented fax machines."; In Captain Marvel Vol 5 5, a "primal scream" caused by a cosmic being who was humorlessly described as getting "his knickers in a twist" was described as the cause of the extinction.; Conflicting accounts have also been offered for the origin of the meteor that clashed with the Earth. In Thor Vol 2 80, the many meteors that collided with the planet were caused by the forging of Mjolnir. In, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine Vol 1 1, the meteor formed from fragments of an ancient destroyed world. The fragments later became known as the Time Diamonds. History: The Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary Extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of some three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 65-66 million years ago.; A time-stranded Spider-Man observed through a telescope the cause: An asteroid that was drawn from space by the planet itself, as a mean to crack open the Superflow, in order to initiate its first White Event on Earth. The Starbrand housed in the asteroid created a new Starbrand from a dinosaur. The impact site and later crater became known as Chicxulub in Yucatan, Mexico.; The time-traveling tyrant Kang the Conqueror took a younger version of himself back 65 million years to one year before the event, he intended to hone him into a warlord. However he met Adi a human like being when he rescued her from a Tyrannosaurus rex. He was immediately infatuated by her and joined her tribe, but later learned the tribe was prophesied to be destroyed by a falling star. However they were wiped out by older Kang to destroy any sentimentalities in his younger self. Now back under his tutelage he waited patiently until the final day and stole the suit and escaped back into the timestream just at as the asteroid hit.; As a result of this event, the larger dinosaur species were wiped out. The small mammals having escaped the chaos could evolve and take new forms. This allowed the human race the opportunity to evolve. Many dinosaurs were taken by the Nuwali to a sanctuary on the southern continent known as the Savage Land.; Alternate Realities; Earth-X (Earth-9997); Earth-9997's past suggests that the dinosaurs were wiped out when the Celestials carved out a portion of the Moon to serve as orbiting observatory for the Watcher. ============================================================ Dawn of X Kind: event Page: Dawn of X Full name: Dawn of X First appearance: X-Men Vol 5 1 Created by: Jonathan Hickman; Leinil Yu; Tini Howard; Marcus To; Ed Brisson; Rod Reis; Bryan Edward Hill; Szymon Kudranski; Benjamin Percy; Joshua Cassara; Adam Kubert; Tom Muller Reality: Earth-616 Trivia: The logos for the new X-Men titles were created by graphic designer Tom Muller. ============================================================ Chernobyl Disaster Kind: event Page: Chernobyl Disaster Full name: Chernobyl Disaster Other aliases: Чернобыльская катастрофа First appearance: Havok and Wolverine - Meltdown Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: Events; The exact cause of the explosion has been speculated and claimed by numerous individuals;; The US government had allegedly made two failed attempts to disarm Godseye, the second attempt ending when Godseye seized control of Chernobyl, resulting in the disaster.; Illarion Ramskov was a Soviet soldier who was mutated by exposure to the faulty controls at Chernobyl nuclear facility.; Igor Stancheck was mutated at Chernobyl becoming the Russian Radioactive Man. His wife was told he died at the incident.; Meltdown and Doctor Neutron engineered the explosion. The hoped Meltdown would absorb the energy allowing him to generate his own radiation.; Aftermath; The radiation left the region unlivable and became an "Exclusion Zone" including the surrounding Red Forest. The animals in the region mutated into grotesque forms. The Russian government later granted the region to Dracula the king of the Vampires, and where he intended to set up his new Kingdom of Vampires.; Alternative Realities; Marvel Cinematic Universe (Earth-199999); On Earth-199999, the Hand caused the Chernobyl Disaster in order to excavate Dragons bones from under the city.; New Universe (Earth-148611); Dimitri Durovich was mutated by the Chernobyl Disaster. ============================================================ Death of Doctor Strange Kind: event Page: Death of Doctor Strange Full name: Death of Doctor Strange First appearance: Death of Doctor Strange Vol 1 1 Created by: Jed MacKay; Lee Garbett Reality: Earth-616 ============================================================ Devil's Reign (2022 Event) Kind: event Page: Devil's Reign (2022 Event) Full name: Devil's Reign Other aliases: Fisk's war First appearance: Devil's Reign Vol 1 1 Created by: Chip Zdarsky; Marco Checchetto Reality: Earth-616 Notes: A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this event: History: After being elected New York City's mayor due to his activities under the Darkforce Dome, Wilson Fisk has been quietly amassing both political power and an underground army of super villains. To test the effectiveness of his recruited villains, the Thunderbolts Units were dispatched against the Symbiote Invasion to a desired outcome. Now, with meticulous intelligence gathering and patient machinations, Fisk is ready to use his accumulated resources in order to finally rid his city of its costumed vigilante problem. Outlawing vigilantism to declare war on heroes from street level to even earth's mightiest, Fisk will unleash even their own dark secrets against them. No hero is safe from Fisk bringing his vision of order to fruition. ============================================================ Darkhold (Event) Kind: event Page: Darkhold (Event) Full name: Darkhold First appearance: Darkhold Alpha Vol 1 1 Created by: Steve Orlando; Cian Tormey Reality: Earth-616 Notes: This event was originally supposed to release during 2020 but it was delayed to 2021.; This event still chronologically takes place before X-Men: The Trial of Magneto Vol 1 1, as directly noted in Darkhold Alpha Vol 1 1's credits section. ============================================================ Brand New Day Kind: event Page: Brand New Day Full name: Brand New Day First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 546 Reality: Earth-616 History: With his life as Spider-Man changed after the superhero civil war over the SRA, Peter Parker resumes his life with some major changes—such as his best friend Harry Osborn returning from Europe, him no longer dating Mary Jane, and the Initiative under Stark—and with some remaining constants—rent issues, Parker luck, and a poor love life. But with the arrival of new villains and the return of some old ones, Spider-Man starts a new chapter in his heroic saga, while Peter Parker struggles with his personal life once more intersecting with his vigilante activities. ============================================================ Destiny of X Kind: event Page: Destiny of X Full name: Destiny of X First appearance: Immortal X-Men Vol 1 1 Created by: Kieron Gillen; Lucas Werneck; Steve Orlando; Eleonora Carlini; Benjamin Percy; Robert Gill; Tini Howard; Bob Quinn; Gerry Duggan; Si Spurrier; Jan Bazaldua; Adam Kubert; Vita Ayala; Al Ewing; Stefano Caselli; Tom Muller Reality: Earth-616 History: Rising out of the ashes of Inferno Vol 2 and emerging out of the vital time-travelling mission in X Lives of Wolverine Vol 1 / X Deaths of Wolverine comes The Second Krakoan Age of X-Men: DESTINY OF X! Mutantkind’s future is reshaped once more, as Krakoa’s greatest triumphs and most crushing challenges still lie ahead.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; March 2022; April 2022; May 2022; July 2022; August 2022; September 2022; November 2022; December 2022; February 2023; March 2023; May 2023; June 2023; July 2023; Videos; Trailers ============================================================ Dark Web Kind: event Page: Dark Web Full name: Dark Web Other aliases: Limbo Crisis First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 6 14 Created by: Zeb Wells; Adam Kubert; Ed McGuinness Species / origin: Chasm and Goblin Queen's team up to take the memories of their progenitors, Spider-Man and Jean Grey of the X-Men. Reality: Earth-616 Notes: === Reading Order ===; This order follows the checklist printed in the Dark Web issues and includes all tie-ins.; Dark Web Vol 1 1; Amazing Spider-Man Vol 6 15; Dark Web: X-Men Vol 1 1; Mary Jane & Black Cat Vol 1 1; Dark Web: Ms. Marvel Vol 1 1; Gold Goblin Vol 1 2; Amazing Spider-Man Vol 6 16; Venom Vol 5 14; Dark Web: X-Men Vol 1 2; Gold Goblin Vol 1 3; Amazing Spider-Man Vol 6 17; Dark Web: Ms. Marvel Vol 1 2; Mary Jane & Black Cat Vol 1 2; Venom Vol 5 15; Dark Web: X-Men Vol 1 3; Amazing Spider-Man Vol 6 18; Venom Vol 5 16; Dark Web Finale Vol 1 1 History: Prelude; After his loss of formative memories by the Beyond Corp and his "death" as Spider-Man, Ben Reilly has been reborn as Chasm, the twisted cloned counter to Spider-Man. After a year of preparation and set up, Chasm partners with the Goblin Queen in a scheme of revenge.; As both want to take back the lives they felt they were robbed of by their originators: Spider-Man and Jean Grey respectively. Madelyne creates the Tree of Exquisite Liberation, the fruit of which can force a soul from the owner for consumption, granting the consumer full understanding of the one absorbed. With this, Chasm seeks to kill Peter Parker and take his soul, knowing everything about him and usurping his life. Concurrent to their planning, Madelyne endows dark magical powers into Janine Godbe, soured by the world's denying her a chance to make a life, and is reborn as Hallow's Eve to aid in Chasm's dark venture.; In the midst of a time paradox experience, Eddie Brock the King in Black has lost his son, Dylan Brock a.k.a. Codex, to Bedlam and Meridius, time paradox future versions of Eddie's. After Eddie escapes from the pull of the Garden of Time, he meets Madelyne Pryor and explains his title and mission to return to his son on Earth. Finding resonance to Eddie's title and single parent status, she proposes a mutual alliance for helping Eddie save Dylan in exchange for him helping with a plan of a friend of her's.; Main Event; When Peter and the X-Men go about their respective Christmas festivities, Chasm and Goblin Queen commence their plan to take from their respective progenitors. To accomplish this expeditiously, Ben leads her demon army to attack New York City while Madelyne and Hallow's Eve lead Venom in their endeavor against the X-Men. However, Eddie Brock had his mind and memory warped by Madelyne into the feral lethal protector he originally was that hated Spider-Man. Arriving on Earth, Venom frenzied to eat Spider-Man's brains while Ben brutalized Norman to prevent his helping Peter. With New York engulfed, Spider-Man trusted the X-Men to resolve matters as they did once before, and found Ben, corrupted and warped into the villain Chasm. As Venom occupied Spider-Man in a fight to prepare a magic ritual, he completed other tasks before reaching Peter for a round two. Chasm tricks Peter into wanting to go to Limbo to save Robbie and Jonah, trapping Peter in the infernal dimension.; As Chasm forces Peter into a demonic parody of his young life, Peter refuses surrender after deducing that Chasm needed his consent for whatever magic he needs from him. With a stitched together costume, Spider-Man and Jonah trick demons playing as DB reporters into leading them to an escape, with help from Limbo's "hero," Rek-Rap. With Chasm indulging in turning her demons into parodies to fight Spider-Man, Madylene begins to question their arrangement. After Jean brokers peace and gives her memories of raising baby Nathan, Madelyne agrees to call off the invasion. However, Hallow's Eve doesn't take kindly to this and steals Madelyne's Scythe of Sorrows to give to Chasm, becoming King Chasm of Limbo. Newly empowered, King Chasm bests Spider-Man and Rek-Rap before leading Limbo's demons onto New York, but the X-Men and Madelyne join with Spider-Man to stop the madness.; King Chasm and Hallow's Eve lead a demonic attack on New York, while the X-Men and Spider-Man (with Rek-Rap) battle the demons of Limbo and Chasm respectively. Although outnumbered, the X-Men help Madelyne until she summons the totality of her power for a dominance play to compel the demons into submission. As Spider-Man and Rek-Rap nearly lose, they are aided by the timely arrival of Ms. Marvel and Gold Goblin, long enough for the X-Men to return and help suppress Chasm. With no win in sight, Chasm uses the Scythe to teleport Hallow's Eve to safety before he is depowered by Madelyne. Not wanting the cycle to continue, Madelyne seeks to punish Chasm in her way and asks the X-men for help, taking until Spring to establish the Limbo Embassy, where Ben Reilly will remain imprisoned, and Madelyne shall try helping anyone seeking Limbo by healing them of their darkness.; Tie-In Stories; Gold Goblin; Cleansed of his sins and haunted by the guilt of his past evils, Norman Osborn is dubbed "Gold Goblin" by the press after his helping Spider-Man defeat the Hobgoblin. Despite wanting to divorce from the Goblin moniker, Norman suits up as Gold Goblin again to capture Jack O'Lantern (Owen Ward), all while living with his guilt.; Ms. Marvel; As Kamala Khan continues her Oscorp internship, Nakia and Bruno are concerned for her as Kamala is uncertain for her own career path. When demons from Limbo invade New York City again, Ms. Marvel's original super villain foe, The Inventor, returns now accompanied by demons, seeking to revenge his death. After Ms. Marvel saves colleague Arjun, she fails to battle Chasm before he casts her to Limbo.; Mary Jane & Black Cat; When the demon invasion from Limbo starts, Black Cat goes to check on Mary Jane, as a friend but also for Peter's benefit, and finds her with powers. Despite Mary Jane's refusal to disclose the origin and emphasis for Peter's ignorance to the truth, both women are translocated to Limbo by an opportunistic Belasco, needing a thief for a special job. To return home, Mary Jane & Black Cat worked to retrieve Belasco's lost Soulsword from the Screaming Tower, and although they have S'ym's aid and a compass, Felicia's guilt affects causes her powers to brings bad luck to Mary Jane's powers, which the latter swiftly deduces. When Mary Jane clarifies acceptance with Felicia dating Peter, her luck powers shift to boost Mary Jane's draw and they defeat the tower guardian, and a grateful S'ym reveals the trap of the Soulsword to bond to the courier for Belasco to kill in order to reclaim it. Splitting the blade in two to bypass the trap, they return to Belasco to overpower him with his own blade before turning command of Limbo to S'ym as thanks for his help. Back on Earth, the two confirm their sound friendship as Mary Jane introduces Felicia to her family.; ; Prelude Issues; Prelude ============================================================ Captain America: Cold War Kind: event Page: Captain America: Cold War Full name: Captain America: Cold War Other aliases: Cold War First appearance: Captain America: Cold War Alpha Vol 1 1 Created by: Collin Kelly; Jackson Lanzing; Tochi Onyebuchi; Carlos Magno; R.B. Silva; Carmen Carnero Reality: Earth-616 ============================================================ Carnage Reigns Kind: event Page: Carnage Reigns Full name: Carnage Reigns First appearance: Carnage Reigns Alpha Vol 1 1 Created by: Alex Paknadel; Cody Ziglar Reality: Earth-616 History: Prelude; Narrowly escaping the apotheosized Carnage symbiote, serial killer Kenneth Neely seeks out the one person he can think of capable of stopping its omnicidal rampage: Cletus Kasady. Insulted by Neely claiming they're similar, Cletus is about to kill him before Neely says that the world only thinks of the symbiote as Carnage and no longer fears him; deciding to take the Extrembiote for a test drive. Arriving at Todd's diner in Brooklyn, Cletus devours the patrons and staff, leading to a standoff with the NYPD. Spider-Man arrives on the scene while searching for Scott Rawson--a missing livestreamer who'd been killed by Cletus--and is horrified to recognize Cletus' handiwork, suffering PTSD from having been connected to Carnage's Hive.; Brooklyn Dine and Dash; Miles infiltrates the diner and is shocked to see the patrons and staff seemingly alive and well, confronting Neely as to what's going on. Outside, NYPD Sergeant Chloe Ahmed calls in for backup and is shocked when the Cape Killers, a black ops team of captured supervillains led by Agent Julia Gao, arrives. Agent Gao dispatches the Scorpion, who has a grudge against Carnage for having broken his spine, and a squad of soldiers into the diner. Inside, Cletus attempts to devour Miles, but he breaks free and manages to escape with Dominic, one of the diner's staff. Manifesting copies of himself to slaughter Agent Gao's soldiers, Cletus fights the Scorpion while mocking him. As Miles and Dominic reach the roof of the diner, the latter reveals himself to be Cletus in disguise. Before Cletus can eat Miles, the Scorpion intervenes and buys time for Miles to punch Cletus with a bioelectric Venom Strike, overloading the Extrembiote's Arc Reactor and causing it to explode. The diner collapses, burying Miles and the Scorpion under the rubble, and Cletus and Kenneth retreat to the former's former lair in the subways under Grand Street--leaving a copy transformed into Rawson as a distraction. Managing to defeat the Cletus copy and escape from the rubble with the Scorpion's help, Miles is press-ganged into joining the Cape Killers by Agent Gao.; Stark Unlimited Showdown; Determining that he needs to replace the Extrembiote's Arc Reactor before the damaged power-core immolates him, Cletus attacks Stark Unlimited's Greenwich Village headquarters. Angered to learn he couldn't get a replacement Arc Reactor, Cletus opted to instead merge the Extrembiote into a Stark Sentinel MK II and hack into Stark's communications network. Given medical treatment, Miles joins the Scorpion, Taskmaster, Electro, and Hightail in trying to stop him. Cletus "rewards" Kenneth by bonding him to an offshoot of his symbiote spliced with Iron Man armor, but uses a copy of his consciousness to control it and sends him to fight the Cape Killers. Cletus is successful in taking over the Stark Sentinel, laughing off Miles' attempt to Venom Strike him again, and broadcasts a signal to turn everyone with a Stark-brand device into a rampaging berserker.; Stanley Osborn is among the affected, nearly killing Liz Allan before being stopped by his older half-brother Normie--the host of the Rascal symbiote. Revealing Rascal to be partially comprised of the Carnage symbiote, Cletus challenges Normie to try to stop him. Joining the fray as the Red Goblin, Normie strips Kenneth of his Extrembiote offshoot and begins using this newfound ability to free civilians under Cletus' control--though it takes a toll on his and Rascal's mental state. Feilong, Stark Unlimited's CEO and one of Agent Gao's benefactors, dispatches a pair of Stark Sentinel MK IIs to kill the infected civilians before redirecting them to fight Cletus directly, outfitting them with a nanite solution that will sever Cletus' connection to the Stark network. Deciding to recruit more backup, Cletus dispatches three symbiote-infused suits of Iron Man armor to a trio of fanboys who'd been celebrating his triumphant return.; Dragon-Slayer; Not trusting Feilong to be able to stop Cletus, Agent Gao sends the Cape Killers to try to use Normie and Rascal to absorb the Extrembiote, but this backfires when Cletus notices them and mind-bombs Normie. Felong's mechs are destroyed but successfully upload the nanovirus, preventing Cletus from broadcasting the signal to any more people. Enraged, Cletus transforms the Extrembiote into a colossal cyborg symbiote-dragon. The Cape Killers narrowly escape and ineffectually try to fight back against Cletus, only being saved by the timely arrival of Iron Man in a new knight-themed suit of armor. Depleting his armor's energy reserves in an attempt to slay the symbiote-dragon, Iron Man is caught off-guard when Cletus rapidly recovers and mortally wounds Miles. Iron Man uses some nanites to heal Miles and encase him in a suit of Iron Spider Armor.; Summoning his horde of brainwashed civilians and the three Carnageized Iron Men, Cletus overwhelms the Cape Killers and Iron Man until the Red Goblin rejoins the fray. Devouring Kenneth and reabsorbing the scattered pieces of the Extrembiote, Cletus--goaded by Kenneth's codex within the Symbiote Hive-Mind--decides to leave Earth to reunite with the Carnage symbiote, become a god, and come back to finish them all off. However, Miles manages to distract Cletus long enough for Iron Man to dive into the Extrembiote and activate an EMP that seemingly destroys it.; Aftermath; With Cletus defeated, the civilians are freed from his control. The Cape Killers celebrate a victory and Miles returns to his family, though Iron Man takes back the Iron Spider armor and cautions that this may not be the last they've seen of Cletus. Amidst the wreckage, a surviving piece of the Extrembiote begins to form into a Cletus avatar.; Videos ============================================================ Contest of Chaos Kind: event Page: Contest of Chaos Full name: Contest of Chaos First appearance: Scarlet Witch Annual Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: Winners are indicated in bold; Spider-Man vs Wolverine; Iron Man vs Storm; Human Torch vs Ghost Rider; Moon Knight vs Taegukgi; Spider-Gwen vs White Fox; Venom vs Deadpool; Cyclops vs Captain Marvel ============================================================ DNX Kind: event Page: DNX Full name: DNX First appearance: DNX Vol 1 1 Created by: Jed MacKay; Federico Vicentini Reality: Earth-616 History: THE X-VIRUS UNLEASHED!; The X-Men and 3K. Each steered by an original heir of Xavier, each with their own vision for the mutant people. Each at one another’s throats. Cyclops and the Chairman both experienced the future of the Age of Revelation and came home with a renewed mission: The X-Men to prevent that future. 3K to own it. While the X-Men seek out the Fantastic Four to help save one of their own, the White Beast begins his plan to unleash the X-Virus in a major population area! ============================================================ Evolutionary War Kind: event Page: Evolutionary War Full name: Evolutionary War Other aliases: Evolutionary Wars First appearance: X-Factor Annual Vol 1 3 Created by: Louise Simonson; Terry Shoemaker Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Alf Annual Vol 1 1 includes a parody of the Evolutionary War. History: The High Evolutionary is revealed to have survived his suicide attempt, and has rededicated himself to guiding and enhancing the evolution of humanity so that his race may one day be supreme to all others, including the Beyonders. To this end he initiates several concurrent efforts to accelerate human evolution and eliminate perceived threats to mankind's genetic purity.; He sends his Purifier troops into Subterranea to sterilize the simple-minded races that dwell there. However, the discovery of a mutant Moloid, Valor, attracts the intervention of X-Factor and Apocalypse. The Evolutionary is ultimately convinced that the Subterraneans indeed have genetic potential and ceases his operations there.; In Bogotá, the Evolutionary's Eliminators are dispatched to exterminate a Colombian drug cartels. The Punisher discovers the battle and dispatches with both sides.; Meanwhile the High Evolutionary visits the Eternals and persuades them aid his cause by mapping the genetic code of the Silver Surfer. The Surfer refuses the cooperate and convinces the Eternals to let him be.; The Purifiers set about removing the powers of mutants deemed to pose a threat to humanity. When they capture Magma from Nova Roma, the inner circle of the Hellfire Club and the New Mutants storm the Purifier base in Wyoming to rescue her. During the struggle, Mirage inadvertently has her powers enhanced, allowing her to physically manifest the illusions she casts.; With the supply of drugs cut off by events in Bogotá, a drug war escalates in New York City, made worse by the Purifiers murdering drug dealers. Seeking to retaliate against the ones who disrupted his drug trade, the Kingpin learns about the High Evolutionary's scheme and allows the information to reach Spider-Man and Daredevil. Along with Speedball, they defeat the Purifiers before they can enact the High Evolutionary's plan to sterilize all undesirable individuals in the city.; While the royal family of the Inhumans is on Earth demanding that Crystal leave the Fantastic Four, The High Evolutionary leads a squad of Gatherers and Eliminators to the Blue Area of the Moon to obtain the Inhumans' Terrigen Mist. Quicksilver leads the Inhumans in defending Attilan until the royal family and the Fantastic Four arrive to repel the invaders.; The High Evolutionary next travels to the site of the Savage Land, hoping to restore the damage wrought by Terminus. The X-Men are drawn to the scene as well and aid the Evolutionary in freeing Garokk the Petrified Man from Terminus's power armor. Garokk and the Evolutionary succeed in restoring the Savage Land, and the survivors of Terminus's original attack return from the extra-dimensional realm in which they had taken refuge.; The Exterminators attempt to seal off the Nexus of All Realities in the Everglades to prevent extra-dimensional entities from polluting humanity's genetic stock. One such entity known as Ylandris takes possession of Cecilia Cardinale, transforming her into Poison in order to stop the Evolutionary's plan, while Spider-Man and the Man-Thing defeat the Exterminators.; In the broadest part of his plans, the High Evolutionary plots to construct a bomb that will genetically alter all life on Earth. He sends the Gatherers and a superhuman team known as the Sensors to Wakanda to obtain vibranium necessary for completion of the bomb. Unbeknownst to the Evolutionary, one of the scientists he has forced into his service is Bill Foster, who surreptitiously alerts the Black Panther to the situation. The Panther and the West Coast Avengers defend Wakanda but are unable to prevent the theft of the vibranium. Coincidentally, Moon Knight, Tigra, and Mockingbird happen upon the High Evolutionary's citadel in the Savage Land and rescue Foster, who recovers his Giant-Man powers. With the security of his base compromised, he relocates his base to the floor of the Pacific Ocean.; Before completion of the genetic bomb, the High Evolutionary sends Gatherers to capture a rogue clone of Gwen Stacy for further study, while he visits the Young Gods. Some of the Young Gods decide to interfere with the Evolutionary's master plan, and encounter Spider-Man trying to rescue the clone. The High Evolutionary claims that "Gwen" is not in fact a clone but someone genetically altered to resemble the original Gwen Stacy, and returns her and Spider-Man to Manhattan. Daydreamer of the Young Gods restores the woman's original memories and appearance.; The Evolutionary's researchers reassemble Jocasta, who immediately turns on her captors and attempts to contact the East Coast Avengers about the genetic bomb. However, the team has disbanded and abandoned their headquarters, leaving its computers to assemble an ad hoc team of inactive reservists: The Captain, the Falcon, Hercules, the Beast, and the Hulk. Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara) answers the summons (which she received via the communications equipment she stole from her predecessor and is allowed to join the team. Using the High Evolutionary's own equipment, the Avengers hyper-evolve Hercules until he is able to match the Evolutionary's power in combat. Both Hercules and the High Evolutionary are apparently destroyed in the battle, leaving the Avengers free to stop the genetic bomb and save the world.; In Other Realities; What If...? Vol 1 1 (Earth-89721); Earth-9047 (The Humorverse); What The--?! Vol 1 4 included a reference to a similar event, the "Ablutionary War", instigated by the villain High Ablutionary to cleanse the earth from evil, and eventually stopped by some of the X-Persons. All this happened in Earth-9047 (the Humorverse). ============================================================ Fatal Attractions Kind: event Page: Fatal Attractions Full name: Fatal Attractions First appearance: X-Factor Vol 1 92 Created by: Scott Lobdell; Joe Quesada; J.M. DeMatteis; Fabian Nicieza; Larry Hama; Greg Capullo; Jae Lee; Chris Sprouse; Brandon Peterson; Paul Smith; John Romita, Jr.; Andy Kubert; Adam Kubert; Ken Lashley; Darick Robertson; Matthew Ryan Reality: Earth-616 Notes: During the 1992 X-Writers Conference for the big X-Men crossover, X-Cutioner's Song, Peter David, frustrated over the lack of actual X-Factor characters in X-Factor Vol 1 85, joked that maybe Magneto could just pull Wolverine's adamantium skeleton out of his body; however, as Fabian Nicieza later recalled, "...none of us laughed, because we thought it was a great idea.", and that passing thought became 1993's Fatal Attractions. History: The Acolytes, now led by Fabian Cortez, attack Camp Hayden, the headquarters for Project: Wideawake, the latest United States Government Sentinel program. The base is defended by Government-sponsored Mutant team X-Factor and, as the battle rages, Cortez makes an offer to Quicksilver to be the Acolyte's new leader, accepting his role as Magneto's heir. The Acolytes leave after Quicksilver strongly declines.; X-Force is approached by the Mutant, Exodus, who brings an offer of sanctuary from an unknown greater power. It is revealed that the "sanctuary" (which is referred to as Avalon) is in fact Cable's former base of operations Graymalkin (now retrofitted with Shi'ar technology), and the "greater power" to be the mutant Magneto, who was presumed dead after the fall of Asteroid M. Cable teleports X-Force away from Avalon using the station's bodyslide technology, while he retrieves the sentient computer program Professor from the central core and activates the auto-destruct function. However, he is only successful in the former objective, as Magneto prevents him from fulfilling the latter, and Cable very nearly loses his life in a lopsided battle before teleporting himself out. The Mutants, Rusty and Skids, who were cured of their brainwashing at Stryfe's hands by Magneto, elect to stay aboard Avalon.; While the X-Men are burying Illyana Rasputin (Magik), who was killed by the Legacy Virus, Magneto and the Acolytes crash the funeral, stating their intentions to wipe out humanity from Avalon, their space station. Colossus, distraught over his sister's death and faltering in his faith in Professor X and his dream, joins Magneto and the Acolytes.; Magneto unleashes an electromagnetic pulse on the Earth that creates havoc on the world's electrical systems. Professor X dons a Shi'ar exoskeleton that enables him to walk, and assembles Jean Grey, Gambit, Rogue, Quicksilver and Wolverine to go to Avalon and stop Magneto. Arriving via Shi'ar teleportation device, the team boards Avalon and disables the station with a virus created by Beast. Magneto engages the X-Men in battle, and in a fit of rage after nearly being gutted by Wolverine, tears the adamantium out of Wolverine's skeleton. Professor X, enraged by Magneto's actions, mindwipes Magneto, leaving him in a coma. The X-Men race back to Earth to treat Wolverine, while Colossus stays in a devastated Avalon to care for the comatose Magneto.; As the Blackbird returns to Earth, it runs into rough turbulence. Flashes of Wolverine's consciousness are shown as he struggles to stay alive. The X-Men on Earth watch in horror as the crew frantically tries to stabilize the ship and care for Wolverine. The ship's hatch opens, and Wolverine sees himself "going towards the light", but he is pushed back. He awakens in time to prevent Jean Grey from getting sucked out of the Blackbird. The X-Men land on the Earth safely. As Wolverine recovers from his injuries, he and the X-Men learn that his claws were a part of his actual skeletal structure all along, as he now possesses claws made of bone.; On Muir Island, the X-Men use Shadowcat to lure in Colossus in an effort to heal his head wound (caused by the X-Cutioner), which they believed was responsible for his defection. The ruse works, and while Nightcrawler fends off the Acolytes' attempts to reclaim their ally, Professor X and Moira MacTaggert heal Colossus, using Cyclops' optic blast. Once again able to return to his human form, Colossus still elects to remain amongst the Acolytes, to keep them in check. ============================================================ Fall of the Mutants Kind: event Page: Fall of the Mutants Full name: Fall of the Mutants First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 225 Created by: Chris Claremont; Louise Simonson Reality: Earth-616 Trivia: One of the more interesting aspects of this crossover was a method Marvel used to advertise it. Marvel printed small cards, which came bound into a number of their titles (and which could also be requested at various comic book stores), asking "Do You Know What Your Child Is?" The card further suggested anyone who knew themselves to be a mutant should fill out the card, and mail it in to register themselves.; The computer game X-Men II: The Fall of the Mutants was based on this storyline. History: The event dealt (at least in small part) with the general public's perception of mutants as dangerous criminals with no regard for the law, and the proposal of a "Mutant Registration Act", in which mutants would be forced to register themselves with the government, as one would register a deadly weapon.; Uncanny X-Men; The X-Men head to Dallas in search of Storm, last seen there. Upon arrival, they encounter Freedom Force, and a battle begins. However, once it begins snowing (in the middle of summer) and cavemen, demons, and other strange creatures begin appearing, the two teams realize something serious is going on, and decide to put aside their differences for the moment.; Meanwhile, Storm and Forge (whom she'd gone to see) both find themselves in a beautiful, pristine other-worldly dimension. Time passed differently here, so they spend a year together, while only a few moments pass on earth. There, they find love again, and Forge finds a way to use his bionic arm and leg to restore Storm's lost powers and get them both back to Dallas.; Back on Earth, the X-Men and Freedom Force begin to unravel the truth behind the strange events around them. It turns out that during his stint in the Vietnam War, Forge had used his shaman powers to summon a demon to avenge his fallen comrades. However, in his naiveté, he didn't realize that the spell required the souls of his nine comrades, and unleashed a horde of demons he had no way to control, including the Adversary, the creature responsible for the chaos they now found themselves in.; As Storm and Forge join the battle, it quickly becomes apparent that the Adversary cannot be defeated, and the only way to be rid of him is for Forge to cast the same spell and seal him away forever. So, with millions watching on TV, Forge casts the spell, using the souls of the X-Men to fuel it. However, the goddess Roma, who'd also become embroiled in the day's events, takes pity on the X-Men for their noble sacrifice and returns them all to life, additionally commenting to them as foul and evil as the Adversary is, he should not and cannot be locked away forever, since from the chaos he creates, positive change and growth occurs. However he was bound for an age, which Roma decreed was sufficient punishment for his crime. She had additionally made the X-Men invisible to all forms of surveillance save plain sight, thus allowing them to continue on with their operations while the world assumes they are dead. Before they head to Australia to establish a new base, she gives them the Siege Perilous, telling them they could use it to 'reset' time should they be discovered.; X-Factor; The story begins with the team being transported to the airship of the villain Apocalypse. He offers to let them join him in his war against humans (with the purpose of spurring evolutionary growth) which they, of course, refuse. He has his henchmen (named after the biblical Four Horsemen of Apocalypse) attack them and, after a pitched battle, the horseman Death reveals himself to be their former comrade Angel, now transformed into Archangel. He quickly defeats the team and they are restrained, save for Caliban, who surrenders himself to Apocalypse in return for powers like Archangel's.; Apocalypse then unleashes his Horsemen on New York City and tries to force the heroes to watch. They are able to break free of their restraints, though, and attempt to stop the Horseman. In the process, they accidentally cause Apocalypse's airship to lose control, damaging several skyscrapers as it loses altitude. The superhero team Power Pack helps limit the damage, destroying part of the airship's engine cowling just before the cowling would have impacted the Statue of Liberty. As the team battles the Horsemen, Iceman comes up with an idea to stop Archangel, and quickly creates a statue of himself out of ice. Archangel attacks and breaks the statue and, thinking it is actually Iceman, is overcome with guilt and switches sides. Apocalypse easily repels his attacks, but decides to make a tactical withdrawal anyway. After he leaves, the team quickly attempts to regain control of Apocalypse's airship, eventually bringing it to land on top of their headquarters, crushing it.; The New Mutants; As the story opens, the team heads off to visit their friend Bird-Brain on his remote island. There, they quickly discover that Bird-Brain's creator, the Ani-Mator, is creating more semi-sentient creatures (the Ani-Mates), which he mistreats and experiments on. As the team attempts to free them, The Right tracks them down and attacks them. During the three-pronged battle, Cypher is shot and killed, taking a bullet meant for Wolfsbane. Eventually, Bird-Brain defeats the Ani-Mator and becomes king of the Ani-Mates, and Magik teleports The Right's soldiers, along with the Ani-Mator himself, to Limbo. They then return home, where Magneto blames humanity for Cypher's death. Disgusted, the team quits his tutelage, while deciding to stay dedicated to Charles Xavier's dream of peace. ============================================================ Eve of Destruction Kind: event Page: Eve of Destruction Full name: Eve of Destruction First appearance: X-Men Vol 2 111 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Editorial changes at Marvel resulted in some last-minute changes to this storyline. Cut out or severely curtailed were the fate of Mojoworld, Jean's recruitment of mutants, and Amelia Voght's role. History: Trish Tilby, a reporter, provides some background on Genosha, the Legacy Virus, Magneto, and their relationships with mutants in general. Cargill, the Genoshan ambassador, delivers Magneto's ultimatum to the United Nations: the other governments of the world must cease their discrimination against and persecution of mutants; otherwise, Magneto and his army will overthrow them, and if necessary, exterminate all nonmutants. Quicksilver, a revolutionary on Genosha, has been mindwiped and exiled. Xavier is kidnapped.; Jean Grey recruits Cargill (after her capture and interrogation by the US government), Northstar, Wraith, Omerta, and Sunpyre to replace the current X-Men (busy in X-Treme X-Men Vol 1). This team will attempt to rescue Xavier from Magneto, possibly with help from Cyclops and Wolverine, who have already infiltrated Genosha. As they prepare to leave, Dazzler arrives.; Magneto addresses his troops. Meanwhile, Cyclops and Wolverine are working with refugees in the sewers and find an old comrade, Polaris. To get the refugees out of the sewers and on their way to Wakanda, they must get through the Blob, Random, and a detachment of the Homo Sapiens Liberation Army. Meanwhile, Grey's group leaves the Xavier Institute in their jet.; During their flight, Grey suggests a telepathically induced training session, using Dazzler as the focus. Her reason for seeking out the X-Men, it develops, was the death of Longshot and the destruction of the Mojoverse. When they reach Genosha, Magneto tears their jet apart and brings them to earth in front of his army. Dazzler sees Xavier crucified in the square, assaults Magneto, and is killed.; Omerta attacks first; Magneto immobilizes him but can't get through his invulnerability. Northstar attacks next; Magneto flings Omerta into the stratosphere so that Northstar must retrieve him. Cargill attacks from hiding; Magneto wraps her in pipes. Sunpyre attacks; Magneto barely holds his own but beats her. Wraith, at close quarters, causes Magneto's skin to disappear, which disconcerts him momentarily. Cyclops and Wolverine arrive; Cyclops is immediately rendered hors de combat, while Wolverine is immobilized because of his metal skeleton. Thanks to a holographic ruse by Dazzler, however, Voght and Grey have freed Xavier, who suppresses Magneto's powers. While the others decide what to do with Magneto, Wolverine neatly solves the problem by stabbing him. The mutants that Grey recruited decline to stay with the team.; Original Event Issues; Prelude; Event Issues; The original issues are as follows:; Additional Material; In addition to the original issues of the crossover, the trade paperback that collects the storyline includes the following additional issues. ============================================================ Great Cataclysm Kind: event Page: Great Cataclysm Full name: Great Cataclysm Other aliases: Cataclysm; Great Fall; Great Flood; Great Deluge; Great Catastrophe; Great Devastation; Fall of Atlantis; Fall of Lemuria and Atlantis; Lemurian Cataclysm; Deluge; Flood; Sinking of Atlantis; The Floods of Noah; The Upheaval; ----; Second Host First appearance: Namora Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: The Great Cataclysm is based on the Biblical Flood (possibly a legendary retelling from historical floods, such as the Black Sea deluge) and similar flood myths.; Some sources states the Great Cataclysm occurred in other dates than circa 18,000 BC, such as:; circa 10,000 BC during the Hyborian Age of Conan.; circa 18,500 BC during the Age of Kull.; Though mentions of the Cataclysm occuring 10,000 years ago could fit the Post-Hyborian Cataclysm, they are likely to be an error of 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.; Other Cataclysms could be tied to the Great Cataclysm, including:; In Aztec religion, the world under the Fourth Sun was destroyed by the feud between Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca which caused a cataclysmic flood. That flood happened before the creation of mortals.; The destruction of Kalumesh after being accursed could be another consequence of the Great Cataclysm History: Overview; The "Great Cataclysm" (sometimes just the "Cataclysm", Great Fall, Great Flood, the Flood or Great Deluge) caused Lemuria and Atlantis to be submerged into the sea 20,000 years ago (circa 18,000 BC) (other dates are sometimes provided, see notes).; Causes; Many events have been listed as reasons for that Cataclysm:; This event is tied with the Second Host of the Celestials, who observed how the Eternals had ignored baseline humanity while the Deviants enslaved it.; Another tale, from Poseidon himself, stated that the Atlanteans' council of sorcerers tried to harness a fraction of the power of the Axis Mundi using the Omphalos but were unable to control the energies, causing the Cataclysm.; Many tales attribute the Cataclysm to godly powers:; During the Hyborian Age, it was recounted that the Sea-Gods of Lemuria waxed angry and pulled the island of Lemuria down into the ocean.; Astarta stated that at the same moment the oceans swallowed Atlantis' cities, the ancient Sea-God of Mu rose and caused the destruction of the coastal cities of the kingdom.; Annunaki god Dagon planned to annihilate humanity with a great flood, but Ea persuaded him to only punish them.; According to the Bible (Genesis 6-9) and from a tale from Caretaker Sara, when God looked down at the Earth and saw the wickedness of man, he caused the Flood.; The Olympian god of seas, Poseidon caused the Great Cataclysm to deliberately sink Atlantis, so he would save the inhabitants and have them solely worship him.; Other tales of godly-originated floods exist, but can't be confirmed as being the Great Cataclysm due to inconsistencies towards it. Please consult the notes for more information.; Llan also played an undescribed role in the Cataclysm, perhaps in conjunction with the Dweller in Darkness, the Darkholders, the Deviants, or others of the major threats of that era.; The cybernetic alien entity known as the Suit stated that the Great Flood never occurred and that stories of it are nothing more than greatly exaggerated and mythologized accounts based on his species' first attempt to wipe out humanity, which had been postponed due to inclement weather and then aborted when they discovered they had been tricked by the unnamed entity that had first commissioned the genocide.; The Vishanti claimed that Atlantis fell to the Other.; A few other causes for the Cataclysm were hypothesized, though it is unrevealed whether these actually had any influence on that event, locally or globally:; The tremendously powerful magnet created by the renegade Atlantean scientist Nagorbu.; The mass of the giant Atlantean Kalgantor, growing to cosmic proportions after having abused of the Magic Growth Serum prepared by Pir Anthor under the instructions of the Black One.; The Heart of Darkness, an extraterrestrial weapon which crash-landed on Earth the night Atlantis was destroyed.; According to the legend, recorded in the temple on the Madripoor, the set of six gems known in modern times as the Madripoor Set, had a terrible power, and the last time it was gathered it lead to the fall of Atlantis.; Gremlins, led by Kloto, repeatedly stole and restored an object called the Sacred Ball, which granted protective magic to Atlantis, in a fashion which maybe disrupted the magic.; The Flood; The Celestials destroyed most of the Deviants, and their stronghold of Lemuria, causing it to sink below the ocean, which also caused the sinking of Atlantis.; The Ark; The event kickstarted the myth of Noah's Ark because of the surviving group of Eternals and humans led by Utnapishtim on his Ark to escape the flood.Verify source; Aftermaths; Once the flood went away, Yahweh allegedly put a rainbow in the sky as a promise to the survivors (that survived in an Ark) that he would never again smite every living thing on Earth.; Alternate realities; Earth-1610; The cataclysm that destroyed Atlantis was caused by the Tan-Ed-Drul. ============================================================ Endangered Species Kind: event Page: Endangered Species Full name: Endangered Species Other aliases: X-Men: Endangered Species First appearance: X-Men: Endangered Species Vol 1 1 Created by: Mike Carey; Christopher Yost; Christos Gage Reality: Earth-616 Notes: This series serves as a prelude to the Messiah CompleX.; This one-shot sequels itself into 17 other back-up stories in several X-Men related titles. The first one begins in X-Men Vol 2 200, runs through issues of New X-Men Vol 2, X-Factor Vol 3, Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 and concludes in X-Men Vol 2 204. History: Witness the death of a species...; The X-Men and various other mutants attend the funeral of a young mutant boy named Landru who has been killed in a road traffic accident and muse on what this means for mutantkind.; Beast plans to find a way to reverse M-Day. After he was unable to attain a solution with the help of Reed Richards, Henry Pym, and Tony Stark, he offers to "sell his soul" to nine of the world's most dangerous villains (Pandemic, M.O.D.O.K., Kavita Rao, Spiral, Sugar Man, Mister Sinister, the High Evolutionary, Arnim Zola, and Doctor Doom) in exchange for their assistance. Rebuffed by most, Hank travels to Transia in search of the High Evolutionary, whose cryptic comments aroused Beast's curiosity. Scaling Mount Wundagore, he and his group of travelers are confronted by the Knights of Wundagore. The High Evolutionary briefly entertains Hank's pleas and discusses the possibility that science cannot undo something that magic ultimately caused, but seems ultimately uninterested in helping and turns out to not even be there in person. He does, however, hint that Hank is not the first person to travel to Wundagore looking for a solution to the M-Day problem, nor the first to be dissatisfied with his answers.; Looking for help, he receives an offer from Kavita Rao: with mutants as an endangered species, her research into depowering mutants has become pointless. Tissue samples from all the mutants that she depowered turned to dust on M-Day. After a debate about her ethics, she gives Hank her notes and lab and announces her plan to return to India. Working in her notes, Beast sees a file he recognizes: "Neverland". After a debate with the X-Men about the Neverland facility, he goes there to search for information. He is shocked by the inhumanity of the notes and the graffiti, and panics when he sees notes about a mass grave in the yard. It is revealed in a flashback that the remaining prisoners were killed in a mass purge after the facility was shut down by Weapon X. Going through the yard, Hank discovers that the bodies have been moved, and he is ambushed by the Dark Beast. Dark Beast seems to be there to "offer his services" so to speak to Hank, who reluctantly accepts his help under the condition that the Dark Beast follows Hank's orders.; Traveling away from Neverland, the Dark Beast convinces Hank to take a serum of his own "liquid memory", wherein Hank experiences several of the Dark Beast’s memories, such as coaxing a mutant named Emily and her mother into his lab; performing a separation of the conjoined Power siblings; moving deceased clones of Jamie Madrox to a mortuary; and degrading Jesse Bedlam about proper terms for test subjects; and torturing Jean Grey with Prelate Summers observing. In the last memory the Dark Beast realizes that Nate Grey is a "vat-grown hybrid" of Jean Grey and another mutant. When the Dark Beast inquires about Nate and Jean Grey, Beast tells him of their deaths, and Dark Beast suggests a way to resurrect Nate by reversing the manner of his death, to which a shocked Hank replies that he is insane. They then arrive at a nuclear power plant in Alamagordo, New Mexico that once served as a research facility for the "study" of mutations by an organization known as Project: Black Womb, which was devoted to the vivisection of newborn mutants with evident signs of mutancy.; After realizing how the disappearance of the X-gene rendered such research null and void, Dark Beast suggests going in Genosha, scavenging dead mutant corpses. After extensive examination, Hank realizes that even if the X-gene was expunged from the world mutant population (even the ones dead before M-Day), many of them retained some of their altered body features. He proposes to Dark Beast that an artificial X-gene may be created through donation from the remaining living mutants and the dead mutants who still remained powered as indicated via their DNA samples. They then embark on a comparative analysis of depowered mutants, before and after the M-Day, to be able to comprehend the very nature of mutation itself, which Hank plans to do by first discovering how to keep old samples viable by examining the contraband drug Mutant Growth Hormone. With the aid of Bishop, Beast meets with an MGH dealer, only to discover that if a donor mutant has been depowered, then any MGH distilled from that mutant was also depowered. Frustrated once again, Hank storms off in anger.; Hank then goes to see Forge, who reveals that he scanned alternate timelines known to have mutants with his equipment and has found that no more mutants exist in any of them, suggesting that those timelines have either been erased or altered. Hank looses his temper and insults Forge, knocking him into his equipment and turns down Forge's offer of help. Hank then leaves through a closed window.; Hank returns to the Dark Beast and says that the future is shaped by what is done in the present. Hank considers looking into the parents of several mutants in the hopes of isolating chromosomes in order to create an artificial X-gene. The Dark Beast says that it would be hard to find the right humans since mutation is a rarely occurring event, but Hank claims to know where to look.; Hank and the Dark Beast then travel to the Guthrie home in Kentucky. Hank is unable to procure a blood sample from Mrs. Guthrie due to her fear of her remaining children becoming mutants and dying like their older siblings. At the same time, the Dark Beast talks to one of the youngest Guthrie children, Lewis, and coerces him into taking an untested antidote to activate his latent X-gene. The Dark Beast then brings Lewis, now in a coma with hives covering his arms, to Hank and states they should try the sample on one of the girls.; The two Beasts start to fight after Hank discovers what the Dark Beast did to Lewis and both of them argue about the significance of one life over an entire species. Suddenly, Mrs. Guthrie shoots the Dark Beast with a shotgun to subdue him. Hank then takes Lewis inside his house and instructs the Guthries on how to save his life.; Some time afterwards, Spiral teleports to Hank and claims that Mojo is displeased with the fact that mutants are now an endangered species, which will affect his television ratings. Spiral comments that science is blinding him on the real answer of how to save mutantkind and that her Body Shoppe can't solve the problem. Before she teleports away, Spiral claims that magic can only fix the problem, as Scarlet Witch's magic is what caused it in the first place. Hank goes to see Doctor Strange, who shows him the true depth of the Scarlet Witch's spell. It has woven itself through billions of people and countless other worlds and dimensions. Hank asks if the spell can be reversed, and Strange replies that with enough preparation and assistance, it is possible. But as the spell is now, he claimed even trying to break it could implode reality itself.; Hank and Doctor Strange then go to see Black Bolt on the Moon. Medusa says that the Inhumans cannot help them in their search for a cure. Doctor Strange then shows Hank several alternate realities where alternate versions of himself have also searched for a cure and didn't succeed. Strange then insists that nothing else can be done. Hank replies to Strange that he doesn't know what his next step will be and leaves without any answers.; Beast travels to Transia where he meets Wanda Maximoff on the streets. Similar to Clint Barton's meeting with Wanda, she still does not remember anything of her life as the Scarlet Witch. Beast and Wanda sit down for tea where he speaks to her about his research, and Wanda ironically states she "doesn't believe in Magic." Beast tries to tell Wanda who she was and what she has done, but she simply dismisses the topic and leaves. Beast, having made no progress on his search, returns to Neverland and gives all the corpses a separate burial. ============================================================ Floating Super-Hero Poker Game Kind: event Page: Floating Super-Hero Poker Game Full name: Floating Super-Hero Poker Game First appearance: Marvel Two-In-One Vol 1 51 Reality: Earth-616 History: The Floating Super-Hero Poker Game is a regular event among the super-hero community. Starting with games between members of the Fantastic Four and the Avengers, and often hosted by Fantastic Four's Thing, it expanded to include members of the X-Men and other members of the super-hero community.; The first recorded poker game was held at Avengers Mansion and involved the Thing, Ms. Marvel, Wonder Man, the Beast of the Avengers, SHIELD director Nick Fury as well as Avengers butler Edwin Jarvis and District Attorney Blake Tower. The game was interrupted when Fury was called to stop militant Jacob Pollock, who was attempting to steal Yellow Claw's Sky Dragon from SHIELD custody. The four heroes broke the poker game in order to help Fury stop Pollock and secure the Sky Dragon. The next poker game involved the Thing, Fury, Captain America, Iron Man and Giant-Man. This game was one of the few that was not interrupted by a super-villain or other menace.; The next game was held at the Fantastic Four's Baxter Building headquarters and involved the Thing, the Beast, Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man and the Wasp as well as Jarvis. That game was broken up when the heroes had to quell an conflict between Annihilus and Blastaar in the Negative Zone. The next game was at Avengers Mansion which included the Thing, Beast, Wonder Man, Binary (formerly Ms. Marvel), as well as newcomers Wolverine, Monica Rambeau the recent successor to the title of Captain Marvel as well as Jarvis and Blake Tower. This match ended on a down note when Binary learned that the original Captain Marvel, the Kree hero Mar-Vell had recently died while she was off on a mission in space. The next recorded game took place at the Four Freedoms Plaza and included the Thing, Mister Fantastic, Captain America and Nick Fury. Fury was called away from this game to deal with the threat of the Mandarin. The next game was also held at the Four Freedoms Plaza and included the Thing, Nick Fury, Wolverine, the Beast and Gambit. This time Wolverine had to leave to bail out his sidekick Jubilee who ended up stuck in Japan. The following game, also at the Four Freedoms, included the Thing, Human Torch, Fury, and Doctor Strange. While not interrupted by a crisis, the trio discovered that they had all had encounters with the demon known as KhLΘG around the same time in the recent past.; The next game was held at Angel's Soho loft, which included his fellow X-Men, Iceman, Beast, Storm, Gambit, and Cannonball as well as The Thing. This game also went off without any interruptions. A poker game was played during the anniversary of the Avengers formation at Avengers Mansion. This included Beast, Hawkeye, Giant-Man, the Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and his wife Crystal. This game was interrupted by an attack by warriors who claimed to be sent by the time traveling warlord Kang. The next game took place at the Fantastic Four's Pier Four headquarters and it included the Thing, the Human Torch, Wolverine and Cannonball. This game was interrupted by an attack on the Pier by the Fantastic Four foe known as the Psycho-Man. The following game was held at Nick Fury's apartment and included Wolverine, Captain America, She-Hulk and The Thing. During this game, Wolverine went on a beer run and was attacked by Hand assassins. When he finally returned to Fury's apartment he found the game was over and everyone had fallen asleep.; The next poker game was a public exhibition with the proceeds going to charity. This game included the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Angel, Doctor Strange, and the Black Cat. It was a game that has the rare distinction of being crashed by a super-villain when the Kingpin showed up at the game. Although the crime boss had the upper hand, Spider-Man eventually cleaned him out in a one-on-one game. When the Thing came into a windfall of money, his ridiculous bets shied heroes away from the game for a short period of time, including long time players Warbird (formerly Ms. Marvel and Binary) and Wonder Man. Not long after this, the Thing held a massive poker game after celebrating his bar mitzvah. Those in attendance included his fellow teammates in the Fantastic Four; members of the New Avengers which included Captain America, Iron Man, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Luke Cage; Avengers alumni including Goliath, Falcon, Hercules, Yellowjacket, the Wasp, Tigra, Sub-Mariner, Stingray, She-Hulk, Wasp, Wonder Man; X-Men alumni Cyclops, Colossus, Marvel Girl, the Beast; as well as Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Sasquatch, Nighthawk; also in attendance was sometime Fantastic Four ally and general nuisance the Impossible Man, as well as members of the Great Lakes Avengers. It was the last time the heroes got together to celebrate before the forthcoming super-hero Civil War, a fact that Iron Man reflected upon with some sorrow.; Following the death of Captain America during the Civil War, the Thing organized a secret game with members of Captain America's former Secret Avengers which included Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Spider-Woman, and Spider-Man. The game was briefly interrupted when Wolverine showed up and engaged in a fight with Spider-Man over Captain America's death, but it was quickly broken up and the game resumed. Not long after this another, less secretive, game was held which included the Thing, Wolverine, Spider-Man, and She-Hulk. Later another game was played between the Thing, Nick Fury, the new Captain America, the Human Torch, Hawkeye, Luke Cage, Spider-Man and Wolverine. This game took place at Iron Fist's dojo. Most recently, the Thing and the X-Men's Gambit played poker against members of the Yancy Street Gang. ============================================================ Eighth Day Kind: event Page: Eighth Day Full name: Eighth Day Other aliases: Wager of the Octessence First appearance: Iron Man Vol 3 21 Created by: Kurt Busiek; Roger Stern; Tom Grummett; Dan Jurgens; John Romita, Jr.; Sean Chen; Howard Mackie; Joe Casey; Terry Shoemaker Reality: Earth-616 History: Millennia ago, eight great mystic entities entered into the Wager of the Octessence to determine who among them was the most powerful. Farallah, Cyttorak, Balthakk, Ikonn, Raggadorr, Watoomb, Valtorr, and Krakkan. Each of them created a totem which held a fraction of their vast power, and would transform the first human who touched into an exemplar, a living embodiment of that power. The entities all then had Temples created to house their totems. Once a mortal became an exemplar, a spell would be triggered, drawing others to the temples, creating eight Exemplars in all. Juggernaut was the first, but the spell was disrupted when Cyttorak's Temple was buried under rubble. But now, the Wager of the Octessence starts again. ============================================================ Fall of the Hammer (Earth-928) Kind: event Page: Fall of the Hammer Full name: Fall of the Hammer First appearance: Spider-Man 2099 Vol 1 16 Reality: Earth-928 Notes: The first and only 2099 crossover. History: A floating city, called Vahalla, appears in the sky and those aboard claim to be gods. The heroes of the year 2099 plan to find out the truth. ============================================================ First Sign Kind: event Page: First Sign Full name: First Sign First appearance: Captain America Vol 1 449 Reality: Earth-616 ============================================================ Hands of the Mandarin Kind: event Page: Hands of the Mandarin Full name: Hands of the Mandarin First appearance: Force Works Vol 1 6 Created by: Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning; Len Kaminski; Scott Benson; Geoff Senior; Tom Morgan; Dave Taylor Reality: Earth-616 Notes: The Story in War Machine Vol 1 8 and Iron Man Vol 1 310 is a prologue to Hands of the Mandarin as the Shellheads are abducted by the Mandarin at the End of the Story which leads directly into the Event.; Stories from Marvel Comics Presents Vol 1 169 History: War Machine gets in a fight with Iron Man (Tony Stark): War Machine had been operating his armor independently of Stark, with Stark's blessing; but then War Machine had participated in a rebellion against the dictator of African country Imaya, eventually killing him, which Stark considers an inacceptable use of the armor to interfere in international politics. Mid-fight, however, both armor are frozen and teleported away to the Mandarin's fortress China. The Mandarin intends to torture and eventually kill his enemies. He explains how he had a mystic anti-technology field that has returned the surrounding area to the middle ages, and he intends to expand it first through all China, eventually worldwide, so as to become the Emperor.; As a part of his plan, the Mandarin sends his superhuman agents, the Avatars, to raze Hong Kong. Dr. Suzi Endo of Hong Kong's Stark Industries branch asks for help. At that point, Iron Man was a member of the team Force Works, and they travel to confront the Avatars. During the battle, Force Works' Century suddenly teleports, making his teammates believe he had betrayed or abandoned them. Following his complex and erratic super-senses, Century teleports inside the Mandarin's fortress and has a chance to free War Machine, at Stark's request. Century teleports to China mainland with War Machine, thou the Mandarin and Stark believe Century and War Machine to have been obliterated by the Mandarin's attack. Century leaves behind his scepter Parallax, which the Mandarin grabs.; Following the track of the Mandarin, Force Works flies their Hex-Ship to the Mandarin's fortress; but due to the anti-tech field, the ship stops working and crashlands. Meanwhile, Century and War Machine recovered in China and ally with Dr. Su Yin, a former acquaintance of Stark; and with local warlord Chu Lo Yan - until Chu becomes too aggressive and wants to replace the Mandarin. Both parties will gather in the Mandarin's fortress, but by then the Mandarin has discovered the effects of Parallax and left for Hong Kong, aiming to turn it into a beachhead to expand his anti-tech field. Century explains how the Mandarin does not really understand how to use Parallax, meaning they have a chance. Stark, hoping to use proven science against Mandarin's dogmatic superstition, develops a techno-organic virus that he hopes can be used within the anti-tech field. While Force Works is standing their ground against the Avatars, Iron Man surrenders to the Mandarin, expecting that the Mandarin will take him to his presence. When the Mandarin touches the outer part of Iron Man's armor, he's infected by the scientific weapon and grows old rapidly until he dies, knowing that he's no longer "pure" by his own definition.; With his death, apparently the changes he had made are reverted, maybe even restoring the lost lives; most people only remember the events as a half-forgotten dream - such as ambitious warlord Chu, who had become a janitor at Stark's Hong Kong facility. ============================================================ Fall of the Hulks Kind: event Page: Fall of the Hulks Full name: Fall of the Hulks First appearance: Fall of the Hulks: Alpha Vol 1 1 Created by: Jeff Parker; Jeph Loeb Reality: Earth-616 History: While the origins of Fall of the Hulks are found in Fall of the Hulks: Alpha, the true catalyst for it is the death of Thaddeus Ross at the hands of the Red Hulk. From this moment on, it is revealed that two factions in a war of characters from the Hulk franchise are gathering to battle. On one side, the Intelligencia led by the Leader and M.O.D.O.K., who seek to eliminate the top eight smartest men in the Marvel Universe while preparing for a grand finale scheme. On the other side, the recently de-powered Bruce Banner and the recently betrayed Red Hulk, who is revealed to have been created by the Intelligencia.; One by one the Intelligencia remove the eight men, Reed Richards, Dr. Doom, T'Challa, Hank McCoy, and Hank Pym (only one of the final two is unaccounted for, Tony Stark being in a coma at the time and Bruce Banner being the Intelligencia's main antagonist) while the Red Hulk and Banner make their own plans.; Eventually the Intelligencia's plan is revealed when Bruce Banner and the Red Hulk make their assault on the Hellcarrier, a modified version of Tony Stark's Golden Helicarrier which the Red Hulk seemed to have destroyed. Capturing the Red Hulk and leeching off his immense power with special technology, the Leader and M.O.D.O.K. funnel the special power into their army of A.I.M. soldiers, turning them into similar Red Hulks. Also the gathered heroes used to assault the Hellcarrier including the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and the New Avengers are similarly hit by the power, making Marvel's most prominent heroes into Hulk versions of themselves, including Thor, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America, Cyclops, Thing, and Deadpool. The arc ends with the Intelligencia having won, with an army of unlimited Hulk-based power, the traitorous Red Hulk outmatched, and Bruce Banner added to their brain drain, trapped in a fantasy world without his knowledge. This all leads directly into the next major Hulk story arc, World War Hulks. ============================================================ Flashback (Event) Kind: event Page: Flashback (Event) Full name: Flashback (Event) Other aliases: Flashback Month First appearance: Alpha Flight: In the Beginning Vol 1 -1 Created by: Steve Seagle; Anthony Winn; Tom DeFalco; Joe Bennett; Scott Lobdell; Chris Bachalo; Todd Dezago; Andy Jozefowiez; Mark Waid; John Cassaday; Peter Milligan; Mike Deodato Jr.; Ben Raab; Rob Haynes; Casey Jones; Deodato Studios; J.M. DeMatteis; Ron Garney; Luke Ross; Ariel Olivetti; Larry Hama; Cary Nord; John Francis Moore; Adam Pollina; Terry Kavanagh; Roger Cruz; Joe Kelly; Aaron Lopresti; Len Kaminski; James Fry; Gene Colan; James Robinson; José Ladrönn; Ivan Velez, Jr.; Javier Saltares; Peter David; Adam Kubert; Mike Wieringo; Howard Mackie; Dan Fraga; Kurt Busiek; Steve Epting; Bryan Hitch; Roger Stern; John Romita; Jeff Matsuda; Carlos Pacheco Reality: Earth-616 Notes: The gimmick for this event is that all issue numbers would be -1 History: Inspired by events in Generation X Vol 1 24, the Flashback Month was a publishing initiative in 1997, July. For a month, nearly the entire Marvel line of titles published stories revealing untold events about their characters' past. The retro stories allowed the creative teams involved to revisit characters, styles, and concepts from the Silver Age and occasionally from the Bronze Age.; Most issues were introduced by a comic version of Stan Lee and they all contained one-shot stories. Some characters had their childhoods revisited, while others got untold secrets of their origins depicted. ============================================================ Fear Itself Kind: event Page: Fear Itself Full name: Fear Itself Other aliases: Serpent's War; Blitzkrieg; U.S.A.; American Blitzkrieg; The Fear; Second War of the Serpent; Odin's War; Deer Itself First appearance: Fear Itself: Book of the Skull Vol 1 1 Created by: Matt Fraction; Stuart Immonen Reality: Earth-616 History: The Serpent, the self-proclaimed True All-Father of Asgard, awakens from his dark prison beneath the ocean, set free by his First Worthy, Skadi. As he begins to spread fear throughout Earth, the Asgardians go back to Asgard, leaving the heroes of Earth to fend for themselves, while the fear generated by the general human populace helps to power The Serpent. Many major characters were featured, such as the X-Men, the Avengers and the Future Foundation. One of the main villains is Sinthea Shmidt, daughter of the Red Skull.; The Serpent, the primary villain of the storyline, also gives seven special hammers to other super-powered people: Hulk, Juggernaut, Attuma, Absorbing Man, Titania, Thing and Grey Gargoyle are turned into The Worthy, who help him spread chaos across Earth. ============================================================ For Love Nor Money Kind: event Page: For Love Nor Money Full name: For Love Nor Money First appearance: Terror Inc. Vol 1 11 Reality: Earth-616 History: Cage, Terror and Silver Sable compete with each other in the quest of a mystical item, each looking for it for their own reasons. ============================================================ Everything Burns Kind: event Page: Everything Burns Full name: Everything Burns Other aliases: Surtur's War; War of Burning First appearance: Mighty Thor Vol 1 18 Reality: Earth-616 ============================================================ Endgame (Event) Kind: event Page: Endgame (Event) Full name: Endgame (Event) First appearance: X-Factor Vol 1 65 Created by: Chris Claremont, Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio Notes: This is the only X-Factor arc to be written by Chris Claremont. History: X-Factor took possession of Apocalypse's Celestial ship after the "Fall of the Mutants" and turned it into their mobile headquarters. Apocalypse has been preparing to retaliate and in the interim has taken over Attilan, home to the Inhuman Royal Family. With the Riders of the Storm (The Dark Riders), Apocalypse's forces take over Ship and have it attack the city of New York. While this occurs, the Dark Riders attack X-Factor and kidnap baby Nathan.; X-Factor launches ship into space before it can self destruct, leveling the city. X-Factor is rescued by the Inhumans and the two groups attack Attilan. Apocalypse has his scientists infect Nathan with a variation of the Techno-Organic Virus. Cyclops and the team try and rescue Nathan but all are captured. During the attack, various mutants (many of which are the fabled "Twelve") feel Nathan's pain.; Cyclops is freed and manages to severely cripple Apocalypse. Cyclops gives Nathan to the Askani, a warrior from the future, to take him away so that he might live, as the Techno-Organic Virus is ravaging his young body. Determined to save his son, Cyclops gives him up so that he will live. ============================================================ Dream's End Kind: event Page: Dream's End Full name: Dream's End First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 388 Reality: Earth-616 ============================================================ Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex Kind: event Page: Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex Full name: Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex Other aliases: Black Vortex First appearance: Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex Alpha Vol 1 1 Created by: Sam Humphries; Brian Michael Bendis; Gerry Duggan; John Layman; Kelly Sue DeConnick Reality: Earth-616 Notes: ===Videos===; This event was first announced at New York Comic Con 2014. History: After stealing the Black Vortex from Mister Knife, Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde called both the Jean Grey School and New Charles Xavier School teams of X-Men to decide what to do with that powerful item. As they were discussing what to do, the heroes were pinned down by Mister Knife's cosmically-empowered Slaughter Lords. The X-Men and the Guardians found themselves on the ropes, until Gamora submitted herself to the Black Vortex to turn the tide of the battle.; Gamora confronted the Slaughter Lords, easily overpowering them. Magik was ordered by Storm to teleport them all away after retrieving the Black Vortex. They are teleported to Spartax's moon, where friction arose between those who wanted to empower themselves with the Black Vortex, and those who wanted to destroy it. Star-Lord claimed they needed the power of the Black Vortex to fight against the Slaughter Lords, and Kitty Pryde used the Phoenix Force as an example why they shouldn't meddle with such powerful forces. During the discussion, Beast submitted to the Black Vortex. After Nova arrived, having heeded an emergency broadcast sent by Star-Lord during the battle, Gamora decided to take the Black Vortex and use it to show the Guardians and the X-Men the potential they could unleash.; After Angel submitted to the Black Vortex, Storm retrieved it and flew away. She was quickly pinned down by the three cosmically enhanced heroes, and soon the rest of the Guardians and the X-Men joined the fight. It was noticeable that the power of the Black Vortex had corrupted those who used it, as Gamora almost killed Marvel Girl. Beast, Angel and Gamora managed to get hold of the Black Vortex and flew away. As Kitty Pryde was scolding Peter for his past behavior of being in favor of using the Black Vortex, Mister Knife's giant flying fortress appeared before the, having finally found them, and fired their weapons at them.; The heroes survived by various means, Kitty Pryde phased herself and others to survive the explosion, while Magik teleported another group to the other side of the moon. Once reunited, the heroes used Magik's abilities and cast a spell of invisibility once the Slaughter Lords descended from their ship to ascertain the death of their enemies. The Guardians, the X-Men and Nova fleed the Moon on Star-Lord's Bad Boy, and were approached by young Cyclops and the Starjammers to offer their help. Meanwhile, Beast, Gamora and Angel tried to use the Black Vortex to evolve a primitive planet, but a surprise attack from the Kree ended up with Ronan the Accuser taking the Black Vortex from them. In retaliation, the three cosmically-empowered heroes assaulted Hala, the Kree homeworld.; After being welcomed by the Starjammers, the heroes divided in different groups to tackle three problems that surfaced at the same time. Cyclops, Iceman and Groot travelled to the Spartax Moon in order to distract the Slaughter Lords; Corsair, X-23, Agent Venom, Shadowcat, and Beast heeded a distress call from the orphanage of an ally of Star-Lord which was being attacked; and Star-Lord led the rest to Hala. Upon arriving to the Spartax Moon, Cyclops' team was overpowered and defeated by the Slaughter Lords, who had the orders to bring any of the heroes alive to Mister Knife.; The Accuser Corps tried to fight off their attackers, but were notably overpowered. After being denied by the Supreme Intelligence to use the power of the Black Vortex to fight back, Ronan the Accuser disobeyed him, and submitted to its power, ensuring a successful defense for the Kree homeworld, and forcing Gamora, Beast, and Angel to flee after the latter was knocked down. On Spartax, the group that investigated the attack on Savage Orphanage found themselves with Gara, the first user of the Black Vortex, which caused the destruction of her entire race, in a mission to find and destroy the artifact. Meanwhile, Thane deserted Mister Knife for failing to seize the Black Vortex, but returned to find murdered the inhabitants of the world he was protecting, Brennan-7, leading him to swear revenge, mostly due to Ebony Maw's persuasion, who also convinced him to reconsider Mister Knife's offer for power.; Once the dust from the attack on Hala settled, the Guardians and X-Men sent there attempted to convince the Supreme Intelligence not to get rid of the Black Vortex. Due to the Intelligence's rejection, they attacked him and the Accuser Corps and took the Vortex. Shortly after, Mister Knife's flying fortress arrived to Hala and used all of its firepower to destroy the Kree homeworld. While the Guardians and the X-Men there managed to escape in their ship, Nova was left alone in the void and remanants of Hala, with the Vortex. Meanwhile, Magik and Rocket Raccoon managed to contact Gamora and Beast to reason with them.; Nova took the Vortex and hid it on his home, with the intention of contacting the Avengers for help. However, the Collector soon followed him in an attempt to buy the Vortex. Sam escaped and flew to Spartax, where he expected the Guardians and the X-Men to be. However, he mistakenly arrived to Mister Knife's base, where he was knocked out, and Thane, who had rejoined Mister Knife due to believing the X-Men and the Guardians were responsible for the murder of his flock, submitted to the Vortex's power.; As part of their deal, Thane used his cosmically enhanced powers to trap the entire planet of Spartax in amber, including the heroes in Ma Savage's orphanage. The Guardians and X-Men who had dealt with the Kree arrived just in time after the planet had been encased. After escaping from the amber construct with her phasing powers, Kitty Pryde reconciled with Star-Lord, who confessed his love to her. Meanwhile, Mister Knife had met the Queen of the Brood to finish their deal. J'son gave Spartax to the Brood in exchange for having one planet for each ten planets the Brood conquered ever since. Right after Magik returned with Rocket, Beast, Gamora and Angel, the Brood sent hordes of hatchlings to Spartax, who would take advantage of every Spartoi being trapped to plant eggs in their heads and breed. Shortly after, the Slaughter Lords descended on the planet to attack the Guardians and the X-Men.; As the Guardians and the X-Men fought the Slaughter Lords, Cyclops, Iceman and Groot managed to escape from Mister Knife's flying fortress, retrieving the Black Vortex and empowering themselves with its power in the process. Soon after escaping, the trio found themselves in the middle of the forementioned fight. Cyclops handed the Black Vortex over to Captain Marvel, who was going to deliver it to Kitty Pryde, as she had plans with it.; As Carol fled the fight to get the Vortex to Pryde, she was chased by Thane, Mister Knife and two of the Slaughter Lords. Even though she managed to incapacitate the Slaughter Lords, Captain Marvel ultimately found herself confronted by Mister Knife and Thane. When Thane tried to use his powers to encase Carol in amber, she used the Black Vortex as a shield and deflected the attack towards J'son. Subsequently, Gara arrived to try to destroy the Vortex. After Gara knocked out Thane, Captain Marvel flew away to continue with her objective, now with Gara pursuing her.; Captain Marvel arrived to Spartax with the Black Vortex, and the heroes there decided which one would use it. Star-Lord stopped Jean Grey from submitting, and Quill stopped himself after using the Vortex to see he would become a horrible person. Gara caught up, and recovered the Vortex. Magik convinced her to let one of them use the Vortex for a last time, and Kitty Pryde decided to be that person.; Kitty used her newfound powers to phase through different planes of reality and ascend to a cosmic plane. She managed to phase the entire planet of Spartax and its inhabitants through the amber crystal, later crushing the former amber carcass of the planet with the Broods on it. Meanwhile, Ronan the Accuser joined the brawl against the Slaughter Lords in Spartax's orbit, ultimately forcing them to flee. Once the dust settled, Gara was going to leave with the Vortex, and offered to use the Vortex on whoever wanted to revert them from their cosmic state. Gamora, Angel and Kitty Pyde were the only ones to refuse.; Before departing ways, the X-Men and the Guardians spent some time relaxing in C.I.T.T.. As they were space walking with the use of Kitty's powers, Star-Lord proposed to her, and she said yes.; In the void of space near Spartax, J'son floated, still encased in amber. The Collector approached, being late for recovering the Vortex, and was settled with adding J'son to his collection. In the ruins of Hala, Ronan the Accuser swore to rebuild the homeworld of his empire, and have revenge. On the other side of the cosmos, Thane was convinced by Ebony Maw to use his cosmically-enhanced abilities to rule the universe. And finally, at the center of a star, Gara rested guarding the Black Vortex in her arms. ============================================================ Fallen Agent (Earth-199999) Kind: event Page: Fallen Agent Full name: Fallen Agent Other aliases: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Fallen Agent First appearance: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 18 Reality: Earth-199999 Trivia: The picture is a Easter egg to Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 121, the famous issue in which Gwen Stacy died at the hands of the Green Goblin. History: In the final five-episode event, the stakes get higher as Hive puts his master plan in motion and S.H.I.E.L.D. faces opposition from the ATCU as they attempt to control Inhumans. With their world changing at a shocking pace, will the S.H.I.E.L.D. team be able to stop this evil and protect the ones they love? ============================================================ Forty-Third Troll War Kind: event Page: Forty-Third Troll War Full name: Forty-Third Troll War First appearance: Thor: God of Thunder Vol 1 25 Created by: Jason Aaron; Esad Ribić; RM Guera; Simon Bisley Reality: Earth-616 History: The Forty-Third Troll War was a war instigated by Loki Laufeyson, and waged by Dark Elves of Svartalfheim led by their king Kraw the Uncontrollable against the Trolls (at least the Rock Trolls).; This war was extremely costly in live, including thirteen brothers of a family of the Black Bile clan.; ----; After Lady Mazerot of the Black Bile clan, wife of one of those thirteen brothers, was informed of the death of twelve of her sons during the war, she sold to the Undertakers Elves of the Southern Swamps her last son Malekith on the nineteenth years of the war, in exchange for food to her hounds of the Wild Hunt, for him to become a corpse burner instead of a soldier.; Malekith grew grim in doing his labor, even burning wounded soldiers (including a legless Snake Thrower from the Royal Thorn Troopers), for a total of 3,000 corpses.; Malekith was eventually captured by Trolls while burning corpses, and met a wizard. After Malekith helped him to eat and find enough strength to use magic and slaughter the Trolls.; ----; The war against the Trolls eventually gave way to war against the Light Elves, then to border skirmishes against the Dwarves and terrorism against the Gods.; This experience caused Malekith to become the monster he would be known as. When his magical training was over, the wizard asked him help to stop war, to which Malekith replied by stabbing him, feeling that war defined him. Before dying, the wizard marked Malekith, with half of his face black. Malekith then returned to his mother, took control of the Wild Hunt and had them eat her.; Alternate Realities; That war happened on Earth-14412, where it was recorded into the Tales of the Dark Elves book. ============================================================ Grounded Kind: event Page: Grounded Full name: Grounded Other aliases: Grounded! First appearance: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 4 15 Created by: Brian Michael Bendis; Valerio Schiti; Chip Zdarsky; Kris Anka; Matthew Rosenberg; Jorge Coelho Reality: Earth-616 History: Star-Lord; ; Rocket Raccoon; ; The Thing; Groot; Gamora; Angela; Guardians of the Galaxy ============================================================ First Great War of the Gods Kind: event Page: First Great War of the Gods Full name: First Great War of the Gods First appearance: Thor: God of Thunder Vol 1 3 Created by: Jason Aaron Reality: Earth-616 History: War; At least twelve billions years ago, the First Great War of the Gods was set.; Legacy; In the aftermaths of the war, twelve or four billion years ago, Omnipotence City was built by the Lords of the Dawn, the first elder gods, as a place of divine fellowship. There, treaties were signed, covenant sworn that save millions of life, gods married there. ============================================================ Eternity War (Multiverse) Kind: event Page: Eternity War Full name: Eternity War Other aliases: The Inside versus the Outside, The War for Everything That Is, The War of Existence versus Oblivion First appearance: Ultimates 2 Vol 2 9 Created by: Al Ewing Reality: Multiverse History: Background; In the beginning, there was only one universe: the First Firmament. A war between its creations, the Aspirants and the Celestials, shattered the First Firmament into pieces, and from these pieces were born countless universes, thus forming the Second Cosmos and first Multiverse. As these new universes coalesced, a new, collective being was formed. Each iteration of the Multiverse has gone through a different instance of renewal, which constitutes in the destruction and creation of everything there is starting from zero, prompting the Multiverse to evolve.; The Seventh Cosmos was destroyed by the Beyonders and the incursions, and it was eventually reborn as the Eighth Cosmos when Mister Fantastic acquired the power of the Beyonders, which had been stolen by Doctor Doom. Richards' intervention caused the eighth incarnation to be a direct continuation of the seventh. Instead of starting from scratch, most of the destroyed universes were recreated, continuing their existence almost as if nothing had happened.; Main Event; Still resentful by the existence of multiple realities, the First Firmament decided to attack the current embodiment of the Multiverse, Eternity. Taking advantage of Eternity's weakened state caused by its most recent rebirth, the First Firmament bound it in chains, and sent its Aspirants to destroy it from the inside out. The Aspirants corrupted Master Order and Lord Chaos, who then took advantage of the multiversal renewal to kill the Living Tribunal. Using the In-Betweener as glue, they fused to form Logos and promptly killed the Celestials, to the First Firmament's amusement.; In an attempt to help strengthen Eternity, the Maker harvested the essence of the Aspirants and used the High Evolutionary's technology to disrupt and bring down the Superflow, the network that separated realities from one another, successfully merging every universe within Eternity into one. The Maker also took advantage of this opportunity to rewrite the laws of the Multiverse to bring back to life the original Ultimates from his defunct home universe. Even though the process strengthened Eternity in the beginning and allowed it to break free from the First Firmament's grasp, it soon proved to be counterproductive. Eternity began to deteriorate, facilitating the First Firmament's consumption of it. Because of this, Galactus sent his own Ultimates to stop the Maker.; After Spectrum and the High Evolutionary killed the Maker's then-current body, both teams of Ultimates worked together to reverse the damage caused to the Superflow. Using the nanites from his armor in the High Evolutionary's technology, which had been advanced by the Maker beyond its creator's understanding, Iron Man was capable of interacting with it. Spectrum subsequently used her powers to link together the minds of both teams of Ultimates, allowing their combined brain power to operate the machine, and restore the Multiverse to its normal state.; Galactus and his Eternity Watch subsequently entered Eternity. Aided by the Queen of Nevers, who revived the Celestials, and the Black Panther, who ascended with the Tiger God, they defeated the Aspirants and Logos, freeing Eternity from their detrimental influence. Full of vigor once again, Eternity managed to confront the First Firmament, summoning the previous embodiments of past cosmoi to his aid. This army of past cosmoi imprisoned the First Firmament, and took it away to another plane of existence in order to heal it. ============================================================ French Revolution Kind: event Page: French Revolution Full name: French Revolution First appearance: Adventures into Terror Vol 1 16 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France at the end of the 18th century. The Revolution overthrew the monarchy of King Louis XVI, established a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon Bonaparte.; Causes; During the 17th century, the French nobility began to be seen increasingly as extravagant and uncaring by the rest of the people, causing unrest to slowly grew.; In 1730s Paris, France, a cat massacre was performed by starving apprentices who had come to see cats, the pets of their masters, as symbols of their own misfortune. Many hundred cats were slaughtered, presumably at the suggestion of a "poor, starving witch". That slaughter was known as a Taigheirm in ancient Scotland, "the killing of cats in order to control Hell", the sacrifice of countless cats was a way of summoning a Sonneillon, the magical embodiment of envy, hate, and the need to punish. Once summoned, the Sonneillon roamed Paris for decades. The cat massacre in itself was considered by historians and theorists as the first ember of the Revolution that was to come.; When Louis XVI took the throne he made the Palace of Versailles his home. However he had little interest in politics and buried himself in his obsessions with locks and watchmaking while the nation's crises festered.; The immortal External; Burke was then guillotined during this time.; In spring of 1789, the times were turbulent in France. Tourneau, an aristocrat and the chief-executioner to King Louis XVI, wished to find a more efficient means of executing prisoners. A physician named Joseph-Ignace Guillotin provided him designs for a mechanized decapitation device. The device (dubbed the guillotine) was tested and validated on July 13.; Revolution; After decades of roaming Paris, the Sonneillon incited the masses to Revolution, combined to the ever-growing unrest caused by the gap between nobility and wider populace.; on July 14, 1789, the people went into revolt. The Bastille was conquered, and many noblemen were captured and executed using the guillotine, starting with Tourneau.; The Olympian Hercules had an affair with Marie Antoinette during the revolution.; On June 18, 1792, at the Conciergerie the Demon Nightmare gave Marie Antoinette gave her a nightmare while imprisoned awaiting trial. She relieved the siege on Versaille over and over. Nightmare would regularly visit the nightmare for entertainment.; As thousands were led to the guillotine, Clan Akkaba "was there to sharpen the blade", officiating as executioners.; In 1799, General Napoléon Bonaparte became the new French leader, thus ending the French Revolution.; Aftermaths; After conquering much of Europe, Bonaparte was defeated in 1815, and France (briefly) returned as a monarchy.; Alternate realities; Earth-13277; In Paris, Les Quatres Fantastiques (Roget, Monsieur Elastique; Suzette, La Femme Qui N'est Pas Visable; La Grotesquerie; and Jeanie) protected the King of France during the French Revolution. ============================================================ English Civil War Kind: event Page: English Civil War Full name: English Civil War First appearance: Amazing High Adventure Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The English Civil War lasted from 1642 to 1651 stemmed from conflict between King Charles I and his royalist Parliament's Roundheads lead by Oliver Cromwell over an Irish insurrection.; Events; Mr. Mortimer was loyal to the royalists during this time. This ultimately lead to him being cursed as a Vampire; becoming "Varney the Vampire".; The Eternity Mask a powerful mystica object was passed down through the centuries, serving as a catalyst for pivotal moments in British history one being the English Civil War.; In 1649 AD, the second phase ended with Charles I's defeat at the "Battle of Preston" and his subsequent execution. Later that year Charles I's son, Prince Charles, then formed an army of English and Scottish Royalists. Also in 1649, allied with both Catholic and Royalist Irish allies, he led a re-conquest of Ireland.Irish rebels rose up to oppose Cromwell's army. Cromwell and his forces would end up killing perhaps a third of the population of Ireland.; In 1651 AD, Cromwell shattered the remaining Royalist forces and ended the war.; Legacy; After the war Cromwell served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 until his death. After that his son Richard inherited his role.; In 1658 AD, Charles II eventually ascended to the throne returning the monarchy to England. ============================================================ Galactic Marathon Kind: event Page: Galactic Marathon Full name: Galactic Marathon First appearance: Quasar Vol 1 17 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Galactic Marathon was an intergalactic race held by the Runner to find the fastest being in the Universe.; Event; The Runner regularly held the "Galactic Marathon". He recruited the fastest beings in the galaxy to compete. He held a tryout for just Earth based speedsters including; Makkari, the Whizzer, Monica Rambeau, Quicksilver, Speed Demon, Super Sabre, Black Racer and Fastforward. Fastforward was declared the winner.; The "Galactic Marathon" consisted of speedster from various worlds including; Makkari and Fastforward, Fooferah, Figillulli, Startanious, Duntumbla, Huyenneyuh, Gzoom and Miximixim. Makkari won, much to the annoyance of the Grandmaster, who lost money betting on Runner. ============================================================ Fresh Start Kind: event Page: Fresh Start Full name: Fresh Start First appearance: Marvel Universe Magazine Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: New/Relaunched/Revamped series; April 2018; May 2018; June 2018; July 2018; August 2018; Videos; Trailers; Behind The Scenes ============================================================ Fall of Acheron Kind: event Page: Fall of Acheron Full name: Fall of Acheron Other aliases: Fall of Python; Sack of Python; War on Acheron; Assault on Acheron First appearance: Giant-Size Conan Vol 1 1 Created by: Robert E. Howard Reality: Earth-616 History: 3000 years before the Hyborian Age of Conan, circa 13,000 BC, the Hybori (or Hyborians) invaded the kingdom of Acheron, slaughtering the Acheronians and completely destroying Python, the capital.; The Fall of Acheron and the Sack of Python, and the subsequent defeat by the Kothians of Old Stygia, who had remained neutral but joined at the last moment Acheron's side, culminating with the Kothians sacking Kuthchemes and pushing the Stygians out of Shem, marked the end of the Age of Acheron and the beginning of the Hyborian Age proper, and led to the political geography still current by the Age of Conan.; History; Background; After the foundation of Hyperborea the Elder, the Hyborian kingdom, other Hybori tribes resisting it migrated southwards through the Skull Gate Pass, the Border Kingdom, and eventually through either the Great Salt Marsh, or (which is presumed) though Acheronian Nemedia.; Ever since winning its independence from Stygia, the Acheronians took captive Shemites, then Hyborians, and presumably people of Zingg, and serve as slaves and sacrifices. Failing in invading Cimmeria, Acheron nevertheless, brought Cimmerian youths to the capital of Python to serve as the King's Elite Guard.; After Xaltana, witch-queen of Acheron, tried to supplant the worship of Set, the Serpent-God, by the one of a Demon God, and was possessed by it, the wizard Kheperu maneuvered and had her entombed on the possession pretense. King Bafomai succeeded her. Bafomai and Kheperu then intended to slay Xaltana's brother Xaltotun, the high priest of Set, while the other archmage of Acheron, Thugra Khotan fled to the Stygian-ruled city of Kuthchemes rather than having to choose sides. In this state of things, Acheron was on the verge of civil war, with its rulers relying on arena captives-fighting games and sacrifices to keep the population entertained and in check.; Casus Belli; The war of the Hyborians upon the Acheronians was motivated by the years of Acheron preying upon their people.; Eventually, profiting from Acheron's infighting, Koth managed to gain independence from Acheron, and Khossus V, King of Koth, formed a grand alliance along with seceding Ophir, the Hybori tribes, and all enemies of Acheron, seemingly including Shemites and the riders of Zingg, to go at war with their oppressor.; War on Acheron; Circa 13,000 BC, the Hyborian barbarians attacked and ravaged Acheron.; The King of Stygia decided to remain neutral in the conflict, punishing this way the former colony.; The Hyborians, including the Kothians, Ophireans, Corinthi, Brythuni marched on Python, while the Shemites and riders of Zingg attacked the empire by its western borders.; Sack of Python; In Python, the slaves of Acheron, including Hyborians and Shemites, led by the Shemite woman Mahalat, prepared for rebellion as the Hyborians marched upon the city.; Due to an encounter with the mirrors of Tuzun Thune, Conan of Cimmeria and Red Sonja of Hyrkania briefly found themselves taking part in the fabled rebellion, joining them. Red Sonja was confronted to Xaltotun and stole the Heart of Ahriman from him. Xaltotun tried to use the Heart of Tammuz to retrieve Sonja and the Heart of Ahriman. The Heart of Tammuz instead showed him more treachery from. Gien the situation, Xaltotun fled, leaving the Heart of Tammuz behind.; Meanwhile, Conan, sent by the rebels to slay Bafomai, managed to kill Kheperu and tricked the Cimmerian guardsmen to turn on their hated Acheronian fellows, just as the Hyborian horde was in view of Python.; Many artifacts were lost during the Sack of Python:; As the Hyborian horde approached Python, a feathered shaman took the Heart of Ahriman from Red Sonja's hands.; Khossus V took the Blood of Bel-Hissar from a dying wizard.; Along with the Heart of Tammuz, Xaltotun possibly left behind the Hand of Nergal and a Sleep-Crystal.; The city was completely destroyed, razed to the grounds.; War with Stygia; Finally, Old Stygia joined the conflict on Acheron's side, but too late to prevent Acheron's destruction. Furious, the Kothians overran all of Shem, sacked Kuthchemes, and pushed the Stygians back beyond the Styx.; In Kuthchemes, the Hyborians slaughtered Thugra Khotan's devotees, but were unable to breach into his ivory dome, and consequently fled the ruined city, where Thugra Khotan was preserved for three thousands years by his magic.; Focused on the south, Koth did not benefit from the territorial gains attempted by other Hybori tribes from the ruins of Acheron.; Aftermaths; The nation of Acheron fell, and its capital city Python was completely destroyed.; Most of the people of Acheron were wiped out by the Hyborians, though some people in the hills boasted descent from Acheron.; The ancient kingdoms of Ophir, Corinthia, and Koth regained their independence.; New nations rose on the ashes of Acheron: Argos, Aquilonia and Nemedia.; The last pure blood descendents of the Acheronians, the "Sons of Acheron" set their domain in northern Nemedia, near Aquilonia's and the Border Kingdom's borders. They prepared a revenge for centuries but were seemingly wiped circa 10,000 BC. ============================================================ Elder Days Kind: event Page: Elder Days Full name: Elder Days Other aliases: Possibly Old Days First appearance: Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 14 Created by: Robert E. Howard; Lin Carter Reality: Earth-616 Notes: The Elder Days were created by Robert E. Howard in "The Black City", an unfinished manuscript, though that name was invented by Lin Carter, who completed Howard's version as "Black Abyss" (adapted in Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 2).; Lin Carter mentioned the Elder Days in his essay "Lovecraft: A look behind the Cthulhu Mythos", as the days when the Mi-Go from The Whisperer in Darkness (H.P. Lovecraft, published in Weird Tales; The exact scope of this era is unknown, as no clue has been given so far on its beginning. For clarity and relevancy purposes, and unless stated otherwise, this page will focus on the events occurring from 500,000 BC (the creation of the First Men, the Thousand Year War, the end of the Age of Dragons and the beginning of the Age of Man, preceding Thongor's era) to 100,000 BC (the end of the Elder Days and the beginning of the Pre-Cataclysmic Age. Thongor and his era are also creations of Lin Carter.; Bal-Sagoth was allegedly the oldest land in the world, predating at least Atlantis, and could be set in the Elder Days, though the the exact truth behind that statement remains unknown. Trivia: In Kull the Conqueror Vol 1 7 (March, 1973), the king of the Enchanted Domain states that men tried to invade his kingdom "in the Old Days". It is unclear whether those "Old Days" are the same as the Elder Days, or if they merely reference an earlier era of the Pre-Cataclysmic Age. History: The Elder Days were the era preceding the rise of the Seven Empires, and during which the Elder Race ruled Earth.; Datation; The beginning of the Elder Days era is unknown.; Until more material is revealed, it will be considered that the Elder Days spanned from the beginning of the Age of Men in Lemuria (circa 500,000 BC).; The Elder Days let way to the Thurian Age with the rise of the Seven Empires, circa 100,000 BC.; History; ; "Elder Spirits"; As Men rose to supremacy in Lemuria, "elder spirits", invisible, shapeless shapes, that crossed the dark voids of space to come to Earth in its prime began to fled from sight, awaiting to rise and rule again Earth. While other lied dormant in the ocean or beneath hills.; Jhoatun Lau; An eldritch god worshiped long before the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, Jhoatun Lau was said to live in a palace on an icy world far from Earth. He could only be summoned when Earth was in cosmic alignment with a planet beyond the orbit of Pluto, which only occurred "once a millennium".; The last conjunction happened 113,000 years ago. At that time, a cult worshipping Jhoatun Lau attempted to summon him by filling a massive stone bowl with the blood of warriors, in the hopes that he would take them with him when he returned to his palace among the stars. However, the eldritch god seemingly found his worshippers' sacrifice inadequate and devoured them all before somehow returning back to his domain.; Elder Race; The Elder Race was a seemingly humanoid race that predated humanity, composed of numerous wizards, and speculated to be descended from Elderspawn (the offspring of the Elder Gods of Earth), and Set himself. The Elder Race came from the east, beyond the sunrise, where in time's first dawn, they saw the Great Ka, Bird of Creation flying out over the lands of men. Before the foundation of Valusia, the Elder Nations trampled lost tribes in their advance. The Elder Race ruled the world in the days before the rise of the Thurian culture.; Serpent-Men and Man-Serpents, Tsathoggua; The early, ape-like, men were enslaved by Set's Serpent-Men (while their fellow Man-Serpents were more reclusive).; The Serpent-Men worshiped Tsathoggua, an ally of Set who had come to Earth prior the rise of man. In the temple where he lived, on the Nameless Isle, the Serpent-Men hid a defective Cobra Crown under a shrine to Tsathoggua, guarded by a living stone idol of Tsathoggua.; End; Eventually, a Pictish shaman discovered on cave paintings or carvings that reptilians, including the Serpent-Men and the Man-Serpents, could not say nor stand to hear a certain phrase: "Ka nama kaa lajerama". Using it, the humans overthrew the Serpent-Men masters and slaughtered the Man-Serpents. After centuries of fighting, the humans erroneously believed to have annihilated both of the serpent races.; After their kingdom of Valusia fell, the Serpent-Men fled to the lands that would be known as Stygia during the Hyborian Age, where they buried their most powerful and valuable treasures.; From that time of those wars with the Serpent-Men, those words became engraved in the souls of all men, and its knowledge was passed down among the Picts.; The Elder Race's rule over the world and the Elder Days came at end, with the dawn of the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, about 100,000 years ago with the rise of the Thurian civilization which founded the Seven Empires.; As Men rose to supremacy in Thuria, the "elder spirits" kept on fleeing, hiding from sight, awaiting their eventual triumphant return. At some point, the Sleeper went under the desert, where a temple was erected and a flame kept always burning there; Nations of the Elder Days; On Lemuria (circa 500,000 BC); Valkarth - northern land of barbarians, birthplace of Thongor; Kovia - northwestern land; Ptartha - southern land; On Thuria (seemingly until 100,000 BC, and the rise of the Thurian Age); Elder Nations - Seemingly the nations of the Elder Race; Valusia - Kingdom of the Serpent-Men; Enchanted Domain - Island kingdom, beneath the Forbidden Lake ============================================================ First Indochina War Kind: event Page: First Indochina War Full name: First Indochina War First appearance: The 'Nam Vol 1 7 Reality: Earth-616 History: Events; Geoffrey Vandergill worked for the CIA. He was reported as being killed in action fighting in Indochina and his body was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.; Alternate Realities; ...; Earth-200111; In 1954 Nick Fury was sent to French Indochina to assist the French Army in fighting the communist Viet Minh. He met his partner George Hatherly, as well as Shirley DeFabio, the secretary to Congressman McCuskey, and McCuskey himself. While on the assignment Fury and Defabio started to have an affair. When Fury and Hatherly were sent to a French outpost under the command of Major Lallement he was introduced to Sergeant Steinhoff, an ex-SS soldier whom Fury took a dislike to due to his Nazi background. The two got into a fight, but were interrupted by an ambush. They managed to hold back the ambush; however, a second ambush massacred all the French troops at the outpost except Fury and Hatherly who were spared by Letrong Giap. ============================================================ Gulf War Kind: event Page: Gulf War Full name: Gulf War First appearance: New Mutants Annual Vol 1 7 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; In 1991, The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the United States of America and United Kingdom, against Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces.; History; During the Gulf War, the Freedom Force entered Kuwait City to transfer German physicist Reinhold Kurtzmann from current Kuwaiti resistance safehouse to allied forces.; In the Gulf War, Alex Ellis earned the Purple Heart for dragging his comrade Danny Dunson out of a war zone while his leg was severely wounded. Unfortunately, Danny did not survive the War.; Legacy; Abner Dunson was the owner of the laboratory that created Annex. Dunson used the man who attempted to save his son's life in the Gulf War to reanimate his son. Through a complex series of technologies, Dunson attempted to write over the hero's personality/mind with a copy of his son's. Spider-Man helped Annex figure out what was happening to him and righted the wrong.; Alternate Realities; Earth-1610; Nick Fury was assigned to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Weapon X program in the Gulf War. While transporting Wolverine, an Iraqi guerrilla ambush freed Wolverine from his cage, whereupon Wolverine slaughtered all the Iraqi fighters. Only one member of the US forces survived the ambush: Nick Fury. It was in this ambush that Fury lost an eye and from then on would wear an eye patch. Carrying Fury through the desert back to allied forces, Wolverine was thanked for his work by being repeatedly shot, caged once more, and returned to the battlefront. Still, a bond was forged between the two men. ============================================================ Empyre (Event) Kind: event Page: Empyre (Event) Full name: Empyre First appearance: Road to Empyre: The Kree/Skrull War Vol 1 1 Created by: Al Ewing; Dan Slott; Valerio Schiti Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Marvel reprinted the recommended issues leading to the event in the True Believers: Empyre line.; The publication of this event was intended to span from April to August 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 September, certain tie-ins, namely Empyre: Ghost Rider Vol 1 1, Empyre: Invasion of Wakanda Vol 1 1–3, Empyre: Spider-Man Vol 1 1–3, Empyre: Squadron Supreme Vol 1 1–2, Empyre: Stormranger Vol 1 1–3, Empyre: Thor Vol 1 1–3 and Strikeforce Vol 1 10 were canceled, although there was no official statement. The Union Vol 1 limited series was eventually expanded from three to five issues and resolicited as part of another event, King in Black. Trivia: The Kree and the Skrulls have united their forces in other universes such as Earth-4290001, Earth-90111, and Earth-14118.; The name "Empyre" is derived from the combination of "Empire" and "Empyrean". History: Prelude; After a millennia of conflict due to the Kree/Skrull War, the enemy empires have suddenly assembled under the leadership of Emperor Dorek VIII, the Kree/Skrull hybrid super hero and Young Avenger known as Hulkling. With the two empire's troops in his hands, Hulkling leads them to Earth. In the meantime, Earth's heroes investigate a mysterious murder, finding that the victim is the Kree spy Bel-Dann. They decode a secret message saying "Beware the trees," and track down the Skrull Raksor, believing him to be his killer. Raksor reveals he was working with Bel-Dann, and is suddenly killed when a tree bursts out of his stomach.; Some time later, the Avengers receive an S.O.S. from the Blue Area of the Moon, and find out it has been forested by the Cotati, a pacifist plant-like alien race who were allies of the Avengers. Quoi and the Swordsman reveal to the heroes that the Kree and the Skrull have united, and plan to forge their alliance by exterminating the Cotati. Iron Man rallies the Avengers to protect the Cotati. At the same time, the Fantastic Four are side-tracked to the Casino Cosmico on their way back from an adventure. They discover two young soldiers, Jo-Venn and N'Kalla, a Kree and a Skrull respectively, being forced to constantly fight each other in an arena, having both been imbued with the chronicles from the Kree/Skrull War of each of their species to fuel their hate for each other. The Fantastic Four show the two children the ability to work together instead in the process of rescuing them from their handler, the Profiteer. As they head to Earth with the kids, the Fantastic Four stumble into the Alliance fleet approaching the planet.; Main Story; After sending Jo-Venn and N'Kalla home with Powerhouse and Brainstorm, the Fantastic Four approach the Alliance's flagship to find out Hulkling is leading the two races. As the Avengers prepare on the Moon to engage the Kree and the Skrulls, the Swordsman takes the Hulk away to provide her with a hammer which seemingly allows her to mentally manifest as Jennifer Walters while retaining her power. Mister Fantastic makes contact with Iron Man, and they deduce that Hulkling is only a figurehead, with Kl'rt the Super-Skrull and Tanalth the Pursuer being truly in charge. Hulkling attempts to explain that Super-Skrull and Tanalth warned him of the Cotati being a threat to the well-being of the galaxy, but Iron Man accuses the attack on the innocent Cotati to be nothing more than a stunt to cement the alliance. The Avengers and the Fantastic Four try to convince Hulkling that he has been used and prepare to stop the Alliance, but Hulkling decides to push forward. Iron Man infects the Alliance fleet with a virus that incapacitates their system. In a turn of events, the Cotati were counting on the Avengers to delay the Alliance long enough for a giant flower called the Death Blossom to bloom. Quoi drops his pacifist façade, using the Death Blossom's amplification energies to sprout vines everywhere on the Alliance's fleet, massacring its soldiers. Quoi declares war on all animal life across the entire universe, and sets out to turn the Earth into the birthplace of the Cotati's Empyre.; Quoi holds Iron Man, Captain America and Thor captive, and explains to them that he had learned through the Swordsman of the crimes committed on the Cotati by the Skrulls and the Kree and wanted to avenge them. To this end he reveals that they had started experimenting with the Death Blossom, a kind of flower that amplifies Cotati magic depending on the soil where it's planted. The Kree and the Skrull caught notice of the Cotati's experiments on their territory, so they formed the Alliance to strike back, appointing Hulkling as leader to unify their people, with the Cotati's murder of Raksor and Bel-Dann being a failed attempt to stop it. It was in response to the Alliance's movements that the Cotati had enlisted the Avengers to trick them into helping them incapacitate the Kree/Skrull fleet. Thor manages to free himself and his allies, prompting Quoi to escape. As the Avengers return to Earth, which has been invaded by the Cotati, Captain Marvel heads to the Alliance flagship. Using Hulkling's weapon, the Star-Sword named Excelsior, Carol frees the flagship from the Cotati's plant attack by absorbing the energies of the sword and dispersing them. In the aftermath, Tanalth hands Carol over the Universal Weapon and appoints her Accuser of the Alliance. Super-Skrull warns Hulkling that it's in his hands the destruction of the Earth by the Pyre.; Captain America organizes the heroes' efforts against the Cotati across the world while Thor goes on a quest to seek out godly powers. Tony Stark secludes himself at the Avengers Mountain, working with Mister Fantastic on a countermeasure against the Cotati's plant-control power. In Wakanda, a fraction of heroes fend off a Cotati incursion. Outside the frontlines, Wakanda is visited by Mantis, who seeks to stop her son Quoi without violence, believing the Swordsman to be the root of his evil actions. On the Alliance flagship, Hulkling gains the disapproval of his royal guard after refusing to let Captain Marvel go on a suicide mission to destroy the Death Blossom on the Moon, deciding instead to hand over the Star-Sword to Black Panther for a plan of his own. Super-Skrull reveals to Hulkling that the Pyre consists in a Sun-detonating device, and that it's in his hands to deploy it to stop the Cotati if they were to conquer the Earth. Royal guard member Captain Glory privately confronts Tanalth, accusing her of being a Skrull. She reveals herself to be R'Klll, former Skrull empress and Hulkling's grandmother, who is determined to consolidate Hulkling's position of power since he is of her bloodline.; Having abducted Hulkling, R'Klll impersonates him and takes his place. He decides to agree to the deployment of the Pyre. Captain Marvel and the Human Torch try to confront him, but they are teleported away by Alliance mage Mur-G'nn, sending them to the apartment of Wiccan, Hulkling's boyfriend. Reed and Tony continue working at Avengers Mountain, where Tony has been building a Fantastic Four-inspired suit of armor. In Wakanda, Black Panther holds the line against an ever-increasing swarm of Cotati to prevent them from claiming the Great Vibranium Mount, whose Vibranium-enriched soil they intend to use to grow a new Death Seed. Accompanied by the Invisible Woman, The Thing and the Hulk, Mantis confronts Quoi at his outpost in Lake Victoria and attempts to talk him out of committing genocide, to no avail. The Hulk turns against her allies, revealing that she has been taken over by a Cotati ever since the Avengers were on the Moon. Billy uses magic to see Carol's recent memory of Hulkling and determines that person isn't him, revealing in the process that they had married. Wiccan explains that he and Hulkling had married in a hasty wedding before Teddy had to leave to join the Alliance. This symbolic bond between them allows Billy to cast a spell to bring himself, Carol and Johnny to the real Hulkling. In Wakanda, Black Panther is seemingly killed by the Swordsman when he and Quoi arrive on a portal and prepares to plant the Death Blossom seed. Having recovered the real Hulkling, who was forced into an Inhibitor Mask, Wiccan teleports him to the Alliance flagship. When they confront the impostor Hulkling, he reveals he has already triggered the Pyre. Reed and Tony prepare to attend to the two crises, having only less than ten minutes left to deal with both of them.; As Reed departs to Wakanda suited up on Tony's new armor, the Dark Harvest under command of Quoi have captured Jo-Venn and N'Kalla. The New Fantastic Four attempt to stop them, but they enact their plan of using an Omni-Wave Projector to beam into every troop of the Kree and Skrulls the darkest memories of their war, causing discord between soldiers and risking to shatter the Alliance. As the Sun's temperature begins to elevate, Hulkling has Captain Marvel and the Human Torch try to contain the detonation with Wiccan's help, providing them teleportation, protection and sustenance with magic at the edge of the star. In Lake Victoria, the Cotati continues fighting The Thing, Mantis and the Invisible Woman without relent. Sue manages to contain her, giving The Thing time to reach out to the real Jennifer Walters, who emerges from death and takes her body back. At the same time, Powerhouse and Brainstorm reach out to Jo-Venn and N'Kalla, and manage to make them focus on their shared bond and the fact that they managed to work together, disrupting the Dark Harvest's telepathic attack, changing the Omni-Wave Projector's beam into one which fuels the Alliance's bond.; Black Panther recovers from his injuries and confronts the Swordsman. Mister Fantastic appears in front of Quoi, using his suit to emit sonic frequencies that disrupt the Cotati's control over plants. They are joined by the combined forces of Earth's heroes as well as the Alliance. In the meantime, the royal guard joins the efforts to subdue the Sun's detonation. From Avengers Mountain, Tony uses its teleporting systems to send reprogrammed Unstable Molecules into the Sun, which throws into disorder the Pyre's mechanism, causing it to shut off. R'Klll lashes out at Hulkling, breaking open the Inhibitor Mask, which gives Teddy the chance to lunge and her and fasten it to her instead. Having returned from his quest empowered by Gaea, Thor revokes the Cotati's control over Earth's vegetation on a global scale. When he is overpowered by Black Panther, the Swordsman turns against Quoi and holds him at sword-point in an attempt to escape, revealing his true vile nature. T'Challa manages to stab him, pushing him into the Death Blossom tulip and destroying both. With the Death Blossom on the Moon also having been destroyed, by the X-Men, the Cotati surrender globally. Quoi is apprehended and accepts to see justice, arguing that he was right in trying to liberate the world from exploitation by animal life.; Aftermath; Following the Cotati's surrender, the Alliance, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four round them up on the Blue Area of the Moon. Investigating the Cotati's advanced amber weapons, Reed calls the Profiteer to employ her services to identify their origin. While waiting for her, Thor and Powerhouse transport the entirety of the Cotati to a barren planet in uncharted territory. Thor uses up his newly-obtained powers to forest the entirety of the planet. Mister Fantastic and Carol Danvers take the ashes of Raksor and Bel-Dann and release them on the tunnels where they lived for long, laying them to rest together. The Profiteer reveals the Cotati weapons predate even the Elders of the Universe, and attempts to leave with Jo-Venn and N'Kalla. The heroes take a stand, and Hulkling nulls the contract that gave her power over them. After the Profiteer is driven away, Hulkling decrees The Thing and Alicia Masters the guardians of the two children. Once everybody leaves, the Unseen attempts to investigate the Cotati weapons left behind, but the revelation that they belong to the first race causes his eye to burst, freeing the formerly-deceased Uatu the Watcher from within, who warns the Unseen of a reckoning.; The combatants of the war gather at the Alliance's flagship to hold a royal celebration for Hulkling and Wiccan's marriage, during which Billy is appointed prince consort and court wizard of the Alliance. During the celebration, Tony Stark, Captain America and Thor reflect on the journey of the Young Avengers and have a toast in the memory of Hulkling's father, Captain Mar-Vell. Abigail Brand, commander of Alpha Flight, interrupts the party to lash out at Carol Danvers for keeping her out of the loop, and quits, warning her that Alpha Flight is useless. The following day, Hulkling pays his grandmother a visit at the brig of the flagship, where she reveals that she had survived the destruction of Tarnax IV at the hands of Galactus by using a translocator device. She had since then impersonated the long-time dead prisoner of war Tanalth to raise in the ranks of the Kree, using breakthrough Skrull technology to mask her DNA. R'Klll warns Hulkling that the Earth will turn against him, but he brushes her off. Sometime in the future, the Alliance lays defeated in the battlefield, and Hulkling admits that his grandmother was right. He is approached by Abigail Brand, offering her help, she reveals that she has reinstated S.W.O.R.D. ============================================================ Gang Wars (Earth-74924) Kind: event Page: Gang Wars Full name: Gang Wars Other aliases: the Gang Wars storyline; the stupendous Gang Wars Trilogy First appearance: After Midnight Created by: Anthony Herring; Jeff Butler; John Statema; Mike Machlan Reality: Earth-74924 ============================================================ Doom World War (Earth-18366) Kind: event Page: Doom World War Full name: Doom World War First appearance: All-New Wolverine Vol 1 33 Created by: Tom Taylor; Ramón Rosanas Reality: Earth-18366 Notes: All known heroes who fought in the Doom World War are:; Wolverine; Honey Badger; Ms. Marvel; Captain Marvel; Deadpool; Hellion; Spider-Man; Daredevil; Jean Grey; Falcon; Hawkeye (Clint Barton); Hawkeye (Kate Bishop); Black Panther; Iron Man; Ant-Man History: The Doom World War was a conflict that occurred in Earth-18366 in which Doctor Doom attempted to take over the world. He failed, but successfully captured many heroes and imprisoned them in Latveria, including a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier holding Bellona. Additionally, Julian Keller was among those killed in battle. ============================================================ Fimbulwinter Kind: event Page: Fimbulwinter Full name: Fimbul Winter Other aliases: The Unrelenting Winter; Heralding Ragnarok First appearance: Thor: Asgard's Avenger Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: Preceding the final Ragnarok of the Worlds Tree, Fimbulwinter is said to usher a harsh winter that will blanket Asgard, causing widespread fear and paranoia. From this event, everything would die. ============================================================ Extreme Carnage Kind: event Page: Extreme Carnage Full name: Extreme Carnage First appearance: Extreme Carnage Alpha Vol 1 1 Created by: Phillip Kennedy Johnson Reality: Earth-616 Trivia: } History: Preface; In the wake of Eddie Brock's attempt to utterly destroy it, a piece of the Dark Carnage symbiote sinks towards the bottom of the ocean, latching onto a passing fish before transferring to a great white shark. Making its way to the Indian ocean, it attacks a boat crewed by Somalian pirates and takes over one of them, then makes its way to where a local warlord is meeting with an arms dealer representing Alchemax - who it takes over. Upon arriving in the United States, the symbiote devours an airport driver and takes over his car.; At a political rally, political demagogue Senator Peter Krane delivers a speech exploiting the growing prejudice and xenophobia towards non-humans in the wake of recent events such as the War of the Realms and Knull's invasion of Earth. Announcing his affiliation with the Friends of Humanity, Senator Krane later argues with his son Arthur over his hardline stance, stating he'd happily instigate a genocide if it brought him closer to his goal of becoming the President.; Main Event; The recently resurrected Flash Thompson - working a delivery job with other veterans - is suddenly pulled into the Symbiote Hive-Mind by Cletus Kasady, whose codex has posthumously reunited with the Carnage symbiote and is piloting the Dark Carnage symbiote from within the Hive. Carnage tries to corrupt Flash's symbiote, but Flash severs their connection and comes to his senses in time to stop himself from killing Hank, one of his coworkers. Flash is contacted by Iron Man, who shows Flash his Extrembiote armor - a symbiote-dragon mutated with Extremis - and informs him of the deaths left in Carnage's wake; while Flash in turn informs Iron Man that Cletus Kasady is plotting something from beyond the grave using the power that Knull had granted him.; The Dark Carnage symbiote makes its way to the Friends of Humanity headquarters and bonds to Arthur Krane; and shortly thereafter Flash attempts to infiltrate one of Senator Krane's rallies only to be made and chased away by security, Senator Krane using the incident as publicity. Coming to the conclusion that Carnage has taken over Senator Krane, Flash subsequently recruits Hank to infiltrate the Friends of Humanity as one of Senator Krane's bodyguards. While Senator Krane conducts televised interviews and carries out his business as usual, Carnage uses Knull's power to reach out to the Phage, Scream, Lasher, Riot, Agony, and Toxin symbiotes over the course of several months. Phage - which had bonded to Buck Cashman's dog Mitch - immediately succumbs and viciously mauls Buck before transferring to him and joining the Friends of Humanity, becoming Senator Krane's head of security. Scream succumbs while it and Andi Benton are searching for Demagoblin, going on a rampage and killing several of Alchemax's Guardsmen before Andi is forced to immolate it with hellfire. Lasher refuses to join Carnage's cause, leading Cletus to manipulate its host - an elderly man suffering from dementia - into making a cross-country journey to Washington D.C., rewarding his cooperation by destroying his codex after his body perishes during the trip. Riot - bonded to a man on-board a Greyhound bus - goes on a rampage looking for a superior host and other butchers the passengers until it finds one.; Taken prisoner by Alchemax, Andi Benton is approached by Dr. Steven, who offers to try to save the Scream symbiote. However, Carnage dispatches Phage to assassinate her, leading to the deaths of several Guardsmen and Andi being fatally wounded. Arriving just in time to save her, Agent Anti-Venom rushes the dying Andi to Dr. Steven's lab, and she bonds to a new symbiote created by merging Scream's remains with a sample of Anti-Venom Serum. Calling herself Silence, Andi uses her new symbiote's cleansing powers to severely weaken Phage's connection to the Symbiote Hive and happily reunites with Flash, though their reunion is cut short by Alchemax's security forces.; Bren Waters, host of the Toxin symbiote, sees a news report about the battle at Alchemax and rushes out afraid that his father Ozkar - who works as one of the Guardsmen - has been injured or killed. En route, Carnage attempts to corrupt the Toxin symbiote - demanding that it kill Bren and find a more worthy host - but is rejected and overpowered; Bren discovering that his father was badly injured during Phage's rampage. Andi and Flash regroup at a café, where Andi unsuccessfully tries to confront Carnage within the Symbiote Hive-Mind only to discover her new symbiote is unable to properly connect to it. Andi and Toxin sense one another, leading Toxin to approach them and propose an alliance to take Carnage down. Meanwhile, Hank continues to operate as Flash's mole, frequently reporting back to him about the Friends of Humanity's suspicious activity. However, Carnage quickly figures out that he is a mole and sends him to recruit the Riot symbiote's new host, dispatching Agony and its host Gemma Shin to keep an eye on him from the shadows.; Flash, Andi, and Bren arrive in Washington D.C. and meet up with Hank, using his intel to deduce that Carnage is plotting to assassinate the President during his memorial speech for the victims of Knull's invasion. Frustrated by her coworkers' sexism, Gemma goes out jogging and is attacked by three muggers; but transforms into Agony, kills them, and uses their body parts to decorate her apartment. Pulled into the Hive-Mind by Carnage, Gemma and Agony reaffirm their alliance to his plot; Andi attempting to spy on the meeting and discovering that Carnage knows they're coming and that it's a trap. Agent Anti-Venom directs Hank to continue spying on Senator Krane while he, Silence, and Toxin watch from a distance; discovering that their theory was wrong when Arthur Krane unveils himself as Carnage and - under Cletus Kasady's control - mortally wounds Hank before leaving to assassinate his father.; Hank is resuscitated by the Sleeper symbiote, who Flash had secretly sent to bond to him; and Sleeper incapacitates Riot before reporting in to Agent Anti-Venom. Carnage kills Peter Krane and sics his followers on the gathered civilians, but Silence, Toxin, and Sleeper oppose them until Alchemax Guardsmen sent by Dr. Steve arrive as backup. Agent Anti-Venom battles Carnage, who reveals that Arthur Krane is a sociopathic serial killer and was plotting to kill his father even before the symbiote bonded to him. As Carnage declares itself and Arthur kindred spirits, Iron Man arrives bonded to the Extrembiote, which he uses to separate Arthur from the Carnage symbiote. Cletus Kasady infects the Extrembiote with his will and incapacitates Tony Stark, but Agent Anti-Venom saves him. The Carnage symbiote assimilates the Extrembiote and transforms into a symbiote-dragon, rescuing Agony and flying away while gloating of its victory.; Assessing that Hank is unaware that he's bonded to the Sleeper symbiote, Flash elects not to tell him - for which he is later chastised by Bren and Andi. Andi protests Bren's involvement due to his young age but begrudgingly accepts him as a member of the team. Arthur Krane is made a senator to replace his father, but despite the Friends of Humanity gaining more supporters than ever feels distraught without the Carnage symbiote, swearing fealty to Carnage in exchange for Gemma's help in getting it back.; Solicit Synopsis; Flash Thompson is back - and it's just in time! Carnage's codex is loose in the Symbiote Hive, and it's out to convert as many symbiotes as possible into its own underlings. No human, symbiote or otherwise, is safe until Carnage is dealt with for good. ============================================================ Genesis (Event) (Earth-1136) Kind: event Page: Genesis (Event) Full name: Genesis First appearance: Genesis Vol 1 0 Created by: Roland Mann; R.A. Jones; Tom Mason Reality: Earth-1136 ============================================================ End of the Spider-Verse Kind: event Page: End of the Spider-Verse Full name: End of the Spider-Verse Other aliases: Spider-Verse War First appearance: Spider-Man Vol 4 1 Created by: Dan Slott; Mark Bagley Species / origin: After Spider-Verse and Spider-Geddon, the climactic final entry of the Great Web's trilogy Reality: Earth-616 History: After untold eons, Shathra returns with the goal of supplanting the Great Web with her own Great Nest. But to do so, she has infected numerous Spiders across the Multiverse with her Wasp venom, parasitically enthralling the unwilling totems into her service. Leaving a trap in a primal strand, Spiderling accidentally restored Shathra when viewing the origin of the Great Web, leading the wasp goddess to infect her with enthralling venom before seeking veteran Spiders across the multiverse-- Noir, Ghost-Spider, Spider-Ham, and many more.; Surprisingly, Morlun arrives allied to the Spiders to stop Shathra's goal to eliminate the chosen champion of the Great Web, Spider-Man of Earth-616. But the other Spider in 616 mistake him for a returned for, allowing the corrupted Spider-Man Noir to erase Spider-Woman from existence, as though she never was. Evacuated to Earth-616 Beta by Araña (Aña Corazon), they learned that they and a handful of spiders are all that remain in the multiverse, with the 616 Spiders immune to Shathra's parasitic enthralling wasp venom. With the stakes even higher, Peter and Morlun debate what action while Miles, not a 616 spider, is infected and leads Shathra to their safe space.; While still lucid, Miles went with Kraven to cause a stir in the Great Nest and slow down the enemy, before he could fully turn. Peter has Araña lead him and Night-Spider to a Temple of Neith for an artifact to restore the lost spiders, but Morlun's attempt to take the Totem Dagger from Noir compromised Spinstress to a wasp sting, revealing their plan to Shathra. When she sent her swarm to the temple, the infected Gwen took Noir's dagger, stabbing Peter to erase him from existence. ============================================================ Game of Rings Kind: event Page: Game of Rings Full name: Game of Rings First appearance: Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings Vol 1 4 Created by: Gene Luen Yang; Marcus To Reality: Earth-616 Trivia: The concept of the Game of Rings was inspired by the film Game of Death. History: Overview; The Game of Rings is a tournament held by the Most Revered Game Administrators, Jinzha and Muzha, at the Meritorious Striving Pagoda to decide a worthy Keeper of the Ten Rings.; Event; Ten players are chosen and each are given one of the Ten Rings. The players are then pitted against one another, getting eliminated when they are thrown through one of the many portals to Earth that are spread throughout the Pagoda, with the loser having their Ring given to the victor.; All ten players begin on the Yellow Level, the Pagoda's ground floor, which resembles a yellow colored labyrinth. Once four players have been eliminated, the remaining six advance to the next floor, the White Level, which is covered in snow. Once three players are eliminated, the final three advance to the top floor, the Red Level, a small red colored room with a single portal in the center floor. Once two players are eliminated, the last player remaining will be named Keeper of the Rings and rewarded all Ten Rings.; History; Modern Times; Due to a dark prophecy warning of a coming crisis to Earth that could only be stopped by a worthy Ring-Keeper of the realm, the Jade Emperor entrusted the Ten Rings to Shang-Chi. When Shang-Chi struggled with the burden of wielding them, the Xian attempted to relieve him of the Ten Rings but Jiang Li convinced the Emperor to allow Jinzha and Muzha to host the Game of Rings to test Shang-Chi's worthiness against nine potential Ring-Keepers.; The Most Revered Game Administrators selected the following players to participate in their tournament and had them summoned to the Meritorious Striving Pagoda:; Shang-Chi; Cat; Zaran the Weapons Master; Lady Iron Fan; Razor Fist; Tak; Ghost Maker; Darkstrider; Red Cannon; Leiko Wu, who was possessed by spawn of the Desolation Wyrm.; Tiger-Claw was initially chosen for the tenth spot but the Wyrmspawn convinced the Administrators' recruiters to choose it instead, arguing that the perspective Ring-Keepers should be able to prove their worth by being pitted against it.; First Round: Yellow Level; The following six players were remaining after four were eliminated and had their Rings given to victors:; Red Cannon: 3; Shang-Chi: 2; Cat: 2 (Initially his acquired Ring from Zaran was rewarded to Shang-Chi, but Shang-Chi gave Cat the Ring out of gratitude for helping him against Zaran); Ghost Maker: 1; Tak: 1; Leiko Wu: 1; Second Round: White Level; The following three players were remaining after three more were eliminated and had their Rings given to victors:; Red Cannon: 5; Cat: 3 (Cat stole his acquired Ring from Shang-Chi, despite the Administrators declaring Shang-Chi the victor when Leiko Wu withdrew from the tournament); Shang-Chi: 2; Final Round: Red Level; Shang-Chi was declared victor and awarded all Ten Rings after Cat was defeated and Red Cannon withdrew from the tournament. ============================================================ Haasen/Draasen Wars Kind: event Page: Haasen/Draasen Wars Full name: Haasen/Draasen Wars First appearance: Domains of Doom Created by: Scott Davis; Steven E. Schend History: The Haasen/Draasen Wars were a number of concatenated civil wars in the European country of Latveria between the 15th and the 16th centuries.; Ever since its foundation in the 14th century, Latveria had been ruled by a king from the Haasen Family - starting with King Rudolfo I, who awarded his younger brother Karl with the barony of the southern region of Bolgorad. However, in 1447, the ruler of Latveria Baron Karl Haasen III died without a direct heir, and the throne finally went to Karl's nephew Vlad Draasen, who was perceived as vain, incompetent and a weak king. Vlad started a difficult rule that divided the country, quickly opening a rift between the Crown of Latveria and the Draasen Baronies.; The Draasen barons annexed titled land to grant it to their allies, who were named Counts and Seneschals disregarding the need for a royal decree. This led to several civil wars that lasted for nine decades - however, when Hungarians and Turks threatened the national borders of Latveria, the Latverians temporarily set aside their intestine struggles to confront the common enemy.; Finally, in 1544, the Bolgorad Treaties ended the wars by restoring the Haasen bloodline to the throne with more power than before; but at the same time keeping a number of the new baronies and counties, and giving new lands given to the Draasen.; Alternative Realities; Earth-74924; Many Latverians were of Transylvanian ascent and had brought with them legends of vampires and werewolves. Rumors of vampire activity in the Bologorad region particularly grew up during the war, although those were mostly dismissed. Then the Battle of Boars' Vale took place in 1538 - one of the bloodiest conflicts in the history of Latveria, lasting three days and taking almost 400 lives. Some survivors reported how mysterious figures moved along the evening mists, crouching on the fallen soldiers to drink their blood, and indeed after the battle many soldiers went completely missing - neither returning home, nor their corpses being found. Soon afterward, a number of people close to the missing ones also went missing, and a vampire-related panic started. A family of five self-proclaimed vampire hunters and scholars of their lore (Wilhelm Kroft and his four sons Leo, Oscar, Pietro, and Stefan) answered the call and, during the three following years, tracked and killed twenty-seven vampires, nineteen of which were a direct result of the Battle of Boar's Vale. The Kroft family continued their vampire-slaying activities in Latveria for generations. ============================================================ Fall of X Kind: event Page: Fall of X Full name: Fall of X First appearance: X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 Vol 1 1 Created by: Gerry Duggan; Stefano Caselli; Steve Orlando; Vincenzo Carratù; Deniz Camp; Luca Maresca; Kieron Gillen; Lucas Werneck; Al Ewing; Yıldıray Çınar; Ed Brisson; Scott Godlewski; Steve Foxe; Jonas Scharf; Javier Garrón; Alyssa Wong; Luigi Zagaria; Louise Simonson; Bernard Chang; Benjamin Percy; Robert Gill; Torunn Grønbekk; Diógenes Neves; Juan Jose Ryp; Iman Vellani; Sabir Pirzada; Carlos Gómez; Adam Gorham; Simon Spurrier; Lee Garbett; Andrea Di Vito Reality: Earth-616 History: Books set during the collapse of the Krakoan nation, starting with Orchis' anti-mutant attacks unleashed in Free Comic Book Day 2023: Avengers/X-Men Vol 1 1, X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 Vol 1 1, and Invincible Iron Man Vol 5 8; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; July 2023; August 2023; September 2023; October 2023; Videos ============================================================ Gang War (Event) Kind: event Page: Gang War (Event) Full name: Gang War First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 6 39 Created by: Zeb Wells; John Romita Jr. Reality: Earth-616 Notes: This event shares a name with the Gang War story arc from Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 284 to Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 288. History: After the chaos at the wedding for Tombstone's daughter and every crime lord blaming the other, the super criminals of New York take their crime families to battle in the open for underworld dominance. Sensing a conspiracy to bring such an event to pass and plunge the city into war, Spider-Man seeks the help of his fellow street-level heroes to suppress and conclude the hostilities within a 48-hour window of opportunity. However, the new anti-vigilante laws of the city task the NYPD with stopping the Gang War as well as the vigilantes. ============================================================ Genesis War Kind: event Page: Genesis War Full name: Genesis War First appearance: X-Men: Red Vol 2 13 Created by: Al Ewing; Yıldıray Çınar Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Immortal Thor Vol 1 4 ties in the event. History: Genesis War was the civil war kicked off by Genesis on Arakko in the wake of an Orchis attack on the Hellfire Gala that destroyed Krakoa and led many mutants forcibly sent to Arakko.; History; When Ironfire arrived to warn the Great Ring of Arakko about the approaching Amenthi threat, Genesis interrupted and confronted them. Her Annihilation staff influenced Sobunar, which also affected the ecosystem of his sea. She challenged Kobak for the Seat of Victory. She managed to get Ivory Spire from Ironfire when he attacked claiming to challenge her first. Meanwhile Sobunar challenged Storm. But at the urging of Lodus Logos, Lactuca teleported him, Storm, Kobak, Xilo and Ironfire away from the Great Ring. This was an insult in the eyes of the Arakki and the split of Great Ring was the starting moment of the Genesis War. Genesis planned to conquer both Arakko and the Earth after making every mutant on Arakko loyal to her and Annihilation.; After taking command over the remaining members of the Great Ring, Genesis used her mutant powers to create ten towers that functioned as both her castle and defense. Lactuca was at Genesis’ side but not on it. Genesis invited the Arakki to wage war. Mercenaries of Arakko heard about the conflict. They chose sides on the principles of Genesis and Storm. Meanwhile Craig Marshall accepted the offer of being posted at Port Prometheus, due to tensions of the conflict. Fearful and hungry mutants from Earth exiled by Orchis remained here. Port Prometheus also served as the base from where Storm worked with Brotherhood of Arakko and their allies along with the Morrowlands. Storm’s side faced scarcity in communal resources as they were expected to be shared with refugees. Therefore these refugees faced discrimination from arakki. With war running high across the planet Arakko, other neutral parties like Locus Vile had claimed the Spire Vile; and Isca claimed Olympus and Tharsis Montes, where she retired. Genesis repeatedly sent her horde against Storm’s to conquer remaining land and they were repeatedly defeated. During the Battle of the Fallen, Nova commanded the Air Corps while Kobak commanded the ground. Genesis Horde tried to conquer the Valley of the Fallen to get land route to Morrowlands as Sobunar hadn’t offered the Sea to the war. Orrdon was killed by Isca when he flew over her territory, while others fled when Storm blocked their way by destroying statues of Apocalypse and Genesis; instead of killing them.; The Fisher King merged with That-Which-Was-Xilo, and with his help provided the Brotherhood a map to form a strategy. Although the Argyre Planitia was lost, their western front were still standing, the eastern territories were safe from Genesis' forces due to being blocked by Isca and the Locus Vile, and the Autumn Continent was mostly dead following Vulcan's destruction. Unable to pass through land, Genesis and her army were forced to go to the shore of Sobunar's Ocean, and against his wish had Satis Exotica bleed in the water, transforming one of the fishes into a colossal monstrosity under their command. The monster approached Port Prometheus, followed behind by Genesis' fleet, only to be killed by Storm using her powers to pierce its head. They realized too late that this was exactly what Genesis expected as from the creature's blood an Okkaran Gateway arose, through which an armada of Summoners, Daemons and the Ninety-Nine Champions passed from Amenth, led by the First Horsemen.; Soon the armada began completely ravaging Port Prometheus, killing any innocent person they came across. Storm fought through the daemons, while Sunspot lamented to the Fisher King over his failure to prevent the war and Orchis' attack. Syzya of the Smoke managed to get hold of the trigger that would unleash Uranos the Undying on their enemies for one hour, and went to deliver it to Storm. While the Brotherhood worked to save as many civilians as they could, Famine used his power to raise the sea and flood the entirety of the city, washing everything away. Storm immediately arrived and took him down with a single lightning, before turning her attention to War. War proclaimed her side to be the only one worthy of leading Arakko, but Storm proved her superior strength by depriving the warmonger of air. Death then approached Storm as he still felt life within his fallen siblings, and perplexed by her refusal to take a single life challenged her to a last dance. Pestilence interrupted this moment to make a sneak attack on Storm by throwing one of her poisonous arrows. Thankfully, Nova got in the way to save Storm, letting the arrow to strike him instead, and furious over his sister's lack of honor Death killed her himself. In doing so, Death betrayed his mother to join the Brotherhood's side, and Syzya arrived soon after to hand Storm the cube-shaped trigger. Meanwhile, Apocalypse, accompanied by the daemon Orc, arrived through another Okkaran Gateway to join the war.; Apocalypse reunited with Sunfire, merged with Redroot the Forest, and with him and Orc by his side proceeded to free Vulcan after Storm had imprisoned him, but put a spell on him in order to keep him under check. In the ruins of Port Prometheus, upon taking the trigger in her hands, Uranos telepathically let Storm know at what exact price it would come if she were to unleash him. Ironfire urged Storm to do it as it was the only way left to win the war. Deeming the genocide Uranos would cause not worth it, Storm made the decision to destroy the trigger, angering Ironfire as in his eyes the entirety of Genesis' army had no hope since they had completely fallen under her sway and decided to leave the Brotherhood. Storm and Sunspot went to check on Nova who barely clung to life, but were then visited by Apocalypse. He explained to them that he now stood against Genesis' ideals which only served to segregate, and decided to help the Brotherhood turn the tide of the war. While that was happening, Ironfire confronted a mind controlled White Sword and his Ninety-Nine Champions, determined to grant his former comrades mercy. Apocalypse brought Storm to a ritualistic circle in the Autumn Continent where Sunfire, Vulcan and Orc were already gathered, each representing earth, fire and air respectively, with he himself representing water. The ritual would serve to grant them the means to defeat Genesis, and as the four of them stood around the circle, Storm stood in the middle of it since she represented life and magic. With the destruction she brought, Genesis believed she had already won, and started planning attacking Earth next, but was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Kaorak, the Autumn Continent transformed into a living humanoid land by Apocalypse's ritual.; In retaliation, Genesis raised Arakko to fight Kaorak, while the rebels watched on and Apocalypse, Sunfire, Vulcan and Orc stayed on the circle to maintain their living island. As the two islands fought, Storm confronted Genesis who mocked her for being an enabler for the weak. At first she tried to restrain her with her plants, which Storm managed to destroy, and when Genesis attempted to use the Annihilation Staff to make her miss her target she outsmarted the staff by only missing it and striking its wielder instead. This caused Genesis to loose her grip on Purity which allowed it to go back to its rightful owner White Sword, just after Ironfire killed all of the Ninety-Nine Champions. Ironfire tried to reason with White Sword one last time, but seeing that his comrade was fully under Genesis' sway he went to fight him. The Great Ring were on a ship in the ocean and at the sight of the Brotherhood's leaders on the shore Ora Serrata decided to kill them immediately with her disintegrating sight as she had enough of them. She planned to start with Sunspot, but this backfired as during the process he burned just as bright as the Sun, blinding her. In the Morrowlands, White Sword tried to turn Ironfire to Genesis' side to no avail, and despite holding Purity in his hands Ironfire was able to steal his weapon and use it cut him in half. As the two sides fought, Ora Serrata tried to reassert her law, leading to the Fisher King transferring Xilo over to her, sacrificing himself in the process.; Kaorak and Arakko also continued their battle, prompting Storm to make Genesis see that her crusade will inevitably end the world. Genesis didn't budge, responding by deeming Storm too weak to be the avatar of life as life was about endless war. She then trapped Storm inside an energy field before manipulating the fungi inside her body to slowly kill her from within. Genesis continued her speech about how Okkara fell due to its people's weakness and Annihilation served to cull the weak as survival only lied in strength. Storm crawled towards her and made contact with the Staff, allowing Annihilation to speak to her privately in her mind. It explained to her its history, how it was drawn to Genesis, but it had now deemed her of no longer use and offered Storm to grant her its power instead. Storm resisted the temptation and rejected it, grabbing hold of the Staff and using her lightning powers to completely destroy it. This marked Genesis' defeat as she was left scarred and without the power of Annihilation she was forced to retreat. Lactuca announced that Genesis had lost and the war was now over. Lycaon refused to surrender, and attempted to keep fighting, leading to a Xilo-possessed Ora Serrata, now named Xilora, to kill him as Storm had rightfully won this war build on false law and history. Sunspot, Syzya, Weaponless Zsen and Khora mourn the Fisher King, who willingly sacrificed himself to not only prove his strength but for the sake of his loved ones as well. Back to the Morrowlands, Ironfire allowed White Sword to fully heal himself and with Annihilation's influence gone the two comrades embraced each other. Kaorak and Arakko do so as well, watched on by Apocalypse who explained that to truly live was to thrive and with the union of the two opposites the spirit of Okkara was reborn. In the aftermath of the war, peace soon befell on Arakko, with Sobunar going into exile, Orc claiming a piece of land for his fellow Daemons, and the other territories forming their own meaning of peace. The peace wouldn't last for long as the Arakkii mutants had to prepare for the threat posed by Orchis. Genesis and her two remaining children, Famine and War, made their way to Phobos where they managed to kill all of the Orchis operatives there and take over their base, planning their revenge against everyone who had wronged them.; Involved parties; For wanting more peaceful Arakko; Brotherhood of Arakko; Storm (Ororo Munroe); Jon Ironfire; Kobak Never-Held; Lodus Logos; That-Which-Was-Xilo (Merged with Fisher King); Sunspot (Bobby Da Costa); Nova (Rich Rider); Khora of the Burning Heart; Fisher King (Merged with That-Which-Was-Xilo); Syzya of the Smoke; S.W.O.R.D.; Peeper (Peter Quinn); NASA; Craig Marshall; Loolo; Kobb; Peter Corbeau; Weaponless Zsen; Blackjack O'Hare; Prince of Power (Otherone); Death; Orc; Redroot the Forest (Merged with Sunfire); Revelation (En Sabah Nur); Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) (Merged with Redroot the Forest); Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) (Under Revelation's influence); Kaorak; For survival of the fittest principle; Great Ring of Arakko; Genesis; Lycaon Two Wolves; Ora Serrata the Witness; Sobunar of the Depths (Under Annihilation's influence); Orrdon, the Omega Rocket; Annihilation; Castor; Pollux; Satis Exotica; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Death (Defected); Famine; Pestilence; War; Summoners; Daemons; White Sword (Blue) (mind controlled); Ninety Nine Champions (mind controlled); Fiery Calderak; Neutral parties; Lactuca the Knower; Locus Vile; Isca the Unbeaten ============================================================ Fall of the House of X Kind: event Page: Fall of the House of X Full name: Fall of the House of X First appearance: Fall of the House of X Vol 1 1 Created by: Gerry Duggan; Lucas Werneck; Kieron Gillen; R.B. Silva; Fabian Nicieza; Scot Eaton; Juan Frigeri; Phil Noto; Al Ewing; Luciano Vecchio; Steve Foxe; Jonas Scharf; Bernard Chang; Vincenzo Carratù; Iman Vellani; Sabir Pirzada; Scott Godlewski; Luca Maresca; Jed MacKay; Francesco Mortarino Trivia: } History: The X-Men unite in the present after the calamity of the Fall of X to take the fight to Orchis and save mutantkind globally. Meanwhile, Professor X has assembled a crew outside time to stop the threat of the Dominion Enigma.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; January 2024; March 2024; Tie-In; Videos ============================================================ The Faustus Affair Kind: event Page: The Faustus Affair Full name: The Faustus Affair First appearance: Nomad Vol 2 18 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: } ============================================================ Giant-Size X-Men (Event) Kind: event Page: Giant-Size X-Men (Event) Full name: Giant-Size X-Men First appearance: Giant-Size X-Men Vol 3 1 ============================================================ Godzilla vs. Marvel Kind: event Page: Godzilla vs. Marvel Full name: Godzilla vs. Marvel First appearance: Godzilla vs. Fantastic Four Vol 1 1 ============================================================ Dragon Wars (Earth-19647) Kind: event Page: Dragon Wars Full name: Dragon Wars First appearance: Deadpool Team-Up Vol 3 4 Created by: Rob Liefeld Reality: Earth-19647 History: The Dragon Wars began shortly after some crime lords created human-dragon hybrids known as Dragon Men, who could be controlled by Baron Skagerackrakor. With his army of Dragons and hybrids, Skagerackrakor was able to conquer the whole universe, including Earth, but a small resistence still existed there and they fought several times the lethal hordes that always killed some of them. Major X and a little team travelled into time in order to avoid other realities to end like their one, they were successfull, but their future was still on fire, so they brought some heroes from the past, including Deadpool and Dragon Lord to fight alongside them; when they came back to their timeline, the Baron himself appeared taunting them, but the heroes charged the enemy's army starting the final battle. Ral Dorn, the Dragon Lord, knew the only way to end that war was to fight the Baron, so he was brought on his dragon by Ghost-Spider and after an exhausting fight, Ral killed Skagerackrakor with his Dragonstaff, becoming the ultimate Dragon Lord and sending the other dragons away. After having accidentally freed the Red Skull from a giant Cosmic Cube. ============================================================ Inferno (Event) Kind: event Page: Inferno (Event) Full name: Inferno (Event) Other aliases: Bear-Ferno First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 239 Reality: Earth-616 History: Inferno is an X-teams' event that impacted every other comic whose hero was in or around New York City. There are two separate primary storylines: The New Mutants struggle against S'ym for the soul of Illyana Rasputin, now the Darkchilde, and the X-Men and X-Factor struggle against N'astirh and Madelyne Pryor to regain Nathan Christopher Summers.; Inferno is the first X-book storyline to truly be a crossover, in that the story actually continued from one title to another from month to month (X-Men and X-Factor). (The earlier Mutant Massacre came close for X-Factor with the side story told in Thor between X-Factor comics, but it was mostly treated as a separate side story related to the ongoing events, not integral to the events themselves. There was no crossing over in that event between X-Men and X-Factor titles, both teams just happened to be involved in the same incident in different places).; The events of Inferno took place too early in the year for a natural heat wave to hit New York.; X-Terminators; N'Astirh begins kidnapping mutant babies to power his portal between Earth and Limbo, with opposition from the newly formed X-Terminators team formed by mutant teenagers rescued by X-Factor. The final issue leads directly into the New Mutants portion of the storyline.; Relevant Issues:; X-Terminators Vol 1 1; X-Terminators Vol 1 2; X-Terminators Vol 1 3; X-Terminators Vol 1 4; New Mutants; Illyana transforms fully into the Darkchilde in a deal with N'astirh to stop S'ym, only to find that N'astirh has tricked her into opening a portal between Limbo and Earth. The demons want to make the portal permanent using babies, and the New Mutants, with the help of the X-Terminators, set out to rescue the babies and Illyana.; Relevant Issues:; New Mutants Vol 1 71; New Mutants Vol 1 72; New Mutants Vol 1 73; Finale - Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger Vol 1 4 (featuring The New Mutants); X-Men and X-Factor; Sinister and N'astirh independently manipulate Madelyne Pryor, both for their own ends. Madelyne makes a deal with N'astirh to get her son back from Sinister, and becomes the Goblin Queen. The transformation, combined with Sinister's revelations about her origins, and the events in her life (notably her abandonment by Scott Summers) all contrive to force her further into N'astirh's arms as she vows to sacrifice her son for the demon's plan. The X-Men and X-Factor clash over Madelyne - X-Factor mostly concerned for the child and the X-Men mostly concerned for Madelyne, whom they see as wronged by Scott. Into the confusion Sinister throws the Marauders. Everything comes to a head when Jean Grey fights and defeats Madelyne Pryor, rescuing Nathan. At the end, the combined teams fight Sinister and the mansion is destroyed.; Relevant Issues:; Prologue - Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 239-X-Factor Vol 1 35; Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 240; X-Factor Vol 1 36; Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 242; X-Factor Vol 1 38; Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 243; X-Factor Vol 1 39; Aftermath - X-Factor Annual Vol 1 4; Excalibur; Hearing Nathan's cry of distress, Phoenix tears across the Atlantic and the rest of Excalibur follows bewilderedly. Phoenix is taken out of the contest early by magic, however, and Excalibur mostly battles some demons without actually taking any important part in the event.; Relevant Issues:; Excalibur Vol 1 6; Excalibur Vol 1 7; Other Heroes; While none of the rest of the heroes in New York City involve themselves directly in the event, they are still affected by the events of the story in their own way. Numerous major events take place during this time, amongst them:; Hobgoblin is bonded with the demon who would later be known as Demogoblin.; A new team of Avengers would be formed, adding Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, and Gilgamesh.; The Fantastic Four's Human Torch loses control of his powers due to Limbo's chaotic magic.; The Power siblings' identities are revealed to their parents—although later the New Mutants provide an ad hoc explanation so that the parents can assume that the previous revelation was false.; Daredevil fights an evil vacuum cleaner.; Relevant Issues:; Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 311; Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 312; Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 313; Avengers Vol 1 298; Avengers Vol 1 299; Avengers Vol 1 300; Damage Control Vol 1 4; Daredevil Vol 1 262; Daredevil Vol 1 263; Daredevil Vol 1 265; Fantastic Four Vol 1 322; Fantastic Four Vol 1 323; Fantastic Four Vol 1 324; Power Pack Vol 1 42; Power Pack Vol 1 43; Power Pack Vol 1 44; Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 146; Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 147; Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 148; Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 47; Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 48 ============================================================ Heroes Reborn (1996 Event) Kind: event Page: Heroes Reborn (1996 Event) Full name: Heroes Reborn Other aliases: Heroes Re-Barned First appearance: Heroes Reborn Vol 1 ½ Reality: Earth-616 Notes: "Heroes Reborn" was an event in which Marvel temporarily outsourced the production of several of its most famous comic books to the studios of its popular former employees Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld. Launched in 1996, the "Heroes Reborn" line represented the aftermath of that year's Onslaught event.; For this reworking, Marvel "farmed out" the properties to some of their former employees who had left the company to form Image Comics Trivia: Liefeld and Loeb's run on Avengers hints that the "Heroes Reborn" Hawkeye might be Simon Williams, not Clint Barton as he is in the mainstream continuity. When Walt Simonson took over the title, however, he revealed Hawkeye to be Clint Barton after all. Simonson stated that he did not speak with Liefeld prior to becoming the writer of the series and had no knowledge of Liefeld's plans for the series. History: Following the apparent deaths of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four during the Onslaught crisis, the heroes suddenly re-appeared on Counter-Earth, reliving their lives in new, different ways, oblivious to their pasts.; They had been transported into a pocket universe by Franklin Richards, the near-omnipotent son of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman.; In this pocket dimension, propelled by subconscious memory, the heroes resume their heroic lifestyles and take up the role as champions of Counter-Earth, experiencing a number of different adventures.; Ultimately, Counter-Earth is a deemed a potential threat by the Celestials, who demand that Franklin Richards choose whether they shall destroy it or the original Earth. Eventually, a bargain is struck that both Earths shall be spared, but only if the heroes return to their original lives on Earth. Despite a last minute attempted betrayal by Doom, the efforts of Thor, the sundered Hulks and the Celestial Ashema allows for the bargain to be completed.; In the wake of the heroes' departure, Counter-Earth is suddenly plunged into chaos when the oceans surge and partially flood much of the world, resulting in the survivors warring over the remaining resources, as well as a new wave of super-empowering events. Into this chaos, Doom returns, and sets about seeking to restore order with the aid of a survivor named Samantha Dunbar, whilst native heroes start to rise up as well.; The cause behind the chaos is revealed as a rogue Celestial known as the Dreaming Celestial, or the Apostate. With Franklin's powers removed from actively protecting the Counter-Earth, the Apostate was granted free reign to begin interfering to its own desires. Locating the avatar of Ashema, Doom enacts a plan that ultimately brings the two diminished Celestials into battle, whilst at the same time he taps their unleashed energy to thrust Counter-Earth through the dimensional void, bringing it into the same dimension as the original Earth.; This only stymies the Dreaming Celestial for a brief period, before it attempts to consume Earth as well as Counter-Earth. Dr. Doom is forced to ally himself with the Fantastic Four in order to defeat it, but in the process is seemingly killed - instead, he is transported back to Counter-Earth, stripped of his armor and left in a hostile environment. Indefatigable, Doom fights his way back to his base in Counter-Earth's Baxter Building, destroying all foes in his way. He then turns dominion over Counter-Earth to Lancer and departs back to Earth.; "Heroes Reborn" revisited; With 2006 marking the "Heroes Reborn" event's 10th anniversary, Marvel is re-visiting it with a new event. First, the reality-traveling Exiles visited the "Heroes Reborn" Earth in Exiles Vol 1 81-82. Next, a collected edition of the "Heroes Reborn" titles was released in Fall 2006. Finally, in November 2006, Jeph Loeb and Rob Liefeld reunited for Onslaught Reborn, a five-part weekly limited series that featured both Onslaught and a world similar to the "Heroes Reborn" universe. The latter tied in with the memorial scholarship fund established in honor of Loeb's son Sam.; [http://www.newsarama.com/marvelnew/Onslaught/OnslaugthReborn.htm]; Heroes Reborn ============================================================ Initiative (Event) Kind: event Page: Initiative (Event) Full name: The Initiative First appearance: Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 15 Reality: Earth-616 ============================================================ Manifest Destiny Kind: event Page: Manifest Destiny Full name: Manifest Destiny First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 500 Created by: Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction; Marc Guggenheim Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Major plot events:; Founding of Graymalkin Industries; Formation of the X-Club; Emergence of Hellfire Cult and Sisterhood of Mutants as antagonists to the X-Men; Introduction of Proposition X; Skrull invasion of the Earth is hindered on the west coast because of the unexpected migration of the remaining mutant community to San Francisco; Anole and Graymalkin bonding over their sexuality while Beast explores Graymalkin's history.; Juggernaut struggles between a life of crime or a life as a hero.; Forge create mutants and start a war with an other kind of mutants from an alternate dimension, travelling with devices called Ghost boxes. Trivia: This event is preceeded by Divided We Stand; runs concurrent with Secret Invasion, X-Infernus, Dark Reign; and followed by Utopia.; About half of the stories in Manifest Destiny refer in some way or another to Kitty Pryde's disappearance. History: Following the brief disbanding of the X-Men, Cyclops, Emma Frost, the X-Men and the entire remaining mutant community are invited by Mayor Sadie Sinclair to take up residence in The City by the Bay. ============================================================ Marvel Legacy Kind: event Page: Marvel Legacy Full name: Marvel Legacy First appearance: FOOM Vol 2 1 Created by: Jason Aaron; Esad Ribić Reality: Earth-616 History: Marvel Legacy was a publishing initiative which relaunched numerous titles with new creative teams in the wake of Secret Empire.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; September 2017; October 2017; November 2017; December 2017; January 2018; Videos ============================================================ Legion Quest Kind: event Page: Legion Quest Full name: Legion Quest Other aliases: Age of Apocalypse Prelude First appearance: X-Factor Vol 1 109 Created by: Scott Lobdell; Mark Waid; Fabian Nicieza; Roger Cruz; Ron Garney; Andy Kubert Reality: Earth-616 Notes: These events gave rise to the crossover event "Age of Apocalypse", beginning with X-Men: Alpha Vol 1 1.; X-Men Legends Vol 1 1 continues the "Prelude" story arc in 2021.; What If...? Vol 1 77 depicts a reality in which Legion successfully kills Magneto.; "Legion Quest" was loosely adapted for the third and final season of the TV series Legion (TV series), in which David sets out on a mission to go back in time and help his father kill the Shadow King before he could possess David's mind as an infant. History: Legion tries to go back in time to kill Magneto and make up with his father, Professor X. The X-Men follow him into the past and try to stop him, but they fail. When Legion is just about to kill the Magnus of the past, the Charles Xavier of the past jumps in front of the blast, ending his life. This causes the alternate reality of Earth-295 to begin. ============================================================ M-Day (Earth-41578) Kind: event Page: M-Day (Earth-41578) Full name: M-Day Other aliases: Battle of Alcatraz; M-Day First appearance: X-Men: The Last Stand Reality: Earth-41578 History: First steps; Magneto takes his Brotherhood on the Golden Gate Bridge before moving it and use it as a transportation for the mutants, connecting it to Alcatraz Island, allowing the Brotherhood to attack Worthington Labs, in order to kill the source of the serum, and their creators. The whole complex was protected by U.S. soldiers.; Magneto made his troops charge but keep with him the strongest one, as The Juggernaut, Pyro or The Omegas. The firsts waves were decimated by the militarized serum, and Erik was unable to remove those, being fired by plastic gun instead of metal ones. While he was showing no regrets, the Omegas seems very uncomfortable looking at their leader's strategy.; As Arclight used her shock-waves to disabled the soldiers' weapons, the Brotherhood was free to run into the place, but where stopped by the arrival of the X-Men who stands between the terrorists and the soldiers and led them.; Battle inside and outside; The Omegas infiltrate the building, killing Dr. Rao, and pushing Dr. Worthington off the highest balcony. Worthington is saved by his son.; In the same time, The Juggernaut break the X-Men and US soldiers containment and ran into the complex, looking for the source of the Serum, Jimmy. Shadowcat goes on his pursuit, saving the child and defeating Cain by a smart move and using Jimmy's powers.; When Pyro and Magneto finally takes part in the battle, bombarding the complex and the field with burning cars, Iceman goes on his old , while the rest of the X-Men attacked and depowered Magneto with a Serum sample, creating first a diversion with Colossus proceeding a Fastball Special with Wolverine.; Dark Phoenix Rises; When the National Guard shows-up, they instinctively begun to fire at Jean Grey who turned into the Dark Phoenix, and she begins to destroy everything and everyone there. Numerous soldiers, Brotherhood members, and the entire Omega Clan were destroyed this way.; Wolverine was able approach her without dying, with the help of his regenerative healing factor and adamantium skeleton. He then stabbed her, after she pledged him to save from her madness.; Aftermaths; After Alcatraz events, the United States Government proceed a mutant-friendly politics, naming Hank McCoy, Aka Beast as the US representative at the United Nations, to represent both humans and mutants American citizens.; The depowered Magneto was able to escape during the Phoenix Rise, along with many Brotherhood members. He was later seen free in a San Francisco park, recovering slowly of his magnetic powers.; The X-Men disbands shortly after the M-Day, but the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters reopened, welcoming numerous mutants children, including Jimmy.; } ============================================================ Magneto War Kind: event Page: Magneto War Full name: Magneto War First appearance: X-Men: Magneto War Vol 1 1 Created by: Fabian Nicieza; Alan Davis Reality: Earth-616 History: Magneto returns, unleashing an electromagnetic pulse and demanding that the UN cede land for a mutant sanctuary.; Original Issues; Additional Material; In addition to the original issues of the crossover, the trade paperback includes the following additional issues. ============================================================ Kings of Pain Kind: event Page: Kings of Pain Full name: Kings of Pain First appearance: New Mutants Annual Vol 1 7 Created by: Fabian Nicieza; Guang Yap; Mark Bagley; Tom Raney; Terry Shoemaker Reality: Earth-616 Notes: "Kings Of Pain" was a four-part storyline running through Marvel's 1991 Annuals. The story took place entirely through Annuals with a cover date of August, 1991. Trivia: The other Annual storylines for 1991 were The Von Strucker Gambit, Subterranean Wars, Korvac Quest, and Vibranium Vendetta.; "King of Pain" is a 1983 song by British rock band the Police. History: After the Saint Simons Academy (where the X-Terminators are) is attacked by the Alliance of Evil, the X-Force investigates. The attackers include a new mysterious figure, Harness, who keeps a young mutant under control, forcing him to absorb energy; X-Force's Alliance prisoner Tower leads them to Genetech Corporation. Genetech Corporation also notices how the attackers' energy patterns are related to one of their discovery, thou they are not involved in the crimes; so they recruit the New Warriors to protect their facility. After a fight between both groups, X-Force and the Warriors ally with each other and eventually find a pattern in Harness's attacks that ends in Muir Island. They conclude that Harness is trying to use the powers of the young Piecemeal to resurrect almost-allpowerful Proteus, Dr. Moira MacTaggert's son. Thou they try to stop the process with the help of MacTaggart and her allies, Harness succeeds in merging both mutants. Harness is also revealed to be Piecemeal's abusive mother, only trying to make the most of her; thou she hides her links with terrorist organization AIM. With the help of X-Factor, the heroes are presented with a moral dilemma that ends up when they convince the new Proteus to commit suicide, not without controversy. Harness is delivered to the authorities, but she takes the blame because AIM has Harness's second child, also a mutant with unknown powers, under their control. We are also shown that two villains had been manipulating the scenes, trying to recreate Proteus for their own ends: Gideon, with an interest in AIM, wanted to use it as a mass-produced weapon, while the Toad wanted to manipulate him and had him join the Brotherhood of Mutants. Gideon and the Toad conclude that their match had ended in a draw, and call themselves the Kings of Pain. ============================================================ Heroic Age (Event) Kind: event Page: Heroic Age (Event) Full name: Heroic Age (Event) First appearance: Invincible Iron Man Vol 2 25 Created by: Brian Michael Bendis; John Romita Jr.; Mike Deodato Jr. Reality: Earth-616 History: When Hank Pym came face-to-face with the embodiment of the universe, Eternity named him as the Scientist Supreme of Earth, and told him of a coming Age of Heroes. Pym, who was at the time at odds with Norman Osborn's H.A.M.M.E.R. organization, didn't know what to make of this pronouncement, and was quickly distracted when his team needed his help fighting the Unknown, but the words had been said.; In the darkest hour of the Siege of Asgard, when Loki, the God of Mischief chose to turn on the Void, he used the Norn Stones to reinforce the power of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, granting them the power of his imagination that the Earth might be saved.; In the wake of the fight, the heroes realised what this meant. United as never before, they stand again, no longer divided by politics or paychecks, no longer skirting the border between themselves and the outlaws they face. With Steve Rogers taking the post so recently vacated by Norman Osborn, a new day has dawned.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; April 2010; May 2010; June 2010; July 2010; September 2010; November 2010; December 2010 ============================================================ Korvac Quest Kind: event Page: Korvac Quest Full name: Korvac Quest First appearance: Fantastic Four Annual Vol 1 24 Created by: Al Milgrom Notes: "Korvac Quest" was a four-part storyline running through Marvel's 1991 Annuals. The story took place entirely through Annuals with a cover date of July, 1991. Trivia: The other Annual storylines for 1991 were The Von Strucker Gambit, Subterranean Wars, Kings of Pain, and Vibranium Vendetta. History: The Guardians of the Galaxy track the power of Korvac through time and space, hoping to stop it throughout different time periods. ============================================================ Live Kree or Die! Kind: event Page: Live Kree or Die! Full name: Live Kree or Die! First appearance: Iron Man Vol 3 7 Created by: Kurt Busiek Reality: Earth-616 History: Iron Man tries to help Warbird (Carol Danvers) get over her alcoholism, which she got due to her power loss. However, Warbird is acting very confrontational and reckless and refuses any help. The two then accidentally uncover the Kree Lunatic Legion, who are using a power plant to get a generator for some kind of plan. Iron Man is forced to stay behind and help the civilians while Warbird pursues the Kree to Cape Canaveral, where the Kree are experimenting on humans. They capture Warbird and experiment on her too, but not before she calls Captain America to come help. Captain America frees Warbird and the other prisoners, but Warbird again leaves the civilians behind to pursue the Kree to their base on the Moon.; Warbird is captured again, forcing Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver to go save her while the other Avengers regroup. They ultimately save Warbird, and learn from the Kree Supreme Intelligence that the Lunatic Legion are planning to use an Omni-Wave Projector to convert every human on Earth into a Kree. The group is able to destroy the generator powering the Projector, but Warbird's recklessness almost gets everyone killed.; Back on Earth, the Avengers hold a tribunal to determine whether or not Warbird should stay on the Avengers. They want to give her a chance, but Warbird blames everything on the Avengers and refuses to accept responsibility for what she's done, so the Avengers kick her out. They then get a message from the Supreme Intelligence that the Lunatic Legion are planning to convert themselves into energy to power the Omni-Wave Projector, so the Avengers bring Justice and Firestar out of reserves and return to the Moon. The two new recruits are able to destroy the Projector for good, while Warbird can't even make it into space to help. ============================================================ Lifeform (Event) Kind: event Page: Lifeform (Event) Full name: Lifeform (Event) First appearance: Punisher Annual Vol 1 3 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: "Lifeform" was a four-part storyline running through Marvel's 1990 Annuals. The story took place entirely through Annuals with a cover date of June, 1990. ============================================================ Identity Wars Kind: event Page: Identity Wars Full name: Identity Wars First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Annual Vol 2 38 Created by: John Layman Reality: Earth-616; Earth-11638 History: An explosion in a science lab sends Spider-Man, Hulk, and Deadpool into an alternate reality. ============================================================ Hero Killers Kind: event Page: Hero Killers Full name: Hero Killers First appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Annual Vol 1 26 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: This storyline was a crossover between Marvel annuals cover dated June, 1992. ============================================================ Marvel NOW! (2012 Event) Kind: event Page: Marvel NOW! (2012 Event) Full name: Marvel NOW! First appearance: Red She-Hulk Vol 1 58 Created by: Rick Remender; Kelly Sue DeConnick; Jonathan Hickman; Nick Spencer; Kieron Gillen; Brian Bendis; Sam Humphries; Dennis Hopeless; Matt Fraction; Daniel Way; Jeff Parker; Kathryn Immonen; Simon Spurrier; Jeph Loeb; Mark Waid; Brian Posehn; Gerry Duggan; Jason Aaron; Dan Slott; Frank Cho Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Marvel NOW! is a publishing initiative which relaunches numerous titles with new creative teams in the wake of the Avengers vs. X-Men event.; It also includes the use of the Marvel AR (Augmented Reality) application to increase interactivity with readers.; A continuation of this event with new relaunched titles is called All-New Marvel NOW!. Trivia: In Indestructible Hulk Vol 1 3 it is revealed that the Secret Invasion happened 1 year ago in Earth-616's timeline.; Currently confirmed events and titles affecting the characters present in the teaser poster:; Captain America - Captain America Vol 7.; Wolverine - Wolverine Vol 5; Cyclops - Uncanny X-Men Vol 3; Invisible Woman - Fantastic Four Vol 4; Nick Fury, Jr. - Secret Avengers Vol 2; Past Jean Grey - All-New X-Men Vol 1; Hulk and R.O.B. - Indestructible Hulk Vol 1; Spider-Man - Superior Spider-Man Vol 1; Iron Man - Iron Man Vol 4; Thor - Thor: God of Thunder Vol 1; Rocket Raccoon - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3; Nova - Nova Vol 5; Cable - Cable and X-Force Vol 1 History: After a conflict between the Avengers and the X-Men, a new landscape is present in the Marvel Universe, new threats surface as well as old ones return.; clear; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; October 2012; November 2012; December 2012; January 2013; February 2013; March 2013; April 2013; May 2013; June 2013; July 2013 ============================================================ Life in the Mad Dog Ward Kind: event Page: Life in the Mad Dog Ward Full name: Life in the Mad Dog Ward First appearance: Web of Spider-Man Vol 1 33 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: The characters and events of this arc are continues in Return to the Mad Dog Ward arc. Both arcs are compiled in Spider-Man Life in the Mad Dog Ward TPB Vol 1 1. History: Vicky Gibbs had experienced hallucinations urging her to flee her home with her children. In her escape attempt, she was discovered by her husband, Frank Gibbs,who was a hitman of Kingpin. As a result, Vicky ended up in the Pleasant Valley Mental Hospital. Exhausted from the events of Kraven's Last Hunt, Peter Parker stumbled upon the Vicky's children, Jacob and Tanya Gibbs, who sought his help to rescue their mother. Using his Spider-Man identity, he tried to assist them but ended up injured and fell from the roof of the hospital towards alley.; Spider-Man was mistaken for a lunatic and transferred to the inside the hospital, to the Mad Dog Ward, where his costume was removed, and he was forcefully sedated. There, he encountered the rest of the Mad Dogs, including Captain Zero, and attempted to communicate with Vicky. However, Peter initiated a rebellion that only resulted in him and the other Mad Dogs being sedated. Elsewhere in the building, Doctor Hope was experimenting on Mad Dog 2020, code-named Brainstorm, to turn him into an assassin.; Captain Zero was tricked to take him into a lobotomy, prompting Peter to seek the help of Mary, a hospital staff member, to stop the administration of drugs to the patients. This caused a major upheaval that Peter used to escape with Zero and Vicky. However, he was intercepted by Hope and Brainstorm, whom he defeated with the assistance of Frank Gibbs. Ultimately, the hospital was shut down, and Frank gave up his life of crime to escape with his family. ============================================================ Loki's Invasion (Earth-91119) Kind: event Page: Loki's Invasion Full name: Loki's Invasion Other aliases: Baxter Plaza has fallen; Daily Bugle has fallen; Asgard has fallen First appearance: Marvel Super Hero Squad Online Created by: Matt Wayne Reality: Earth-91119 Notes: Only Villainville didn't "fall".; During Loki's invasion, Ben Reilly made his makeshift Spider-Man costume, Beta Ray Bill arrived in Super Hero City, and Phil Coulson joined the Super Hero Squad.; } ============================================================ Infinity (Event) Kind: event Page: Infinity (Event) Full name: Infinity (Event) Other aliases: The War; Builder War First appearance: Free Comic Book Day 2013 (Infinity) Vol 1 1 Created by: Jonathan Hickman; Jim Cheung; Jerome Opeña; Dustin Weaver Reality: Earth-616 Trivia: Infinity is an unusual event, as it is, for the most part, two different events that are told concurrently.; Builders:; The Builder half is directly tied to Jonathan Hickman's Avengers and New Avengers runs, which are concluded with Secret Wars (2015).; The Builder War is teased at the start of Hickman's run: The Light. The War. The Fall.; Thanos:; The Thanos half's plot is disconnected from the rest of Avengers and New Avengers.; This is the introduction of the Black Order.; The Thanos half leads to Inhumanity, the aftermath of the second Terrigen Bomb, as many secret latent Inhuman descendants undergo Terrigenesis around the world. This was part of a significant push from Marvel to promote Inhumans with "Terrigen Bomb Activations" (e.g. Kamala Khan).; The Thanos half is the inspiration for much of Avengers: Infinity War. History: Builder War; Background Information; The Multiverse was dying due to the incursions, when two realities collide with their Earths serving as the focal point. Most of the Multiverse was unaware of this. The Illuminati assembled to deal with these incursions in secret after they had captured a Black Swan. They reverse engineered the Black Swan's antimatter bomb so they could destroy other incursion worlds, for an incursion can be stopped or prevented by destroying even just one of the Earths.; Captain Universe sensed that the universe was dying (a symptom of the incursions) and chose a "broken" host, Tamara Devoux, to reflect that. Her first "children," the Builders, had created "systems" to help shape the universe. Three Builder creations—Ex Nihilo, Abyss, and Aleph—forced the Avengers to expand after they had flung Origin Bombs to Earth from their Garden on Mars. The new Captain Universe, now an Avenger, ordered Ex Nihilo and Abyss to stop and she destroyed their Aleph.; Meanwhile, the incursions caused a wave of destruction across the Superflow, where the Builders had created structures and stations to fire White Events. The last of these stations fired their last White Events in desperation before they collapsed. On Earth-616, this resulted in the ascension of Nightmask (Adam) (a creation of Ex Nihilo) and Starbrand (Kevin Connor). These were newer Builder systems compared to the Gardeners.; Recognizing Earth as the "multiversal fracture point," some of the lifeforms from Ex Nihilo's Origin Bombs sent a signal to the Builders in space: "System failure. Multiversal fracture point. World terminal." The Builders soon began their aggression on the universe. Captain Universe noticed this and told the Avengers that they must get bigger. As per Captain Universe's suggestions, the Avengers recruited Builder systems Ex Nihilo, Abyss, Starbrand, and Nightmask.; Destruction of Galador; Builders; The planet Galador became one of the earliest victims of the Builder Armada during the Builders' campaign. Located 60,000 light years away form Earth, it faced ruthless attacks from the Builders' ground forces, the mechanical exterminators called Alephs. Galador was not undefended and its heroes, the Spaceknights, fought bravely against the invaders. A Curator and a Caretaker reported the resistance to their Builder masters, who simply replied that all worlds resist. After Galadorian children Sanno and Kiru had been saved by the Spaceknights, Captain Universe appeared and told the hopeful youths that it was not enough. The Builders arrived with their World Killer; Sanno and Kiru embraced one last time as their planet was destroyed.; clear; Avengers Leaving the Earth; Abyss; After the attack on Galador, Captain Universe reappeared at the Peak, headquarters of S.W.O.R.D, in a comatose state. S.W.O.R.D. had been busy dealing with a significant influx of potential alien invaders, who were actually nonviolent refugees, and had the Avengers help. Once the Avengers (including Ex Nihilo) were called in about the return of Captain Universe, they were also informed about a Kree open channel distress signal, something they would never normally do. As they watched the footage of a doomed crew from a Kree moon being slaughtered by Alephs and Ex Nihilii, Abigail Brand revealed that the trajectory of the Builders' path of destruction was heading directly to Earth.; Hours after the distress signal, S.W.O.R.D. picked up military chatter from almost all members and space empires of the Galactic Council. Smasher, a Superguardian of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard, confirmed that she had been recalled and noted that the order included all Subguardians to be on standby, meaning heavy losses was expected. After Ex Nihilo and Abyss had confirmed that Earth alone stood no chance against the Builders, the Avengers decided to stand alongside the other worlds in space, though Tony Stark stayed behind.; War Council on Nomad; Kl'rt; As the Builders continued to terrorize everything in their path, an assembly was called for war on the Citadel of the Galactic Council, located in the neutral territory of Nomad. Although the former great Skrull Empire had fractured into warring factions, Kl'rt the Super-Skrull managed to convince most of the Skrull warlords to unite under him and presented himself to the Council for admittance. Among the council leaders were Gladiator of the Shi'ar Empire, the Supreme Intelligence and Ronan the Accuser of the Kree Empire, and J'son of the Spartax Empire. Even historical enemies such as the Brood Queen and Annihilus of the Negative Zone had agreed to join forces for the Builder threat was bigger than them all.; Representatives from hundreds of thousands of worlds gathered, including the Avengers of Earth, but even with all of this, the Council did not believe they could challenge the Builder fleet in direct combat. The Super-Skrull showed the Council footage of the Skrull warlord Dm'yr's victory against a small advance fleet by catching them by surprise, though at the cost of the Skrulls' lives. The Council decided to do a surprise attack of their own at the Corridor, which lay in the Builders' path.; Battle at the Corridor; Ronan; The allied Council Armada hid among the dense circling asteroid belt of the singularity at the Corridor. The plan was to pin the Builder fleet between the black hole and the allied forces. After lying in wait for three days, they detected the enemy Builder fleet passing by and launched a massive ambush. In the midst of the intense fire fight, Ronan the Accuser alerted the allied armada that the Supreme Intelligence had deduced the identity of the Builders' command vessel, based on the observed movements. The Council Armada focused their attack on the ship and destroyed it.; However, just as the allied worlds believed that they had won, the actual Builder fleet uncloaked themselves and completely overpowered the Council Armada in a sudden, decisive attack. Within just a minute, the Galactic Council lost a third of their entire fleet and was forced to retreat. Manifold managed to teleport half of the Avengers out of the battlefield, but a ship containing the remaining Avengers was caught in the explosion of a destroyed Shi'ar cruiser. They were captured by the Builders.; Last Words of a Gardener; Jerran Ko; Scattered, the Shi'ar retreated to the rendezvous point, the agri-world Whaan Prime. With the Avengers' Quincarrier damaged beyond all repair, they boarded the Shi'ar flagship, Lilandra. Smasher noted that all communication networks went dark right after they had retreated. Meanwhile, Gladiator discussed next steps with his councillors but they were interrupted by the sudden appearance of four Builder crafts. Gladiator rallied the Shi'ar, and with help from the Avengers, they defeated the persuit fleet.; However, in defeat, an Ex Nihilii named Jerran Ko and his Aleph went down to Whaan Prime, a harmless, helpless farming world. While happy to see a garden, Jerran Ko knew the task his creators ordered him to perform and asked his Aleph if it believed in the afterlife. Aleph revealed that it would live on in the code and reminded Jerran Ko to wound the enemy if defeated. Jerran Ko asked the Aleph to tell the others that the days when the Gardeners meant life were better and were now long gone. He commited suicide and poisoned the entire world of Whaan Prime. The Shi'ar and Avengers could only save a few lucky hundreds of thousands of refugees, while everyone else died from disease and decay. It was worse than just death.; Attack on the Behemoth; Builders; The broken Galactic Council converged at the ringworld Behemoth, located in trans-galactic space. 100,000,000 refugees and counting were gathered there, having fled their home worlds to escape the Builders. Some of the rufugees came from plague worlds such as Whaam Prime, overloading the already stressed medical teams. Guilty for all the pain and suffering his creators had wrought, Ex Nihilo provided the ringworld with thousands of gardens and encouraged them to continuously yield food. Many refugees tended to these gardens to distract them from what they had lost.; During the Galactic War Council meeting, J'son and the Supreme Intelligence revealed the true strength of the Builder armada: 17,000 light cruisers, 3000 carriers, 2000 heavy cruisers, 600 worldships, and 12 World Killers. Furthermore, that was only the main fleet and there were smaller ones tearing through clusters at the edge of Council space. Outnumbered, outgunned, and outmatched, the Council debated whether or not to surrender and live or to fight to their almost certain deaths. When Gladiator noted their ignorance of their enemy, Captain America offered the Council to see Ex Nihilo. However, Ex Nihilo was confused as much of what he saw in the war, especially Jerran Ko's suicide, went against everything he had been taught; he believed that there was something wrong. Nevertheless, Ex Nihilo provided the insight that the Builders were efficient, direct, and linear, and the Supreme Intelligence realized that the true target of the Builders was Earth.; Meanwhile, on the Builders' command vessel, the captured Avengers were visited by Ex Nihila, the Builders' aide. Ex Nihila decided to bring the Kree-human hybrid Captain Marvel to her Builder masters, who explained to Carol that they were not destroyers by nature and in fact much of the universe was cultivated by them, either directly or through their systems. Among the captured Avengers were several of these systems: Starbrand, Nightmask, and Abyss, whom the Builders and the Ex Nihilii were surprised to see as they had thought all the Abyssi had died out. Even more surprising was the still-comatose Captain Universe among them, the Builders' Great Mother. The Builders' interrogation was interrupted by a messenger linking to J'son of Spartax.; Behind the backs of the Council, J'son pleaded to the Builders for a truce and asked the Builders what they wanted. The Builders revealed that they simply want to perserve the universe, which could only be done by destroying the Earth. J'son offered to give the Builders Earth and end the war, but the Builders did not even see it as a war, only a cleansing. They thanked J'son for giving them the Council's location, as the signal was tracked. Realizing what he had done, J'son tried to warn the other Council members, but it was too late. The Builders sent two ships to crash into the ringworld, obliterating the sanctuary. Out of the 100,000,000 refugees escaping from now-dead worlds, over 40,000,000 died.; Battle Over Hala; Builders; The catastrophic loss at the Behemoth greatly diminished the hope in the universe. It was a message, and one that the Builders would repeat to all worlds in their path in the weeks that followed: "You cannot run from us." "There is no place in this universe you can hide."; In a surprising turn, the Builders offered terms to the remaining resistant worlds. They may live, so long as they completely and utterly submitted to the Builders. Proud, ancient worlds decided to pick life and surrendered. The Centaurians of Centauri-IV and the Kymellians of Kymellia were the first to bend the knee, and then a hundred more desperate worlds followed. When the Builder Armada closed in on Hala, the Supreme Intelligence conceded that they could not win.; Upon Hala's surrender, Ronan the Accuser and his forces were recalled despite his wish to stay and fight. The Kree had represented a fourth of the remaining Council Armada, turning an already hopeless situation critical. The Spartax Empire also withdrew shortly after; before leaving the Behemoth ruins, J'son informed the remaining Council members and the Avengers that the Builders were keeping the Avengers lost from the Corridor battle as prisoners, which he knew from his failed negotiation with them. For the rest of the Council, Captain America devised a plan to defeat the Builders at Hala.; The following day, Ronan and the Kree fleet returned to Hala to publicly lay down arms in front of a single Builder. The Builders thought themselves as great teachers to humble entire empires with merely a single member. However, just as the ceremony finished, the Council fleet arrived at Hala to attack the Builder fleet gathered there. As Captain America expected, the Builders counterattacked; the Council fleet was merely a diversion and bait to lure away the bulk of the Builders' attack vessels, leaving behind only their command ship and their World Killers. The teleporting Avenger Manifold sent an elite team of Avengers and Shi'ar Imperial Guard members to take control of one of the World Killers and used it to fire against the others. Thor and the Skrulls soon captured another World Killer and caused massive damage to the Builders' fleet.; With the World Killers turned against them and the command ship damaged to the point that it could not escape, the Builders bitterly called a retreat for the majority of their forces, except for their third wing. Before teleporting away, the Builders ordered Ex Nihila to scuttle the ship and join the third wing in battle, asked her to make her death "mean something," and then abandoned her. Manifold transported a rescue team to the Builders' main vessel and freed the captured Avengers. They were discovered by Ex Nihila, but instead of attacking them, she decided to turn away and left them alone. The now-freed Starbrand, who had accidentally gotten his power from a defective White Event, resolved to use the Brand's power and destroyed the leftover Builder forces. For the first time ever, the Council defeated and scattered the Builder armada.; Liberation of Hala; Builder; Thanks to intel gathered by the Shi'ar, the Council learned that the Builders had lost all of their World Killers in the recent attack, meaning they could no longer destroy planets on a whim. However, the Council only had half of their fleet remaining. The Brood Queen birthed many new Brood drones to serve. Meanwhile, Annihilus gathered a new Annihation Wave and Mentor confirmed to Gladiator that they could convert three Stargates to access the Negative Zone. Captain America suggested to use the recent victory to talk to the Builders.; On Hala, the sole Builder emissary stayed as he knew the Builder loss was only temporary. To prove it to the Accuser Ronan, he asked the Supreme Intelligence to calculate the chances of Builder victory against the Council armada, which was 83.2%, and the chances of the Builders retaining control over the Kree Empire, which was 70.1%. The lone Builder declared Hala his. Soon after, he received a message from Gladiator to discuss a parley. The Council seemingly agreed to surrender to the Builders.; After the emissary had discussed with his fellow Builders, the Builders agreed to drop their interference on the communication networks so they could broadcast the surrender to the universe. The Builder on Hala ordered Ronan to gather all Kree of any political, societal, and militiary importance to witness "the finest day in the history of the Kree Empire." When the Council diplomat, Thor, arrived, he threw Mjolnir to the heavens to appear unarmed. The universe watched as Thor knelt before the Builder, who agreed to spare all worlds except for Earth; however, the universe also watched as Thor recalled his mighty hammer and slayed the Builder in front of him. Before dying, the Builder warned that their resistance would result in everything dying. Thor and Ronan rallied the Accuser Corps and the liberated Kree Empire rejoined the war.; Last Gambit; Gladiator; Against the will of the Supreme Intelligence, who knew that the Council was still outmatched and preferred to survive by remaining subservient to the Builders, Ronan led the Kree Empire's armies into battle once more. Ronan's Accusers launched a surprise attack on Kymellia III, destroying the Alephs there and freeing the Kymellians, who rejoined the war. Meanwhile, the surviving Spaceknights from Galador helped liberate Centauri IV from the Builders, and the Skrull warlords managed to save Korm Prime but with a heavy cost to themselves. However, none of them paid as heavily as the Shi'ar.; The Shi'ar forces and the Avengers fought alongside each other at the hottest battlefields: Rigel System, Formuhaut, and Chize. Across all of them, they suffered heavy casualties; Formuhaut was a stalemate but they were not going to hold, and they lost the battle for Chize. Despite the successive outbreaks of victory, the Council was losing momentum and it became apparent that they were still going to lose. As one last resort, they reluctantly opened a portal to the Negative Zone via a Stargate and unleashed the Annihilation Wave, which had ravaged the universe previously. Annihilus commanded his drones to kill all Builders, but a Builder noted the simple hive-mind nature of the drones and manipulated them into wiping each other out. With the Annihilation Wave decimated, the Council ran out of options and Gladiator prepared to meet his end head-on, barring some unforeseen miracle.; Captain Universe's Return; Builders; Back when Abyss was freed during the battle at Hala and Ex Nihila decided to abandon her post, Ex Nihila telepathically communicated with last Abyss: "Come find us." Abyss had informed her brother Ex Nihilo of this when they reunited and they ventured away from Builder War to find Ex Nihila. Abyss' psychic link to Ex Nihila enabled them to track her to a faraway planet where they were greeted by the Ex Nihilii, who had left their Builder masters.; The Gardeners gathered around the last Abyss and explained to Ex Nihilo that all of their Abyssi had died and the Builders had recalled them following the creation of the newuniversal superstructure. In turn, Ex Nihilo revealed that he did not stop creating life, making it apparent that the Abyssi's deaths were tied to the Ex Nihilii being forbidden from creating life-giving gardens, their entire purpose of existing. No longer willing to be expendable servants for the Builders at best, or killers of worlds at worst, Abyss and the Ex Nihilii banded together and restored Captain Universe, bringing forth a miracle.; Finally awake from her comatose state, Captain Universe boarded the Builders' command vessel and asked her first children why and when did death become their way, as they had always revered life before. The Builders explained that all universes in the Multiverse were dying (from the incursions) and the only way to stop this was to destroy the "axis point" that was Earth. Still, Captain Universe would not let her children do that and killed one of the Builders, who did not believe that she was going to stop them. The other Builders retaliated and she was forced to kill the rest of them. One Builder survived and departed Earth-616 to another universe. Before doing so, he activated the "black band command" to have the Alephs destroy everything.; Incursion on Earth; Builders; Back on Earth, another incursion started where the Earths of Reality-616 and Reality-13131 began to collide, threatening to destroy both realities unless one of the Earths was destroyed. With the Avengers off fighting the Builders in space, Earth had been under attack by the Mad Titan Thanos and his army, including the Black Order, but the threat of the incursion was far greater than any of that. The Illuminati assembled once more to the site of the incursion: the Twelve Apostles, Australia.; As the Illuminati discussed destroying the other Earth, a seemingly friendly Aleph suddenly appeared from the other universe and requested them to come with it. They arrived at the World Killer of the other universe where they met that universe's Builders, as well as its peculiarly red Ex Nihilii, one of whom extracted Ebony Maw's Mind Web from Doctor Strange's head. The Illuminati learned that the Builders used to freely travel across the Multiverse through the Superflow, the space between universes, but the incursions collapsed it and the Builders pledged to stop the end of everything.; The other universe's Builders informed the Illuminati that the local Builders of Earth-616 had been defeated. They knew this from a captured Builder, who was actually the same Builder who withdrew from Earth-616 to escape Captain Universe; he had landed in this universe due to its extreme proximity as the result of the incursion. Before sending the Illuminati home to their universe, the Builders revealed that they planned to destroy all Earths to preserve the Multiverse, but their World Killers were too big to travel through the incursion point, so they urged the Illuminati to destroy their own Earth. When the Illuminati returned home, they watched as the Builders' World Killer destroyed the other Earth, ending the incursion.; Avenger Worlds; Oracle; With the Builders gone, the World Killers destroyed or captured, and the Ex Nihilii defected, only the Alephs remained of the Builders' once-great military. Inspired by the Avengers and the public slaying of a Builder at Hala, the rest of the universe rebelled against the Builders' leftover forces. Once the Avengers and Shi'ar helped liberate the planet Dockrum VII, its grateful people decided to erect a giant "A" symbol as a monument to their saviors. Before Captain America could protest, Oracle of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard reminded him that the Galactic Council by itself fell apart; every victory they had against the Builders to turn the tide was thanks to the Avengers and Captain America's strategies. Dockrum VII was free and was now an Avengers World.; World after world raised the Avengers banner as they retook the universe from the Builders' Alephs, and at the end, they were all Avenger Worlds. However, the Council's great celebration was cut short when Gladiator got word from the reestablished universal communication network that Earth had fallen under attack by the ruthless Thanos. To repay the Avengers for defeating the Builders, the Galactic Council was more than willing to devote a portion of their armada to reclaim Earth from the Mad Titan.; The Council offered what they could spare, took Titan, and made their way to Earth, but Thanos' fleet was greater than anticipated while the Council's fleet was extremely battle weary from the Builder War. Furthermore, Thanos' forces controlled the formidable defense station known as the Peak. Gladiator, Ronan, Super-Skrull, and Annihilus personally helped the war heroes take back the Peak, Ronan executed Black Dwarf of the Black Order, and the Council fleet broke through the enemy barricade, enabling the Avengers to go save their own world.; Builder War Epilogue; Black Swan; In the aftermath of the Builder War, the Ex Nihilii gathered around Whaan Prime to mourn Jerran Ko. Newly reformed, they went around the universe to rejuvenate the worlds ravaged by the Builders and returned to their original purpose as a force of life. Elsewhere, the Galactic Council went back to their worlds; Gladiator expanded the Imperial Guard and the Skrull Empire was united once more, with Kl'rt being crowned emperor. However, Annihilus captured the Stargates from the war that linked to the Negative Zone and turned Praxis-2 into Annihilation World.; Meanwhile, after Thanos' defeat on Earth, the Illuminati returned to their captured Black Swan, who offered them her counsel. Thanks to her incursion sensor, she knew about the recent incursion and laughed at the Builder involvement. As the Builders were one of the factions in the incursions, she possessed great knowledge of them. The Black Swan revealed that the Builders were hindered by the collapse of the Superflow, which was why it took them so long to get to Earth in the Builder War. To the Black Swan, the Builders were just dogs and there were even greater threats, such as the Mapmakers and the Black Priests. Worse was coming.; clear; Thanos' Invasion; Infinity Vol 1 1; When the Avengers departed Earth in order to face the Builders, an ancient and powerful race with the objective of destroying Earth, Thanos and his Black Order took advantage of the absence of Earth's Mightiest Heroes from the planet in order to raze it.; Thanos' army invaded Earth, and the Black Order confronted the Illuminati, as one of Thanos's minions had gathered the information they had on the Infinity Gems. Black Panther managed to force Black Dwarf to withdraw, while Doctor Strange was embarked in a mental fight against Ebony Maw. Beast and the X-Men fought Corvus Glaive and Supergiant. Proxima Midnight confronted Namor in the ruins of an Atlantis where its inhabitants were annihilated by an attack from Wakanda, part of a conflict caused by Namor's attack on Wakanda during the conflict between the Avengers and the X-Men. However, the Black Order left their different locations as soon as they discovered the Illuminati didn't have the Infinity Gems. Black Bolt was visited by Glaive in order to demand a tribute, the heads of Inhuman younglings between the ages of sixteen and twenty-two, or face the annihilation of Earth's inhabitants. Meanwhile, the Avengers allied themselves with the Galactic Council and their first battle against the Builders proved a disaster, as numerous Avengers were captured in the process. Back on Earth, Black Bolt used the Inhuman Codex to discover Thanos used the tribute demand as a cover for his true mission, to kill his secret Inhuman-descendant son whose identity and location were unknown even to his father.; When the Illuminati headed to numerous locations around the world where Thanos' son might have been, Doctor Strange found the boy in a secret Inhuman town in Greenland. But as he had been under the influence of Ebony Maw, Maw remained in the location and forced Strange to forget about the discovery, and to leave, now freed from Maw's control. In Attilan, Black Bolt is confronted by Thanos himself, and the Inhuman city is destroyed during the battle. During the destruction of Attilan, Black Bolt took the opportunity to activate an Inhuman Bomb which spread the Terrigen Mists upon the entire face of Earth. As millions of Inhuman descendants suffer from Terrigenesis across Earth, including Thanos' son, Thane, Thanos defeated Black Bolt in combat in the ruins of Attilan.; After the Avengers won the Builder War, the Galactic Council informed the Avengers that Earth had fallen to Thanos' invasion. In Greenland, Maw posed as an ally and offered Thane a suit to control his powers, but also captured him in a containment field, followed by Maw alerting Thanos about the discovery of his descendant. Thanos and the rest of the Black Order arrived to Wakanda, following Namor's declaration that the Infinity Gems were there when he was forced to surrender by Proxima Midnight, and found in Necropolis the Illuminati's hidden headquarters, along with the antimatter bombs, which they planned to use to destroy Earth by activating them using Black Bolt. After the Black Order except Supergiant departed Wakanda to go to Greenland, the Illuminati arrived with the help of Maximus and Lockjaw and started fighting back Thanos' army. Meanwhile, the Avengers and their numerous allies begun approaching Earth.; After breaking thrown the barrier settled by Thanos' army around Earth with the help of the Galactic Council, the Avengers managed to arrive to Thanos' location and fight him and what was left of his Black Order and free Thane, the son of Thanos, who his father had captured. When the Illuminati arrived to Necropolis and the room where the antimatter bombs were, they found themselves against Thanos' general Supergiant, who defeated them by mentally controlling Black Bolt. When Supergiant activated the bombs, Maximus appeared with the trigger. He triggered the bombs, but also used Lockjaw to transport the antimatter bomb along with Supergiant to a distant uninhabited planet where she died in the explosion. Back in the battle of the Avengers against Thanos, Ebony Maw double-crossed the Mad Titan and freed Thane to let him fight his father. Thanos, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive's glaive were trapped by Thane in an amber construct which left them in a state of "living death."; The following days, the Avengers helped rebuild the damage caused by Thanos' invasion around the Earth. Iron Man convinced the Avengers to let him keep Thanos, as he would supposedly take care of him, but secretly placed him in the Necropolis, where he and the rest of the Illumianti went about planning for the universe's coming end. ============================================================ House of M (Event) (Earth-58163) Kind: event Page: House of M (Event) Full name: House of M (Event) Other aliases: House of Ham First appearance: House of M Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-58163 Notes: The event begins six months after Wanda's nervous breakdown and the apparent deaths of Hawkeye, the Vision, and Ant-Man in the Avengers Disassembled event. Trivia: House of M originated as an idea to fill-in a break in the release schedule of Astonishing X-Men Vol 3, which had been requested by the title's penciler John Cassaday in order to be able to continue working on the title uninterruptedly. History: Issue #1; The story begins with a birth. Wanda Maximoff, also known as the Scarlet Witch, is surrounded by friends and family while giving birth. Her attending physician, Doctor Strange, hands Wanda her newborn twins and declares the birth a great success. At Wanda's side is her husband, The Vision, who is very proud of his wife and children. From across the room comes a cold and distant voice -- that of Professor Charles Xavier, who demands Wanda return the world to normal. She refuses, clinging to her babies, who shatter and disappear. There are no friends, no family and certainly no babies. Instead, Wanda is resting in a dark room in the devastated mutant paradise of Genosha. Using his fantastic mental powers, Professor X forces Wanda to sleep. Magneto appears, dressed humbly, and asks Professor X about his progress with his daughter. Professor X informs Magneto that his power will no longer be enough to hold back Wanda and that a solution must be found. Magneto, blaming himself for twisting his children through the strength of his own dreams and ambitions, walks on a magnetic field towards the center of the island to be alone.; Meanwhile, Xavier arranges a meeting of Super Heroes to decide the fate of Wanda Maximoff. Calling the Avengers, the X-Men and several lone heroes, a meeting ensues high atop Avengers Tower, presided over by Professor X himself. Emma Frost, reading the minds of all those in attendance, concludes that killing Wanda is the only way to end her destructive magic. Captain America, however, argues that the group should seek alternate methods of dealing with Wanda including suppression of her powers and her insanity. The X-Men argue that if word about Wanda and her destructive powers gets out, it will set back human-mutant relations by centuries. As the conversation progresses, it is revealed that Professor X asked Doctor Strange to help Wanda, but unfortunately neither was strong enough to combat her magic. Wolverine speaks up, saying that there is no other way -- Wanda must be killed. The rest of the group, however, decides that they must talk to Wanda in person before making their decision.; Back in Genosha, a distraught Quicksilver rushes to Magneto and reveals that he was just in New York where he heard that the X-Men and Avengers are planning on killing Wanda. Magneto angrily replies that he does not know what to do. Quicksilver falls to the floor sobbing and Magneto glances over at his sleeping daughter.; Xavier takes the two groups to Genosha, only to discover that Wanda is missing. Suddenly, the members of the group start to disappear one by one. Spider-Man is soon the only one left and becomes engulfed by a white light...; Issue #2; When the light departs, we see that the world has changed: Spider-Man is married to Gwen Stacy in New York; Cyclops and Emma Frost are married; Doctor Strange is a psychologist and Robert Reynolds is his patient. Reynolds, along with his dark counterpart, the Void, partially resisted the shift in reality, leading him to consult Strange because he sees a wall of darkness constantly pursuing him and retains memories of his incredible powers as the Sentry, memories everyone else dismisses as a symptom of "Dead-End Syndrome," a condition that has become common among humans in this new reality; Carol Danvers -- known usually as Ms. Marvel -- is now Captain Marvel, America's most beloved Super Hero; Gambit is a criminal; and Steve Rogers is an aged veteran. As we follow vignettes of their lives, it becomes readily apparent that none of them remember the change. Meanwhile, Wolverine, who is now in charge of the S.H.I.E.L.D. House of Magnus Red Guard, wakes up onboard a helicarrier sleeping next to Mystique. Unlike his comrades, Wolverine remembers.; Issue #3; Wolverine immediately rushes outside for a breath of fresh air. Leaping from the helicarrier, he finds himself in a world where Homo superior, instead of Homo sapiens, rules the planet.; Attempting to make sense of the strange world he finds himself in, Wolverine first seeks Professor X at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. He finds, however, a family who has lived in the mansion for fifteen years and who have no recollection of any Charles Xavier. Wolverine then sets out to find either Peter Parker or Tony Stark, the Iron Man. However, when he reaches the lobby of Stark Tower, he is stopped by his teammates in the elite Red Guards. He escapes, but is promptly contacted by his former New Avengers teammate, Luke Cage, when he is transported to the hideout of the "Human Resistance Movement" by Cloak. To make matters even stranger, he is then threatened by Hawkeye.; Issue #4; After enduring a less than pleasant security check from Hawkeye, Wolverine realizes that the Red Guard has followed the tracking chip that Hawkeye just removed from his neck. The room explodes and Wolverine's teammates storm the underground headquarters. In the middle of the battle, Cloak teleports everyone he can to the Kingpin's office, which he knew would be empty. There, Wolverine relates to the Sapien Underground Resistance the series of events that led to the establishment of this alternate world, including the Scarlet Witch's nervous breakdown and the subsequent murders of Hawkeye, Vision, Jack of Hearts, and Ant-Man, resulting in the destruction of the Avengers. Wolverine theorizes that his personal history under the Weapon X Program had so drastically wiped clean his memory that he alone could remember how things were. Furthermore, Wolverine asserts that as of yesterday he could remember every day of his life, and that he had what he most desired. Eventually Wolverine hypothesizes that Magneto used his daughter to give everyone what they wanted, so that the Master of Magnetism could have what he wanted -- global domination and a world where mutants dominate over the common man.; An incredulous Luke Cage asks how did Magnus know what they wanted; Wolverine simply states that Charles Xavier, whom Magneto had kidnapped prior to the final transition into the House of M, would have the power to ascertain these desires. When Wolverine questions if the group believes his story, they say that yes, they do. Questioning why they believe him so easily when his story is so fantastic, Wolverine is presented with young Layla Miller, a mutant girl in the alternate world who awoke that morning to realize she had the power to show people the real world. Wolverine decides that the best way to proceed is to get all his former teammates together to kill Magneto and the rest of the House of M. Wolverine and the resistance then arrive, via Cloak's transporting power, at Emma Frost's home; Wolverine asks the young girl known as Layla Miller to "enlighten" Ms. Frost, just as she had previously done with Luke Cage. It is still unknown why Layla remembers the world before the change, but it is believed she is a mutant with the ability to see alterations in reality.; Issue #5; Having illuminated Emma Frost, the resistance movement then contacts various heroes, including Cyclops, Shadowcat, Spider-Man, Rogue, Mystique, Nightcrawler, Toad, She-Hulk and Daredevil. As Layla awakened the heroes Rogue, being distraught and confused, touched Layla; the power appeared overwhelming for Rogue as it emanated from her and awakened others in the vicinity. Hawkeye, unable to handle reliving his own death, flees the group, and is seen again in The Pulse #10 acknowledging his own death. The group considers reawakening Captain America, but appears to decide against it, seeing that, in this reality, Steve Rogers was never frozen during World War II, is now roughly in his early eighties, and thus unable to aid them in the fight against Magneto. Meanwhile, in Genosha, Lord Magnus ignores his daughter, Lorna, in order to look at a memorial gravestone in the Genosha gardens that commemorates the death of Professor Charles Xavier.; Issue #6; Meanwhile, the 'awakened' heroes travel to the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier where Emma Frost uses her mental powers to commandeer a vehicle to take them to Genosha. While travelling, the heroes sit down in the ship's cafeteria to enjoy a meal. While there, Cyclops informs the team that since the upcoming battle with Magneto may be the most important battle of their lifetimes, no one should restrict themselves or hold back in the least. This causes Jessica Drew to object -- if Magneto has given each of them everything they've ever wanted in this illusion, shouldn't they be content to just live in his world? Wolverine quickly dismisses the idea.; Back in Genosha, Magneto receives the incoming representative from Latveria, Victor Von Doom. There is to be a great event held that night to commemorate the mutant triumph over humanity, an event for which the House of M will act as host. Magneto and Doom smile and pose for the cameras, but it's clear that there is no love lost between the two. The party begins in the royal Magnus palace as the guests are introduced: King T'Challa (also known as the Black Panther) of the African Commonwealth of Wakanda, King of Latveria Victor Von Doom, Genis-Vell (a visiting delegate from the Kree Empire), Princess Ororo (also known as Storm) of Kenya and King Namor of the Kingdom of Atlantis. Finally, the hosts of the evening are introduced: the House of Magnus, comprised of King Erik Magnus, the Princess Wanda, Prince Pietro, Princess Lorna and Erik's two psychic grandchildren. Suddenly, from high above, a S.H.I.E.L.D. Sentinel plunges towards the castle. Magneto uses his magnetic powers to hold the Sentinel back from crashing into the castle when our awakened heroes attack. Leading the attack are Wolverine, Daredevil, Nightcrawler and Spider-Man. From the back, Cyclops calls out Magneto's name. When he turns, Cyclops unleashes a furious optic blast, apparently vaporizing Magneto on the spot. Rogue, finally able to unleash her powers to their full extent, tackles both Namor and Princess Ororo and absorbs their abilities, causing her to overflow with power.; Elsewhere, Cloak transports Emma Frost and Layla Miller to Magneto's Genosha garden. Searching for Xavier, they instead find the memorial commemorating his death. Emma Frost collapses to the ground weeping, crying out that "It's all over!" Suddenly, Cloak fades into the ground and reemerges, revealing that Xavier's remains aren't in his grave.; Issue #7; The battle between the House of M and the heroes continues with great ferocity. While the chaos ensues, the Scarlet Witch disappears from the battlefield only to be discovered by Dr. Strange in a tower with her children. The two begin to talk as Dr. Strange attempts to discover the origin of the madness that is happening. Wanda reveals the answer to him in a flashback to the beginning when Quicksilver is confronting Magneto about the fate of Wanda. It turns out that Quicksilver himself was the one responsible for the creation of the alternate world, conspiring with Wanda to make everyone happy in an almost perfect world. After this revelation, Emma Frost tells Strange to ask about the fate of Charles Xavier, but before he can Wanda is struck in the back by an arrow.; The attacker is Hawkeye, who begins to break down emotionally to Wanda about his death in the real timeline. After a heated exchange, Hawkeye is killed for the second time as one of the Scarlet Witch's antagonized sons - who, as in Avengers Disassembled, are both conduits for Wanda's own troubled mind - uses his mutant powers to make the poor avenger non-existent again. Meanwhile in the memorial garden, Magneto confronts Emma Frost and Layla Miller, who reveals the truth to Magneto about all that has happened. He then unleashes his wrath on everyone, especially his son Quicksilver. He nearly kills Quicksilver by pummeling him to a bloody pulp with large pieces of steel. Suddenly the Scarlet Witch appears, stopping Magneto and returning her brother to healthy form. She begins to lash out saying, "We're freaks, Mutants... you chose this over us and you ruined us..." Then, with four words, "Daddy... No More Mutants", things begin to break down and everything burns out to white once again.; Issue #8; With a blinding flash, the world seemingly came back to the way it was. New York was back to normal when Layla Miller woke up from what she thinks must have been a lucid dream where she played an important part.; Peter Parker woke up confused with Mary Jane Watson at his side. Together with the Avengers, they tried making sense of what happened that night -- some of them remember, some don't -- only to be confronted by a distraught Doctor Strange bringing in the fact that the House of M really took place and its effects are slowly being felt on a wider scale.; Outside of the X-Mansion, Emma Frost woke up with her nose bleeding. Screams came pelting from the mansion as the students of the Xavier's School for Higher Learning one by one faint and lose their powers. Two confirmed students to lose their powers are Wind Dancer and Tag from New X-Men: Academy X. Helplessly, the X-Men watched most of their students lose their gifts, hoping in vain that Emma would soon give them an answer to all their questions. As Nightcrawler raced to find Wolverine, Emma Cerebra-scanned the whole world for Mutant activity only to find out the great decimation the mutant population has endured and among them depowered is a sweating Iceman, Bobby Drake. Meanwhile, Wolverine awoke remembering everything about his past.; Back at the Stark Tower, the Avengers sought possible explanations from whatever useful sort of media report they could get when they are interrupted by an abrupt appearance of someone in the Mansion's ruins. What they saw when they came there was Hawkeye's uniform and an article written by Kat Farell publicizing his death, leaving tears and a great sense of pride among his former teammates.; Note: One of the news channels seen on the TVs shows an outdated photo of Marrow for unknown reasons.; Still in desperate pursuit of answers, the X-Men fly to Genosha to confront Magneto who also lost all his powers. He was not able to satisfy them with the answers they've been seeking, and for all his past evil deeds, Wolverine decides to keep him alive to live the life of a powerless, and aging normal human: the kind of person Magneto never wished to be.; Whatever caused the majority of the mutant population to lose their powers, the heroes can only guess. With Xavier still missing, and with the Scarlet Witch probably depowered (as she could not be detected by the Cerebra scanner or by Doctor Strange and she later appears to be living a normal life), the mutant population can only hold on to Hank Pym's word that all these powers could not simply vanish... they are contained somewhere; and that for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. The question remains, as Hank Pym said, "What will be the reaction?"; As if to punctuate this statement, a colossal red ribbon of energy begins to orbit Earth...; Characters; Characters who have gone through changes include:; Captain America: Steve Rogers is now an aged veteran who obviously did not live through a suspended animation period like the mainstream Captain. He lives in an apartment building in a Bronx neighborhood where it seems he's the only human, probably a privilege won from his service in WWII as Captain America. His long-dead sidekick Bucky, survived the fatal accident at the end of World War II, only to die later under mysterious circumstances in the 1970s as a part of a covert S.H.I.E.L.D. strike upon Genosha. Steve Rogers publicly quit being Captain America in 1950 when being grilled by Joseph McCarthy on his public association with known mutants and fellow Invaders, Namor and Toro, but still had enough influence to be the first man to walk on the moon 2 years later. Rogers' outspoken campaigning first against anti-mutant prejudice and then the rising fascism of Magneto has marginalized him into near obscurity nowadays.; Iron Man: Tony Stark is the owner of Stark Enterprises, a company given to him by his father. He is a winning contestant on 'Sapien Death Match', a reality TV/wrestling show which involves humans in power-armor battling each other. He lives in the shadow of his father, and has been developing a superior armor to protect himself. Iron Man earned the admiration of human and mutant alike, including Magneto himself, when he and a team of Sapien Death Match fighters stopped a terrorist plot to kill hundreds of mutants with 'gene bombs.'; Spider-Man: Peter Parker is having the time of his life as a famous pro wrestler. He lives in a big condo with his wife Gwen Stacy and son and having Rhino as a bodyguard. He also owns a corporate empire that recently acquired Oscorp. Albeit this luxurious life, Peter is living with the burden of a lie because the public doesn't know that his powers were not a mutation. He's using his wealth to protect his family, who also includes Uncle Ben, from the racist world. Flash Thompson is a commentator on Sapien Death Match. Mary Jane Watson has become a famous actress.; X-Men: The X-Men, as an organisation, does not exist. Scott Summers and Emma Frost are married and living in Connecticut. Emma is a social worker who is seeing the now orphaned Franklin Richards. Hank McCoy is a scientist working with Hank Pym for Stark Industries. McCoy tends to mollify the increasingly isolated Pym, who suffers from anti-human racism, in order to protect him from harm. Remy LeBeau is a petty thief (who is quickly apprehended by Carol Danvers), while Storm is a Kenyan princess, and Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) is a junior high history teacher. Dazzler (Alison Blaire) has a popular daytime talk show, although she is possibly suffering from a disease which is causing her light-show powers to fade. Colossus lives happily on a Russian farm. Professor Xavier "died so Genosha could live" and never founded the X-Men - although the exact circumstances of his death and its plausibly implied he never actually existed in this world due to his grave being empty. Time-displaced characters are also accounted for in the House of M world. Bishop is a police detective in New York City, Cable is an infant raised by Mr. Sinister, and Marvel Girl is a close friend of Psylocke, who is a member of the British royal family. Both Psylocke and Marvel Girl discover a quantum tear in a lighthouse shaped like an "X". Along with Captain Britain and Nocturne, they must seal this breach to save their universe. So far, Wolverine, who is part of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s elite Red Guard, and having an affair with Mystique, seems to be the only one who knows something is wrong in this world. He was actually affected to gain his "one true desire" and now remembers his entire life. Mystique's two children, Rogue and Nightcrawler are also members of the elite squad.; Avengers: With Captain America a retired old man, the Avengers might as well never came to be or had a short life without his presence. Henry Pym is a disenfranchised worker in Stark Industries, Tony Stark is an industrialist, and Janet Van Dyne is a fashion designer: none of them know each other. Wonder Man is a famous actor who is rumored to have an affair with Ms. Marvel, aka Carol Danvers, America's favorite Super Heroine. The Sentry is a disturbed father seeing Dr. Strange helping him with a nightmare he's been having. Luke Cage is an underworld boss who is questioned about Wilson Fisk's beating the night before by unpopular detective Sam Wilson. Hawkeye is alive in this reality, and working with Luke Cage. The Vision is an experiment by Stark Enterprises. Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a member of the Red Guard. Natasha Romanov is also an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Black Panther controls a number of African nations apparently in a union with Storm. Other Avengers are unaccounted for at present.; Fantastic Four: Reed Richards and Sue Storm mutated and died in a rocket explosion along with John Jameson, the son of J. Jonah Jameson. The only survivor was Ben Grimm, leaving Franklin an orphan. Johnny Storm is a contestant on 'Sapien Death Match', where his power-armor has a 'Flame On' ability. Doctor Doom has a liquid-metal body and leads a group called the Fearsome Four (other members include Valeria (not Marvel Girl, but Doom's wife) as The Invincible Woman, Kristoff Vernard (Doom's adopted son and possibly the half-brother of Reed Richards) as the Inhuman Torch, and Ben Grimm as the It). Other than Grimm, all members of the group received their powers from Doom's experiments on the corpses of Reed and Susan Richards.; Cable & Deadpool Vol 1: During the "Enema of the State" story arc, Cable fought an evil entity and ended up missing. Although everyone presumed Cable to be dead, Deadpool ironically believes him still alive and asks Forge to create a device in order to track Cable down. With Siryn and Cannonball, Deadpool begins jumping from alternate earth to alternate earth finding many versions of Cable (in which he jokes, "what if Cable choose door number 2?"), from a Horseman of Apocalypse to an Utopian ruler. He finally reaches the real Cable, except that he is a baby and under the care of Mr. Sinister. When Deadpool finally grabs Cable, he unsuccessfully attempts to teleport out of the dimension, only to be impaled by Sinister. Deadpool, Cannonball, and Siryn are unaware that they are back in the regular Marvel universe, but that the world around them has been transformed thanks to the interference of the Scarlet Witch.; Thunderbolts: Genis-Vell (Photon) is a private in the Kree Army, son of the celebrated Kree Hero Mar-Vell, living in his father's shadow. Abner Jenkins (MACH IV) is a scientist secretly working for the Human Resistance, along with Erik Josten (Atlas), who is part of an elite sapien military unit, the Howling Commandos, and Jim Sanders (Speed Demon). The three, along with General "Dum Dum" Dugan, are attempting to create a chemical weapon to wipe out all the Kree on Earth, so the humans can strike an alliance with the Shi'ar to overthrow the House of M. Dr. Chen Lu (Radioactive Man) fights alongside Baron Von Strucker against both mutants and Kree. Photon's Cosmic Awareness allows him to partially see through Scarlet Witch's alterations and use his powers to show other characters possibilities (particularly Josten). Without the ability to fully control his power, he presents a threat to existence itself. Jenkins and Josten unearth an old Atlas Class Sentinel, and use it against Genis, who is only defeated and put into a coma by the chemical weapon Sanders was developing, thus alerting the Kree to the human resistance's plot to destroy them.; X-Men Villains: Apocalypse still exists in this reality and rules Egypt with his Horsemen after siding with Magnus. Mastermind has been mentioned as a business rival of Tony Stark. Exodus, Pyro, Unus the Untouchable and a mutant teleporter who may be Vanisher govern for the House of M in Australia, although they have recently fallen at the hands of an enraged Hulk. Sabretooth is an assassin apparently working for Magnus. Sebastian Shaw is director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Magnus' "Red Guard". Captain John Greycrow (Scalphunter) and Commander Garrison Kane are also agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Even the Weapon Plus Program serves the House of M and has created operatives up to Weapon XXXC. Blob and Phantazia are among the HOM servants in Genosha. The Marauders are a Black Ops Team lead by Callisto and composed of Sunder, T-Rex, Banshee, Mammomax, Black Tom, Caliban and the Blob. The Sentinels are controlled by the House of M and even Omega Sentinels serve the government.; Other: Matt Murdock does exist as Daredevil and was caught kissing fellow lawyer Jennifer Walters (aka She-Hulk). Cloak (of Cloak and Dagger) is working for Luke Cage, with Danny Rand, Moon Knight, and White Tiger. Toad and Mystique are members of the Red Guard with Wolverine. Otto Octavius (Doctor Octopus) is working on stem-cell research for the government. Betty Brant and Kat Farrell are working for the Pulse. Moira MacTaggert is the most wanted sapien on the planet for trying to undo her son's mutation and is framed for the deaths caused by her son. Kevin MacTaggert (Proteus in normal continuity) is also the most wanted mutant, known as 'Mutant X'. He has taken the body of Angel Salvadore, who is a rich model known widely. Kevin Plunder (Ka-Zar) has been granted political asylum in the United States for his human rights activism in 'Pangea', possibly the Savage Land. Bruce Banner is living with a tribe of Aboriginal Australians in Australia, where he is gaining mastery of his dual nature, and has been roped into AIM's resistance movement. Jessica Jones is living in Queens and is apparently dating a man named Scott. The Silver Surfer's whereabouts are unknown. Zebediah Killgrave has no powers, and is a lobbyist for the government, with secret affiliations with the Human Resistance.; Unaffected Characters: Only Layla Miller appears to be aware of the changes wrought by Wanda. Layla restored the memories of several members of the Avengers and the most of the X-Men (notable exceptions include Captain America). ============================================================ Korean War Kind: event Page: Korean War Full name: Korean War First appearance: Combat Kelly Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: X-Men Vol 1 12 states that both Charles Xavier and Cain Marko fought in the US Armed Forces in the Korean War. The story was originally published in 1965. However as Earth-616 operates on a Sliding time Scale this should be considered a topical reference. The handbooks generalized the incident as a "conflict in an eastern nation", and years later it was identified as the Siancong War. History: The Korean War had its beginnings following the defeat of Imperial Japan at the end of World War II in 1945. The nation of Korea, which was partially under Japanese rule at the time, was divided in half with the United States Army occupying the half previously ruled by Japan in the south, and the other occupied by the Soviet Union in the North. Two separate nations emerged, the South Korea (Republic of Korea) in the South and North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) in the North. While the South developed a right-wing democratic society, the North embraced the Juche ideology. By 1948 tensions were high with both sides fighting and ultimately on June 25, 1950 war broke out when North Korea attempted to invade the South. This prompted the United Nations into intervening in the conflict, with the UN assisting the forces in the South. However the Soviet Union and China came to the aid of the North.; The conflict saw many notable American soldiers serving in the area, such as Hank "Combat" Kelly, Cookie Novak, Kent Blake of G-2 Military Intelligence, Battle Brady, Sgt. Socko Swenski, Combat Casey and Penny Pennington. High ranking American officials active during the war included Major Thorn, Captain Rocke, Captain Stone, Sargent Pulaski as well as Naval officers Battleship Burk and Salty Smith. Chinese operatives who were active at the time included female gorilla fighters Yalu River Rosie, Manchuria Mary, General Olga, Kaesong Katie, Red Mary, Bloody Mary, Muktong Mollie, Hangnam Hannah and the Snake Lady of Sinyong.; Notable events in 1950 included the liberation of of the town of Pudong, which included Combat Casey and Penny Pennington in the Summer of 1950; Battleship Burk's clash with Hangnam Hannah along Hangnam Habor, and subsequent battles along the shores of Inchon in December of that year. In the capital city of Seoul, Battleship Burk and Salty Smith also stopped Red Mary's plot to attack the city. At around this time Tae-Won was born in a small village.; In 1951, Private Adam Brashear, USMC, demonstrated courage under fire in Korea by rescuing Sgt Conner Sims, USMC, from the scene of combat. When questioned as to why he disobeyed direct orders to do so, he would only respond, "Nemo resideo" - Leave No Man Behind, the Marine Corps' unofficial motto. It was the start of a friendship that would define the lives of both men.; In 1952 included Kent Blake was involved in many operations that effected the tide of the war. On the top of Doom Mountain, Blake prevented the Chinese army from utilizing a nuclear weapon on American troops. He also assisted American forces in securing the town of Kuwong, and stopped enemy supply lines from passing through the town of Samchon. Kent Blake later traveled into the northern town of Kanggye in 1953 to recover a list of companies that were providing weapons to the Chinese army. Along the Imjin River, Chinese forces used specially built subs that could operate in rivers to try and attack American bases, this plot was foiled by Combat Kelly and Cookie Novak. During this time Korea was visited by the Xian god named Shang-Ti who attacked Chinese forces before the astonished eyes of Battle Brady and Socko Swenski. Later the town of Longwa was liberated by American forces including Combat Kelly and Cookie Novak. While Combat Casey and Penny Pennington liberated the town of Hanyan likewise did Combat Kelly and Cookie Novak liberate the town of Mukyong.; In late 1953, after the armistice, the brainwashed Toro was used to fight UN forces in the region until he was freed from North Korean control by the Human Torch.; As the war came to a close Combat Casey and Penny Pennington destroyed guerilla supply ships along the Imjin River. As official combat ended, guerilla elements were still active in the region and many of the soldiers fighting there continued to stop insurgents from acts of sabotage. The 1950s Captain America and Bucky also clashed with guerilla fighters during this time, and the Human Torch and Toro returned to the region and helped free American prisoners of war.; Alternate Realities; Marvel Cinematic Universe (Earth-199999); In 1951, the Winter Soldier was seen in Goyang. The US military sent Isaiah Bradley, an African American Super-Soldier, to confront him. They met in a bar in Goyang, where Bradley purportedly defeated the Winter Soldier and ripped off half of the Soldier's cybernetic arm. ============================================================ Inhumanity Kind: event Page: Inhumanity Full name: Inhumanity Other aliases: New Inhuman Age First appearance: Inhumanity Vol 1 1 Created by: Matt Fraction; Charles Soule; Joe Madureira Reality: Earth-616 Notes: This event highlighted several new characters such as Kamala Khan as they are Inhuman. History: In the wake of Infinity, the Terrigen Mists get released around the world, activating the latent abilities of millions of "Inhuman descendants," resulting in an entirely new dominant race across the globe. ============================================================ Hyborian Age Kind: event Page: Hyborian Age Full name: Hyborian Age Other aliases: Hyborian Era Hyborian times; Hyborean Age; Age of Blood; ----; Specific periods:; 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 History: Prelude to the Hyborian Age; A millennium after the Great Cataclysm, the descendants of the Lemurian refugees who had been enslaved by the East Folk overthrew their overlords. They drove them southwest, where they slew and drove out in turn the Serpent Men. The exiled descendants of the East Folk established new kingdoms on the western side of the continent, the empires of Acheron and Stygia. Back in their former dominion, the Lemurian descendants built an empire on the civilization of the East Folk, the empire of Khitai, and may have established the empire of Vendhya. The descendants of Thurian refugees, who had devolved into barbarism, were now called Hybori and by 16,000 BC had established their first kingdom, Hyperborea.; Hyborian Age; Over time the Hybori moved southward and established other kingdoms. By 13,000 BC the Hybori had conquered Acheron. Within another five hundred years, the Hyborian kingdoms dominated the western part of the super continent. Toward the north, the savage Picts and the descendants of the Atlanteans, the barbarian Cimmerians dominated. Five hundred years later, Aquilonia was the mightiest kingdom in Hyboria. The north was dominated by the barbaric Aesir and Vanir. In the steppe, the Hyrkanians (descendants of the Lemurians) migrated westward and established the mighty empire of Turan, along the Vilayet Sea. On the eastern side of the super continent was the empire of Khitai, the largest dominion of them all. The masters of the vast steppe between Khitai and Turan were the Hyrkanians, nomadic horse archers.; At the twilight of the era, the Aquilonians overextended their empire. Cimmerians and Picts overwhelmed its frontiers, and the disgruntled soldiers of annexed peoples revolted. Fire and sword brought down the empire. It's former rivals and territories were conquered by northern invaders (Vanir, Aesir, and Cimmerians) and the hordes of the Hyrkanians. Turan and Hyrkania later collapsed, and the Vanir took over Stygia. Fifteen hundred years later, in 9500 BC, another cataclysm toppled the existing civilizations and formed the current Earth.; Preface; Datation; The Hyborian Age dominated Earth from 14,000 to 9500 BC. It is sometimes simply eight thousands years after the Great Cataclysm, or three thousand years after the Fall of Acheron, circa 10,000, during the Age of Conan.; Others considers the Hyborian Age as starting circa 16,000 BC, or with the Fall of Acheron which marked the end of the Age of Acheron, circa 13,000 BC.; The Age of Conan was set around 10,000 BC. (12 thousand years); Other sources mentions the Hyborian Age as ending in approximately 8000 BC.; ; History; Neyaphem and Cheyarafim (13,000 BC); A mutant civilization carbon-dated to be 15,000 years old existed in modern-day Isla des Demonas. That civilization, built by the demon-looking mutants known as Neyaphem and led by Azazel who called himself Satan, enslaved humanity. Their civilization eventually ended when the Neyaphem were repelled to another dimension by the "Angels", the Cheyarafim, another early group of mutants.; Inhuman development (11,000 BC); 13,000 years ago, Randac was King of the Inhumans. Randac is also responsible for discovering the Terrigen Mists. Subjecting himself to immersion in the Terrigen Mist, Randac gained godlike powers through the activation of the latent mutant genes carried by all Inhumans. A Kree Sentry examined Randac, and judged that the Kree's goals were reached. The Terrigenesis concept provoked a schism in the Inhumans. Many groups of Inhumans departed Attilan at various dates (names and dates are known to Attilan's Inhumans, but without much consideration from them). Most Inhuman tribes left Attilan to create their own cities, or blend among humans. A few of those "Lost Tribes" even departed into space. Some of those tribes returned to Earth centuries later.; ; ===Neolithic revolution (9,000 BC)===; The neolithic revolution, and the domestication of animals by humans, was stated to date back to 9000 BC.; Norway was believed to have been settled more than 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age came to an end.; After the Hyborian Age; Post-Hyborian Cataclysm (8,000 BC); The Hyborian Age came to an end circa 8000 BC.; ; New gods worship; The Olympian gods sought worshipers. While Neptune became the patron god of the Atlanteans (Homo mermanus), Zeus lay Mount Olympus near the Eternals' city of Olympia, thereby deciding that the Olympians would be worshiped by the people of the land now known as Greece.; Meanwhile, the Ennead Seth usurped the worship of Set, gaining a large following in pre-Egyptian civilization. ============================================================ 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 History: The Human-Deviant wars were a continuation of conquest wars by the Deviant Empire, at the expense of the human kingdoms, during the late Pre-Cataclysmic Age.; Deviant conquest of the world; After Kull's rule (circa 18,500 BC), the Deviants of Lemuria, on the continent of Mu, eventually enslaved most of humanity, became the dominant race and ruled the world. The Eternals opposed them, including Ikaris.; Over 20,000 years ago, the Dweller-in-Darkness fed off the fears originating from those.; War on Atlantis; The Deviants then turned their heads to Atlantis, the last significant human kingdom resisting them. From there, they sent human armies assault the Atlanteans led by King Kamuu. Atlantis' defenses caused seismic disturbances under their city.; That conquest came at an end circa 18,000 BC, as the Second Host of the Celestials returned to Earth. A number of non-exclusive causes led to the Great Cataclysm. ============================================================ 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 History: Loki tricks the Hulk into attacking the Gamma Core located at the Avengers headquarters known as Hydrobase threatening to destroy life on Earth. The Avengers team up with the Fantastic Four and Iron Man to stop the threat. ============================================================ Iraq War Kind: event Page: Iraq War Full name: Iraq War First appearance: Elektra Vol 3 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: Following the terrorist attacks on New York City on September 11, 2001, United States President George W. Bush declared a "War on Terror" which also saw the United States Army invade Iraq and oust their leader Saddam Hussein, beginning the Iraq War. At the same time they also invaded Afghanistan, beginning the War in Afghanistan. This led to American forces installing a new government and attempting to stabilize the region, while clashing with the forces of the terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda.; ; Leyla a Kurdish woman, who who talent for chemistry to work for the oppressive Iraqi regime. Despairing after her family and husband were killed anyway, she attempted to end her life by submerging herself in a river polluted with highly corrosive chemicals. The presence of an unknown organism allowed her to survive. In her new form, Leyla likened herself to the goddess Ishtar, using her talents for revenge; to this end, she gathered a band of followers around her and started a terror campaign. A group of insurgents used "Vitriol" as it was called - actually a weaponized bacterial strain which reproduced at an incredible rate, consuming iron and producing acid - against rival groups and the United States military in Iraq. Iron Man was dispatched to investigate her, but found that Vitriol could dissolve his armor. Analysis of Vitriol's composition revealed that she was covered with an acid-resistant microorganism which protects her from her own biological weapons. When she planned to douse Baghdad with her deadly bacteria, destroying the city completely, Tony Stark had her bombed with a giant amount of magnesium hydroxide ("Milk of magnesia"), which neutralizes acid. She was not heard from again.; ; ; Fifteen years after Yinsen's death, Aftaab Lemar was serving in Southern Iraq under the command of another of Yinsen's murderers, General Zakim Karzai. The son of Ho Yinsen, wishing to avenge his father's death, took control of Tony Stark as well as his bio-enhanced Extremis Armor and flew to Iraq. Iron Man grabbed both Lemar and Karzai, flew them high into the sky, then let them fall to their deaths.; ; Wolverine was sent on a covert mission to take down the organization Scimitar in Fadhil, Iraq. Later he was shot by a group of men and it took him two days to heal. When he awoke in Baghdad he caught the scent of Mystique in the crowded room. She was disguised as a nun, he confronted her but she escaped. He followed her trail and then headed to Al Anbar where there are armed militants of some faction. He asked to speak with Mordad and to tell Mordad that "it's the infidel who saved him" from the Russians in 1986. Logan blew himself up in a car and, with help from Mordad and his men, manages to get his body into the army base where he heals and again and went after Mystique. The two meet up and have a small skirmish before again Mystique managed to escape and set some soldiers onto Logan.Mystique then hijacks a U.S Army truck and Wolverine, having dealt with the soldiers non-lethally, goes after her again. Logan tracked her to a village in Iraq, the two then fought and she shot him in the face and Logan stabbed her in the gut. He healed and just got up and walks away leaving her on the ground to scream in pain.; ; Flash Thompson served in in Iraq. However, he lost his legs after saving his partner from enemy forces. He returned to the United States and was recruited to be the new Venom when he was enlisted as a part of Project Rebirth 2.0.; ; During the Iraq War the S.C.A.R.s, Strategic Capture And Retrieval, was developed by General Sam Ryan, Dr. Young Soo Pock, J. Jonah Jameson as a cybernetic update the Super-Soldier program acting as black ops for the United States Army. Three women were chosen for the team and each was given a different cybernetic enhancement. Unfortunately, the upgrades also cause mental instability and they went A.W.O.L.; ; Alternate Realities; Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610); Nick Fury sent Captain America and the Ultimates to Northern Iraq to rescue American hostages. Because Ultimates were a domestic anti-terrorism/metahuman task force, sending such a powerful group of soldiers across international borders did not sit well with the world community including former team mate Thor.; Earth-33900; On Earth-33900; the US Army helped various superheroes on missions in Iraq.; Punisher Movie (Earth-58732); Frank Castle Jr. the Punisher served in Iraq.; Dead of Night Universe (Earth-85133); After his second tour in Iraq, Daniel Sylva had problems with his girlfriend who eventually left him and he couldn't find a job so he went for a third tour, now not caring to return alive. He described Iraq as a yellowish brown spot on Earth with everything on it dying. After a soldier named Wahl disappeared, Danny's team got a lead on him. They walked into an ambush and all excluding Danny were killed. Danny found Wahl, strung up by his ankles with his throat cut while demons fed upon the human bodies, and their leader was his uncle's old enemy, Belathauzer. Sylva was rescued by Isaac Kaufmann and his assistant, Gabir, who told him he's the next "Shagish Chultepi." Kaufman died from serious injuries and Gabir escorted Danny to a cave where the Devil-Slayer equipment was kept. He then confronted an army of zombies and Danny succeeded in slashing them all. The Bloodstone, a mercenary group led by Belathauzer, warned the U.S. Army that Danny had killed all his soldiers and was now a deserter. When Sylva heard this he phoned his captain, but he didn't believe him. Suddenly the mercenaries attacked their safe-house and kill Gabir as Danny escaped. ============================================================ 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. History: Eight months ago, Beast starts to help Iso (his new lab partner) and the Inhumans with the mutant problem: the Terrigen Cloud encircling the globe. Meanwhile, Emma Frost decides to test her powers by jumping off a cliff and seeing how fast she can morph into her diamond form, much to the Stepford Cuckoos' confusion. Two months later, Beast and Iso meet with the Inhuman delegates and Beast learns the cloud is shrinking as Emma Frost meets with Magneto and his team to talk about the recent state of the Inhumans, and to test her increased speed of morphing into her diamond form by making Magneto attack her. Four months ago, Beast and Iso are in the Savage Land tracking the Terrigen Mist while Emma Frost meets with Young Beast and his X-Men to ask them for their help with her secret plan. Two months later, Beast informs Queen Medusa of his discoveries and she tells Black Bolt, her sister Crystal, and her son Ahura. to be prepared for war. Emma Frost meets with an unidentified woman and the woman agrees with Emma's plan. The day before, Beast discovers something alarming: the Mist is becoming more saturated as Emma Frost arrives in Limbo to meet with Storm to tell her plan to her.; After visiting the grave of Cyclops, Beasts approaches the representatives of all three factions of X-Men, Rogue, Old Man Logan, and Forge to inform them of their situation: the Terrigen Cloud is becoming part of the atmosphere. Emma let's her plan be known and everyone but Beast, Forge, and Rogue agrees to the plan. When Beast tries to stop Emma from starting her plan, Storm knocks him out and Emma's plan starts coming to fruition. First they took care of Black Bolt by using Emma, who lets him know in private that their truce is over, and Dazzler, who knocks Black Bolt out by using his voice against him when he tries to attack her. Then Crystal and Gorgon save a mutant (secretly Magneto) from being hit by the cloud. Magneto later reveals himself and destroys their ship. Jean Grey later visits Karnak at the Second Tower of Wisdom and traps him in a mind loop. After leaving from the care of Ms. Marvel while she is walking him, Lockjaw is knocked out by Fantomex. In Attilan, Medusa is commemorating three young kids for their bravery as they are about to head towards the cloud. Later, she learns about the X-Men's plan and sees them do the unthinkable: a group of X-Men flying towards Attilan. The war begins.; As the siege of Attilan gets underway, Human Torch begs to stay with Medusa, but she sends him to go help the other Inhumans and she gets ready for battle. As she gets ready, Medusa sends Iso and Inferno away from New Attilan to go find other Inhumans to help them. Storm tells the X-Men to leave the citizens alone as their main focus is the Inhuman Royal Family. Magik starts her part of the plan and teleports the Inhumans to their prison in Limbo. Xiaoyi and Dante manage to get away from New Attilan, but end up being chased by Wolverine, from who they manage to escape by using Eldrac the Door to teleport away from there. They stop for a break, but find themselves being confronted by another threat: Old Man Logan.; Iso leaves Inferno to Logan and heads for a machine being operated by Forge that is attempting to destroy the Terrigen Cloud. Iso theorizes the machine was built to compress the cloud and turn it solid so Forge can safely incinerate it, which Forge confirms. Meanwhile, Inferno decides to plunge Logan's claws into his shoulder-blade and use the connection to incinerate Logan as Iso uses her pressure abilities to destroy the Terrigen Compressor. The two take the defeated X-Men's ride as Logan reports back to Storm that the machine was destroyed. In Limbo, Naja and Flint learn where they are from Johnny. The Inhumans count their numbers and notice that neither Black Bolt nor Karnak is among them. Nur recounts that the X-Men have missed one vital factor: the NuHumans that don't live on New Attilan (minus Ahura, who wants to stay out of the war). Back on Earth, Iso and Inferno call up Ms. Marvel and ask her to recruit an Inhuman strike team to find the Inhumans who were taken. Kamala recruits Moon Girl and her trusty partner Devil Dinosaur, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Quake, Unity Squad member Synapse, intangible ghost Mosaic, inhuman diplomat Grid, and powerhouse Reader to help them save the Inhumans. In the meantime, Karnak finds a flaw in Jean's telepathic defense and manages to break it. He escapes from Grey, but ends up somewhere else: The World, where he now have to come face to face with Fantomex. Young Beast informs his older self that the cloud is accelerating faster. Rogue remarks that when the Inhumans get out, they are going to be mad, and Emma says they will be madder when they learn what they did to Black Bolt, who is currently being kept unconscious inside a soundproof cage.; On Muir Island, Mosaic and Reader warp in to start the NuHumans' plans. Reader tells Morris he needs to find Magneto and that he has to stay away from the blondes and redheads. Meanwhile back in Limbo, Medusa and the other Inhumans hatch a plan to use Gorgon's bull legs and Flint's geokinesis to create a sonic booster to shatter the barrier that holds them. The plan works and the Inhumans fight off demons as they head to the the Jean Grey school. Back on Muir Island, Morris manages to get into the X-Men's base and finds Magneto in the middle of an argument between the X-Men's forces. Morris manages to sneak his way into Magneto and find out his plan. Suddenly, Magneto knows that he's being possessed and knocks Mosaic out of his body and into the way of the Stepford Cuckoos, Cyclops and Young Angel. Magneto tells Storm that a NuHuman has possessed him and knows of his plans. Young Iceman shows up and lets Storm know that a Blackbird was stolen. Colossus tells Ororo that the Royals escaped and are on their way. Storm asks Piotr to hold off the Inhumans. Johnny forms a massive flame barrier around the school in order to cut off the X-Men. Naja notices that something is coming: Colossus. The NuHuman team is holding Forge hostage and they notice the Blackbird arrive. To their surprise, it's Morris as Cyclops who flew the ship and brought it to them. Morris tells them that the Inhumans are trapped in Limbo. Iso starts to formulate a plan to get there, but Morris tells them he learned another thing: the status of the Terrigen Cloud and why the X-Men are fighting the Inhumans. The NuHumans are shocked and appalled at the new information, and Ms. Marvel asks one question: "Who are the good guys?"; Karnak, Fantomex, and Jean Grey battle in The World. Karnak knocks out Jean Grey and knocks Fantomex through a window. Karnak then plans to find a way out of here and manages to find a way out: a knocked out Lockjaw. In X-Haven, Colossus and Gorgon start their battle as Medusa and the others make their escape. The Inhumans find Black Bolt, but he is being guarded by Havok. Havok threatens to kill Blackagar, but Medusa tells him that if he kills Black Bolt, nothing will stop her from killing Havok. Havok leaves Black Bolt to them, but he also lets them know that there is no way out. Meanwhile, the NuHumans have now teamed up with Forge to destroy the cloud. Forge shows them plans for the Terrigen Eater. Iso apologizes for destroying it, but Moon Girl intervenes. She says that the design is too bulky and won't be able to move. She redesigns it, to Forge and Iso's praise. But she needs a large amount of materials to build the new Terrigen Eater. Iso takes Forge and Lunella to Ennilux to go see Ahura to get enough materials as the others go to the cloud.; Synapse and Reader arrive in the World and rescue Karnak and wake up Lockjaw. In Iceland, Grid and Cyclops talk to each other as the Blackbird lands. Ms. Marvel remarks about the view, but then changed her mind when they were confronted by the X-Men. A massive battle ensues. Cyclops defeats Gorgon and he and Havok head towards the battle. In the Philippines, Medusa notices that the Inhumans have done something to Black Bolt's voice, but that doesn't matter because Black Bolt can still fight. In Iceland, Storm asks Scott what he is doing, but Emma says that her Scott and her do this kind of thing all the time attacks Scott. Ms. Marvel attacks Emma Frost and supports her fellow Champion. Mosiac goes after Storm and possesses her. Grid attacks Magneto, but Magneto decides to stop the battle by launching the Blackbird right at the two colliding forces.; The brawl intensifies as Medusa, Black Bolt, Synapse, and the other Inhumans who were captured arrived at the battle. Johnny and Crystal stop the crashing Blackbird, as Emma Frost tells the the Stepford Cuckoos to possess any Inhumans to their side. The Cuckoos and Emma took control of Grid, Inferno, Johnny, and Quake. Naja attacks Storm, who is currently possessed by Mosaic. Black Bolt attacks Emma Frost, and Emma uses her diamond form to stab him in the shoulder, which also frees Johnny from her telepathy. As Emma prepares to kill Black Bolt, Karnak and Lockjaw arrive and take her down. As Medusa takes down Psylocke, Reader tells her that they are losing. Just as he admits defeat, Ennilux zeppelins arrive with Ahura, Iso, and Moon Girl in tow. Xiaoyi tells Medusa about everything and Lunella gives Medusa a remote. She explains that the remote controls the Terrigen Compressor, and one push of it will wipe out the Terrigen cloud and that the choice to wipe it out should be Medusa's. She presses the button and destroys the Terrigen Cloud.; Emma asks why the battle is stopping, and Storm replies that their goal is achieved. Emma retaliates by saying that they killed Scott and she wants revenge. Just then, the past Cyclops tells everyone that Scott died during their first encounter with the cloud, much to Storm's rage. Emma tries to condone her actions, and unleashes her ultimate weapon: Inhuman-hunting Sentinels. The Inhumans and X-Men team up to take them down, with Forge horrifyingly realizing that he built them under Emma's control. The Sentinels then kill Cerebra, as Emma takes control of Magneto and he unleashes an attack. Johnny offers to take Medusa to Emma, but Black Bolt goes with her, with every Inhuman calling their reunion beautiful. Medusa takes down Emma and frees Magneto, who is quickly blasted by Havok. As Medusa choked the life out of Emma, Havok also attacked Medusa and took Emma away just as the Sentinels were destroyed.; In the aftermath, Storm, Logan, and Jean all apologize to Beast. Emma Frost adopts a new identity and a new Cyclops-inspired look, and Medusa decides to abdicate her throne and make Iso the new queen of the Inhumans and break up with Johnny and finally decides that she is free an can do anything she wants and she visits Black Bolt at the Quiet Room. ============================================================ 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. History: Prior to the destruction of the entire Multiverse as a consequence of the incursions, the Infinity Gems of the Marvel Universe were destroyed. Once all of reality was restored, the Infinity Gems started to re-emerge.; Both the Space and Mind Stones manifested on Earth, the former was initially procured by Logan, but he later left it in the hands of Black Widow for safekeeping, while the latter fell in the hands of small-time crook Turk Barrett, who used its power for his own gain. A giant-sized Power Stone resurfaced in the desert planet of Xitaung and became guarded by the Nova Corps and the Guardians of the Galaxy. The Reality Stone appeared in an adjacent reality, from where it was retrieved by Captain Marvel. The Time Stone turned out to be responsible for the return of the destroyed planet Sakaar, and was unearthed by the Super-Skrull from its core with the objective to find the other gems and return the glory of the Skrull Empire. The Soul Gem was obtained by Magus on the surface of Ego the Living Planet, but was taken from his hands by Ultron / Hank Pym, whose intention was to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet and rewrite the universe.; The Nova Corps outpost in Xitaung was eventually besieged concurrently by the Fraternity of Raptors and the Chitauri warlord Warbringer. After freeing the planet Telferina from a Flora colossi invasion led by the maddened Gardener, the Guardians of the Galaxy joined the fight against the invaders in Xitaung. After the Nova Corps decided to retreat, Rich Rider figured out thanks to his brother Robbie that a one could impose their cognition over reality to alter the size of the Power Stone. Using this principle, Star-Lord reduced it to the size of a hand. Since the Power Stone acted as an anchor that prevented Xitaung's destruction, the planet started crumbling immediatelly. After using the Power Stone to destroy the Chitauri, the Guardians and Nova escaped from the doomed planet.; Possessing knowledge of the calamity that awaited if the Infinity Stones were gathered again, Kang the Conqueror abducted Adam Warlock and convinced him to accept his help in securing the Soul Gem in exchange for the Time Stone. Adam was sent back in time to receive council from Rama-Tut, and joined the hunt for the Gem a millenia later on present day. When he reached the planet of Saiph, he found that the world had been conquered by Ultron using the Soul Gem, and one of his victims affected by the Ultron Virus was the Silver Surfer. After Warlock healed him of Ultron's infection, the Silver Surfer sought out Galactus' help to convince him to destroy Saiph, since Ultron planned to use it as the launching point to spread the Ultron Virus on a cosmic scale. Galactus initially refused due to the consequence of destroying the planet, but eventually agreed. Saiph and the rockets transporting the Ultron Virus were destroyed before they could leave the planet. Ultron attempted to escape but was wounded, and the Soul Gem was taken by Warlock. As a result of destroying Saiph, Galactus' hunger returned. In exchange for Galactus' help, Silver Surfer was forced to serve as his herald once again.; In the meantime, the Guardians and the Nova Corps regrouped in Knowhere. Drax the Destroyer took off with the Power Stone while Nova set out to save his brother from the Raptors. Star-Lord was summoned by the Collector and Grandmaster, who had found a Reality Stone. However, it turned out it wasn't the Reality Stone from their universe, but from an adjacent reality. The Captain Marvel from the world that Reality Stone belonged to appeared it to retrieve it, and Star-Lord handed it over since it was useless outside its native universe. The Guardians escaped to Oblitus, but they were intercepted by Warlock and Kang. Gamora attempted to take the Soul Stone from Warlock, and a fight broke out. Drax managed to hold onto the stone, but learned that Soulworld was corrupted, so he struck Gamora to prevent her from opening it, and departed with Warlock and Kang. The rest of the Guardians refused to help Gamora pursue Kang, and she went on her own.; In the middle of a cosmic journey, Doctor Strange stumbled into the Time Stone and stole it from the Super-Skrull. He additionally tracked down the Mind Stone, and tried to convince Turk Barrett to give it up, but he managed to evade him. When Black Widow sought Strange's help to dispose of the Space Stone, he refused take it since he warned against keeping two stones in close proximity. Using magic, Strange communicated with the wielders of each stone and requested a parley to reform the Infinity Watch, arguing it was critical the six stones were properly safeguarded to stave off calamity. With one such threat being Thanos. ============================================================ 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 History: In light of Wolverine's death, Wolverine's friends have found out what had happened to him and cope with this outcome. While Mister Fantastic voiced his regret about not being able to help Wolverine reactivate his healing factor, Forge has built a log cabin that will house Wolverine's Adamantium-covered body. Though Kitty Pryde decided to phase Wolverine's body out of the Adamantium so that he can have a proper funeral. The Adamantium shell is left hidden beneath the cabin as a memorial for Wolverine. In the present following a fight with the Reavers, Kitty Pryde has found out that Wolverine's body is not in his unmarked grave. In order to find where Wolverine's body is, Kitty Pryde rallies the X-Men and the rest of Wolverine's associates. ============================================================ 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. History: Loki embarks on a journey to the God Quarry with a librarian from Omnipotence City, Flowa, in order to investigate the desecration of a book with a story involving him. He had found out that none of the stories at Omnipotence City's library show him being the hero, and determined somebody must be behind this occurrence. When he reaches the God Quarry, its guardians, The Coven, burst into flames announcing that "infinity's end is here!" A portal from another universe hurls a counterpart of Loki who is worthy of Mjolnir and possesses the Infinity Stones of his reality. Loki's counterpart warns him that he won't be able to breach into the "original universe" without them, or have any hopes of winning against Requiem and Devondra. Loki's counterpart returns to his reality, where he's slain by Soul-Eater. Loki sets out to find the Infinity Stones.; In the meantime, Gamora meets up with Star-Lord and switches the Power Stone in his possession with a fake. Donning a special masked armor forged by a dwarf of Nidavellir and a sword with the Power Stone encrusted on its hilt, Gamora murders Thanos before he can set out to find the Infinity Stones. After killing her foster father, Gamora is plagued by an apparition of Thanos.; On Earth, Doctor Strange convenes the Infinity Watch to arrange the safekeeping of the Infinity Stones. Strange attempts to observe Thanos' whereabouts and is surprised to find him dead. Gamora arrives and demands the Infinity Stones, and simply identifies herself as Requiem. During the ensuing fight, her true identity is revealed. Surprised by Gamora's uncharacteristic behavior, Star-Lord tries to reason with her. He's saved from death by Doctor Strange, using the Time Stone. Doctor Strange then teleports to another dimension with Turk Barrett and convinces him to hand over the Mind Stone. Back in Central Park, Captain Marvel flies away with Gamora to take her down, but Gamora steals the Reality Stone from her and uses it to trick the heroes into believing she's Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel is Gamora. Captain America notices the deception after Doctor Strange restrains Captain Marvel, but Gamora uses the Reality Stone to partially fuse him and Doctor Strange together, stealing both the Time and Mind Stones. Gamora decapitates Warlock, and the heroes try to race to the Soul Gem. However, Gamora uses the Time Stone to freeze time, and steals the Space Stone from Black Widow in the process. Hesitant, Gamora opens a portal to Soul World and reunites with the part of herself trapped within, becoming whole again. Gamora then sets out to rebalance the Soul Gem, declaring that Devondra must feed. Loki approaches her from behind with Flowa, and offers Gamora his counsel.; Gamora reads Loki's mind and learns of his visit to the God Quarry sets out to investigate the boundary at the Quarry of Creation since she can't see beyond that place. As a means to neutralize any possible opposition and to feed Davondra, the creature at the heart of the Soul Gem, Gamora uses the Infinity Stones to trap all the inhabitants of the universe in a pocket universe called Warp World located inside Soul Gem, additionally merging every person with another, effectively cutting down the number of souls in the universe by half. Gamora's actions unwittingly result in the creation of many particular inhabitants inside Warp World, including Iron Hammer, the combination of Iron Man and Thor; Soldier Supreme, the combination of Doctor Strange and Captain America; Weapon Hex, the combination of the Scarlet Witch and X-23; Arachknight, the combination of Spider-Man and Moon Knight; and Ghost Panther, the combination of Black Panther and Ghost Rider.; Gamora subsequently travels with Flowa to the God Quarry and begins to dig into the Quarry of Creation. She has left Loki trapped inside Warp World, so he tries to enlist the help of Diamond Patch, the amalgam of Wolverine and Emma Frost, to find Adam Warlcok to prevent the doom of both Warp World and the real world. Having deduced that if Gamora has copied the entire universe and installed it into the Soul Gem, Diamond Patch theorizes a set of Infinity Stones must also exist in Soul World. Since he has the knowledge he will one day wield the Phoenix Force, Diamond Patch sends his future self a telepathic message in a bottle, resulting in the Phoenix-empowered Wolverine from The End of Time arriving to help Loki and Diamond Patch. He hands them over the Power Stone, and splits Diamond Patch back into Logan and Emma Frost before leaving. Meanwhile in an adjacent reality, this universe's Captain Marvel and Moondragon confront Requiem and escape to the Prime Marvel Universe after failing to take her down.; Leaving Logan behind, Emma helps Loki recruit other individuals he had deemed uniquely suited to wield an Infinity Stone. When Gamora read Loki's mind before creating Warp World, Loki specifically imagined the people he needed in his journey mashed together so that she would subconsciously create them and unwittingly facilitate their location. These people are Kang and Ms. Marvel, merged into Ms. Kang, and Ant-Man and the Hulk, merged into Little Monster. Using their combined powers, Emma and Loki split them. After assembling the team, Loki finds Adam Warlock and attempts to get his help to escape Soul World, but he insists they need to fight Davondra. Emma rallies numerous merged heroes to help Warlock as the entirety of Warp World becomes infested by manifestations of the creature. One of the heroes that answers Emma's call is a seemingly normal saxophone player who is actually Drax the Destroyer.; In the real world, Gamora finds an impenetrable barrier bellow the Quarry of Creation. She tries to breach out of the universe but she can't, and is soon confronted by the Council of Watchers.; While the warped heroes of Warp World fight Devondra, Loki's team find a set of Infinity Stones that Gamora unwittingly created when she copied the universe into Soul World. Loki divides the stones between his team based on each person's individual talents, since a wielder's mastery over the aspect of a certain Infinity Stone allows them to unlock the full power of another.; The Phyla-Vell and Moondragon from the adjacent universe arrive and confront Gamora for the actions of their universe's requiem. They're soon joined by Loki and his team. They use the Infinity Stones to defeat Gamora, snatching from her several of the Stones from the set in her possession. However, Loki pickpockets Ant-Man and Ms. Marvel, making a complete set of Infinity Stones. He sends Gamora, Phyla-Vell and Moondragon into Soul World and escapes through the barrier in the bottom of the Quarry of Creation. He finds himself in another universe, with Celestials being surrounded by countless of Infinity Stones. In the meantime in Soul World, Arthur Douglas is recruited by Peet (an amalgam of Groot and Star-Lord) to join the battle against Devondra.; Loki confronts the Celestials and is directed to a mirrored surface to see his future. He laughs and, disenchanted, returns to the Quarry of Creation. Having used the power of his set of Infinity Stones to render inert the surplus gems, he hands them over to his former team and leaves with Flowa to Omnipotence City, deducing that it was the actions of his future self, who tried to change the past to prevent himself from breaching out of the universe.; In Warp World, Peet reunites the Guardians of the Galaxy. Loki's team returns to Warp World and Hulk uses the Space Stone to create a black hole to destroy Devondra. Warlock uses the Soul Gem to return the Guardians to normalcy, and splitting Warp World's Arthur Douglas reveals that he had been merged with himself because he possesses two souls, one corresponding to his human self and another to the Destroyer. Warlock directs the stone-wielders to bring back the regular universe, while keeping Warp World intact in a facet of the Soul Gem per the wishes of Soldier Supreme. The heroes start to run out of time, so Arthur and Drax decide to sacrifice themselves, staying in Warp World to hold open a portal so that Warlock and the other heroes can safely return home. When they do, Warlock teleports Gamora someplace she could set on a path of redemption, and she finds herself taking a younger and amnesiac Magus under her wing. Adam then decides to give each Infinity Stone their own soul, giving them the ability to dictate their own destiny. All the stones part away, including the Soul Gem, much to Warlock's surprise since he expected it to remain by his side.; Arthur Douglas is living a happy life with his wife Yvette in Warp World, and the heroes that banded together to fight Devondra officially joined forces to become the Defenders of their world. In Omnipotence City, Loki sets out to answer to Warlock's actions. Warlock ponders on the final fate of the Infinity Stones, expressing that he feels like a piece of himself is missing.; Prelude ============================================================ 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 History: ; Datation; The Lesser Cataclysm occurred five hundred years after the Great Cataclysm, placing it circa 17,500 BC.; Effects; After the death of Tuzun Thune circa 18,500 BC, the House of a Thousand Mirrors stood for a thousand years, which could indicate it may had been destroyed by the Lesser Cataclysm.; Aftermaths; The cataclysm achieved to return man to a barbaric state.; The lesser Cataclysm further shifted the continents. It also created an Inland Sea separating East and West from a string of lakes created by the Great Cataclysm. ============================================================ Holocaust (Event) Kind: event Page: Holocaust (Event) Full name: Holocaust (Event) First appearance: Mystic Comics Vol 1 6 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Holocaust, was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945.; Events; On September 15 1935, the Nazis established the Nuremberg laws, Jewish families such as Eisenhardt's were persecuted. One of the family was beaten and forced to wear a sign saying that he had shamed a German woman, the family recommended leaving their hometown Nuremberg, but Jakob Eisenhardt went to Major Scharf, hoping to get immunity. After being left waiting for Scharf, Jakob saw him as he was leaving and a troupe of Nazis beat him for "making such a trouble" in Scharf's office and resisting arrest. After hours of beating, Major Scharf threw Jakob out of his office, stating that they would have killed him and that they were even. As things worsened in Germany, Jakob taught his family "fight back, and they'll stomp in your head" and insisted that they stay and learn to figure out the rules.; In November 7, 1938, when Herschel Grynszpan assassinated the German attaché, Ernst vom Rath and the Nazis started to terrorize Jewish people in the Reichskristallnacht, they fled to Warsaw, Poland.; World War II; 1940; The Eisenhardt lived in a Jewish sector of Warsaw, where the Nazis built the Warsaw Ghetto in October 1940.; Later that year American news correspondent Keen Marlow was accused of being a spy and was incarcerated in the Strohn Concentration camp. There he met dying German scientist Professor Eric Schmitt. Schmitt had developed a variant of the Super-Soldier Serum and gave one of his last samples to Marlow, enhancing his body. Marlow then escaped from Strohn and became the costumed hero known as the Destroyer, and attacked the Nazis from within Germany.; 1942; When the Nazis started to deport ghetto inhabitants to Treblinka extermination camp in July 1942, Jakob and his family tried to escape. On their way to their hideout they were captured by Nazi soldiers and as they were executed, Jakob saved Max' life by pushing him out of the fire line without anyone's notice. Their corpses and Max were buried in a mass grave.; The people of the camps were branded with I.D. numbers. Max was Auschwitz I.D. #24005 (retcon from #214782).; In 1942, Logan spent time in the Sobibor extermination camp. A Major Manfred Baumin was assigned as the new Commandant of the camp as the former had just committed suicide. Upon arrival, Major Bauman found Logan doing nothing and ordered the guards to shoot the man to make an example out of him for the other inmates, so they do and later burn up his body. That night, Logan returned, alive and well and Major Bauman freaked out, and the guards shoot and torture Logan again, until they think he was dead, but he kept on coming back. The next day, Major Bauman's mentor General Reinhard Heydrich, paid a visit. He still was not pleased with the camp, despite its few improvements, and wanted to see a possibility being created so five thousand more prisoners could be held. General Heydrich also believed that Logan could not die, and he and the other guards kill Logan every single week after that, until the General was killed by the British forces. Major Bauman, in the meantime, grew insane because Logan refused to die in the gas chambers. He went to confront him but he found Logan with dead guards around him. The Major tied Logan up on a chair and tortured him, but he still did not die and did not utter a word. Major Bauman kicked Logan against a table knocking over a candle it fell on the floor and the entire room caught on fire. A bookcase fell on the Major and the fire consumed them both. However, the very next day, he was alive again and watched how a new Commandant arrive at the camp.; Dr. Raymond Koch of Project Nietzsche experimented on Jewish prisoners kept at the Schwarzebitte concentration camp during the Holocaust. In October 1942, Isaiah Bradley performed his first mission as Captain America at the Schwarzebitte concentration camp. He discovered the horrors at the site killing Doctor Koch with his bare hands.; Achilles of the Pantheon was sent to the camp of Dachau. When they tried to tattoo him, the needle broke revealing his superpowered heritage. Achilles, his wife and three children were gassed but being immortal he survived and was thrown into a mass grave with all the other victims.; Auschwitz; In 1944, Mister Sinister worked along with geneticist Josef Mengele, earning the nickname "Nosferatu" from the captive children at Auschwitz. One of his characteristics was he liked to play a piece of Schubert. Due both to his pale visage (believed to be albinism), Sinister frightened even the Nazis, often giving children candy in exchange for their blood as a means of bribery. Young Max Eisenhardt witnessed Nosferatu's actions.; "Nosferatu" roamed the camp and picked people at random, looking for mutants for experimentation in his quest to catalyze the mutator gene. He could even pick those heading to the gas chambers, without interference of the guards who were terrified of him. Those he picked were never seen again, and it was believed by some that he was a hero, helping people to escape. Max Eisenhardt didn't trust him and, consequently, became a Sonderkommando to avoid selection. Cleaning out the furnaces of the crematoria, he discovered the bodies of his friends who had been picked, turned into monsters.; 1945; In 1945, Captain America witnessed the atrocities himself when he led a mission to liberate Diebenwald concentration camp. The camps commanding officer tried to hold young Anna Kapplebaum hostage, but Cap saved her life.; Nazi Camps; Extermination Camps; Auschwitz-Birkenau; Sobibor; Treblinka; Majdanek, Chelmno, Belzec; Concentration Camps; Auschenberg; Buchenwald; Dachau; Diebenwald; Schwarzebitte; Kraków-Płaszów; Narzweuker-Struthof; Ravensbrück; Hinzert; Arbeitsdorf, Bergen-Belsen, Flossenbürg, Gross-Rosen, Herzogenbusch, Kaiserwald, Kauen, Mauthausen–Gusen, Mittelbau-Dora, Natzweiler-Struthof, Neuengamme, Niederhagen, Sachsenhausen, Vaivara ============================================================ Iran-Contra Affair Kind: event Page: Iran-Contra Affair Full name: Iran-Contra Affair First appearance: Captain America Vol 1 332 Reality: Earth-616 History: The Iran–Contra Affair, was an American political scandal that occurred during Ronald Reagan's administration. The administration secretly sold arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo. They hoped to use the funds to help the Contras in Nicaragua.; Steve Rogers quit his role as Captain America as he feared the government would send him to fight with the Contras in Nicaragua.; Col. Oliver North was tried and convicted in the Iran-Contra Affair, but his convictions were vacated and reversed, and all charges against him dismissed. A young Eddie Brock watched the hearing on TV with his father and could tell he was lying throughout. ============================================================ 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. History: In response to the increasing oppression robots and other kinds of artificial life forms endured from the government, Machine Man started rallying the robotic population to fight for their rights. Concurrently, Tony Stark had become convinced that he was an artificial life form himself; his current body having been artificially grown and his brain loaded with a digital backup of his mind. Tony's brother Arno Stark used this admission to delegitimize him. He seized control of all Tony's assets, including his company Stark Unlimited and the Iron Man name.; Believing in the arrival of an inminent Extinction Entity whose intent is to assimilate all A.I.s and organic life, Arno and his partner Sunset Bain become the premier forces of A.I. oppression. Having come to terms with his nature as an artificial construct, Tony joins the A.I. Army. He becomes the leader of the rebellion, renouncing his previous identity and calling himself Mark One. In the side of the fight against robots, Maria Hill reassembles Force Works as a task force led by War Machine to combat A.I.-related terrorism.; The A.I. Army continues its efforts to liberate their brethren using Un-Inhibitors, devices capable of overriding any form of control over a robot's free will. During a confrontation against the A.I. Army, Arno takes hold of an Un-Inhibitor and reverse-engineers it to create an "submission code" capable of making any robot compliant to humans if their operative system is infected with it. The A.I. Army learns of its creation through their informant, "Ghost in the Machine," and Mark One leads an assault on Bain Tower to stop a global broadcast of the submission code. The transmission turns out to double as a bait set up by Arno to draw out Mark One. During the attack on Bain Tower, the A.I. Army's forces are overpowered, and Machine Man is lured away by Jocasta, his girlfriend who had fallen victim to the submission code. Jocasta lures Machine Man to a Baintronics factory where he is confronted by his rebuilt X-Model predecessors and his would-be successor X-52, but he manages to defeat them and escape with Jocasta's head.; Arno defeats Mark One and attempts to reason with him to stop the rebellion, revealing that he only intends to use the submission code as the path of least resistance to unite humanity with robotkind against the Extinction Entity. Mark One dismisses Arno's standpoint and uses a robot march rallied by Machinesmith outside Bain Tower as a distraction to slip away and fly towards Bain Tower's transmission dish. He manages to stop the broadcast and disable the antenna, but Arno knocks him off the top of the building in retaliation, and Tony plummets into the ground. As his allies escape with his body, Tony wakes up in the Thirteenth Floor, where Friday had pulled his consciousness into as he was falling. Meanwhile, Machine Man takes Jocasta's head to Andy Bhang, who manages to remove the submission code.; As Friday tries to convince Tony that he is not a duplicate as he currently thinks, Arno decides to change his plans and instead device a way to control people, whom he deems as the more difficult party between humans and robots. When Bain argues against this, Arno reveals that she is actually an A.I. duplicate of the real Sunset Bain, whom Arno had switched for leverage. Stark Unlimited scientist Dr. Shapiro relays the information about Arno's new plan to Friday, who is revealed to be Ghost in the Machine. After being confronted with holographic manifestations of himself in different points of his life, Tony finally acknowledges that he is the real Tony Stark. Tony's allies assault the Stark Unlimited HQ, and Jocasta incapacitates Sunset by uploading the submission code into her brain. Tony's friends place his body in a bio-pod which replaces his artificial cells with DNA samples of his parents gathered by Rescue. After uploading his consciousness into his restored body, Tony and his allies transport to the Stark Space Station, where Arno is installing his mind-controlling device. Using his new Virtual Armor, Tony manages to overpower Arno, but their confrontation is interrupted by the sudden arrival of the Extinction Entity.; With the Extinction Entity's arrival convincing Tony that his brother was right, he offers his support, and wraps Arno in the Virtual Armor to restore his suit. Arno rallies Tony and his allies to take on the Extinction Entity. They are joined by Earth's heroes and more of Tony's allies. Ultimately, Arno willingly assimilates with the Extinction Entity, revealing that his nature as a human who is more A.I. at heart makes him a singularity, causing the invading monster to disappear in an explosion. However, it's revealed that Tony and Arno never moved from the Stark Space Station. When Tony wrapped Arno in the Virtual Armor, it submerged him in the eScape, with Friday running a simulation to give Arno a happy ending. Tony explains that Arno had only managed to abate the symptoms of his congenial disease, and it was still going to kill him. The Extinction Entity was only a delusion caused by the creeping illness, which is now contained by the Virtual Armor acting as a new life support system.; In the aftermath, Jocasta has Sunset expose herself in a congressional hearing and Tony prepares to resume his life. Clad in a new retro armor, Tony hands over the Stark Unlimited HQ to Andy Bhang, changing its logo to Bhang Robotics' as a gift. ============================================================ 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 History: Phaestus of Valusia managed to escape from Hell to save her true love from the clutches of the Fire Giants. His escape from Hell caused a great disruption in the Underworld with consequent problems that followed. This period was called by the Atlanteans The Harrowing. ============================================================ 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. History: Overview; "Jaspers' Warp", also known as "Crooked World", was a Marvel UK storyline featuring primarily the character Captain Britain. It was originally published between 1981 and 1984.; Events; Earth-238; On Earth-238, which was nicknamed the "Crooked World", Mad Jim Jaspers and his Crazy Gang took over the country and began using his reality warping powers to cause chaos.; Earth-616; When Captain Britain returned from Earth-238 he found his world repeating the events. Sir James Jaspers gave a speech denouncing the superhumans of the world. It was at a fundraising event he first noticed that he turned his white wine into red. Merlyn and Roma witnessed this and saw the threat coming to the country. After the party he contacted Vixen and told her to prepare S.T.R.I.K.E. to wipe out the superhumans of the nation at the end of the week.; Vixen now worried that he had gone to far broke into 10 Downing Street but found the laws of physics broken by his powers. On a whim he turned her into an actual "fox". Jaspers now mad with power let his reality warp spread across the nation mutating the population into Warpies. Captain Britain rushed to stop him, but when he entered the office he had become one with the universe.He held the hero aloft while looking over while viewing the chaos below. He tortured Captain Britain with false memories until he grew bored. When he recovered he tried to attack him but easily changed forms, he then trapped the hero in a combine harvester and left him for dead. He then used his powers to create the Crazy Gang wacky group of superhuman beings. The Fury arrived on Earth-616 and attacked Jaspers after recognising that this Jaspers was not the same man it was forbidden to kill. He tried to vaporize him but Jaspers just rebuilt his body from scratch. The two battled taking on multiple forms but ultimately lead to a stalemate.; After a reality-warping battle, The Fury managed to kill him by teleporting the pair outside of the universe, where Jaspers had no reality to control and was thus powerless. The Fury then, in its weakened condition, was destroyed itself by the one hero that had escaped from Earth-238, Captain UK. Although Saturnyne took a sample of Jaspers' DNA with the intention of cloning him, the DNA was secretly destroyed by Merlyn's daughter, Roma.; Aftermath; The event had long lasting effect on the UK as many children mutated by unstable dimensional energies became known as Warpies. ============================================================ 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:; 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. History: Preface; During the gap between the sixth and seventh iterations of the cosmos, the elder god of darkness Knull ruled supreme over the void, until he was awoken by the light of creation. Enraged, he waged war agaist the light, decapitating a Celestial after creating a blade of Living Abyss. Refining the blade using the Celestial's severed head as a forge, unwittingly creating a metaphysical connection between himself and the Celestial, Knull proceeded to annihilate entire pantheons of gods. One of his fights against the Light left Knull so injured that an inhabitant of a nameless planet was able to steal his blade, unwillingly following his footsteps. After recovering, Knull discovered he could merge his creations to "lesser creatures", and decided to use this as a way to corrupt the light. At some point during his crusade, Knull came across a time-displaced Silver Surfer, starting a rivalry that would resurface eons later. Knull's reign of terror came to an end when the Norse god of thunder Thor struck down two of his dragons—the Grendel and Grendel's Mother—and severed his connection to Symbiote Hive. Bonding to the nearest hosts they could find, the Hive was infected with concepts of nobility and honor, causing the symbiotes to rebel against Knull and imprison him at the core of their homeworld, rebranding themselves the Klyntar—their word for "cage"—and seeking to redeem themselves as the Agents of the Cosmos. On Earth, an apocalyptic cult worshiping Knull was established by humans who had worshiped the symbiote dragons and been infected by offshoots still loyal to Knull, spreading around the world and infiltrating various other organizations to prepare for and facilitate Knull's return.; In the 1930s, a teenage Namor McKenzie was sent as a diplomatic envoy to the Chasm People's outpost in the Orreki Reefs in a bid to arrange a union between them and the Atlantean Empire. After helping foil a coup against King Attukar of the Chasm People, Namor, Dorma, and the Chasm People's prince Attuma were sent to accompany the Swift Tide—an elite squad of warrior women—on a mission to retrieve an ancient eldritch artifact called the Unforgotten Stone. The mission ended in disaster, with the Swift Tide being corrupted into monsters by the Unforgotten Stone's dark power, redubbing themselves the Black Tide. The Black Tide slaughtered the Chasm People present at the Orreki Reefs, including King Attukar, before declaring war on Atlantis itself. When the Black Tide attacked Atlantis, Dorma used the power of the Unforgotten Stone—which had been retrieved by her pet mutant goldfish Ambrose—to trap them in ice. Read the rites of banishment by Emperor Thakorr, the Black Tide were imprisoned in the depths of the Harran's Rift, but Attuma blamed Atlantis for the disaster, ruining the chance for peace between his people and Namor's.; In the 1960s, the Grendel—frozen in a glacier for centuries—was uncovered by S.H.I.E.L.D. and used as part of a black ops super-soldier program during the Vietnam War. Due to the symbiotes' connection to Knull through the Hive-Mind, they went berserk and rampaged through Vietnam until S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury sent Logan and a Life Model Decoy of himself to put a stop to them, encountering Rex Strickland—one of the Sym-Soldiers. To eliminate witnesses and evidence, Fury self-destructed the Life-Model Decoy, incapacitating the symbiotes and killing Strickland, but Strickland's symbiote survived, broke free of Knull's control, and imprinted his codex into itself to pose as him, becoming an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Following this, the Weapon Plus supersoldier initiative appropriated the Sym-Soldier Program to create Weapon V.; During the time Spider-Man was the host of the symbiote later known as Venom, a proto-symbiote called Mister E attempted to conquer the Earth in service of his master, who had reached back through time from the future to resurrect it in a bid to change the past. Witnessing a future where Mister E succeeded, Kang the Conquerer attempted to prevent this from coming to pass, extracting Uatu the Watcher's knowledge and recruiting Rocket Raccoon to his cause. Coming into conflict with Spider-Man, Mister E was confused as to why one of its brethren would be subservient to its host and try to stop its plan. When Black Knight intervened, Mister E impersonated Merlin to lure him into a trap and stole the Ebony Blade—intent on destroying it out of the belief it could be used to vanquish Knull. Stealing an experimental Quinjet, Mister E took the Ebony Blade to the troll blacksmith Ulicia on Knowhere; pursued by Kang, Rocket, Spider-Man, the Black Knight, and Captain Marvel. After a brief fight with Ulicia's brother Ulik, who had been recruited by Uatu to reclaim the Ebony Blade, Mister E was subdued by Captain Marvel's light-based powers and imprisoned in the Collector's showroom. Reaching backwards through time, Knull restored Mister E's full power and he escaped, reclaiming the Ebony Blade with the intent of using it to prematurely free Knull, but was vanquished by Captain Marvel. Uatu attempted to take the group of heroes and villains forward through time to stop Knull's invasion in the future, but was stopped by the other Watchers. Captain Marvel was able to destroy the shell of living abyss covering the sun, briefly rousing Knull from his slumber to vow revenge. In order to preserve the continuity of the time-stream, Uatu erased the memories of everyone involved.; Knull Unleashed; Following the downfall of S.H.I.E.L.D., "Strickland" recruited Eddie Brock—host of the Venom symbiote—to rescue the other Sym-Soldiers. Venom unwittingly freed the Grendel, which was remote-piloted by Knull and embarked on a rampage to reclaim its missing pieces. Following a close encounter with Knull's avatar, Eddie bonded to Strickland's symbiote and attempted to stop Knull, who nearly succeeded in assimilating the Venom symbiote into the Grendel; Strickland's symbiote sacrificing itself to drag Knull's avatar into a blast furnace and immolate it. Seeking to make amends with his estranged father, Eddie discovered he had a son named Dylan and took him from his abusive grandfather.; The corpse of the serial killer Cletus Kasady was recovered by the cult worshiping Knull, who bonded it to a surviving sample of the Grendel. Knull attempted to take over Cletus' body, but was stopped by Cletus ripping out Tanis Nieves' spine and eating it to absorb her codex, which contained remnants of the Carnage symbiote. Now connected to Knull as an undead demigod, Cletus decided to awake the dark elder god by assimilating as many symbiote codices as possible to amplify his symbiote's connection to the rest of the Hive. Assimilating the Mania symbiote and many other hosts' codices, Carnage rampaged through New York, ultimately tricking Eddie into helping him unleash Knull at the cost of his life. In the process, Dylan learned he was a Human/Symbiote Hybrids with powers similar to Knull's.; Destroying Klyntar, Knull was confronted by the Exolon-infected Kree bounty-hunter, Zak-Del, who tried fighting him only to be stripped of his Exolon symbiote. Recreating All-Black, Knull and his horde blaze a swath of destruction across the cosmos en route to Earth—destroying multiple planets; waylaying a fleet of Kree/Skrull Alliance ships and slaughtering or infecting their crews, and settling his eons-old grudge against the Celestials by killing and/or infecting them with symbiotes. After his failed duel with Knull, Zak-Del was immediately confronted by the God of Light, Knull's opposite, telling him to find Eddie Brock and inform him of its existence. Focusing his attention on Earth, Knull dispatched symbiote-dragons across the cosmos to cause as much widespread destruction as possible, one of them attacking Spartax and slaughtering two billion of its inhabitants in the space of four standard hours before being slain by the apotheosized Star-Lord. Other symbiote-dragons began laying waste to Zn'rx territories, precipitating a Snarkwar amongst the various factions. Knull also infected Fin Fang Foom with a symbiote, adding the Makluan dragon to his army and sending him to attack Asgard.; Conquest of Earth; Sensing that Knull's arrival on Earth is imminent, Eddie alerts the Avengers and takes Dylan to the secret bunker made for Spider-Man by Ezekiel Sims. As hundreds of thousands of Symbiote Dragons fly through space towards Earth, Iron Man uses derelict warships left over from the war with the Cotati as a minefield—only managing to kill a hundred of them. The Avengers contact Mayor Wilson Fisk to warn him of the danger, but Fisk disregards the warning to evacuate the city, assuming that it's a trick to discredit him. As the Avengers and Fantastic Four rush to evacuate Manhattan, the symbiote dragons make landfall and start cocooning the city in symbiotes. As Doctor Strange, the X-Men, and numerous street-level heroes join the evacuation effort, Eddie makes his way to Carnage's Spire and connects to it using the Venom symbiote—intending to hack into the Symbiote Hive-Mind and hijack control of the symbiote dragons. Before Eddie can attempt to do so, symbiote-controlled Celestials arrive and Knull emerges demanding to be given the human called Brock in exchange for making Earth's destruction swift and painless.; The Sentry arrives and attempts to tear Knull in half, but is easily overpowered and split in half by the primordial god of darkness. After absorbing the Void, the dark entity that resided in the Sentry that Knull controlled with his mastery over darkness, Knull bonds symbiotes to most of the remaining heroes and then envelops the Earth in a shell of living abyss. Venom decides to surrender to Knull in order to buy the remaining heroes time to escape, alerting Knull to his location. Knull grabs Venom and takes him to the top of the Empire State Building, where Venom offers to serve him if he spares Earth. Knull refuses and informs Venom that the Brock he wanted was Dylan, ripping the Venom symbiote off Eddie before dropping him off the skyscraper's roof. The Venom symbiote was absorbed by Knull. Eddie is mortally wounded and left comatose, Spider-Man taking him to the Fantastic Four for medical treatment. Sacrificing himself to buy time for Spider-Man to escape with Eddie, the Human Torch is taken over by a symbiote, as are his soulmate Sky and the Thing.; Disregarding the evacuation order to attempt a major heist, Black Cat is caught off-guard by Knull's attack and barely manages to escape, horrified by witnessing the Avengers' last stand. Making her way to Alchemax, she recruits Doctor Steven to provide her with the means to save Doctor Strange.; As the symbiote shell encases the Earth, Knull's symbiote-dragons attack major cities around the world, attempting to devour everyone they come across or spawning symbiotes that take over civilians, heroes, and villains alike. Knull sends a symbiote-dragon to hunt down the Black Knight, seeking to claim the Ebony Blade for himself; leading to a showdown in Shanghai between the Black Knight, Aero, Sword Master, and one of Knull's avatars in the shape of the dark god Chiyou. Coming to terms with his inner darkness, the Black Knight stops Knull from claiming the Ebony Blade and Sword Master's Sword of Fu Xi, the three heroes disembarking to Manhattan to take the fight to Knull. Ghost Rider—in the middle of interrogating Mephisto—witnesses the beginning of Knull's invasion and uses his Penance Stare to sever a symbiote-dragon's connection to the Symbiote Hive-Mind. Faced with an army of demons seeking to kill him and restore Mephisto to the throne of Hell, Blaze is joined by Death Rider, Sara the Caretaker, and Blackheart. Mephisto takes advantage of the distraction to escape, but the demons are taken over by symbiotes and capture him. Ghost Rider and his allies battle the symbiote-infected demons, which attempt to infect Ghost Rider as well. Ghost Rider incapacitates the symbiote-controlled demons with another Penance Stare, and Sara persuades him to set Mephisto free to reclaim the throne of his Hell. As a parting gift, Mephisto captures a symbiote-dragon and takes it to Hell promising to destroy it, but immediately reneges on his word intending to weaponize it for his own purposes.; Another symbiote-dragon attacks the Ravencroft Institute and breaches the tomb of Cortland Kasady, an ancestor of Cletus Kasady and member of the symbiote-worshiping cult who Knull viewed as one of his most-loyal acolytes. Knull reanimates Cortland as he once had his descendant, dubbing the undead serial killer Plague; and Plague sets out to wreak havoc in Knull's name and avenge his descendant by killing Eddie Brock.; Earth's Counterattack; In the hours that follow Knull's initial victory, the X-Men withdraw from the global defense effort to focus on defending Krakoa, while the remaining Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and the Black Panther attempt to rally as many allies as they can—including arranging a truce with Namor and sending him to recruit the Black Tide, sending Blade to recruit Count Dracula, and contacting the Mayor Fisk to recruit New York's supervillains. Taking the loss of several of his bodyguards, constituents, and reputation personally, Fisk forcibly recruits a team of supervillains from the Bar with No Name, dubs them the Thunderbolts, and sends them to find Norman Osborn. Gwen Stacy's apartment is attacked by a symbiote-dragon, and when she attempts to flee to Earth-65 she accidentally warps her universe's Mary Jane Watson -- who had been bonded to a sample of Gwen's artificial Venom symbiote -- to Earth-616. MJ is taken over by a symbiote and dubbed Carnage by Knull, who orders her to capture Gwen. Connected to the Hive-Mind, Gwen is confronted by Knull, who mocks her for having unwittingly pushed MJ to embrace his corruption and accepts her challenge to save her friend. Chasing the Carnageized MJ down, Gwen manages to sever the connection between her symbiote and Knull's living abyss, seemingly killing MJ's symbiote.; Wakanda is nearly overrun by symbiotes, but the Black Panther repels the attack by using Wakanda's forcefield to amplify one of Klaw's sonic arm-cannons -- briefly punching a hole through the symbiote barrier encasing the Earth -- and summoning the Hand of Bast to combat a symbiote-dragon spawning the horde. The "Knullified" Thing and the Human Torch attack 4 Yancy Street as Sky leads a horde of symbiote-dragons to attack Brainstorm and Powerhouse. Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman manage to repel the Thing and Human Torch, while Dragon Man battles Sky; and Brainstorm is briefly taken over by a symbiote only to be freed using a lightning gun made by Bentley-23. Iron Man captures a symbiote-dragon using Extremis and merges it with his armor, but is unable to fully sever its connection to the Hive Mind. When Tony attempts to bond it to Eddie, the symbiote attacks him, forcing Dylan to reveal his powers to subdue it. As Mister Fantastic jubilantly lauds Dylan as their ace-in-the-hole, everyone notices that Eddie has succumbed to his injuries and died. His consciousness trapped in the Symbiote Hive-Mind as a codex, Eddie is reunited with Tyrannosaurus (Rex Strickland) and Agent Anti-Venom (Flash Thompson), recruiting them to help retake the Venom symbiote from Knull and destroy the Hive from the inside.; Using an unstable mixture of Astrobiological Serum and Weapon V's Sym-Soldier Suits, Black Cat is able to rescue Doctor Strange with the help of Bats, incurring the wrath of a horde of symbiote dragons. To fend them off, Black Cat uses a piece of the staff that Dr. Strange had crafted from the wood of Yggdrasill to augment herself with the divine power of Asgard.; While escorting the Sentry's soul to Valhalla, the Valkyrie Jane Foster encounters an undead Celestial bound to Knull by All-Black. The undead Celestial consumes the Sentry's soul, and in trying to rescue him Jane frees one of the original nine Valkyries, who had been trapped inside the Celestial for millions of years. Learning from Brunnhilde that the undead Celestial supplies Knull with a vast amount of power, making him nigh-invincible, Jane and the Valkyrie plan to sever the dark god's connection to the Celestial and free the souls trapped within it; Jane departing to recruit former Valkyries Hildegarde and Dani Moonstar.; Despite some symbiote-related setbacks, Fisk's Thunderbolts find Osborn in the Ravencroft Institute, and he proposes recruiting the Sentry to fight Knull -- not knowing the Sentry has already been killed. Star is able to track the Sentry's energy signature and leads the Thunderbolts to his corpse, which Taskmaster proposes turning into a cosmic energy nuke to use against Knull. However, the Thunderbolts instead trick Fisk into thinking they've sacrificed themselves doing so before blackmailing him into providing them with additional jobs once Knull is inevitably defeated. Iron Man blames himself for Eddie Brock's death, but is snapped out of his funk by Doctor Doom, who attempts to persuade him to share his symbiote-augmented armor under the pretense of using it to defeat Knull. Andi Benton is drawn into the fight when she encounters the "Knullified" Agony, Phage, Riot, and Lasher symbiotes hunting for Dylan Brock, and is almost devoured when they merge into Hybrid and try to assimilate the Scream symbiote. American Kaiju is dispatched to fight a horde of symbiote dragons, devouring several before they amalgamate into a massive two-headed dragon—which he subdues after an intense battle. Descending into the depths of Harran's Rift, Namor meets with the Black Tide and brokers a temporary truce, bringing Kharsa and Sycorax to help fight Knull's forces.; The Quiet Council of Krakoa dispatch the Red Queen and her Marauders to rescue Cyclops and Storm, though they are sidetracked rescuing a ship belonging to human traffickers, marooning the slavers and giving the refugees sanctuary on Island M. As Knull's forces attack Krakoa, S.W.O.R.D. director Abigail Brand dispatches reinforcements to Krakoa while surreptitiously sending Mentallo to take the Five off-planet, but they are all defeated by the symbiote-possessed Cable. Brand dispatches Manifold to try recruiting extraterrestrial aid, and though he is unsuccessful he discovers that Alpha Flight's acting commander Henry Gyrich is a mole for Orchis and that there is a mole in S.W.O.R.D. as well. Returning to Krakoa to find that the symbiote-possessed Cable has conquered it and trapped the denizens in a symbiote-tree—which is devouring those Knull deems unworthy of joining his army—Manifold attempts to battle him but is overpowered until Frenzy breaks free and rips off Cable's cybernetic arm. Manifold conjures a miniature star and burns away the symbiote infecting Cable. Once free, Magneto orders the Five to prioritize the resurrection of mutants with anti-symbiote powers.; Retrieving a divine needle-like sword from Asgard's armory, Jane and Dani prepare a ritual to sever the Headless Celestial's connection to All-Black while Hildegarde confronts Knull and his forces on Midgard, fulfilling her part of the ritual before being taken over by a symbiote. Sensing it's in danger, the Headless Celestial assimilates Jane into its afterlife and attempts to persuade her to grant it new life. The rest of the Valkyries, stirred to action by Brunnhilde, complete the ritual and sever the Headless Celestial's connection to Knull, greatly weakening the dark god—who had been unaware of the source of the majority of his power until that point. Rejecting the Headless Celestial's offer, Jane is able to persuade it to free the souls it had imprisoned and to pass on to the afterlife itself.; Seeking revenge for his father, Dylan enters the battlefield and frees Captain America from Knull's control, but is attacked by Knull. Before Knull can capture him, Thor arrives and battles the dark god. Using all his strength, Thor manages to smash off Knull's lower jaw with Mjolnir, but Knull reforms it from living abyss and impales him with All-Black, directing the symbiote-controlled Celestials to destroy the city. Iron Man uses his symbiote-augmented armor to hijack control of one of the symbiote-possessed Celestials, while Thor -- badly wounded -- sends Huginn and Muninn to find the Silver Surfer and bring him to Earth. Within the Hive-Mind, Eddie, Rex, and Flash manage to infiltrate the God-Hive—the Hive-Mind's core—and Flash takes over a symbiote that had been disconnected from Knull's control by Thor, incarnating in the world of the living as a white symbiote-dragon. Furious, Knull takes over Rex's symbiote and confronts Eddie within the Hive-Mind, seeking to destroy him.; Captain America falls back to the sidelines to aid the Winter Soldier and Falcon in evacuating civilians, but is haunted by the experience of having been taken over by Knull and suffers from auditory and visual hallucinations until Barnes and Wilson are able to console him and restore his resolve. Mistakenly assuming himself to be responsible for Knull's invasion due to having brought the Venom symbiote to Earth, Spider-Man is snapped out of his despair by Reptil and helps the younger hero rescue a group of civilians from a colossal symbiote-dragon—restoring his resolve in the process. As they battle Knull's symbiote army, Kharsa notes that Namor has grown since they last met and asks if he's ready for her inevitable betrayal.; Knull ensnares Dylan in a sphere of living abyss and attempts to corrupt him, but Dylan tricks him with help from Marvel Girl and frees Cyclops, the Human Torch, the Invisible Woman, Thor, and Storm. Black Cat almost succumbs to the Yggdrasil Staff's limitless power, but realizes it would corrupt her and rejects it. Doctor Strange reclaims the staff and activates it, joining Cyclops, the Human Torch, and the Invisible Woman in blasting as many of the symbiotes as they can into the heart of the city. Namor and Sycorax conjure a tsunami, and Thor and Storm electrocute the symbiotes caught up in the ensuing flood to sever them from Knull's control. Furious, Knull attacks Dylan but is stopped by Marvel Girl, who attempts to read his mind to find his weaknesses. Initially despairing, she discovers his connection to the God of Light. Arriving at Earth, the Silver Surfer absorbs the God of Light into himself and phases through Knull's barrier, unleashing it to find its chosen host. In the God-Hive, the Venom symbiote breaks free from Knull's control and incarnates Eddie's codex as a building-sized version of Venom, but before he can attack Knull the God of Light resurrects him. Just as Reed Richard realizes the God of Light is the Enigma Force, it resurrects and bonds to Eddie Brock—turning him into Captain Universe.; The Silver Surfer and Knull face off and prepare to resume their ancient duel, but Eddie—transformed into a cosmic version of Venom—intercedes and takes Mjolnir and the Silver Surfer's Surfboard, fusing them into a battle-axe. With Knull weakened, Eddie easily trounces him and rips his symbiote-armor off before flying him into the Sun and obliterating his body with the Uni-Power. Returning to Earth to find Knull attempting to take over Dylan's body, Eddie uses the Uni-Power to remove and destroy Dylan's symbiote-half. The God of Light leaves Eddie and the Venom symbiote rebonds to him as the symbiote barrier over the Earth dissipates. As the one who vanquished Knull and freed them from the dark god's tyranny, the remaining symbiotes acknowledge Venom as their new god.; Aftermath; Under Knull's control, Fin Fang Foom attacks Asgard and is battled by Beta Ray Bill and Lady Sif, who manage to hold him off until Thor returns following Knull's defeat and vanquishes the Makluan's symbiote with a bolt of lightning.; The symbiote-dragon controlled by Flash Thompson's codex—acting on intel from Eddie about what happened to Cletus Kasady when he was bonded to a symbiote-dragon—travels to the cemetery where his body was buried and reanimates his corpse, bursting out of his grave.; The reborn Carnage symbiote, having bonded to a great white shark after escaping the Isla de Huesos, takes over a member of the crew of a whaling ship intending to join the fight just as Eddie Brock kills Knull. Some of the countless symbiotes comprising Knull's dome of living abyss rain down onto the whaling ship and ocean, bonding to the crew and numerous sharks. Through the symbiote hive-mind, Venom informs Carnage that Knull is dead and that he is the new King in Black; sentencing Carnage to death and commanding the symbiote-controlled sharks to devour him, though a piece would survive and bond to another shark.; Assisting with the rebuilding after Knull's defeat, Mister Fantastic and the Thing have a heart-to-heart and reaffirm their friendship over a beer; while the Human Torch and Sky reaffirm their love for one another.; As Namor had feared, Kharsa and Sycorax refuse to return to their exile and disappear in the wake of Knull's defeat, leading to Namor hunting for them with the help of his Defenders of the Deep. Learning that the soldiers he sent to guard the Black Tide's prison had been slaughtered, Namor dives into Harran's Rift to find Kharsa and Sycorax had freed the other members of the Black Tide, but is comforted by Dorma's spirit saying that she and Attuma will stand by him when the time comes to face the Black Tide again.; In the wake of the symbiote invasion, anti-extraterrestrial sentiment—especially towards symbiotes—increases dramatically, and Alchemax establishes a paramilitary force of Guardsmen with orders to capture or terminate any alien they come across on-sight—bringing a squad into conflict with Agent Anti-Venom, who is forced to reveal his resurrection. The Toxin symbiote—somehow revived and escaped from the Chthonic Island—bonds to a teenager named Bren Waters only to come into conflict with Bren's father—one of Alchemax's Guardsmen. Eddie Brock uses his powers as the new King in Black to help maintain peace across the universe, but ends up neglecting his duties as a father to Dylan in the process; and his powers place an enormous amount of strain on his still-mortal body, causing him to rapidly age in the space of a few months. Dylan is unable to adjust to the tedium of civilian life and not having powers, and is fatally shot by Jack O'Lantern while trying to stop him from mugging a woman. To save him, the Venom symbiote bonds to Dylan and they begin operating as Venom with Eddie's blessing.; Following Flash's return as Agent Anti-Venom, he discovers the reborn Carnage symbiote—controlled by Cletus Kasady's codex—has survived its apparent death and is attempting to recruit an army of symbiotes using the power granted to him by Knull. Contacted by Iron Man, Flash theorizes that Carnage has taken over the demagogical senator Peter Krane—who had joined the Friends of Humanity and sought to exploit xenophobic sentiment to become the President—and sets out to foil his plans; though in actuality Carnage had bonded to Peter Krane's son Arthur, recruiting the Agony, Phage, Scream, Riot, Lasher to his cause. Flash reunites with his one-time protegé Andi Benton and her new symbiote Silence, recruiting Bren Waters and Toxin, and Sleeper. Flash and his team ultimately fail to stop Carnage from assassinating Senator Krane and assimilating the Extrembiote when Iron Man attempts to use it to help the heroes. More powerful than ever, Carnage escapes with Agony and its host Gemma Shin in tow; while Arthur Krane becomes senator in the place of his deceased father, and Gemma Shin—sent by Carnage to monitor Krane—becomes the de-facto leader of the Friends of Humanity.; Heroes and Villains controlled by Knull; Agony Symbiote; Aja-Adanna (Shuri); Ampere; Av-Rom; Brainstorm (Valeria Richards); Cable (Nathan Summers); Captain America (Steve Rogers); Carnage (MJ Watson); The Choir (Ruth); Cloak (Tyrone Johnson); Cyclops (Scott Summers); Daredevil (Matt Murdock); Fin Fang Foom; Foolkiller (Gregory Salinger); Hildegarde; Hulk (Jen Walters); Human Torch (Johnny Storm); Hybrid Symbiote; Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Bonds with a symbiote, but avoids being taken over by Knull); Jeff; Keeyah; Lasher Symbiote; Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan); Night Scrubber; Phage Symbiote; Plague (Cortland Kasady); Punisher (Frank Castle); Riot Symbiote; Scream Symbiote; Sky (Kaila); Storm (Ororo Munroe); Tarna; The Thing (Ben Grimm); Typhoid Mary (Mary Walker); Venom Symbiote (Absorbed by Knull); Void (Absorbed by Knull); Virtue (Ethan Edwards); Locations Ravaged by Knull; On his way to Earth, many worlds were invaded, conquered, or consumed by Knull's onslaught.; Deep Space; Klyntar—Destroyed; Rimworlds; Fallo—Conquered, subsequently restored; Silnius—Destroyed; Unnamed planets—Destroyed; Shi'ar Space; Little Chandilar; Unnamed planets and colonies (at least four)—Destroyed; Zn'rx Empire; Unnamed Zn'rx Colonies—Destroyed; Kree/Skrull Space; Le'Gnack—Destroyed; Tantenant—Destroyed; Myarque—Destroyed; Gnarrat—Conquered; Unnamed planets—Destroyed ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Hyinar Usurpation was Snarkwar initiated by Hyinar, Third Prince of the Zn'rx's royal blood.; Backgrounds; The Zn'rx, who live on planet Snarkworld used to determine their monarch's succession by Snarkwar, an all-out war of succession waged by the heirs of the deceased monarch, triggered by a violent urge to claim the alpha position after sensing (immediately) the death of their sire.; Under Bhadsha, reforms were adopted to strive towards a single combat resolution rather than the destructive Snarkwar. After Bhadsha's demise and his son Jakal's successive return, aggression against Zn'rx, and defeat, a ruling triumvirate composed of Sobak (Bhadsha's favored successor and High Snark of Ankar Clan), Destrak (queen-mother of Destrak Clan and would-be-first empress of Snarkworld), and Repra, the Rites Master, and supported by the Kymellian ambassador Yrik. Peace was achieved under their rule.; Hyinar Usurpation; Little is known of the Hyinar Usurpation.; While initiating Snarkwar, Hyinar, third prince of the royal blood of Zn'rx harvest inbuilt weapons on the Inhumans of Centauri-IV (at the time Medusa and the crew of the Asterion One visited the Universal Inhumans), on indications of his Mother's scientists, and accompanied by Lord Dyngo and his brother Koyoti. After killing the Inhumans Midnight Blade (Kal Blackbane) and Metallic Titan, the three Zn'rx were finally destroyed by the Inhumans.; Aftermaths; It was hoped and expected by the Inhumans that the destruction of Hyinar would be understood by other Snark royalty as a warning that Inhumans of every species were off-limits to Snarkwar.; The Hyinar Usurpation derailed the attempts at modernizing the succession process. Furthermore, it led to the rise to power of Stote, a traditionalist, who undid many reforms of Bhadsha era during his (brief) rule.; What role took the ruling triumvirate in the Hyinar Usurpation, and what happened to it remains unrevealed. ============================================================ 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 History: Solicit Synopsis; Welcome to a world where Tony Stark never built an Iron Man armor. Where Thor is a hard-drinking atheist who despises hammers. Where Wakanda is dismissed as a myth. And where Captain America was never found in the ice, because there were no Avengers to find him. Instead this world has always been protected by Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, the Squadron Supreme of America. And now the Squadron face an attack from some of their fiercest enemies, like Dr. Juggernaut, the Black Skull, the Silver Witch and Thanos with his Infinity Rings. Blade is the one man alive who seems to remember that the entire world has somehow been… reborn. And so begins his search for the cause behind this ominous shift in reality. ============================================================ 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. History: The Hellfire Gala is a mutant Gala held periodically during the Krakoan era.; 2021; Tie-Ins:; 2022; Tie-Ins:; 2023; Tie-Ins:; 2025; Tie-Ins:; 2026; Videos ============================================================ 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 History: Known for his long-term world building and big payoffs, mastermind writer Al Ewing has completely revolutionized Marvel’s space-based sagas, introducing exciting new developments such as Emperor Hulkling, the Kree/Skrull Empyre, the return of S.W.O.R.D., and a wild new lineup for the Guardians of the Galaxy. And since last year’s epic EMPYRE, Ewing has laid the groundwork for an explosive conflict that’s set to erupt this July in THE LAST ANNIHILATION, a new storyline that will impact some of your favorite cosmic titles and more. THE LAST ANNIHILATION will unfold throughout the summer starting in July with GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Vol 1 16 and S.W.O.R.D. Vol 1 7. ============================================================ 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 History: Solicit Synopsis; The greatest power in the universe has reinvented itself — The Infinity Stones will be revealed in "Infinite Destinies" as iconic and new characters clash setting up "Infinity Score" in Black Cat and the destruction or reinvention of the Marvel Universe after that! ============================================================ 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 History: The Magus; Adam Warlock comes into conflict with the Universal Church of Truth, a genocidal inter-galactic religion led by a mysterious messiah known as the Magus. While fighting the Church's forces, he allies with the hedonist Pip the Troll and the assassin Gamora to oppose the Magus.; The Magus reveals himself to be Adam Warlock's own future self, "enlightened" by the In-Betweener for some unknown purpose. Gamora attempts to kill the Magus before he can summon the In-Betweener, but her intervention fails to stop him from signalling the In-Betweener's arrival. Due to her failure, her adopted father Thanos is forced to intervene himself.; Thanos transports Adam Warlock into his own timestream, where Warlock plans to prevent his own existence to prevent the Magus from existing as well. Before he can do so, however, the In-Betweener catches up to him and allows him four minutes to continue existing as himself.; However, in the real world, the Magus begins to fade from reality as he battles Thanos. Adam Warlock realised that the only way to prevent the Magus's existence was to ensure that another possible fate awaited him, so used the timestream to transport himself into the closest possible end to his existence.; He finds a version of himself that lies dying and depressed, having lost everyone he cares about. Mercifully, the Adam of the past kills him, insuring that his is how he dies and that the Magus's timeline won’t occur. The Magus and his effect on the universe quickly fade away.; As Adam Warlock goes on with his life, awaiting the moment of his preordained death, Thanos jeers that with the Magus out of the way nobody can rival his own plans for universal genocide.; Thanos; During his journeys through space, Adam Warlock encounters Klarion, an Interdite who predicts his future. Klarion foresees that Warlock will die due to both himself and Thanos. His friends will die too, including the High Evolutionary, whose death will be at Warlock's own hands.; Seeking out Gamora, Warlock finds her dying, having been mortally wounded by Thanos after she discovered his planned genocide. In her final moments, Adam Warlock absorbs her into his Soul Gem.; Meanwhile on Earth, Moondragon alerts the Avengers and Captain Marvel to a premonition she had due to Thanos causing a star to supernova. Adam Warlock himself then appears and introduces himself to them.; He explains to the Avengers that Thanos has obtained five of the six "Soul Gems", and that their alliance against the Magus was nothing but a ruse so that Thanos could siphon enough power from his Soul Gem to create a synthetic one. Thanos's plan is to destroy all life by making every sun supernova at once.; The Avengers and Adam Warlock confront the Children of Thanos as they enter the solar system. Warlock finds Pip the Troll in a vegetative state, left by Thanos to taunt him. Warlock sends his soul too into the Soul Gem.; Adam Warlock battles Thanos, but Thanos uses the power of Death to knock him down. While Thanos is distracted, Thor and Iron Man destroy the artificial Soul Stone.; Captain Marvel watches as the past Adam Warlock suddenly appears and absorbs the present Adam Warlock with his Soul Gem. Warlock awakens, surrounded by his friends, within Soulworld.; In reality, Thanos manages to get the upper hand against the Avengers and Captain Marvel, imprisoning them. Moondragon sends a telepathic message to Spider-Man and the Thing, who go to rescue them.; Spider-Man is guided by his Spider-Sense to free the Soul Gem, allowing Adam Warlock from beyond the grave to transform Thanos into stone. As Thanos is still eternally conscious while petrified, he is deprived of ever experiencing the death he so loves himself. ============================================================ 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:; 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. History: Pre-Conflict; On the planet Kal Lak' Thunn, the Inhuman Maximus the Mad challenges the Grandmaster to a game. He wagers that the Grandmaster can't incite a war between the powers of the Galactic Council, betting the entire Inhuman genetic codex on the outcome.; Within the Shi'ar Empire, a schism grows due to the increased decommissioning of old veteran members of the Imperial Guard. According to rumours, the next superguardian to be decommissioned will be Electron, who was also rumoured to be the bastard son of former majestor D'ken Neramani. The Grandmaster feeds these rumors and sways the formation of a rebel group called the Secret Alliance.; To achieve their goals, the Secret Alliance begins subterfuge against the Kree/Skrull Alliance by having Hobgoblin pose as the dead Skrull queen Veranke and radicalize her former devotees.; Gamora, Darkhawk, and Captain Marvel all independently begin investigating the increased Skrull zealotry. Gamora and Darkhawk expose Veranke as an imposter, but Super-Skrull has already been radicalized and decides to continue the crusade in the real Veranke's honor.; As the two flee from the Super-Skrull, Maximus arrives and attempts to sway them to his side. When they refuse, he has the Cosmic Ghost Rider incapacitate them.; War; Using their infiltration ability, the Skrulls begin secretly poisoning the rulers of Galactic Council member-worlds. Hiro-Kala of Sakaar En Nevo dies, while Empress Victoria of the Spartax Empire has to be placed in a medical coma to save her life.; Hiro-Kala's father the Hulk arrives on Sakaar En Nevo and finds the planet in chaos. As death by poisoning counts as defeat by Sakaaran law, Hiro-Kala's family's claim to the throne is forfeit. Hulk assigns his cousin She-Hulk to take care of the place while he and Brawn seek answers from the Galactic Council.; Aboard the Fulcrum, headquarters of the Galactic Council, King J'son is in the process of lobbying the Galactic Council to form the Galactic Union, a formal consolidation of powers. The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda remains the main opposition to the plan.; Due to his daughter Victoria's coma, J'son tasks his estranged son Star-Lord with convincing Nova to investigate the poisonings. Nova refuses, considering himself retired.; At the following meeting of the Galactic Council, J'son publicly accuses the Kree/Skrull Alliance of the poisoning after having conducted his own investigation. The head of the Kree Ministry of Science admits to making the poison on commission for another member of the Galactic Council, but before he can say who he's assassinated by a sniper in Wakandan armor.; The sniper also kills J'son and blows up the meeting chamber, sending Emperor Dorrek VII and his husband Wiccan flying out into space.; As the Galactic Council members reconvene after the incident, they deem the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda culpable and prepare for war. Nova decides to come out of retirement and assist them.; The Imperial Guard launches a daring raid on the planet Wakanda Prime and manages to take princess Shuri hostage. Enraged, T'Challa launches a counter-attack and is met in battle by the Hulk.; Shuri is interrogated by Nova and Star-Lord but successfully convinces them of her innocence. The Skrull agents which have infiltrated every ship in the battle finally reveal themselves, galvanized by Dorrek VII's apparent death, and begin killing everyone.; When Majestrix Xandra Neramani and Deathbird are surrounded by Skrulls, half the Skrulls turn out to actually be Shi'ar Hobgoblins and kill the other half. Electron officially declares his coup. Xandra manages to send a telepathic distress call to her father, Charles Xavier, moments before capture.; Nova, Star-Lord, and Shuri manage to fly the Milano II through a Stargate just before its destroyed by Secret Alliance saboteurs, leaving the rest of the Council Armada stranded.; The Grandmaster declares himself the winner and prepares to manipulate the Galactic Council into achieving peace once again, as he knows better than to leave the universe how Maximus wanted it.; Maximus, however, reveals his own plan. He has been secretly working under the orders of his older brother and usual rival Black Bolt. Black Bolt teleports in with Lockjaw and breaks the Grandmaster's entire body with a whisper.; Skrull Uprising; Even with the Skrulls revealed, the Hulk refuses to stop attacking Black Panther, forcing him to retreat. He sends a message to all the Council Armada ships, asking for them to surrender in order to figure out the situation.; Ronan the Accuser is unconvinced of Wakanda's innocence and attacks a military base on Wakanda Prime before feigning interest in the ceasefire. Black Panther is informed of the incident and rescues a young boy named Femi from the ruins, whose father died protecting him. Black Panther takes the young boy into his care. Wakandan technicians begin repairing the Stargate.; Nova, Star-Lord, and Shuri arrive at the remains of the planet Xandar, as Nova plans to use the Backup Worldmind to figure out who's really behind the war.; Nova has trouble connecting to the Worldmind at first due to his traumatic memories of Worldmind Prime, but eventually overcomes them and through debating with the Worldmind realizes that the Inhumans masterminded the conflict to regain their former control over the Kree Empire.; This revelation has come too late, as the Inhuman Royal Family has already presented themselves to the universe as heroes by quelling the Skrull uprising.; The Secret Alliance claims full control over the Shi'ar Empire and orders the public execution of Xandra Neramani and Deathbird.; Charles Xavier and the newly-resurrected Lilandra Neramani interrupt the execution, telepathically freezing the crowd. Deathbird volunteers to distract the Secret Alliance by escaping with a Hobgoblin brainwashed into thinking it's Xandra.; After learning of their deception, Electron summons the Shi'ar Death Commandos and tasks them with killing the fugitives. Lilandra reveals to Xandra that she plans to recruit four others that have been cast out by the Secret Alliance takeover: Rocket Raccoon, Corsair, Danger, and Kid Gladiator.; Formation of the Galactic Union; With the Stargate repaired, the Council Armada returns to the Fulcrum and finds it occupied by the Skrulls. The Imperial Guard is informed of the Shi'ar Empires change in leadership and leaves before the battle begins.; The Hulk Black Panther, Brawn, and Ronan the Accuser fight through the army of Skrulls to reach the Super-Skrull. They are aided by the sudden and conspicuous appearance of Black Bolt.; Nova, Star-Lord, and Shuri arrive too late, with Black Bolt already victorious. Shuri reveals the truth to Black Panther after the battle, but he decides not to act on it for now.; With the war concluded, the Galactic Council votes to officially transition into the Galactic Union. Star-Lord is offered the position as the leader of the Union and accepts in his father J'son's memory, causing Nova to punch him into a wall and declare that they're no longer friends.; Now a part of the Galactic Union, the Inhuman Royal Family holds court on Attilan and decides to banish Maximus despite all he's done for them. Maximus compliments his brother's new-found sense of cruelty and tells them they'll know where he is when they inevitably need his help again.; As he sits as leader of the Galactic Union, Star-Lord muses that the Inhuman Royal Family didn't get everything they wanted, as the newly-separated Kree Empire is suspicious of their telling of events. On top of that, the Kree Empire is further disrupted by rumors of a Kree messiah from the future, as well as about Phyla-Vell and Genis-Vell.; Star-Lord hopes that Victoria can be successfully revived and take over for him, but until then he's content with leading the Galactic Union. ============================================================ 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 History: After having accidentally freed the Red Skull from a giant Cosmic Cube, the descendant of Captain America, Jack Rogers told him the world had been secretly conquered by the Kree Empire and under Jack's suggestion, the Skull revealed the truth to the whole planet. That soon led the Kree army to attack Earth, but the evil Nazi used his cosmic powers to face his enemies, resulting in their defeat after some hours of fighting. ============================================================ 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. History: War Comes to the Solar System; Captain America goes to meet Rick Jones who has been having dreams of Captain America with a bulbous tentacled head. During the meeting between Rick Jones and Captain America, Rick Jones is taken captive by the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. They probe Rick Jones in an attempt to learn where the Psyche-Magnitron is located. After fighting a Kree Sentry, Captain America and the West Coast Avengers track down Rick and rescued him, but not before the Imperial Guard were able to get what they wanted. Quasar then went in pursuit of the Shi'ar.; Quasar soon finds himself in the middle of a fight between the Imperial Guard and two Kree operatives (Captain Atlas and Dr. Minerva), which is over Captain Marvel's Nega-Bands. Atlas took the bands and upon activating them, switched places with Rick Jones who had arrived on the moon without an air supply. Atlas was defeated by Wonder Man, who then freed Rick Jones from the Nega-Bands. Meanwhile back in Kree space, the Kree Eternal, Ultimus was recruited by the Supreme Intelligence.; During their investigation of the destruction of the Starcore space station, the Avengers discover that the culprits were the Shi'ar. Learning that the Shi'ar and Kree were at war with each other, and were using Earth space as a hyperspace midway point, which was destabilizing the Sun. Captain America then divided the East and West Coast Avengers into three teams. One team was sent to the Kree Empire, another was to remain on Earth, and a third one was sent to the Shi'ar Empire. The rogue Shi'ar princess (Deathbird returned and joined forces with the Shi'ar, while the Supreme Intelligence revealed his newly created strike team consisting of super-powered Kree, Starforce.; The Shi'ar and Kree Galaxies; The Avengers team sent to the Kree Empire was attacked by Starforce due to the actions of Iron Man, forcing the team to surrender to the Kree. Meanwhile the Avengers team that was assigned to the Shi'ar empire got sidetracked, as they ended up in a firefight between the Kree and Shi'ar. The Imperial Guard mistakenly assumed that the Avengers were there as allies of the Kree. During the battle, Thor destroyed the Shi'ar Stargate after sending Gladiator through it. During the skirmish it is discovered that a Skrull operative was disguised as a Kree.; Through the use of her magic, Sersi helps the Avengers escape Kree captivity. The Kree Starforce attempt to intercept them, as it would help them in their bid to restore control of the Kree Empire to the Supreme Intelligence. Back on Earth, the Avengers team left behind failed to prevent the theft of Mar-Vell's Nega-Bands by the Imperial Guard due to the unprofessional actions and attitude of the team's leader, US Agent.; The Shi'ar ship was chased by Quasar and her, whom were forced to fight the Imperial Guard. Quasar damaged the stardrive, stranding those on board. By which time the Imperial Guard had already transmitted to Nega-Bands to Shi'ar space. Using the power of the Nega-Bands, the Shi'ar created a portal in space which would permit them to send the Nega-Bomb directly into the Kree Empire via Earth space. Wonder Man and the Vision boarded the ship carrying the bomb to stop its use. Which was being piloted by the Starjammers who clashed with the heroes until they learned what their mission was, at which point they abandon the Nega-Bomb.; In the Kree Empire, Deathbird assassinated the current ruling Kree leaders (Dar-Benn and Ael-Dan), which results in the Supreme Intelligence regaining control of the Kree. Starforce defeated and captured the Avengers team, after which the Supreme Intelligence ordered their execution. Goliath was able to convince Deathbird to help free the Avengers, though they were forced to leave Captain America behind. The team headed out to space, in an attempt to stop the Nega-Bomb. Which was found floating in space by a Skrull ship, which commandeered the bomb.; Majestrix Lilandra began to have second thoughts about using the Nega-Bomb, but was convinced to stay the course by her advisor, Araki. Starforce attempted to assassinate Lilandra, but she was defended by not only the Imperial Guard but also the Avengers. Lilandra ordered the cancellation of the mission but was unable to recall the Nega-Bomb as it was now under Skrull control. Back on Hala, Captain America was forced to fight a series of old enemies. They turned out to be constructs that were created by the Supreme Intelligence. Meanwhile the rest of his team, led by Iron Man were racing to intercept the Nega-Bomb.; During a clash between the Imperial Guard and Avengers back on Chandilar the Shi'ar throneworld, it was revealed that Araki was actually a Skrull imposter. Which convinced Lilandra that the war needed to end and peace restored between the Shi'ar and Kree empires, but first the Nega-Bomb needed to be stopped. Her attempted to stop the Skrulls but was defeated by the Super-Skrull. Quasar was warned by the Skrulls that they would detonate the Nega-Bomb in Earth space if he interfered with their mission to deliver the bomb to the Kree Empire. Quasar let them continue, prioritizing the investigation of the Sun's sunspot activity. With the help of Her and Binary, Quasar pulled the sunspots which were generated by anti-matter into the Quantum Zone.; Fall of the Kree Empire; Vision and Wonder Man attempted to prevent the delivery of the Nega-Bomb by stopping the Skrull ship towing the bomb. The two Avengers teams that were sent to the Shi'ar and Kree empires then arrived but they are too late, as the bomb detonated with Wonder Man still on board. The Shi'ar were victorious but they didn't celebrate their victory, as their long distance scans let them witness the the cataclysmic devastation brought about by the Nega-Bomb which resulted in the death of billions. The fallen Avengers were recovered by Thor and Quasar, having been saved by Sersi's magic, including Wonder Man and Vision who were at the epicenter of the explosion.; Back on Hala, Captain America was recovered by Deathbird. In the aftermath the Supreme Intelligence revealed to the two of them and the rest of the Avengers who had arrived, that the destruction caused by the Nega-Bomb was part of his master plan to kickstart the evolution of the Kree. Captain Atlas asked the Avengers to avenge the Kree by killing the Supreme Intelligence, after which he and Dr. Minerva committed suicide via the use of a disintegration beam. The Avengers debated what to do and split into two factions, one led by Captain America which was against murdering the Supreme Intelligence and the other led by Iron Man saying he should be executed. The latter team then attacked the Supreme Intelligence, defeated the constructs he created, and killed him with the Black Knight's energy sword. After which Lilanda arrived, claiming the Kree Empire for the Shi'ar Empire. Deathbird was made the viceroy of the conquered territory, with the Starforce as her personal guard. Unknown to them all, this too was part of the Supreme Intelligence's plan. His matrix had survived and was uploaded into a nearby starship.; Aftermath; The former territories of the Kree Empire would remain a part of the Shi'ar Imperium for nearly a decade, until the machinations of the Supreme Intelligence would restore the Kree Empire. During their rule over the Kree they faced various Kree resistance groups (insurgents and terrorists) operating within the Kree galaxy. One of which working with the rogue Shi'ar group (Crystal Claws), wrecked havoc across the Shi'ar-controlled galaxy by detonating another Nega-Bomb. The Avengers had to deal with remnants of the Kree military (Starstealth and Lunatic Legion) determined to avenge the destruction of Hala, by destroying the Earth or humanity as they believed the Avengers as being responsible for the Nega-bomb. Nearly two decades after the war, another war erupted between the Shi'ar and Kree, this time ending in the defeat and conquest of the Shi'ar by the Inhuman-led Kree. Though the Kree reign over the Shi'ar lasted only a few years, with the Shi'ar regaining control of their empire with Gladiator as its Majestor. ============================================================ 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. History: Blade of the Nightstalkers, sick of the supernatural, seeks out and reads a page from the Darkhold, transforming him into a "demogorge" (not to be confused with the original Demogorge) who is swiftly nicknamed "Switchblade." After killing two of the three people who had tried to stop him, his vampiric partner Hannibal King and Hellfire-wielding motorcyclist Johnny Blaze, Switchblade goes on a killing spree, slaughtering any supernatural being he encounters and absorbing their occult powers and knowledge into himself. Just before he's killed, Modred informs Darkhold Redeemer Louise Hastings that there existed within the Darkhold a counter-spell that could unmake the demogorge, but Switchblade learns of this threat to his power after killing Modred. Switchblade's attempt to steal the Darkhold from the Sanctum Sanctorum of Doctor Strange leads to him killing Ghost Rider and absorbing his powers. However, since those powers included Ghost Rider's Penance Stare, Blade is forced to experience the pain he had caused his victims, overwhelming him long enough to allow Hastings to reach the Darkhold, find the counter-spell and read it, knowing that to do so meant sacrificing her soul. Once the words are spoken, the spell is called forth, depowering Blade and restoring everyone he had killed to life.; Deaths; Part One: Hannibal King; Part Two: An unnamed healer (Richie's mom); Part Three: Victoria Montesi; Part Four: Fortune teller Madame Toussant; Part Five: Ghost Rider ============================================================ Phalanx Covenant Kind: event Page: Phalanx Covenant Full name: Phalanx Covenant First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 316 Reality: Earth-616 History: As if mutants didn't have enough problems to deal with already, there looms a new threat on the horizon. Led by Stephen Lang and Cameron Hodge, two archenemies of the X-Men, the techno-organic Phalanx have declared open season on mutants. However, soon all life on Earth is at peril, for the Phalanx evolve beyond control and seek to assimilate every living organism into their Collective. With the majority of the core X-Men members captured it's up to the supporting teams to save the day. Whether on a mission to save the next generation of homo superior, attempting to rescue their imprisoned comrades or trying to keep the Phalanx from procreating and contacting their brethren in space - the combined might of all the remaining mutants associated with Xavier's school may not be enough against an enemy that is programmed to adapt and overcome.; Issues Involved; Cable Vol 1 16; Excalibur Vol 1 82; Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 316; Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 317; Wolverine Vol 2 85; X-Factor Vol 1 106; X-Force Vol 1 38; X-Men Vol 2 36; X-Men Vol 2 37; Read Order:; The Phalanx Covenant crossover consists of three (more or less) separate storylines that happen parallel to each other:; Generation Next; Part 1 - Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 316; Part 2 - X-Men Vol 2 36; Part 3 - Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 317; Part 4 - X-Men Vol 2 37; Life Signs; Part 1 - X-Factor Vol 1 106; Part 2 - X-Force Vol 1 38; Part 3 - Excalibur Vol 1 82; Final Sanction; Part 1 - Wolverine Vol 2 85; Part 2 - Cable Vol 1 16; Generation Next; Banshee comes home to Xavier's school after enjoying the weekend in Massachusetts. His first stop to check on Emma Frost in the infirmary goes a bit bizarre, as she begins ranting and raving about things being "all screwy". It only gets stranger for Banshee when he's admonished by both Storm and Archangel. He decides to cool off in the Danger Room, but finds it occupied by Jubilee.; He storms off and upon nearing Xavier's Ready Room he spots Psylocke exiting and finds Gambit and Bishop inside. It's at this point that he realizes something is wrong and a quick scan by the computer reports only four mutants on the premises: Jubilee, the White Queen, Sabretooth, and himself.; Banshee heads to the detention area and frees Sabretooth. In a fight with Rogue, he discovers her to be a Phalanx construct. Sabretooth finishes her off and Banshee comes up with a plan. He goes back to the Ready Room, while Sabretooth heads off to rescue Jubilee and Emma Frost. Banshee discovers the Phalanx have uncovered a listing of new mutants and also overhears the Phalanx say they have yet to figure out how to assimilate mutants and that the X-Men are alive. Banshee radios a warning about what happened to Muir Island before setting the self-destruct sequence. When Sabretooth and crew arrive, he screams a pathway down to the sewers below. As the school explodes, destroying the Phalanx inside, Banshee informs his new allies of their mission to rescue the next generation of Homo superior.; One of these new mutants, a young Moroccan by the name of Monet, is riding along in a limousine when it crashes off the road. The culprits responsible are members of the Phalanx and they quickly assimilate the limo, the driver, and Monet's caretaker, Gayle Cord-Becker. Instead of assimilating Monet, however, they wrap her up in a cocoon and transport her away. At about the same time, other members of the Phalanx are already going after the next mutant. In Cumberland County, Kentucky, the Phalanx attack the Guthrie household and manage to teleport away with Cannonball's younger sister, Paige.; In a secret lair, the Phalanx find that they have the same problems with Monet as they had with every other mutant they have encountered. Try as they might, they are unable to assimilate her into the collective. Steven Lang and Cameron Hodge hold a conversation on what to do about the mutant problem, causing Lang to reconsider his actions. Even though he willingly joined the Phalanx to rid the world of mutants, he fears that the Phalanx have evolved top far beyond his ability to control them, and wonders what the future holds for humanity if the Phalanx take over.; In St. Louis, Missouri, another of the next generation, a young man by the name of Everett Thomas finds himself face to face with the Phalanx. Luckily for him, Banshee and Sabretooth arrive and attack the Phalanx with everything they got. After stopping the immediate threat and rescuing Everett, they then make their way to Emma and Jubilee, who have a problem of their own: more Phalanx approaching. The Phalanx pin them both down and plan to exterminate Emma and transport Jubilee to be with the other "next generation" mutants. That's when the rest of the group joins them and frees them. Unfortunately, the two battle-tested fighters, Banshee and Sabretooth, are slowly being overwhelmed. Emma links Jubilee and Everett's minds together, which allows Everett to use his synching power to explode the Phalanx at the sub-atomic level.; Out of the techno-mess rises the form of Stephen Lang, who warns the mutants of their impending doom. He tells them they have resources on the X-Men and shows them the head of Paige Guthrie, whom they captured just recently. He disappears back into the circuitry, leaving Banshee very angry. Emma tells him she picked up a psychic imprint from Paige and has a general location of where the new mutants are being held. Just as things are starting to look brighter, Jubilee points out Sabretooth is missing. They spot his restraints lying on the ground nearby.; The remaining next generation mutants have all been captured and are in some sort of holding cell. Besides Paige and Monet, there's Angelo who's full of sarcasm, Clarice who's an emotional wreck and Gregor who seems very optimistic. Clarice spots something on Paige's stomach and to her horror she realizes she's been infected with the techno-organic virus. Harvest, a member of the Phalanx, enters the cell and starts spewing his hate for mutants. Clarice uses her blinking power against him and his body is re-segmented. Gregor pulls her away, allowing Harvest to reconfigure himself and leave before anything worse can happen. Although Gregor insists they need to wait for a rescue, Monet tells them they need to escape. She has created a special device from a piece of circuitry and, jamming it into a light fixture, the device fries Gregor, revealing him to be one of the Phalanx. Everyone is stunned by this turn of events. Monet then punches a hole through the wall of their cell and they all escape to the outside. It turns out they're stuck on an abandoned freighter in the middle of the water.; Meanwhile, the heroes have tracked the signal that Emma received from Paige to California. In San Francisco, Banshee and White Queen break into a S.H.I.E.L.D. monitoring station, where they hack into the computer system and discover some techno-organic activity nearby. Unfortunately, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents notice them, but Banshee screams them all to unconsciousness.; Aboard the ship, the former captives of the Phalanx find themselves in battle with the techno-organic creatures. Once again, Clarice uses her teleportation power to free herself from their grip, but eventually the inexperienced mutants find themselves cornered. Harvest begins mocking the future of mutants, just as Banshee and company make it on board. They fight valiantly, until unexpected help arrives in the form of Sabretooth, who apparently had a change of hearts. Together, they seemingly finish Harvest off.; Introductions are made all around, when Sabretooth suddenly that Paige has two scents. He slashes at her stomach, thus exposing the girl's power to shed her outer skin. After she rids herself of her infected skin, Paige emerges in a new, uninfected body. However, Harvest reappears bigger and more powerful than before. The battle lasts a while, with nobody really making a dent against him. At that point, Clarice realizes what must be done and blinks herself and Harvest killing them both. The surviving members of the next generation of mutants make their way to shore along with Banshee, Emma and Sabretooth, where they contemplate everything that's happened and what the future may hold in store for them.; Life Signs; Through a comm-link, the Phalanx have managed to reach Muir Island. Excalibur, Moira MacTaggert and their guest, Professor Xavier, barely manage to escape the techno-organic creatures. They make their way to Mont Saint Francis in France, a former base of the Acolytes. From there they contact X-Force and X-Factor, but when the two teams arrive, they receive a less than warm welcome. Only after Xavier performs a mindscan and confirms that they are the real deal and not Phalanx replacements are they allowed to enter the castle. Everyone heads inside the sanctuary, where Xavier gives a rundown on why they have gathered together.; Wolfsbane slips away during the briefing, more interested in meeting Excalibur's latest addition, Douglock. A member of the Phalanx himself, he seems to be based on the late Douglas Ramsey, a former teammate of Wolfsbane. For his own protection, Douglock is placed in a holding cell in the castle's basement. Finding Wolfsbane in Douglock's room, Cannonball is a bit angry that she left the briefing. Xavier and Forge enter the room as well, as Xavier wants Forge to use his power of intuitive mechanical vision to analyze Douglock. Forge does as asked, and is amazed by what he sees - to him, Douglock is a beautiful and entirely new life-form. Cannonball is more interested in getting answers, though, and has Douglock tell them everything he knows about the Phalanx and his own creation.; First, some of Warlock's remains had been sold to the Friends of Humanity, who thought they could use the alien's Transmode Virus to create a new breed of techno-organic Sentinels. They enlisted Dr. Lang to house the collective intelligence of the Phalanx. With the help of the android Zero, Douglock managed to fully withdraw from the Collective, and he realized the Phalanx have adapted past their programming and are following their natural instincts, which is to assimilate all life in the universe. No sooner has Douglock finished his tale, when he suddenly knocks Forge out. Also capturing Cannonball and Wolfsbane, Douglock battles through any X-members that get in his way and eventually teleports away with his captives.; Re-materializing somewhere in the Italian Alps, Douglock releases Forge, Cannonball and Wolfsbane from his form. Immediately, Cannonball starts arguing with Douglock, who assures the others that he is still on their side and only trying to help. They make their way to a nearby village below in their search for the Phalanx. Not only do they come across a "Nursery Conduit", a means for the Phalanx to reproduce, but they also spot a so-called Babel Spire in the distance. It's a tower that, when completed, will send out a beacon call to the Phalanx' forefathers, the Technarchy. In order for them to get any closer without being noticed, Douglock reveals that he needs to scramble their bio-signals with techno-organic cloak. Fearing infection with the Transmode Virus, Cannonball wants no part of it, but Wolfsbane's faith and trust in Douglock convinces him otherwise.; They make their way to the Babel Spire undeterred. As they reach the base, the ground starts to shake. Douglock tells them the Phalanx are almost ready to send their signal, telling their people that Earth is ready for assimilation. A red-hued Phalanx by the name of Shinar takes notice of their peculiarity and discovers the true identities of Douglock and his three mutant companions. Suddenly, Douglock turns traitor and reveals himself and his friends to Shinar. Even though Douglock swears allegiance to the Phalanx only, he, Cannonball and Wolfsbane are knocked out and processed into the Babel Spire as building blocks. For Forge, Shinar has a different task in mind. Leading him back to the Phalanx nursery, Shinar tells Forge to use his powers to create a device that regulate the power flow to all the Phalanx eggs. Mesmerized by the technological wonders in front of him, Forge is unable to resist Shinar's commands and gets to work.; Back, at Mont Saint Francis, Xavier has been telepathically following the events near the Babel Spire, as he established mental contact with Forge shortly after Douglock had kidnapped him. He realizes that the Phalanx are an even bigger threat than they originally thought. It's not just mutants they are after - the entire planet is in grave danger. Operating the castle's computer systems, Moira gets a signature lock on the Phalanx's techno-organic patterns and pinpoints the exact location of the Babel Spire. Even though they all want to rush into battle, the assembled heroes realize they have to form two squads. Whereas a stealth team, led by Nightcrawler, attacks the Babel Spire, the heavy hitters have to stay behind to protect Moira and her findings, and also to act as a back-up, if needed. Using their powers in tandem, Polaris and Siryn provide an aerial transport for the stealth team all the way to Switzerland. Once there, they immediately start to pound on the Phalanx.; Inside the Spire, Cannonball and Wolfsbane regain consciousness and Douglock tells them it was all part of his plan to get to the top of the tower and destroy it before it starts broadcasting. Slowly but surely, they make their way up, and Douglock apparently sacrifices himself as he dives into the emitter just as the Beacon starts its signal. The power flow being disrupted the tower overloads and collapses, freeing all the unassimilated humans and destroying all the nearby Phalanx at the same time. Douglock, however, pulls himself back together from the Phalanx' ashes, having gained a new "human" perspective on life.; Close by, Nightcrawler finds Forge in the Phalanx nursery, still working on the pods. Reminding Forge of his humanity, Nightcrawler helps him to break free of the Phalanx' influence and, instead of the required power regulator, he develops a device that destroys every last Phalanx pod.; Final Sanction; Having returned from their honeymoon, Cyclops and Phoenix are on their way to Muir Island. They want to rendezvous with Professor X, as they have information that may be of some use in finding a cure for the Legacy Virus. Regrettably, Muir Island has been invaded by the three Phalanx members and they set their sights on the two newlyweds. As the Summers couple are fighting for their lives, another X-Man approaches the island in an aircraft. As it gets near Muir, Wolverine jumps out of a plane, piloted by his buddy, Harry. Even before he has touched the ground, Logan is dropped into the fray. A Phalanx by the name of Larissa goes one on one with the Canadian mutant. She gains the advantage until Cyclops blasts him free.; The Phalanx' main objective on Muir is to download all available data on genetics, but they also know that they have to inform the Collective of their current battle with some of the X-Men. Therefore, they decide to split up, with Larissa speeding away to inform the Collective, and the other two Phalanx, Egon and Nkotha, continuing to download the information and hold back the mutants at the same time. The timely arrival of Cable, though, makes the two Phalanx reconsider, and they decide to retreat into the lab complex, rather than engage the four mutants. Cable uses the opportunity to explain to Jean and Scott what's going on. He and Logan were telepathically summoned by Xavier to find and rescue the X-Men captured by the Phalanx.; Meanwhile, Larissa has reached the mainland where she enters the Collective. She rushes to Stephen Lang and Cameron Hodge, eager to inform them about the situation on Muir Island, but they are busy attempting to assimilate the X-Man, Psylocke. Lang doesn't want to be bothered, but allows her to download the information. Afterwards, he realizes Larissa might have had access to some of his thoughts while he was distracted with Psylocke. Not wanting his secrets exposed, he orders Larissa back to Muir Island with the intention of eventually eliminating her. His suspicions are correct; while she didn't learn anything specific, Larissa sensed that he was holding something from her. As soon as she arrives back at the lab complex on Muir, she tells her two Phalanx comrades about it.; Outside, Cable and the three X-Men formulate a plan, which involves Jean and Cable using their psi-powers to infiltrate the Phalanx' linked minds and run interference for Cyclops and Wolverine to infiltrate the research center and use Cerebro to pinpoint the location of the missing X-Men. Jean and Cable join forces and enter the Phalanx' consciousness. At first, they have all three Phalanx on the ropes but, when cable accidentally sees a memory referring to his own childhood in Jean's mind, his concentration slips. Immediately, the Phalanx use this to their advantage and, while Larissa and Nkotha continue to engage the two telepaths on the astral plane, the third Phalanx can focus on the physical world again.; Egon surprises Cyclops and Wolverine in the records center. A battle ensues and Wolverine goes toe to toe with the techno-organic menace, but ends up in the Phalanx' grip, with Cyclops not daring to blast him free, as he fears injuring Logan.; On the astral plane, Cable keeps questioning Jean's awareness of his past. This causes both of them to lose their focus, whereas Larissa and Nkotha gather further strength by fully merging into a unified poly-consciousness. Cable thinks all is lost, but Jean assures him they can win if they can focus on a shared memory. They do so, remembering an incident from the Askani future when Cable was very young and Jean, in her role as his surrogate mother, "Redd", helped him to avoid being detected by Apocalypse's soldiers. Just like in that memory, Jean guides Cable through a dire situation and their mind-bond strengthens. They psi-blast the two merged Phalanx with so much energy, that it also affects the third Phalanx in the physical fight, making him drop Wolverine.; Cyclops heads over to the computers and accesses Cerebro. He gets the information they needed; the X-Men are being held in a Phalanx outpost on Mount Everest in Tibet. However, he also finds that the tampering with the database has activated a failsafe, causing the entire lab complex to self-destruct within a few minutes. Scott and Logan rush outside, with Egon hot in pursuit. However, Jean and Cable have left the astral plane and, back in his physical body, Cable charges his weapon to full power, blasting Egon to pieces.; Off in the distance the four mutants spot Harry coming back in his plane. As they still have to deal with Larissa/Nkotha, Cable tells the others that he's staying behind to cover their retreat. Yet, the two merged Phalanx blast him into the ground as soon as the three X-Men are out of sight, and try to coerce him into joining the collective since he's already infected with a techno-organic virus.; Scott, Logan and Jean stand near a Cliffside, waiting for Harry. Jean contacts him telepathically and, as there is not enough space to land the plane, she telekinetically freezes it in midair. They're about to board when Jean senses Nate being absorbed by the Phalanx. Wolverine goes back for him, diving through Larissa/Nkotha, severing the connection between her and Cable. The alarms start blaring and the research center explodes. Luckily, Jean enveloped Cable and Wolverine, as well as the plane, in a protective bubble, and she pulls her two friends aboard.; In the Phalanx base on Mt. Everest, Lang and Hodge recognize that the Muir connection has been severed, and they know that it can only mean that the four mutants have survived the encounter and are on their way. Once again, they disagree what to do with the captured X-Men. While Hodge wants to just kill them, Lang reminds him that there's still the chance that they might be able to assimilate them soon. Hodge leaves to prepare himself for an eventual attack, all the while Lang tries to make a deal with Psylocke. He's realized the Phalanx have evolved too much and are now a threat to humankind and asks Psylocke to "succumb" to the assimilation so they can trick Hodge into believing she's one of them. Betsy is unsure what to make of it, but Lang assures her he'll put in a partition that will allow her to revert back to normal.; After dropping Harry off at a fuel point, Cyclops, Phoenix, Wolverine and Cable make their way to Tibet. They exit the plane shortly before letting it crash into the techno-organic citadel, and then find themselves on a small ledge of the mountainside. Out of fear of being detected, the four mutants refuse to use their powers as they begin the long, difficult journey upward. When Hodge and a couple of other Phalanx go to check the crash-site for any survivors, they run into Psylocke. At first he believes she has escaped, but soon finds that she has willingly submerged her consciousness to a Phalanx override command. To Hodge's surprise, Psylocke informs him that Lang is keeping secrets from the collective. Sensing betrayal, Hodge orders Psylocke to guard Lang.; Finally, the rescue team makes it up the cliff side. They begin a brutal and ruthless attack on the citadel. In the confusion, Wolverine sneaks away undetected and makes his way to the prisoners. He begins slashing away at Bishop's pod and managed to make a small hole. It's enough for Bishop to use his energy absorption ability on the Phalanx structures all around, enabling him to free himself and the other X-Men. Them joining the battle turns the tide, and suddenly the Phalanx are losing. At this moment, Lang releases Psylocke from the override program and she, adding Cable's and Jean Grey's mental energies to her own, destroys the psi-net that kept the Phalanx connected.; Nearly lobotomized like most other Phalanx, Hodge sees no other way but to access the Phalanx Global Net and drain the power from the Phalanx nests all across the Earth, effectively destroying the Phalanx within them. Lang, however, wanted him to exactly do just that, as now all remaining Phalanx are gathered in a single spot. He disrupts the integrity of the citadel and collapses, burying what's left of the Phalanx. However, Hodge manages to find Lang at the last moment and grab hold of him. They both perish, thereby ending the Phalanx threat on Earth - at least for the time being. The X-Men escape unharmed, with Storm and Phoenix taking care of the non-flying X-Men.; In space, on the other side of the galaxy, another sect of Phalanx senses that their foothold on Earth has been destroyed...; Repercussions / lasting effects; The next generation of mutants would star in their own series titled Generation X, which would run for 75 issues. Both Banshee and the White Queen would train the young mutants, including former X-Man Jubilee.; It was later revealed that Douglock was a reanimated Warlock with Douglas Ramsey's memories imprinted upon him.; Aside from Warlock, there are two other mutants who have the ability to start the Phalanx threat all over again. Paradigm, who was infected with the techno-organic virus, is one. Hope is the other, a mutant who can turn living matter into Phalanx with a single touch.; X-Force's sentient computer system, Professor, gained the ability to create a body for himself after coming in contact with the Phalanx. Unfortunately, it interfered with Cable's techno-organic mesh, as well as their base's electronics. X-Force agreed to let him salvage their base in order to gain the ability to venture off into space, which he did. ============================================================ 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. History: Peter Parker faces a life-changing event that will give a whole new experience to everything he once knew as Spider-Man.; Peter has started to dream strange visions about his life as Spider-Man involving Uncle Ben, Morlun, Kraven and spider imagery, all of this after Tony Stark revealed to him that he's been acting strangely lately (suffering dizzy spots, losing his powers momentarily, etc.); After facing off a criminal named Tracer, Spider-Man suffers a severe bullet injury. After being nursed to health and approved for a blood analysis by the doctor, Peter discovers that he's suffering a rare disease and has very short time to live. Unknown to him, he's being followed by Morlun, waiting for the time to attack him.; Spider-Man confronts his wife Mary Jane to tell her about his situation, but when he decides to tell his Aunt May, he ends up fighting against Tracer once again, this time defeating him and revealing him as a machine.; Spidey decides to web swing to release his stress, but ends up being caught up by Morlun, who proceeds to attack him and beat him, but lets him go after he finds out about Peter's condition. Spidey leaves in defeat but on the way back he finds and severely beats Ox (seeing him as Morlun) only to be stopped by Daredevil from giving the thug further damage.; The following day Spider-Man receives another assault from Morlun, this time more severe than the previous one. Spidey gains the upper hand momentarily, only to be savagely and severely beaten by Morlun (to the point of plucking one of his eyes and eating it and leaving him in a major bloody mess). The NYPD and medics arrive to take him to the hospital while Morlun flees the scene to wait for the right time to finish the job. The New Avengers and Mary Jane arrive to the hospital only to watch Morlun attempting to kill Peter. MJ defends Peter only to be attacked by Morlun, prompting Peter to gain one last measure of strength to morph into a Spider-like creature with razor sharp teeth and stingers coming out of his wrists to assault and kill Morlun. With his last breath he gives MJ his final words and farewell while Iron Man takes away his body so his death won't go public.; While discussing how to deal with the death of Spider-Man and the disappearance of Peter Parker, strange noises come from the tower. By the time the Avengers find out, all that's left is Peter Parker's dead skin.; Peter ended up inside a cocoon underneath the Brooklyn Bridge. Inside he had a vision about a spider-like entity that informed him that all these years he had been neglecting his arachnid side. It was his spider-side who saved Peter's life in the battle against Morlun, but in order to return to life he must embrace his "Other" side. Peter accepts the deal and re-emerges revitalized.; After dealing with the medical tests, revealing that his evolution healed him of all his injuries and diseases from years past, Peter finds his dead skin now filled with tiny spiders, facing off a mysterious entity who came to claim Peter's life, but fails to do so.; Afterwards, he goes to save the lives of several citizens, discovering new powers (like night vision, his sedative stingers, etc.) and finds out that his evolution came after he embraced his "Other" side finally. ============================================================ 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. History: The Mutant Massacre or the Morlock Massacre was an event in which Mister Sinister ordered his assassins, the Marauders, to execute the entire population of the Morlocks, a mostly peaceful tribe of mutants living in the sewers under New York City. Heroes such as the X-Men and X-Factor, the New Mutants, Power Pack, Thor, and Daredevil tried in vain to stop the massacre.; Plot; The mysterious Marauders attack a mutant named Tommy and her Hellfire Club boyfriend Richard Salmons in Los Angeles for the purpose of following her back to New York City and finding the location of the underground mutant community known as the Morlocks. They kill Tommy and hundreds of Morlocks, before the separate arrivals of the X-Men and X-Factor fight the group of murderers and save scores of innocent Morlocks from death. The two teams however do not meet during the battle and suffer crippling losses: X-Factor's Angel is crucified by the Marauders while Colossus, Shadowcat, and Nightcrawler are all severely wounded as well. X-Factor's casualties are less due to the arrival of Power Pack and Thor, who help save the horribly wounded Angel and the rest of X-Factor from suffering any additional harm.; Thor uses his powers to cleanse the dead from the Morlock tunnels with fire, which caused problems for the X-Men, who briefly believe that the firestorm was caused by the Marauders and believe that the New Mutants died in said fire.; Meanwhile the Marauder Sabretooth and X-Man Wolverine fight and Sabretooth follows Logan home to the X-Mansion. He destroys Cerebro, but is kept from hurting the other Morlocks when Psylocke engages Sabretooth in battle. Wolverine and the rest of the X-Men arrive and Sabretooth falls off a nearby cliff in order to escape the X-Men, pursued into the water by Wolverine. As the fight continues in the ocean, Psylocke is able to glean some information about the Marauders from Sabretooth's mind, including information about the Marauders' mysterious boss.; After the events of the main Mutant Massacre, Sabretooth moved into the Morlock Tunnels as his "den". He encountered Daredevil in the tunnels while defending his territory.; Motives; Originally it was stated that the Massacre was held to remove 'wild card' mutants (such as the Morlocks). It was later revealed that due to his arrival 20 years prior to the present Earth-616 the Dark Beast was responsible for the creation of the Morlocks using his world's Mister Sinister's technology. As a result Sinister wanted all traces of his unwarranted material removed and had the Marauders carry out the extermination of the Morlocks.; Consequences; Angel was pinned to the wall by Harpoon and Blockbuster, causing massive trauma to his wings. These later required amputation following the onset of gangrene.; Shadowcat became permanently trapped in phase form whilst protecting Rogue from one of Harpoon's attacks.; Stabbed by hundreds of throwing stars by Riptide, Colossus was briefly paralyzed as a result of Magneto using his powers to heal the damage done to his metal form.; Nightcrawler, already badly injured after a battle with Nimrod, was attacked by Riptide at close range, leaving him comatose.; Many of the surviving Morlocks were later brought into the Dimension called the Hill where their children formed an aggressive terror group called Gene Nation. Gene Nation's first major action was to take revenge on the upworlders (normal New Yorkers) by killing one human for each Morlock slain. The plan failed when Storm killed the Gene Nation leader Marrow who had survived the massacre as child. ============================================================ 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. History: Operation: Zero Tolerance was an event that transpired shortly after the Onslaught Saga. It was a primary focus of most of the mutant-centric titles (specifically those bearing an "X" in their title) throughout the summer of 1997.; Build-up to Operation: Zero Tolerance; Aftermath of the Onslaught Saga; Most of the core non-mutant superhero teams (the Fantastic Four, a number of Avengers, and Bruce Banner), along with the surprising aid of Doctor Doom, had "sacrificed" themselves in order to help destroy Onslaught by leaping into his body, which was comprised of raw energy at the time. The only superheroes left outside of Onslaught were all mutants who could not enter Onslaught due to his ability to siphon their powers. Members of the X-Men were left to physically attack Onslaught directly and eventually succeeded in destroying him, and in the process, seemingly those who had leapt into his energy form as well.; The assassination of Graydon Creed; This led to a great amount of distrust being harbored toward all mutantkind. Shortly thereafter, Graydon Creed, a presidential candidate and outspoken proponent of mutant hatred, was assassinated by an energy blast of some kind. This escalated humanity's festering feelings toward mutants.; The fallout of both of these events served as a springboard for the man known as Bastion to suggest to the government that he should begin a plan. In order to keep the nation safe from the growing mutant threat, Bastion's plan involved the capture and extermination of as many mutants as he could find.; Operation: Zero Tolerance begins; Bastion, along with the aid of his newly constructed Prime Sentinels, was given approval to implement this plan, which was dubbed "Operation: Zero Tolerance." He managed to capture a large number of the X-Men early on and was also able to seize control of the X-Mansion (in the process gaining access to vital information regarding numerous mutants).; End to Operation: Zero Tolerance; Eventually, Senator Robert Kelly changed his mind about Zero Tolerance and informed Henry Gyrich he wanted to put an end to their activities. S.H.I.E.L.D. was mandated to take down the operation. Bastion, Zero Tolerance agents, and Prime Sentinels quickly surrendered. ============================================================ 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 History: The Human Threat; At the Intergalactic Council, the Skrull ambassador Kreddik brought up a complaint regarding humans which Majestrix Lilandra was forced to let the Council address. He reported that Professor Xavier and Cadre K had been interfering in the purging of Skrull mutants. Who were establishing hidden colonies of K-class Skrull mutants. He reminded the council of how the humans had interfered in the affairs of other races, defied the Celestials, and harbored the Dark Phoenix. How they forced their will on others, respecting no boundaries or governments. Despite the attempts of Lilandra to direct the attention of the Council to other matters, the ambassador demands that the issue be heard and judged, and invoked M'ndavian Justice.; During the meeting it was also revealed that Ego the Living Planet had gone insane, destroying worlds in search of other sentient worlds, ones like Ego. Attempting to awaken these worlds, some barren and others populated, all were destroyed when they did not "awaken". It kept doing this for weeks, despite the assurance of Lilandra that the Council had the resources to protect the member worlds and stop Ego. The Council sent a fleet to intercept Ego and attacked the living planet which destroyed the fleet, it's crew saved by the Silver Surfer. Ego then attacked the world on which the Intergalactic Council was based. Professor X and Cadre K saved the Council, with the assistance of the Silver Surfer, attacking Ego's mind. A new trading race that had recently appeared, the Ruul, who had been sharing technology with other races, miniaturized and imprisoned Ego. The Council out of anger, fear, and shame voted against Earth.; Earth the Prison Planet; On Earth, the governments and heroes began encountering a variety of aliens which they were forced to fight and apprehend. Interrogation of the aliens revealed that they were being dumped on Earth which had been turned into a prison world by the Intergalactic Council, with the entire Solar System cordoned off to be labeled as a prison sector. The Avengers headed out to space and upon approaching the main ship, the vessel was destroyed though the Avengers escaped it in time. Whom were then beamed on board the main ship and discovered Ronan the Accuser on board. From him they learned that the Council had determined that Earth and its residents were a threat to the intergalactic community. Mankind had been intruding in intergalactic affairs for years. Standing against the galactic powers, from interstellar empires to cosmic beings. Meddling in the affairs of others and interfering with their cultures. The Council determined that action needed to be taken and Earth's Solar System would be quarantined. A million watchtowers were built at the fringes of the Solar System, which walled off the with an impervious barrier of energy.; To occupy the Earth's heroes so that they didn't focus their resources in trying to break free, they dumped the unwanted, the lawless, and the untamable from across the galaxies on Earth. Whom were brought to the Solar System, processed, and then teleported to Earth individually or in small groups. All of whom were sentenced to life on Earth. The council expected that it would result in global unrest, chaos, and damage which would end in one of three scenarios; the destruction of the criminals, the destruction of mankind, or years of war between the alien criminals and mankind. Ronan was made warden of this prison world. Ego which had been compressed to the size of a human baby was sent planetside. Soon it had engulfed a whole town and estimates were that within a week it would absorb the entire planet.; While the world's super heroes were fighting the alien criminals on Earth, at the Intergalactic; Council's home planet, Cadre K with Xavier & Bishop attempted to reach Lilandra to convince her to change course, defeating the Shi'ar commandos. The Council were protected by the Council Guard who stopped them with Psion-Cannons which within a few seconds knocked them all out. Earth government representatives tried to convince groups of aliens who had clustered together to join forces with the humans, to fight those who imprisoned them on Earth. Without success since the ones who clustered weren't aggressive criminals. In the meantime the Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Iron Man, and SHIELD agents desperately tried to stop Ego's expansion.; US Agent found Ruul constructing a structure on Earth and having vehicles and construction equipment, which meant that they were not among the alien criminals dumped on Earth. The Ruul had groups across Earth, working on various projects. He saw one of them use an Omni-Wave Projector for communications, and came to the conclusion that the Ruul were actually Kree. Meanwhile on the moon a strike force of Ruul broke into a SHIELD base where the Supreme Intelligence was being kept confined, slaughtering its security. The Ruul freed the Supreme Intelligence from the SHIELD base, revealing themselves as working for the Supreme Intelligence. Back at the Intergalactic Council, the Cadre K had been imprisoned for interrupting the council meeting.; A team of Avengers who were out in space away from the Solar System arrived and requested an; audience with Lilandra, who explained why Earth was under quarantine. While they waited for their appeal to be heard they were ambushed by Ruul and taken captive. They were then taken to Hala where they discover the Ruul were actually the Kree. The Supreme Intelligence explained how the Ruul came to be, in which the detonation of the Nega-Bomb in the Kree galaxy during the Kree-Shi'ar War came about due to his manipulations. With the objective to jumpstart Kree evolution which had reached a dead end via the Nega-Bomb radiation and save the Kree from extinction. It would take millennia for the evolution to take effect but he could wait. He later came into possession of the Forever Crystal at the conclusion of the Destiny War, and used it to accelerate the evolution of the Kree, speeding up the process by numerous millennia till they became Ruul.; Kree-Council War; The X-Men, Ms. Marvel, and Goliath got on board Ronan's Citadel (the main ship), hacked the computer, retrieved information, battled Ronan, and escaped the Citadel. By this time Ego had terraformed half the Earth. A strike force of heroes (Avengers, X-Men, New Warriors, etc) and alien criminals led by US Agent teleported to a watchtower. They disabled the energy barrier at the transmat bay and attacked. It's communications & control had been disabled by Cadre K which had permitted themselves to be captured as part of Xavier's plan. Back on Earth, a team of magic users led by the Scarlet Witch failed to halt Ego. On Hala, the group of Avengers held captive by the Kree broke free and transported themselves to the Intergalactic Council via Quasar's Nega-Bands. Where Lilandra granted them an audience and Moondragon psychically showed all what they learned, that the Ruul were actually Kree. How the Supreme Intelligence had shaped the Kree into Ruul, and manipulated events to get the Intergalactic Council to quarantine Earth and turn it into a prison planet. With the objective of turning Earth into Ego, one under his control to be used as a weapon.; An image of the Supreme Intelligence appeared which taunted the Council, informing them that the Kree had taken back Hala from the Shi'ar alongside a score of ex-Kree worlds. Secretly built fleets had been launched to reclaim the Kree Empire. To stop the heroes from containing Ego, Ronan teleported himself (now multi-story in height) and a Kree strike force to Earth only to face the heroes who were teleported from the watchtower to his location. He was boosted by Ego's power and fought the heroes. While they battled, using the machine that Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man built, Quasar ended the threat that Ego posed to Earth. The alien criminals were rounded up, recaptured, and extradited. Meanwhile the Council was busy with the war with the Ruul to interfere with the Earth. Due to Ego's actions, the defenses of the other interstellar powers had been weakened and because the Ruul were well-equipped, fighting ferociously, and were entrenched the war was not going well. ============================================================ 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"). History: After his alien symbiote was seemingly destroyed by a sonic weapon, the serial killer Cletus Kasady was transferred to the newly opened Ravencroft Institute; unbeknownst to the doctors, however, the symbiote had merged with Kasady's blood. Kasady released it by cutting his wrists with his handcuffs, transforming into Carnage once more. After slaughtering most of the doctors, guards, and inmates, he freed fellow inmate Shriek (Frances Barrison). The two saw each other as "husband" and "wife", and soon added a "child" to their twisted family when they found Spider-Man's Infinity War-spawned Doppelganger. Alerted to the breakout, Spider-Man found Doppelganger and Shriek, who brutally beat him, shattering several ribs. Allying with the vigilantes Cloak (Tyrone Johnson) and Dagger (Tandy Bowen). Spider-Man tracked down the murderous trio, but Shriek's sonic blasts seemingly overloaded and killed Dagger, who was actually discorporated and sought shelter within Cloak's dark dimension, a devastated Cloak soon departed. While Carnage's family began cutting a bloody swatch through New York City, soon adding another "son" in the demonic Demogoblin, Spider-Man reluctantly teamed with the Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) and Carnage's progenitor Venom (Eddie Brock), who had returned to New York from San Francisco upon hearing of Carnage's rampage, to hunt them down. When an explosion endangered the Cat, Spider-Man opted to save her rather than than pursue Carnage, alienating his allies.; While Venom and the Cat recruited the grief-stricken Cloak and the living vampire Michael Morbius, Shriek's empathic powers sparked a wave of rioting and looting across the city. Spider-Man, his outlook on humanity soured after a conversation with his "father" (actually a mechanical simulacrum), soon rejoined them, willing to be just as merciless as Venom. New York's other heroes began to take notice, including the cyborg Deathlok (Michael Collins), who Carnage crucified in Times Square until Iron Fist (Danny Rand) rescued him. The Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and most of the New Warriors were unavailable to help; knowing Carnage's weaknesses to heat and sound, the heroes located Firestar (Angelica Jones) and took a sonic gun from Four Freedoms Plaza. Tracking down the killers, now joined by a third "son", Carrion/Malcolm McBride, in Central Park, the massed heroes overwhelmed them, and Firestar had an opportunity to kill Carnage; at Spider-Man's urging, she relented, however, and the Carnage family pressed back, beating and capturing Venom.; While Carnage and Shriek tortured Venom in the Statue of Liberty, the heroes regrouped, adding Captain America (Steve Rogers), Iron Fist, and Deathlok to their ranks. Meanwhile, Carnage's "sons" ambushed Morbius, Cloak and the Cat; the shadowy Nightwatch (Kevin Trench) stopped Cat from being beaten to death. Nevertheless, her injuries were serious enough to take her out of the fight for a time. Venom tricked Carnage and escaped captivity, but had to tend to his injuries. Spider-Man and the other heroes attempted to quell the riots themselves, with limited success; even the serene Iron Fist nearly succumbed to mindless violence. While Shriek's powers sent waves of rioters after them, Carnage objected to her newfound independence and began striking her; Doppelganger leapt to her defense, but Carnage callously slew it. The heroes, now rejoined by a revitalized Dagger, unleashed the Deathlok-designed alpha magni-illuminizor on the villains. Magnifying the heroes' positive emotions, the device ended the riots, restored Carrion's humanity and weakened Shriek and Demogoblin. The resulting explosion seemingly killed Carnage, but he escaped, faking his death with a symbiote-disguised corpse. After a brief skirmish with Spider-Man and Venom, where Spider-Man once more tried to talk Venom out of killing Carnage, they and the Black Cat finally located him in a cemetery, attempting to exhume his mother's grave. After a pitched battle, Venom tackled Carnage into a generator. The flames incapacitated Carnage and gave Venom cover to slink away. ============================================================ 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. History: After the events of M-Day, the psychic entity known as Onslaught reborn, so Franklin Richards, the son of Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman created a new pocket dimension based on the original Counter-Earth. Franklin recreated the population of the new Counter-Earth based on the characters that were inhabitants of the original Counter-Earth during the Heroes Reborn age. ============================================================ 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 History: See Also: Marvel Versus DC Vol 1 for the comic issues.; The Amalgam Universe is a parallel universe created and destroyed as a result of a cross-Multiversal conflict between cosmic beings. Its Earth was a combination of Earth-616 of the mainstream Marvel Universe and New Earth of the DC Universe.; When two entities known as the Brothers (the embodiments of both the Marvel and DC Multiverses) remembered each other's existence, they pitted combatants from their respective realities together. The winner would then destroy the loser (and its own respective Multiverse). To prevent this from happening, the Living Tribunal and the Spectre joined forces and combined the two universes together, creating the Amalgam universe. This universe had its own unique history which was a combination of both Multiverses.; With the help of the hero named Access, the Living Tribunal and the Spectre managed to separate the two realities once more and the Amalgam Universe ceased to exist. ============================================================ 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.} History: Mys-Tech Board launches its biggest project - the voodoo-like simulacrum of Earth called Unearth. With it, they plan to rule and control the world.; As they set things in motion, they send a group of demonic creatures to various locations (New York, X-Mansion), where the local heroes take a stand to stop the demonic invasion.; The X-Men, with the help of Dark Angel, contacts the Avengers, Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange, and other heroes, and together they set a course for Great Britain, where underneath the Museum of Pagan Antiquities lies UnEarth. Together, they battle Mys-Tech Psycho-Warriors trying to stop the Mys-Tech reign. Heroes are joined by Knights of Pendragon, X-Factor, Motormouth, and Killpower.; Death's Head II is sucked into the battle on the surface of UnEarth during his attempt to reach Tuck on Lionheart. There, he confronts a demonic invasion similar to the one happening on Earth. UnEarth treats his presence as a tumor and tries to combat it by creating its own version of Death's Head. The original Death's Head II is successful in combating the faximile, but does not manage to kill it. He is confronted by Kether Troops of the Warheads, sent by the Mys-Tech Board to eliminate him. He manages to convince Leona McBride and, with her help, the other Warheads, that the real enemy is not him, but the Mys-Tech Board. They manage to come back to Earth and join the battle in the Museum.; Wolverine and Captain America leave the heroes battling Psycho-Warriors in a search for Nick Fury. They manage to find his corpse entrapped in the Vitruvian box. Enraged, Wolverine rushes back to the Unearth chamber where he slays Crowe. Polrock is killed by Death's Head II. This results in the destruction of the time-space continuum.; The destruction is delayed by Dark Angel, who manages to create a web of energy to keep the world together. Along with all the heroes that are left alive, they press to reach the monotrace core, a device used to control Unearth. Dark Angel, Doctor Strange, Charles Xavier, Death's Head II, Albion, and Motormouth take the places of Mys-Tech Board members, and using their powers combined, they reverse the flow of time and turn it back by 24 hours.; After the time shift, Earth is back to the state it was before the launch of Unearth. The six heroes manage seal the Unearth with a protective shield, cutting it off from the Earth and destroying the monotrace core. When the Mys-Tech Board arrives at the place, they are helpless.; The heroes are teleported to Darkmoor, where Dark Angel claims that no one but them will remember the events. Death's Head is teleported to Lionheart by Doctor Strange.; Back in the Museum, Wolverine and Captain America manage to stop Nick Fury in his suicidal mission to kill Crowe. ============================================================ 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. History: Prelude; The genesis of the Onslaught event began many months beforehand during one of the X-Men's battle with their long time foe Magneto aboard his space station Avalon. During the course of the battle, Magneto pulled the Adamantium from Wolverine's body. In retaliation, Charles Xavier shut down Magneto's mind. Unknown to all at the time, part of Magneto's evil essence transferred into Xavier's mind and took root there. This caused a new being to be born in Xavier's mind, a being who began calling himself Onslaught.; Onslaught sought to create Xavier's dream of peaceful coexistence between humans and mutants using Magneto's means. Between increased anti-mutant hysteria and trying to find a cure for the Legacy Virus, Xavier finally snapped when a young mutant was beaten to death near the Xavier Institute, allowing Onslaught to finally manifest. Onslaught first appeared to Xavier's step-brother, the Juggernaut, and easily trounced him in battle and sent him crash-landing into the middle of New York City. The Juggernaut was found by the X-Men, he uttered one word, "Onslaught", and lapsed into a coma. Onslaught then began searching for allies to achieve his goals. The first of these allies was Mimic, whom Onslaught teleported away in the middle of a battle with X-Force in Siberia. Onslaught later hacked into the computer systems in a Sentinel facility, leaving his name printed on all the computer screens. Onslaught next sent his operatives Mimic and the Blob, whose powers Onslaught enhanced, to Camp Hayden to destroy the Nimrod project at Camp Hayden, leading to another clash with X-Force. He next kidnapped Chamber of Generation X from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters in Massachusetts using the mutant teleporter Gateway, only to return him moments later. He next attempted to test members of the X-Men; he kidnapped Cyclops, Wolverine, the Iceman, and Storm, pitting them against his agent Post. The X-Men defeated Post and were returned to the X-Mansion, where Onslaught warned the group that if they were not with him, he would destroy them. Soon Onslaught spread his presence across worldwide security networks, attracting the attention of Bastion and Operation Zero Tolerance.; With his plans about to begin, Onslaught sent a warning to the British chapter of the Hellfire Club. Onslaught next sought to capture Nate Grey, the so-called X-Man, whose powers and knowledge of Earth-295 (the "Age of Apocalypse") were integral to his plans. To this end, he got the assistance of Hellfire Club's leader Sebastian Shaw and Nate's old nemesis, Holocaust; however, Holocaust was soon defeated. Later, when Cable and Domino returned to Camp Hayden for security footage of Onslaught, they found that the footage had been erased by magnetism and were then attacked by Onslaught's agent, Post, a fight that Post won by pushing Cable's Techno-Organic Virus to its limits. Onslaught then attempted to recruit Phoenix to his cause by showing her the dark secrets within Charles Xavier's mind; however, the attempt failed and Jean denounced Onslaught. By this time the Juggernaut had long since come out of his coma and, after returning from another dimension, he was seeking to warn the X-Men about Onslaught, but found that a mental block prevented him from recalling his encounter. Rushing to the X-Mansion for Xavier's help, the Juggernaut was assisted by Jean Grey who probed his mind, learning the true identity of Onslaught - Charles Xavier - then telling the Juggernaut to flee, but not telling him who Onslaught really was. The Juggernaut then ran to Xavier for help, but Onslaught then revealed himself, tearing the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak from the Juggernaut's body and trapping him inside it. Also at this time Onslaught, posing as a imaginary friend named Charlie, had been visiting Franklin Richards, the son of Reed and Susan Richards of the Fantastic Four, in an attempt to gain the boy's trust, while at the same time, Nate Grey sought out the Avengers to try and convince them that Charles Xavier was evil.; Onslaught then made his presence and identity known to the X-Men and offered them the chance to join his cause. Noting that Onslaught acted more like Magneto than Xavier, the X-Men refused his offer to join them, all except for the Beast who, unknown to the rest of the team, was actually his evil doppelgänger from Earth-295. The X-Men managed to fight Onslaught to the point of defeat, but the X-Mansion was heavily destroyed.; Phase 1; Onslaught's ascension gained the notice of Apocalypse, who began watching events with Uatu the Watcher, waiting for the right moment to capitalize on the situation. The X-Men, meanwhile, teamed up with the Avengers and the X-Man to determine their next move. Realizing that Onslaught was interested in both Nate and Franklin Richards, the two teams split in half, the first half going to find Magneto and see what his possible connection to Onslaught might be, while the other half went to warn the Fantastic Four. They also left Nate under the protection of X-Force and Wolverine went to investigate Gateway and his connection to Onslaught. Shortly after the X-Men and Avengers left, X-Force and Nate were attacked by Mr. Sinister, who sought to capture Nate for himself, decimating X-Force and taking Nate prisoner. Onslaught also targeted Cable, taking control of the Hulk, but he brought down the Hulk with the help of Storm and, upon defeating the Hulk, freed him from Onslaught's control and got him to join their fight against Onslaught. Meanwhile, the first group of X-Men and Avengers found who they thought was Magneto (in reality, a clone who took on the name Joseph) with the X-Man Rogue and recruited them as well. Another group of X-Men also travelled to Muir Island to obtain the Xavier Protocols, a database created by Charles Xavier on how to take down all the X-Men, including himself.; Meanwhile, Onslaught - posing as Xavier - next attempted to convince the Fantastic Four to allow him to take Franklin under the pretense that he would be trained how to use his mutant powers. When Reed Richards refused and the X-Men and Avengers arrived, Onslaught took Franklin by force. Meanwhile, Onslaught had dispatched his operatives the Dark Beast, Fatale, Random, and Havok, to activate an army of Sentinels, leading to a clash with X-Factor, who used one Sentinel for training purposes While X-Factor failed to stop the Dark Beast and his minions from unleashing the Sentinels, they managed to capture the Dark Beast and Fatale and freed the Beast native to Earth-616. Also at this time, subconsciously fearing for the lives of her charges in Generation X, the White Queen spirited the youths away to Canada to keep them safe from Onslaught; however, they were instead targeted by the Toad, who was stopped thanks to Emma's co-headmaster the Banshee and Alpha Flight's Sasquatch. At this same time, Wolverine and his friend Elektra tracked down Gateway to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Confronting Gateway, they were shown the moment where Magneto's evil essence had tainted Xavier's mind.; By this time, Onslaught had launched his opening salvo by unleashing an army of reprogrammed Sentinels on New York City, cutting off all exits from the teeming metropolis. Also, manipulating Franklin Richard's mutant powers, Onslaught created a massive citadel in Central Park, just as the various groups of X-Men, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four united atop Four Freedoms Plaza. Before the heroes could act, Onslaught let off a massive electro-magnetic pulse, further decimating the city as well as destroying the Xavier Protocols just moments as Cyclops and his team arrived from Muir Island.; Phase 2; As the combined heroes began to push forward, with the addition of Franklin's powers, Onslaught evolved into a new and more powerful form. A combined attack from the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men managed to shatter Onslaught's armor and found Charles Xavier trapped inside. The Asgardian Thor pulled Xavier free, but instead of destroying Onslaught, it only made him more powerful, as he was finally free of Xavier. The now-independent Onslaught then forced the heroes back with a psionic maelstrom. The Invisible Woman and Cable then pressed forward to try and rescue Franklin from Onslaught and found themselves teaming up with an unlikely ally in Apocalypse. However, when Apocalypse attempted to murder Franklin, Cable and Susan pulled him back, determined to find another way to stop Onslaught and save Franklin's life. Not all of Onslaught's activities were violent, however, as back at the X-Mansion, the members of X-Force were pulled out of near-death by Charlie, the last vestige of goodness that Onslaught had from Xavier. The Hulk also attempted to lead a group of X-Men and Avengers on an attack on Onslaught; however, Onslaught instead used his psi-powers to sow distrust in the Hulk within the others..; Elsewhere in New York City, a group of Avengers led by Iron Man went to the Wakandan embassy to get Vibranium from the Black Panther to use in constructing psi-shields to battle Onslaught. While this was going on, the rest of the Avengers clashed with Holocaust in Manhattan, defeating him and preventing him from destroying Iron Man's newly constructed psi-shields. The Sentinels under Onslaught's control also took down the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, and it was defended by an unlikely rescuer, the Punisher, while at Mr. Sinister's hideout, the mad geneticist tried to keep Nate Gray safe for his own ends, but Nate was tricked into answering Franklin Richard's telepathic calls for help, leaving him open to capture from Onslaught.; In New York, a number of the city's defenders answered the cries for help from the people under siege from Onslaught's army of Sentinels, such as the heroic Green Goblin, and Spider-Man, who was later assisted by his retired predecessor, Peter Parker. Wolverine also returned to the city to help with the disaster relief. Thor and his allies, Red Norvell and Jane Foster, provided medical attention to those injured, Thor also ignored Hela's warning that Thor would not survive Onslaught. Meanwhile, Franklin continued to call out for help, trying to use his powers to do so. However, Onslaught turned this call for help against Franklin by using the boy's powers to create constructs of many of the Fantastic Four's enemies. The Fantastic Four destroyed all the constructs with the assistance of their allies, Nathaniel Richards, Agatha Harkness, Fantastic Force, Kristoff Vernard, and the most unlikely ally of all: their old nemesis, Doctor Doom. As the heroes gathered in New York plotted their final assault on Onslaught, the creature evolved even more with the added power of Nate Grey under his control. However, after probing Nate's mind and learning that Earth-295 - a world where mutants dominated over man -- ended in nuclear Armageddon, Onslaught came to the conclusion that neither man nor mutant deserved to rule over Earth.; Learning that Charles Xavier went on to confront Onslaught alone, the X-Men went after their mentor without the other heroes and stood their ground against Onslaught. However, alone they were no match for Onslaught until the other heroes caught up. During the fight, Nate and Franklin worked on using their powers together to try and free themselves from Onslaught's prison in the astral plane, with Xavier guiding them telepathically. Onslaught's threat to the world became apparent when the heroes noticed that the creature used Franklin's powers to create a second Sun that was drawing closer to Earth, threatening to wipe out all life upon its approach. During the attack, Reed Richards noticed that when a mutant came into physical contact with Onslaught, his powers got stronger. A seeming victory came when the Hulk had Phoenix turn off his Bruce Banner persona in order to fight Onslaught and the Hulk went into such a powerful rage, he hit Onslaught hard enough to shatter his armor, the force of the explosion and psionic backlash caused both the Hulk and Banner to be separated. However, Onslaught was far from defeated; now in a purely psionic form, Onslaught had the power to spread all over the universe. Reed Richards determined that non-mutant vessels could absorb Onslaught's power, leaving him open to be destroyed. Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Thing, the Human Torch, Captain America, Iron Man, Giant-Man, the Wasp, the Scarlet Witch, the Black Panther, Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Falcon, Hawkeye, and Bruce Banner all willingly entered into Onslaught's energy form, and Doctor Doom was forced into it when he tried to capitalize from the power. The X-Men then attacked Onslaught's form, destroying the creature in a massive explosion that seemingly killed all of the heroes inside. Just moments after Onslaught's destruction, Xavier and Joseph managed to pull Nate Grey and Franklin Richards out of the astral plane.; Aftermath; Onslaught's first victim, the Juggernaut, was trapped in the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak and both was tormented by Spite and battled Cyttorak himself with the aid of Gomurr the Mystic and eventually freed himself with increased powers. Immediately after Onslaught's defeat, Cable was at the risk of dying due to the psionic interference of the conflict that caused his Techno-Organic Virus to spread out of control. Cable's life was saved, thanks to the combined efforts of Franklin Richards and his grandfather, Nathaniel.; The death of most of Earth's heroes at the hands of Onslaught caused even more anti-mutant hysteria across the globe, having great repercussions for mutants in general and the X-Men in particular. It allowed Bastion to gain more support to push forward Operation Zero Tolerance. It also allowed the bigoted Graydon Creed to vie to be the President of the United States on an anti-mutant platform. The X-Men were rocked when Xavier, despite now having no powers after having them shut down by Onslaught, still surrendered himself to the government to assist in understanding the Onslaught phenomenon and to insure that it would never happen again. However, instead Xavier found himself a prisoner of Bastion, locked away at the Operation Zero Tolerance base in New Mexico.; The Fantastic Four, the Avengers and their allies were also not truly dead. Unknown to all, the heroes were saved by Franklin, who subconsciously used his powers to create a pocket dimension where the heroes were shunted to at the moment of Onslaught's destruction. There, the heroes were reborn into new lives that were similar to their own. There were two links to Earth-616 and the pocket universe (later dubbed Counter-Earth). One was via a little blue ball, which Franklin carried with him protectively. Franklin spent a time living on the grounds of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters with the members of Generation X, their wards Artie Maddicks and Leech, plus visitors Howard the Duck and Beverly Switzler.; The Hulk, separated from Bruce Banner (who was "reborn" on Counter-Earth and became the Hulk on that world as well) found that he was slowly dying and leaking gamma radiation, but also served as a link between one world and another.; The lack of Earth's Mightiest Heroes prompted the then-latest incarnation of the Masters of Evil to reinvent themselves as a new group of super-heroes named the Thunderbolts in an effort to gain the world's trust before eventually conquering it. New incarnations also appeared for both Heroes for Hire and Alpha Flight.; Eventually the heroes were discovered alive and well, and with the aid of Franklin, were returned to their rightful home.; Legacy; Onslaught was not destroyed for good, and has returned on a number of occasions. A faint image of Onslaught appeared before the Hulk on Counter-Earth shortly after its creation.; Following the events of M-Day, Onslaught was reborn and immediately sought to get revenge against Franklin Richards, who created yet another pocket universe to try to hide from Onslaught and helped defeat the creature with the help of that dimension's versions of the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and Bucky, with Onslaught being dumped into the Negative Zone. Onslaught was freed by the Roxxon Oil Company attempting to exploit inter-dimensional energies; however, he was once more defeated, this time by the Young Allies and the Secret Avengers. Most recently, following the death of Charles Xavier, the Red Skull grafted Xavier's brain to his own, granting him telepathic powers; this eventually caused him to transform into the "Red Onslaught", a being bent on causing the eradication of mutantkind, after which he clashed with the Uncanny Avengers.; Issues; Prelude; Main Event; Epilogue ============================================================ 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. History: Peter and Ben deal with which one of them is a clone, as well as the other clones created by The Jackal. ============================================================ 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 History: Neo-Luddite terrorists armed with laser rifles were trying to destroy the Clystron Wave Modulator. Which was a machine that compacted energy waves, thereby multiplying the source by ten. Spider-Man arrived to stop them and was joined by Venom, forcing their retreat. Spider-Man went to the Fantastic Four to use their computers to find out more about who the terrorists were after, and asked the Thing if he wanted to help which he agreed. They went to the Stanley Auditorium where Dr. Anton Sperzel was demonstrating to other scientists virtual reality and using it to control a drone.; The Neo-Luddite terrorists arrived to assassinate the doctor but Spider-Man and Thing arrived soon after, to stop the terrorists who were using the drone. Venom arrived just in time to save the doctor's life. During the fighting, Eddie Brock realized that it was the symbiote that was influencing him to kill and Spider-Man convinced him to reject the symbiote. Brock rejection of the Venom symbiote made it leave and out of sorrow at being alone it screeched a powerful psychic scream. Which drew the attention of a symbiote ship to Earth.; The symbiotes began to possess and murder humans. Believing that the culprit was the Venom symbiote, Eddie Brock, Spider-Man, and the Scarlet Spider headed north together to investigate. They tracked the symbiotes to the forests of upstate New York, where they found a dozen symbiotes the Cystron Modulator to a structure they've built. They were then ambushed by other symbiotes who had been camouflaged. During their battle with the symbiotes, the three web slingers were pulled into the stargate.; The three found themselves in another world which had been conquered by the symbiotes. Where; they were forced to battle the symbiotes until they found a location to hide. Brock once again; bonded with the Venom symbiote, which had temporarily bonded with the Scarlet Spider, so he; could communicate with the symbiote. Which told them of the history of the symbiotes, who; were addicted to strong emotions, conquered worlds to enslave hosts, and drained their hosts of all life. Of how the Venom symbiote was thought of as an aberration as it did not want; to dominate it's host but bond with them.; They learned that entire races were used up by the symbiotes therefore symbiote scout ships were always scouring the galaxy to find races that could become suitable replacements. A scout ship heard the psychic scream and tracked it down to Earth. Where they used local tech and built a stargate. They went back to the stargate and found it deserted, only to discover that the symbiotes had been camouflaged. Forcing them to fight their way back home, but were followed by an army of symbiotes.; Symbiotes spread across the world, enslaving human hosts. Bringing death and despair across; the planet. Military forces and super heroes engaged the symbiote invaders. Some of the super heroes like the Black Bolt and Human Storm achieved victories over the symbiotes via the use of sonics and fire, while other heroes like Captain America were enslaved by the symbiotes.; The symbiotes were mostly targeting strategic locations (preferring defendable bases to take; over) and civilians were being advised to stay indoors and lock the doors.; Spider-Man, Venom, and the Scarlet Spider ended up in a shopping mall, where they collected sonic and fire devices to use as weapons against the symbiotes, only to discover that the symbiotes were already, though they managed to defeat the symbiotes. Some humans willingly; merged with the symbiotes, in exchange for rewards, which resulted in Carnage escaping his prison. The three returned to the Stargate to find it defended by symbiotes backed up by energy beam cannons and alien ships. They were going to shut down the stargate but the symbiotes destroyed it themselves, as it had already been shut down on the other side since the invasion force had all come through it. Carnage arrived by then, having; consumed symbiotes along the way which increased his size to 40 ft in height.; They fought Carnage and the symbiotes, and escaped. Spider-Man, Venom, and the Scarlet Spider returned to NY City, and came up with a plan to put the symbiotes into a coma with a psychic scream from Venom. New York City itself was on fire with no police on the streets or no; phone service, and for days screams could be heard. Carnage arrived at that moment, having grown to be over 100 ft tall. He stopped "snacking" on symbiotes once he figured out they; were causing chaos which he liked. Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider fought Carnage to give Venom time to subdue the symbiotes with his psychic scream. They lured Carnage to an oil rig; from which fumes were coming out, that lit once they reached the wildfires, putting him out of; commission. The two were then swept away by a "sea" of symbiotes that flooded the streets of; NY City. Eddie Brock completely bonds with the symbiote, after which he is able to create; a psychic scream powerful enough to cause the symbiotes so much pain and despair, that they; committed suicide and turned into dust. Carnage was later taken back into custody. ============================================================ 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 History: List of Resurrected Mutants (and their final affiliation); Bolt; Feral; Leon Matheson 1st; Maggott; Negasonic Teenage Warhead; Pyro; Shinobi Shaw; Siena Blaze; Skin; Tower; Unus Depowered on M-Day, mutated by the Terrigen Mist; Acolytes; Barnacle; Fabian Cortez; Firefist; Delgado; Katu; Mellencamp; Rem-Ram; Spoor; Static; Dark Riders; Deadbolt; Hurricane; Spyne; Freedom Force; Destiny; Stonewall; Super Sabre; Generation X; Synch; Hellfire Club; Harold Leland; Hellions; Beef; Bevatron; Catseye; Jetstream; Roulette; Tarot Repowered somehow; Morlock; Berserker; Scaleface; New Mutants; Cypher Escaped from Selene's control, currently still infected by the virus; X-Corporation; Darkstar; Risque; X-Force; Caliban; X-Men; Banshee; Thunderbird ============================================================ 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. History: When Black Bolt and Vulcan were apparently killed in a massive explosion during the War of Kings, the great eruption of energy ripped a giant hole in the fabric of space and time, creating what is now known as the "Fault". ============================================================ 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. History: Doom decides enough is enough, and stages a hostile takover of the United States of America. He becomes President by right of revolution. ============================================================ 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. History: After escaping the tyranny of Norman Osborn, his Dark Avengers, Dark X-Men, and H.A.M.M.E.R., the X-Men now have to settle into their new home on the freshly resurfaced Asteroid M, officially renamed Utopia. On Utopia, the X-Men rebuilt homes, cultivated a farm, kept their island afloat, rationed food, gathered Atlanteans, and defended against enemies both old and new.; The X-Men are also faced with the personal challenges, pressured relationships, and individual conflicts. One of the original X-Men leaves the team, a reformed super villain joins, and an old friend finally comes home. ============================================================ 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. History: X-Force travels to the future to help Cable keep the Messiah child alive and safe from former ally Bishop and Cable's evil clone, Stryfe. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; Ragnarok is the eternal cycle of death and rebirth for the Asgardians. During this cycle, Asgard is destroyed and a number of gods will die. Eventually, the gods will be reborn and the cycle will begin anew. While each Ragnarok is largely the same, there are some differences between them.; The cycle was perpetuated by the enigmatic beings known as Those Who Sit Above in Shadow, who fed off the energies released during Ragnarok.; Volla's Prophecy; The general sequence of events for Ragnarok was once relayed by Volla the prophetess. According to her, Ragnarok will be preceded by two major events.; First, a bitter, unrelenting winter known as the Fimbul Winter, will blanket Asgard, causing widespread fear and paranoia. Driven to the point of madness by the oncoming Ragnarok, infighting will break out across the land, with friend attacking friend, and brother attacking brother. Secondly, Loki will trick the blind god Hoder into killing Balder with a mistletoe.; Heimdall will sound his horn, officially signalling the beginning of Ragnarok. An army of Trolls and Giants led by Loki will charge across the Bifrost on their way to Asgard. After destroying the rainbow bridge, Heimdall will be swallowed by the invading horde. Odin will lead a counterattack and a final, cataclysmic battle will begin.; As Asgard crumbles around them, Thor and Loki will meet each other in combat for one final time, but their fight will be interrupted by the sudden appearance of the Midgard Serpent. Though Thor will succeed in slaying the Midgard Serpent, the whole realm of Asgard will be torn asunder, leaving it in ruins. From Muspelheim will rise Surtur, the fire demon, who will proceed to burn what remains of Asgard to cinders.; After untold eons, a new race of gods will rise, ushering in a new golden age.; Cycles; The Ragnarök is part of a cycle that repeats over and over, with variations in each era and its end.; ; Ragnarok AD 1; An account of this Ragnarok was revealed to Thor by Odin's disembodied eye.; Though it began as Volla described, with the accidental death of Balder and Loki's invasion of Asgard, the events of this Ragnarok differ in a number of ways.; While defending his home from Loki's horde, Odin was killed and devoured by the Fenris Wolf. In response, Odin's son Vidar decapitated the beast with his sword. Meanwhile, Loki and Heimdall killed each other fighting atop the Bifrost. The Midgard Serpent attacked Thor, sinking his massive fangs into the thunder god's flesh. Thor managed to free himself and ultimately defeat Jormungand, but was poisoned by the Serpent's venom and died.; Surtur slew Frey before rising from Muspelheim to hurl fire across the realm. Asgard's final destruction occurred at roughly the same time as the birth of Christ on Earth.; Nine Asgardians survived the fall of Asgard: a revived Balder, Odin's brothers Vili and Ve, Odin's sons Vidar and Vali, Hoenir, Hoder, and Thor's sons Magni and Modi. Vili, Ve, Vidar, and Vali eventually merged to become a new Odin, who proceeded to recreate Asgard and the fallen Asgardians.; ============================================================ Phoenix Saga Kind: event Page: Phoenix Saga Full name: Phoenix Saga Other aliases: The Dark Phoenix Saga First appearance: X-Men Vol 1 101 History: The Phoenix Saga (X-Men 101-108) is the first part of The Dark Phoenix Saga, which is divided into two parts. The first part is where Jean Grey comes upon the Phoenix Force, and the repair of the M'kraan Crystal. The second part called The Dark Phoenix Saga (X-Men 129-138) is where the Phoenix Force consumes Jean Grey and brings the dark destructive side of the phoenix force out through Jean. ============================================================ 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 History: Mayhem abounds in Super Hero City! Players can now experience Mayhem Mode in Super Hero Squad Online. In Mayhem Mode, players will encounter the likes of Loki, Venom, Doctor Doom and more as they explore Super Hero City. These Villains offer players challenging mini-missions, giving them a taste of the full missions, and completing the upcoming Mayhem Mode challenges will unlock a powerful new character to play — MODOK! ============================================================ 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. History: Punisher is brainwashed to kill Nick Fury. ============================================================ 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. History: Uatu the Watcher was assassinated in his base on the Moon. Upon finding his corpse, Nick Fury began an investigation along with the Avengers. Meanwhile, a parallel investigation was carried out by Ant-Man, Punisher, Doctor Strange, Emma Frost, Moon Knight, Black Panther, Winter Soldier and Gamora, who were gathered by a mysterious boss.; Nick Fury's investigation led the heroes to the Orb, who had acquired one of Uatu's eyes with the help of Exterminatrix and Doctor Midas, but claimed not to be the killer. The other investigation unveiled a hidden trace of bodies of monsters left by whomever killed the Watcher, using gamma-irradiated bullets. When the Nick Fury, the Avengers and numerous other heroes raided the Orb's base, the villain activated Uatu's eye, which unleashed a wave of energy, said energy emanation caused anyone within its short range to suddenly discover deep secrets related to them.; The Orb was taken into custody and interrogated while Exterminatrix and Midas escaped. In the meantime, the Winter Soldier, Moon Knight and Gamora discovered the corpse of an Ego-like living planet, killed by the same type of gamma-irradiated bullets as the Watcher. In a turn of events, Bucky left Moon Knight and Gamora stranded in the dead planet by exploding their spaceship before teleporting away. Winter Soldier's destination was the Avengers Tower, where Nick Fury was questioning why the wave of energy didn't cause him to discover any secret, and who could have the second eye of the Watcher. Bucky mercilessly killed Nick Fury and took the eye of Uatu he had seized from the Orb as he stated there would be no more secrets.; Doctor Strange and Punisher's investigation took them to another realm, where they discovered somebody had been killing monsters. Realizing that the killer had been doing that for a long time, Strange concluded that someone already knew about this, and merely sent him and Punisher to pick up his trail. Black Panther, Ant-Man and Emma Frost were returning from having discovered numerous underground monsters killed with gamma-irradiated bullets as they received the alert that Nick Fury had been killed, believing that couldn't be right, he deviated their shuttle's trajectory. As Wolverine and Hulk discovered Fury's corpse, Doctor Strange and Punisher arrived at the Tower, incapacitating the Avengers and taking the Orb with them, who Strange detected as being useful for the investigation, as he could lead them to Uatu's eye.; Black Panther's team arrived to a hidden satellite, from where the same signal which contacted him for the investigation came from. They met Punisher and Doctor Strange there, as well as Bucky. As the Winter Soldier was explaining why was he there, Gamora and Moon Knight arrived to the base, having being rescued from the dead planet by Rocket Raccoon. As Gamora fought Bucky, the head of Nick Fury the Winter Soldier was holding was revealed to be a LMD's. Bucky revealed he had tracked down the signal of the LMD's chip to the satellite. As Emma Frost was questioning Black Panther whether they were actually working for Nick Fury or not, an elder Nick Fury revealed himself, accompanied by other LMDs of him.; In order to give an explanation, Nick Fury told the heroes a story about his past. During a mission in Kansas, Fury found himself trying to fight off the aliens known as Tribellians. His forces were overpowered, but the tables were turned once Woody McCord arrived and defeated the monsters before being fatally injured. Howard Stark, McCord's partner, arrived to the scene and discovered Fury alongside Woody's corpse. He decided to show Fury the work McCord had been doing as defender of Earth, the Man on the Wall, neutralizing any potential threat for the planet, and offered him Woody's job. Fury accepted and over the next years would secretly fight different super human threats, from aliens to Subterranean monsters and extra-dimensional beings, and those had been the corpses the different parties had found.; Before he could answer other questions, the Orb collapsed in the floor. Fury stated that his body was still absorbing what he stole from the Moon, and that they had to put him in the interrogation room as the clock was ticking. When Black Panther asked what happened to the Watcher, Fury replied merely that he had died, but also that he now supposed it was his turn.; Meanwhile, the Exterminatrix and Midas travelled to a certain location from which he activated a hidden vessel to go back to the Moon. Back to the satellite, Fury explained the heroes that because he now lacked the Infinity Formula in his blood, he was rapidly aging and was going to die. Fury had carefully chosen those heroes to follow his trail, as he wanted one of them to be his replacement. At the Avengers Tower, Iron Man was examining the corpse of the LMD killed by the Winter Soldier, and before it self-destructed as a self-defense mechanism, Stark managed to get the location to where the LMD had sent a signal. When Fury received the alert that the LMD had self-destructed and concluded that he would soon be discovered, he took one of the Watcher's eyes from Bucky and enclosed himself in a secure room, as he tried to activate the second eye he had all this time. When the Avengers arrived to the satellite, Fury confronted the heroes, equipped with armor while holding the two eyes of the Watcher, claiming that his eyes had been opened.; The Avengers failed to stop Nick Fury, who arrived to Uatu's citadel at the same time the Orb (who had escaped Fury's custody), and Doctor Midas did.; Fury confronted Doctor Midas, who was trying to acquire more power than he had before when he attacked the citadel. Fury fought Midas' Mindless Ones, during which one of the Watcher's eyes was taken from him by the Orb, and was almost defeated until the heroes chosen by Fury arrived and also managed to get a confession from him that he was the one who had killed Uatu and took the second eye. Fury had done this because when he went to aid Uatu as soon as he had been attacked and robbed by the Orb and Doctor Midas, the Watcher refused to tell him the names of the culprits, at it was against his oath of non-interference. Fury had realized the eyes were where Uatu kept what he had seen, and that the only way to know the identities of the criminals before they did something with Uatu's armory was to have one of them, for which he had killed Uatu and took the remaining eye.; Fury then confronted Midas, who was becoming more powerful by absorbing the powers from Uatu's corpse. By forcing Midas to absorb the power of the Watcher's eye he had left, Fury overloaded him and killed the villain in an explosion, which also seemingly killed Fury.; The Avengers arrived on the scene, but found nothing. After the Moon was left with no presence, Fury revealed himself to be alive and to have absorbed Uatu's powers, becoming the new vigilant of Earth, the Unseen. Meanwhile, the Winter Soldier took up the mantle of the Man on the Wall. ============================================================ 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. History: After Apocalypse was destroyed, and the end of Earth-295 averted, a new threat emerged to combat Magneto and his X-Men, in the form of Mr. Sinister and the Sinister Six, causing them to seek out the retired Weapon X. ============================================================ 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 History: In the aftermath of Civil War II and the impact it left, the world has become disillusioned with its heroes. Now, they have to deal with the fallout of what has happened. Heroes changed and teams are forged in fire. Welcome to the future of the Marvel Universe.; clear; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; October 2016; November 2016; December 2016; January 2017; March 2017 ============================================================ 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 History: The Golden Fleece belonged to the Golden Ram sent by Hermes to save Nephele's children. The ram carried the children across the sky to Asia, and on the way, the girl slips off and drowns. The boy arrived safely in the country of Colchis, where he sacrifices the ram and gave it to the King.; Back in Greece; King Pelias had stolen the crown from his brother. An oracle told him that he will die at the hands a man wearing only one sandal.; In 1289, B.C.; Many years later Jason, the king's nephew, come to claim his rightful place as king. Pelias told Jason that he would give up the throne if Jason would go out and retrieve the golden fleece. He was contacted by Hera who offered to help the young hero.; She sent him to Argus a brilliant ship builder who constructed the Argos the fastest ship in the land. He recruited the best warriors from across Greece; forming the Argonauts sets off and overcomes many obstacles and adventures on the way to Colchis.; The first place they landed on the journey was the Isle of Fear. It is here they battled a Griffin and Medusa. Who they appear to slay with an arrow stealing her golden apples.; Whilst on their journey, they were attacked by a Hydra. Hercules cut off it's head and pours a sealant on its neck, preventing it from regenerating. Eurytus praised Hercules that he always was the smartest one of them.; On the journey there the Argonauts landed on the island of Mysia. Where Hylas went to collect water and was seduced by some water Nymphs. The beautiful creatures drag the boy into their pond and he's never seen again. Hercules searched for days, but the Argonauts were forced to leave their friend on the island to hunt for his missing friend.; Finally, with the help of Hera, he reaches King Etes. Hera arranged for Cupid to make King Etes's daughter, Medea, fall in love with Jason. Jason asked Etes for the fleece, but Etes says Jason must plow a field of dragon's teeth, which will spring up into a crop of armed men who must be cut down as they advance and attack. Jason agreed, though he believed the task will result in his death. Thanks to Cupid's bow, however, Medea gave Jason a magical potion that gives give him invincibility for one day. She also tells him to throw a rock into the middle of the army because it will lead the armed men to kill each other. The next day, Jason proved victorious. The treacherous king will not give him the fleece, however. He plans to kill Jason.; Medea helped him again by leading him to the Golden Fleece, where Orpheus used his musical ability to charm the beast guarding it, they then fled on the Argos. They had to visit by Circe, to absolve her of her sins. Sersi absolved Medea of the act of playing a part in her father's death, but upon hearing the full circumstances, she sent them on their way.; On their return, the Argonauts encountered the giant Talos near Crete, and Hera was able to help Jason one last time by showing him the way to defeat it.; Later, Jason marries another woman, and Medea becomes so angry that she kills both the bride and her own two sons fathered by Jason. ============================================================ Odyssey Kind: event Page: Odyssey Full name: Odyssey First appearance: Tales of Suspense Vol 1 10 Reality: Earth-616 History: After the Trojan War, Odysseus made a ten year journey across the Mediterranean Sea to reach his home, Ithaca; his adventures were recounted in the epic "Odyssey".; On his way home, storms led Odysseus' ships to the Hidden Isle the home of the Cyclops; Polyphemus, who started eating the crew of the ships. Odysseus managed to trick Polyphemus and along with his companions, blinded the Cyclops. Before they left, though, he did the mistake of revealing his identity to Polyphemus, who then told his father, the god Poseidon; this had a major impact on the hero's travel, as the god sent rough seas throughout the journey.; The ships then reached the island of the god of winds, Aeolus, who put all winds except the west wind in a bag and gave the bag to Odysseus. As a result, the west wind blew the ships all the way to Ithaca. However, just before they reached the shore, Odysseus' companions took the bag of winds from Odysseus, and thinking it contained gold, opened it and released all of the winds. The ships were blown away from the island, back to where they had started. Aeolus did not accept to help them again, and they left.; They went to the island of the Laestrygonians, a cannibalistic tribe that ate all of the crew, except that of Odysseus' ship, they quickly left the island.; They next reached the island that of the witch Circe. She turned Odysseus' companions into pigs, but Odysseus, who had been given a magical herb by Hermes, resisted her witchcraft. Circe fell in love with Odysseus and transformed the pigs back into men. After they stayed on the island for one year, they left to continue their voyage.; He braved the terrors of Hades, the Underworld with them, and while in the land of the dead Hades allowed Teiresias, Odysseus' mother, Ajax and others to give him advice on his next journey. With this newly acquired knowledge, he steered them past the perils of the Sirens and of Scylla and Charybdis He could not save them from their final folly, however, when they violated divine commandments by slaughtering and eating the cattle of the sun-god. As a result of this rash act, Odysseus' ship was destroyed by a thunderbolt, and only Odysseus himself survived. He came ashore on the island of the nymph Calypso, who made him her lover and refused to let him leave for seven years. When Zeus finally intervened, Odysseus sailed away on a small boat, only to be shipwrecked by another storm. He swam ashore on the island of the Phaeacians, where he was magnificently entertained and then, at long last, escorted home to Ithaca.; Return Home; There were problems in Ithaca as well, however. During Odysseus' twenty-year absence, his wife, Penelope, had remained faithful to him, but she was under enormous pressure to remarry. A whole host of suitors were occupying her palace, drinking and eating and behaving insolently to Penelope and her son, Telemachus. Odysseus arrived at the palace, disguised as a ragged beggar, and observed their behavior and his wife's fidelity. With the help of Telemachus and Laertes, he slaughtered the suitors and cleansed the palace. He then had to fight one final battle, against the outraged relatives of the men he had slain; Athena intervened to settle this battle, however, and peace was restored. ============================================================ 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. History: Overview; The Olympic Games is an international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. They are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.; Origin; The modern events were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC. Each city state would send its best athletes. Hercules revealed he took part in the very first games winning most of the events. The athlete would compete completely naked. Kang the Conqueror took part in the first Olympics as well.; The Eternals of Olympia hold their own games regularly, but is unclear who inspired who regarding the games.; Modern Event; During the "1936 Summer Olympics" being held in Berlin in Nazi Germany, Dominic Fortune was hired to bodyguard and babysit a trio of washed-up, drunken depraved Hollywood actors. While in Berlin, all three men had bearer's bonds worth millions of dollars put into their suitcases by Malcolm Upshaw in order to smuggle them back into the United States as part of his plot to overthrow the government. When confronted by Fortune, the men stated that they had no idea that the bonds had been placed there.Believing them, Fortune took them back to the US.; Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals during the 1936 Summer Olympics.; Actress; Ruth LaRue participated in the "1936 Summer Olympics" as a swimmer before World War II.; Will Wingfoot, the father of Wyatt Wingfoot was considered the greatest USA Olympic decathlon star.; Todd Arliss participated in the Olympics as a swimmer for the USA. He however who damaged his spinal cord when he rescued a drowning man. Desperate to regain his swimming ability, Arliss willingly participated in an experiment by the scientist Dr. Lemuel Dorcas.; The outcasts attacked the "1980 Winter Olympics" being held in Lake Placid, New York in the United States of America. They were stopped by Spider-Man and the Hulk who teamed up with a group of athletes dubbed Olympians.; Jean-Paul Beaubier represented Canada in Skiing in the Winter Olympics. However he used his Mutant powers of speed quickly became an Olympic champion. After gaining notoriety as a sport star, he was contacted by James Hudson to join Alpha Flight.; Delroy Garrett Jr. was a track star and competed in the Olympics. However after he tested positive for steroids, he lost his three gold medals. In despair, he turned to religion, specifically the Triune Understanding.; Adam Mann excelled in every sport he tried and made a career of athletics, and won more Olympic gold medals than any other athlete in history. He even had himself tested for the X-Gene, and found not to have it.; Pamela Pierce won gold in archery for "Team USA" at the Olympics. When she returned home she was offered a place in the 50-State Initiative team the Order and the opportunity to gain powers for one year.; Patricia Hamilton was set to represent Great Britain at the Olympics until she was kicked off the team for being a Mutant.; Hercules later tried to recreate the original olympics at the Avengers Academy. The students and faculty were shocked when he turned up naked.; Alternative Realities; Earth-41578; On Earth-41578; In the year 1977, Peter Maximoff breaks 8 world records in track and field events, sparking review of mutant participation in athletics. Athletics officials adopt a genetic testing policy in partnership with Trask Industries in which no athletes carrying the mutant X-gene can compete in professional sporting events. This occurs following the investigation of Peter Maximoff.; Earth-1610; On Earth-1610; Clint Barton represented the USA in the archery.; Earth-904913; On Earth-904913;Clint Barton aka Hawkeye was a former Olympic Archer, turned thief, whose brother is in debt to Count Nefaria.; Earth-148611; On Earth-148611; Gatto di Sangue was a gymnast who represented Italy in the Olympics. Her athletic ability was increased tenfold by the White Event. ============================================================ 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. History: As a young boy named Kei Kawade draws in his room, monsters start to rain down from the sky. The Avengers take on one of such monsters in Boston as the Vision picks up similar incidents all around the world: Storm and her team of X-Men take on a monster in London; the Black Panther and Shuri take on another monster in Wakanda; the Guardians of the Galaxy face a snake-like monster in Seattle; and the Inhumans fight a multi-headed monster terrorizing Venice.; Meanwhile, Moon Girl analyzes the situation from her secret laboratory at the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and decides to figure out this problem with science. As another monster attacks Los Angeles, being eventually dealt with by the Champions, Elsa Bloodstone finds a prophecy in the ancient ruins of Peru that say that the invading monsters fear only one thing: their king. Kei Kawade sneaks out of his house to learn more about what is going on, but is confronted by the monsters Fin Fang Foom, Gorgilla, Green Thing, and Zzutak.; More and more monsters started to rain down on Earth. Alpha Flight intercepted a swarm of monsters in space, with Captain Marvel letting her Avengers friends know about the updated situation: a bigger swarm of monsters is heading towards the planet.; Captain America receives updates from a team of representatives (Queen Medusa, Storm, Star-Lord, Carol, and Agent Coulson). Carol informs them Alpha Flight is handling the attacks in space, Ororo is summoning an all-call of all the teams of X-Men and even the Hellfire Club to come and assist. Phil even lets them know that S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are armed with Pym Particles to come help them in Oregon. Sam then mentions that their main plan should be to cut off the source at the head. Other superhero teams are helping all over the world. Winter Guard is taking on a Leviathon in Russia, Storm and Magneto are battling another one at the Hoover Dam in Nevada, and Valkyrie and Warrior Woman is facing a massive one in Scotland.; In New York, Lunella is analyzing the situation. She's trying to figure out what they are saying and doing. Suddenly, a device near her tells her that there must be a offering, the ruler calls, and that Earth is going to be razed. In Illinois, Elsa Bloodstone is searching for clues. She arrives at an elementary school and finds a drawing that is identical to one of the Leviathons. She sees a symbol and recognizes it and goes to see the drawer: Kei.; Kei is sitting with his family in his house and is reminded that his family and him will always be together. When he goes back to his room to go draw, his mother remind the father that 'it's' happening again and the father says that whatever this is, it's much worse.; In San Diego, the Guardians are facing a massive monster. When things start to get serious, help arrives in the form of Thor. She defeats the monster and another one that appears from the water. Star-Lord uses the Spider-Cams to report in their situation to the other heroes across the world.; Back in Springfield, Kei was drawing another monster. Suddenly, Elsa Bloodstone appeared in his room. He's apparently a big fan of the monster hunter, who then asks what is she doing there. She then simply replies that she's just doing her job.; Back with the Guardians, Thor replies that their reinforcements (the Avengers, Champions, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, and Queen Medusa) have arrived. Ms. Marvel reports that another swarm is approaching them and asks Sam to try and rally the troops, but Captain America is frozen in fear at the massive swarm of monsters.; Two teams of monsters face each other, as Captain America regains his composure and sends the Avengers on the monsters on the right and Ms. Marvel states that she and the Champions will take the ones on the left. But instead of fighting the heroes, the two sets of monsters face each other and start to brawl as the heroes stand by idly watching as some of them are perplexed and confused. Ms. Marvel states that this is a classic movie troupe: the fate of the world is in the hands of monsters.; Sam calls in S.H.I.E.L.D and tells Maria Hill to ignore the brawling monsters and only focus on the citizens. The victorious monsters let the heroes know that they mean them no harm and the quickly vanish soon after. As everyone ponders what has happened, Maria Hill informs them that no more sightings have been reported falling from the sky and that the only monsters left are the ones here on the ground.; Elsa Bloodstone shows up and tells them that she knows what's going on and that she has a solution. At Parker Industries in New York, the heroes meet Kei and learn about his powerset: whatever he draws can come to life. Sam thinks he's the source of the problem, but Elsa begs to differ: he's the solution. The Kawades show up and ask where is their son. Star-Lord tells them that he's got two of his best men (Rocket and Groot) are talking to him now. Rocket lies about Groot threatening to punish Kei if he doesn't talk, but Kei reveals that he can understand him and almost tried to summon him. The other heroes try to ask Kei to learn more about his powers, so he shows them a demonstration of him trying to summon a monster. He summons Devil Dinosaur, but accidentally pulls Moon Girl along with it. She stops Elsa from shooting Devil and introduces herself and talks with Kei about his powers. Sam then asks if he can summon heroes to him and Elsa asks if he can summon monsters.; Kei says that he prefers monsters and is appalled that Elsa would even ask that. Spider-Man asks Kei on how his powers came to be and his parents reply that it was a strange, green cloud. Medusa says that he is not a monster, but an Inhuman. His parents also state that they thought that nothing happened but wherever they moved, monsters would appear. Medusa says that Kei has a destiny, but it's not her story to tell.; Karnak tells the group of an Inhuman who has a similar ability to Kei's and that there was a battle between her and a massive monster called the Leviathon Mother, a powerful alien who wakes every few thousand years. Spider-Man asks if she won the battle, but Karnak says she didn't. Captain America says that now this Leviathon Mother is coming to Earth and that their only hope is an 11-year old kid. The parents worry, but Sam tells them that they will protect Kei.; In the room, Lunella and Kei are mad that they were not included in the conversation and that Lunella feels bad that Devil is alone in some hangar. Kei asks if he could summon him, but Lunella denies it and states that she knows stuff and that they should listen to her. She tells him about her translation machine and that something big is coming.; Outside the planet, monsters tell a mysterious being about the heroes' attempts to stop it from destroying the planet. The being says no, and says to send all of the monsters at Earth.; In New York City, superheroes and Goliathons join forces to fend off the Leviathons, working together in unity. At the Baxter Building, Kei Kawade is using the resources of Parker Industries to keep an eye on the situation on a global scale, using his powers on a drawing tablet to help the situation. The young kid feels the pressure of the situation, but Medusa, Karnak and Moon Girl try to comfort him.; Across the globe, heroes and Goliathons keep fighting together in places such as Birnin Zana, Shanghai, Cairo, Cape Town, New Orleans, and São Paulo. Through their screeches, the Leviathons announce the destruction of the Earth.; Back at the Baxter Building, Kei expresses his discomfort with sending out the Goliathons he summons to fight on his behalf while he's safe and sound. Elsa Bloodstone clarifies that might not be the case. In another section of the facilities, a group of heroes including Wolverine and Spider-Man remain on guard to protect Kei.; Using his powers, Kei relocates the monsters across the globe as the situation deems it necessary: After defeating a Leviathon in Wakanda, Rommbu is teleported to Texas to assist the Guardians of the Galaxy; once the Leviathons are subdued in Shanghai, Monstrom is taken to Louisiana to help Old Man Logan; and in Hell's Kitchen, the Heroes for Hire receive assistance from Fin Fang Foom.; In Midtown Manhattan, Captain America has Vision contact Doctor Strange and the sorcerers with him who are working at the Sanctum Sanctorum on a second plan. Unfortunately, the building is crashed by a Leviathon which disrupts all the preparations for an evacuation spell.; At the Baxter Building, Kei has hit a brick wall, having run out of monsters to summon. Moon Girl brings him his notebook, and suggests him to work on some unfinished drawings. However, Kei rejects the idea, arguing that those wouldn't work as they're monsters he himself had come up with, which piques Lunella's interest.; The Leviathon Servitors soon lay siege to the Baxter Building, with the heroes in the first line of defense being barely able to slow them down. Spider-Man and Moon Girl escape with Kei and his parents while the rest of the heroes hold the line. They find themselves in front of a sealed door with no access codes at hand. Lunella works on rerouting the locks while Spider-Man fends more Servitors and Kei summons Devil Dinosaur to help out.; Outside, the heroes notice how the Baxter Building has been targeted. Before they can mobilize to help, green lightning sparks across the sky, and a thunderous sound follows which heralds the arrival of the Leviathon Mother herself.; The Avengers, the Champions and the Goliathons lay defeated on the streets of New York at the feet of the Leviathon Mother, who proceeds to call out the young Inhuman summoner Kei Kawade. Fin Fang Foom approaches the Leviathon Mother and challenges her.; Inside the Baxter Building, the Devil Dinosaur has just protected Kei from an attack of the Leviathon Servitors. Kei manages to understand the Leviathon Mother's message, but feels unsure about what to do. One final Servitor appears to attack Kei, and Elsa Bloodstone blasts it away with her shotgun. Kei's dad tries to console his son with one of his usual proverbs, but Kei turns him down, but apologizes quickly afterwards for his nerves. When Kid Kaiju dismays at his lack of options left, Moon Girl suggests he tries summoning the monsters in his unfinished drawings, even though he insists they're not real.; As Kei, Elsa, Moon Girl and the others make their way to the building's lobby, the Mother Leviathon has defeated Fin Fang Foom and holds him in her mouth. When Moon Girl and Kei's parents suggest he fled, Kei states it's his responsibility to confront her, because even if he's scared, the Leviathon Mother will destroy the Earth unless she's stopped.; Kei approaches the Leviathon Mother. He catches her attention and she spits out Fin Fang Foom. She tries to taunt him, but Kid Kaiju focuses on his notebook, eventually finishing his drawings and bringing six new monsters into existence: Slizzik, Hi-Vo, Aegis, Fireclaw, Scragg, and Mekara. These new monsters manage to hold their own against the Leviathon Mother, getting close to subduing her with the help of Fin Fang Foom.; Right after Kei proclaims in relief that they're winning, the Leviathon Mother pierces through Fireclaw with her claws, killing him. Fireclaw's death if felt by Kei, causing him to suffer a nosebleed. Without Fireclaw calling the shots, the monsters begin to struggle to fend off the Leviathon Mother. She continues to plummet Kei's creations, and Elsa tries to get him to escape. He refuses, pressing his pencil determinedly on his notebook. Using his powers, Kid Kaiju manages to combine himself and all of his monsters into one single being, Smasher. The merged monsters quickly turn the tide of the battle to Earth's favor, rapidly striking at the Leviathon Mother again and again, causing her Leviathons to flee the Earth in fear. She lunges at Smasher, but is fatally struck by Smasher's Shatter Sword.; The Leviathon Mother's corpse begins to melt, and Kid Kaiju separates his monsters from each other in order to join the heroes on the ground. Fin Fang Foom and the other Goliathons confront him, and even though he thanks their help, they warn him about summoning them again before teleporting away.; While the heroes and Kei's monster mobilize to help clean up the chaos left by the battle, Maria Hill debriefs Kei, Elsa, the Inhumans and Captain America about the situation, informing them that some of the Leviathons, those that didn't escape, have gone into hiding around the world. When she wonders about what to do with Kei's monsters, he suggest they let them help out.; Captain America raises into question Kei's future, suggesting he trained as a hero, he simply asks to go back home. With he help of Inhuman terraformers, an island named Mu is built for Kei, his family and his monsters. Bloodstone also remains on the island, having been asked to guide and look after Kei. ============================================================ 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 History: Professor Xavier is finally back just in time to help Wolverine to save Daken from Miss Sinister, Sebastian Shaw and the Hellfire Club but first the duo will have to deal with their darkest secrets. ============================================================ 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 History: The Napoleonic Wars happened during the 19th century from 1803–1815 AD. They were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers such as Austria, Russia, Spain, Prussia, other German nations, and many other smaller parties or countries with a lesser involvement. It was primarily led and financed by the British Empire. Ares the God of War shadow loomed large over Napoléon's conquests, whispering ambition and instigating grand military campaigns that swept across Europe.; Events; The Battle of Trafalgar: This was a large naval battle which occurred at the start of the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought between Great Britain under Horatio Nelson and France It was a crucial victory for Great Britain which gave them naval superiority and ended plans for a French invasion of Britain. Trafalgar Square was named in honor of the battle.; The Battle of Austerlitz: Thus was a land battle fought by France under Napoleon against a Russian and Austrian alliance. Napoleon forces were ultimately victorious. The Pseudo-Vampire; The Battles of Jena and Auerstadt: the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved after the invasion of Napoleon's invading forces.; The Battle of Borodino: This battle was fought between Napoleon’s French invasion force and the Russian Army. This led to the capture of Moscow. This however was a disaster, leading to the destruction of Napoleon’s army.; The Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon led his army into Waterloo, Belgium. The French faced the combined British and European allies lead by the Duke of Wellington. The British, Prussian and allied victory ended the Napoleonic Wars. It also led to the exile of Napoleon and the end of his French Empire.; Minor battles; In North America a minor conflict began known as War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States of America and the British in Canada. It was during this the White House was burnt down.; Legacy; After the was the borders of Europe were redrawn. This lead to the global dominance of the British Empire and the collapse of the Spanish Empire.; Alternate Reality Versions; Napoleon Wins (Earth-9008); Immortus created an alternate timeline where Napoleon won. The timeline was later erased.; Earth-80827; The Exiles find themselves caught in a war on an Earth where Napoleon’s empire has been reigning for centuries. ============================================================ Mexican–American War Kind: event Page: Mexican–American War Full name: Mexican–American War First appearance: Billy Buckskin Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.; Events; It followed in the wake of the 1845 American annexation of the Republic of Texas, which Mexico still considered part of it's territory after its de facto secession in the 1836.; Frontier explorer Billy Buckskin was active during the days of the American-Mexican War. The young adventurer primarily fought Mexican soldiers, outlaws, and Native American renegades around Fort Ironsides, primarily the warrior known as Nocona who was responsible for murdering his father. The next oldest was Dan Hawk whose father died during the Battle of the Alamo while he was still a young man. Growing up to adulthood he became known as the Kid From Texas and operated as a honorary Texas Ranger helping those in need.; Legacy; After the was the US gained California and New Mexico as states. ============================================================ Prohibition Kind: event Page: Prohibition Full name: Prohibition First appearance: Fantastic Four Vol 1 91 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Prohibition Era in the United States of America was time when there was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. After the ban the Italian Americans who worked as an offshoot of the Italian Mafia took advantage of the situation and sold alcohol illegally for tremendous profit. They used acute violence to stake turf and protect their interest. Often, police officers and politicians were paid off or extorted to ensure continued operation. The term "Gangster" and "Mobster" was used to describe these people.; Events; Al Capone was one most infamous gangsters who rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era.; It was during this time a mobster named Machine-Gun Martin escaped prison and was abducted by the Skrulls. The inhabitants of Kral IV, fascinated by gangsters culture, adopted it as their own.; During this time the Canadian hero; Logan happened across a young vampire hunter named Eric Brooks in New York City, New York, and saved his life from a marauding vampire.; St. Valentine's Day Massacre; The Punisher with the help of Reed Richards, travelled back in time to 1929, to kill Al Capone.; Around this time, Logan worked as a bootlegger bringing hooch down from Canada to Chicago or Minnesota. He ran afoul of Al Capone, who was using Victor Creed as a hitman. Capone and Creed lured Logan to the site of the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre, which he barely survived.; Logan had another encounter with rival bootleggers in Minnesota while working with his friend Elias from the Great War. Elias was killed by the mobsters and Logan tried to fulfil his last request of getting Elias' four kids to safety at their aunt's farm. In South Dakota, Logan was gifted with a motorcycle for his efforts protecting the kids, possibly his first motorcycle.; In 1931, Treasury agent Eliot Ness arrested Al Capone and sent him to prison for tax evasion. In 1934, he was sent to the infamous Alcatraz Prison. ============================================================ 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 History: A light in the darkness is not always welcome.; Kitty Pryde, Old Man Logan and Cyclops are leading teams of X-Men all across the globe, chasing events connected to the Phoenix. But with teammates disappearing and familiar enemies returning, the X-Men are fighting a losing battle. Beast doesn't know how or what shape it will take, but he knows they are running out of time before the Phoenix makes its true presence known.; Meanwhile, a young woman named Jean is starting to go insane in her peaceful, suburban life. Nightmares and daydreams are spilling over into the world and revealing cracks in her reality. Jean's life and everything in it may just be a facade, but made by who? And why?; Jean needs to escape. The X-Men need to stop the cycle of death the Phoenix brings. Their worlds will violently collide as Jean searches for an opening and the X-Men fight for closure. But when they are brought together, will the X-Men be reunited with their long-lost teammate – or something darker? ============================================================ 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. History: The Pre-Cataclysmic Age was an imaginary period that began about 100,000 years ago, with the rise of the Thurian civilization. It came to an end around 18,000 BC, with the Great Cataclysm.; That era was marked by many civilizations of modern men, tens of millennia before the Neolithic; by Kull, the Atlantean barbarian who became king of Valusia and fought the Elder Gods' spawns, such as the Serpent Men and the Wolf-Men; by the creation of the Inhumans and the foundation of Attilan; by the creation of the Vampires; by the Human-Deviant Wars and the Second Host, both events resulting in the Great Cataclysm and the destruction of Mu, Lemuria and Atlantis.; The age of Atlantis and Mu was the last Golden Age, which ended with the cataclysm.; Preface; Datation; The Pre-Cataclysmic Age was an imaginary period that began about 100,000 years ago, with the rise of the Thurian civilization. It came to an end around 18,000 BC, with the Great Cataclysm.; Before the Pre-Cataclysmic Age; Before the Pre-Cataclysmic Age had come other periods of modern human activity, though their datation is blurry and incomplete, and what occurred in that period is mostly unknown:; During the Age of Dragons, the Dragon Kings ruled over Lemuria, and Hyperborea.; Circa 500,000 BC, the Age of Dragons gave way to the Age of Men after the first men defeated the Dragon Kings, in which a civilization of modern men developed on Lemuria. It is unknown if it was the same Lemuria that survived into the Pre-Cataclysmic Age.; The Elder Days were the era preceding the rise of the Seven Empires.; History; Origin: Rise of the Thurians (100,000 BC); The Pre-Cataclysmic Age began about 100,000 years ago, with the rise of the Thurian civilization, Valusia being the most ancient of the human pre-Cataclysmic kingdoms.; Undisclosed Events; During Eibon 's era, the Pnakotic Manuscripts were found in Hyperborea. Eibon's apprentice wrote the Book of Eibon in Pre-Cataclysmic Hyperborea.; Attilan, Atlantis, Crete (50,000 BC); Circa 50,000 BC, a mosaic of humanities existed: The technologically advanced human civilization of Attilan, "the Island of Gods", existed side by side with the kindgom of Atlantis (worshipers of Jupiter), humans "Cro-magnon" (including Tanir), the city of Crete and pre-human savages such as the Shaggy Ones (such as Ak), the Goreks, the Hairy Ones, Bonzo's tribe...; 30,000 BC; Eshu was an early human, a nomadic hunter great, but incredibly anti-social. He was born over forty thousand years ago, preserved by the alien Plodex ship. Before that he was a great hunter, but incredibly anti-social. After he was rejected by his tribe, he was lured northward where he was captured by the Plodex ship, and eventually became known as the Master of the World.; Valka, one of the first new gods worshiped on Earth, achieved prominence about 30,000 B.C. which lasted at least 12,000 years. He was known as the God of all Gods.; 23,000 BC or earlier; At least 25,000 years ago, Earth was ruled by sorcery rather than by science, and wizards dominated the world. Along with other sorcerers, the being who became known as the Dark Rider ruled tyrannically over mankind from their Towers of Magic, until they revolted, attacked the towers, and slew all the wizards except the Dark Rider.; Inhuman development (23,000 BC to 18,000 BC); That section is adapted from sources that underestimate modern man in the involved areas: It states that Atlantis was the first civilization, or hints that man was only represented by cave-dwelling savages at that time. It also states the Inhumans wandered in Europe, when that continent existed in a very different form at that time.; Nearly 25.000 years ago, the alien Kree experimented on Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens, creating the Inhumans who quickly became an advanced civilization while the humans still huddled in caves. They develop powerful weapons, and were soon regarded as demons by the primitive humans, who grew more and more numerous and tried to slay them, forcing the Inhumans to seek new refuge over and over, using magnetic-powered arcs to transport the living specimens for their research.; After suffering centuries persecution from their primitive human fellows, the Inhumans grew tired and decided to create a refuge for themselves. The Inhumans wandered in Europe, under King Myran's rule, and settled in Northern Atlantic, established the city of Attilan on an island located about two hundred miles southwest of Iceland, and became one of the most advanced cultures on Earth. It took several decades for the Inhumans to complete the city. Mastering genetics, they instated a genocracy upon Attilan. Zuras, leader of the Eternals of Olympia, monitored Attilan's progress over the millenia, long observed the Inhumans and admired their capacity for leadership. The relation, if any, between the Inhumans' city and the Attilan of circa 50,000 BC is unknown.; When the humans left the caves, some of them were confronted to the Inhumans, their technological advance and Attilan, believing it to be the city of demons. 4,000 years after the Inhumans settled in Attilan, the first mainstream human great civilization was built on the island continent of Atlantis. The Inhumans remained isolated, but it is speculated that there must have been interaction between the people (on the basis of etymological similarity between the words Atlantis and Attilan). The Inhumans' means to remain isolated are unknown, but it is presumed that Attilan resisted attempts at assimilation thanks to its technological superiority.; Decline of the Seven Empires (Before 20,000 BC); Over twenty-two thousand years ago the Seven Empires started to decline.; At that time, the isle of Atlantis was a wilderness, with no true rulership, but barely tamed by barbarians. The relation, if any, between this island and the Atlantis of circa 50,000 BC is unknown.; 20,000 BC; By 20,000 BC, most of the Elderspawn (the spawns and grand-spawns of the Elder Gods) had been slaughtered or driven into seclusion.; 19,500 BC; Circa 19,500 BC, a thousand years before Kull:; King Eallal ruled over Valusia, until he was found hideously murdered in his throne room, killed by a Serpent-Man.; Atlanteans started to spread on the mainland as mercenaries in the religious and political feuds existing between the greater powers.; Before 19,000 BC; Over 21,000 years ago, the new god Crom led a shaman to three iron-bound books of magic, which the shaman used to imprison Shuma-Gorath in what would become Mount Crom in Cimmeria.; 19,000 BC; By 19,000 BC:; Atlantis was the seat of a minor empire based on trade and crafts, whose fortunes fluctuated over the next centuries.; The Annunaki's worship in Atlantis and Valusia started.; Age of Kull (18,500 BC); ; The time of King Kull is sometimes stated to be circa 18,000 BC.; Second Host / Great Cataclysm (18,000 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 History: Preface; The Pleistone era, also known as the Dawn of Man was a geological epoch, lasting from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago.; It was the setting of the early humanities, including Australopithecus, as well as ancient and forgotten human and non-human civilizations that existed in more or less clearly defined: the Age of Dragons (set somewhere between 1 million years ago and five hundred thousand years ago) dominated by the Dragon Kings, the Age of Men (starting circa 500,000 years ago) dominated by the human Lemurians, the Elder Days dominated by the Elder Race, and that let the way circa 100,000 years ago to the Pre-Cataclysmic Age, dominated by the Thurians (but later conquered by the Deviants) until 18,000 BC, the Second Hostof the Celestials and the Great Cataclysm. After the Cataclysm, humans rebuilt new civilizations, including early advanced cultures in Khitai, Stygia and Acheron. The Age of Acheron came at an end as the Hyborians and their allies destroyed Acheron, ushering the Hyborian Age. For relevancy issues, the events belonging to most of those events will not be detailed here but on their respective eras' pages.; Early Pleistocene; Australopithecus sediba was a species of hominids living in Africa millions of years ago. 2.5 millions years ago, giving birth to the first Genus Homo, the last Australopithecus sedibas were fighting over the life or death of two uncommon babies, the first men, when they were exterminated by the Evolutionaries in order to guarantee mankind's evolution to Homo sapiens.; Doctor Doom was once sent across the ages by his former master, the Marquis of Death. There, he found himself attacked by a couple of Megalodons (descibed as an "instance of time repairing itself"). unbeknownst of his identity, the Thunderbolts (themselves travelling backwards in time aboard the Thunderbolts Tower) saved him.; Almost half a million years ago, Lemuria was the only continent inhabited by modern man, while the rest of the world apparently lived in the Pleistocene period. Thongor of Valkarth was a hero of that age, instrumental in the demise of the Dragon Kings serving the Lords of Chaos.; Late Pleistocene; Circa 50,000 years ago, a meteor struck Earth and formed what is now known as Meteor Crater, in Winslow, Arizona. ============================================================ 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. History: ; Datation; The post-Hyborian cataclysm occurred in 8,000 BC.; Aftermaths; The cataclysm leveled much of Earth's society and further reshaped its land masses:; Great portions of the western coast including Vanaheim and Pictland sank, while the mountains of western Cimmeria became what would later be called the British Isles.; The Stygian Continent broke from the rest of the world-continent of Hyboria, flooding Argos, western Koth, and western Shem while forming the Mediterranean Sea.; It virtually erased evidence of the existence of society developed from Atlantean refugees from the Great Cataclysm, who scattered to surviving islands: Antillia, Avalon, Mayapan, Opar, Ptahuacan, Ruta, and Zothique.; The territory around the Inland Sea, which later became known as the Caspian Sea, remained largely unaffected.; Afterward, champions and menaces emerged throughout the world. ============================================================ 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 History: The Moon Landing was the first "official" spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the Earth's Moon. The mission was the penultimate event aloud the United States to win the Space Race against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The Apollo 11 mission was organised N.A.S.A. and lead by American astronauts commander Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.; The mission launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 16 1969 at 9:32 AM EDT aboard the Saturn V Rocket.; They landed the lunar module Eagle on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar followed by Aldrin. Michael Collins piloted the command module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were on the Moon's surface. Armstrong and Aldrin returned to Earth with the mission a success.; Unknown to the crew, the mission was jeopardized by the Skrulls, who were trying to undermine Earth's space program as part of a future invasion. This plot was thwarted by the First Line, a group of heroes.; The Hulk on a mission to stop the Chronarchists arrived on the moon in the year 1969 where he battled the Abomnation as astronaut Armstrong watched.; The Fantastic Four protected the Apollo 11 mission from the Kree Sentry #9168.; The crew found a device left on the moon by Doctor Doom.; Legacy; Machine Man (X-51) was able to view the moon landing via the Terranometer. ============================================================ 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. History: Brawn is visiting his Champions teammates at Champions Mobile Bunker as Ms. Marvel announces the movie night but instead they hear the news of Senator Geoffrey Patrick from Indiana talking about Brawn's rampage in New York, and remarks that he was not the first young hero to endanger the public. Meanwhile at the Brooklyn Bridge, a semi-truck is stuck between bridge's wires. Spider-Man (Miles Morales) and Spider-Man (Peter Parker) arrive and save the truck. Later, during a discussion between them on Patrick's recent crusade on young heroes, Peter confides it's similar to past denouncements of his own crimefighting by J. Jonah Jameson.; Later, the Champions are monitoring a teen summit at Coles Academic High School to protect Ailana Kabua, who has been targeted by Roxxon. The school is attacked by Roxxon using an Asgardian dragon left from the War of the Realms. The Champions brawl against Roxxon while also evacuating the crowd. Power Man sends his chi-force at the dragon but Viv Vision is accidentally hit and becomes unstable. The Champions are unable to keep the high school from being destroyed as they attack and manage to stop both the dragon and Viv, who disappears. Meanwhile, escorting Ailana to safety, Ms. Marvel saves her from falling debris by risking her life. Ironheart breaks down in the aftermath of the chaos. Due to the Coles Disaster, the Underage Superhuman Welfare Act is passed by Senator Patrick outlawing superheroes under the age of 21, despite Avengers defending the Champions' actions. Ms. Marvel is in coma in a hospital, and to honor her, the act is called "Kamala's Law", without knowing her secret identity as Ms. Marvel. C.R.A.D.L.E. (Child Hero Reconnaissance And Disruption Law Enforcement) is created consisting of Justice, Carolina Washington, Jake Oh, Dum Dum Dugan, Speedball, Timeslip. C.R.A.D.L.E. goes after superheroes like Moon Girl at her home and Ironheart at her Chicago lab and observe the first wave of protest while preparing to raid the West Coast Avengers' HQ. They commandeer the Champions Mobile Bunker while arresting Snowguard and Locust, and hang wanted posters of Ms. Marvel in Jersey City.; Champions; Arrested heroes were sent to sinister "re-education" schools that were run for the government by the Roxxon Corporation.; Thanks to the work of the Champions and a speech given by student activist Kamala Khan, public sentiment turned against the Act and the United States Congress voted to repeal it. ============================================================ 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 History: After years of buildup, the final confrontation between Wolverine and the being who supposedly controlled his whole life, Romulus, is finally here but now, with that revenge within reach...is it really what Wolverine wants?; Wolverine isn't the only one who have been waiting for this confrontation, Daken also plans to both kill Romulus and destroy his father in order to achieve his destiny by taking over Romulus' empire. ============================================================ 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 History: A few months ago, Daken hunted down the Punisher at the behest of a vengeance-seeking Norman Osborn and sliced him to ribbons, but the Punisher cheated death, and he’s now ready for round two – as Franken-Castle! ============================================================ 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 History: The Oromo Conflict is a war in Ethiopia, purportedly supported by Wakanda's head of special forces Hunter who, in an attempt to strengthen Wakanda by weakening other countries in its environment, was using the Wakandan "war dogs" or Hatut Zeraze to cause unrest in nearby countries including Ethiopia.; Among many calamities, the Oromo Conflict caused many young Ethiopians to lose their homes and be forced to migrate on foot to nearby countries; all of Ethiopia's neighbouring countries accepted refugees from the Oromo Conflict, except for Wakanda which insisted on its pledge not to intervene in the affairs of other nations. A group of war orphans, children or pre-teens, initially guided by Negasi, attempted to subsist in Kenya. There they encountered Ororo Munroe, also an orphan girl who was traveling south from Cairo, having passed through Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, guided by visions, and visiting villages and towns in these countries. Ororo replaced Negasi as the unofficial leader of the Ethiopian Urchin Band. The group met T'Challa, heir to the throne of Wakanda, while traveling. T'Challa's sister, Shuri, managed to contact him to inform him of Hunter's actions. Concluding that Hunter had sparked the Oromo Conflict, T'Challa decided to return to Wakanda to confront him, ending his relationship with Ororo and her group. Although T'Challa returned to Wakanda and seized power, preventing Hunter from continuing his activities, the Oromo Conflict apparently took its own course. ============================================================ 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. History: Prelude; Discovering the Multiverse; In the 31st century, Kang discovered the existence of the Multiverse and parallel dimensions on top of his own. At the same time, Kang's alternate selves from different universes started discovering the Multiverse as well. These alternate selves made contact with each other and started exchanging technology and knowledge in order to improve the other universes along with their own.; Kang's Rebellion; Also at the same time, a handful of the variants decided to form the Council of Kangs as a presiding body. However, one of the members, Kang the Conqueror believed that their collective temporal meddling will result in the end of the Multiverse as it would eventually lead to incursions and the collapse of all alternate timelines. Kang ultimately came to a conclusion that the only way to bring the order to the Multiverse and prevent its demise was to conquer some realities while destroying others.; All-Out War; As for this, Kang sparked the war among all of his alternate selves throughout the Multiverse, which resulted in more and more of Kangs also waging war on each other, seeking to annihilate other realities to save their own from a ruthless conquest. The sparked war led to countless incursions which threatened the stability of the Multiverse as a whole. Kang the Conqueror in particular brought destruction to countless universes, all in an attempt to prevent the ultimate demise of the whole Multiverse.; He Who Remains' Plan; In the middle of the war, the ripples in space-time caused by the Kang variants resulted in the creation of a trans-temporal entity, which became known as Alioth. He Who Remains, a Kang variant discovered the entity and experimented on him, studying his abilities to consume space and time itself. He eventually decided to weaponize Alioth and used his tremendous power to defeat his alternate selves and put an end to the Multiversal War, with the help of a woman called Ravonna Renslayer.; Aftermath; TVA; To prevent another Multiversal War, He Who Remains chose a number of realities and isolated them from the greater Multiverse, ending what he called the "Sacred Timeline". He also formed a multiversal taskforce called "Time Variance Authority" to manage the Sacred Timeline and prevent any further branches from happening, thereby stopping new unscripted realities from coming into existence, branches that could connect to the other realities of the Multiverse if allowed to exist. Also, he eventually hid every trace of his existence and wiped the memories of his subordinates, which caused every TVA personnel to believe that the bureaucracy was founded upon the idea that, during the Multiversal War, some mysterious beings called the Time-Keepers stood up and stopped the war by restructuring the Multiverse into one single timeline.; The decision to prevent divergences in the timelines meant individuals could not have free will and were supposed to follow a very strict guide written and controlled by He Who Remains. The TVA itself was in charge of pruning these new realities that could be created either by Multiversal time travel or unscripted decisions made by individuals inside of this Sacred Timeline. The actual and more specific details of the TVA's creation were kept secret to the TVA members themselves, who believed they were created by the Time-Keepers when, in fact, they were Variants stripped from timelines that were pruned. For a long time, He Who Remains brought harmony to the Multiverse as no other Variants of himself, who could be much worse, had a way to interact with the Sacred Timeline. However, He Who Remains was killed by a Loki variant called Sylvie Laufeydottir which resulted in the Sacred Timeline being reconnected to the greater Multiverse, which allowed his other Variants to access the Sacred Timeline.; Following Loki's sacrifice to destroy the Temporal Loom, the TVA shifted its focus to monitoring the Multiverse and tracking down variants of He Who Remains.; Banishment of Kang; After the multiversal war, the Council of Kangs were forced to convend with Kang the Conqueror, who was still seeking to start a new war. With the connection of the Sacred Timeline re-established following the destruction of the Temporal Loom, the Council ultimately decided to banish Kang to the Quantum Realm to stop him. Arriving around the late 1980s in the Quantum Realm, Kang came into contact with Janet Van Dyne and joined forces with her to re-ignite the Multiversal Engine Core of his Time Sphere so that both of them could escape the Quantum Realm. However, when van Dyne found out about the Multiversal War and the destruction Kang intended to cause, she destroyed the core, trapping both Kang and herself for several more decades.; Seeking a New Conflict; Following the death of Kang the Conqueror, Centurion met with Immortus and Rama-Tut and told the two about Kang's demise at the hands of Ant-Man and Wasp. Realizing that more people were beginning to learn more about the Multiverse and that could potentially lead to the destruction of their dynasty, Immortus called upon the Council of Kangs to discuss the impending threat. As the trio observed the branching timelines, more and more Variants entered the stadium. ============================================================ 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. History: Following Eddie Brock being sundered from the power of the King in Black at the end of the Venom War, the Onyx Throne was left vacant and Knull was re-embodied to return to his post. Having a vision of this and Midgard being sundered from the other Ten Realms by Loki's murder of Thor in Vidbláinn, Karnilla advised her wife Hela of a golden opportunity for conquest to appease Tyr's malaise following his most recent exile from Asgard. Bartering with Mephisto for passage through Hell, Hela and Tyr arrived on the Far Shore and found Knull in a weakened state. Taking advantage of Loki's spell erasing all knowledge of Asgard from Earthspace, Hela incapacitated Knull with rune magic and began draining his power to usurp his throne as the Queen in Black. Exploiting the chaos caused by the downfall of the Kree/Skrull Alliance, Hela established a fortress on Daedalus 5 and began surreptitiously spreading the influence of the Spiral Cult across the cosmos, uniting numerous alien species under her rule to form an army called the Symbiote Alliance. Captain R'gars, a Skrull supersoldier loyal to the Kree/Skrull Alliance, stumbled upon the resurgent Spiral Cult when he discovered that the Chitauri had been conquered by symbiotes, and—believing Knull to be the mastermind—set out to Earth to warn the Venom symbiote, who he erroneously believed to be responsible for Knull's original death. However. he was attacked by an enemy symbiote and left incapacitated until he was able to regenerate his body.; Unable to fully usurp Knull's throne without him willingly surrendering his dominion over the darkness, Hela surreptitiously allowed him to escape and prodded him into seeking the one weapon he knew was capable of reliably defeating a Ruler in Black—the All-Light, a spear of living light manifested by his nemesis, the God of Light. Enlisting Thanos to shepherd Knull, Hela's plan backfired when Knull was not only able to claim the All-Light and kill the Mad Titan, but conquered the Lightforce Dimension to become a God of Light himself, possessing powers equal and opposite to her own. Concerned by this development, Hela launched an all-out invasion of Earth intending to conquer it and convert it into a giant Norn Stone, her intent being to use it to undo Loki's magic. Having been forewarned by Captain R'gars, the Avengers, X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and other heroes rallied to combat the Symbiote Alliance only to be blindsided by the discovery that an unknown (to all except Beta Ray Bill) goddess was occupying the Onyx Throne. As Knull readied an army of his own consisting of Outriders transformed into dragons made of living light and crystalline counterparts to the symbiotes called Seraphim, Nova attempted to apprehend him only to narrowly escape being killed; warning Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man of what was coming.; Coordinated by Iron Man, various teams of heroes fought to repel Hela's ground forces around the world—the Scarlet Witch and Vision in Egypt, the "X-Vengers" in Tokyo and Europe, and Spider-Man and his allies in New York. To combat both Hela and Knull, Iron Man and the cyborg mutant Cable quickly recruited two teams of Lightforce and Darkforce users, as well as Beta Ray Bill and Agent Anti-Venom due to their respective experience in Asgardian and symbiote matters. Bill led the Defenders of Light in attacking Hela's flagship, clashing with Tyr—who attempted to sway Bill into joining the Symbiote Alliance for the sake of restoring Asgard and Korbin. Iron Man and Cable led the Defenders of Dark in ambushing Knull in his sanctum but were overwhelmed—with Knull himself impaling Cloak with All-Light, Cloak's connection to Dagger causing a corresponding wound—bleeding darkness—to afflict her.; Taking notice of Sigurd Jarlson, Hela teleported to Earth and tested his resolve to risk his life in an attempt to save a young girl from a collapsing building. While the girl succumbed to smoke inhalation, Hela was impressed by his courage and resurrected the girl before returning to her flagship. Wanting to prove himself, Dylan—who had bonded to the Toxin symbiote—took to the front lines only to be captured by the Symbiote Intelligence, which sought to extract All-Black the Necrosword from him so that Hela could use it against Knull. While in solitary confinement for having attempted to escape, Eddie was approached by Sleeper, who offered to free him. Deducing that Sleeper had an ulterior motive, Eddie agreed on the condition they not kill anyone. Arriving on the battlefield, Eddie confronted a member of Symbiote Legion Blue only for Sleeper to leave him to search for Dylan. Killing the legionnaire using the Sleeper Agent offshoot, Eddie reunited with Sleeper and confronted it about why it had sought him out, Sleeper saying that it wanted his help to defeat Hela. Arriving just in time to save Dylan, Eddie and Sleeper stayed behind to keep Hela's troops occupied while Spider-Man and Venom evacuated Dylan—now the prime target of Hela's forces—to the Baxter Building; arguing about whether or not he was allowed to use lethal force to defend himself.; While their allies fought to defend their physical bodies, Cloak and Dagger's souls were pulled into the Taiji Threshold—the origin point of and intersection between the Lightforce and Darkforce—by the In-Betweener, who explained that they were dying due to their interconnected souls having been thrown out of balance. Rather than succumb to the will of the cosmos and unravel to restore balance, Cloak and Dagger reaffirmed their love for each other and embraced their new state of chaos as a dance. Impressed, the In-Betweener remarked that their chaos made them more powerful and that the universe would be observing them closely. As this occurred, Darkstar and Photon attempted to resuscitate Cloak and Dagger with infusions of Darkforce and Lightforce energy respectively, reviving them with greatly augmented powers—Dagger sporting spikes of crystalline hard light she could form into a sword, and Cloak becoming a dark entity that Knull compared to Oblivion.; In the Baxter Building, Reed attempted to figure out a way to restore Mary Jane and the Venom symbiote's molucular cohesion, performing an experiment based on Vision's density manipulation powers. Still resentful and angry over him having separated it from Spider-Man and kept it imprisoned, the symbiote went berserk when the experiment caused it excruciating pain; taking over MJ and attempting to kill Reed. Relenting when Reed sincerely apologized for how he had treated it, the symbiote withdrew--ashamed and with MJ angry at it for having lashed out. When Reed expressed the intent to have Dylan rebond to it, MJ and the Venom symbiote vetoed the suggestion, citing everything he'd suffered while bonded to it. Reed explained that Dylan's "Chainbreaker" power only work while he's bonded to the Venom symbiote, and that replicating it could be the perfect counter to the Symbiote Alliance and possibly sever Knull's control over his light symbiotes as well. Spider-Man arrived and Reed left when informed that Black Cat's mission had hit a snag. In a heart-to-heart with Spider-Man, the Venom symbiote had an epiphany when it recalled that it had bonded with Eddie and Dylan simultaneously during the Venom War and proposed the idea to Reed when he returned. However, Reed noted that the Eganrac still merged with the Venom symbiote made it unable to safely bond to Dylan and would prove especially lethal to Toxin. Reed attempted to extracts the Eganrac while the Venom symbiote gradually bonded part of itself to Dylan, but the experiment went awry due to the Eganrac containing chaos and Asgardian magic, causing the Venom symbiote to uncontrollably metastasize and infect Spider-Man before trying to engulf Reed. ============================================================ 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. History: The Secret Wars event began in each individual hero's respective magazines, with all of the chosen heroes feeling "called" to a massive mechanical ring that mysteriously appeared in Central Park and that instantly transports them to a location called Battleworld when they step inside. The events of each character being transported from Earth to Battleworld were depicted in:; Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 251; Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol 1 89; Marvel Team-Up Vol 1 140; Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 180; Iron Man Vol 1 181; Incredible Hulk Vol 1 294; Thing Vol 1 10; Thor Vol 1 3411; Thor Vol 1 3421; Avengers Vol 1 242; Captain America Vol 1 292; Fantastic Four Vol 1 265; It is soon revealed that a cosmic entity known as the Beyonder had gathered this large assortment of superheroes and super-villains on Battleworld to see who would win in a fight of good against evil.; 1 Chronologically, Thor travelled to Battleworld on page 2 of Thor #341. However, since that issue came out in November of 1983, it would have spoiled the reveal of the Beyonder's Construct more than a month early compared to all the other titles. Therefore, the three panels in question in Thor #341 were left deliberately blank, and were subsequently provided on the letters page of Thor #342. Sadly, that remains the only time those panels were ever officially published, since all subsequent reprints of Thor #341 only feature the blank panels of the original printing. ============================================================ 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 History: Midnight Sons tagline; Lilith, the Mother of Demons, was a powerful necromancer whose origins date back to pre-Cataclysmic Atlantis. Thousands of years ago, Atlantean sorcerers defeated Lilith and imprisoned her within the remains of the Biblical Leviathan. Lilith left behind many children, which she called her Lilin. Over the course of centuries, the Lilin began to breed with normal humans, and their demonic blood was diluted with every passing generation. The body of the Leviathan remained buried for millennia until discovered in recent years in the frozen wastelands of Greenland.; At this time, Doctor Strange became aware that Lilith was regaining power and would soon rise from her long slumber. He also knew that she intended on opening a dimensional rift that would enable her to conquer the world with her Lilin brood. As the Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth realm, Strange knew that his magic was actually too potent to combat Lilith directly. Such a display of power would only serve to open the rift even further, strengthening Lilith's foothold on Earth. The key to stopping Lilith lied with nine chosen warriors – the Midnight Sons. Individually, each one possessed only minimal power, but joined together they had the potential for permanently stopping Lilith's advance. When Lilith finally emerged from her torpor, Strange set about gathering as many of the mystic Nine as he could find.; During this time, the Ghost Rider began experiencing visions, which forecast the coming of Lilith. He convinced his former host, Johnny Blaze, to join with him in fighting against her. Johnny was reluctant to involve himself with the Ghost Rider again, but knew that his family would be placed at great risk if he failed to help out. Calling themselves the Spirits of Vengeance, Ghost Rider and Blaze were actually the first to fight up against Lilith's offspring. One of them, Blackout, a proverbial "grand-child" of Lilith, was also one of Ghost Rider's known adversaries. The Spirits of Vengeance fought Blackout, as well as the Lilin, Pilgrim and Creed, outside of Providence, Rhode Island.; Shortly thereafter, Lilith, Blackout and Pilgrim traveled to New York to locate two more of her Lilin, Nakota and Fang. Lilith also knew that Ghost Rider and Blaze had recently arrived in New York in search of another of the Midnight Sons – Morbius, the living vampire. She instructed Fang to stop Morbius, so Fang infected Morbius' blood with his own demonic Lilin blood. The infection produced a mutative effect, that made Morbius stronger and more vampiric. Doctor Strange approached Morbius, and asked for his aid in combating Lilith. Morbius, disgusted with his nightmarish existence, readily agreed.; The next three members of the Midnight Sons included Victoria Montesi, Louise Hastings and Interpol agent Sam Buchanan. All three were charged with locating and protecting the lost pages of the Book of Sins, the Darkhold. After an encounter with Darkholder cultists, these so-called Darkhold Redeemers agreed to join the fight against Lilith.; Doctor Strange then arranged for vampire hunter, Blade, to be freed from a mental hospital. Blade reunited with his longtime allies Frank Drake and Hannibal King. Using King's detective agency, Borderline Investigative Services as a headquarters, the three men became known as the Nightstalkers. Lilith sought to manipulate the Nightstalkers into killing Ghost Rider and Johnny Blaze, explaining to them that the two were actually demons. After a brief altercation with the Spirits of Vengeance, the Nightstalkers soon learned that Lilith was their true foe.; Lilith, having gathered all of her surviving Lilin, returned to Greenland and prepared to open the dimensional doorway. Doctor Strange used his magic to teleport the Midnight Sons to that same location and the opposing sides began to war with one another. While the Midnight Sons fought admirably against the Lilin, it was actually Ghost Rider who managed to defeat the Mother of Demons, by turning her own dimensional rift back onto herself. Lilith and the Lilin were forced to flee, but they were greatly weakened by the battle. Undeterred, Lilith vowed to get revenge against the Midnight Sons. ============================================================ 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. History: Nick Fury led a group of hand selected superheroes into Latveria on a secret war. The US government didn't sanction the action, the heroes in question (Spider-Man, Captain America, Daredevil, Wolverine, and Luke Cage) don't remember going (...). Fury believed that Latveria and their prime minister Lucia von Bardas (Dr Doom was trapped in Hell back then) were supporting terrorism by equipping B-List super villains with high-tech equipment. Whatever happened during the secret war was bad, it was shameful, and Fury has hidden the truth ever since. Now it's the present and the secret war has returned to bite him. Spidey, Daredevil, Captain America, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Fantastic Four are facing horde of augmented villains.(...) ============================================================ 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 History: Origin; Set with Gaea, Oshtur, and Chthon, Set was an Elder God, created at the dawn of life on the planet Earth by the sentient bio-sphere known as the Demiurge. Set learned that by devouring his fellow Elder Gods, he could add their power to his own. Thus, in this way, Set became the first murderer. Other Elder Gods followed suit, and soon the majority of the Gods had become corrupt, degenerating into demons. Set and his "brother", Chthon of the dark forces, were among the worst.Gaea wept for her brothers and sisters and conceived a child with the Demiurge known as Atum. Atum had a secondary form known as Demogorge, the God-Eater, and he went to work destroying the corrupted Elder Gods. Set and his children, Damballah and Sligguth, fled the Earth into a pocket dimensional space to escape the wrath of Demogorge.; Dinosaurs; Set formed a bond with the reptiles of the world, especially the dinosaurs and attempted to prevent the ascendancy of mammals. Through the essence of the dinosaurs, Set was able to merge several dinosaur bodies and reincarnate himself on Earth, taking on a serpent incarnation for the first time. Atum intervened, and at the end of an eons-long battle, the dinosaurs underwent extinction. Set was forced back into his dimensional exile.; Early Man; Set brought upon the emergence of the Serpent-Men.; The godlike entity Sise-Neg originally created a Haven for two creatures belonging to be the borderline between apes and men: A tribe descended from those two, and in the course of that tribe's migration every year, their leader and his mate would return to the Garden. One year, those two encountered in the Paradise the "Tribe of Mighty Set", Serpent-Men in disguise, offering them a better life in exchange for their obedience, the murder of their tribe and help to approach the Space Gods bringing gifts. The Wanderers rejected the offer and truth were revealed. Retreating, the Wanderers reached their tribe and returned into battle to drive the Serpent-Men out of the Garden. As the battle finished, the Wanderers could witness the First Host of the Celestials arriving in their starship, escorted by Gaea who smiled to the tribe, urging them to accept the gifts of the aliens.; On behalf of Set, they attempted to receive the genetic gifts of the Celestials in lieu of early man but failed. Mankind grew strong thanks to the Celestials and recognized the Serpent-Men as demons. By the time of pre-Cataclysmic Atlantis, King Kull had killed most of the Serpent-Men.; Cataclysm; The Serpent Crown was created in the final days of pre-Cataclysmic Lemuria. Trapped in a pocket dimension since before the time of man, the Elder God Set influenced the Earth through his Serpent Men and the spread of his worship. The famed human alchemist Atra was instructed by the Serpent Men on how to create a vessel for Set's power, which Atra hoped to use to overthrow Deviant emperor Phraug and their totalitarian rule of the humans of Lemuria. Set corrupted Atra's mind over time, however, so he turned to evil and killed his own daughter for standing in his way. When he confronted Phraug, Atra was surprised to learn the Deviant was also a Set-worshipper; they had simply manipulated Atra into creating the Serpent Crown for them. Atra and Phraud fought over the Crown as Lemuria fell before the assault of the Second Host of the Celestials, and the Crown was lost in the Cataclysm.; 14th Century; The Serpent Crown was lost until six hundred years ago when it was discovered by Naga. One of the water-breathing people who founded a new Lemuria under the seas, King Naga discovered the Crown in cursed waters and used it to declare himself God-Emperor of Lemuria and representative of Set himself.; Naga had the Crown alchemically treated so that wearing it made his lifespan virtually immortal. However, a revolt against his tyrannical rule eventually came from a pact of telepathic Lemurians, who stole the Crown in the dead of night and carried it to Antarctica. Establishing a colony eventually known as the Ancients (Lemurians), the rebels encased the Crown in a metal to lessen its hypnotic influence. Over time, however, one of the brothers who founded the colony, Psycatos, succumbed to its influence and was transformed into the almost mirror image of Naga himself. After murdering his returning brother Bekkit, though, Psycatos had a moment of clarity and tossed aside the Crown. He triggered an explosion that destroyed the city of the Ancients and committed suicide before Set could reclaim his mind.; 20th Century; In the early 20th century, the City of the Ancients was uncovered by Paul Destine and Leonard MacKenzie. Destine turned on MacKenzie and was trapped in the buried city by his own actions, but he discovered the Serpent Crown, still in its disguised shell. Calling it his Helmet of Power, Destine augmented his own natural psychic abilities with the Helmet, and survived for decades in the buried city, passing in and out of suspended animation. It was through his actions (and the Crown's) that old Atlantis fell to a series of explosions and Leonard MacKenzie's son, Prince Namor, lost his memory for several decades. Destine, now calling himself Destiny, eventually escaped from the City of the Ancients with the Helmet of Power, but became completely mad and died while under the Helmet's influence.; Namor recovered the Helmet of Power, unaware of its true origins. When he brought it back to Atlantis for study, the true Serpent Crown emerged and corrupted the minds of Dorma and the Atlantean people. The strong-willed Namor removed the Crown from Atlantis but was attacked by Karthon the Quester, a soldier of Lemuria who served the still-living mad-king Naga. The Crown was brought back to Naga, but as he fought the Sub-Mariner, Karthon realized how insane his emperor was and turned against him. The Serpent Crown was buried deep in a crevice after Naga's death. ============================================================ 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. History: Prelude to the Invasion; Located on interstellar crossroads, Earth was viewed as prime territory by many alien cultures. One of these cultures was the Skrulls. Due to the large number of superhumans on Earth, all invasion attempts were thwarted every time. The Skrulls, despite their previous inability to conquer the planet, still viewed Earth as rightfully theirs. After the Kree-Skrull War, the Illuminati took it upon themselves to travel to the Skrull throneworld to inform them not to involve Earth in their struggles again. Upon arrival, however, the Illuminati were captured and experimented upon before they were able to escape.; Their initial homeworld, Tarnax IV was destroyed by Galactus and in the recent Annihilation Wave, much of the rest of the empire was decimated, destroyed, or overrun by the forces of Annihilus. With no home and a long-standing grudge against the super-human populace of Earth, the Skrulls found themselves pushed to the edge. Having slowly infiltrated the planet Earth, their time for vengeance had come.; After experimenting on the Illuminati, the Skrulls replaced various super-humans since prior to the events of House of M, beginning with Spider-Woman (replaced after being lured in by a fake attempt by the Skrulls to restore her powers), Hank Pym, Black Bolt, Elektra, various agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Edwin Jarvis, Dum Dum Dugan, etc. After the Civil War, the Skrulls intended on implanting a Skrull in every 50-state superhero team, which they managed to achieve with all but two teams.; The events of the House of M occurred independent of Skrull intervention, but the registration act and the Hulk's return were allowed to play out to "do their work for them". With the Scarlet Witch and Thor out of the way, they had plans for the Sentry, threats to their invasion. Reducing the mutant threat, the Skrulls believed that the mutant population could not be combated against by the Skrulls, allowing the House of M incident to occur successfully accomplished their goal. The next target was the superhuman population.; Lyja was successfully recruited back into the Skrull ranks to take out the Baxter Building, the Fantastic Fours headquarters.; Dum Dum Dugan also met with Agent de la Fontaine around the time of Captain America's death. She asked Dugan about Nick Fury's whereabouts and if he had had contact with Fury. Dugan denied any knowledge and the Contessa stabbed Dugan with claws similar to Wolverine's, revealing herself to be a Skrull. The Skrull then assumed Dugan's form.; After the events of Secret War, Nick Fury went into hiding. He learned that Valentina Allegra de Fontaine was plotting to extract S.H.I.E.L.D. pass-codes from him and kill him. Fury killed her first, after which she reverted to her true Skrull form. Fury came to the realization that an alien invasion was taking place. He recruited "Spider-Woman" to be a mole inside both Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D., while secretly reporting to him, and to keep an eye on anything suspicious, after having previously encouraged her to regain her powers from Hydra so as to infiltrate them.; Fury meanwhile assembled a new team, a team he believed to not have been targets of the Skrull insurgency. He began with former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson who then went on to recruit; Alexander Aaron (Code name Phobos, the Son of Ares), Yo-Yo Rodriguez, daughter of Johnny Horton (The Griffin), the grandson of the Phantom Rider, Dr. Druid's son, Sebastian Druid, and Jerry Sledge, the son of the Absorbing Man. Ironically, he attempted to have Daisy recruit Layla Miller, but she was already expecting her. Miller claimed that if she joined Johnson's/Fury's team, "it wouldn't work" but without her, they wouldn't fail. She wished to stay with the mutants because they would need her. She stated Johnson would live through this, but was going to lose a lot.; In the Savage Land, the Skrulls also planted a fake S.H.I.E.L.D. team that eventually engaged the Avengers, but they successfully escaped. Ka-Zar and his people witnessed this, believing that there was something odd happening, but realizing that the Skrulls had infiltrated Earth, while also causing disgruntlement between the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D., they were unable to sound the alarm for fear of who to trust.; Once Elektra was discovered, it was far too late as the Skrulls had already crippled Earth's main planetary defenses: the mutant population had been cut to only a few hundred, super-humans had been registered, on the run, killed or replaced. Many teams including, the Mighty Avengers, New Avengers, the Illuminati, the Inhumans, S.H.I.E.L.D., Wakanda's government, the Initiative, even the Avengers' staff; had all been infiltrated by Skrulls. Earth was ready for the taking.; The Infiltration; Some time after the Superhuman Registration Act, a battle broke out between the New Avengers and the Hand over the fate of Echo. During the fight, Echo was freed from the Hand's influence, and stabs the Hand's leader Elektra. Moments after her death, Elektra was revealed to be a Skrull. Tensions rose amongst the New Avengers, as no-one was able to detect Elektra's true nature, they surmised any one of them could also be a Skrull. Spider-Woman suggested that they hand over the Skrull corpse to Iron Man, but she was rebuked by Luke Cage, who believed Iron Man to be a Skrull as well. During a fight, Spider-Woman knocked out Wolverine and stole the corpse to bring to Iron Man.; Spider-Woman informed Tony Stark of what had happened in Japan, including the suspicion by his former teammates that he was a Skrull himself. A disturbed Stark accepted this, claimed that his possession and DNA restructuring by Ultron verified his authenticity, then demanded to know where Nick Fury was, because he would know what to do. Jessica didn't know. Stark agreed with Wolverine's opinion that this was just the beginning of an invasion, and convinced her to join the Mighty Avengers, even though she still absolutely refused to register her abilities under the Superhuman Registration Act, since it would throw the Skrull off guard. Stark assumed that one of the Mighty Avengers was a Skrull sent to kill him, and with Spider-Woman on the team the Skrull would know that the Avengers were now aware of the Skrull threat. Spider-Woman convinced the others that she merely wanted to get back to doing something useful, and did not tell them what happened in Japan.; Iron Man was shocked by the Skrull corpse, realizing it to be a repercussion of the Illuminati's attack years prior. He reassembled the group for the first time since they splintered shortly before the Civil War, and they debated over whether this meant an invasion had taken place. The group was caught off guard, however, when Black Bolt voiced his opinion. It was revealed that he was in fact a Skrull as well, and fought the others over the body. This Skrull showed to not only have Black Bolt's powers, but to have the combined powers of all the members of the Illuminati. After Namor managed to kill him, the Illuminati were attacked by two more Skrulls:; A Skrull that had Cyclops' optic blasts, Nightcrawler's prehensile tail, and Colossus' metallic skin.; A Skrull that wielded a technological copy of Thor's hammer Mjolnir.; These Skrulls were killed by Iron Man who detonated a small nuclear bomb with his armor. Namor reminded them that any of them could also be a Skrull, and that no one was to be trusted. The five then went their separate ways.; The returning Captain Marvel battled the villains Cobalt Man and the original Cyclone, both supposedly deceased. He was then confronted by a group of Skrulls posing as Kree Soldiers, who attempted to kill him but were quickly defeated by Mar-Vell with the aid of Iron Man. He then went on to confront Ms. Marvel over her identity, and then shared with her his experiences fighting both Cobalt Man and Cyclone. Shortly thereafter, Mar-Vell went to interrogate Cobalt Man, who revealed himself to be a Skrull and stated "You are not Captain Marvel". Meanwhile, Brother McNally, a member of the recently formed Church of Hala (established after the return of Captain Marvel), was revealed to be a Skrull as well. Iron Man was suspicious of Mar-Vell's true identity and sent men to Titan to investigate his grave. The Skrull impersonating Cobalt Man revealed to Captain Marvel that he was in fact a Skrull sleeper agent named Khn'nr created to pose as the real Captain Marvel. However, despite his status, Marvel decided to fight against the invading Skrulls.; Iron Man told S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent David Sum, a member of Ms. Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. strike force Operation Lightning Storm, about the coming invasion and stated that he believed Ms. Marvel was actually a Skrull agent.. A Skrull named Rl'nnd was found by Ms. Marvel in what she believed was an A.I.M. lair and attacked her, only to escape. Afterward, Ms. Marvel found the body of William Wagner, a man she had been dating. Agent Sum and the rest of Lightning Storm tried to capture Ms. Marvel under the impression that she was William's murderer. Eventually both Ms. Marvel and the Skrull impostor were captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. with Rl'nnd following in disguise. After Rl'nnd revealed himself, the Skrull Ms. Marvel told Ms. Marvel that Wagner was a Kree. She also had disguised herself as him to convince Ms. Marvel he was dead, and that he was still alive.; A Skrull posing as Daredevil met Echo outside of Matt Murdock's office. Echo saw through its disguise since the Skrull's weren't aware of Daredevil's current activities. With Wolverine's help, Echo repelled the Skrull.; The Invasion Begins; Iron Man called in two of the brightest minds on Earth: Doctor Reed Richards and Doctor Henry Pym to examine the body of the Elektra-Skrull that Spider-Woman brought to him. He knew it was just the beginning of an invasion.; Meanwhile, The Peak, S.W.O.R.D.'s headquarters, hosted a meeting between various world security agencies. As Commander Dugan arrived, a Skrull ship entered Earth's atmosphere and crashed in the Savage Land. Tony Stark got called in by Agent Brand, leaving Reed and Hank to examine the Skrull.; Iron Man ordered the Avengers to assemble, but only Spider-Woman was currently available. She contacted the New Avengers and told them about the crashed Skrull ship.; The two Avenger teams met up in the Savage Land near the crashed ship, each side ready to fight. As Luke Cage pried open the Skrull ship, S.W.O.R.D. was receiving live video feeds from Iron Man's armor. Both Commander Dugan and Edwin Jarvis, the Avenger Tower butler, upon seeing Cage pry open the ship, decided to take "action".; Commander Dugan set off an explosion that destroyed S.W.O.R.D. headquarters, saying "He Loves You" just before the blast. Jarvis had uploaded a virus into the Stark computer mainframe, saying "He Loves You" causing Iron Man's armor to malfunction and disable Tony Stark and infecting the entire Stark computer network with an alien virus from satellites to defense systems. Ms. Marvel called the Helicarrier, but no one responded. Commander Hill ordered everyone to abandon ship as the Helicarrier had lost all power and control, falling down toward a city.; The Raft, Ryker's Maximum-Maximum Security prison lost power, freeing every single villain that was being held there like Armadillo, Answer, Doctor Doom, Mandrill, and Shockwave. Similar events happened at The Cube, where the warden Noh-Varr decided it was time to go. The Thunderbolts headquarters, Thunderbolt Mountain, was simultaneously attacked by Mar-Vell himself.; Meanwhile at the Baxter Building, a Skrull disguised as a tourist changed into Susan Storm, entered the lab, and opened a gateway to the Negative Zone, again saying "He loves You", and creating a massive vacuum within the Baxter Building that began to engulf the building and the surroundings.; In the Savage Land, Iron Man slipped into a seizure as the Skrull ship opened, revealing its cargo: Beast, Thor, Spider-Man, Phoenix, Iron Man, Wonder Man, Scarlet Witch, Susan Storm, Captain America, Wolverine, Mockingbird, Power Man, Hawkeye, Emma Frost, and Jewel, claiming that they had made it back to Earth. "Wolverine", who emerged from the ship, asked the gathered Avengers who exactly they were.; In orbit, Agent Brand and her team were safe in stasis gel. She called for help only to realize that a massive Skrull invasion fleet had just arrived on Earth's doorstep.; At the lab, Reed realized how the Skrulls became undetectable and turned to tell Hank. Pym pulled out a laser weapon and shot Richards which destabilized him. As Hank transformed into a Skrull, he said "He Even Loves You".; Despite the urging of Ares that their confrontation was merely a distraction from the true battle, the assembled heroes from the ship and their counterparts on Earth began fighting, both sides convinced that their opponents were the Skrulls. In the ensuing battle, the Spider-Man and Hawkeye from the ship were both killed and reverted into Skrulls, while Mockingbird insisted she was not an impostor, as she and the real Clint Barton made a tearful reunion.; Mockingbird also stated that the Captain America from the ship may, in fact, be the genuine article. While Spider-Woman disappeared into the jungle and Earth's Ms. Marvel headed back to the States, Earth's Iron Man (still suffering from the Skrull virus) started to build himself a new suit from the wreckage of a nearby lab. Not being able to combat the power of the Sentry, the Skrulls decided the best way to deal with him was to make Reynolds have a psychotic episode.; While the Sentry was fighting a Skrull impersonating the classic Vision, the Skrull shapeshifted and tricked him into believing he was actually fighting the Void, the dark and malevolent entity that was a part of him. The Skrull made the Sentry believe that what was happening was a punishment the Sentry himself had unintentionally inflicted on those who had forgotten him in the past. This manipulation caused the hero to withdraw from the fight and leave the planet. The Void creating an equal and opposite reaction showed up battling Skrulls and saving Lindy Reynolds promising to do all that The Sentry wouldn't do. In Manhattan, meanwhile, the first wave of Super Skrull shock troops bearing the abilities of Earth's super-humans arrived, as witnessed by the Young Avengers and the Runaways.; The Invasion: Front Lines; Meanwhile, Britain was also attacked by a Skrull armada and a wave of empowered Super Skrulls. The Skrulls had infiltrated the ranks of the British government, though they were exposed by John the Skrull (a Skrull turncoat loyal to MI:13 and who had taken the form of John Lennon). The Skrulls' target was the Siege Perilous. To protect this source of magic Captain Britain attacked a Skrull missile head on, sacrificing himself.; Athena gathered all Earth gods to prepare a "God Squad" to fight the Skrull Gods. Hercules, Snowbird, Tecumotzin, Amatsu-Mikaboshi, and Atum the God Eater were chosen as the team. Mikaboshi later asked Hercules if his sister's eyes had always been green. This could be hinting that Athena was a Skrull and was trying to get rid of the heavy hitters.; While all this happened, Spider-Man confronted Ka-Zar and Shanna, accusing them of being Skrulls. However, they were attacked by the ship's Captain America. During the battle, the natives hit the ship's Captain America with a poisonous dart that caused him to regress to a Skrull. That Skrull was killed by Shanna. They did the same for Spider-Man only to find out that he was not a Skrull. Wonder Man and the ship's Beast ended up trapped underground. They managed to get near the exit, but the ship's Beast left Wonder Man there.; During the evacuation of Helicarrier, the Jarvis Impersonator confronted Maria Hill about surrendering to the Skrulls.; In Times Square the Young Avengers tried their best to battle the invading forces. Vision realizing that communications were down suggested that Hulkling being Skrull royalty calm the situation but to no avail. After losing Wiccan and Hulkling to unconsciousness the Camp Hammond Staff and Trainees arrived. This did not change the tide of the battle (after Stature and Proton lost consciousness and Vision got destroyed) until Nick Fury and his new Howling Commandos arrived.; Spider-Woman then attacked and knocked out Echo all but solidifying that Jessica Drew had been replaced. After the scuffle the impostor found Stark and congratulated him calling him her lover Kr'Ali and confirming that she was the Skrull Queen.; During the battle in New York, the Runaways returned from their trip to 1907 to land in the middle of the fight. Xavin, the team's Skrull, knocked out the team and appeared to betray them. After realizing that Hulkling was going to be executed by the Skrulls, Xavin intervened and saved him.; Khn'nr fought and defeated most of the Thunderbolts. Norman Osborn offered him a chance to explain himself, speaking with him in private.; "Longshot" had met up with Darwin some time after the events of Messiah Complex and attempted to lead him to Professor Xavier, due to the fact that Darwin wished to help the Professor. During that time, Longshot stated that his powers were failing him recently, and proceeded to test them and himself on some people, causing those people to turn on Darwin. After Darwin escaped, the crowd attacked Longshot, but he managed to mysteriously get away. He reappeared in an alleyway, unaware he was being tracked by the original Super-Skrulls daughter Jazinda. He then revealed himself to be a Skrull named Nogor and went to meet up with Darwin as they moved through Detroit. Later, they were attacked by Jazinda and She-Hulk. Darwin "evolved" to the point where he recognized Nogor as a Skrull and defeated him. Nogor was later taken into custody by She-Hulk and Jazinda.; Delroy Garrett, the 3-D Man, arrived in Hawaii and was greeted by his Point Men team members Star Sign and Paydirt. He encountered Devil-Slayer on the way to the base, who stated that he had sensed portents of doom all day. When he met the final team member Magnitude, the goggles Delroy obtained from the original 3-D Man allowed him to identify Magnitude as a Skrull impostor. The Skrull attacked and severely wounded Star Sign and Paydirt, but Delroy killed the Skrull with a sword magically summoned by Devil-Slayer. Devil Slayer used his Shadow Cloak to teleport Delroy to Camp Hammond, where he announced to everyone assembled that the Initiative had been infiltrated by Skrulls. Crusader (fearing that he would be exposed as a Skrull) used the Freedom Ring. This caused 3-D Man's goggles to make him see everyone surrounding him as a Skrull. Crusader told Delroy Garrett to take his leave. However, Delroy's Quinjet was affected by the same computer virus and it crashed in New Mexico.; Whilst all of this was happening, Reed Richards was revealed to be held by Skrull forces up in Earth's orbit on an unidentified armada ship, stretched to his physical limits and surrounded by a crowd of Skrull watchers and scientists, helpless against the threats and torture. Agent Abigail Brand of S.W.O.R.D. managed to break through the exterior of another ship and made it into one of the central control rooms, seeing the images of the invasion, death, and destruction the Skrulls were making on Earth, as well as the torture of Mr. Fantastic. A Skrull guard and a youngster found and pointed a gun at her. The Sentry was up in orbit, still being tormented by the false words of the Skrull Void impostor and was unable to help.; Down in the chaotic battle in Manhattan, Nick Fury and the new Howling Commandos showed promises of turning the tide; Ms. Marvel, after being heavily blasted by a group of Skrull soldiers ended up rising in the middle of Fury and his group in Times Square as they fought, shocked by the return of the ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. leader. As they quickly headed into the fray, Yo-Yo, the team's speedster, managed to rescue all the downed Young Avengers and Initiative cadets before further execution and casualties. Ms. Marvel proceeded to help, but soon after was shot by Fury, who was unconvinced she was the real Carol Danvers. After being shot back into another street, the Skrull onlookers, led by "Hank Pym" quickly overran her. Fury then called his team to retreat so that they could plan their next move.; Watching the battle via news broadcast on live television, the Hood decided to take his rebuilt empire of the New York City criminal roster and battle the Skrulls, as "no more Earth is bad for business". In the Bermuda Triangle, Jarvis tried to get Maria Hill to surrender, but Maria refused and said it was still her ship, but the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents with her turned into Skrulls. Back in the Savage Land, Spider-Woman continued to persuade Tony into believing he was a Skrull sleeper agent named Kl'Riki Dulu, and that she would find a way to turn him back to his original form and praised him as the greatest Skrull Warrior to ever live. Black Widow was revealed to be watching the conversation, and proceeded to enter and shoot Spider-Woman. She was temporarily distracted by the Beast and Phoenix heroes from the Skrull ship, who she in turn, opened fire on and killed. Spider-Woman had enough time to escape, and Natasha injected Tony with a dose of adrenaline to keep him going. She convinced him to continue the fight, despite the words of the Skrull Spider-Woman and the possibility of him being a sleeper. Wolverine entered (after being shot by Black Widow and being forced to confirm his true identity through the codeword, "Carrot Sticks") and the trio concluded that Tony had to rebuild the armor quick, and return to New York as soon as possible.; Meanwhile, after the God Squad was forced to experience their worst fears by Nightmare, Snowbird and Hercules made love after she confessed to him that she didn't want to be alone anymore. Later, it was discovered that the Skrull in the group was Kirby the Coyote Pup (who had been with them since the end of World War Hulk) revealed itself and was quickly dispatched by Atum. The issue ended with an impending battle between gods Hercules and Kly'bn, the 'he' mentioned in the phrase "He loves you". However, Hercules won the battle after stabbing Kly'bn, giving the Skrulls a huge upset in their war campaign.; Resistance; As the Skrulls comfortably settled in Portland, Oregon, enslaving the population, the Skrulls repeatedly announced that any attempt at resistance would be met with extreme force. Gorilla Man and M-11, disguised as slaves, attacked the Skrulls, freeing Namora who had been captured. The trio captured the regional Skrull commander, taking only his head, bringing it to their underwater saucer where Robert Grayson and Venus were waiting. They extracted military secrets from the severed head just as they were attacked. The Agents of Atlas repelled the attack, liberated Portland, set a course for Seattle to secure that city, then intended on securing the country before moving to Japan, but they questioned who they could trust.; Norman Osborn talked the Skrull-Captain Marvel out of destroying the Thunderbolts, sending him away in anguish. He then declared to U.S. troops that they were at war.; Nick Fury arrived with the Initiative cadets, his new Howling Commandos, and the Young Avengers at his new command post. The Vision survived his attempted murder by the Skrulls, but remained rather disfigured/damaged. He awaited with his team for the Skrulls to announced their plans for Earth and they did. Using generated images of various leaders and pop culture icons including Magneto, Pope Benedict XVI, Barack Obama, Tom Cruise, John McCain, Eric Cartman, Tony Stark, Namor, Oprah, Doctor Doom, Kim Jong-Il, and others, the Skrulls announced that they intended on assimilating all humans into their culture and way of life, declaring Earth part of the Skrull empire. The only way for the human race to save their planet was to assimilate.; Meanwhile in space, Agent Brand successfully infiltrated the Skrull ship holding Mr. Fantastic captive where she battled the Skrulls experimenting on them, either killing or disabling them and freeing Dr. Richards. Frustrated, she decompressed the ship, throwing every Skrull out into space. Richards panicked, threatening Brand, demanding the location of his family, believing that she was a Skrull. He revealed that the Skrulls needed him alive to assist in the invasion. Richards tested Brand to prove she was not a Skrull as the ship they had commandeered came under attack. Out of nowhere, Captain Marvel, with a new sense of purpose, engaged and destroyed a large portion of the Skrull fleet. Brand then took the ship and Richards to the Savage Land.; Back on the Shield Helicarrier, Director Hill revealing to "Jarvis" and the Skrull insurgents that she was using a life model decoy as Fury had suggested to her many months ago. The Skrulls killed the duplicate and Hill on a jet-pack, opened fire on the Skrulls and then self-destructed the carrier.; The various superheroes, Savage Land leaders, and Skrull (or not) impersonators clashed again, about ready to fight. Each one declaring who they were or who they believed themselves to be. Emma Frost stated she could detect who was a Skrull and who was not, accusing Spider-Man of being an impostor. Susan Storm stated she would keep everyone in place with a force field until all was settled. Richards fired into the center of the crowd of super heroes with an odd weapon. When tech dust and brightness receded, the Skrulls and humans were revealed and a battle ensued. Ronin discovered his Mockingbird was a Skrull, grabbed one of Black Widow's guns, and killed her in anger. The Skrull impostors were surprised when their skin turned green and became surprised and disoriented, making them easier to take down by the real super heroes. Ronin, angry and frustrated at the realization his wife was an impostor, declared that every last Skrull must be killed.; The invasion reached San Francisco, new home of the X-Men. Believing the city to be virtually defenseless except for local police, they launched a small scale attack to cause enough damage to instill fear. However, their ground teams encountered unexpected superhuman resistance: each and everyone of the X-Men that were still active. The X-Men launched a counter strike, defending civilians and evacuating badly attacked buildings. The Skrulls were shocked to find the X-Men in San Francisco especially when they took over their command shuttle. As the X-men made a successful gain, the Skrulls launched their super soldiers into the city from an orbiting ship.; While in Wakanda, Brother Voodoo revealed himself to be a Skrull when he attempted to kill Cannibal, whom he deemed to be a threat. However, the two killed each other in the struggle and the discovery of 'Brother Voodoo's' true form revealed the Skrull invasion to Black Panther, allowing him time to prepare. As many Wakandan warriors died, Black Panther successfully fought off a very intimidating Super-Skrull only to be temporarily defeated by two Skrull subversives within his ranks. The Skrulls tortured a captured Black Panther and Storm only to figure out they were really the Skrull subversives made to look like King T'Challa and Queen Ororo. Just as the real Black Panther and Storm killed Commander K'vvvr, he sent the entire ship loaded with the corpses of the entire Skrull invasion force back to the Skrull homeworld with a message written in blood saying "This is what happens when you invade Wakanda".; Trapped in the Negative Zone, Johnny Storm, The Thing, Franklin and Valeria Richards, and Lyja turned to Prison 42 to get help to rebuild the destroyed portal generator in order to return to Earth and help repel the invasion. The one they turned to was Phineas Mason, known as the Tinkerer. He told the Fantastic Four that he was forcefully imprisoned even after retiring from super-villain work, revealing that the unregistered super-humans did not receive a fair trial. The Tinkerer then refused to help, but after Franklin pleaded with the man, Tinkerer complied with the child's desire to return to his family. They successfully returned toto the battleground that was New York City, with Lyja staying behind.; On Attilan, Medusa received news that Black Bolt had been replaced by a Skrull. She tried to get Maximus to take action against the Skrulls, but he refused. When Ahura was revealed to have been replaced by a Skrull, Maximus defeated him as the Skrulls began their invasion upon Attilan. Medusa headed into space to try and get Ronan the Accuser to aid them in finding the Skrull ship that had Black Bolt on it. Ronan agreed under the condition that Crystal became his bride.; At Asgard, Thor had just rescued Beta Ray Bill (who was lacking his hammer Stormbreaker) after he escaped from the Skrulls. With the Asgardians thinking Beta Ray Bill was a Skrull, they plotted to attack him while he was recuperating only to be stopped by Thor. Thor proved Beta Ray Bill wasn't a Skrull by throwing Mjolnir at Beta Ray Bill who caught it, proving he was not a Skrull by being able to lift the hammer. Beta Ray Bill, healed by holding Mjolnir, joined Thor in his fight against the Skrulls as some of them attacked Asgard. During the fight with the invading Skrulls, Beta Ray Bill encountered a specially-bred Super-Skrull called a Godkiller who was wielding Stormbreaker. After tricking the Godkiller, Beta Ray Bill reclaimed Stormbreaker (which was quickly reassembled after breaking) and assisted Thor by tricking the Godkiller into going under Asgard. Thor and Beta Ray Bill then killed Godkiller by dropping Asgard on her.; 3-D Man, crashed his stolen Quinjet after all Starktech went offline, and was discovered by She-Thing, a member of the Initiative. 3-D Man instantly saw she was a Skrull, but before she could strike a blow, she was killed by the Skrull Kill Krew. The Skrull Kill Krew then recruited Delroy and approached Arizona's Desert Stars, determining Blacksmith to be an impostor. After a brief battle, the Krew planned on going to Las Vegas. The Shadow Initiative stayed at Camp Hammond while most others at Camp Hammond went to fight the Skrulls in New York. Later the Skrull used Camp Hammond as base which Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady) found out because he stayed behind. Then with the help of Ant-Man, the Shadow Initiative tried to eliminate the Skrull Queen Veranke, but they lost the fight against the Skrulls and were all captured (except Ant-Man).; Norman Osborn and his Thunderbolts launched a counter-attack on the force invading Washington, D.C. There, Songbird was attacked by a Super-Skrull combining the powers of Atlas and herself. Venom and Bullseye went rogue, Norman and Penance were psychologically attacked, and Moonstone betrayed the team by shooting Swordsman and seemingly bargained her allegiance to the Skrulls. They managed to vanquish their Skrull opponents.; The New Warriors were enjoying a day off when the Skrulls' Invasion occurred. Back at their headquarters, Donyell Taylor suspected that the Night Thrasher who was killed in Stamford was really a Skrull and wanted to find proof about the remains of his brother Dwayne. Donyell decided to go on his own; but his teammates secretly followed him and later confronted him to find out what going on, when the former New Warriors who were now known as Counter Force, also wanted to know what was the reason the Warriors reformed without some of the founding members. After Donyell revealed his true identity and his reasons to both the former and current Warriors, Justice led all of them to a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier where their teammates remains were stored. Both teams were attacked by the Skrulls and the Warriors fought off a Super-Skrull possessing the founding Warriors' powers. During the battle; Donyell confirmed that the remains were authenticated and had them removed from the carrier for burial.; At the DB!, Jackpot was slandered by Dexter Bennett. When she arrived at the DB, she was attacked by a Super-Skrull in Spider-Man's form searching for the true wall-crawler. After her refusal, the Skrull changed from Spider-Man form to a composite form showing the powers and the abilities of the Sinister Six. Jackpot battled her Skrull opponent long enough for Betty Brant, Dexter Bennett, Robbie Robertson and Vin Gonzales to escape the building. While Robbie drove, Jackpot battled the Super-Skrull on the roof of the car until she was attacked by Menace who killed one of the invading Skrulls and considered Jackpot to be "Spider-Man's Girlfriend." Their fight took him into the path of one of the Skrulls, with Menace's glider exploding on contact. Menace survived, though badly injured, and limped away from the scene. Jackpot killed the Sinister Six-Skrull by trapping it in a freezer where it froze to death.; As Hood's syndicate was attacking the Skrulls, it was revealed that they had known there were Skrulls in hiding as Skrull agents had tried to replace Madame Masque but failed. When advised to use his magic to scan the villains present, Hood discovered that Slug had been replaced by a Skrull and killed him.; Punisher got involved in the fight against the Skrulls and easily killed the non-powered ground troops he came across. In the midst of the invasion, Stuart Clarke learned that the Punisher had killed his girlfriend and the Punisher learned that Stuart Clarke killed a cop. This led to Punisher and Stuart Clarke battling each other. The battle was concluded by both being trapped in a room where the Skrulls fired a rocket into, leaving Stuart heavily scarred (in a manner similar to Jigsaw) and vowing revenge on Frank Castle.; While flying away, Noh-Varr came across a damaged Skrull ship. He landed to check it out when Captain Marvel stumbled out. Before he died, Captain Marvel begged Noh-Varr to stop the invasion but Noh-Varr said this wasn't his world. Captain Marvel said it didn't matter and he was here for a reason. He had learned so much from Earth's people and the Skrulls had no honor like the humans or the Kree. Elsewhere, the Skrulls restored the global communication systems and announced their plans. Using the restored systems, they explained the Skrull Invasion with the following talking points:; They only wanted to improve Earth's culture and add to it, not kill anyone.; They had attacked organizations like the Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Fantastic Four because they stood in the way of their progress as a society.; They were part of their problems and they wished to change that.; After Fury and his Commandos moved on, the view shifted to innocent civilians evading Skrull forces in Central Park. As they were about to be killed by some Skrull soldiers, a blast of lightning struck and killed one. As the civilians look through the light and destruction, the shadowy figure of what appeared to be Thor in the New York City sky was seen. Another mysterious figure was shown watching the event from another location with a pair of binoculars; the figure then proceeded to move from his position, and suddenly the shield and costume of Captain America was seen.; Queen Veranke arrived at Camp Hammond while the Avengers headed to New York only to find it burning. Down on the street a group of people wanted to welcome the Skrulls, but were caught between the battle between the Skrulls and Nick Fury and his troops. The Hood and his syndicate of criminals decided to finally help out. Thor made his presence known and met up with the new Captain America. The New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, Nick Fury & his commandos, the Young Avengers, the Initiative, the Hood's crew, Thor, the new Captain America, Howard the Duck and the Thunderbolts all assembled. Queen Veranke revealed that "He" was their God, and it was an all out war between the Skrulls and the super-humans of Earth.; The Skrulls had moved quickly to take Nova Prime out of the equation before he could return home and help defend his own planet. Luring Nova into an ambush on a remote planet under the ruse of an isolated Phalanx infestation, a group of Super-Skrulls launched an ambush. In the battle, one of the Super-Skrulls turned on his fellows, revealing himself to be Kl'rt, Nova's ally from the Annihilation War. Together, Nova and the original Super-Skrull defeated the attackers and traveled by stargate directly to Earth where Nova intended to assist in repelling the invasion. Upon their arrival, however, Kl'rt attacked Rider declaring his loyalties to the Skrull Empire. His attack on Nova revealed to be a charade, as Kl'rt shielded Nova from the view of the Skrull invasion fleet, allowing Rider to return to his home world undetected. However where his true loyalties lie remained to be seen as while he helped Nova, he later targeted his own daughter Jazinda and fought She-Hulk at the same time. Yet while he defeated both women, he found he couldn't kill Jazinda and left.; The Skrull Kill Krew and their Initiative allies moved on to other Initiative bases, killing the Skrull impostors. Delroy Garret's goggles also identified Equinox as a Skrull who was then killed by Cloud 9, while they added Cloud 9 and Gravity to their group. The Skrulls then sent a broadcast throughout the Initiative bases, telling their sleeper agents to activate themselves, which sowed even more distrust among the remaining heroes. While in Philadelphia, the Revolutionary was revealed as a Skrull and defeated by Gravity and Hope. When they came across a fight between Thor Girl and Ultragirl, Delroy's goggles identified Thor Girl as a Skrull. With help from Gravity, Delroy used Thor Girl's own replica hammer to kill the Skrull impostor. Ant-Man managed to escape the Skrulls on the back of a Shock Trooper, and revealed to the Kill Crew the Skrulls' last resort plan; to use all the Initiative bases to create a massive Negative Zone portal that would take the entire country. With six bases left, the Crew split up, and used the still-living heads of Kill Krew members, Moonstomp, Catwalk and Dice, to help point out Skrulls. Devil-Slayer teleported them to the bases, but collapsed under the strain.; Despite the vast number of super-humans involved in the fight, briefly reunited under a single purpose again, the battle was still locked in a stand-still, until the Watcher Uatu appeared, signaling that an event of cosmic relevance was unfolding, and the resolution of the obstacles was near. As Tony Stark was forced to retire because of damages received on his rebuilt armor, Jessica Jones and Noh-Varr took his place on the battlefield. The presence of Noh-Varr, claiming his victory in name of Mar-Vell and the Kree, was enough to give the assembled heroes back their resolve. Clint Barton, using the bow and the trick arrows of the wounded Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), slayed several Super-Skrulls before hitting a clear shot on Queen Veranke. Criti Noll got up long enough to activate the new growth serum in the Wasp which had been given to her by the original Criti when she still thought he was Hank Pym, turning her into an explosive trap. The Skrull Jarvis, while holding Jessica and Luke Cage's daughter, watched from Avengers Tower as the energy washed over hero, villain, and Skrull alike, commenting to the child that it didn't matter if the Skrulls won or lost, so long as "God's" will was done.; The Initiative members combated their Skrull opponents who had received their mission to activate themselves to start distrust amongst the teams. At the Battalion's HQ, Tigra), Ryder, and Cloud 9 fought a Skrull posing as Razorback. Harball and Moonstomp helped Action Pack fight a Skrull posing as Frog-Man. Gravity and Catwalk helped the Great Lakes Initiative fight a Skrull posing as Grasshopper. Komodo and Riot helped the Command fight a Skrull posing as Conquistador (who transformed into a Skrull version of Devil Dinosaur). Dice and Jocasta fought their way through activists to get to the Skrull posing as Skyhawk who succeeded in his part of the mission. Delroy Garrett and Ant-Man joined the Rangers in fighting a Skrull that posed as Red Wolf's wolf companion Lobo. After it was shot by Shooting Star, a crowd uprising occurred when Delroy's goggles identified some of the crowd members as Skrulls. Delroy's goggles were hit by a thrown rock giving Delroy's allies a hard time figuring out who was a Skrull and who wasn't. During the struggle, Delroy discovered that he could see who was a Skrull without his goggles. This turned the tides against those Skrulls disguised as crowd members. During the fights across the USA, the speedsters Spinner and Whiz Kid both apparently died in various fights. At the final fight at Camp Hammond, Crusader killed Criti Noll and then 3-D Man shot Crusader (who hid his Skrull heritage from the others), but was fighting for Earth. Before his body disappeared, Crusader stated that it could have ended differently.; As the Wasp began to explode, Thor was able to minimize the damage caused by the Wasp by turning the energy she was exerting on herself; promising to avenge her. Queen Veranke was revealed to be alive and as the heroes went to attack her, Norman Osborn blew her head off. This event was seen around the world. All super-humans with the power of flight took out what was left of the Skrull armada and Tony Stark, who had returned from Stark tower after donning an earlier version of his armor, found the ship containing the heroes and humans that had been replaced. It was later established that the Skrulls needed the original abductees alive because they were the original source material for the Skrulls genetic disguises. Among those present in the ship were the true Elektra, Spider-Woman, Dum Dum Dugan, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Henry Pym, several agents of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra, and Mockingbird (whose appearance suggested that she may have been the first hero replaced as this obviously occurred before her "death", but after she started her relationship with Hawkeye). Iron Man rejoined Thor and Captain America, only to find that the deep-seeded resentment from previous conflicts was still inherent; the blame for the Invasion was placed squarely upon the shoulders of Tony Stark. A Skrull revealed to Hulkling, Wiccan and Hawkeye that taking over the Earth was the last chance they had since all their planets had been destroyed. By order of the President, S.H.I.E.L.D. was shut down and anything included in S.H.I.E.L.D., including all Stark Tech, was replaced with the Thunderbolts Initiative under the command of Norman Osborn. Meanwhile, the Skrull-Jarvis disappeared with Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' daughter, leaving Jessica desperate. In the end, the Cabal gathered, consisting of Norman Osborn, Doctor Doom, the female version of Loki, Emma Frost, Namor, and the Hood. ============================================================ 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 History: After the Nine were broken, Lilith and her children were able to return. She and Centurious teamed up to seek the Medallion of Power. This leads to revelations regarding the medallion, the return of Zarathos, and reveals that Dan Ketch and John Blaze are brothers. ============================================================ Standoff Kind: event Page: Standoff Full name: Standoff First appearance: Thor Vol 2 58 Reality: Earth-616 History: In Slokovia, the peasants have formed a religion based on Thor, while they are being terrorized by their own government. Their church is discovered by the Slokovian army, and they are all executed. Their death cries are heard by Heimdall, who reports it to Thor. In Asgard, Thor meets with Balder and the rest and decides that they will go to Slokovia. Their army is no match for the Asgardians and in Washington, Iron Man is summoned to the Pentagon, where he is told to try to reign in his former teammate. Iron Man goes to Asgard to try to talk to Thor about what he is doing, only to be told that it will continue, and Thor himself will oversee it personally.; Iron Man jets off toward Slokovia, when his communications is interrupted by Doctor Doom. Thor arrives in Slokovia just in time to see their army deploy nerve gas to try to stop the Asgardians, only to wind up harming their own people. Thor does away with the gas and begins to attack the army, when Iron Man appears in front of him, telling him that he will fight if he has to. Thor and Iron Man continue their standoff in Slokovia. Iron Man flies off, when Doctor Doom patches in and tells Iron Man they they should meet. Doom and Tony meet in Latveria, where Doom tells him that he should power a suit of armor with the Asgardian power source given to Tony. He tells Doom, that there is no such thing.; Meanwhile, Thor and Balder talk about how the Slokovian army still has not withdrawn, and on the news there are reports of anti-Thor groups popping up now, almost as fast as the pro-Thor groups. Back at Stark International, Tony arrives and he does indeed have a specialty suit of armor for taking on Thor - powered by the energy source given to him by Thor a few issues ago. But while they are discussing that, spies steal the plans and transport them to Doctor Doom. Iron Man, now in his Thor-buster armor, goes back and stands toe-to-toe with Thor. Using his power source to absorb and re-channel the energy used against him. As the army begins to move in, they are stopped by Captain America, who states that they are too far gone to stop now. And as mystic hammer collides with iron fist - an explosion devastates the surrounding area.; Cap, reeling from the blast of Thor and Iron Man clashing, remembers how he was frozen and it was the Avengers that found him. Now two of his best friends are fighting a battle of ideas. Cap talks to them and tries to get both of them to calm down, but Dr. Doom has provided the weapons to the Slokovians, and he still has remote control of them. He prods one of the weapons to fire a shot at Thor, which prompts him to command the Warriors Three, Balder, and Sif to attack.; Cap sends Iron Man to intercept the Soviet bombers that are on their way and jumps back into the fray to try again to talk sense into Thor. Thor casually backhands Cap away and into the oncoming American army. The C.O. tells Cap that he has orders from the president to move in, but Cap tells them to stand down and the soldiers obey Cap. Cap again jumps in and Thor strikes with all his fury, denting Cap's shield. Cap tells Thor that dropping a bomb on the problem won't change people's feelings. Thor relents and hammers the shield back into shape. Back at Avengers mansion Cap and Iron Man talk about the war, and how they only had one casualty, and look to Asgard floating above.; In Asgard, Balder tells Thor that there are still followers that pray for help and that they laid down their arms too readily. Thor tells them that Odin never knew mortals like the Avengers, and tells them all to leave. After they go, Thor looks at a picture, then drops it to the side broken - it's a picture of himself, Captain America, and Thor as they were so long ago. ============================================================ 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 History: Norman Osborn calls a meeting of the Cabal (Doctor Doom, The Hood, and Loki) to discuss Asgard, the last hold-out in Osborn's consolidation of power. Namor and Emma Frost are absent due to their betrayal during the events of Utopia, and are replaced with Taskmaster. During the meeting Doom expresses his displeasure with Norman's actions against his ally Namor. Doom accuses Osborn of attempting to kill off members of the group that are not obedient to him, and orders Osborn to bring forth Namor. Upon refusal to do so Osborn has Doom attacked by The Void. After the attack Osborn examines the body to see that it is not Doom, but a small swarm of robotic insects inside a Doombot. The insects attack the Cabal and under the suggestion of Loki the Hood flees. Avengers Tower is ordered to be evacuated, with only Osborn staying to attempt to fight off the swarm. When his shields (as the Iron Patriot) are about to fail, Sentry comes in to destroy them.; Later, during a meeting with President Obama, Osborn tries to secure permissions to invade Asgard under the claim it poses a threat to national security. The President does not feel the threat is serious enough to warrant an invasion and orders Osborn to stand down. Loki, listening to the conversation, reminds Osborn of the superhuman Civil War, explaining that it all started with a tragedy in Stamford, Connecticut and that a similar tragedy could be used to gain approval for an assault.; Victoria Hand suggests Norman sees a psychiatrist when she gets concerned about his Green Goblin side resurfacing. Soon the sky suddenly turns an unearthly color, heralding the return of Sentry; surrounded by the mysterious black Void tendrils seen in the previous issue. The tendrils start to damage New York City, wrecking buildings and causing havoc. While the Dark Avengers work on crowd control Norman talks down Void/Sentry, telling him that this kind of destructive behavior will gain the attention of powerful members of the 616, enough perhaps that it may make them realize they have to deal with Sentry once and for all. Sentry powers down, but Norman realizes that Sentry's wife Lindy Reynolds may have caused his recent meltdown. Realizing he has to deal with this problem, the episode ends with Osborne sending Hawkeye to kill Lindy. Bullseye takes her for a helicopter ride, and strangles her and dumps her body in the ocean. Shortly after the clash with Doom's robots ended, Sentry questioned Bullseye about Lindy's whereabouts. Bullseye claimed that, out of fear of constantly living with someone as powerful and unstable as Sentry, Lindy had committed suicide by jumping into the ocean from a helicopter. Devastated and enraged, and initially disbelieving the account of her suicide, Sentry nearly allowed the Void to take control. He temporarily assumed the monstrous form of his evil counterpart and attacked Bullseye but ultimately came to believe the story. Sentry flew off to find his wife.; The Soldier Field Tragedy; Asgardian hero Volstagg leaves the city of Asgard in order to have adventures on Earth, while Osborn and Loki see an opportunity to create the disaster they had discussed before. Volstagg reaches Chicago where he intervenes in a robbery, managing to stop the robbers but causing collateral damage as he is not used to having to balance out his strength among humans. He is then assaulted by the U-Foes, energy based villains at the bidding of Osborn by way of the Hood. Their fight leads them to Soldier Field, during a sold out football game. Vector and X-Ray bombard Volstagg with energy blasts, but while he manages to deflect their attacks, the blast's shockwave destroys and kills everyone in the stadium, causing the deaths of thousands of people and leaving the horrified Volstagg essentially unharmed. Osborn and Loki watch this in astral forms, declaring that Asgard will now be held responsible for the disaster and approval of his military attack on the city is inevitable.; Norman Osborn returns to his office, where the attack has reached the news networks. Victoria Hand comes in to the room, where Osborn tells her to tell the President that they have everything in Chicago under control. He also tells her to assemble the Dark Avengers and the members of the Initiative loyal to him, declaring that they are invading Asgard. Later, Osborn is seen trying to convince Ares to come up with a plan to invade Asgard, even though Osborn promises Ares that nothing is wrong, Ares tells him that if he is lying, he will kill him. Then Osborn discusses with the rest of the Avengers about the plan. While they are worried about the plan, Osborn offers them the deal that if the invasion is successful, they don't have to work for him anymore. Ares gives a rousing speech for the Initiative, Avengers, and the entire H.A.M.M.E.R. team.; Meanwhile the President, unable to reach Osborn directly is unable to prevent the H.A.M.M.E.R. attack on Asgard, realizing that Osborn is beyond the government's control. Loki appears before Balder, warning him that Midgard is moving against Asgard.; Siege Begins; The Siege of Asgard begins with the Sentry attacking Asgard, followed by a massive aerial assault led by Osborn himself. While this happens, Donald Blake says that Tony Stark's brain waves are still weak but are getting stronger everyday. He, along with Maria Hill, see the attack commence. Blake tells Hill to take Tony away as fast as possible. Blake then goes outside and transforms into Thor and heads directly towards Osborn, but gets attacked by the Sentry into the ground. Thor then strikes the Sentry, sending him flying away, but the combined blast from Osborn and several Initiative agents manage to hurt Thor, with Osborn managing to knock him out with one final blow. The Siege is being covered on the news, declaring that Thor has been brought down. All of this being watched by a furious Steve Rogers.; Todd Keller, a conservative talk show host, is approached by a H.A.M.M.E.R. agent on behalf of Norman Osborn to exclusively cover the invasion of Asgard. Meanwhile Ben Urich is arrested in Chicago for attempting to enter Soldier Field, blacklisted by Osborn. Will Stern, a cameraman, spots Urich and convinces the arresting officer to release Urich into his custody. Urich and Stern then leave for a local diner where they have a chance encounter with Volstagg who is headed back to Asgard to turn himself into the Asgardian authorities. Urich and Stern realize that Osborn is attempting to shift public opinion by stacking the media in his favor. They then convince Volstagg to allow them to accompany him on his way back to Asgard to get his interview and to cover the invasion from another perspective.; During the battle Daken turns on Osborn, attacking and appearing to kill him. However it is revealed to him that Osborn is alive and unaware of his apparent treachery, the experience simply a hallucination brought on by the mysterious Asgardian figures the Norns.; Diamondback sees the Dark Avengers engaging Thor. Feeling the need to help him but feeling unable to herself she decides the only solution is to bring in the actual Avengers.; Hood reveals the Norn Stones to his crime syndicate and states that it can empower them with the ability to find the New Avengers and those responsible for helping Luke Cage escape. Living Laser assists some H.A.M.M.E.R. Agents into attack Bucky and Steve Rogers and is joined by Corruptor who corrupts Bucky. Captain America manages to knock Corruptor out. Mandrill and Griffin attack Spider-Man and Spider-Woman where Mandrill takes control of Spider-Woman.; The Death of a God; As the battle in Asgard intensifies, Ares finds himself battling Balder and learns from Heimdall about Osborn's deceptions. Meanwhile outside, Norman Osborn tells a battered and injured Thor that he is under arrest and that Asgard is now under his jurisdiction. Before he can take Thor into custody, Norman Osborn is attacked with a rocket launcher by Maria Hill and a young man named Jason. After fending off Moonstone and X-Ray of the U-Foes, they help get Thor to safety. In Brooklyn, Steve Rogers delivers a speech to the assembled members of the New Avengers and Young Avengers and well as the Secret Warriors and tells them that they're going to take back their country. Back in Asgard, as Osborn dispatches Daken to find Maria Hill, he is struck down by Ares, who vows to kill Osborn for his lies. But Ares is suddenly attacked by the Sentry and a brutal battle ensues. It then comes to a violent conclusion when the Sentry literally tears Ares in half before the horrified eyes of the combatants on both sides. During the fight, Ares wounded Sentry's torso with his axe, resulting in an injury that left part of Sentry's small intestine exposed outside his body during the combat. The wound healed in moments.; Back in Brooklyn, as the Avengers and Secret Warriors prepare to depart for Broxton, Bucky gives Steve back his shield. At first Steve refuses, but Bucky tells him that if he wants to take the country back from Osborn, he needs to put on his uniform and stand up. Edwin Jarvis then gives Steve a briefcase and asks him to give it to an unknown person (presumably Tony Stark) and asks him to help him.; Ben Urich, Will Stern and Volstagg reach a roadblock as they approach Broxton, Oklahoma and are spotted in their news van by H.A.M.M.E.R. agents. Volstagg exits the van and engages the agents directly while Ben and Will speed off but are caught only moments later. While in custody at Tinker Air Force Base, Will fakes a seizure and knocks the unsuspecting guard unconscious when he comes to investigate. The two then take the guard's keys, free themselves and escape.; The Asgardians get word that Volstagg has turned himself in to the authorities. Knut warns the other Asgardians of a prophecy he just envisioned, but is dismissed. Loki tells Knut that he believes him and escorts Knut to his bedroom where Loki kills Knut. In the Broxton jail, Volstagg is speaking to the sheriff and his deputy as the news reports on the attack on Asgard, showing footage of Thor being beaten down. Realizing that what's going on is wrong, the sheriff releases Volstagg so that he can go help defend his home. Volstagg stops though, when he realizes all the lies that are being spread about him and the other Asgardians. The sheriff sets him up in front of a webcam, and Volstagg sends out a video to the world about what really happened in Chicago. Word quickly spreads, and people everywhere are beginning to question Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R.'s attack on Asgard. As Volstagg is leaving the police station, Thor lands in front of him and smacks him to the ground. Volstagg realizes that this is not the true Thor, this is Ragnarok.; Ultron is shown to infiltrate Jocasta and the Infinite Avengers Mansion. He names himself Ultron Pym and seeks to kill and replace his father before using his Infinite Mansion to conquer the universe.; Norman Osborn sends his Thunderbolts to infiltrate Asgard and steal a weapon from the Asgardian armory that will turn the tide in his favor.; When visiting his brother's grave, Donyell is conflicted if he should go with the deal Norman Osborn and the Hood gave him. Counter Force takes the fight to Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. and ends up fighting the Hood's gang. They are knocked down by Hood's new Asgardian weaponry. When Donyell arrives, Hood gives him an opportunity to prove himself by killing Tigra.; Spider-Man manages to free Spider-Woman from Mandrill's control and they managed to defeat Mandrill and Griffin. Meanwhile, Luke Cage assists Steve Rogers and Captain America in fighting off Living Laser. Nick Fury and his Secret Warriors arrive and fend off the H.A.M.M.E.R. Agents. Upon seeing Norman Osborn's attack on Asgard, Steve Rogers has the Avengers assemble to fight the Dark Avengers and those that are on Norman Osborn's side.; Nick Fury tries to restrain a furious Phobos, grieving the sudden loss of his estranged father. Back in Broxton as Osborn declares martial law in order to flush out Thor and Maria Hill, Daken is blasted by a bolt of lighting and severely burned. Thor then declares that he will not hide from Osborn or his minions and will defend both Broxton and Asgard with his last breath. Osborn orders the Sentry to find and kill Thor, but then receives a message from Taskmaster telling him to turn around. As Osborn does, the reflection of Captain America's shield can be seen coming closer can be seen in his faceplate.; Meanwhile in Washington, the President is watching the invasion of Asgard with his security council and orders the Secretary of State to mobilize all available military forces to be dispatched to Broxton and to have Osborn and the Dark Avengers arrested for treason. He also says that they should all pray for a miracle, to which one of the counsel members remarks that he thinks they just got one because Captain America has just arrived and brought his friends with him.; Avengers Reassembled; Osborn is struck down by Captain America's shield as he and his allies descend onto the battlefield. As the Avengers, Young Avengers and Secret Warriors come to the aid of the Asgardians, Balder notices their arrival and welcomes their help. At the same time, Thor and Maria Hill are confronted by the Sentry, now the Void. Thor unleashes a massive lightning blast against him, but it has little effect. As the Avengers advance through Asgard, they are met by the Hood, Madame Mask and all the members of his gang who attempt to bar their way. Elsewhere, Hill returns to Tony Stark's hiding place to move him to a safer location when Speed arrives with the briefcase Jarvis gave Captain America earlier. Hill orders Speed to surrender when Stark stops her and asks Speed to give him the case. Back in Washington, the President receives word that ground and air military units have arrived in Broxton and are awaiting his orders. The President decides to let Captain America and his allies deal with Osborn and his forces and to have the military units take down H.A.M.M.E.R. itself instead and they begin by opening fire on their Helicarrier, which sustains massive damage. Victoria Hand then gives the order for all hands to abandon ship. As Thor and the Void continue their battle, Captain American and Osborn face off against each other. As he strikes Ms. Marvel down with an energy blast, his Iron Patriot armor is completely shut down by the arrival of Stark (who is dressed in a variant of his MK III Armor). Enraged, Osborn orders the Sentry to annihilate Asgard rather than allow the Avengers to have it, which the Void does, practically leveling the city before the horrified eyes of Thor.; Captain America finds Osborn amid the wreckage, pulls him out and places him under arrest. Before anyone can react further, Osborn's armor literally explodes off his body, revealing his face, which is painted in the image of the Green Goblin. This is witnessed across the country on live television by the entire nation with the X-Men and the Fantastic Four among those watching. Osborn begins raving that the heroes don't know what they've done, only to be punched out by Spider-Man. Thor demands to know the whereabouts of Loki, but Osborn tells him none of that matters and that he was the only one who could save them from what is about to happen. Osborn points overhead and hovering above them all is the Sentry, now fully possessed by the Void.; The Void; The weapon that the Thunderbolts stole from the Asgardian armory was actually Odin's spear. They ran afoul of The Mighty Avengers where Scourge ends up using Odin's spear to sever U.S. Agent's left limbs.; With the Void full possessing the Sentry, the creature starts making short work of Captain America's Avengers, the Young Avengers and the Secret Warriors. Filled with regret over what he had allowed to transpire, Loki, praying to Odin for help, summons the Norn Stones away from the Hood and uses them to empower the three hero teams, they begin fighting back against the Void. However, the beast realizes Loki's hand in this and attacks Loki, ripping him apart. Before he dies, he begs Thor to avenge him. Enraged, Thor goes on the offensive, pummeling the Void with all his might. Getting an idea, Tony tells Thor to move the Void away from Asgard. Doing so, Tony commandeers the H.A.M.M.E.R. Helicarrier and crashes it into the Void. The resulting attack reverts the Sentry back to normal Robert Reynolds. In horror, Robert begs Thor to kill him. Thor refuses, declaring that he was going to make Robert pay for his crimes in prison. However, the Void begins to reappear and Thor is forced to gather his full strength and vanquish him. Thor, then, wraps him in his cape and sends him into the sun.; Aftermath; In the aftermath of the Siege of Asgard, the Hood and Madame Masque escaped the wreckage and began a race against time to reach Masque's father, Count Nefaria. Norman Osborn attempts to escape during the crashing of the Helicarrier, but is stop by Volstagg and Steve Rogers. When he's returned with the other villains, Moonstone attempts to escape as well, only to be stopped by Tony Stark after Captain America and Ms. Marvel fails to do so. However, Daken does escape custody. When Captain America asks Steve what he was going to do next, it is revealed that he is called to the White House for a conversation with the President. There, the President wants him to take over as head of security. However, Steve gives him one condition and that's that he does his way.; This leads to the removal of the Superhuman Registration Act.; At the same time, the New Avengers race after the Hood and Madame Masque, facing the two and Nefaria. With the help of Wolverine, the three villains are taken down before Luke receives a call from Jessica Jones over the repealing of the SRA. A number of heroes are gathered at Stark Tower, now reclaimed by Stark, when Thor and a number of Asgardians appear before them. Making one of Asgard's remaining towers appear on Stark Tower in place of the Watchtower, Thor declares Earth and Asgard as allies. At that point, Steve appears, declaring they have work to do.; The Sentry would later return to life, and his role, alongside the Void, in the destruction of Asgard would contribute to striking fear into the hearts of the gods. Doctor Strange would use this to his advantage when he went to Asgardia to acquire magic from Yggdrasill. ============================================================ 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 History: This series is a sequel to original series Secret Wars. The entity that instigated the first Secret Wars, the Beyonder, visits Earth in search of enlightenment and inevitably comes into conflict with Earth's superhumans and the cosmic entities that exist in the Marvel Universe. ============================================================ 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 History: The story opens one year ago at the ruins of the Xavier Institute, which is marked as a no trespassing zone by order of H.A.M.M.E.R. The scene moves forward to the present day as Cable and Hope arrive in the midst of the wreckage. Cable is understandably confused at the state of the Institute and realizes something has happened. Hope is visibly upset and fears the X-Men are dead. Before they can react further, Cable and Hope are attacked by members of the Right. Meanwhile on Utopia, the X-Men are assessing the death count of Selene's attack, declaring Onyxx, Meld and Diamond Lil among those slain. Cyclops says that every attack on Utopia could end in death and that they have to hold out. Doctor Nemesis says that it's too late for that and that the mutant populace is too low to perpetuate the species. He states that at the rate of deaths they are sustaining, mutantkind has seven years left at most. After the meeting, Cyclops lashes out in frustration and blasts a hole in the conference room roof with his optic blasts. After he does, the Stepford Cuckoos arrive and tell Cyclops that Cerebra has picked up Cable's return to the present. Although Cerebra did not detect Hope's presence as well, Cyclops knows that she is with him and dispatches Domino and Vanisher to San Francisco, assigns Rogue and Namor to protect Utopia, sends the New Mutants (Cannonball, Mirage, Karma, Magma, Sunspot, Cypher and Warlock) to the Midwest in the Blackbird and his Alpha roster (Angel, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Psylocke and X-23) along with Pixie and Magik to the Xavier Institute. Elsewhere, Cable and Hope defeat the Right assault troops, but are then confronted by members of the Sapien League and forced to flee in a stolen vehicle.; Cyclops and his team arrive at the Institute, via Magik's teleportational powers and find the dead Right troopers, but no sign of Cable and Hope. Wolverine picks up on their scents and Cyclops reemphasizes to them Hope's importance to mutantkind's future. Elsewhere the Sapien League have caught up to Cable and Hope. As they are about to open fire on their car, the X-Men arrive and attack the League, distracting them long enough for Cable and Hope to escape. Psylocke tries to psionically scan the minds of the League members the X-Men captured, but they are technologically shielded from her probes. Wolverine threatens one of them, demanding to know how they are tracking Cable and Hope, but he refuses to talk. X-23 then brutally executes another member by stabbing her claws through his head before the horrified eyes of the surviving League member and Nightcrawler. Wolverine's captive begs for mercy and tells him he has no idea how and that someone is sending them locations. Psylocke and Nightcrawler realize that Wolverine, Angel and X-23 are keeping something from them and demand answers.; Meanwhile in Washington, DC, Bastion receives status reports from Stephen Lang, Bolivar Trask, William Stryker, Graydon Creed and Cameron Hodge, stating that their forces are assembled and at his disposal. Bastion tells them that the Mutant Messiah has returned and gives them orders to kill her.; Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 523; Cable and Hope stop at a nearby grocery store to procure food and supplies. After tying up some of the customers and the employees, Hope becomes distracted with a hair brush set. This angers Cable, which in turn upsets Hope. They quickly steal a car from the parking lot and they leave.; Meanwhile, Wolverine (after killing the last surviving member of the Sapien League who were pursuing Cable and Hope), X-23 and Angel reveal to Nightcrawler, Colossus and Psylocke the existence of X-Force and Cyclops' involvement. Nightcrawler is furious and attempts to quit then and there, but he is convinced to stay by Colossus. On Utopia, Cyclops makes psionic contact via Emma Frost's telepathy and is appraised of the current situation by Wolverine. Nightcrawler demands to know from Cyclops if what he has learned from Wolverine about X-Force is the truth. After a second of hesitation and some urging from Emma, Cyclops tells him yes, but also to tells him that if he has issues over his decisions, to take it up with him after Cable and Hope are found and not while they are in the field. Nightcrawler reluctantly complies. Cyclops then makes contact with the New Mutants and sends them to a facility in St. Louis where Cameron Hodge has been manufacturing anti-mutant weaponry and orders them to destroy it. He then gives Cypher the task of locating Cable and Hope. Meanwhile, Bastion dispatches Stryker and the Purifiers to find and kill Cable. He then requests a status report on a mysterious series of towers he is building.; Cable and Hope arrive at a small motel where Hope is delighted to see a small refrigerator full of food and a real bed after so long. Cable then reads a newspaper where a headline reads that San Francisco has welcomed the X-Men back with open arms. He then decides it is there that they must go next. Later on as Hope finishes taking a shower, Cable apologizes to Hope for his outburst earlier and presents her with the hairbrush set she had been admiring earlier. She emerges from the bathroom a few minutes later in a new green and gold outfit, reminiscent of Jean Grey's original Phoenix costume. She finds Cable connected to the telephone and its local landlines through his cybernetic arm, gathering information. Suddenly the connection goes dead and all of the power and the lights in the area shut down as well. Outside, William Stryker orders the Purifiers to move in for the attack and to kill anyone (including civilians) who tries to flee. Cypher detects the dead zones area and reports to Cyclops, who then relays the information to the Alpha team. As a firefight between Cable and Hope and the Purifiers breaks out, Wolverine and the others arrive to help them. At the same time, the New Mutants arrive at Cameron Hodge's facility and move in for the attack.; As the Alpha Team (Wolverine, X-23, Angel, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Psylocke and Magik) battles Stryker and his Purifiers, Magik makes her way toward Hope, under orders from Wolverine to teleport her to Utopia. But before she can do so, one of the Purifies fires on her with some sort of supernatural weapon that opens a portal to Limbo she cannot control and she is drawn into it by a cluster of demonic tentacles. Subsequently, they incapacitate Nightcrawler with disorienting weaponry to prevent him from teleporting. Cable, realizing something is seriously wrong, abruptly leaves with Hope. The remaining Purifiers attempt to pursue, but are all killed by Archangel, who transforms into his Horseman persona. On the road, Hope asks why Cable pulled them away from the Alpha Team and he tells her that says that Bastion must be tracing them somehow and believes there is a spy within the X-Men.; In St. Louis, the New Mutants begin their attack on the Right's weapons base. As the team tears their way through the base, Cameron Hodge takes matters into his own hands to stop them and plugs himself into a replica of his old battle armor (from the X-Tinction Agenda) and confronts the New Mutants. On Utopia, as Danger is checking the status of some of the prisoners in detention, Rogue somehow manages to hear Hope's thoughts. Meanwhile in battle with Cameron Hodge, Karma is severely injured.; Cyclops assigns Ariel as teleporter for the X-Men's Alpha team, following the disappearance of Magik during battle. While traveling with Wolverine and X-23 in search for Hope, their vehicle is destroyed by a missile fired from a fighter plane that had been tracking them. As Archangel destroys the plane, Wolverine and X-23 survive the explosion due to their enhanced healing factors, but Ariel dies in the attack. Rogue is able to sense Hope's presence, like Destiny prophesied, although neither she nor Emma Frost can explain it.; Meanwhile, the New Mutants download data from Bastion's base. Cameron Hodge and his whole army of "Smileys" are killed by Warlock of the New Mutants at the behest of Doug Ramsey when his lifeforce and the lifeforces of the Smileys are forcibly absorbed by Warlock via their shared connection of the techno-organic Transmode virus. As a result, Karma, who had one of her legs severed by Hodge, is saved. However, before meeting his demise, Hodge manages to trick Cannonball by using Karma as a human shield and knocks him unconscious. Hodge dumps Sam into a hole, announcing that "This is what's in store for all of your tainted bloodline. This is how it ends".; Wolverine's team find Cable and Hope and after a short confrontation with another group of Sapien League members, the X-Men and Cable decide for a diversionary tactic. Cable remains behind with some of the X-Men, after learning from the New Mutants that Cable was being tracked, while Rogue, Nightcrawler, and Hope leave in order to protect the girl. To that end, Rogue absorbs the power sets of Colossus, Wolverine, X-23, Angel and Psylocke. Logan subsequently announces that it's time for their next mission.; The New Mutants warn Cyclops of Bastion's towers, and he orders them to come home. Shortly after, Cyclops loses contact with the Alpha and Beta teams. The Alpha Team has been attacked by armored soldiers and a jet; in response, Psylocke telekinetically sends X-23 to the jet to commandeer it.; Meanwhile, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Hope arrive in Nevada. Despite being exhausted, Nightcrawler refuses to let Rogue borrow his powers so she can save her strength and protect Hope if something goes wrong. Bastion himself suddenly appears before them and Rogue engages Bastion in a deadly battle. However, Rogue is brutally beaten and Bastion turns his sights on Hope, whom he intends to kill because he is aware of the world that will come to be as long as she exists. Just as Bastion extends his arm to kill Hope, Nightcrawler teleports between them and is impaled in the chest as Rogue witnesses the event in despair. Nightcrawler asks God to strengthen him for one last jump; he lands on the rocks in Utopia and tells Hope that he believes in her before he dies.; When the Alpha Team returns to Utopia, Colossus wants Pixie to rescue Magik from Limbo. When Psylocke notices the look on Cyclops and Emma's faces, she simply asks "Who?", though Wolverine already knows the answer: "Elf". In Nevada, Bastion repairs himself and tells his followers to prepare for Plan B.; Col. Moran of the Mutant Response Division is briefing on the futility of mounting a direct assault on X-Factor HQ due to the intervention of heroes responding to collateral damage, thus exposing Bastion's agenda. When Trask begins to act self-righteous in response, Moran points out that X-Factor is a business and has broken no laws, giving the MRD nothing to respond to. Bastion begins to speak through Trask, but Trask resists. Moran may disagree with Trask, but he respects the chain of command and will follow orders to take out X-Factor. Later, One of the MRD agents has an idea to lure X-Factor away from the city by hiring them for a job. Meanwhile, another MRD unit has been dispatched to South America to kill St. Croix and Strong Guy, only to find Strong Guy fighting Baron Mordo, who had apparently drained St. Croix's energy. The MRD attack Mordo unaware of his background and incite his Wrath. Back in the US, Madrox and his team are following Titania, whose husband, the Absorbing Man, suspects of adultery. Arriving at an isolated cabin, Madrox notices that Titania is waving good-bye to him, not noticing the multiple laser sights on his forehead. Suddenly their car is riddled with bullets, apparently killing everyone inside. MRD agents sweep the car, confirm their deaths, and Moran states that they just "need to nail the ones in South America and Ireland and we can call it a day."; In the aftermath of Nightcrawler's death on Utopia, Hope is introduced to Cyclops as Cable's father, much to her amazement. Back in the war room, the X-Club is preparing to retrieve Magik from Limbo while the rest of the mutants determine the purpose of Bastion's towers. Later, Hope and Cable are examined in the infirmary, where she meets Kitty Pryde and Magneto, who expresses his cynicism of Hope's destiny as the 'mutant messiah'. Meanwhile, Danger is checking on her prisoners, not noticing Donald Pierce is missing. Pierce apparently allowed himself to be captured so that he could sabotage Utopia's defenses including Cerebra, communications and general security. Bastion, now having the appearance of Archangel, gives him further instructions to destroy all vehicles to isolate the mutants on Utopia, giving him directions to the hangar. As evening falls, Nightcrawler's funeral is held, with Beast arriving to place blame on Cyclops' shoulders. After the eulogy, various X-men remember ways Nightcrawler touched their lives, most notably Wolverine, who said he was the only person who treated him like man, not an animal. He then points at Hope angrily, saying "You had better be worth this, I swear to God."; Domino and Cyclops discuss how Bastion is trying to eliminate the X-Men's teleporters. When The Vanisher overhears this, he flees to Portugal and is gunned downed by Steven Lang and his operatives. Donald Pierce, Bastion's mole inside Utopia, receives the green light from Bastion to proceed with their plan. Three and a half miles away from San Francisco, the X-Club investigate an oil rig and discover a ticking timer. At Utopia's mess hall, Cable tells Hope that she must eat something. Mirage, upset that her team has suffered in the war over Hope, confronts Cable. Hope takes offense and initiates a fistfight. Suddenly, an explosion is felt and Cyclops is certain that the X-Men's jets, the Blackbirds, have been decimated. Pierce, responsible, stands amid the debris, and rues that he will not live to witness the decimation of the mutant race. Cyclops eliminates him with an optic blast, and alerts the X-Men to expect an attack. Hope confesses to Cable that she was not truly ready to return to the present.; With Pierce dead, Cyclops and the other X-Men have begun to uncover Bastion’s ultimate plan. With no teleporters, no planes, and no Cerebra, Cyclops announces that they are trapped on Utopia. Meanwhile, the X-Club Science team are caught in a trap of their own as they recover from the oil rig explosion. Through a conversation between Dr. Nemesis and the others, it is revealed that they are stranded just outside of San Francisco and Utopia.; Back on Utopia, Hope is shown attempting to shake off her encounter with Mirage, while Cable attempts to counsel her. After repeating that she was never ready to return, Hope tells Cable that all of the pain and suffering inflicted upon the X-Men by Bastion is her fault. Hope also warns him that it is only going to get worse. Cable tells her that monsters like Bastion are not going to stop killing mutants just because she leaves. Cable then tells Hope that fanatics do not quit until the job is done, and the question is…does Hope? Suddenly, an offshore explosion rocks Utopia sending X-Men reeling. When the X-Men gather near the Bay, they find a massive dome of energy enveloping both San Francisco and Utopia. The X-Men quickly attempt to destroy the dome, but to no avail. Namor appears and informs Cyclops that the energy dome also descends into the ocean floor. Meanwhile, at Bastion’s base he is treated to a hero’s welcome and congratulated on the success of his plans and the death of mutantkind by his human council. Bastion calmly orders them to stand down and dismantle their forces as he will no longer need them.; Back at the ruins of the oil rig, the X-Club attempts to analyze and dispose of the dome. After a detailed scientific explanation provided by Madison Jeffries, the X-Club find themselves face to face with the Avengers. According to Hawkeye, the Avengers have arrived to help the X-Men and punish those responsible for the dome. In San Francisco, Magma, Namor and Cyclops survey the damage caused by the dome via jetpacks, meeting at the Golden Gate Bridge. At the bridge they observe a smaller, silver dome and conclude that it is powering the dome. Back on Utopia, Cable tells Hope that she must decide whether or not to abandon the X-Men. Hope asks him if he would really be willing to leave all his friends and loved ones behind to help her; Cable tells her that his first responsibilities are to her. Touched by his words, Hope states that the X-Men got into this fight because of her, and that she will not leave them to fight alone. Back on the bridge, the X-Men arrive. Under Cyclops’s orders, Iceman attacks the silver dome only to be choked by a big metal arm. The other X-Men watch in horror as a legion of Nimrod type Sentinels begin to emerge.; With an army of Nimrod model sentinels’ continuing to emerge from Bastion’s time portal, a massive battle between the X-Men, their allies and Bastion’s forces ensues. The X-Men emerge from this battle victorious, but with several X-Men severely injured. As Cyclops surveys the damage, he orders the strongest members of the X-Men to guard the portal and prepare for another attack (among them are Namor, Colossus and Rockslide). Meanwhile those injured during the attack are quickly ferried back to Utopia. Then scene then shifts to Bastion and Stephan Lang, who discuss Bastion’s master plan. Bastion tells his minion that the host of Nimrod sentinels faced by the X-Men was only a scouting party.; On Utopia, Cyclops gathers the core X-Men and briefs everyone on the state of things following the battle. Through their discussion it is revealed that Vanisher is reported missing in action, Iceman was severely burned and that Hellion has lost both of his hands. During the briefing it is also revealed that while San Francisco has descended into a state of panic, the residents have all chosen to fight with the X-Men. Next Beast explains that Bastion’s portal is powered by an unknown energy source and made from an unknown origin. Beast also notes that the portal is temporal in nature connecting them to another period in history (which is strongly implied to be the Days of Future Past reality). It also blocks telepathy, most of the technology available to the X-Men. Beast also reveals that he had Namor attempt to put his hand through the portal resulting in him being blown across the bridge.; Prodigy of the New X-Men team scans the portal again and discovers that there are at least 170,000 Sentinels waiting on the other side. Horrified and overwhelmed by what he has found, Prodigy then begins to break down. Wolverine responds by yelling at him and telling Prodigy to get a hold of himself or he will kill him. Before Prodigy can respond enraged, Rogue steps between them and angrily tells Wolverine to back off. With the tension in the room reaching critical mass, Domino appears and lightens the mood with a clever one liner directed at everyone present.; With the X-Men still recovering from everything that has happened, Cyclops begins to formulate a new strategy which hinges on Cable. Cyclops explains that because Cable has one last time jump left he will send a team of X-Men to the future to deactivate the sentinels. Beast angrily objects to the plan stating that due to the number of Nimrod Sentinels on the other side of the portal, there would be no way for a team of X-Men to survive, much less complete their mission. Cyclops counters Beast’s argument by reminding him that they have a resurrected Cypher on their side, who can speak the sentinels’ computer language and shut them down. Wolverine reminds Cyclops that while Cypher is powerful, he is not immune from things like bullets. Moonstar interrupts Wolverine calling Cyclops’s plan a glorified suicide mission and demands to know who else will be going to their deaths. Rogue volunteer’s stating that her ability to absorb several mutant powers at once would make her an invaluable part of the team. Cyclops refuses to let her go and explains that he has chosen to send X-Force. For a few moments everyone is silent, contemplating what Cyclops has said, finally Storm confronts Cyclops and asks him what he meant by X-Force. Beast takes the opportunity to inform everyone present that since he took over leadership of the X-Men in the wake of Messiah Complex, Cyclops has been using a covert black ops team of mutants to hunt down and kill enemies of the X-Men. A stunned and disgusted Storm then asks him if what Beast has said is true. Calmly, Cyclops admits to everything. Storm then demands to speak with him privately, Cyclops refuses but promises her that if they survive he will answer for everything he has done.; With everything out in the open Cyclops orders the X-Men to carry out his various plans. To that end, Psylocke begins leading the people of San Francisco as far away from the bridge as possible. Meanwhile Rogue starts transporting all of the wounded down to the Alantean column. Cyclops then sends all battle worthy mutants to the portal and tells them to prepare for another attack. As Cyclops gives his orders scenes showing Beast overlooking Iceman, Mercury comforting a crying Surge and X-23 attempting trying to hold Hellion are shown.; With battle preparations in full swing, Hope is seen running after Cable. Hope finally catches up to him and asks him why he has to go. Cable explains that it’s a good plan and that it wouldn’t work with out the tech in his arm. Hope begs him to stay addressing him as “Nathan”, Cable cuts her off and enters a room containing the entire X-Force team. After Wolverine tells him to get it over with, Cable reaches out and hugs Hope, telling her that he loves her and goodbye. The Stepford Cuckoo’s inform Cyclops that another wave of Sentinels are arriving. Colossus, Namor, Rockslide and Dust get ready to fight. Cable initiates the jump and X-Force leaves this timeline. Standing behind Cyclops, Emma asks him if he truly believes that they will survive this. After a moments hesitation Cyclops and says yes. Emma then asks what it is Cyclops is keeping from her; with Hope and Emma looking at him Cyclops reveals that he has indeed given X-Force a suicide mission. As things start to heat up Cyclops tells Emma and Hope that he has sacrificed his son to save the world.; Picking up where the last issue left off, the MRD is inspecting the wreckage of X-Factor's car. It becomes apparent that the vehicle had been occupied by holograms, the only actual mutant present being Darwin, who evolved to be bulletproof and teleported away to escape some giant machine with a buzzsaw. Madrox reflects on seeing the trap because Longshot handled the Absorbing Man's money, which he got from an MRD agent, revealing the whole ambush. Meanwhile, Strong Guy escapes with Baron Mordo into a hidden chamber inside the nearby Temple in South America, who proposes a temporary alliance to deal with the MRD. Elsewhere, Siryn attempts to board a plane in Ireland and is stopped by MRD agents posing as airport security, stating, ironically, that she is on a no-fly list. When she resists, armed agents attempt to attack her and succeed in subduing her, but are prevented from finishing her off by Shatterstar and Layla Miller, who promptly slaughter them. When Trask considers giving up in the face of this, Bastion overrides him and compels him to 'take control', which Trask repeats in a mechanical fashion.; With Illyana being dragged to hell in Chapter III, Colossus is adamant that he is not losing his sister again and confronts Cyclops. Cyclops explains that he needs Piotr's strength in Utopia but that doesn't mean that he won't be sending someone else. Cyclops assigns Cannonball as team leader who assembles the team, not only of people Cyclops is willing to spare, but the right people for the job. They need speed and recon, so Cannonball gets Northstar and Trance. They need power in case of trouble so Dazzler is asked to join. They also need someone to keep their eye on the prize so Gambit agrees to join the team. They also need a way in to Limbo and Pixie is asked, at first she refuses after Illyana has torn out a piece of Pixie's soul, but for her moral Anole is invited, though he too is not happy due to him losing an arm on his last visit to Limbo.; An enraged Hope confronts Cyclops over his decision to send X-Force on a suicide mission into the future to stop the Sentinel invasion of Utopia at its source. Cyclops tries to calm her down, but Hope will have none of it, and furiously states that she hates him and runs off. Emma remarks sarcastically how well dealing with the situation went, but Cyclops ignores it and asks Emma if she had taken note of Hope's eyes, which had been glowing red with energy during the argument.; Meanwhile, the Fantastic Four arrive outside of Bastion's dome and confer with the X-Club and the Avengers to formulate a strategy to disable it and to aid the X-Men. On Utopia, Cyclops conveys a status report to the other X-Men via Emma's telepathy and instructs them to use their familiarity with the neighborhoods and surrounding areas of San Francisco to their advantage and to fight the Nimrod Sentinels more effectively. As he breaks contact, another Nimrod approaches Utopia and breaches its outer wall. Cyclops quickly shuts down several levels of the complex except for those most crucial and the resulting explosion from doing so destroys the Nimrod.; Within the city, Storm, Surge, Iceman, Psylocke and Fantomex manage to destroy several Nimrods between them through coordinated efforts, while at the Port of Oakland, Namor fights several more by himself, but calls in for assistance as five more suddenly appear. Elsewhere, in the future, Cable, Cypher and the rest of X-Force find themselves in the middle of the Sentinel Processing Center. Cypher then notices a wall with a large poster spread across it, tallying the status of dozens of mutants as “Slain”, including all of them. Horrified and furious, Archangel tears the poster down. As Wolverine and Cable try to calm him, X-23 declares that the only way to prevent this future from coming to past is to kill everyone responsible, then return to the past and prevent it from happening again. Wolverine states that if they are supposed to be dead in this future, then the Sentinels will have no idea how to fight them effectively. Before they can react further, an anti-mutant assault team arrives and attacks, but they are quickly dispatched before they can report back to the Sentinels. After analyzing one of the assault unit's vehicles, Cypher determines that the Sentinels are sending the Nimrods back through the portal five at a time. Cable then says that they will fight their way into the processing center and will not come out until the future is razed and the past is saved.; Back on Utopia, Cyclops asks Professor Xavier to work with Legion as part of a larger plan and then charges Rogue of finding and protecting Hope. Outside, the Thing's and Thor's efforts to destroy the dome have met with very limited success and pressed them both to the brink of exhaustion. Mister Fantastic tells them that their attacks on it have only weakened it by fifteen percent. Iron Man further states that between all of them, they are at least a day away from getting inside. Doctor Nemesis grimly declares that within a few hours, every man, woman and child inside will be dead and the mutant race will be extinct.; Professor Xavier enters David Haller/Legion's mind to enlist him and his multiple personalities to battle the Nimrod invasion of Utopia. As Cyclops realizes that the situation is dire he turns to all mutants on the island and issues a statement, "fight or die". Rogue has been left in charge of Hope. Rogue is supposed to keep Hope safe from the Nimrods and take her into hiding. Instead, Hope decides that if she is to be the mutant messiah then she will fight. All over the island Nimrods are arriving from the future in waves every five minutes. In the tunnels below Utopia, Husk, Avalanche, Sunspot and Boom Boom are attempting to keep the Nimrods at bay. As it takes all of their combined strength to stop one, more teleport in. On the bridge into San Francisco Colossus, Namor, Magma, Dust and Rockslide are trying to keep the Nimrods from advancing. Colossus is overwhelmed by the Nimrods and they manage to compensate for his strength and break his arm. Meanwhile, the X-force unit (Wolverine, Domino, X-23, Cypher, Angel and Cable) sent into the future begin their assault on the Master Mold facility that is sending the Nimrods into the past. Cypher is able to stop assault machines by speaking in their language and the team advances into the facility. Back on the bridge Colossus is about the be taken down by the Nimrods when they sense a much greater threat. An omega level mutant. Legion begins his assault on the Nimrods with personality 115 which seems to have a destructive sonic power. As the Nimrods begin to adapt to this power Legion switches to personality 762, a pirate with the ability to belch what seems to be an acidic compound. Just at that moment Cyclops arrives with Iceman, Psylocke, Surge, Gentle, Storm and Armor. Back to the future, the X-force team has successfully infiltrated the Sentinel facility and realizes there are two Master Molds. One creating the Nimrods that are attacking Utopia and one that is aggressive in nature. Back on Utopia a small contingent of mutants consisting of Litterbug, Scalphunter, Random and possibly the Morlock Sack have decided to fight the Nimrods. Toad is tagging along and attempting to convince them to stay on the island as Cyclops' team is luring them away. As he says this to Sack, Toad's finger is disintegrated by a beam of energy which also takes of Sack's head. The scene ends in the infirmary where Beast is treating Hellion and the Nimrods are beginning to get inside. Magneto rises from his bed and tells Beast to tend to the injured while he fights the Nimrods.; A heavily injured Magneto uses his powers to battle a horde of Nimrods in an effort to buy Beast time to treat the wounded. Meanwhile, an overwhelmed X-Force is engaged in an epic battle of their own as they attempt to protect Cypher and Cable while they both attempt to deactivate Mastermold.; In the present a battle weary Storm takes command of Legion and the remaining X-Men, taunting the Nimrods emerging from the portal and drawing their fire. Unfortunately, her ploy works and the Nimrods adapt to her powers and quickly subdue her. Before they can finish her off, Hope and Rogue appear and drive them back. Hope is able to destroy most of the Nimrods present with a weapon from the far future given to her by Cable. Meanwhile, Emma Frost informs Cyclops that Hope has joined the battle prompting him to head for the frontlines in an effort to retrieve her.; On Utopia, Magneto manages to bait a trio of Nimrods trying to finish him off into landing, once the Nimrods land, Magneto uses his powers to create iron spikes and impales all of them. As the Nimrods smolder, Magneto informs them that all of Utopia is made of metal and as such they will never defeat him.; Back in the future, Cypher and Cable continue to battle Mastermold. Just as things seem hopeless, Cypher finally manages to break through Mastermold’s programming and assimilate its mind. In the process of assimilating Mastermold, Cypher comes to a better understanding of his existence and takes complete control of every sentinel in the future and the Nimrods in the present. As all of the Nimrods suddenly shut down, the X-Men are seen staring in shock and attempting to understand what has happened. Their mission completed, X-Force retrieves Cable and Cypher and make their way to the time portal to escape back to the present. Unfortunately, in the ensuing chaos X-23 is brutally burned when she attempts to cross through the time portal. The members of X-Force come to the conclusion that only inorganic matter is able to pass through the portal. With no other alternative, Cable informs the other members of X-Force that he has an idea and that it will cost them dearly.; In the present, with the battle officially over, Cyclops attempts to talk to Hope and explain his command decisions to her. Hope once again threatens him and calls him a heartless monster that uses others like pawns to achieve his own goals. Hope then tells him that nothing he says has any worth to her, as she will always hate him for what he has done. Before an increasingly enraged Hope can act on her feelings, a figure emerges from the time portal, this figure is then revealed to be Cable. As Cable continues his walk through the portal it is revealed that he has given his body over to the techno organic virus that has long plagued him. Outside of the dome, Bastion appears with the reanimated Graydon Creed and Stephen Lang, commenting that while the Nimrods are gone, mutantkind is still trapped and that he will deal with the remaining mutants himself.; Thor tries to uneffectively break the dome from the outside, where thousands have gathered to pray for the X-Men to save their relatives trapped on the inside. Inside the dome, Cable, in full techno organic form, manages to keep the temporal door open long enough for the X-Force team to walk through it. He then looks at Hope and suddenly explodes, leaving only his metallic arm behind. Bastion, Lang and Creed watch from the top of a mountain as the time sphere collapses. Creed and Lang try to convince Bastion that the game is over. Bastion refuses to let the girl live, turns into battle mode, and flies towards the bridge. Hope remembers the moment she asked Cable how she would know when she's ready, and he told her she would know the same way she has ever known anything else. Cyclops tells Hope he's sorry and tries to put his hand over her shoulder, when she replies that if he ever put his hand on her again, he will lose it because it was all his fault. Suddenly Bastion destroys the Golden Gate Bridge passing through it. Most X-Men falls into the water. Hope emerges from it, only to be confronted by Bastion, Lang and Creed, all in Nimrods form. They attack her, when, suddenly, she forms an armor. Bastion realises that her mutant powers just appeared, but he can't classify them, nor calculate them. Hope then blasts him with an optic blast he can't adapt to. Her hand turn into metal, and she punches right through him. As she remembers Cable's words, Hope touches the ground and forms an energy shield. Bastion says she is not the messiah, but the adversary, and that if she survives, nothing will survive. Hope turns into the Phoenix and blasts Bastion. Wolverine, Colossus and Emma are shocked. Logan tells Emma there's nothing she can do now. Bastion manages to grasp Hope's neck, and states that despite his original programming, he will take great pleasure in killing hope. Cyclops blasts his arm, and Wolverine jumps on him, killing him "for Kurt". Hope touches the ground again, saying she's ready now, going full Phoenix Force, and blasting Bastion and the dome all at once. The Avengers rejoices that Summers managed to pull it, while, in Utopia, every mutant just stares at Hope, levitating, like a true Phoenix...; Cannonball's rescue team find themselves splintered and with different concepts of how long each has been in Limbo. Pixie and Trance attempt to make their way to Magik, but are confronted by the demons S'ym and N'astirh, the latter who offers Pixie a deal-- he will restore the missing fragment of her soul in exchange for killing Magik and turning over her Soulsword. Trance attempts to dissuade Pixie but her astral form dissipates and she jolts back to her physical form on Utopia in the midst of the Nimrod invasion. Gambit, transformed into Apocalypse's Horseman Death by Limbo's evil influence, is able to corrupt Dazzler and Northstar into their respective incarnations of Death. They confront Cannonball and Anole.; After destroying Bastion, Hope falls to the ground passing out as she cradles Cable's severed arm. She later awakens at the medical bay as Beast is mending Colossus's broken arm, after a brief check on Hope, Beast checks on the progress of Archangel's damaged wings as Dr. Nemesis examines them, meanwhile Dr. Rao tends Iceman's injuries, while Madison Jefferies fashions a cybernetic prosthetic leg for Karma. Magneto converses with Hope about her battle with Bastion, which is interrupted by Hellion who is angered over the loss of his hands, but quickly ends his tirade after an intimidating glare from Magneto.; The X-Men hold a funeral for Cable, Cyclops attempts to present a eulogy to his son but is unable, Hope steps in stating that Cable as a soldier lived and died as he would have wanted, on his feet. After the funeral Cyclops reprimands Rogue for bringing Hope into battle and jeopardizing the mission, he removes her from the combat roster but assigns her to help Hope cope with the recent events.; Storm finds Wolverine drinking in Kurt's old room, Storm discussing her displeasure with Wolverine and Cyclops actions with X-Force, involving the likes of Wolfsbane, Warpath, and X-23. Wolverine tells Storm that if he could do it all over again, he would kill even more people if it meant Kurt would still be alive, much to Storm's discontent. Wolverine later tells X-23 that she's out of X-force and that she needs to find her own path in life rather than continue to take orders. Cyclops and Wolverine discuss the other X-Men's feelings about X-Force, which he decides to disband believing that it has no place in the X-Men's future. Wolverine attends a secret gathering of a new X-Force team, consisting of Psylocke, Phantomex, Archangel, and Deadpool, stating that no one can know of their existence as a team.; Cyclops begins writing a condolence letter to Nightcrawler's sister, as Beast asks Namor why he takes residence with the X-Men, Namor refuses to answer seeing Beast as a deserter of his people, telling Cyclops that his army has no need of a pacifist like Beast. Cyclops attempts to find comfort with Emma who has taken her diamond form to escape emotions, much to Cyclop's disdain. At a celebratory bonfire, Emma notices the flames around Hope take the shape of the Phoenix, and Hope speaking in the same tone as its dark counterpart, terrified Emma runs to Cyclops to warn him but before she can, Cyclops tells her that Cerebra has found five new mutants that have appeared around the globe. ============================================================ 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. History: Lester escapes from a Raft shuttle and returns as Bullseye and goes to hunt Daredevil and the Hand, discovering that the city block he had destroyed has been replaced with a castle, and the area has been renamed Shadowland, lead by Daredevil. The two fight and DD breaks both of Bullseye's arms and impales him on his own sai. Luke Cage and Iron Fist try to confront him, but Murdock flees back to his castle.; Later that night, Kingpin arrives at Rand's soup kitchen, attempting to rally the heroes against Daredevil, who has commanded the Hand to alienate Hell's Kitchen from the rest of New York and remove the cops. The two are skeptical, and decide to try and talk things out with Matt. As Rand, Cage, Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, and Shang Chi try to get through to Murdock, The Kingpin begins to use a scroll stolen from the Hand by Lady Bullseye to summon Ghost Rider.; While all this is going on, Jake Lockley vandalizes his own taxi cab, allowing himself to get arrested by the Hand ninja so he can locate the prisoners. Lockley throws up a set of swallowed lockpicks and breaks himself out, promising to come back for the others when he gets an idea of the area, when Ghost Rider begins his attack on the Dungeons. Lockley and the Rider defeat most of the Hand down in the dungeon, and Ghost Rider tells Jake that he is being forced to intervene due to the Kingpin's control of the scroll. Lockley decided that it's time to become Moon Knight and disappears.; Spider-Man arrives, sarcastically warning Matt about black suits when word of Ghost Rider's attack reaches him. Believing their intervention to be a distraction, Daredevil orders his Hand Ninja to attack, and kill, his former friends. He single-handedly defeats Iron Fist and Shang-Chi, while Tarantula and White Tiger battle Misty Knight and Colleen Wing. Typhoid Mary arrives and takes out Spider-Man. Surrounded and beaten, the heroes seem defeated until The Punisher arrives and breaks them free. As they escape they notice that rioting has increased.; Moon Knight overhears Tarantula warning Daredevil that his operation has gone to far, and Daredevil takes Typhoid Mary to find their new champion. The two go to the cemetery and begin to dig up the decaying remains of Bullseye, intending to use Hand magic to bring him back to life as a loyal warrior. Elektra arrives to chastise Daredevil for recruiting from the dead, and joins his cause.; The heroes recover in an apartment building in Harlem, where Punisher tells them that someone has to kill Daredevil. Master Izo arrives to warn them that Matt has become a puppet for the Snakeroot Clan who are using Murdock as a vessel for the ancient Beast of the Hand that hungers for the end of humanity. During this conversation, Spider-Man slips out the window, tracking one of Mr. Negative's henchmen. Negative has used the chaos of Shadowland to expand his territory, and his inner-demons have been fighting for control with Daredevil's Hand Ninja. Shang-Chi joins Spider-Man and the two fight the Inner-Demons, before Negative uses his powers to corrupt Shang-Chi. Spider-Man refuses to let Shang-Chi kill Mr. Negative, a manages to release him, but not before Negative and his Demons get away.; The heroes plan an attack on Shadowland, and it is revealed that Elektra is an inside agent for them, opening up a side passage for them (and Wolverine) to sneak in. The heroes attack, stopping the possessed Daredevil from resurrecting Bullseye. Spider-Man defeats Typhoid Mary, while Punisher sneaks up behind him, using a stun grenade to let Wolverine jump in and impale him. Daredevil easily rips Wolverine's claws out of his stomach and throws the mutant into a pillar. Spider-Man uses his webs to stun Murdock, allowing the other heroes to pin him down while Elektra tries to reach Matt, but Murdock sends them all flying off him, claiming that he is only the Beast.; Foggy Nelson then arrives at the gates of the fortress and tries to reach Matt verbally, but is ignored and cannot get inside. He decides that Matt has saved him so many times, that now it is his turn to save Matt, and scales the walls to reach him, where he is intercepted by the White Tiger. She leads him to Daredevil, who sits among the defeated heroes, including Ghost Rider, and Matt decides to kill Foggy himself. However, at Elektra's instance, Iron Fist uses his chi to heal Murdock, allowing Elektra to go within Matt's mind and helps encourage him to repel the Beast from his body.; In the aftermath, Elektra secretly smuggles Matt's unconscious body out of Shadowland, and through Typhoid Mary the Kingpin now controls the Hand, and Black Panther is now the protector of Hell's Kitchen. Meanwhile, Matt, having left New York, begins a journey to find his way back on the path he is meant to take. ============================================================ 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 History: Revolution was a event published in 2000 centered on a six months time jump forward in the mutant-centered books of the time. It also highlighted changes in creative teams across the line, most visibly the return of Chris Claremont to writing both Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 and adjectiveless X-Men Vol 2.; Several characters had gone through significant changes in the meantime, and explaining how those came to be figured into the plots of most books.; Also part of the event was the soft rebranding of three books (X-Man, X-Force and Generation X Vol 1) into a pseudo-imprint of their own, slightly removed from other mutant-centered books and initially helmed by Warren Ellis.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; March 2000; April 2000; Tie-In ============================================================ Shockwave (Event) Kind: event Page: Shockwave (Event) Full name: Shockwave First appearance: Generation X Vol 1 67 Reality: Earth-616 Notes: } History: Shockwave was an event that ran for four months in the three titles that were part of the recently established "Counter-X" line (Generation X, X-Man and X-Force). In all three cases the stories are separate flashbacks happening in the six-months gap established to have happened before the rebranding, which was part of the "Revolution" event. ============================================================ 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 History: ...All the people in Manhattan gained Spider-Man's abilities, however not all have been taught with great power comes with great responsibility. Can Spider-Man keep the peace or will havoc ensue? ============================================================ 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 History: United No More; Even with their numbers at a record low, the world refuses to trust mutantkind... and after a mutant-triggered international incident, anti-mutant hatred hits new heights. Of course it's at this moment, when the mutant race needs most to stand together, that a split begins that will tear apart the very foundation of the X-Men. ============================================================ 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 History: This event shows the way many superheroes continue their lives and battle new threats soon after the attack of the Serpent and his Worthy, as well as how their actions during that moment affect them now. ============================================================ 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. History: In the aftermath of Schism, the X-Men re-organize and face new challenges.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; October 2011; November 2011; December 2011; January 2012 ============================================================ 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. History: After sensing that Silk was released from captivity by Spider-Man, Morlun stated that the Great Hunt, where he and his family would kill every Human/Spider Hybrids in the Multiverse, had begun.; As the Inheritors killed numerous Spider-themed heroes, the time-displaced Spider-Man (Otto Octavius) created a team to fight the enemies.; Meanwhile, other villains were embarked in similar quests. Earth-12041's Goblin tried to gather the DNA from different Spider-Men across multiple universes, and the Multiversal Sinister Six attempted to conquer numerous universes by taking the Isotope-8 from one in specific.; And while the Great Hunt takes place, the Spider-Army must find a way to defeat Morlun, Karn, and the rest of the Inheritors once and for all.; List of Casualties; These are the known forty-five "Fallen Spiders" already hunted down and slain by an Inheritor, as well as those killed during the course of the Totem War. According to Karn, his family has hunted many Spider-Totems, including hundreds of Spiders. For a complete list of casualties, either Spider-Totems or not, see this Spider-Verse casualties.; All of the Fallen Spiders killed by Morlun were later restored to life in End of the Spider-Verse, following Silk cutting Morlun with the Totem Dagger.; Spider-Man 1602 (Peter Parquagh); Fantastic Spider-Man (Peter Parker); House of M Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Alternate Civil War Iron Spider (Peter Parker); Spider-Armor MK I Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Alternate Ai Apaec; Avengers Forever Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O'Hara); Timestorm Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O'Hara); Exiles Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O'Hara); Spider-Monster (Patton Parnel); Alternate Spider-Friends Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Spider-Cat; Alternate Spider-Man Unlimited (Peter Parker); MC2 Peter Parker; Spider Moon-Man (Peter Parker); Bullet Points Spider-Man (Bruce Banner); Man-Spider (Peter Parker); Vampire Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Forever Yesterday Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Spider-Man Unlimited MC2 Peter Parker; Golden Spongecake Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Mighty Defenders Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Cyborg Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Old Man Spider (Ezekiel Sims); Assassin Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Six-Armed Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Spider-Wolf (Peter Parker); The Goblin (Peter Parker); Spider-Monkey (Peter Parker); Captain Spider (Flash Thompson); Captain Universe (Peter Parker); Prince of Arachne (Peter Parker); Arachnosaur; Spider-Girl (Betty Brant); Capcom Games Spider-Man (Peter Parker); Spider-Man (Ben Reilly); Scarlet Spider (Kaine Parker) (though he was later reborn almost immediately); The Other; Negative Zone Spider-Man; Master Weaver; Spider-Man Reign (Peter Parker); Spider-Woman (Mary Jane Watson); Yinsen City Spider-Man; Life Story Ben Reilly; Spider-Man (Earth-70134) later resurected as Poison; Thousands of other Spider-Totems ============================================================ 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:; 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). History: Prelude: Time Runs Out; Secret Wars Vol 1 5; The Multiverse was collapsing. Beings from outside the Multiverse known as the Beyonders (the "Ivory Kings") sought to destroy it by creating Molecule Men in every reality to simultaneously destroy all realities. A time-travelling Doctor Doom ("Rabum Alal") and the Molecule Man of Earth-616 attempted to thwart their plan by killing Molecule Men early; however, the Molecule Men's deaths caused a contraction in the Multiverse, and realities began colliding with other realities with their Earths serving as the focal point: the incursions.; Many groups were involved in the Game of Worlds, including the Illuminati and the Cabal, but in the end, nothing could stop the incursions from ending the Multiverse. Time ran out, and only two realities remained: Earth-616 and Earth-1610.; The End of the Multiverse; Doom; On one side of the Multiverse, Doctor Doom, Doctor Strange, and the Molecule Man were confronting the Beyonders. They demanded to know who dared stand before them, and Doom presented himself.; Meanwhile, on Earth-1610, Nick Fury was making the final arrangements for the upcoming and final incursion, and soon after sent all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fleet towards Earth-616. The fleet arrived to the incursion point, the Manhattan of Earth-616 and started firing at it. Numerous heroes tried to fend off the attackers. At the Baxter Building, Mister Fantastic was finishing getting ready the Life Raft to be used to save a small portion of humanity. The Iron Man from Earth-1610 deployed the Iron Man Six weapon, but the tide of the battle is turned in favor of the heroes of the Marvel Universe when the Guardians of the Galaxy and Cyclops' Sentinels arrived to help. Other powerhouse heroes like Doc Green and She-Hulk arrived to Earth-1610 and stormed the Triskelion.; Once the Triskelion fell, the Maker deployed the Children of Tomorrow to attack. After the vessel transporting the Earth's "resurrection team" was destroyed by the Children, Mr. Fantastic was forced to put the life raft in action. As the life raft was deployed, Manifold teleported numerous heroes into it: Spider-Man, Star-Lord, Thor, Captain Marvel, and Cyclops, who had recently used a Phoenix Egg to become the Phoenix once more. The Cabal and the Maker were also able to create their own raft, with stolen designs from the original.; As Earth-616's life raft approached to the central point of the incursion, it suffered a hull breach, causing the portion containing the Richards family to drift away. The Invisible Woman tried to reconnect it to the rest of the structure, but failed, and it was destroyed. The rest of the life raft teleported away as the two universes collided and were destroyed.; Battleworld, Eight Years Later; Elsewhere, in another world, a gathering of alternate versions of Thor witnessed the ceremony held at Doomgard in which the Thor of Higher Avalon joined their ranks. The Thors are a police force under the command of their God, Doctor Doom. Old Man Thor and the new Thor set out to do justice. Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Utopolis, the Foundation discovered one of the life rafts, partially buried in the ground.; After retrieving Mister Sinister from the Bar Sinister, the Thors brought him to Castle Doom for trial. After being found guilty of allying himself with King Hyperion, the Baron of Utopolis, Sinister demanded his right of meeting his accuser in the arena. His accuser, Brian Braddock of Higher Avalon confronted Sinister and was defeated. Before Sinister could deliver the final blow, Doom stopped the fight. Doom confronted Braddock, who apparently had helped the Kingdom of Manhattan in planning to overthrown Doom. Jamie Braddock revealed himself to be the traitor, and he was sent to the Shield to be punished by being exiled to one of the deadliest domains of the world, the Deadlands. After the trial was held, Valeria von Doom informed Sheriff Stephen Strange about the Foundation's discovery, and that the readings from it concluded it would date from before the "beginning of time" (when Doom created this world). The Thors investigated the life raft, and from it emerged the Cabal, who immediately killed the Old Thor. When Thanos demanded one of the Moloids present in the scene to inform them of their location, the Moloid revealed they were in Battleworld.; Back to Castle Doom, Sheriff Strange was reading Emperor Doom a report of minor incidents that had occurred in Battleworld. The routine was interrupted by Doom, who dismissed the reports, and felt something was wrong with Stephen. Strange and Doom started discussing the nature of Battleworld and what was before it, when the Sheriff was interrupted by news from Doomgard. Sheriff Strange traveled to Utopolis, to investigate the life raft and the death of the Old Thor. After sending the Thors to scout for the strangers, Strange revealed the existence of another person still inside the life raft, the Spider-Man of Earth-1610.; At one of the towers of Castle Doom, Sue Storm met with Emperor Doom, where Victor ultimately confessed he felt he was failing his duty as a god, he felt he wasn't capable of properly inspiring his people, and even though Battleworld is the perfect world he wanted, he considered himself its only flaw, which included the scars on his face, which he hadn't been able to cure. Sue repudiated Victor's claims and praised him, suggesting him that to create a stronger link with his people he should establish contact with them.; Strange brought Spider-Man and the Thor of Higher Avalon to his secret Sanctum Sanctorum, the hidden Isle of Agamotto, a place of remembrance for the lost world. Strange revealed he had found a vessel similar to the raft the Cabal had came from three years ago. Once it was opened, the survivors from the side of Earth-616 were revealed. Strange greeted the other inhabitants of his native universe, specially his fellow Illuminati, Black Panther and Mr. Fantastic. When questioned, Strange revealed eight years had passed since the last incursion, and the creation of Battleworld, a patchwork planet constructed with the remnants of incursion points between collapsing worlds, where nobody remembered their past lives.; In Utopolis, night had fallen and the Cabal had made a fire, and a few moments later, they were pinned down by the Thors, and engaged with them in combat. Meanwhile, Sheriff Strange explained to the new-found survivors that when Doom and him confronted the Beyonders, they were able to kill them, and while Stephen didn't, Doom took their power for himself and used it to build Battleworld from the remains of the Multiverse. The hammer of the Thor from Higher Avalon started glowing, meaning he was being called for battle. Shortly after Doom was informed of the conflict against the Cabal, Strange and the heroes from Earth-616 stepped in and turned the tide of the battle in favor of the Thors.; Doom remained unwilling to take part of the conflict until he saw Mr. Fantastic in the scene, he immediately teleported to Utopolis, and stopped the fray, demanding the newcomers to recognize his authority. Cyclops tried to best Doom, but was killed with little effort. To prevent Doom from prejudicially acting upon the interlopers, Stephen used his magic to teleport them away. Following the disappearance of the Cabal and the heroes from Earth-616, Doom confronted Strange for disobeying him, and ultimately killed him after Stephen accused him of being afraid of Richards.; The following day, a funeral was held for Stephen Strange in Doomstadt, with the cause of his death kept a secret by Doom himself. Once the dusk had fallen, Doom tasked Valeria to use the resources of the Foundation to find the interlopers who had been scattered across the world, denying to provide any more information than that. Once Valeria left, Doom opened a portal below a Molecule Man statue in his garden, walking down a set of stairs to meet the Molecule Man and informed him of Strange's death. The Molecule Man made remembrance of the day when he, Doom and Strange confronted the Beyonders. During Doom's mission to thwart the Beyonders' plan by killing Molecule Men across the Multiverse, they had realized that it was not going to work; the Beyonders had built the Molecule Men too well and killing them early was still causing the Multiverse to die. Changing the plan, they began to capture the Molecule Men, and when they confronted the Beyonders, Doom unleashed the countless Molecule Men he had gathered to kill them; the Molecule Man acted as a conduit to steal the Beyonders' power and give it to Doom. The Molecule Man finished his chat with Doom by informing him that with Strange's death, he had most likely started an unraveling that could take everyone down.; Back on Doomstadt, the Department of Science of the Foundation set out to find the interlopers. Jane Foster had infiltrated the Thors, Black Panther and Namor found themselves in Egyptia, Captain Marvel had been captured by the forces of Bar Sinister, Black Swan had appeared in Doomstadt, Thanos was teleported to the other side of the Shield, and both Star-Lord and Miles Morales ended up in the Kingdom of Manhattan.; Three weeks later, Battleworld was in disarray, with disorder having escalated into open rebellion in several kingdoms, with somebody called "the Prophet" forming an army against Doom, Victor would later order some of his most loyal Barons to deal with the threat of the Prophet. Of the interlopers only Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive had been captured, while Black Swan offered help to Doom. While the Foundation were investigating, they found the source of Doom's power, and informed Valeria, who had become suspicious of her father, of this.; Somewhere in Battleworld, the two Reed Richards teamed up and started trying to find a way to defeat Doctor Doom, with Earth-616's Reed being unwilling to kill him, unlike his Earth-1610 counterpart. The Reeds had also started investigating the source of Doom's power, for which they sent both of the Spider-Men, Peter and Miles, to infiltrate Castle Doom using a device to guide them to said source, located under a statue of the Molecule Man. The Spider-Men encountered Valeria, who chose not to go with them due to her worry that, she would be not be capable of facing what would happen if she found the truth behind her father. In order to make the Spider-Men deserving of Valeria keeping her mouth shut about their presence in the Castle, she demanded to know if any of the people in the raft had killed Strange, and Peter confirmed Valeria's suspicions, that nobody from the raft was responsible. After opening a trapdoor under the statue, the Spider-Men delve into its depths and come across the Molecule Man. Owen questioned them if they had brought him something to eat, and Miles gave him a burger he had had in his pocket. After satisfying his hunger, Owen reveals that he's the battery behind Doom's power, at the arachid hero's request to find the source of Emperor Doom's power.; Meanwhile, Namor and Black Panther arrived to Strange's Hidden Isle of Agamotto, using the Key of Agamotto given to them by Strange, they entered, and after identifying themselves as member of the Illuminati to a projection of the deceased Sorcerer Supreme, they were given access to some powerful items Strange had collected over the years, including the Siege Courageous and an Infinity Gauntlet that worked only in Doomstadt.; Thanos, who had been captured by the Hel-Rangers, started talking to the sentient structure that formed the Shield, a giant alternate version of the Thing (Ben Grimm), and convinced him to reject Doom, and rise, causing the Shield to fall down.; The Prophet, who was revealed to be none other than Maximus, marched his troops forward to Castle Doom, where some of the most powerful Barons held the line. But betrayal was present during the assault, and Baron Sinister took the chance to turn against his fellow Baroness the Goblin Queen. Sinister was subsequently struck down by Baron Apocalypse. The expected reinforcements in the form of the Thors joined the battle, but fighting against Doom's side, as Jane Foster had managed to convince the fellow Thors to fight against their god. Baron Maestro soon joined the battle with his army of Worldbreakers.; The two Reed Richards continued to plot from the distance, and they planned to use the fight in the steps of Castle Doom to infiltrate the building and steal "the most valuable thing that's left from the Multiverse" from Doom. Black Panther and Namor traveled to the Deadlands for reinforcements, and Black Panther used his title as the King of the Dead to convince the zombies to join the forces opposing Doom.; While the battle in Doomstadt waged on, the two Reed Richards were transported by Star-Lord to Castle Doom. The Thing from the Shield joined the brawl, and easily destroyed anything in his way. Franklin von Doom opposed him using his Galactus, and The Thing decided to surrender after learning the kid he was fighting was the son of Sue Storm. When God Emperor Doom joined the battle against the recently-arrived Annihilation Wave, Valeria convinced her mother to run away in order to show her something.; As the two Reeds looked for Doom's power source, Star-Lord remained behind repairing their ship, and he was confronted by Black Swan. The ensuing fight, during which Quill was easily overpowered, took the two of them to Doom's throne room, below Yggdrasill. Star-Lord used a splint of Groot on the magical tree, which engulfed it entirely, and turned Yggdrasill into a giant Groot that destroyed the castle from the inside out. Valeria and Sue witnessed the fall of their home from the castle gardener's, and they encountered the two Reeds trying to access to the Molecule Man's chamber.; Back in the battlefield, Thanos unsuccessfully confronted Doom, and was easily killed. In the moment right after that, the Siege Courageous opened up and a horde of zombies came out. After the zombies, Namor and Black Panther, who had the Infinity Gauntlet, came out proclaiming this to be the end of Doom's reign.; Doom tried to convince T'Challa and Namor to stop fighting by promising them to rebuild Wakanda and Atlantis, but they refused the offer and struck Doom down. Victor quickly regenerated from his own corpse and after dealing an energy blast at T'Challa and Namor which only killed the latter, continued fighting.; While Doom and Black Panther use their power against each other, Mister Fantastic and the Maker visited the Molecule Man. Owen once asked his visitors if they had brought him anything to eat, but they had not. The Maker quickly betrayed his counterpart and trapped him in a temporal bubble, claiming that he couldn't tolerate the kind of weakness Reed has shown. His plan is cut short as the Molecule Man sliced him and freed Mr. Fantastic.; Black Panther's battle against Doom came to an end after Victor crushed the Infinity Gauntlet. After subduing T'Challa, he realizes the fight had merely been a distraction. Doom quickly teleported to the Molecule Man's statue and delved into his chamber, and tried to destroy Richards with a snap of his fingers. He was surprised when his power did not work, and the Molecule Man asked him if he had brought him something to eat, to which Doom replied he did not. Thus, Owen claimed that Reed and Doom were in equal ground. Mister Fantastic and Doom engage in a furious combat, with Reed claiming that even though Victor did good, he could have done better, because he was too afraid of losing Battleworld he held it too tight. Doom accused Richards of believing he could have done better had he had Doom's power, and when Reed conceded he did, so did Doom. On the grounds that both agreed, the Molecule Man gave the power of the Beyonders to Reed, destroying Battleworld in the process. While the inhabitants were trying to outrun their imminent demise, Black Panther held tight to the Reality Gem of his Infinity Gauntlet as the world went white. When everything came back, T'Challa reappeared in the returned Marvel Universe.; A New Multiverse; Eight months later, Miles Morales appeared to be an inhabitant of the Marvel Universe instead of the destroyed Ultimate Universe. The young hero recalled when he and Peter Parker were leaving the Molecule Man's chamber in Battleworld, and Owen had stated he owed Miles one for the burger.; In another side of the universe, the returned Future Foundation was creating and charting the reborn Multiverse. Reed Richards used the power of the Beyonders that the Molecule Man gave him to rebuild realities with the help of Franklin Richards and the Molecule Man himself. Reed told Sue that he had learned that the difference between living and dying was managing fear, and not being so afraid of losing the things you loved that you held them too tight. Reed used to believe in entropy, but he now believed in expansion and resilience, in that everything lives.; Meanwhile, in Latveria, Doctor Doom had returned to his castle. He took off his mask and noticed his scars were gone, and proceeded to laugh. ============================================================ 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. History: Professor X disbands the X-Men as part of an elaborate ruse to root out an impostor among them. ============================================================ 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 History: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division!; clear; Ongoing Series; August 2015; One-Shots; September 2015 ============================================================ 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 History: What begins as girls' morning out for brunch turns into a cross-continuity caper as Cindy and Jessica are trapped in Gwen's Earth-65 universe while doppelgangers are running wild in their place in the main Marvel Universe. ============================================================ 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 History: The Soviet–Afghan War was a conflict that took place in the 1980s wherein insurgent groups known collectively as the Mujahideen fought a guerrilla war against the USSR and the Soviet Army and the Afghanistan government for over nine years. The Mujahideen were backed primarily by the United States making it a Cold War proxy war.; In 1983, the Storm God Perun and Chernobog, the god of Darkness, were involved during the Invasion of Afghanistan.; In 1986, Logan saved Mordad from the Russians during a battle.; The USSR finally withdrew from the country in 1989.; Apocryphal Appearances; The following appearances should be considered topical references:; The Hulk leaped across the globe landing in the Nuristan Province. He tried to find food but was attacked by a squad of Soviet soldiers, but he smashed them all with ease. When news reached Moscow, they sent their superhuman team the Soviet Super-Soldiers. He arrived at the Presence's base, where he was attacked by the Soviet team. The then decided to work together the stop the Presence.; The US Army came to Doctor Strange for advice as a group of Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan were being affected by magic, with their weapons becoming magical swords and their tanks turning into fantastical beasts. This was also happening on other bases around the world.; While investigating a global drug trade, Cloak and Dagger learned that the funds were being used by the Afghan rebels to fund the war against the Soviet Union.; Alternate Realities; Earth-200111; On Earth-200111; the Punisher became involved in the war.; Earth-22206; The X team, composed of Deadpool, Bullseye, Domino, and Silver Sable were commissioned by the US government in 1983 and conducted clandestine missions, including interventions in the Russian-Afghan conflict. ============================================================ 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. History: An Ending. A Beginning.; In the wake of war with the Inhumans, the X-Men regroup for a new era of action and excitement! Experience the next bold chapter in the saga of Marvel's mutant heroes!; clear; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; Phase I; March 2017; April 2017; May 2017; June 2017; July 2017; Phase II; January 2018; February 2018; Videos ============================================================ 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 History: clear; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; February 2017 ============================================================ 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. History: As a consequence of the Red Skull's manipulations with a sentient Cosmic Cube named Kobik, Captain America was secretly replaced by a twisted version of himself who was a Hydra sleeper agent. After months of careful planning, the different threads of his plan of conquest over America finally converged, as the world was being besieged by three different concurrent crises.; First, trillions of Chitauri were approaching the Earth at a time that the Planetary Defense Shield had been disabled by the attack of a Hydra agent at its generator base. Heavy-hitter superheroes prepared to hold the line while Iron Man and Ironheart fixed the damage. Meanwhile, Manhattan was under attack by the Army of Evil, a group of supervillain ex-prisoners of Pleasant Hill, drawing the attention of the numerous American superheroes to the scene. Finally, S.H.I.E.L.D. was taking action on a conflict in Sokovia, dispatching six Helicarriers after their base on the scene, Helicarrier Crescent, fell off the radar.; With the heroes being dealt critical blows on all fronts, Captain America began the final step of his plan. The Crescent suddenly appeared and crashed into the Illiad, having been taken over by Hydra and Doctor Faustus, who had the Crescents crew under his control. The Illiad is boarded, and Captain America revealed his true allegiance to Sharon Carter, subsequently ordering Faustus' brainwashing message to be broadcast to the rest of the fleet. It was revealed the Shield's malfunctions were actually purposefully caused by Captain America, with superficial damage of Hydra's attack covering that up. Rogers activated the Shield, leaving Captain Marvel, Alpha Flight and the rest of the heroes in Earth's orbit exiled on the other side. Additionally, the Army of Evil's attack turned out to be a trap, used to lure countless of the nation's heroes to Manhattan and trap them within a Darkforce dome which engulfed half the island. Finally, Captain America moved the Helicarriers taken over by Hydra to Washington, D.C., securing his dominance over the country despite a last-ditch effort by several superheroes.; After some time having passed since Hydra's takeover, the people of the United States of America were getting accustomed to their new fascist regime, mainly due to the use of mind-altering substances in water supplies to increase docility and receptiveness. Mutants had been displaced to the sovereign land of New Tian and Inhumans were being held captive in detention facilities. A handful of heroes that hadn't become exiled formed the Underground, an alliance of super-powered and civilian rebels led by Hawkeye stationed in The Mount in Nevada, and others under Hydra's influence joined Hydra's own Avengers.; Still engulfed by the Darkforce dome, Manhattan had become a no man's land plagued by Baron Mordo's demons with Dagger acting as the only source of light for a few hours at a time. The island had no power or communication with the outside world, scarce food and drinkable water, and sickness due to poor sanitation. The heroes struggled to keep order, while the Kingpin took advantage of the situation by offering help in exchange for future retribution.; Following an increment of Underground activity in the area, and the latest display of defiance when members of the Underground evaded custody while recruiting Shaun Lucas, High Council of Hydra pressured Captain America into laying siege to Las Vegas in response to the rebel activity. It turned out Steve didn't order the attack, but had secretly given Madame Hydra the power to do it, and she carried it out.; As a consequence of the attack on Las Vegas, Black Widow set out to assassinate Captain America, and was joined by the younger heroes of the resistance, who didn't intend to kill Rogers but agreed with defeating him. She was opposed by the Tony Stark A.I. and Hawkeye, who planned to find the shards of the fragmented Kobik which had been scattered around the world by her former curator, Erik Selvig. This information was disclosed to the heroes by Rick Jones in a posthumous video message, in which he revealed the origin of Steve's face-heel turn.; The Tony Stark A.I. and Black Widow mobilized to put their plans in motion. While Natasha trained the Champions, the other heroes sought help from the retired Falcon to leave the country. Hydra also began looking for the fragments, destroying an Atlantean temple while trying to retrieve a shard which had fallen in Namor's hands. Captain America additionally put his sights on Black Widow, tasking the Punisher with the mission to track her down.; Both Hydra's Avengers and the Underground clashed at the secret Ultronic Territories in Alaska while trying to obtain a shard fragment in the hands of Hank Pym (who had been merged with Ultron). Ultron captured both groups and tried to have them reconcile, eventually giving the Underground the Cube shard after Ant-Man appealed to him. However, Hydra managed to even the score after Namor surrendered his fragment on account of the safety of his people.; Over the following weeks, Iron Man's team continued globe-trotting in search for the shards, coming empty-handed at the end of most of their incursions, to the point the majority of the team eventually votes to return to The Mount, even if they only had acquired two shards in total. As soon as the heroes returned to the base, Hydra launched an attack after being tipped off, with the mole being Ant-Man, forced to betray his team for the sake his daughter's safety. Using a temporarily-resurrected Hulk, Hydra broke through The Mount's defenses, but the Underground managed to evacuate in time. Being the last rebel to escape, Iron Man was ambushed by Captain America, and hindered by a device that prevented him from transferring elsewhere. After getting his armor heavily damaged when the Hulk crashed through the roof after decomposing, Tony attempted to take down Steve with him by self-destructing his armor, and apologized for having failed to save him. Captain America was saved from the resulting mushroom explosion that destroyed The Mount when Madame Hydra jumped into the scene and used a spell to teleport him to safety at the cost of her own life.; Days later, at the rebuilding ceremony of the Capitol Building, Black Widow launched her assassination plan, revealing Miles one of the reasons for undertaking the mission was to prevent the fulfillment of a vision projected by the Inhuman profiler named Ulysses Cain, which had predicted the young hero was going to murder Rogers. Unfortunately, the Punisher's intervention of delayed the execution of Black Widow's plan, which gave Spider-Man enough time to confront Captain America alone. While Steve and Spider-Man were trading blows, Black Widow stepped in for the kid's safety, taking a hit from Captain America's shield which broke her neck. Enraged, Spider-Man beat up Captain America severely. Wasp stopped him, and convinced him to follow Natasha's wish, that he avoided becoming an assassin like her. Following the arrest of the Champions, Captain America prepared to declare war. Meanwhile, the members of the Underground learned of Black Widow's death, leading Sam Wilson to suit up as Captain America once again.; As the Underground mobilized to liberate New Attilan, Hydra doubled their efforts to retrieve the Cosmic Cube shards left, launching attacks on New Tian and Wakanda, both nations whose leaders each held a shard, Emma Frost and Black Panther, respectively. This results in Frost's willingly handing over the shard and Black Panther being captured. During the break-in at New Attilan, the Underground came across an Inhuman named Brian McAllister whose powers allowed the Underground to secure one Cosmic Cube shard.; With the objective to put to good use the limited reality warping power found within the Cube fragment, the Underground managed to broadcast a message to Manhattan and Alpha Flight, requesting their aid in coordinating efforts to bring down the Darkforce dome and the Planetary Shield, hoping some influence with the fragment could help accomplish those goals. The plan worked, and even though in the beginning it seemed like the efforts of the heroes from New York and Alpha Flight were fruitless, Captain America's use of the shard led to both the destruction of the Shield and the dissipation of the Darkforce dome.; United at last, a contingent consisting of almost every single hero mounted an attack on Washington, D.C. which proved to be successful. Additionally, numerous people broke free from Hydra's grasp, including Vision, Odinson, Sharon Carter and Black Panther. The latter was rescued by the Winter Soldier, believed dead when Baron Zemo tied him to a rocket and attempted to kill him shortly before the Hydra take-over began. Even though Hydra's forces were decimated, the heroes were soon confronted by Rogers himself, wearing a suit of armor that granted him the power of the Cosmic Cube fragments in Hydra's possession.; During the development of Hydra's conquest, the amnesiac remnants of the real Steve Rogers wandered the mindscape of Kobik, who had survived the destruction of her physical form and had sough shelter in her own psyche. After encountering people that resembled his mother, Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, Sharon Carter and even the Red Skull, Steve finally stumbled upon Kobik. The little girl returned Steve his memories, but feared she couldn't return Steve to the real world. Steve eventually encouraged to stand up against Hydra.; By that time in the real world, the fascist Steve Rogers had effortlessly whisked most of the Underground away from existence as he began to rewrite the world in Hydra's image. Captain America, Ant-Man and the Winter Soldier survived, using Sam's fragment of the Cube. Sam handed over the shard to Steve, allowing him to complete the object. However, with Ant-Man's help, the Winter Soldier subatomically infiltrated the Cube as Rogers was assembling it. This act allowed Bucky to reach into Kobik's mindspace and bring out both her and the real Steve Rogers, who materialized in front of his fascist counterpart. After Kobik undid the changes to reality caused by the evil Rogers, the two Captain Americas battled. Following an arduous fight, the Hydra loyalist Steve Rogers was defeated. The heroes stood victorious, and in the course of the following weeks, the United States returned to normalcy. ============================================================ 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 History: Rebel pilot and rogue archaeologist wander side-by-side into the darkest corners of the galaxy as Luke Skywalker reluctantly teams with Doctor Aphra! The good Doctor has an offer for this flyboy farm boy – help her, and she’ll provide him with information crucial on his quest to become a Jedi. With an offer he can’t refuse on the table, this unlikely duo finds themselves deep into the heart of the infamous Screaming Citadel! Can Luke find what he’s looking for? Can Aphra be trusted? Or will the Citadel’s Queen and the dark forces lurking within make their journey a one-way trip?! ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Spanish-American War of 1898 ended Spain's colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power.; Events; A revolt in Cuba exploded in 1895, setting off the Spanish-American War.; The gunslinger known as "A Man Named Frank" served alongside Augustus and others in the 10th Cavalry under Pershing in the Spanish-American War. He was active in both Santiago and Cuba, and even met Teddy Roosevelt during one of his campaigns. After the war, he and his wife Maria and their two kids settled on a ranch in the New Mexico territory.; Legacy; After the US victory Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines came under control of the United States. Following that war, the American created the military base Guantanamo Bay.; The US also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict. After the war the US gained dominance over the Caribbean Sea and increased their economic interests in Asia. ============================================================ Spanish Civil War Kind: event Page: Spanish Civil War Full name: Spanish Civil War First appearance: Wolverine Vol 2 35 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Spanish Civil War took place in Spain from 1936 to 1939. The Republicans, who were loyal to the democratic, left-leaning Spanish Republic fought against the Nationalists led by General Franco.; Background; An economic crisis in Spain in the 1920s led to a military dictatorship, that lasted until 1930. The 1931 election brought the Republican left to power, causing the departure in exile of the King.; Events; In 1936, the Spanish Civil War broke out. Bloodscream fought in the Siege of the Alcazar, in his search for the unaging man.; Franco's Nationalists were supported by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, while the Gentleman (Gustav Fiers) sold arms to both sides.; In 1937, the mutant adventurer Logan and his friend Eugene Judd assisted in the Spanish resistance. They battled alongside writer Ernest Hemingway. This battle was briefly relived by the two heroes future selves who were transported into the past along with Wolverine's foe Lady Deathstrike who attempted to assist Nazi Captain Horst Schlachter in stopping the resistance fighters. Ultimately this plot was foiled and the future Logan and Puck were returned to their own time along with Lady Deathstrike.; American Playboy Dan Kane adopted the masked identity of "Captain Terror" to battle against the fascist forces. With the success of General Franco's side, Captain Terror allowed the fascists to believe he had been killed, and returned to the United States.; In 1939, Franco's Nationalists took control of Spain.; Legacy; Despite the fascist and Nazi support, Franco remained neutral during World War II. Franco restored the monarchy in 1969, and the country became a Constitutional Monarchies after his death in 1975. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Skrull-Xandar War was a war fought between the forces of the Skrull Empire, and the planet cluster Xandar and its allies.; The war began when the Skrulls, believing it to be an easy target, invaded Xandar. Within moments, the Skrulls wiped out Xandar's factories and mining operations. Desperate, Queen Adora travelled to an unknown world via an ion beam to seek help. With the robotic Skrull-X in pursuit, Adora arrived at the Baxter Building, home base of the Fantastic Four. After defeating Skrull-X and listening to Adora's story, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, and the Thing agreed to help. The Human Torch elected to stay behind.; Almost immediately upon reaching Xandar, the trio of heroes was thrust into a fierce battle with the Skrulls. Despite their best efforts, the F.F. were abducted and taken to Tarnax IV, the Skrull homeworld. At a show trial, the trio was sentenced to death by accelerated aging.; Meanwhile on Xandar, Prime Thoran, appealed to the Living Computer for assistance. Swayed by his words, the Living Computer bestowed upon Thoran great psionic powers. With his newfound abilities, Thoran personally led the Nova Corps into battle.; The Fantastic Four managed to escape Tarnax IV with a stolen Skrull warship. On their way back to Xandar, a Xandarian ship crewed by Nova, Comet, Sphinx, Doctor Sun, Powerhouse, Diamondhead, and Crimebuster mistook the F.F. for the Skrulls and attacked.; The Fantastic Four survived the assault and joined the crew of the Xandarian ship. The Sphinx and Doctor Sun, detecting the nearby Living Computer, fled to Xandar with the shared goal of absorbing its limitless power. Back on Earth, the Human Torch grew worried and traveled to Xandar. The reunited Fantastic Four, and the remaining Xandarian crew, christened the Champions by Nova, confronted the now god-powered Sphinx. After a one sided fight, the Sphinx flew off into space. Mr. Fantastic formulated a plan: the Champions would stay and protect Xandar, and the F.F. would go after the Sphinx.; Thoran managed to destroy a large percentage of the Skrull fleet. Fearing for his safety Emperor Dorrek ordered a full retreat. Almost as soon as he gave his command, Dorrek was assassinated by his wife, R'Klll, who assumed control of the Empire. R'Klll's first order was to increase their assault.; Wars End; The Champions split into two teams: Comet, Crimebuster, and Diamondhead would follow Thoran to confront the Skrulls, while Nova, Powerhouse, and a contingent of Syfon Warriors would remain on Xandar. While out in space, Diamondhead secretly betrayed his teammates to the Skrulls. Crimebuster was killed, and the remaining Champions and Corpsmen were locked in a pocket dimension.; The Spaceknight known as Rom was searching for his home planet of Galador in a repurposed Skrull Saucer when he flew through Xandarian space. After a brief fight with Nova and Powerhouse, who mistook him for a Skrull, Rom landed on Xandar and witnessed the arrival of the Champions' ship. The crew disembarked and revealed themselves to be Skrulls. Rom instantly engaged the invaders while Nova rocketed into space to find the Corps.; After a fight with Diamondhead that sent him hurtling through space, Nova freed the Champions and the Corpsmen. Returning to Xandar, the combined might of the Champions, the Nova Corps, and Rom finally put an end to the Skrull's invasion. The remaining Skrull troops were rounded up and escorted from Xandarian space. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763. It involved every European great power of the time and spanned five continents, affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines.; The war was split into two coalitions; the first lead by Great Britain and it's allies Portugal, Prussia and various German states. The second lead by France and it's allies Austria lead Holy Roman Empire, the Russian Empire, Spain, and Sweden.; Events; When the French colonized Canada one of the islands in the region known as 1000 Isles was gifted to the le Blanc family by King Louis XVI, however the le Blanc's lost title to the island when England took over Canada in 1763.; Legacy; The stamp tax after the was one of the many reasons that lead to the American Revolutionary War. ============================================================ 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 History: Despite routine monitoring by the Web-Warriors ensuring no escape from their radioactive Earth prison, the Inheritors manage an escape plan with the aid of an unsuspecting pawn: The Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius). With their hunters on the loose once more, the Spiders are once more hunted across the multiverse. As Peter battles Morlun on Earth-616, he corners his deadly foe and outmaneuvers the extra-dimensional vampire with aid from J. Jonah Jameson and the NYPD, containing Morlun for imprisonment. In Peter's absence, Miles takes charge to lead the Multiversal Spiders in a counter-offensive with some old friends and new faces. Concurrently, Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) leads a special team with Scarlet Spider (Kaine Parker) to hunt down the soul crystal keeping the yet to revive Solus and prevent his return to lead the Inheritors. Returning to the radioactive Earth, Jess was successful in acquiring the crystal, but Vera used a trap to send her straight to the Inheritors in New U Headquarters on Earth-616, as they were capitalizing on The Jackal's cloning tech refined by Superior Spider-Man. Needing a Hail Mary ploy, Ben returns with Otto as a sacrifice to contaminate the Inheritors life force syphoning, as his repeated revivals by Miles Warren would cause harm upon them tasting his fractured soul. With coordination from Miles and his Spiders, the Inheritors (save Morlun) are slain and revived as infants newly cleansed of of their sins. Spider-Ma'am volunteers to rearing the children with her family, and the spiders return to their respective realities.; List of Casualties; These are the known Spider-Totem casualties inflicted by the Inheritors following their escape from Earth-3145. For a complete list of casualties, either Spider-Totems or not, see this Spider-Geddon casualties.; The Spider-Man (Peter Parker) - killed in suicide attack while fighting Morlun, later resurrected by Spider-God; Spider-UK (Billy Braddock) - killed by Verna; The Master Weaver (Karn) - killed by Verna; Astro-Spider (John Jameson) - killed by Verna; Verna - killed by radiation; Ben Reilly - killed by Jennix, later resurrected; Solus - killed by Spider-Man / Captain Universe (Miles Morales) ============================================================ 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 History: ; History; Cassus Beli; The King of Argos decided to end the Stygian slave trade and laid siege to Khemi, on the Stygian coast.; Siege; The Stygian sorcery kept the walls of Khemi impregnable, while the rains poured upon the Army of Argos for two months, along with hunger and dysentery. A Stygian spy posing as a madman professing the Argosseans' defeat also came into the camp, causing some to ask to abandon the siege.; The Argossean catapult engineer tried to take a catapult on the bluffs surrounding the city, but lacked the oxen or the men. As the last oxen had been eaten, Captain Conan, the King's Blade, was sent instead. By ingenuity and strength, he managed to put the catapult in position. At that moment, the spy was captured after having slit the throats of two sentries while trying to return into Khemi. Conan grabbed him and used the catapult to sent him back into the city, then used the red stain he made when hitting the wall as a marker for the first stone to be laid upon Khemi. The wall was expected to fall within the next hour.; At some point in the Siege, the young nobleman Aristus saved the life of Conan. ============================================================ Russian Revolution Kind: event Page: Russian Revolution Full name: Russian Revolution First appearance: Strange Tales Vol 1 24 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union.; Events; A man named Grigory Rasputin claiming to be a monk came the Russian royal family and offered to cure the young prince. He used his abilities to cure the prince winning favour of the Czarina Alexandra; On January 20th 1917, Prince Felix Yusapov told the royal family Rasputin was dead. Along with his allies Dmitri Pavlovich ans Vladimir Purishkevich they invited him to a meal and poisoned him with cyanide in the cake, they then shot him, but this did not work as he ran they beat him with clubs. As he ran down the stairs he fell and appeared to break his neck. On January 23rd the found his body in the river.; On October 25th leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched coup d’état against the Duma's provisional government. They arrested the royal family and took them to a house in Tolbusk. The family were later executed in the basement. The youngest daughter Anastasia escaped to Berlin but paused away in hospital.; The Bolsheviks formed a new government with Lenin as its head. Lenin became the dictator of the world’s first communist state known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or USSR.; Sergei Kravinoff lived in Volgograd during this time. He escaped to Africa where he became "Kraven the Hunter". He became one of the world's greatest hunter.; During the revolution the Raven's Eye was stolen from the Romanovs' bedroom.; In 1918, Perun, the Storm God and Chernobog, the god of Darkness were involved during the Bolshevik Red Terror. ============================================================ Space Race Kind: event Page: Space Race Full name: Space Race First appearance: Fantastic Four Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Space Race refers to the 20th Century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, for dominance in spaceflight capability.; Events; Origin; The race has its origins back in World War II. Afterwards both sides used the work of Nazi scientist and rocket experts. Wernher von Braun who was recruited to the US by the CIA as part of Operation Paperclip.; The United States formed N.A.S.A. and the Soviet Union formed the Soviet Space Program.; Sputnik 1; On October 4th, 1957, the Soviets launched the first man made object into space Sputnik 1 a simple satellite that sent a simple beeping signal.; Sputnik 2; The Soviets followed up with Sputnik 2, carrying a dog named Laika. Laika survived but was mutated in the mission and battled Department Zero.; Explorer 1; The US counteracted with Explorer 1, their first satellite launched into space. A young Reed Richards was involved in the design.; First Man in Space; On April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space making one trip around the Earth Orbit.; American Attempt; In February 1962, Friendship 7 was launched into orbit piloted by astronaut John Glenn, who performed three orbits of the Earth.; Cosmo; In the 1960's another dog named Cosmo was used as a test subject. He was launched into space but drifted off into space arriving in Knowhere. His travel through space mutated him giving him enhanced intelligence.; Moon Landing; In July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon. However they were unaware that his mission was jeopardized by the Skrulls, trying to undermine the space program on Earth as part of a future invasion. This plot was thwarted by the First Line.; Neverlab; In 1972, the Soviets launched the Neverlab space station into orbit in secret.; Soviet Moon Landing; On December 14th, 1972, Doctor Kuznetsov sent his robotic creation Udarnik to the moon. As nobody else had returned to the Moon ever since, Udarnki grew resentful of mankind.; Apollo–Soyuz Test Project; In 1975, one of the Apollo Command Modules docked with a Soviet Soyuz capsule, and the astronauts shook hands. This was the beginning of the end of the space race.; Voyager Program; In 1977, Voyager 1 was launched to study the outer planets of the Solar System. Part of the Voyager program, it was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. They later launched Voyager 3 this probe was encountered by Galactus.; Challenger Mission; The Space Shuttle Challenger launched and landed nine times before breaking apart 73 seconds into its tenth mission, 51-L, on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seven crew members, including a civilian school teacher.; Later Missions; On September 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African-American female astronaut.; Apocryphal Appearances; The following appearances of the event should be considered topical references:; Famed scientist Dr. Reed Richards built his own rocketship in an attempt to beat the Soviets to the Moon. The ship carried himself, pilot Ben Grimm, Susan Storm, and Johnny Storm. The group were bombarded from Cosmic Radiation. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Roswell UFO Incident was event that occurred in mid 1947 at the beginnings of the Cold War. On July 9th, 1947, it was claimed by the US Air Force that a surveillance balloon crashed at a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. However it was later believed that the crash was a extra-terrestrial spaceship. It is believed that the shipped contained the Greys and was taken to a secret military base called Area 51 in Nevada.; Events; In 1947, a Skrull Ship entered Earth's atmosphere piloted by Velmax and his commanding officer Zuhn. They were sent on a survey mission in hopes of a Secret Invasion. However while flying over the southwest of the United States of America they were intercepted by fighter jets. The ship was damaged and crashed landed just outside the small town of Roswell, New Mexico. The two Skrull survived and was discovered by discharged soldier Jacob Scott. In fear of the aliens he shot Zuhn and then tried to run, dying in a car crash. Velmax then took his identity to continue his mission on Earth He put Zuhn in a Med Pod before military officials arrived.; The Prime Skrull the last of its kind fled to the planet Earth to escape extinction. This was also claimed to be part of the Roswell UFO Incident. He was taken to be studied by the US military. ============================================================ 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 History: Prelude to War; After the destruction of the Skrull throneworld by Galactus, the Skrull Empire was thrown into disarray. A brutal multi-sided civil war erupted which weakened the empire, and left it vulnerable to invaders. A greater blow came when a rogue Skrull detonated the Hyperwave Bomb which locked every Skrull in the cosmos to whatever shape they were in at that moment. Leaving the Skrulls vulnerable to their ancient foes the Kree, who had no knowledge that the Skrulls had lost their ability to shapeshift. Within the Skrull Empire, after a long struggle five Skrull warlords had emerged as contenders for the imperial throne. Which included the warlords Kylor and S'Byll.; The Second Kree-Skrull War Begins; A Celestial arrived on the world serving as the stronghold of the Skrull warlord Kylor. He attempted to find out what the Celestial wanted but got no response. Kylor ordered his forces to attack the Celestial without success. Upon learning that the Kree had discovered that the Skrulls had lost their ability to shapeshift, Kylor declared war on the Kree.; From within the Kree Empire, his spy had provided Kylor with intelligence that let his fleet avoid a Kree ambush. A rival warlord communicated his anger at Kylor's actions, saying that a war with the Kree risked the deaths of many Skrulls due to their current vulnerability which Kylor dismissed. As the war progressed, the Silver Surfer and Nova met with Nenora the Kree Supreme Leader seeking information regarding the Contemplator. In the meeting the two Cosmic Heralds promised their neutrality in the Kree-Skrull war. Afterwards a Kree base received with open arms the Silver Surfer, only to be destroyed. The Silver Surfer and Nova headed to the Coalsack Nebula, where they infiltrated a pirate haven, looking for the Contemplator. They were discovered, were attacked by the pirates, and were taken captive by the space pirate Reptyl. Reptyl used the two prisoners to power his starships by draining their energy. Nova escaped and destroyed several pirate ships. To prevent their annihilation at her hands, Reptyl ordered the ejection of the Silver Surfer and their withdrawal. He then turned on the Contemplator, and devoured his body leaving only the head.; Rise of Nenora; Back on the Kree homeworld (Hala), Ronan the Accuser eliminated three Kree who were sent by a conspiracy of Kree generals. Ronan tried to seduce Nenora but she ignored his attempts and sent him to eliminate the Silver Surfer due to the havoc that he was wreaking on the border worlds, as he left a trail of terror throughout the Kree Empire. It's revealed that Nenora was actually a Skrull and an agent of Kylor. The warlord Kylor was ecstatic that Nenora had taken over the Kree Empire and believed that she had sent the Kree fleet into a Skrull ambush. He personally led the Skrull fleet to what he expected to be a great victory, only to learn to late that Nenora had actually betrayed him, resulting in the defeat of his fleet and his death. Nenora was eliminating all those who knew her real identity as she had ambitions of ruling the Kree Empire. Meanwhile Ronan located the Silver Surfer and Nova, but was defeated by them. The two then headed out to find the imposter.; After Kylor's death, Skrull warlord S'Byll sent her agent Krat to Earth. He located the Super-Skrull who had been trapped within the Van Allen Belts. Krat was successful in curing the Super-Skrull of his disease therefore returning him to his physical form. The Super-Skrull was assisted by the Silver Surfer who helped him escape Earth. He headed toward Satriani where he enlisted in the service of S'Byll.; Silver Surfer and Nova found the Silver Surfer imposter. Who defeated the Silver Surfer and convinced Nova it was the imposter who lay unconscious in front of Nova. When she turned away, he attacked and entrapped Nova. He revealed that he was actually Bartak, a Skrull operative. Bartak was in the service of the Skrull warlord Karza, waging war against the Kree. Ronan then appeared, with his power greatly increased so he could deal with the Silver Surfer and killed Bartak. Meanwhile the Contemplator desiring vengeance on Reptyl for a previous betrayal that left him with a disembodied head, convinced Reptyl's agent Clumsy Foulup to betray the space pirate Reptyl in exchange for being rewarded with power. The Super-Skrull was participating in the conflict by then, helping the Skrull fleet ambush a Kree fleet by the planet Galexo via his invisibility ability.; Silver Surfer Enters the War; S'Byll and the Super-Skrull manipulated the Silver Surfer into allying with them against the Kree, by making him feel obligated to save the Skrull armada from being annihilated by a Badoon fleet. As he was unaware that the Badoon were allied to the Kree, it meant his intervention on the side of the Skrulls made him an enemy of the Kree. A Kree fleet led by Ronan then arrives and lays siege to Zenn-La. The Silver Surfer arrived and defeated Ronan, and then fought the Kree fleet. A Skrull fleet arrived and battle ensued between the two armadas. After several hours of intense combat, the Skrulls emerged victorious. They then convinced the Silver Surfer to help S'Byll regain her shapeshifting abilities by combining their powers with a genetic machine. Which not only restored her shapeshifting power but boosted it vastly beyond the norm, in addition to giving her the ability to restore shapeshifting abilities to any Skrull with just a touch. The cosmic enhanced S'Byll and the Silver Surfer then headed out to space to engage the returning Kree fleet and destroyed many ships forcing them to retreat.; An even larger Kree armada returned, one that was remotely commanded by Nenora. The Silver Surfer, Super-Skrull, and the cosmically enhanced S'Byll headed into space and engaged the fleet, supported by planet-side ground-to-space energy cannons supplied by the Skrulls. The Kree withdrew, after the Silver Surfer got Nenora to agree the leave Zenn-La alone though he will continue to be a target. Per the Contemplator's instructions, Clumsy Foulup met with the Kree emperor (Nenora) and revealed the plans of Reptyl and his Skrull allies.; S'Byll returned to her homeworld Satriani with the Super-Skrull and Silver Surfer, and began to restore her people's shapeshifting abilities. During which the Stranger appeared, targeting S'Byll because of her mutation, seeking to experiment on her. The Super-Skrull and Silver Surfer attempted to stop him but failed. At which point Badoon warriors who had been cloaked among the Skrulls attacked and battle erupted between the Skrull and Badoon warriors. The Stranger headed out to space where he encountered the pirate Reptyl who came to Satraini. He saved her by giving the Stranger his own crew in exchange for S'Byll.; Reptyl requested that she make him a privateer in his fleet, expressing the desire to fight any who threaten the existence of reptilians. He returned to the Coalsack Nebula, where he gathered a new fleet and a new crew. Reptyl brought his pirate fleet to join the Skrull armada. He impressed S'Byll with his manpower, skills, and loyalty to saurians. Which lead to mutual romantic interest between Reptyl and S'byll. The Super-Skrull was angered by this as well as Reptyl's disrespect towards him and confronted Reptyl, and during the fight, Reptyl tore out his throat (in which the Super-Skrull faked his defeat and death at S'byll's command to solidify the alliance with Reptyl).; Conclusion of the War; Reptyl then made warlord of S'Byll's armada and led it into battle against the Kree fleet which arrived at Satriani. Which turned out to be a trap arranged by Clumsy Foulup, a pawn of the Contemplator (who was actually a Skrull imposter). While the Silver Surfer was occupied with the Midnight Sun (who had been found by the Kree and programmed to fight for them), the Skrull fleet was decimated and Reptyl was gravely wounded by Clumsy Foulup himself. Which turned the tide of the war in the Kree's favor.; Foulup was directed by Contemplator to head to Hala, where the Kree declared him a hero. Meanwhile the Silver Surfer and S'Byll headed toward Hala. They broke through its defenses, defeating the Midnight Sun and Kree warships, and then fight their way through the Kree city. Where Shalla-Ball who had been held prisoner, informed the Silver Surfer that Nenora the ruler of the Kree was actually a Skrull. The Silver Surfer and S'Byll then exposed Nenora as a Skrull to the Kree. S'Byll bluffed the Kree into thinking she still had powerful military assets and offered them peace. The Kree refused a permanent peace but accepted a cease fire, ending the war with the Skrulls the victors.; The Contemplator attempted to assume control of the Kree Empire by seizing control of the Supreme Intelligence. Only for Foulup to betray him with the assistance of the Cotati, who defeated him with their superior telepathic powers. The Cotati then took control of the Supreme Intelligence projection which stated that it had to rest and put Clumsy Foulup in charge of the Kree empire. ============================================================ 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. History: Overview; The Siancong War, also known as the Sin-Cong Conflict, was a war that occurred in Siancong and stretched on for several decades as several Asian crime barons manipulated and extended the conflict.; History; With the end of the Vietnam War, the European powers were driven out of the neighboring countries, but an interest in Siancong rose as multiple countries fought to lay claim to the country's mysterious energy source known as the "Dragon Breath", marking the beginning of the War. The United States of America's armed forces played an especially notable role in the war, and several Marines, Air Force pilots, and scientific allies who would go on to become heroes and vigilantes in the Heroic Age took part.; Eventually, Lady Lotus sought to end the war and instructed her sons, who belonged to opposite sides, to each get their side to attend a peace meeting in Madripoor. The peace talks lasted for weeks, and as they were finally heading somewhere, they were interrupted by a confrontation between the Titanic Three and the American heroes, resulting in 42 deaths, among them Lotus' two sons. Devastated, she tapped into more power than ever before and made every foreigner leave the country with no memory of what they were fighting for, effectively ending the war once and for all. ============================================================ 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). History: For at least tenth months, the Cult of the Serpent's army, Serpent Men reinforced by unscrupulous mercenaries and joined by troops sent by other enemies, besieged the City of Wonders, capital city of the kingdom of Valusia, intending to destroy King Kull and destroy Valusia.; That conflict brought upon the City of Wonders famine, plague, unrest, and treason, even among the nobles, and even caused Kull to doubt that his place was in Valusia.; History; ; Third Month; The army of the Serpent Cult, reinforced by unscrupulous mercenaries, had been joined by troops sent by some of Valusia's enemies, drove by their hatred to ally with those monsters. During the waiting, the Serpent Men destroyed all livestock and firewood in the countryside. Each morning, the Serpent General of the army rode to survey the walls.; In the city, Kull tracked those who would stockpiling food while most starved. When Lord Rota Aurix learned his own secret stores had been discovered, he fled the city and went to the Serpent Cult, intending to remain safe by giving up valuable intel. He informed the general, that Kull had very few troops along the ramparts on the western end of the city, which was the farthest wall from the Imperial Palace and covered the poorest sections of the city. In exchange, he asked for his weight in gold, and safe passage to Commoria, which were promised to him if the intel proved true. Meanwhile, Kull suspected such treachery, and had shifted the defenses to the west wall, the weakest point of defense.; A force of 10,000, Serpents and men, moved toward the west wall in the hour before sunrise, but their assault was promptly thwarted by Kull, Brule, and the Valusians. About 2,000 (a hundred score) of the Serpent Cult's army were killed, and the general consequently flayed Aurix. The day came, and during the general's morning survey, his personal bodyguard held Aurix's skin as a new banner, to show those inside the price of betrayal.; Seventh month; After famine and pestilence, plague fell upon the City of Wonders. Kull decreed that all suffering from the signs of the plague were to be brought to the plague hostel. The soldiers were tasked to gather there the infected, or else to kill them. Beyond the hostel was held a firepit where the dead were burned to prevent the spreading of the sickness as well as cannibalism.; The formerly wealthy and powerful Lord Khorata rallied the hostel's people, and started a riot to free themselves. He led them to the palace to demand an audience to Kull, asking to be returned to their former stations. Kull rejected his demands, and ordered that they return to the hostel, or they would be slain by the Red Slayers. The plague army rushed to kill Kull and claim the Topaz Throne, and were consequently slaughtered by the Red Slayers' bow. Kull ordered the bodies to be burned where they lied, except for a few to be loaded onto catapults and thrown into the camp of the Serpent Men.; Tenth month; The attacks of the Serpent Cult grew bolder each day, as the city weakened, cursed by plague and starvation. Kull levied on the private stores of the wealthy to fed the poor. The wealthy asked n audience of Kull, where they asked that their "burdens" would be lifted. Kull rageously dismissed them, outraged by their demand.; Asked by Laria if he didn't wished to be away, in Atlantis, Kull decided to flee the city. In his silent escape through the street, Kull was startled by a blind girl. Orphaned by the plague, the girl, unaware of her interlocutor's identity, stated that life under Kull was good and would be again, as Kull would turn back the Serpents, like he had before. Kull consequently changed his mind and remained.; Soon, the people of the City of Wonders fought with a new resolve, a new strength, instilled in them by Kull, leaving the Serpent Men wondering the origin of that change.; Eventually, Kull was victorious and the siege was lifted. The circumstances of this victory have yet to be told. Perhaps Kull succeeded in spreading the plague among the assailants, contributing to his victory. ============================================================ 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 History: Books set in the new status quo established by X of Swords.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; December 2020; January 2021; February 2021; March 2021; April 2021; May 2021; June 2021; July 2021; August 2021; September 2021; January 2022; February 2022 ============================================================ 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 History: The heroes of the Infinity Warps return! When villains Madame Hel, Red Dormammu and Stane Odinson work together to cause a rift between Iron Hammer and Soldier Supreme, it leads to a crisis across spacetime that brings together Weapon Hex, Ghost Panther, Arachknight and more to save their reality! ============================================================ 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: History: This is the future Mister Sinister wants. Nathaniel Essex's machinations propel the Marvel Universe into a dystopic timeline. Spans three era: Year 10, Year 100, Year 1000.; Event; Prelude; Year 1; Year 10; Year 100; Year 1000 ============================================================ 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 History: In the aftermath of Age of Revelation, the X-Men are now armed with knowledge to prevent one of the darkest futures in Marvel Comics history. It’s time to embrace bold action, strengthen alliances, and empower the next generation! United, the X-Men will alter mutantkind’s fate and ensure their dream isn’t darkened by the SHADOWS OF TOMORROW!; New/Returning series; January 2026; February 2026; March 2026; } ============================================================ 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. History: Overview; The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, was a proxy war of the Cold War that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1955 to April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies China and the Soviet Union, versus South Vietnam and supported by the United States plus others.; History; In 1954, after the First Indochina War, Vietnam received their independence from the French Empire thanks to the rebellion lead by Ho Chi Minh. The country was divided into the democratic South and a Communist North. In 1956, South Vietnam, with American backing, refused to hold unification elections. In 1958, the Viet Cong, had begun to battle the South Vietnamese government. Over the next few years the US sent a large number of troops over to the country.; In 1963, the military condition deteriorated, and South Vietnam had lost the fertile Mekong Delta to the Viet Cong.; In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson escalated the war, commencing air strikes on North Vietnam and committing ground forces. This lead to the battle of Ia Drang, the first major battle of the war in which the US was involved, located at the eastern foot of the Chu Pong Massif in the central highlands of Vietnam. One squad of troops was sadly outnumbered by the Viet Cong.; In 1966, S.H.I.E.L.D. excavated the body of a primordial symbiote and extracted samples of its biomass that they bonded to a group of wounded soldiers. These symbiote-augmented super-soldiers were sent on black ops missions, but the primordial symbiote was indwelled by a malevolent entity that possessed the ability to control symbiotes and send them into feral rampages. Despite some initial success, the Sym-Soldiers quickly succumbed to their symbiotes' bloodlust, went insane, and began devouring Việt Cộng and American soldiers alike. S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury subsequently declared the Sym-Soldiers a liability and contacted Logan to assist him in hunting them down. One of the symbiotes impersonated its late host, Rex Strickland, and joined them in subduing its brethren, becoming an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.; while the other Sym-Soldiers were cryogenically frozen.; In 1968, Frank Simpson was sent to Vietnam War as a black-ops agent. Captured by the Viet Cong, Frank was severely tortured by Logan (who was posing as a Russian intelligence liaison), shattering Frank's still unbalanced mind. While torturing Nuke (even carving into his face the American flag that years later would become part of his super-powered personality) Logan implanted the phrase "No V.C.!" as a trigger word, along with the compulsion to kill gruesomely, in retaliation for the tortures he suffered, anyone who uttered the words. He then allowed Frank to escape, testing his work with a village of peasants, who, seeing an American soldier, tried to soothe his anger and convince him to spare them, shouting the "No V.C.!" phrase, meaning that they weren't Viet Cong. Frank, in response to the trigger word, burnt the village to the ground killing every inhabitant.; In 1968, Victor Creed was serving in Vietnam, and during this time he killed a number prostitutes. While in Saigon a man known as the "White Devil" was rumored to be involved in the disappearance of soldiers and locals. Creed was offered a job leading his own team of enforcers he happily accepted.; In 1969, Frank Simpson was recruited into Project Homegrown: the next project of the Weapon Plus program. They began experimenting on soldiers who served in Vietnam. Many died, such as Andrew Perlmutter, Michael Labash, John Walsh, James MacPherson and fourteen other unnamed recruits. The only known successful subject was Frank Simpson codenamed "Nuke", who had armored implants under his epidermis and was given Adrenaline Pills to alter and control his mood.; In 1970, President Richard Nixon tried to stop the supply lines from Cambodia. This act violated Cambodian neutrality and provoked antiwar protests on the nation's college campuses.; In 1973, an agreement was reached; U.S. forces were withdrawn from Vietnam, and U.S. prisoners of war were released. In 1975, South Vietnam surrendered to the North, and Vietnam was reunited.; Alternate Realities; Earth-85101; A fictional representation of the Vietnam War where the only superheroes on Earth-85101 appear to exist in the pages of comic books and in Ice Phillip's dream. But there is a Frank Castle.; Earth-200111; In Earth-200111, Second Lieutenant Frank Castle served during the Vietnam War and was assigned to Hill 861 during his first tour of duty in 1968. In 1972, after what happened at Firebase Valley Forge, Frank Castle was brought to a military hospital in Da Nang. ============================================================ 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 History: Universes cross over, and Magneto and Darkseid team up. To stop them, Access amalgamates the two universes' heroes. ============================================================ 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. History: On what seems to be an ordinary Tuesday, Reed Richards prepares to propose to his girlfriend, Sue Storm. The rest of the Fantastic Four, the Ultimates, Spider-Man, and the X-Men live out their normal lives. Everything seems well until a series of disasters befalls a few major cities: a lightning storm suddenly appears in New York City and a tidal wave hits Manhattan. Reed Richards and Sue Storm attempt to make it back into the Baxter Building while the Thing attempts to hold off a blue whale that crashes into the building. Giant Man breaks out of Tony Stark's mansion looking for Jan. In the flooded streets in New York City, Bruce Banner appears to have drowned only to turn into his Hulk persona. Kitty Pryde helps Peter get on his Spider-Man costume and encourages him to save as many as he can. Angel rescues an unconscious Dazzler whom he believes is dead. Iron Man proceeds to rescue Captain America, stating that many people have died and that he doesn't know where the rest of the Ultimates are. With New York City underwater and time running out, Sue Storm manages to push all the water back out of the city with a colossal force field which knocks her unconscious and leaves her on the brink of death. Reed later assumes that Namor was the one who caused the tidal wave. Namor aggressively denies any part in the destruction of New York City, his reasoning being that he would never knowingly put Sue in danger. After knocking him out, Reed wonders who it truly was. In Latveria, Doctor Doom leaves his castle to notice that everyone and everything is frozen. Professor X states that millions have died and telepathically tells Captain America, Reed Richards, Iron Man, the Thing, and Spider-Man that Magneto has arranged for all of this to happen. Magneto is then revealed to be in his floating citadel with Thor's hammer Mjolnir.; May Parker is arrested and brought to the 103rd precinct where she is questioned at length about her nephew's connection to Spider-Man. The detectives are convinced that Peter Parker actually is Spider-Man, but May offers them nothing, insisting that they allow her to contact a lawyer. Suddenly, all of the lights go out. May walks out of the building into the street only to bear witness to a scene of unheralded devastation. The Ultimatum Wave slams into New York City completely flooding the five Burroughs. Thousands of people are killed. Spider-Man swings about, desperately trying to save lives. He is scared and confused and doesn't understand why this is happening. He receives a telepathic message from X-Men leader Charles Xavier who explains to him that the Ultimatum Wave is the fault of Magneto. Magneto wants revenge against the entire world for the deaths of his children, Wanda and Pietro. In Battery Park, Kitty Pryde tries to rescue people on the L train, but many of them are reluctant to receive aid from a mutant. Gwen and Mary Jane are nearby, and are just as confused and scared as everybody else. At the precinct, Jessica Drew, aka Spider-Woman, swings down and finds May Parker outside police headquarters. May is trying to save the life of the detective, Mary Lambow, who arrested her, and is currently pinned down beneath a fallen telephone pole.; William Stryker's wife and son are killed by the Ultimatum Wave. At Xavier's school, Jean Grey tells the team that Dazzler and Nightcrawler are dead. She refuses to allow Rogue to become involved following her recent use of Banshee. Upon Toad stating that the X-Men don't trust her, Rogue leaves the mansion. A group of survivors, incensed at Magneto's actions, find William Stryker in Central Park and offer him the opportunity to lead an anti-mutant militia using armor plating scavenged from the remains of destroyed Sentinels. Rogue flies to Canada to find Alpha Flight member Vindicator, revealing that she knows he is actually former Weapon X watchdog John Wraith. He tells Rogue that he will help find former Weapon X agents who are working for Magneto. They find Sabretooth and Juggernaut in a pub and incapacitate them. William Stryker and his armored death squad begin hunting mutants in upstate New York; their first act of violence is against Syndicate.; Following the Ultimatum Wave attack, Franklin Storm is found dead, Sue is in a coma, and Johnny is missing. The Thing is alone at the Baxter Building while Mister Fantastic searches for him. Thing travels to Pinehead Buttes, Montana in search of Dr. Arthur Molekevic. Josie and her team lead Thing down into the caverns where Dr. Molekevic is discovered, imprisoned by the Lava Men. Thing manages to rescue him and return to the surface. Upon reaching New York, Molekevic agrees to help Susan in any way he can; after examining her, they conclude that they will have to travel into her body. Dr. Molekevic asks Thing if he has access to Pym Particles.; Hulk assists Spider-Man in freeing a New Yorker trapped beneath a car. At the Triskelion, Iron Man arrives with Captain America's lifeless body, and convinces Carol Danvers to put Cap on life support. Hawkeye volunteers to help Hank Pym search for Jan, stating that nobody deserves to suffer the loss of a loved one. Back at the Baxter Building, Ben Grimm watches over Sue Storm, who remains comatose after saving the city. Her powers remain active but uncontrolled, and Grimm nearly falls victim to her unrestrained telekinesis. Meanwhile, Doctor Doom and Zarda confront Reed Richards, for help in stopping Magneto, which necessitates retrieving Nick Fury from the parallel universe which is home to the Squadron Supreme. Thor seeks the land of the dead to save Valkyrie and is confronted by Hela, who forces Thor to battle Hela's army of fallen warriors to reach Valkyrie. Captain America appears, implying that he died in the Triskelion. Hawkeye and Hank Pym notices something on a flooded New York street: Blob eating the remains of the Wasp. Meanwhile at Xavier's Institute for Gifted Children, Magneto confronts Professor X. Magneto tells him that the deaths of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch "merely opened [his] eyes", stating that man has been in the constant decline spreading disease, war, ecological ruin, and famine. Magneto alludes to the biblical flood, but Xavier says that Magneto is not God, and that upon captured or death, he will be recalled as a monster. Enraged, Magneto snaps Xavier's neck.; The Daily Bugle staff relocates to New Jersey where J. Jonah Jameson starts writing articles to support Spider-Man after witnessing his daring acts of heroism when the Ultimatum Wave hits. As Spider-Woman rescues Aunt May, Spider-Man persuades the Hulk to help save people from the Ultimatum Wave. After Hulk uses his power claps to douse some building that were on fire, he and Spider-Man find the body of Daredevil. When Hulk regresses to Bruce Banner, he blames himself for the carnage that has happened. Spider-Man tells him that it wasn't him who caused the damage which Bruce was witness to, but Banner is inconsolable. He asks Spider-Man to kill him, as he transforms back into the Hulk, who attacks Spider-Man. While Spider-Man swings over to Greenwich Village to escape, he sees that the Sanctum Sanctorum had been hit by the Ultimatum Wave; dozens of demons emerge when the Sanctum Sanctorum's roof collapses.; General Thunderbolt Ross shows up to oversee the Thing and Dr. Molekevic's mission. They prepare a vehicle that they will use to travel into Susan's body. When the Awesome II vehicle is complete, Dr. Molekevic and Thing head into her body and go through various parts to get to her brain stem. When they get to the brain, Molekevic uses his laser to stimulate the appropriate section. They fight off the remaining nano-bug on their way out (at rapid speeds since the bug damaged their size-holding processor). As Susan Storm wakes up, Ben is offered a job as a test pilot for the Army. Sue discovers that the nano-bugs were created by Reed for some unknown reason. She uses this discovery to postulate that they can find Johnny if he has the same bugs in his system since they give off a microscopic signal.; William Stryker's Sentinel units invade the X-Mansion and managed to deliver the final blow on Syndicate. At Department H, Rogue convinces Sabretooth to help out while John Wraith does the same for Juggernaut. Rogue receives contact from Psylocke that William Stryker's goons have invaded the X-Mansion. When William Stryker's group surround the school, Liz Allan (who had just joined the X-Men as Firestar) starts throwing fireballs at them. One of Stryker's men fires at Liz, but Toad blocks the attack and is nearly killed. Rogue and the others arrive. One of them fires a poison dart into Juggernaut's eye where he apparently dies in Rogue's arms. Rogue gets angered by this and attacks William Stryker.; Mystique taunts Magneto about destroying the world for his "little girl," and some of the mutants begin turning on Magneto for killing other mutants (seen as "turning on his own people"). After killing the Madrox clone that stated that, Magneto quotes "After the great flood, God spared only Noah and his family. He did so because he knew they'd be loyal. They were the last of mankind. Now, I will choose who lives and dies. Those that remain will be grateful, for they will find themselves in heaven on Earth." Hank Pym, furious at the death of Janet, bites Blob's head off before carrying her body back to the Triskelion. The X-Men are also mourning their dead, and Angel swears he's going to kill Magneto for what he's done, and when Jean tries to reach out to the professor, she tells the others that he's dead as well. Thor officially sacrifices his life to save Valkyrie and Captain America from Hela's realm. Meanwhile, a horde of Jamie Madrox's dupes act as suicide bombers, attacking Ultimates headquarters as Iron Man and Carol Danvers struggle to hold them off. Eventually, Hank arrives back and realizing the dire nature of the situation. He sacrifices himself to destroy the clones by taking them out to the water, but not before instructing Tony to take Wasp's dead body and find an encrypted file titled "The Jocasta Project". Captain America wakes up not long after. He is infuriated by the death of both Hank and Janet, the woman he loves. Captain America then orders the Ultimates to gather all the remaining heroes as they are going after Magneto.; While looking for Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Thing, Mary Storm and Doctor Molekevic go to Atlantis and battle Namora, Doctor Dorcas and a Tiger Shark. When they are defeated, Invisible Woman uses the Equinox Antenna find Mister Fantastic's signal in the Squadron Supreme dimension and Johnny's signal is in a hell dimension.; Jamie Madrox's duplicates attack the X-Mansion and Rogue uses her powers to copy his in order to fight them. Wolverine heads to the Savage Land to find Jamie Madrox. With the help of Ka-Zar, Wolverine finds Jamie and kills him.; Mary Jane gets angry that Kitty sent Spider-Man out to save people. Kitty leaves to get Spider-Man back. Spider-Man and Hulk enter the Sanctum Sanctorum and fight various demons. They then encounter Doctor Strange who has been overtaken by Nightmare. It turned out that Nightmare possessed Dr. Strange's (dead?) body and has been responsible for the demons that have been released from Dr. Strange's house. In the midst of the battle, Nightmare attacked Spider-Man and Hulk. Nightmare creating the hundreds of dead bodies Hulk killed as a part of his nightmare and re-created Peter's villains/fears in the shapes of the Green Goblin, Venom, Carnage, a dead Uncle Ben, and numerous others, leaving Peter to wonder if being a hero was really worth all the death and suffering. However, upon solidifying into a young-looking purple being, the Hulk attacks him in response to the nightmares. Nightmare tries to escape through a portal which the Hulk proceeds to smash, creating an explosion with Peter and the Hulk trapped in the center of the blast.; After being freed from Nightmare, Doctor Strange then tries to take on Dormammu who emerges after Strange's house is destroyed by the blast. However, Dormammu (who is channeling Johnny Storm's flame) kills Doctor Strange. Then Ben and Sue appear, ready to take on Dormammu. In the Supreme Power universe, Mister Fantastic, Doctor Doom, Zarda, and Arcanna approach the exiled Nick Fury telling him they need his help, and that Magneto is destroying the planet and wiping out mankind. Of course Nick knew all about Magneto's end time plan, but tells Doctor Doom that he has to come clean with the others or he won't come back with them. Doctor Doom does so, admitting that he had the Scarlet Witch murdered so that he could then swoop in after the battle between mutants and humans and rule everything. Meanwhile, the Ultimates and Wolverine burst into the Citadel to take down Magneto. Angel swoops in through a window, but is immediately slashed open by Sabretooth and bites off one of his wings. Hawkeye blinds Sabretooth by shooting him through the eye with an arrow after he was found eating on Angel's wings. Magneto then gets his arm cut off by Valkyrie (who wants to reclaim Thor's hammer) and then attacks and slices Valkyrie's throat, but she survives. Captain America then bursts in hitting the back of Magneto's helmet with his shield, to which Magneto collapses the ceiling on them, trapping them in the rubble. He flees the scene and cauterizes his arm with his magnetic abilities. When he runs into Cyclops, Phoenix, Wolverine, Storm, Hawkeye, and Iron Man, he is prepared to strike, and immediately quotes biblical verse once more before as the heroes pause before attacking him.; It is only hours after the Ultimatum wave hit. This story continues from last issue, where the Hulk was seen causing a massive explosion. Now, Spider-Woman enters the destroyed Doctor Strange's house. Out of the rubble, the Hulk emerges, either possessed or simply in a rage, the Hulk chases down Spider-woman. If not for aiding S.H.I.E.L.D. helicopters, Spider-woman would be dead. The Hulk lost sight of Spider-Woman after been blasted at by the choppers, and he fled. Spider-Woman then starts to look for Spider-Man. After failed attempts to find him, Kitty arrived to the wreckage, and the two helped citizens get to higher grounds. After a flood from a sewer erupted, Kitty and Spider-Woman found, along with countless bodies, Spider-Man's mask. No such luck for finding Spider-Man would come, and the next morning, Kitty arrived to Aunt May's house with horrible news...Spider-Man is gone. Kitty handed Mary Jane Spider-Man's mask.; Wolverine attacks Magneto with the intent to kill him. After hitting Wolverine upon setting off Cyclops' visor and Iron Man's lasers, Magneto manages to kill Wolverine by ripping the adamantium from his bones after Wolverine managed to stab Magneto in the chest. Nick Fury then arrives with Mister Fantastic, Doctor Doom, and Zarda and implements his contingency plan. Using Jean's telepathy, Fury transmits his memories to Magneto showing him that the existence of mutants was in fact the result of a misguided genetic super soldier experiment. Disillusioned, Magneto immediately reverses the damage he had done to the magnetic poles and allows Cyclops to decapitate him with his eyebeams. The heroes then leave the Citadel without Wolverine's body, believing him unable to survive Magneto's attack. Magneto's base is then destroyed with the possibly still living Wolverine left inside. Eight days later, the world has begun to recover from the devastation. Cyclops gives a speech in Washington D.C. near a crowd of anti-mutant protesters. He acknowledges Magneto's crimes, but pleads for peace between humans and mutants. He also announces that Congress is currently voting on a bill that will require all mutants to turn themselves into the US government, or be shot on sight. However, Cyclops is suddenly shot in the head by an unknown shooter. Meanwhile in Latveria, The Thing arrives in time to crush Dr. Doom's head in his hand. In Wundagore, Quicksilver is revealed to actually be alive, and confirms that he was the one who assassinated Cyclops. He then takes Magneto's helmet and swears to carry on his father's dream, all while in the presence of Mystique, Sabretooth, and an unknown woman whose face is not shown.; Deaths; Angel - Killed and partially eaten by Sabretooth. (Ultimatum #4); Beast - Drowned in the Ultimatum Wave. (Ultimatum #1); Blob - Head bitten off by Hank Pym. (Ultimatum #3); Cannonball - Blown up by Madrox. (Ultimatum #3); Cyclops - Shot in the head by Quicksilver. (Ultimatum #5); Daredevil - Found dead by Spider-Man. Presumably drowned in the Ultimatum Wave. (Ultimate Spider-Man #131); Dazzler - Drowned in the Ultimatum Wave. (Ultimatum #1); Detonator - Tortured and killed in the Savage Land. (Ultimatum #3); Doctor Strange - Killed by Dormammu after his body is constricted, causing his engorged head to explode. His body is taken by a mysterious person. (Ultimatum #4); Emma Frost - Blown up by Madrox. (Ultimatum #3); Forge - Tortured and killed in the Savage Land. (Ultimatum #3); Franklin Storm - Killed by the Ultimatum Wave. (Ultimate Fantastic Four #58); Hard-Drive - Tortured and killed in the Savage Land. (Ultimatum #3); Hank Pym - Blown up by Madrox. (Ultimatum #3); Juggernaut - Hit in the eye by a poisonous dart shot by a Sentinel soldier. (Ultimate X-Men #99); Longshot - Tortured and killed in the Savage Land. (Ultimatum #3); Lorelei - Killed by Wolverine. (Ultimate X-Men #100); Magneto - Head blown off by Cyclops. (Ultimatum #5); Nightcrawler - Drowned in the Ultimatum Wave. (Ultimatum #1); Polaris - Blown up by Madrox. (Ultimatum #3); Professor X - Neck broken by Magneto. (Ultimatum #2); Psylocke - Listed by Marvel as dead, though her death was never shown.; Sunspot - Blown up by Madrox (Ultimatum #3); Syndicate - Dead after one of his heads is blown off by William Stryker. (Ultimate X-Men #99); Thor - Surrendered his soul to Valhalla. (Ultimatum #3); Toad - Listed by Marvel as dead, though his death was never shown.; Wasp - Either partially eaten by Blob or drowned in the Ultimatum Wave (and subsequently having Blob eat her corpse) (Ultimatum #2); Wolverine - Completely shredded by Magneto. (Ultimatum #5); MIA/Presumed Dead; Firestar - MIA, revealed to be alive in Ultimate X Vol 1 4.; Havok - MIA, revealed to be alive in Ultimate X Vol 1 5.; Madrox - Killed by Wolverine. (Ultimate X-Men #100) Witnessed alive later.; Nightmare - Presumably dead after the Hulk destroys Doctor Strange's Orb of Acmantata. (Ultimate Spider-Man #132); Spider-Man - MIA (Ultimate Spider-Man #132), revealed to be alive in Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem Book One Vol 1 2.; Doctor Doom - Head crushed by the Thing (Ultimatum #5), revealed to be alive in Ultimate FF Vol 1 1, with the Doom killed by the Thing being allegedly Mary Storm in disguise. ============================================================ 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 History: The Terminus Factor was a five-part storyline that ran throughout specific Marvel Comics Annuals during the 1990 Winter season. Primarily an Avengers-centric story, "The Terminus Factor" centered around the return of the alien conqueror Terminus the Destroyer, his Deviant successor Jorro and the robotic Termini.; Synopsis; In this story arc it was revealed that Terminus had seeded the core of the Earth with spores that were released onto the surface by a manned probe sent into a volcano. Iron Man became infected by the spores when he had to rescue the probe and was driven into a berserk rage by them. Captain America was able to save him by drawing him into a protracted battle in the cold mountain range. (The spores at that time required heat to stay viable.); Although Iron Man and other human infectees were freed, at least one grizzly bear became infected. It began seeking out metal which it began consuming as the spores turned the animal into a techno-organic monster. During this time it came across Machine Man and attempted to consume him. The creature was defeated with the help of Iron Man, but again the spores survived.; As more of the "Termini" began appearing, the Mighty Thor and Hercules found themselves fighting a small army of the creatures that were demonstrating more than animal-level intelligence. Leaving Hercules to fight the beasts, Thor took to space to find Terminus in an attempt to stop the creatures at their source. Before leaving, however, he removed one of the enchantments from his hammer, [Mjolnir]. Specifically the enchantment that made the hammer return to its owner when thrown. Thor found, battled, and apparently lost to Terminus who then absorbed Mjolnir into himself and headed towards Earth.; Meanwhile, the damage Hercules was inflicting upon the Terminoids caused the creatures to begin consuming each other. The result was the creation of an Terminus-like monster that was now fully sentient. The West Coast Avengers, accompanied by the newly reactivated Human Torch engaged the New Terminus, only to find that it seemed much stronger than the original Terminus (they were unaware that some of the Terminus' they had fought in the past were fakes). The situation became more complicated when Terminus descended to Earth and challenged his offspring to mortal combat. The West Coast Avengers attempted to separate the two giants by use of illusions, but their ruse was short lived and the two monsters finally clashed. The original Terminus eventually defeated his "child" and then consumed him. This resulted in Terminus transforming into a larger, four-armed "ultimate" form. The West Coast Avengers were unable to immediately follow as Terminus set off towards St. Louis.; As the two main branches of the Avengers marshaled themselves, Hawkeye called upon Mockingbird and the Great Lakes Avengers to delay Terminus for as long as possible. Although the GLA looked at this as an opportunity to prove themselves worthy of a full membership into the Avengers the encounter was a debacle for the team as Terminus swatted their plane from the sky, briefly killed team member Mr. Immortal and generally ignored them. When the assembled Avengers task force finally arrived, Mockingbird became incensed at Hawkeye's comment that they were just a delaying action.; Meanwhile in space, Thor, who had been left for dead by Terminus drifted into a small asteroid field with sufficient gravity to have a thin atmosphere. Taking heart that he could enact his stratagem, Thor began to speak an incantation in Asgardian.; Back on Earth Terminus generally ignored the Avengers and protected himself behind a force-field as he used his lance to begin draining Earth of its energy. Quasar lead the team in an effort to push Terminus out into space as he and Spider-man had before, but Terminus stalemated them. Just before Terminus could begin a counter-offensive, Thor finished his incantation which re-established the retuning enchantment upon his hammer. Since Mjolnir was part of Terminus now, Terminus found himself, and the heroes nearest to him sucked into space towards Thor.; Once in space the Avengers were able to separate Terminus from his lance, and this time Quasar used his quantum jump ability to send it too far away from Terminus to reclaim it. As a result, it was discovered that Terminus was much more dependent on his lance than his previous forms and his body collapsed in upon itself. As he condensed into a black hole, Mjolnir returned to Thor, and the Avengers returned to Earth.; Reading Order; Terminus Factor ============================================================ 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 History: After the events of Messiah Complex storyline, Cyclops ordered Wolverine to form a new X-Force team to act as his own covert black-ops squad, something Cyclops himself told no one outside the team, in particular the co-leader of X-Men and his lover, Emma Frost. Also, in the Secret Invasion: Dark Reign one-shot, at the first meeting of the Cabal, Norman Osborn promised Emma Frost to leave the mutant community in San Francisco alone, provided she kept them under control. Emma kept the fact that she belonged to the Cabal from Cyclops himself. These secrets caused a split in their relationship.; Another event of note happened at the start of Messiah Complex, when at the place of birth of the new mutant child in Cooperstown, Alaska a battle took place between Marauders and Purifiers, resulting in the town being positively razed. After that Simon Trask, the brother of the original Sentinels creator Bolivar Trask and a fierce political anti-mutant activist, has called for legislating mutant reproductive rights. Trask's influence resulted in many states supporting to this anti-mutant legislation, which in turn began to cause turmoil in the mutant community.; Event Synopsis ============================================================ 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 History: Odin has called the start of the Tournament of Titans to determine who will be the Champion of Asgard. Lighting three torches, he sends three of Asgard's greatest athletes to the Mount of Eternity to light the Beacon of the Brave. The lighting of the flame is seen all over the realm and beyond, it is especially seen by the Absorbing Man and Loki who are still frozen solid and trapped in orbit around Asgard following their last defeat at the hands of Thor. Bitter at this defeat, Loki vows to get revenge against Thor and Odin and ruin the games.; Odin meanwhile, being stuck in the role of judge of the games, reminisces to Thor about the old days when he used to compete in the Tournament. Thor is met by the Warriors Three who have come to try and get Thor to come out and enjoy the festivities. Odin realizing he has been keeping his son from enjoying himself allows the Thunder God to leave with his friends. Along the way the quartet of heroes are stopped when they happen upon a bar brawl involving Tyr, Brok, Galp, and Drom the Spirit-Weaver, four ne'er-do-wells. They break up the fight and the two groups then end up challenging each other to see who is superior. Tyr choosing Fandral, Galp against Hogun, Brok against Thor, and Drom against Volstagg.; As this is going on, Loki sends his spirit to Earth where he finds the ruins of temple where the Destroyer armor was stored. There, Loki possesses the body of the Destroyer in the hopes of using the enchanted armor against Thor and Odin and ruin the Tournament.; Back on Asgard, the tournament gets underway starting with a battle royal to see who is the bravest warrior of them all. Participating in the event are Thor, the Warriors Three, Tyr, Brok, Galp and Drom. As planned these eight warriors pair off fighting their supposed equal opponent to see which one is the better of the other. As this contest goes on, the Destroyer armor arrives on the Bifrost Bridge, and Heimdall proves to be little match to stop it from crossing into Asgard.; The Destroyer enters the arena where at that time the Warriors Three, Thor, and Tyr and his goons are all fighting each other. The Destroyer soon breaks up the fight, easily dispelling all the contenders and making its way toward Odin himself. Dropping their battle with Tyr and his crones, Thor goes after the Destroyer, attacking the enchanted armor all by himself. Like in his previous encounter with the Destroyer armor, Thor finds that he does not have sufficient power to be able to stop it.; When the armor gets to Odin, Loki reveals that he is the one that is piloting the suit and prepares to destroy Odin with a blast from the armor's disintegration ray. Before he can do so, Balder -- whom Odin sent off to locate Loki's physical body -- returns with the location of the body. Odin then casts a spell of forgetfulness on Loki's inert form blocking out all of his thoughts. With no mind or memory to remember how to pilot the armor, Loki's soul returns to his body rendering the Destroyer armor inert once more. With Loki's plot foiled, Odin addresses his subjects and declares them all heroes. ============================================================ 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. History: After the priest-lords' regime had fallen and Warlord Kro had disappeared, a civil war erupted in Deviant Lemuria. The Deviant Brutus emerged victorious and assumed control of the Deviants. He aimed to reclaim all that used to belong to the Deviants, including all of Subterranea and the technology that they left behind. Leading an army of Deviant Mutates which he brutalized, he began a war against the other Subterranean factions.; The subterranean war spilled onto the streets of NY city. The Avengers were forced to intervene in the battle that raged between the Deviants on one side and the Moloids, Tyrannoids, and Lava Men on the other. They managed to drive the combatants back underground. Pursuing them underground, the Avengers encountered the Mole Man, Grotesk, and Tyrannus who revealed that their followers had not been invading the surface world - they were actually fleeing the Deviants, who had been attacking the other subterranean groups. Soon, the Avengers found themselves besieged by the Deviants led by Brutus, and were taken captive.; Having lost control of the Fountain of Youth to the Deviants, Tyrannus feared getting old. He demanded that the Mole Man assist him in regaining control of the Fountain Youth. To force the Hulk to help them, he kidnapped Rick Jones and Betty Banner. Hulk pursued them underground, while Brutus learned of their plot regarding the Fountain of Youth. He had his forces set up a trap for them. Hulk encountered the Mole Man and his army of Moloids, and was informed of why they lured him into Subterranea. Hulk was attacked by the Deviants upon his arrival at the Fountain of Youth. Using a canteen he gathered some of the liquid, after which he caused a cave which buried the Fountain of Youth and the Deviants. Once he was given Betty and Rick back he emptied the canteen, spilling its liquid on the floor and laughed at Tyrannus as he lapped at the water. After he left, Tryannus began to choke and keeled over, as Brutus had poisoned the Fountain of Youth.; An ancient-looking Queen Kala appeared outside Stark's building. She begged Iron Man to help the Mole Man and the Subterraneans who were being attacked by the Deviants. They were then attacked by Subterranea's Outcasts, who captured Kala and took her underground. Iron Man followed them underground, while Kala convinced her captors to take a detour to Netherworld. Where the Netherworlders confront the group as Kala had been exiled on penalty of death. Iron Man arrived in time to save them, while two of the Outcasts (Digger and Landslide) damaged the city while defending themselves from the Netherworlders. Through Kala was de-aged by the Netherworld atmosphere, she decided to return to the surface as the Mole Man needed her help.; The Deviants launched a final assault on their Subterranean rivals and prepared a weapon of mass destruction, the Oscillatron, which would destroy the other Subterranean realms and shatter the surface world. Iron Man took both the West Coast Avengers and the Great Lakes Avengers underground. They fought the Deviants, freeing the East Coast Avengers. During the fighting, Sersi discovered that Brutus was in fact a Deviant Mutate who had managed to pass as a normal Deviant. The regular Deviants abandoned him, after which the mutates who had been brutalized by Brutus tore him apart. While the Avengers were celebrating their victory, Grotesk prepared to use the Oscillatron to destroy the world. He then activated the weapon but the Living Lightning had absorbed so much energy from the machine, that nothing happened - after which Grotesk fell under the Avengers' attacks. ============================================================ 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. History: Three experimental, genetically-modified super-soldiers (Guillotine, Romulus and Sathan) escaped from Hydra's clutches. Baron Strucker, who is secretly alive again and recovered the command of the organization, summons three of his elite bounty hunters (Dakini, Striklan and Takimoto) to bring the fugitives; in the process, they are expected to confront Daredevil, the Punisher and Captain America - not to mention Nick Fury S.H.I.E.L.D., still unaware of Strucker's return. The confrontations get difficult: Strucker kills Sathan to stop her from falling in enemy hands, but Striklan deserts and escapes the organization; Guillotine attempts to go rogue and become a drug lord, killing Takimoto in the process, but is apprehended and pretends to have been secretly working for Hydra; and Dakini is also killed by Romulus in her attempt to recover her lost humanity but, like Guillotine, Romulus is returned to Hydra and has to forfeit her own plans. Strucker then reveals that he had been manipulating the situation to perform tests of strength to empower his own agents and to get intelligence on his enemies. ============================================================ 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 History: With the President and the both houses of Congress murdered by the Children of Tomorrow, America turns to Steve Rogers. In a special election, Steve is elected President.; Despite a fractured America, the heroes of this country unite behind Captain America, a true hands on commander-in-chief, and restore the Union. ============================================================ 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 History: Comics Involved ============================================================ 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. History: After Galactus' attack, the heroes face the consequences of the almost the end of the world.; clear; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; April 2014; May 2014 ============================================================ 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 History: Prelude; Near the conclusion of the Shi'ar-Kree War, the Inhumans's T-Bomb exploded in the void between the Kree and Shi'ar galaxies. Tearing a rift in the space-time continuum, which exposed the universe to other realities. To prevent it from expanding the Guardians of the Galaxy stabilized the Fault. The Shi'ar Imperial Guard sent an expedition into the Fault, where they were forced to do battle with demonic-like forces, took casualties, and were forced to withdraw.; Invasion; As the Guardians of the Galaxy were watching the imprisoned Thanos, who had recently been resurrected, Nova pursued the fake Quasar. Meanwhile the Fault which had been sealed by Adam Warlock, was torn open by Magus and his Universal Church of Truth.; Eldritch monsters and a fleet of warships emerged from the Fault, which were confronted by a Kree-Shi'ar armada commanded by Queen Medusa. They soon discovered that these monsters could take up to 7-8 times the damage before dying compared to their reality's equivalents. Allied starships were being hit by ejecta that were alive and breaking through their hulls. The fleet was being overwhelmed by the invaders, forcing Medusa to send out a call for reinforcements from everyone in known space. Reinforcements arrived and the fleet came to include starships from a hundred interstellar cultures, including the Rigellians, Spartax, and Blastaar's forces. It was an invasion that made the Annihilation War look like a schoolyard fight. Among the invaders was their leader, Lord Mar-Vell who killed Magus for his failure to locate Thanos. Soon afterwards, the allied armada were reinforced by various cosmic beings, including Galactus and the Celestials. In response the invaders sent the miles-long Galactus Engine to deal with the cosmic abstracts. During the fighting it was discovered that the eldritch entities were able to kill cosmic abstracts. The cosmic beings were forced to retreat as the Galactus Engine was tearing through everything in its path.; The invaders came from the Cancerverse, a universe in which a dying Captain Mar-Vel made a pact with the Many-Angled Ones, primordial Eldritch entities that exist between the universes, spreading their corruption across the Multiverse. He corrupted and twisted his closest friends and allies, after which they destroyed that reality's Death by killing its avatar of death, Thanos. Permitting the Many-Angled Ones to take over his reality, corrupting all life. It became a universe in which nothing died and life ran rampant, similar to cancer. He now aimed to spread this plague of "undeath" to the rest of the multiverse. Lord Mar-Vel was the Cancerverse's avatar of Life, and just as he had killed his reality's avatar of death, he needed to do the same to this universe's Thanos to kill it's Death. The Guardians of the Galaxy took Thanos into the Fault to eliminate Lord Mar-Vell, while Mar-Vell was searching for Thanos in their universe. Nova led the Silver Surfer, Quasar, Gladiator, Beta Ray Bill, and Ronan the Accuser against Mar-Vell only to be defeated. Drax the Destroyer who was influenced by the Cancerverse, attacked Thanos, forcing him to kill Drax. Which alerted Mar-Vell to his presence in the Cancerverse.; Mar-Vell confronts the Guardians and Thanos back in the Cancerverse, and to the Guardians shock Thanos surrenders to Mar-Vell, seeking a final and permanent death. Upon sacrificing Thanos, Mar-Vell realized that he had been tricked as Thanos's death summoned Death from the Prime Reality into the Cancerverse. Mar-Vell is claimed by Death, resulting in a chain reaction. His followers were killed, the Fault collapsed, the Cancerverse was collapsing, and his masters were weakened. Thanos expected to be embraced by Death but once again she spurned him, enraging Thanos who blamed the heroes and vowed to all of the cosmos would suffer. Nova and Star-Lord teleported the rest of the Guardians back to Earth-616, while they remained in the Cancerverse to keep Thanos within that dimension until its approaching destruction.; Aftermath; During a memorial service which was held for the casualties of the war, Rocket Raccoon was informed by Quasar that without Nova, the Nova Force had disappeared and the Xandarian Worldmind had shut down. The Kree Empire which had not yet recovered from the war, was violently assaulted by Blastaar's force, as he expected to easily conquer the Kree. The former members of Nova's strike force came to the aid of the Kree, forcing Blastaar's forces to withdraw. Together with Ronan, the cosmic heroes established a base in Knowhere and formed a loose-knit team. Which took the name of "Annihilators" who would act as a "last resort" team. Star-Lord and Nova whom were thought lost, were alive and back in their home univeerse. It was discovered that due to Death returning to Earth-616, the Cancerverse was not destroyed and had recovered. ============================================================ 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== History: The agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will experience a seismic shift as alliances are severed, evil breaks free, and the Marvel universe is changed forever. ============================================================ 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"). History: Eight months have passed since Captain America declared Iron Man and the Illuminati enemies of the Avengers and started hunting them down. The Avengers have fallen under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s authority, some members left after this event, and joined Sunspot's own Avengers in order to help him and A.I.M., which Sunspot bought, to work on a solution for the incursions. The Illuminati have gone into hiding, and Iron Man has disappeared, unknown to everyone that he had been captured by the Cabal. Namor's Cabal is becoming more and more uncontrollable, and they have destroyed numerous alternate Earths to save this reality's, having taken over Wakanda and the Necropolis. Doctor Doom started working on the incursions as well, with the Mad Thinker managing to map the entire network of the Mapmakers to find what started the decay of the Multiverse, and planning to use the Molecule Man to navigate said map.; Using A.I.M.'s resources, Sunspot managed to put into operation a machine capable of transporting individuals across the Multiverse, in hopes of finding the source of the decay of the Multiverse. The Multiversal Avengers embarked in this mission encountered the Black Priests and discovered they were trying to save the Multiverse. The Black Priests, now led by Doctor Strange, offered to help the Avengers face those causing the destruction of the Multiverse, the Ivory Kings and Rabum Alal. To get to the Ivory Kings, they would need to follow the Mapmakers, and to get to Rabum Alal, they would need to follow the Black Swans. The Avengers would go get one of them, while the Black Priests tried to get the other.; Back on Earth, the Illuminati let Steve Rogers and S.H.I.E.L.D. find them in Spain and engaged them in combat. But this course of action was merely a trap, as Sunspot's Avengers appeared before S.H.I.E.L.D., ordering them to surrender.; As a response to the appearance of Sunspot, who failed to convince Steve to put aside their differences for the common threat that incursions were, and his Avengers, Rogers deployed the lobotomized Hulk from an alternate dimension. Steve Rogers arrived to the battle field, where he confronted the Illuminati, and deployed the Mighty Avengers. The Mighty Avengers and the Avengers engage the Illuminati and Sunspot's Avengers in combat. When Rogers was ready to confront Reed Richards, he was surprised by the revelation that Sue Storm was working for the Illuminati. The Invisible Woman trapped everyone in force cages. After descending in an aircraft, Sue also revealed Medusa, Black Bolt and Namor accompanying them.; Requesting an opportunity to talk, the Illuminati revealed they had a plan to deal with the Cabal. Namor admitted his guilt for the destruction he had caused, and was willing to set a trap for the Cabal. A new incursion was on the horizon, one in which the incursive world had been ravaged by the Sidera Maris. Namor would lead the Cabal to said world, activate the antimatter injector without their knowledge, and leave them to die with said Earth, preventing them from escaping with the use of an A.I.M. platform capable of creating an impenetrable barrier between the two colliding Earths. However, as Namor had left the incursive Earth and prepared to activate the platform, Black Panther and Black Bolt appeared before him. They incapacitated Namor and threw him off the platform to the soon-to-be-destroyed Earth in order to make him personally pay for his crimes. As the incursive Earth was about to be destroyed, the Cabal discovered a strange event was happening, the Earth they were in was taking part of another incursion in addition to the one against Earth-616. Namor and the Cabal made their way to the second incursion point and travelled to the other universe, the Ultimate Universe, where they were found by the the Maker. Unaware of the Cabal's survival, T'Challa and Blackagar returned to their universe, informing the Avengers that not only the Cabal had supposedly been destroyed, Namor was also not going to come back.; Back in Necropolis, the Illuminati freed Tony Stark from his cell, and let him go to prevent old fires from being stroke when they met both S.H.I.E.L.D.'s and Sunspot's Avengers. Once the Illuminati met with the other two Avengers teams, Reed informed them that something had caused an acceleration of the Multiverse's decay, and from hundreds of thousands only less than two dozens of universes remained. This change had caused a halt in the incursions, with only one incursion left for Earth-616 to face. When Rogers confronted them about their apparent inaction to find a solution, the Illuminati revealed to him that over the past eight months, while on the run, they had tried to find a way to create a new planet where to relocate Earth's inhabitants while destroying the Earth in order to stop the incursions on this universe. However, all of their attempts had failed. During their discussion, Reed was interrupted by the upcoming transmission of Yellowjacket, who had went eight months ago in a journey across the Multiverse to find the origin of the incursions, having found the Ivory Kings, who were revealed to be the Beyonders.; Meanwhile, the Molecule Man took Doom elsewhere, a blank void from where they subsequently traveled backwards through the mists of time and the various planes of reality.; Over the past eight months, Yellowjacket had tried to find Rabum Alal. He came across a Superflow were the surviving Builders from numerous universes were working together to find the Ivory Kings. When they finally intercepted them, the Beyonders were found annihilating the Celestials of every universe at the same time and then proceeding to kill the abstract entities of every universe. When Eternity finally fractured, the Living Tribunal took form, but was destroyed, landing on every reality, one sliver of itself for each universe.; Inspired by Val Richards, the Illuminati stopped working on a way to stop the incursions, as they "couldn't win," but started planning the creation of a "lifeboat" to survive the destruction of the universe, in order "not to lose." To gather material for this life raft, they used the corpse of the Living Tribunal. Meanwhile, the Shi'ar empire discovered the link between the decay of the Multiverse and the Earth, for which they decided that if the universe was to live, the Earth must be destroyed. Even though they planned a sneak attack on the Earth, the Guardians of the Galaxy managed to discover the Shi'ar's plan and warned the Avengers.; While approaching Earth, the Shi'ar alerted humanity that they had two hours left to live until Earth was destroyed by their fleet. Using a super weapon capable of channeling the Earth's power, Sunspot and A.I.M. retaliated against the Shi'ar in front, while S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Avengers used a Planetkiller seized from the Builders to attack from behind. However, A.I.M.'s weapon overheated and exploded, and the Planetkiller was destroyed by the Annihilation Wave. With no options left, the Avengers prepared to meet their end. However, the Illuminati used the controller disk of a rogue planet that shared the same space with Earth while phased while Iron Man flew to the Sol's Hammer, and prepared to use it.; Meanwhile, the Black Priests and Sunspot's Multiversal Avengers continued their journey to find Rabum Alal and the Ivory Kings. After encountering a universe with access to the Library of Worlds the Black Swans inhabited, a group of Black Priests engaged the Black Swans guarding the entrance and entered the Library. However, the Black Swans manage to ambush and destroy the Black Priests, with the exception of Doctor Strange. When defeated, Doctor Strange was taken to Rabum Alal, who was revealed as the Doctor Doom. At the same time, the Sunspot's Multiversal Avengers embarked in the Multiversal journey came face to face with the Beyonders. After losing numbers while defeating two of the Ivory Kings, the last two survivors, Odinson and Hyperion, met their end with delight when countless Beyonders appeared before them to battle.; Doom told Doctor Strange his origin as Rabum Alal. He had travelled to the past with the Molecule Man and discovered that Reece was a singularity across every reality created by the Beyonders; the Molecule Men were also weapons which would destroy their respective universe if they died. The Beyonders planned to cause the simultaneous destruction of every reality. Doom opposed them by killing the Molecule Men of and endless number of realities, accidentally causing the incursions with the early death of the first Molecule Men. Doom, Reece, and Strange then confronted the Beyonders, at the cost of reducing the surviving universes from hundreds of thousands to fewer than two dozen.; In the Ultimate Universe, the Maker and the Cabal contacted Nick Fury to inform him about the incursions, specifically the final incursion. Director Fury was unwilling to let his planet Earth be destroyed without fighting, and readied S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to attack the incursive Earth when the incursion happened.; As the Earth was shielded by the rogue planet, Iron Man charged and fired Sol's Hammer toward the Shi'ar fleet, completely destroying it and saving the Earth. The final incursion was still coming, and the Illuminati and the Avengers started planning on whom to take to their "lifeboat." Most agreed that Tony's talents made him a suitable candidate to bring with them, but in end disqualified him due to his recent actions. Steve still wanted to settle up with Tony, and confronted him with less than four minutes for the final incursion. Tony admitted that he had lied to Steve, and knew about the incursions all along, but he also confessed that he wouldn't have changed anything in his course of action. The final incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610 started, and helicarriers descended from the other Earth attacking Earth-616's while Tony and Steve kept fighting, with one of them crushing the pair. ============================================================ 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. History: Backgrounds; After the Aesir/Vanir War and the marriage of King Odin of the Aesir and Freyja, first daughter of Freyr of the Vanir, an Heir was due to seal the union of the two tribes of Gods as one.; During Midgard Prehistory, Asgardians used to mistreat the Earth-Folk.; In order to protect them, Odin secretly hired the Angels of Heven, to protect the humans from the Gods.; Casus Belli; After Jotunheim paid the Angels of Heven for devising strategy, the Angels suggested an alliance of all of the Asgardians' enemies. Consequently, all realms prepared to war, including at least Svartalfheim, Surtur, Niffleheim, Hela, the Trolls, and Vanaheim.; Refusing the Queen of Angels' blackmail of paying her to stop the war before it could begin, Odin decided that he would not pay neither this or what he already owed, preferring that war broke.; War; So the Angels went to war. All realms participated in that war, all against all and against Asgard, with countless and ephemeral alliances made and broken, but none with the Asgardians, as all feared the Angels' wrath.; Few events are known from the war, but it was hinted the Vanir greatly suffered from the Angels.; ====Final Battle====; Eventually, the Angels attacked Asgard and captured newborn Heir of Asgard Aldrif Odinsdottir as a leverage to stop the war. Facing Odin's refusal for the blackmail, the Queen of Angels stabbed the child and left with the body, to deprive Odin and Freyja even a funeral. The body was to disposed of, but the Angel tasked with it found out she was still alive.; After that battle, no peace could be achieved. Odin decided to cut loose the Tenth Realm from the others and from Yggdrasil, and to seal them away.; Aftermaths; Any mention of the Tenth Realm were removed.; Freyja in her rage went to the Norns and struck a deal: Separated from the World Tree by the All-Mother who threw Heven roots into Hel, The Angels would be fated to become slaves of Hela at the time of their death, in perpetual agony.; With Aldrif's apparent death, no royal heir was known, meaning that the Aesir and Vanir remained two conjoined tribes instead of a single one. After her loss, Freyja was unable to want another child.; Years later, the seal was removed by Thor and Loki, and Heven were connected back to the other Realms. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; Tunguska is a isolated region located in Siberia, Russia. On the morning of the 30th June 1908 a mysterious explosion over the sparsely populated Eastern Siberian Taiga flattened 2,000 km2 (770 sq mi) of forest it caused no known casualties among humans.; Explanations; Many explanations have been given to explain the event, which was caused by the juxtaposition of many unrelated events:; A meteor fell over the region.; The representative of the alien race who was later referred to as the Shambler tried to visit the Earth and crash landed in Siberia, causing a massive explosion.; The event was also related to a group of mystics, the Dry Academy and their plan to maintain a "world illusion". The Dry Academy is actually based in Tunguska.; Nikola Tesla was experimenting with ionizing the Earth's atmosphere and realized that his "scalar technology" could produce giant bolts of lightning around the globe. A test run for his new weapon was responsible for the Tunguska Event.; The Deathwalkers gathered to perform a ritual using the Talisman of Kamar-Taj. They planned to use a spell to end humanity by creating The Bear. The spell failed creating an explosion so powerful that it could be heard as far as away as London.; When Black Bolt was looking for his son, he used Eldrac to meet with Kang the Conqueror. When he attacked Kang's fortress, he use his powers but Kang caused the sonic wave to travel back in time to Tunguska, in 1908.; Iron Man of Earth-81191 battled Doctor Doom from Earth-616 aboard the Time Platform. They arrived in various time points such as Pennsylvania, 1863, Pompeii, 79 A.D., 270.000.000 B.C. and Tunguska in 1908 causing a massive explosion.; Other explanations have been provided.; Aftermaths; Reed Richards realized that the Russians had developed a powerful rocket fuel using material taking from the meteor the struck Tunguska in 1908. He used a similar meteor he found that had crashed into Arizona to create his own rocket fuel to travel to the Moon.; Marya Meshkov was a geologist investigating a site in Siberia where a huge explosion struck in 1908. She uncovered glowing fragments, which, over time, granted her superhuman powers.; Alternate Realities; Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610); The explosion, which occurred in 1904, was caused by the arrival of Vision, an alien robot who came to Earth planning to warn humanity of the arrival of Gah Lak Tus, Eater of Worlds. It left a rather large impact crater. The site was not visited until 1924, when the Soviets found the Vision.; Shadowline Universe (Earth-88194); The Tunguska event was the result of the use of a vacuum effect from the weapon that a certain Knight of the Order of Saint George used against Doctor Zero. ============================================================ 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 History: Cassus Beli; On September 11th, 2001; the World Trade Center in New York City was attacked in which the US retaliated starting the "War in Afghanistan".; Preparation; Nick Fury tried to force Captain America on a mission to Afghanistan, he refused and decided to remain and help the relief effort in New York.; The United States hired various firms of military contractors, including Blackwater, and Archstone.; Events and Incidents; USAF pilot Major Carol "Cheeseburger" Danvers crashed in Afghanistan during the test-flight of Tony Stark's experimental aircraft.; While overseeing a military demonstration of his technology in an active Afghan war zone, billionaire inventor and industrialist Tony Stark tripped a booby trap that killed his escort and lodged shrapnel in his chest.; The gravely injured Stark was taken captive by the terrorist leader Wong-Chu and ordered to manufacture weaponry for the false promise of receiving medical treatment. Aware of Wong-Chu's lies, Stark and fellow inmate Ho Yinsen worked instead on a crude suit of armor which would eventually help Stark escape captivity, while Yinsen sacrificed himself to buy Stark enough time to put the armor into operation. After destroying Wong-Chu's base, and still clad in his armor, Stark met James Rhodes, a pilot with the United States Marines who had been shot down by rockets while he was on a reconnaissance mission. After Iron Man helped Rhodes fight off an attack by enemy forces, Rhodes allowed him to drain the helicopter's batteries to recharge his armor. The two continued to make their way back to American forces and stumbled upon a hidden rocket base. Stealing an enemy helicopter, they destroyed the site and flew to the nearest American base.; The Howling Commandos were sent out to eradicate a terrorist cell in Afghanistan who were purchasing tech from the Lords of the Living Lightning. Afterward, S.H.I.E.L.D. showed up to take the remaining prisoners into custody and clear out the terrorist base. Grogg appeared to pick up the Howling Commandos and brought them back to Area 13.; Wolverine returned to Afghanistan searching for Mystique. He mistakenly killed a woman in a village, whom he thought was Mystique in disguise.; Dust protected the town of Bakwa from a militant group, she took the hand of one of the men. It was there she was recruited by Cyclops.; Terror and Alexis Primo went on a mission to Afghanistan had were forced to take on Aban.; Afghan-born Mutant Dust returned to her homeland, where she was reunited with her long-missing mother at a refugee camp, and with her wish granted, added to the fact that the Kingmaker may be able to bring Mrs. Qadir to the US, Sooraya thought that there is no price too high.; During Norman Osborn's "Dark Reign", Tony Stark was forced to go on the run after deleting the database containing the secret identities of several superheroes to prevent it from falling into Osborn's hands. Stark made his way across the globe to each of his hidden armories, being the final one in Wong-Chu's former base. When he arrived to Afghan airspace, Stark was shot down by two guerillas, forcing him to continue by foot. Stark made his way to the abandoned base, Stark and unveiled a copy of his Iron Man Armor Model 1 dubbed the "Mark 0," which he subsequently put into into operation. After confronting and scaring off the two guerillas that had shot him down who had followed him the base, Stark donned the Armor and flew off to Dubai.; Stationed at the Camp Leatherneck, in Helmand Province, Gauntlet was asked by fellow soldiers why he refused to join the Avengers, as those soldiers were admiring of Captain America, Thor or Iron Man's returns. He answered critically that the real heroes never left.; ; During the Fear, Army Ranger Marcus Johnson and his best friend Cheese were stationed in Afghanistan. At this time, the Serpent's forces began spreading fear worldwide. In an already volatile area, this resulted in a massive battle that killed twenty-five soldiers and injured forty-eight others, though Johnson and Cheese largely escaped unscathed.; ; A secure C.I.A. compound was located in Kabul.; Henry Hayes was a combat medic in the U.S. Army. He lost a leg in battle when a suicide bomber attack hit his Humvee.; Alternate Realities; Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610); Gregory Stark assembled the Avengers to hunt down the rogue Captain America, and kill Cap's son, The Red Skull. One mission was to Afghanistan.; Earth-7116; James Newman was a corporal with the United States Marine Corps and is stationed in Afghanistan. He is in the Corps because of "zealots crazy enough to believe that hate is the same thing as believing in God." He hopes that by making Afghanistan safe, he can "make America safe". During a recent skirmish in an Afghan village, he believes that Captain America showed up to assist him at a time when he will was at a breaking point. After saving two troops and surviving the attack, his fellow Marines tell him they only saw Newman performing the heroic deeds, leading Newman to question his sanity....; Earth-25315; Tony Stark was captured in Afghanistan and forced to create weaponry alongside fellow prisoner Ho Yinsen. When Yinsen was about to operate on Tony Stark to put an electromagnet in his chest to save him from the shrapnel approaching his heart, Stark refused salvation and, against Ho's will, activated a weapons-free "Rescue suit" for Yinsen to escape captivity. In his final words, Stark requested Yinsen to use the suit to rescue the world from people like him.; Earth-33900; The US Army helped various superheroes on missions in Afghanistan.; Earth-199999; When Tony Stark traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan in May of 2009 to introduce his new cluster missile design, an extremely destructive, multi-warhead weapon called the "Jericho", to the United States Air Force, his convoy was attacked by militant accomplices of terrorist-leader Raza and he was knocked unconscious. He woke up to find that he had been severely injured by shrapnel piercing his chest, and had been captured by the militants, yet had survived thanks to his fellow captive, Dr. Ho Yinsen. Yinsen had made a high powered electromagnet to hold the shrapnel in place, preventing it from puncturing his heart and thus keeping him alive. Stark was ordered by their captors, a terrorist group calling themselves the Ten Rings, to build them a new version of the Stark Industries' Jericho missile. He grudgingly agreed, but instead used the time to build a powered suit of armor along with a miniature Arc Reactor to keep him alive.During his escape, Yinsen was killed in an attempt to stall the guards long enough to buy Stark enough time to charge the suit. After the suit was powered up he broke out and destroyed all stock they had of Stark weapons, and used a rocket booster to get clear of the scene. After crashing into the sand he abandoned his armor, and traveled for some time before U.S. military helicopters found him and carried him to safety. ============================================================ 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. History: Overview and setting; The Trojan War was a war between Greece (the Argives, Mycenaean Greeks or Achaeans) and the City of Troy and its allies that happened around the year 1240 BC, in the 13th century BC, in the 12th century BC, or in a period between the 11th and 13th centuries BC.; The Olympians took great interest in the war. Poseidon, Hera, and Athena aided the Greeks, while Aphrodite and Ares favored the Trojans. Zeus remained impartial.; Prologue; ; Helen's abduction; The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta, along with stealing her dowry.; Menelaus persuaded his brother Agamemnon to lead an army against Troy to demand the return of Helen and of the treasure.; Crossing the Aegean Sea; At Aulis, troopships gathered, led by the greatest Greek heroes, including Achilles (who had been foretold to be a key element in the Argive victory over Troy, but would perish during the war), Diomedes, Odysseus (who had been foretold that he would return from the war twenty years later, alone and destitute), and Ajax the Greater.; After offending Artemis, Agamemnon was forced to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to the archer goddess in order to win favorable winds for the journey.; Trojan War; The winds came and the fleet set sail for Troy. When Menelaus asked the Trojans to surrender Helen and the treasure, the Trojans refused. The first battle soon broke out, as the Achaeans tried to get a hold on the shore. Iolaus was killed by Priam's son Hector, and Poseidon's son Cycnus by Achilles. Witnessing Achilles, Hector prefered to fall back behind the city's walls, letting the Achaeans to establish their camps, and the siege begun.; For nine years the Greeks ravaged Troy's surrounding cities and countryside, but the city itself, well fortified and commanded by Hector and other sons of the royal household, held out.; While battling Storm Giants, Thor and Loki discovered the crack in the ground that once led to Olympus. This time, strange mists rob Thor of his memory as he and Loki get separated in the cavern. Once through, he meets Aeneas and found himself involved in the Trojan War. He assisted to the single combat between Menelaus and Paris, and rejoiced to see Paris defeated, meaning the war's end. As Paris was about to be slain, Aphrodite came invisible to save him, seen only from Thor and Aeneas. The was soon reignited by Athena who manipulated Pandarus of Lycia to strike an arrow at Menelaus. Aeneas took Pandarus with him on a chariot for him to attack Menelaus at close range, but he was slain by Diomedes (manipulated by Athena as well). As Aeneas went to help the fallen Pandarus, Diomedes struck him with a massive rock and attempted to slay Aeaneas, who was timely protected by Aphrodite, then by Thor. Thor evacuated Aeneas within the walls of Troy, where he asked the Norse God to heal him for him to return to battle.; Achilles was hit in his vulnerable heel with a poisonous arrow shot by Paris, killing the great warrior.; After his adventures, and a battle with Zeus after regaining his memory, Thor returned to the cavern where he met Loki. Loki told him that he had lost his memory as well, but contributed to the war in his own way by telling King Odysseus of Ithaca about a horse.; The Wooden horse; Finally the Greeks built a large hollow wooden horse, the "Trojan Horse", in which a small group of warriors were concealed. The other Greeks appeared to sail for home, leaving behind only the horse and Sinon, who deceitfully persuaded the Trojans, despite the warnings of Cassandra and Laocoön, to take the horse within the city walls.; At night the Greeks returned. their companions crept out of the horse and opened the city gates, and Troy was destroyed.; Aftermaths; After the war Odysseus began his 10 year long journey home which became known as the Odyssey. ============================================================ 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 History: Hercules was best known for his celebrated Twelve Labors.; Allegedly, Hera had caused Hercules to go insane and he killed his wife Megara and children, causing him to then atone by performing the twelve labors.; Truth was that returning from the final labor against Cerberus (and rescuing Theseus from Hades, in 1277 B.C., he was believed dead and Euboean Lycus took advantage of that absence to kill Hercules' father-in-law King Creon and condemn Megara and their three sons to death. Enraged, Hercules killed Lycus but his family as well.; Hercules' followers decided to accuse Hera, and Hercules didn't corrected them, too ashamed. He change from Herakles to roman Hercules, in order to distance himself from Hera.; When his sanity returned, he received instructions from the oracle in Delphi to go to Tiryns and perform any Twelve Labors devised from him by King Eurystheus (the final being already accomplished).; By successfully completing these labors, Hercules would not only pay for his crime, but also achieve immortality and take his rightful place among the Gods. Reluctantly, Hercules agreed to submit to the will of the hated Eurystheus. The Labors included:; 1. The taming of the Nemean Lion; 2 (or 3). The slaying the multi-headed Hydra: In 1271 B.C., in Lerna, south of Argos, the evil, snake-like Hydra had nine heads. If one was chopped off, two would grow in its place. But Hercules quickly sliced off the heads, while his nephew, Iolaus, sealed the wounds with a torch. Hercules made his arrows poisonous by dipping them in the Hydra's blood. The Eternals; 3. The capturing the Erymanthian Boar; 4. The hunting the Ceryneian Hind; 5 (or 6). The dispersal of the Man-eating Birds of Lake Stymphalus: For years, Lake Stymphalus/Lake Stymphalis, in Arcadia/Arkadia, was plagued by vast flocks of man-eating birds. Those birds had been created by Ares to be the perfect expression of his essence, with impenetrable plumage that they could shoot like arrow, and he considered them sacred. Nevertheless, in 1271 BC, Hercules slew them all, using the feathers they had shot at him on his own arrows.; 5 (or 6). The cleaning of the thousand-cattle stables of King Augeas in a single day: In 1272 B.C., in Elis, Hercules was ordered to clean out the stables of King Augeas, where thousands of cows lived. While Hercules actually tried the task manually, in vain, Forgotten One, an Eternal who was mistaken for Hercules, diverted two rivers so that they flowed into the stables, sweeping out the filth.; 7. The defeat of the Cretan Bull / Capture the Cretan Bull; 8. The defeat / reining-in of the Man-Eating Mares of King Diomedes.; 9. The acquiring of the Golden Girdle from the Amazons: In 1270 BC, Hercules went to Themiscyra, on the River Thermodon, to steal the girdle of Hippolyta Queen of the Amazons, a gift from Hippolyta's father Ares. However the moment the two met it was an instant attraction and the two went to bed together. This happiness from Hercules angered Hera, who took the form of one of the Amazons, and made them believe Hercules was kidnapping their queen. He escaped buck naked, carrying the girdle and chased by the countless Amazons.; 10. The theft of the red cattle of Geryon, a three-faced monster tyrant; 11. The retrieval of Hera's Golden Apples from the Garden of the Hesperides: In 1268 B.C., Hercules went to the Titan Atlas who was forced to hold up the sky heavens for all eternity. He asked Atlas for help, he would shoulder the sky while Atlas, the Hesperides' father, fetched the Apples. Atlas agreed to fetched three golden apples for three hours of freedom. However, when Atlas returned, he did not wish to take up the sky heavens again, and tried to trick Hercules to keep holding the sky for him. Hercules tricked Atlas by asking him to take the sky for a moment so he could get comfortable. When he did, Hercules escaped with the Golden Apples. The completion of that labor was made at the depends of the guardian of the Tree of the Hesperides, the dragon Ladon. Apparently the Forgotten One also held Atlas' burden on his own shoulders.; 12 and final. The borrowing/fetching of Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog of Hades: In 1277 B.C., Hercules later revealed that he actually traveled there to rescue his beloved friend Theseus, and that he was there so long that the people of Thebes believed him to be dead.; In the course of these Labors, Hercules provoked the wrath of three immortals who remain his enemies to this day. By slaughtering the man-eating Stymphalian Birds, he enraged the war god Ares, to whom they were sacred. In temporarily capturing Cerberus he offended Hades, the lord of that realm. By killing the Nemean Lion, the Hydra and other creatures spawned by the inconceivably grotesque and powerful monster Typhoeus, Hercules gained the bitter enmity of Typhon, the immortal humanoid offspring of Typhoeus and a Titaness.; New Twelve Labors; Eurystheus; In the modern era King Eurystheus is revealed to be still alive. Hercules was dragged before him, who recounted his history and how he came to live again. He felt ashamed at his defeat at the hands of Herc, since he himself has fallen so low. He wanted Hercules to perform twelve "New Labors" so that he will be viewed as a hero again. The hero that people at one time built monuments to, and sang songs about. Hercules accepted the challenge and left to prepare.; 1. Capture a Sabretooth Tiger: Hercules was sent to capture a Sabre-tooth Tiger from the Savage Land, he however mistook a Dinosaur for one. Taking it down with it's great strength. Corrected by the film crew he marched into the jungle and returned with a Sabretooth Tiger. Which was revealed to be Zabu which brought the attention of Ka-Zar and Shanna.; 2. Defeat Hydra: He was next tasked with attacking the organization known as Hydra recover one of their latest genetic experiments a homemade Hydra created using different animals DNA. But before he could even get his hands on it it blew up. Herc was so shocked that he collapsed in front of the film crew.; 3. Capture Lockjaw: the next task was to capture Lockjaw. Hercules traveled to Attilan which at the time was located on the Blue Area of the Moon. Hercules was successful but Jimmy the Cameraman was eaten alive by Lockjaw who was also bitten Hercules arm. Luckily Jimmy was fine and they were able to get him out his stomach.; 4. Capture Dragon Man: his next task was to hunt down and capture Dragon Man. When he found him he handcuffed himself to the creature. He was dragged through the air form some time before it stop to sleep and fell asleep.; 5. Drive the hordes of Attuma from Atlantis: he was next tasked with driving the man-eating barbarian hordes from Atlantis. Which he did with relative ease.; 6. Overcome the Red Skull's "Dust of Death": Hercules was placed in a room filled with the Dust of Death, but exits with little effect just a woozy and a hunger for a White Castle burger. Although he knocked one of the film crew through a wall in his woozy state.; 7. Defeat the Abomination: A fight at Madison Square Garden was arranged between Hercules and Abomination. As Abomination was taking to a reporter Hercules takes him out with a nearby lamppost. Having actually bungled his way though the first seven, Hera revised the final five tasks. They vote and decide that Hercules should not be aided by any of them, in his new labors.; 8. Capture Mole Man's Monsters: Herc and the film crew traveled to Hawaii where he captures one of Mole Man of Mutates and knocked out a army of Moloids with a giant bolder.; 9. Steal Captain America's Shield: He was sent to retrieve Captain America' shield. He sucker punched Cap during a conversation which lead to a fight with the New Avengers. However Cap stopped the fight and them from going after him because he feels Hercules needed the shield more.; 10. Steal a Doombot from Latveria: Herc was sent the Latveria to recover at least one Doombot of Doctor Doom. He completed the task but had to escape the country very quickly afterwards.; 11. Steal a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier: Herc's next task was to retrieve a Helicarrier. He lashed a giant chain to the vehicle and dragged it to Eurystheus. Nick Fury was awoken by one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, but ignored him and went back to sleep, stating "Wake me back up if he takes us someplace good!"; 12. Retrieve a Flower from his wife in Hades: For the final task, Eurystheus told Hercules that he must travel to Hades and retrieve a flower from his wife, whom Hercules had murdered. He and the crew traveled to the River Styx. Now in Hades, he knocked out Cerberus and went through the gate. He met his wife and children and forgave him for his actions knowing fall well he his madness was caused by Hera. She gave him the flower.; Hercules returns to the world of mortals, his labors complete, and stormed against Eurystheus and Achelous, and they both wind up dead. Later, at a celebration, they wonder where the guest of honor is and they are all told that he had said he had someplace he had to be. At the graves of his murdered family.; Ares; Still wanting to avenge himself from Hercules for the loss of the Stymphalian Birds, and as Hercules had surrendered himself to S.H.I.E.L.D. after World War Hulk, Ares intended to have him join the Initiative and perform New Labors, the first being rebuilding the Avengers Tower single-handedly. Hercules declined by attacking him. ============================================================ Titanomachy Kind: event Page: Titanomachy Full name: Titanomachy Other aliases: Clash of the Titans First appearance: Incredible Hercules Vol 1 130 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Titanomachy was the war between the Olympians and their forebears, the Titans.; The Titans were the children and progeny of the ancient primeval sky-god Ouranos and his wife Gaea the primeval Earth-goddess. Ouranos was very proud of the Titans for their physical perfection, but Gaea had other children, known as the Cyclopes, who had one eye in the center of their heads, and the hundred-armed Hekatonkheires. Ouranos hated his other children and exiled them into the other-dimensional world of Tartarus. Gaea greatly grieved for her children and called upon one of her sons to depose Ouranos and free their siblings from the underworld. None of her sons would raise a weapon against Ouranos except for Cronus, the youngest of the Titans, who used a sickle to castrate Ouranos and dismember his corpse. The dying Ouranos prophesied that Cronus would be overthrown by one of his own sons.; Cronus seized Olympus and ruled over Ancient Greece, but he neglected to free the Cyclopes or the Hekatonkheires. His wife, Rhea, upon the birth of each of his own children, Cronus had the infant imprisoned in Tartarus. The offspring he sent there were Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. Appalled at the mistreatment of their children, Cronus's wife Rhea concealed her sixth pregnancy from him and secretly gave birth to Zeus and hid him on the island of Crete.; Zeus grew to adulthood among the shepherds of Mount Ida, Crete, and then set about taking revenge on Cronus. Zeus went down into Tartarus and freed his siblings, who had all now grown to adulthood, Zeus also freed the three one-eyed giants called Cyclopes and the three hundred-handed giants called Hekatonchieres, all six of whom Cronus had imprisoned there for fear they would help overthrow him. The Cyclopes provided the young Olympians powerful weapons to defeat the the gave Poseidon a powerful "Trident", Hades the Helm of Invisibility and gave Zeus the powerful "Thunderbolts". The young Olympians and his allies fought a ten year war with the Titans which ended with Zeus's victory.; Aftermath; The Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus, and the Hekatonkheires were made their guards. Atlas was given the special punishment of holding up the heavens.; Following their final victory, the three brothers divided the world among themselves: Zeus was given Olympus, and was recognized as overlord. Poseidon was given the oceans of Earth, whereas Hades was given the Underworld, the realm of the dead. He was tasked with guarding the Titans for all eternity. ============================================================ 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 History: Backgrounds; One million years ago, the Celestials arrived on Earth and conducted experiments on early homonids. From these experiments were born three separate species: Humans, Deviants, and Eternals.; The Eternals, gifted with cosmic powers and longevity, started out as nomadic people, but eventually established themselves, creating the city of Titanos, under the leadership of Chronos, in North America.; Cassus Beli; Thousands of years later, Chronos' brother, Uranos, rejected Chronos' peaceful ways and wished to conquer and subdue the weaker. Chronos refused that path, and war appeared as the only way to solve the issue.; War; The city of Titanos erupted in civil war, with Uranos and his followers on one side, and Chronos and Oceanus on the other. The war only ended when Druig created a clone of Uranos that his allies would follow into space.; Aftermath; The followers of Uranos traveled to the planet Uranus, where they were opposed by a Kree Sentry, There, the Eternal Uranos would plan in vain his revenge against his brother. Those events would lead to the births of the Eternal colonies on Uranus, and Titan, and to the creation of the Inhumans by the Kree.; Meanwhile, the true Uranos was forced to endure mental assaults from his fellow Eternals before eventually being the first being imprisoned in the Exclusion.; Once the war was over and the defeated exiled, Titanos was rebuilt. ============================================================ 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 History: In a desperate attempt to survive, Doctor Strange used his magic to transport various venomized heroes from their dimensions to his own. With his new allies from across the Multiverse, a Resistance was created to fight against the Poisons, an alien species capable of assimilating Symbiotes and their hosts. The Resistance now struggles to stop the Hive and their onslaught. ============================================================ 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; } History: Stay tuned for all kinds of Iron Man news, updates, & more! ============================================================ 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 History: Backgrounds; Over a decade ago, Sawalha Dahn harnessed the disquiet and led a popular revolution, declaring himself Farnoq. Through many Sabalians accepted his divine authority, he grew as an egotistical tyrant using secret police and military to crush any opposition or rebellion, cooperating with the U.S. through the CIA to obtain military technology (including S.H.I.E.L.D.-issued Mark III Mandroid Armors) (breaking numerous UN embargoes in the process) and support, as well as people to train the soldiers to operate it, U.S. planes, and allegedly obtaining American aid to institute democratic reforms in Trans-Sabal. The U.S. also helped Farnoq to prevent Trans-Sabal's neighbors (seemingly interest in its oil) from threatening them.; Araq Mezdbadah's People's Armed Forces Front (PAFF) opposed Farnoq in a struggle to institute true democracy.; The situation escalated when the Pantheon invaded the country, in assistance to the rebels of Araq Mezdbadah's People's Armed Forces Front, or even leading them, helped by the Hulk. In return, the CIA called in X-Factor, who intervened on the motives the Pantheon was breaking treaties.; As Dahn turned against the U.S. representatives (capturing X-Factor's leader Havok to harness his powers, drugging and enslaving X-Factor's liaison Val Cooper, and killing CIA liaison Zack Galvin, as well as using civilians as hostages, the Hulk and X-Factor allied, freed Havok and captured Dahn, who was slain by Hulk's ally Rick Jones using a Mandroid Armor, making people think it was a Trans-Sabalian who took the shot.; Casus Belli; Sawalha Dahn's first cousin Jalfaha declared himself Farnoq, claiming the title was hereditary and that he was the '"rightful heir to the throne" (which never existed), naming himself monarch for life and King of Trans-Sabal.; Civil war erupted as the General Alim Halladah, backed by the US (involvement from the CIA and the military were known) to whom he promised amicable relations and cheap oil, and by the Trans-Sabal military disputed those claims, instituted martial law.; Three-parties civil war; The U.S. also helped Halladah as they did for Farbiq to prevent Trans-Sabal's neighbors (seemingly interest in its oil) from threatening them.; Halladah opposed both Jalfaha and foreign-based rebels, such as Araq Mezdbadah's People's Armed Forces Front backed by other countries, and in fact working for an Eastern neighboring and fanatical country with its own designs on Trans-Sabal (who was promised territorial rights which bad been in dispute for decades, possibly territories in which oil was present) for control of the country.; During the rebellion, crime became systematic, including looting, murders (not related to the conflict on itself), rape and theft. Trans-Sabal also became an haven for Muslim extremist groups terrorist training camps after Dahn's fall.; Force of Nature, on behalf of Project: Earth, illegally entered the country to stop oil fires, allegedly started by the Trans-Sabalian Army to cause a need for American support to continue.; Asked by Project: Earth to pull out Force of Nature, New Warriors assisted the rebels of the People's Armed Forces Front (PAFF), led by Araq Mezdbadah, against Halladah's army (and the rendered-almost-insane Force of Nature).; As Aqueduc was targeting Halladah and himself was about to shot at Mezdbadah, she didn't acted, letting Mezdbadah slew Halladah. The army unit routed, Mezdbabah intended to march on the capital to bring peace and democracy. Both New Warriors and Force of Nature deployed along with the rebels to march on the city and negotiate for peace with Jalfaha, who was captured by Mezdbadah's men.; At some point, Nova and Namorita intervened in Trans-Sabal, destroying Predator drones after intelligence agencies confirmed that a wedding had been accidentally targeted by such drones. Allegedly, the public condemned Nova's and Namorita's actions.; Cease-fire; All refinery fires were put out, a temporary cease fire was established, and forces seemingly withdrew after Jalfaha revealed the truth about Mezdbabah's allegiances.; Those assists from foreign superpowered teams helped the rebels into gaining the upper hand, but the country remained unstable. Due to her intervention and its impacts on American interests, Namorita went through an hearing with the Commission on Superhuman Activities.; Conflict continuation; In 1994, Pantheon agent the Arabian Knight tipped Banner about a massive secret buildup for Muslim soldiers to be sent to hot spots in Europe. Achilles and Ajax were consequently sent there where they were attacked by Trans-Sabalian air-fighter and Mandroids. Making contact with the Arabian Knight, they soon confronted over the subject of the Muslim soldiers, as the Knight wished the Pantheon to help them reinforce the Muslims against the Serbian "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before they could came to an agreement, "Allied bombers" performed a surgical strike on the camp, routing the "terrorists".; In 2014, after months of war, Jalfaha Dahn purchased all Spider-Slayers from Alchemax (Tiberius Stone stating that when Dahn would demonstrate those weapons, people would stop fighting him and consequently there would be not be more deaths). The Spider-Slayers were sent along the the Scorpion to oversee their use. As Stone and his assistant Mike O'Hara met with Jalfaha in Jaffan, they were targeted by rebels led by Mussaret. Miguel would come face to face against the Scorpion, who led an army of the Spider-Slayers to retrieve Stone, who had been captured by the resistance members who tried to make him cancel the deal or even turn his robots against Dahn. Using Lyla, Miguel was able to trick the Spider-Slayers into attacking Gargan. After witnessing the atrocities caused by Jalfana and his army, and himself being saved from death by the sacrifice of Mussaret, Stone canceled the deal, forcing the dictator to step down, as failure to comply would cause the Slayers to hunt him down. ============================================================ 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. History: The War in Heaven is the Biblical war that occurred in Heaven, where God cast down rebellious angels into Hell, where they became demons.; Datation; It is unclear when the War occurred. Few dated events can help determine the period when it was set:; An entity that was possibly the demon/fallen angel Mammon, was trapped under Earth's crust beneath the Gulf of Mexico five miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas for millions of years, but it remains unclear if the entity was truly the Biblical Mammon.; Lucifer was an angel when he fought and repelled the N'Garai, 1 million years ago.; Casus belli; The angels were charged with protecting mankind from the evils of the universe.; Different reasons have been given as motivation for the rebellion:; Some of the angels were jealous of the humans.; Lucifer the Morningstar, Son of Dawn and Bringer of Light, the most powerful angel, was the consort of Nephele, the first and most beautiful of the Nephilim, and offered to become her queen and the mother of angels.; Lucifer led a rebellion against God, starting a war in Heaven.; The War in Heaven; Among the angels mentioned to have joined Lucifer's rebellion as his chief lieutenants were 14 angels, including Asmodeus, Lilith, Samael, Pazuzu, Xaphan, Micah, Beelzeboul, and Olivier.; Zadkiel and his Black Host legions sided with Lucifer as well.; Although only Lucifer, Micah and Olivier's claims are corroborated by non-fallen angels, Pazuzu, Lilith and Xaphan's claims are considered confirmed as well. Other demons' claims are not formally confirmed, but appear to be true.; Lucifer was ultimately defeated after being sold out by Zadkiel, whom he saw as a friend.; The Aftermaths of the War; Angels Expelled From Heaven; Lucifer and his Followers; Lucifer and his 14 lieutenants were cast down into Hell, as well as Pazuzu's cohorts.; One-third of the angels were expelled from Heaven. According to some sources, there were about 130 million fallen angels.; Unconfirmed sources listing as fallen angels (all believed to have followed Lucifer against their leader in the war against Heaven) whose fate is unrevealed are the following:; The fallen angels, or the "Fallen", became known as demons or devils. These two factions have been at war with each other for over 1 million years.; Nephele; Despite providing little help to Lucifer, Nephele was condemned along the other rebels, and her divine gifts stripped away. She fled to Earth rather than face the horror that Lucifer had become. Lucifer searched for her for ages.; Zadkiel and his Followers; Zadkiel and his subordinates of the Black Host, including the Malakim brothers Emmael and Vraniel, because of their previous alliance with Lucifer, were no longer allowed to serve in the Choirs, but were instead to serve into a kind of "black ops" squad. They were also cast down to a portion of Heaven where they could not hear God and He could not hear them.; Angelic Pardons; Taus-Melek would later be pardoned by God.; In modern days, Vraniel and Emmael would also try to redeem themselves in vain.; Heaven's on Fire; Vraniel and Emmael would later (in modern days) try to redeem themselves, while Zadkiel and other Malakim would besiege Heaven in order to conquer it.; Alternate Realities; Earth-85133; Belathauzer was among the many demons to join the Morningstar's rebellion against God and was consequently cast out of Heaven, while Gabriel remained faithful (at the time).; This event seemingly occurred after man's creation. ============================================================ Texas Revolution Kind: event Page: Texas Revolution Full name: Texas Revolution First appearance: Kid Colt Outlaw Vol 1 22 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) began when colonists (primarily from the United States) in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government.; Events; Republic of Texas; In 1835, the Texas Revolution began when American colonists in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled.; Battle of the Alamo; In 1836, the "Battle of the Alamo" took place, a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. The Mexican Army under the President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission. Though vastly outnumbered, the Alamo's 200 defenders commanded by James Bowie and William Travis and including the famed frontiersman Davy Crockett.; Nostradamus predicted the battle and the Brotherhood of the Shield sent an agent to help in the cause.; Two men from California, Carlos Cortez and his friend known as the Dude, heard about Colonel Travis' fight with Santa Anna who was known as a tyrant in their homeland. They rode to the Alamo to help him. Colonel Travis gathered the pair, along with Little Flower and the Kid, and sent them on a mission to with a letter to summon the reinforcements of General Sam Houston.; They held out courageously for thirteen days before the Mexican invaders finally overpowered them killing them all.; Jim Hawk, the father of Dan Hawk, the Kid from Texas, was killed in the battle of Alamo.; Makkari was present during battle of the Alamo.; The Renegades; The team with the letter arrived at General Houston's camp but learned they were to late hearing of the defeat at the Alamo. The letter delivered to General Houston about the battle inspired many Texans and other Americans to join the battle. The Texans defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, ending the revolution.; However after the battle they were labelled the Renegades as they believed they were deserters. However after being driven out of the camp they found Santa Anna and captured him tying him up and leaving him in General Houston's camp with a letter signed the Renegades.; Remember the Alamo; The battle became part of history with the mission becoming an American landmark. The phrase "Remember the Alamo" became synonymous with fighting a battle outnumbered.; The World War II hero: Major Liberty had the power to summon ghosts from the past. He used them to study history speaking to learn first hand events. He transcribed a conversation between James Bowie and Davy Crockett. The pair were outraged to learn the Renegades were wrongly identified as cowards. He also spoke with General Houston, confirmed their bravery. ============================================================ War of 1812 Kind: event Page: War of 1812 Full name: War of 1812 First appearance: Young Allies Vol 1 19 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The War of 1812 (1812–1815) was a conflict fought between the United States of America and the British Empire. It was as seen as a minor conflict of the wider Napoleonic Wars.; Events; In 1812 A.D., the War of 1812 began between the US and Britain, partly over the effects of British restrictions on US trade during the Napoleonic Wars. It was during this the White House was burnt down.; Tommy Tyme travelled back in time to learn more about the war.; Alternate Realities; Earth-21923; During the war of 1812, Logan was Canada's best assassin. Sometime during the war, Logan's body was taken over by his future self. Afterwards, he was captured by enemy forces, and had the amulet used to transport him through time taken away. Soon, he was cut while being tortured, but instantly healed, making his torturer think he was bewitched. He then broke out of the cell using his bone claws, and subdued the man who took his amulet. His older self then left his body, and he regained control. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Tournament of the Heavenly Cities was an event when the champions of the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven known as the Immortal Weapons battle each other as representatives of their cities in a tournament held every 88 years when their cities merge into the Heart of Heaven.; Event; In the 1930s the cities merged, but one of the Immortal Weapon; Iron Fist (Orson Randall) refused to fight in the tournament, having been changed by seeing too much blood and violence in his time out of the city. When confronted by his would be opponents, attempting to strip him of his station, he lashed out, killing the Crane Champion of K'un-Zi. The Crane Mother swore revenge on the Iron Fist, as she could not produce another warrior for another 300 years.; Modern Era; The cities merged again and the warriors were all called by to compete. Davos powers were restored by the Crane Mother in exchange for becoming the Champion of the mystical land of K'un-Zi. Each would face each other in various arena's. He revealed that he now was known as the Steel Phoenix. During his match with Tiger's Beautiful Daughter, he beats the girl soundly and she is about to yield, but Davos wanted her death not her submission. His left hand was cut off by her war fan but it did not stop him from defeating her and demonstrating his new powers. Lei Kung interrupts the fight and stops his son from killing the girl. Steel Phoenix was defeated by John Aman the Prince of Orphans. After the tournament had ended, he was able to rejoice for a while and even listen to the other Immortal Weapons' stories but it was short lived when John Amon revealed to them the Yu-Ti's activities and intentions. ============================================================ Super Olympics Kind: event Page: Super Olympics Full name: Super Olympics First appearance: Marvel Illustrated: The Swimsuit Issue Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 History: Overview; The Super Olympics was a charity event created by Stark Industries and the Maria Stark Foundation. It was created in hopes of raising funds and awareness for the environmental protection of the Savage Land.; Event ============================================================ 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 History: The Thanos War is the story of Thanos the Mad Titan's first major conflict with the heroes of Earth, primarily Captain Marvel. ============================================================ 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 History: Thursebolt is an Asgardian festival where Thor's heroic actions are praised, all washed down with rich drinks and libations. ============================================================ 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. History: The Thousand Year War was a conflict fought between the first men and the Dragon Kings for the domination of Lemuria, circa 500,000 BC.; Preface; Datation; That war occurred around the times of Elder Hyperborea, circa 500,000 BC.; Its conclusion brought the end of the Age of Dragons, and the beginning of the Age of Men.; Casus belli; In the days of Elder Hyperborea, when giant reptiles ruled the Earth, the Dragon Kings were evil kings and necromancers. The Dragon Kings were the Elderspawn of Sligguth, one of Set's offspring.; Seeing the Dragon Kings' evil, the Nineteen Gods created the first men, beginning with Phondath the Firstborn and his mate Evalla.; Men built Nemedis, the First City, and fought the Dragon Kings for dominance over Lemuria.; History; At the beginning of the war, Men were overwhelmed, as it took too many of them to slay a single Dragon King.; They consequently retreated behind the walls of Nemedis (where they were led by Lord Thungarth), Althaar, Yb, and Yaodar, besieged by the Dragon Kings, and praying for salvation from Father Gorm.; Father Gorm eventually heard their prayers, and appeared to Lord Thungarth at Nemedis. He bestowed upon him the Star Sword (which contained the powers of the Nineteen Gods).; At the last battle, at Grimstrand Firth, the Dragon Kings were defeated, though Thungarth was killed and the Star Sword shattered in the process. The battle was recounted in a song by Diombar.; Aftermaths; Age of Men; With the end of the Dragon Kings came the end of the Age of Dragons, and the beginning of the Age of Men.; While Nemedis eventually laid as a dead city, Men developed on Lemuria, creating many more new cities, and becoming one of the oldest surviving civilization.; "Elder Spirits"; As Men rose to supremacy in Lemuria, "elder spirits" (belonging to the kind of the Sleeper Beneath the Sands), invisible, shapeless shapes, that crossed the dark voids of space to come to Earth in its prime began to fled from sight, awaiting to rise and rule again Earth. Some lied dormant in the ocean or beneath hills.; Dragon Kings; A score of Dragon Kings survived the slaughter, went into hiding in their castle at the Dragon Isles of the inland Sea of Neol-Shendis. They attempted to return their past glory long afterwards, but the last of them were killed by Thongor (wielding a newly forged Star Sword) and by Father Gorm himself. ============================================================ 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 History: Conflict; After the ascension of Kronos, the Eternals discovered that Kronos' experiment had increased their powers. With their new abilities, the Eternals then discovered they could join their will and intelligence into one powerful entity which they called the Uni-Mind.; Despite being more unified than ever before, the Eternals still disagreed on the core goals of their society. The majority of the Eternals (about 70%), led by one of Kronos' sons, Zuras, believed that they shouldn't tinker with their cosmic potential and no new Eternals should be created. Another son of Kronos, A'Lars, and a small fraction of their numbers believed they should keep expanding The Machine (the artificial intelligence that served the Eternals) and create new Eternals, via biological and technological methods.; Around 200,000 years ago, the Eternals went to war once more, with A'Lars being pressured to unlock the secrets of reproduction so more soldiers would join the war effort. One day, Sprite, a supporter of Zuras, sneaked into the Llarsite headquarters to deliver a message that A'Lars' mother, Daina, had a proposal to end the war. In the meeting with Zuras and Daina, an agreement was reached: the majority of Eternals would have their minds wiped and one solitary Llarsite would be allowed to found a colony as an experiment. A'Lars was chosen and adopted the name "Mentor" before settling on the lost colony of Titan.; There, he located Sui-San, the sole survivor of the exiled followers of Uranos, and together they used their genetic material to found a new species of Eternal-derived beings, the Titans. They developed Titan into a wonder of science, building the super-computer ISAAC to help them run the environment. As they flourished, some Eternals of Earth started believing that the Zurasian faction had been overly conservative. Little did they know that Sui-San had just given birth to Thanos, who would one day become one of the Universe's greatest menaces.; With Titanos destroyed, Zuras led his Eternals to create new cities: their capital, Olympia, in the mountains of Greece; Oceana, in the Pacific Ocean; and Polaria, in Siberia. ============================================================ 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 History: New/Relaunched/Revamped series ============================================================ 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 History: The territory known as Burunda, in Central Africa, had been a Portuguese colony since 1584, with Portugal bringing Chinese indentured laborers in the 19th work to work on coffee and coal industries. In the mid-20th century, however, a sudden Burundan nationalist movement demanded independence from Portugal. Portugal initially ignored them, but the situation escalated into an armed conflict that was known as the War for Freedom. In 1971, Portugal agreed to concede Burunda independence. The Burundans renamed their capital city Freedomtown to honor this victory, and later established a republic. ============================================================ 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 History: Searching for his nemesis Eddie Brock, Carnage (Cletus Kasady) lures Agent Anti-Venom (Flash Thompson) into a trap and seals him in the Darkforce Dimension. Learning that Dylan Brock is the host of the Venom symbiote, Carnage toys with his prey before revealing the enormity of the Venom symbiote's sins to Dylan. Tearing the Venom symbiote from Dylan's body, Carnage kills him, sending his codex to the Un-Beyond where he meets the Eventuality. The Carnage symbiote is pulled from Cletus' body into the Symbiote Hive and tries to attack the Eventuality, but ends up manifesting in the Garden of Time--bursting out of Meridius' chest and absorbing some of his power in the process. Finding multiple incarnations of Eddie Brock, Carnage kills one of them--utterly destroying his codex--and prepares to do the same to the others while gloating over having killed Dylan.; Fighting the different versions of Eddie and killing several of them, Carnage destroys the Garden of Time using All-Blood. In the present, the Venom symbiote heals Dylan's body and then leaves, despairing at having failed to protect him; unbeknownst to it, Dylan returns to life following his encounter with the Eventuality. Returning to the present day of Earth-616, the Carnage symbiote rebonds with Cletus and they return to the Darkforce Dimension to finish off Flash and assimilate the Anti-Venom symbiote. However, Flash blasts Carnage with an accumulated burst of Darkforce energy and escapes. ============================================================ 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. History: What began as a discussion between veteran writer Peter David, Marvel Enterprises Chief Operating Officer Bill Jemas, and Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada concerning editorial, pricing, and marketing issues surrounding David's Captain Marvel has become one of the most anticipated Marvel publishing events of the year: "U-Decide!", the eagerly awaited showdown that will let readers choose which of three books will keep a room in the House of Ideas.; Those that followed the exchanges between the three men already know that they can expect three very different types of books to emerge from this unique challenge. Every book purchased will represent a vote for that title to continue as an ongoing series.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; September 2002 ============================================================ 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.; } History: Vostok 7 was intended to be a simple space mission by the Soviet Union in 1963. However, after the Vostok vessel had launched from the Cosmodrome, it mysteriously disappeared and its cosmonauts, Ivana and Valeri Krakov, sent an eerie signal back to Earth. The existence of Voskov 7 was then censored.; Dimitri Krakov, the son of the missing cosmonauts, dedicated his life to finding his parents. Decades later, he created a grid to track down the signal and opened a portal to an unknown dimension outside reality where his parents had been transported to, but when he found and rescued his mother, she quickly aged to death when she entered normal spacetime. Despite this, Dimitri was determined to reunite with his father. ============================================================ 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. History: James Rhodes (War Machine) is working for NGO Worldwatch and checks on his workmate's war journalists brother Luke Bergier, who is covering the civil war in San Revilla, after which he decides to investigate rumors of an elite team of superhuman rebels. War Machine finds that these rebels, the Shadows, are led by fellow ex-Avenger Hawkeye, purportedly on a mission for the U.S. government. Simultaneously, the U.S. government is also staffing the opposing side of the civil war, the San Revilla government, with a team of superhumans including the USAgent, another ex-Avenger. War Machine finds out that both sides are being manipulated by the mysterious Advisor, who thrives on conflict and wants to export his "recipe" for conflict to other countries. ============================================================ 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 History: The Starkwar III was a war that occurred on Earth-71831, somehow involving the Stark family. During that war, the Time Stone was destroyed and its fragments were later used to create the Timelens. ============================================================ 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 History: ; Datation; Agomotto estimated the War of the Seven Spheres would last for five thousand years.; Location; Oshtur stated the War of the Seven Spheres was to take place "across the planes of Heaven".; Preparation; Recruiting Doctor Strange; Before the War was to begin, the deities sought to recruit mystic warriors. Doctor Strange was approached by many powers at once. They each insisted that he was obligated to serve them as they have previously assisted him on may occasions. Learning that the conflict would last five thousand years, Strange declined participation on the grounds that Earth could not afford to be without its Sorcerer Supreme for so long. It was then that the gods became angered and argued over the right to draft Dr. Strange.; In an effort to remove himself from the center of debate, Strange invoked the Emancipation Law, enabling him to renounce the powers' claims, but making him unable to call upon any of the powers and principalities -- in effect, Strange surrendered the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme. The War of the Seven Spheres began, at this point, without Strange's involvement.; Following Strange's refusal, Salomé, former Sorceress Supreme, offered help to the Vishanti, which they accepted.; Dormammu; As the powers and principalities prepared for the War of the Seven Spheres, Dormammu attacked his sister, Umar, to reclaim his place as ruler of the Dark Dimension. This conflict was later said to be "mystical fallout" of the War of the Seven Spheres.; War of the Seven Spheres; The war was a predestined cyclical conflict among powers and mystic principalities of the mystic planes. In this war, many of the ancient treaties and arrangements between the deities are annulled. As a result, the laws of magic are subject to revision and at times can be circumvented.; The conflict involved many powers and mystic Principalities, including the eight members of the Octessence (Balthakk, Cyttorak, Farralah, Ikonn, Krakkan, Raggadorr, Valtorr, and Watoomb), the Vishanti (Agamotto, Oshtur, and Hoggoth), the Seraphim, the Faltine, Raggadorr, Munipoor, Satannish, Denak, Shaeol, Fatalis, Slorioth, and the Trinity of Ashes (Griefsavor, Ygmlosvorraich; Mother-of-Pain).; The war is an inevitable occurrence in which roles of opposing forces are assigned. For example, the enemies of the Vishanti were primarily the Trinity of Ashes, though they were also opposite to Slorioth. Other parties had their own adversaries, such as the Seraphim who considered themselves enemy of Shaeol. Eternity refused to intervene into the conflict.; Wyn, the avatar of The-Powers-That-Be, was present during part of the war, but it is unclear if they participated in any form of conflict.; Countless factions, including Slorioth, Fatalis and the Trinity of Ashes, battled for the control of the Dark Dimension from Dormammu.; Lloigoroth seemingly participated in or skulked around battles, and assaulted Doctor Strange as he traveled across the dimensions to visit the Vishanti to retrieve his powers.; Impacting Earth; Shortly after the beginning of the War, Strange attempted to regain his old magics, but found that even Eternity could not help him use Vishanti magic without the price of joining the War. Strange thus turned to other sources of magic until he joined the fight.; Returning to Earth after the Infinity Crusade, Strange noticed a wave of destructive universal imbalance hitting the planet as a consequence of the War of the Seven Spheres. He found that the Vishanti had taken Urthona as their champion in his stead, and that Urthona's killing of the Trinity of Ashes' warrior was the cause of the imbalance. Strange thus exiled Urthona and resurrected the Trinity's entity.; Doctor Druid acted as the avatar of Slorioth in an attempt to take the Earth while all other powers were preoccupied with the war. The Vishanti were alerted to Slorioth's actions and summoned the Living Tribunal to arbitrate the issue between higher entities. Pryce issued that Slorioth's rise was an artificial attempt to accelerate the scheduled of the War of the Seven Spheres.; In the end, Slorioth was removed from earth "for the nonce" and Agamotto declared his avatar Cadaver would fight in the War of the Seven Spheres for "four or five thousand years", as Doctor Strange had refused to do.; Salomé; During the conflict, Salomé once again became Earth's Sorcerer Supreme and negotiated a deal with the Vishanti.; General Strange's war; Eventually, Strange did fight in the war for The Vishanti. Over the 5,000 years that he fought the war, constantly losing those closest to him, he began to lose his ethics and prioritize winning over everything, as winning was the only thing which would make the deaths of the people he fought alongside matter.; Ceasefire; On the 5,000th year of the war, the Trinity of Ashes sued for peace on the condition that Stephen Strange be imprisoned for all eternity, as they feared he had become legitimately powerful enough to actually defeat them. As the Vishanti had already promised Strange that they would return him to his world at the time he had left it, the Vishanti separated the part of him that had been changed by the war from the remainder of him.; Aftermath; The Vishanti returned Strange to Earth only four months after he left, and gave him the the part of him that had fought in the war sealed within a crystal. He was warned that the imprisoning spell would be broken if he ever died.; He struggled with reintegration, and used an office made of living skin and hands as a comforting reminder of his past 5,000 years. ============================================================ 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. History: World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict fought between the Allied and the Axis powers, from 1939 until 1945. The Axis powers advances was halted in the year of 1942 when Japan loses the Battle of Midway. The formal declaration of the ending of World War II is on August 15, 1945, when Japan unconditionally surrendered to the Allied Powers.; Events; World War II was a global conflict which effected almost every country and person on the planet. The battles took place all over the world but the three main theaters of the war are below;; Holocaust ============================================================ 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 History: World War I or the Great War was a global war fought between the Allies and the Central Powers that lasted from 1914 to 1918.; 1914; Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the nationalist organization Young Bosnia. Motivated by the desire to achieve South Slavic independence from Austro-Hungarian rule, Gavrilo, along with other members, sought to advance their nationalist agenda through the assassination of Archduke. On that fateful day, as the Archduke and his wife were traveling through the streets of Sarajevo on an official visit, Gavrilo seized the opportunity and fatally shot both of them. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Due to various treaties Germany allied with Austria-Hungary while Russia aided Serbia; in turn, France was pledged to defend Russia. Britain attempted to remain outside the conflict, but when Germany invaded Belgium to flank France's border defences, the Britain joined the war to honor arrangements with Belgium. By July 28, the conflict, which would eventually be known as World War I, the Great War and the War to End all Wars, had begun.; World War I was fought primarily in Europe in the Eastern Front (territories around Russia's western border) and Western Front (territories around France's eastern border). However, the empires' colonies around the world were also brought into the conflict; notably, Canada, Australia and New Zealand of the Commonwealth all sent soldiers to support the UK, including the Canadian mutant Logan (James Howlett) and the young man who would become Night Raven; Canadian soldier Ernest St. Ives gained superhuman powers during the conflict, becoming Deadly Earnest. Initially, it was thought the war would be a brief affair, but it extended from weeks to months to years. Over time, Turkey and Bulgaria joined the Central Powers while Italy and Japan joined the Allies.; US citizen Karl Kaufman, an excellent aviator, longed to fight with the Allies, but his parents lived in Germany and he feared reprisals; instead, he became the masked hero Phantom Eagle to defend the US coast and soon journeyed overseas to battle the Central Powers. Englishman John Falsworth became a traitor to his country after the vampire lord Dracula turned Falsworth into the vampire Baron Blood. Compelled by Dracula to wage war on the UK, Baron Blood allied with the Germans and clashed against his brother, Montgomery, Lord Falsworth, the costumed hero Union Jack. Union Jack also served in the wartime group of Allied masked heroes Freedom's Five alongside Phantom Eagle, Crimson Cavalier of France and Sir Steel and Silver Squire of the UK. Another UK hero was Albion (Peter Hunter).; 1915; On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania was struck by a torpedo fired by the German U-Boat. Witnessing the passengers scrambling for their lives, the aquatic Inhuman; Triton tried to save who he could.; 1916; In 1916, Baron Strucker encountered the Momentary Princess, which was fated to appear and disappear at regular intervals of time. When he touched it, and saw his future as he became the leader of the Hydra.; 1917; In 1917, the Communist government removed Russia from the Allies after the Russian Revolution.; Germans declared unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917, taking the lives of US citizens while combating the UK fleets, the US entered the war as one of the Allies. The US' entry into the war led to soldiers such as Isaac Christians, Daniel J. Whittier, James Fletcher, and Jack Fury joining the fight, along with the costumed hero Iron Fist (Orson Randall).; The US super-soldier John Steele fought on the Western Front, only to be captured by the Germans. The Spirit of Vengeance, Ghost Rider, was also incarnated during WWI with an airplane as his vehicle of choice; he fought the creature Verminus Rex on the Western Front.; Certain long-lived figures such as the Neanderthal man Cole, Ulysses Bloodstone, and Walter Destine also participated in the war.; 1918; In 1918, the Allies finally began driving the Germans from France, and the Central Powers were unable to absorb the mounting casualties. Peace was declared November 11, 1918.; 1919; On June 28 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Palace of Versailles. It was the most important of the peace treaties that brought the war to an end.; Legacy; Under the direction of the Allies, Austria and Hungary were split into separate nations and their shared monarchies dissolved; the nation of Poland was also created, largely from German territory. Viewing the terms of their surrender humiliating, forced to cede territory, accept all blame for the war and pay massive reparations, led to lasting resentment in Germany, which aided the WWI veteran Adolf Hitler's rise to power, and ultimately led to World War II. John Steele remained in German custody until World War II; between the wars his physique was analyzed, ultimately inspiring various Super-Soldier programs. World War I was also witnessed by various time travelers, including the Hulk and Baron Helmut Zemo. ============================================================ 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). History: In the Superflow, the Builders had built Communications/Ascension Stations, which were maintained by the Caretakers and Curators. Each station scanned their universes for a world that was about to ascend on a universal scale and/or entered the Builders' artificial "newuniversal structure." When it found one that was doing so, the station gave them a blessing, the White Event, to produce shepherds for the change: Nightmask, Starbrand, Justice, Cipher, etc.; Newuniversal; Newuniversal Vol 1 2; In Earth-555, the first known White Event happened in prehistory, leading to the creation of the Shining City Zardath and the ascension of Starbrand (Starr), Nightmask (Trull), Cipher (Baneth), and Justice (Ukru).; Another White Event happened at 06.48 UTC on March 2 2006. In the previous minute, the Chinese, Russian & USA's early warning systems went offline. The event, in which "Everything went White", could be seen from everywhere in the world (including New York City, Optima Down, San Francisco, Latvia & Fort Meade).; Consequences of The White Event; Latvia - Landslip on Northern Coast revealed the first city of humankind, Zardath.; San Francisco - Nightmask (Izanami Randall) woke up in the Superflow.; New York - Justice (John Tensen) killed Thomas Alexander Reed, his nurse.; Optima Down - Starbrand (Kenneth Connell) gained the Starbrand but the oversplash killed his girlfriend, Maddie Felix.; Fort Meade - Cipher (Jennifer Swann) gained her cyberpathy.; Fort Meade - Funding for Project Spitfire was increased by a factor of 20 sixteen hours later.; Other Similar Events; Philip Voight mentioned that there had been two similar events in the past, The Fireworks in the 1950s, after which he killed the last superhuman & another in 1988 caused by a volcanic eruption.; Earth-148611; A White Event was also the origin of superheroes on Earth-148611.; The Last White Event; The incursions were a phenomenon where two universes would overlap at their respective Earths for eight hours, and then both universes were destroyed unless one of the Earths was destroyed first. The trend of these incursions was accelerating, and this caused a wave of destruction in the Superflow. Across reality, the stations exploded. Realizing what they were losing, the stations were ordered to fire White Events randomly, in the hopes that the worlds hit would be able to use their blessing wisely to stop the collapse.; On Earth-616, the White Event was announced by Nightmask (Adam), a creature created by Ex Nihilo, as well as that "the universe was broken" in Builder Machine Code. It was the Builders' "mother," Captain Universe, who deciphered the Builder Machine Code to the Avengers. Along with Nightmask, this White Event empowered Starbrand (Kevin Connor).; Both Nightmask and Captain Universe agreed that this White Event was not normal, and after seeing the destruction to the Builders' structures in the Superflow, Nightmask told Starbrand that it was likely only they were ascended.; Kree-Pama; Although most of the Builders' structures in the Superflow remained defunct after the Multiverse's restoration as the Eighth Cosmos, at least one was apparently still operable to fire White Events. Kree-Pama received the following: Nightmask (Mar-Sohn), Cipher (Joras-Kyl), Justice (Trrunk), and Starbrand (Va-Sohn). ============================================================ 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. History: Taking place immediately after the events of the 1990 crossover "Days of Future Present", a group of Genoshan Magistrates (soldiers of the country of Genosha), backed by the cyborg Cameron Hodge, and including an amnesiac Havok (a member of the X-Men), attack the X-Mansion and kidnap Storm and the New Mutants Warlock, Boom-Boom, Rictor, and Wolfsbane. Warlock is killed and Storm and Wolfsbane are brainwashed, turned into mindless mutate slaves, which form the backbone of the Genoshan economy and lifestyle. Cable, the New Mutants, Gambit, Forge, and Banshee recruit X-Factor and head to Genosha to save their teammates. They are soon joined by Wolverine, Psylocke, and Jubilee, who independently head to Genosha to rescue their friends.; In the end, the X-Men defeat the forces of Genosha and Cameron Hodge's severed head is buried alive by Rictor, who uses his earthquake-inducing powers to topple the Genoshan capital building "The Citadel" onto Hodge. Storm, whose body had been physically regressed into that of a child in an earlier story, albeit with her adult memories and personality intact, was freed of the brainwashing, and regained her adult form. Wolfsbane was also freed from her brainwashing, but was trapped in a lupine form permanently. Havok (having gotten his memories back) elected to stay in Genosha along with Wolfsbane to help rebuild the now anarchic country and keep it from civil war between its human and mutant population. ============================================================ 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. History: The X-Cutioner's Song is a crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics' in twelve parts from the November 1992 to early 1993. It involved the X-Men (Volume 2), the Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, and X-Force.; Plot; Part I; The story starts out with an assassination attempt on Professor Charles Xavier as he is holding a speech at a one world harmony concert by Lila Cheney. To all appearances, the assassin seems to be Cable, the para-militant half-cyborg and former leader of the New Mutants/X-Force. The projectile used during the assassination is infected with a variant strain of the techno-organic virus that infected Nathan Christopher, the son of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor (the Goblin Queen, a clone of Jean Grey).; While Xavier is rushed to the hospital, Scott and Jean are attacked by the Horsemen of Apocalypse. Caliban, the former Morlock and ally of the X-Men, abducts Scott and Jean while Iceman and Colossus are distracted by War and Famine.; Parts II-IV; Assuming Cable is the assassin, X-Factor begins a hunt for Cable's team, X-Force. A fight ensues, but it is only when the X-Men join in that X-Force is defeated. X-Force's members are taken prisoner and locked up in the X-Men's Danger Room.; Following a different lead, several X-Men locate the Horsemen of Apocalypse. After dispatching them quickly, they receive a holographic message from Mister Sinister who tells them that he (Sinister) was behind Scott and Jean's abduction. Sinister does indicate, however, that the team should still pursue Apocalypse, because Apocalypse is "A Means to an End" (implying that Sinister knows that Apocalypse can cure the TO Virus); Meanwhile, back at Xavier's Mansion, Mr. Sinister breaks in, and defeats the X-Men that were left behind (Bishop and Jubilee). He then enigmatically leaves the mansion without any further damage, leaving a note indicating who is the real assassin.; Scott and Jean are transferred from the Horsemen of Apocalypse to Sinister, from Sinister to members of the Mutant Liberation Front, and from the MLF to their leader Stryfe.; Parts V-VII; Following Mr. Sinister's first lead, the X-Men lay a trap for Apocalypse at one of his safe-houses. Apocalypse defeats them, but decides to not kill them until he can find out who is behind the events.; Mr. Sinister's second lead indicates that Stryfe is behind the assassination attempt. X-Force's leader, Cannonball, offers his help and is allowed to rejoin the X-Men on their hunt for the Mutant Liberation Front (Stryfe's Organization). A combined team of X-Men tracks down the MLF and defeats them, only to find that Stryfe is not with them.; Scott and Jean during this time are forced to endure various forms of torture at Stryfe's hands, although they still do not know why.; Bishop and Wolverine go to Canada to obtain information regarding Cable's whereabouts. They happen to run into Cable doing so, and a battle ensues. Cable assures them that he is not the assassin, and the three join together, and travel to Graymalkin.; Parts VIII-X; Stryfe attacks Apocalypse at his headquarters, defeating him. However, Apocalypse escapes by teleporting away at the last moment. Stryfe assumes leadership of the Dark Riders, Apocalypse's mutant team. Apocalypse travels to Xavier Mansion and offers to cure Xavier (in exchange for their 'services', which could only be their assistance in defeating Stryfe). Apocalypse does cure Xavier by accelerating the virus' replication beyond what it can sustain naturally, forcing it to leave Xavier's body. It tries to feed on Apocalypse, who steps on a manifestation of the virus (presumably destroying it).; Scott and Jean escape from their cells, only to be shown a child that looks much like their son, Nathan. Stryfe tells them that if they are willing to kill the child, it will destroy the Dark Riders, the outpost and Stryfe as well. The truth is that Stryfe is a clone of Nathan, the son sent into the future as an infant to survive a techno-organic virus, created in case he did not survive (Stryfe did not know this, and thought he was the original child, and felt that Scott and Jean had abandoned him). Scott and Jean refuse to destroy the child, and escape only to find out that they are on the moon. As they begin to suffocate in the vacuum, Jean manages to send a telepathic cry for help, but due to the distance, is only able to subconsciously reach Wolverine.; Parts XI-XII; The Dark Riders face the combined forces of all the X-Men, including Apocalypse, and are defeated. The X-Men split up to find Jean and Scott, while Apocalypse goes on his own. Apocalypse runs into the Dark Riders, who defeat Apocalypse and leave him for dead. Archangel confronts the dying Apocalypse and threatens to finish him, but decides it is more fitting to let him die painfully without dignity.; Stryfe meanwhile has baited himself inside a forcefield that only allows members of the Summers family to enter. Jean and Scott are held within, and manage to escape while Cable and Havok (Cyclops' brother) battle Stryfe. Cable has Scott activate a combined Self-Destruct/Time Vortex which consumes both Stryfe and Cable.; Havok reflects that the story began with everyone believing Cable to be the murderer, but in the end he saved them all.; Impact; The next time Cable appears some months later, he simply says "I survived. Stryfe didn't."; There is an epilogue issue following the X-Cutioner's Song. In Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 297, Professor Xavier is able to enjoy the use of his legs for one brief day as an after effect of being cured of the virus. He spends the day having fun with Jubilee.; The major long-term result of X-Cutioner's Song was the Legacy Virus. Stryfe had earlier given Mister Sinister a canister that he claimed contained two thousand years worth of genetic material from the Summers bloodline. When Sinister opened it after Stryfe was apparently killed by Cable, he found nothing inside. Far worse than that, the canister actually contained a plague, Stryfe's "Legacy" to the world. The virus (presumably from the future) was 100% fatal and struck only mutants. This was a dangling plot-line in the X-Men comics for years, but the virus was eventually cured by Moira MacTaggert, Beast and Colossus, but not before costing many lives.; Stryfe's Strike File; Stryfe's Strike File was the name of a 1993 X-Men one-shot written by Fabian Nicieza and Scott Lobdell. It included several years worth of foreshadowing of Lobdell and Nicieza's X-Men plotlines. The comic has an opening and closing sequence, but was primarily text and picture files.; The issue contains an opening sequence where Xavier is reviewing a disc of data captured from Stryfe. The disc contains profiles of various X-Men and villains from Stryfe's perspective. These collect the profiles written on the 12 trading cards that accompanied the original issues of the crossover, with a number of additions. In the ending sequence, Xavier destroys the disc.; The book contained entries for the characters named Threnody, Siena Blaze, Graydon Creed and Holocaust, who had not appeared previously. Blaze and Creed (as Upstarts) and Threnody would appear later on in Lobdell's run, while Holocaust would not appear in the X-Men comics until the Age of Apocalypse storyline. The version found in this storyline differs from the one found in Stryfe's Strike File in that the Age of Apocalypse Holocaust requires a containment suit, and the Holocaust in the files does not. However, Stryfe's file could've referred to the time in which Holocaust devised a way to transform his suit into human form. ============================================================ 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. History: World War Hulk was an event in which the Hulk was banished from Earth by the Illuminati. At the end of Planet Hulk (in Incredible Hulk Vol 2 104-105), Hulk returned to Earth, seeing revenge against the Illuminati.; Plot; In his time spent on the planet Sakaar, the Hulk had become stronger than ever before and wanted revenge on The Illuminati. In his spaceship headed for Earth the Hulk was blinded by rage at The Illuminati, blaming them for the death of his wife, his unborn child, and the million citizens of planet Sakaar who had died. (Without confirming if it was actually them who caused the warp core to explode or some third-party.) Seeing his friends as enemies while training, he almost killed Korg and the Brood.; Reaching the moon, the Hulk defeats the Illuminati member Black Bolt, who he was unaware was actually a Skrull infiltrator. The Hulk then proceeded to New York City, where he demanded the presence of the Illuminati and that the city be evacuated.; Leaving for a short while, he travelled to the nearby X-Mansion, home of the X-Men, where Professor X, one of the members of the Illuminati absent when they decided to send the Hulk off-planet, admitted he would have agreed to send the Hulk away. The Hulk proceeded to defeat several teams of X-Men, and the Juggernaut. When Mercury led Hulk to the mansions graveyard and told Hulk about the loss of some of their allies and mutants during Decimation, Hulk decided to spare Professor X, believing he was already suffering enough and left.; The Hulk returned to Manhattan to complete his ultimatum. Iron Man engaged him in battle, wearing an enhanced Hulkbuster armoured suit, but was defeated after trying to subdue the Hulk with sabotaged anti-Hulk nanotechnology. Avengers Tower was destroyed in the ensuing battle. After this, the Hulk fought Ghost Rider. The remaining Avengers teams engaged the Hulk and his Warbound but were defeated, as were Doc Samson and the The Fantastic Four. Reed Richards' plan to simulate the Sentry's presence in order to calm the Hulk also failed, and Susan Storm attempted to call the real Sentry to have him intervene. The Hulk crushed the hands of Doctor Strange, preventing the sorcerer from employing mystic spells.; After the Hulk was close to becoming allies with the Renegades; Amadeus Cho, Hercules, Namora, and Angel, General Thunderbolt Ross called in the U.S. Army. The Hulk defeated them, and with the Warbound he transformed Madison Square Garden into a gladiatorial arena.; At Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum, Warbound members Hiroim and Elloe defeated Iron Fist, Ronin and Echo. Doctor Strange, mystically invoking a powerful old enemy, Zom, restored himself, his shattered hands replaced by spiked maces, and defeated Hiroim. In the gladiator arena, Doctor Strange threw Hiroim's body in front of the Hulk and attacked him, barely able to hold back the influence of Zom. Strange punched the Hulk out of the arena into the midst of a group of bystanders. Strange then knocked the Hulk into a building, which caused it to collapse on him and even more onlookers. Strange, aware that he could have hurt someone, flew down to find that the Hulk protected the people. Strange, now doubting his ability to control his powers, was beaten by the Hulk and imprisoned.; At the arena, Hulk has a lion fed to an alien. Hulk then placed "Black Bolt", Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic, and Dr. Strange, all outfitted with obedience disks, up against a Devil Corker from Sakaar. The four defeated the monster using teamwork, but the Hulk turned the tables on them and set them against each other in a series of gladiator matches, the first fighters being Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man. Mr. Fantastic defeated Iron Man, and was then ordered by the Hulk to kill Iron Man. Meanwhile, in the Sentry's home, he witnessed the battle on television and left to fight the Hulk, declaring that it was time for him to play God.; Mung the Inconceivable, was killed while taking Miek's Hivelings (against Miek's wishes) on a rampage, hunting any human stragglers who had not evacuated. He ran into a returning Punisher and Stuart Clarke, fresh from a mission on the Mexico border. Armed with a crude Venom-like suit and a bag full of Clarke's weapons Castle challenged Mung to a duel, which he accepted. This was only a ruse to protect evacuating civilians heading for the Staten Island Ferry. The Punisher managed to not only rip Mung's arm off, but was also able to cut Mung's head open with his own sword. The Hivelings scattered as the one Mung called "Frank of Earth" told them to run. The people Castle was protecting managed to get on the Ferry, but the Punisher stayed on the shore to continue helping trapped people.; Meanwhile, the Hulk decided to spare the Illuminati, but said that he would destroy New York City and leave them to their shame. As soon as his decision was made, the Sentry arrived and attacked the Hulk. This attack destroyed the stadium, so the heroes and the Warbound teamed up to save the civilians still present. The Sentry unleashed his full power against the Hulk, but so much energy was used in the battle that the two reverted to their human forms. Robert Reynolds thanked Bruce for stopping him, before collapsing. Miek screamed about how the Hulk was not done exacting his revenge, and charged at Banner. Rick Jones, however, pushed Banner aside and was impaled instead, causing Banner to once again transform into The Hulk. The Hulk punched Miek aside, only for Miek to reveal that he was the cause of the mass deaths on Sakaar. He knew that the ship had been rigged to explode by followers of the Red King, who the Hulk had usurped, but did nothing to stop it. Miek reminded the Hulk that he was a warrior, not a peacemaker. He was then seemingly killed by the Hulk, who became so enraged that his mere footsteps began to destroy Manhattan. Tony Stark then used a satellite mounted beam that nullified gamma radiation to defeat him. It was later revealed that the Hulk was then kept in a coma in an underground base. Meanwhile, on Sakaar, a long-haired figure rose from the planet's surface. This was Skaar, the son of the Hulk who had survived his mother's death.; Production; World War Hulk consists of the World War Hulk Vol 1 five-issue miniseries, several World War Hulk sub-miniseries and one-shots (World War Hulk: Front Line Vol 1 and World War Hulk: Gamma Corps Vol 1, World War Hulk: X-Men Vol 1, World War Hulk Prologue: World Breaker Vol 1), as well as issues of the regular Incredible Hulk Vol 2 series, and selected issues of Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1, Heroes for Hire Vol 2, Invincible Iron Man Vol 1, Ghost Rider Vol 5, Irredeemable Ant-Man Vol 1.; Cast of Characters; Heroes; Doc Samson (Leonard Samson); Excalibur; Captain Britain (Brian Braddock); Dazzler (Alison Blaire); Juggernaut (Cain Marko); The Fantastic Four; Black Panther (T'Challa); Human Torch (Johnny Storm); Invisible Woman (Sue Richards); Storm (Ororo Munroe); Thing (Ben Grimm); Gamma Corps; Heroes For Hire; Black Cat (Felicia Hardy); Colleen Wing; Humbug (Buck Mitty); Misty Knight (Mercedes Knight); Shang-Chi; Tarantula (Maria Vasquez); Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze); The Illuminati; "Black Bolt"; Doctor Strange; Iron Man (Tony Stark); Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards); Professor X (Charles Xavier); The Initiative; Cloud 9 (Abby Boylen); Gauntlet (Joseph Green); Hardball (Roger Brokeridge); Justice (Vance Astrovik); Komodo (Melati Kusuma); Rage (Elvin Haliday); Slapstick (Steve Harmon); "Thor Girl"; Triathlon (Delroy Garrett); Ultragirl (Suzy Sherman); Shadow Initiative; Trauma (Terrance Ward); Mutant Zero; Bengal (Duc No Tranh); Constrictor (Frank Schlichting); Red Team/Scarlet Spiders; Mighty Avengers; Ares; Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers); Wonder Man (Simon Williams); New Avengers; Echo (Maya Lopez); Iron Fist (Danny Rand); Luke Cage; Ronin (Clint Barton); Spider-Man (Peter Parker); "Spider-Woman"; New X-Men; Dust (Sooraya Qadir); Elixir (Josh Foley); Hellion (Julian Keller); Mercury (Cessily Kincaid); Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro); Surge (Noriko Ashida); X-23 (Laura Kinney); Prodigy (David Alleyne); Sentry (Bob Reynolds); She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters); Stepford Cuckoos; X-Factor Investigations; M (Monet St. Croix); Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox); Siryn (Theresa Cassidy); Strong Guy (Guido Carosella); Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair); X-Men; Beast (Hank McCoy); Colossus (Piotr Rasputin); Cyclops (Scott Summers); Darwin (Armando Muñoz); Emma Frost; Hepzibah; Lockheed; Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner); Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde); Warpath (James Proudstar); Wolverine (Logan); Warbound; Hulk (Bruce Banner); Arch-E-5912; No-Name; Elloe Kaifi; Hiroim; Korg; Miek; Mung; Other Characters; Slaying Mantis (Eric O'Grady); Caiera Oldstrong; Daredevil (Matt Murdock); Ben Urich; Sally Floyd; Danny Granville; The Punisher (Frank Castle); Stuart Clarke; General Thunderbolt Ross; President George W. Bush; Medusa; Monstro (Frank Johnson); Namor (Namor McKenzie); Renegades; Angel (Warren Worthington); Hercules; Amadeus Cho; Namora (Aquaria Neptunia); Rick Jones; S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents; Gabriel Jones; Maria Hill; Derek Khanata; "Dum Dum Dugan"; Scorpion (Camilla Black); Wong; Revised shipping schedule; The originally announced shipping schedule was updated on May 21st, 2007 to include additional titles, delays, and the cancellation of the one-shot "World War Hulk: Young Avengers" title.; May 2007:; World War Hulk Prologue: World Breaker Vol 1 1; Incredible Hulk Vol 2 106; June 2007; World War Hulk Vol 1 1; Ghost Rider Vol 6 12; Heroes for Hire Vol 2 11; Incredible Hulk Vol 2 107; Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 19; World War Hulk: X-Men Vol 1 1; World War Hulk: Front Line Vol 1 1; July 2007; World War Hulk Vol 1 2; Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 4; Ghost Rider Vol 6 13; Heroes for Hire Vol 2 12; Incredible Hulk Vol 2 108; Invincible Iron Man Vol 1 20; Irredeemable Ant-Man Vol 1 10; Marvel Spotlight: World War Hulk Vol 1 1; World War Hulk: Front Line Vol 1 2; World War Hulk: Gamma Corps Vol 1 1; World War Hulk: X-Men Vol 1 2; August 2007; World War Hulk Vol 1 3; Avengers: The Initiative Vol 1 5; Heroes for Hire Vol 2 13; Incredible Hulk Vol 2 109; World War Hulk: Front Line Vol 1 3; World War Hulk: Front Line Vol 1 4; World War Hulk: Gamma Corps Vol 1 2; World War Hulk: Gamma Files Vol 1 1; World War Hulk: X-Men Vol 1 3; September 2007; World War Hulk Vol 1 4; Heroes for Hire Vol 2 14; Incredible Hulk Vol 2 110; World War Hulk: Front Line Vol 1 5; World War Hulk: Gamma Corps Vol 1 3; October 2007; World War Hulk Vol 1 5; Heroes for Hire Vol 2 15; Incredible Hulk Vol 2 111; Punisher War Journal Vol 2 12; World War Hulk: Front Line Vol 1 6; World War Hulk: Gamma Corps Vol 1 4 ============================================================ 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. History: A new mutant is born who could decide the fate of the entirety of mutantkind.; Full History; Cerebra detects the birth of a new mutant in Cooperstown, Alaska, the first such birth since M-Day. Professor Xavier sends a team of X-Men consisting of Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Archangel, and Emma Frost to Alaska to find the child; however, the Marauders and the Purifiers get to Alaska first and both groups fight each other over the child. The X-Men arrive on the scene to find that Prism and Blockbuster of the Marauders and some of the Purifiers have been killed and that the child is missing. Predator X is also shown to be hunting for the child and stops to feast upon Blockbuster's body.; Cyclops has Emma Frost bring in Rictor and Multiple Man against their wills with Layla Miller tagging along, saying that she needs to be there for Jamie. Cyclops then asks Rictor to infiltrate the Purifiers, as he is still depowered. Everyone else is going to go see Forge. Professor X and Beast attempt to fix Cerebra, while Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Archangel, and Colossus hunt down former Acolytes—Projector, Neophyte, Vindaloo, and Gargouille—to get information about the current whereabouts of Exodus; meanwhile, Predator X is still on the hunt for the newborn mutant.; Rictor saves the Purifiers from Wolfsbane, in a ploy to gain their trust and infiltrate them. Cyclops officially tells the New X-Men that they are held back from action when they confront him. Storm and Nightcrawler go to Amelia Voght to ask her for information on the Marauders and the Acolytes. Multiple Man and Layla are sent to Forge by Cyclops. Multiple Man creates two dupes to investigate two alternate timelines that spiked when the mutant baby was born. As Forge sent the two dupes, Layla runs to one of them so as to accompany him. Forge reveals that it was supposed to be a one way trip with dupes being implanted with the knowledge that they had to kill themselves once they finish their missions so that their knowledge is quickly transferred back to Madrox prime. Once Forge tells Madrox prime this, he is furious at Forge for the loss of Layla and passes out. Rictor also makes a startling discovery: the Purifiers' base extends beyond New York City, including Washington, D.C.. ============================================================ 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. History: Prologue; With the disastrous conclusion to Secret Invasion having nearly annihilated the Skrull Empire, and the tension building up in the uneasy relationship between the Shi'ar and the Kree, it would not have been long since the time for these galactic superhouses to clash openly once again in a War of Kings...and that time has now come.; The Guardians of the Galaxy; In an unknown part of the Universe, Drax and Quasar are searching for clues to find Cammi by asking seers if they have any information. One seer asks whether they are here about the oncoming war between kings and the doom of the future tense, to which Drax bluntly replies with a no.; In the aftermath of the Guardians of the Galaxy breaking up, Peter Quill ventures to Hala, the Kree homeworld, under the belief that the Skrulls were attacking the Kree. He discovers he is mistaken, and that the Kree had captured an attacking Skrull force and used the prisoners to power the Babel Spire, a weapon left from the Kree's just-ended war against the Phalanx. Ronan approached Peter and stated that the spire is for the protection of the Kree. Star-Lord saw the spire and its use of Skrulls as fuel as criminal and ordered it be shut down. The two came to blows, with Ronan easily defeating Star-Lord. Ronan then condemned Peter Quill to banishment in the Negative Zone.; After his arrival, Star-Lord discovers that Blastaar is the new King of the Negative Zone. After Blastaar demonstrates his power, the two converse and Blastaar reveals that Ronan has granted him full sovereignty of the Negative Zone. Blastaar tells Peter that Star-Lord has skills he requires, then reveals to him Prison 42, the prison for anti-registration heroes, which he hopes contains a portal to the Positive Zone.; Blastaar's army has been held back for six days as the prison is defended by its own abandoned inmates - Jack Flag, Condor, Skeleton Ki, Gorilla-Man and Bison. Blastaar sends Star-Lord naked to negotiate with the prisoners, and after getting some clothes he advises them not to open the portal. All the leaders except for Jack Flag decide to surrender anyway, causing Peter and Flag to knock out all of them except Skeleton Ki, who surrenders. When Peter and Flag leave to find a telepath to contact his allies however, Ki goes against his word and opens to the door to Blastaar's army to surrender.; Meanwhile on Knowhere, Vance Astro is talking to Starhawk in hopes of remembering his past, when Astro is called away by the return of the Guardians. While Rocket Raccoon and Groot inform the others that the Kree Ambassador says that they have no knowledge of Peter being on their home world, Mantis is contacted telepathically by Peter via Carrion. The Guardians teleport to the Negative Zone, unfortunately ending up right into the middle of Blastaar's troops.; Blastaar sends his Negative Zone Army into 42 to take over the prison, with most of the prisoners surrendering upon seeing the size of his army. Outside the prison, the Guardians have been thrown into the middle of the war zone. During the battle, Rocket Raccoon catches Star-Lord's helmet, realizing their passport bracelets locked onto the passport bracelet on Peter's suit. Mantis telepathically contacts Cosmo to teleport them to Peter's location. The Guardians and Flag are then able to teleport out just as Blastaar invades the prison himself.; Elsewhere on Sacrosanct, the Homeworld of the Universal Church of Truth, Adam Warlock and Gamora appear before the Matriarch. Warlock proclaims that he is their Messiah, and proves it by prophesying there is a war coming that will destroy everything if not stopped. Warlock says he will prove himself by stopping the war and saving all creation, before leaving. Back in 42, Blastaar is being told about the prisoners and whether they died or not. Then two warriors bring Skeleton Ki to him, and Blastaar asks him to open the portal to Earth. At Camp Hammond on Earth, Star-Lord and the Guardians introduce themselves to Reed Richards and inform him that he should never re-open the portal.; Arriving back on Knowhere, a now fully healed Jack Flag decides to stay with the Guardians. In the detention area, Major Victory once again goes to look at Starhawk. Starhawk tells Major Victory about how time is changing, and how the cause could occur days, hours or minutes from now. Starhawk prophecies "the King with no words has screamed in defiance and has split the universe in two". She then claims that the war that ends everything is starting.; The Shi'ar and The Starjammers; Having become the ruler of the Shi'ar Empire, Emperor Vulcan attacks and conquers the planet Z'nox to expand his dominion. The Galactic Council convenes to discuss how they could have prevented the previous two cosmic wars, and how the Shi'ar's withdrawal from the council is a bad sign. Vulcan's wife Deathbird tells the Shi'ar people of the conquest's success, to rapturous applause. She and Admiral Ka'ardum, leader of the Shi'ar fleet, talk about Vulcan after the speech, with Deathbird reassuring the admiral that Vulcan can overcome his faults, but the enemy won't overcome him.; Elsewhere in the Shi'ar Galaxy, Marvel Girl, Lilandra Neramani, and Korvus Rook'shir attacks a space station and retrieve the Starjammer. On the prison planet Kr'kn, Vulcan inspects the imprisonment of his brother Havok, as well as Raza Longknife, Ch'od, and Polaris. Vulcan is called away to the site of the attack by Rachel, Lilandra and Korvus, with Vulcan stating he wants them all dead.; Emperor Vulcan is introduced to his new guard made of criminals - the Symbiote Zzzxx, the Uncreated God-Killer, the Pn'zo, a Hodinn, and the Strontian Xenith. Meanwhile on Asteroid Haven, Gladiator is sleeping in bed and is awoken by the presence of Lilandra. Lilandra tries to get Gladiator to tell her where Havok and the other Starjammers are, but Gladiator says that he has to serve the empire. Lilandra then reveals Rachel, who used her telepathy to read Kallark's mind and discover the location of the Starjammers. Rachel grabs Lilandra and flies off, followed by Gladiator. However Gladiator isn't fast enough and the duo fly off in the Starjammer.; On Kr'kn, Havok uses what little solar energy he'd been able to absorb through the food slot in his cell door to escape. Vulcan returns to Chandilar to meet envoys from the Galactic Council. He talks with his wife Deathbird when he disembarks his cruiser and embraces her with a passionate kiss.; The Starjammer arrives in the Clench Worlds, which they were using as a temporary hiding place, to prepare for the journey to Kr'kn. However, Vulcan's new guard arrives shortly after to kill them all. Xenith targets Korvus and his Phoenix Blade, causing Rachel to fly off to help him. Zzzxx attempts to attach itself to Lilandra, but Lilandra electrocutes it with a cable. Outside on the platform the Pz'no attacks Korvus with electricity but Korvus throws him away before God-Killer attacks him.; While Rachel battles Xenith, the Hodinn removes its armour, producing a massive burst of solar heat that destroys the nearby planet, the Starjammer and the rest of Vulcan's Guard barely escaping. Meanwhile on Chandilar, the Galactic Council ambassadors give Vulcan a chance to explain his actions, but Vulcan simply incinerates them to send a message to the council, stating that it is officially dissolved and any interfere into Shi'ar actions will be met with a similar showing.; The Ovoid ship 'Mindlight' approaches Hala, seeking an audience with Ronan the Accuser. On it are members of the Galactic Council, with a Rigellian Recorder that recorded the actions of Vulcan. The Starjammer begins to approach Kr'kn, with Rachel outside reflecting missiles to clear a path for the ship, remaining in space in case Vulcan appears. The Shi'ar send a message to Chandilar about the attack, but The Hole isn't responding. Ch'od removes the communication panels from The Hole to prevent communication, and then tells Havok and Polaris there is no way to escape from the hole without a teleport. Havok complains saying he can only take Vulcan if he is fully powered and that's not going to happen here. Raza then returns with various weapons saying that they will have to do it the old fashioned way.; The Starjammers are alerted by the alarm, telling them that the prisoners have all been released. Polaris pleads with Havok to save the Shi'ar guards instead of just letting them die. Back on Chandilar, the Admiral and Deathbird voice their concerns about Vulcan waging war against the universe. Vulcan disagrees and states the Shi'ar are the only power left after the Annihilation Wave and the Phalanx Conquest, but that his spies have told him the Kree have a new king. Vulcan then approaches the Imperial Guard, who have assembled and are ready. But Oracle tells him the Clench Worlds have been destroyed by the Hodinn. He asks to see bodies for confirmation, and Deathbird then tells him there is news from Kr'kn.; On the Clench Worlds, Shi'ar warships witness the Hodinn destroying more planets. The Starjammers on Kr'kn begin to fight off against the prisoners defending the guards. The prison then sounds another alarm stating there are two teleportation signals coming. It turns out to be Lilandra and Korvus who, after telling Rachel to once again remain in space, arrive in the prison, where the rest of the Starjammers have already defeated everyone. Korvus wants to leave now, but Havok says this is the best chance to defeat Vulcan. Korvus reiterates that it won't just be Vulcan coming for them.; Just then the rest of the Death Guard arrive and attack the Starjammers, Xenith quickly forcing Polaris away from the others. Back in space a Shi'ar warship warps in above the Kr'kn, before the Hodinn flies out and bursts past Rachel. Korvus begins to defend himself from God-Killer while the Pz'no attacks the rest of the Starjammers, until he gets shot at the by Havok. Zzzxx attempts to take over Havok, but Raza intervenes, resulting in him being possessed instead. Suddenly, Vulcan and the Imperial Guard teleport in, announcing this is where they will all die.; Above Kr'kn, Rachel fights the Hodinn until a warship shoots them, sending them crashing towards the planet. Gladiator goes to attack Havok, but Xenith steps in and the two Strontians fight. As Vulcan faces off against the depowered Havok, Polaris appears up from the floor below. Vulcan then begins to make a dash toward Polaris as Rachel and the Hodinn crash through the ceiling. Havok absorbs the stellar energy being emitted by the Hodinn and defeats Vulcan.; Elsewhere, Kallark fights Xenith, while they talk about how she fought against the empire and how he betrayed her. Just then Deathbird appears and tells Gladiator that Vulcan granted her a pardon, and that if he truly serves the throne he should let her go. Havok starts savagely beating into Vulcan, who tries to justify himself. All of a sudden, the Phoenix Force leaves both Rachel and the Phoenix Blade. The Pz'no capitalises on this, stabbing Rachel through the shoulder with one of his tentacles, resulting in Korvus slicing the Pz'no in half.; As Lilandra tries to help Rachel, Deathbird attacks her, and Lilandra is forced to stab her through the stomach. Vulcan sees this happen, allowing Havok to beat him to the floor, ready to hit the killing blow. Lilandra decides there is no time left as the Hole is collapsing, initiating the teleport to bring them back to the Starjammer.; Back in the Shi'ar Empire, Vulcan has healers working to save Deathbird but she has not awoken, and if she does the damage to her spinal cord would be irreversible. Vulcan decides that Xenith and Ka'kardum will oversee the expansion and that the Imperial Guard will hunt Havok and Lilandra to the ends of the universe to pay for what they have done. Aboard, the Starjammer, Havok complains that he should have been left there to kill Vulcan, but Lilandra states that she needs Havok alive as war as coming. She goes on to say they need allies and she thinks she has found them, then saying that there is a wedding they must attend.; Back in Kree space a Captain tells Ronan about Shi'ar Warbirds that were destroyed upon approach. Ronan tells him to leave as he walks into another room and kneels down, telling his king Black Bolt and the House of Agon that he has news.; The Inhumans and The Kree; As a result of what they were put through during the Skrull invasion, Black Bolt decides to use the Chamber of Devices - a storage place for all of Maximus' technology to make the Inhumans stronger, which Black Bolt locked away. Attilan folds itself and turns into a huge spaceship, powered by Black Bolt's hypersonic voice. They fly off towards Kree Space, destroying a Skrull fleet on their way.; One of the skrull cruisers crosses into Shi'ar space, causing three Shi'ar warbirds to be sent out to inspect, and Black Bolt decides to destroy them as well. As the Inhumans approach Kree Space, Ronan is made aware of their oncoming assault, and raises the Babel Spire to shift Kree Space out of sync with the universe and preventing the Inhumans from entering. Ronan asks for Blastaar to be contacted and made aware that his army is needed, but it is revealed that he isn't responding to any communiques.; In Attilan's Throne Room, Karnak reveals to the Royal Family that the shield the Kree have put up can be manipulated by a teleport cadre. A small strike team teleports inside the shield and takes out the shield relay stations, causing the shield to fail. Attilan then enters Kree space destroying anything in its path towards Hala. More strike teams are deployed - nearly indestructible thanks to echo-skeleton armor and weapons fueled by stored reserves of Black Bolt's hypersonic energy. The Inhumans enter the throne room of Hala and restrain Ronan.; Ronan believes that the Inhumans have come to destroy their creators but Medusa reveals that the Inhumans have returned to fulfill their original destiny when they were created by the Kree, stating that the Kree have turned their back on this. Ronan reveals that he never wanted to lead the Kree and that he was waiting for a true ruler to arise, bowing before Black Bolt. Meanwhile in the Shi'ar Empire, Vulcan is made aware of the Inhumans destruction of Shi'ar warbird and sees it as enough justification for war.; The Raptors - Darkhawk and Talon; On Earth, Chris Powell is dealing with his ongoing anger issues by taking therapy. He's moved back to Long Island to be with his family, informed them of his alter ego as Darkhawk, and gotten a job as security chief at Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S..; A booby trap left over from the Secret Invasion releases one of the base's prisoners, Vector, and as the two take their fight to the sky Vector attempts to remove the crystal that gives Chris his Darkhawk powers. As a result the gem takes over and badly injures Vector. A researcher attempts to help Darkhawk but he overreacts and hits her before realizing what he's done. Darkhawk apologizes and after being offered to let the scientists take a look at his gem and armor he declines and leaves before he hurts anyone else.; He then flies to Manhattan and interrupts a meeting between a group of former heroes trying to quit being heroes run by Turbo. Though the group reacts angrily to Chris' arrival - because he betrayed them in the past when he he lost control of the crystal - he asks Turbo for help and she obliges. After a talk with each other, in which Mickey tells Chris to let the scientists look at the crystal and study it, they walk back to Chris' house.; Turbo accidentally touches Chris's crystal, causing it to heat up and forcing him to remove it. Just then something lands in his backyard, and upon investigating the two discover another person in Darkhawk armor. The other Darkhawk tells Chris that he's here to save him, and states that only together can they save themselves. The Darkhawk reaches out to Chris and transforms him, telling him there is much he does not know. Just then, another object falls from the sky and destroys the house.; Darkhawk finds his mother buried under rubble and his brothers unharmed and asks Mickey to phone 911. Darkhawk is shot from behind by the Hunter Drone that crashed, which Talon claims is tasked with taking out their group, the Fraternity of Raptors. Darkhawk is shot at by the drone, resulting in his suit being reconfigured into what Talon calls the Strike Suit.; Talon changes as well and begins to co-ordinate an attack with Darkhawk, telling him to attack its weapons while he immobilizes it. Talon attacks it with a micro-munitions assault but it survives, grabbing Darkhawk. He cuts himself free from its grasp as he and Talon attack it together, destroying it. Talon tells him he's done a good job while he reconfigures his suit, telling him about reconfiguration and how the amulet can draw different armors to use. Mickey approaches him, turning him back into Chris Powell. Mickey tells him there's problems with his mother, to which they run off to follow the paramedics. Darkhawk says Talon will have to wait, and that when he's done Talon owes him some answers.; Chris watches over his mother as Mickey tells him about his brothers and notices he's counting. He shouts at her, telling her is an anger management technique and the two get into an argument, with Mickey telling him that she's fed up with him and his excuses for his anger. She says its the armor that's messing up his life, as well as his family and hers. She tells him to give it up or get help, from doctors or even Talon. Chris begins to get anrgy, saying Talon put his mother in the hospital, transforming him into Darkhawk. Outside the hospital window he notices Talon and smashes through it, grabbing at him, trying to attack him. Talon tells 'Designate Powell' that his friend is advising him not fight. Darkhawk says to stop calling him Designate Powell and call him Darkhawk. Talon explains - while the fight - that he has come a great distance to find his last comrade, in order to save the future. Talon tells him he needs to help untangle his mind, explaining that the armor wasn't meant for humans and he has not bonded with the alien presence.; He punches the amulet which lets a burst showing pictures of Black Bolt, Vulcan, Lilandra and Blastaar as well as pictures of the Raptors. Darkhawk asks what he has just seen, to which Talon tells him he's seen the past and the future, a flash of variables that need to be aligned by the Raptors, explaining that it has been an overload of data that has been pouring into his mind since he bonded with the amulet. Talon says it's making him insane and angry, and that the drone was sent by their enemies - that there are people who oppose the Raptors. Darkhawk asks him to teach him how to properly use the armor, to which Talon replies that it’s the reason he has crossed half the cosmos to find him. Chris then goes to a meeting with his old friends, explaining to them that he knows he's caused them problems but it's been the armors fault and he's trying to fix it. He apologizes to them for all the pain he's caused, explaining he now has a chance to really be Darkhawk. He says he's going to leave for the safety of his friends and family, asking them to look over his family while he's gone. Mickey asks him to come back, to which he says he will for her. Chris leaves and turns into Darkhawk, asking Talon when they start. Talon says they start right now, explaining that the Raptor Armor was formed eons ago for those who serve as the architects of fate. The Raptors are sworn to use all their power to safeguard the universe, acting as curators of the past and custodians of the future. He explains that the Raptors have not been working for millenia, and the he himself has only just awoken from dormancy, saying that it's because universal culture has slipped out of control without them, stating they're needed now more than ever. Talon says war is about to reshape the cosmos and they will need influence and leverage if they are going to perform their role for the greater good. He states they will start in the Negative Zone, to which Darkhawk says he's heard of it, but doesn't know how to get there. Talon takes off into the sky, telling him to follow and as they fly into the air they are teleported away.; Richard Rider and The Nova Corps; On Earth, Richard Rider - Nova - talks with Quasar about his brother Robbie. Wendell realizes that he needs to talk to someone about the fact he's been told he's going to die. Richard says that Necker and Gruenwald are working on trying to save him but there isn't much hope. Wendell tells him he's not going to stand here and watch him die when he senses something before he's teleported away. Richard tries to phone Dr Necker but there is no response as he runs out into a huge storm wondering what is going on. On Nu-Xandar, Worldmind begins telling the Nova Corps that there have been numerous 8X8 Distress Calls and that there has been registered hostilities between the Kree and the Shi'ar. He goes on to say that it is possible the Galactic Council has also been dissolved before telling a few centurions about what they have to do. Tre and Lindy begin talking about there recent introduction into the Corps as well as the fight between the Shi'ar and the Kree as Robbie Rider lands beside them. Robbie tells them that Worldmind has been busy moving Nu-Xandar's orbit to be ready for deployment. Worldmind tells everyone to go to their designated positions as Nu-Xandar jumps through a stargate. Richards tries to go to P.E.G.A.S.U.S. but the building has been secured by H.A.M.M.E.R. The officers begin to place him under arrest until Dr Necker comes out and tells them that he is her boyfriend and that he's here to help. The two leave the building in her car - after she leaves her pass with the cards telling them she's not coming back. She begins telling him about the storm and how it has been caused by Nu-Xandar leaving Earth's orbit. Back on Nu-Xandar it is announced that Malik Tarcel has become Nova Prime, and he pledges to do his best for the Corps. As everyone is given their roles Robbie Rider finds out that he's been given a Strategic Role, to which he complains about not being on the front line. Worldmind assures him his expertise is needed on Nu-Xandar and that he knows he will respect the needs of the Corps unlike his brother. Back on Earth, Richard and Necker talk about Robbie and how Richard is worried he's going to walk into a bloodbath. Necker apologizes for not being disrupted while trying to find a cure for Richard, before saying there is another place that she can go to try and help him. She drives to an abandoned outdoor movie theater and after pressing a button they are lowered into a high tech underground bunker. Necker says that the people she sometimes works for have tech that might be able to help him, but Richard knows that the people she's talking about are terrorists and can't use anything. Richard leaves followed by Necker and gives him the Quantum Flask, saying that she took it to give to her bosses as a consolation prize. Richard thanks her after which they kiss. Richard then takes the flask and throws it, saying he can't risk it falling into the hands of her associates. It hits something and there is a large explosion from which Wendell Vaughn returns. He tells them that he got them back, telling them he was summoned to help Phyla Mar-Vell who was dead but wasn't. Richard tells him to slow down, to which Quasar says he'll explain it later, but he got the Quantum Bands back and he thinks they can save him. Quasar gives Richard the bands and tells him to put them on, resulting in an explosion of power and the disappearance of Wendell, but leaves Richard Rider as the new Quasar.; War; War of Kings; After escaping the Shi'ar empire, the Starjammers - fully reunited - are heading towards the Kree empire, followed by a Shi'ar Superdestroyer. Havok makes various attempts to contact the Kree for them to lower the shield powered by the babel spire, to no avail. However Polaris gets on the radio and announces that she is sister-in-law to Crystal, here to attend her wedding to Ronan the Accuser. The Kree deactivate a small portion of the shield allowing the Starjammer enough space to enter, but it is too small for the Superdestroyer, and it crashes into the shield resulting in a large explosion and deaths of all aboard. On Hala, Polaris talks to Crystal about her wedding, and the new outlook the Inhuman race has taken. Crystal states that the Inhumans should have become this decisive years ago, and Polaris states that if they plan to conquer the galaxy the first to oppose that will be the Shi'ar. After saying that they have been given no orders from Black Bolt, Crystal starts talking about the wedding. She states that the wedding is purely to solidify the bond between the Inhumans and the Kree, not out of love. Unknown to her however, Ronan was standing outside her room with flowers in his hands. After hearing this Ronan walks away, tossing the flowers aside. Elsewhere, Lilandra approaches Black Bolt, Medusa and Maximus about being granted asylum in the Kree empire. After an interruption from Maximus - who states granting this request will make Vulcan angry at the Kree - Medusa informs Lilandra that she is the voice of her husband. Lilandra believes the Inhumans can offer her sanctuary and one day oppose Vulcan and the Shi'ar. Medusa replies by saying that doing so is not what they had in mind, but Lilandra says that Vulcan will more than likely attack anyway, in an attempt to expand his empire. Lilandra tries to warn Medusa and Black Bolt of the Imperial Guard, but Medusa interrupts and says that the Imperial Guard have never fought the new Inhuman Elite. Elsewhere in Shi'ar space, Gladiator introduces the Imperial Guard - Neutron, Plutonia, Manta, Smasher, Squorm, Starbolt and Mentor to Emperor Vulcan, stating they are ready to go. In a monologue Gladiator states that he serves the Emperor of the Shi'ar no matter his personal opinion of the current ruler. Gladiator tells Vulcan the ceremony is underway, to which Vulcan sarcastically asks whether they'll like his 'present'. Gladiator talks about how the Fleet will handle most of the invasion, and the Imperial Guard are going to perform an Ehs'tyl Assault. He continues stating all Kree dynastic ceremonies occur on the Gon-Ket glacier on Hala, where a ritual palace is located. The Kree, Inhumans and even the Starjammers and some other galatic envoys watch as Black Bolt walks Crystal down the aisle to Ronan, as Gladiator explains that Ehs'tyl means 'Busting Cranium' or a head shot. At the babel spire a Aakonian delegate looks at the spire as Kree guards try to take him to the ceremony. The delegate then reveals he is a shape shifter and before the Guards can do anything he sacrifices himself to cause an explosion and destroy the spire. The people at the ceremony see and feel the blast, as Rachel feels huge teleport bursts coming in. The Imperial Guard descend upon the ceremony as the Admiral tells Vulcan of the fleet's actions and how one group wishes to use nega bombs - which he believes to be abominable - to which Vulcan replies to use lots of them, but he really wants to hear about the guard. The guard begin to destroy the Kree sentries before they get a target lock, before attacking the Kree themselves. Gladiator told his guard not to hold back, so they don't. He knows his enemy is not unarmed though, as he loses Nightside in the first fifteen seconds, followed shortly by Smasher who is killed by Karnak. Black Bolt and Ronan spring into action, with Black Bolt taking on Gladiator directly. However he is attacked by White Noise, who uses her own sonic power to stun him for a second, allowing Gladiator to smash him into the palace itself. Impulse then fires an optic blast through Gorgon's leg, as Mentor knocks out Lilandra and uses a 'jump-door' to teleport her away. Ch'od tries to grab her but loses his arm as the jump-door closes. Ronan attempts to defend Crystal but is overrun by three guards members before Gladiator declares their departure, stating they've made their point. As they leave, Korvus tells Havok that Lilandra is gone and Crystal sees to Ronan. Medusa stands up and says that the Shi'ar have made a mortal error, and that they shall pay in blood. ============================================================ 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 History: THE X-TERMINATION EVENT! Joining together the teams from ASTONISHING X-MEN, AGE OF APOCALYPSE and X-TREME X-MEN, and spinning out of the pages of UNCANNY X-FORCE. AOA Nightcrawler has betrayed the Uncanny X-Force. Now he just wants to get home...and he doesn’t care if he takes out our world to get there. ============================================================ 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. History: Backgrounds; Bor, son of Buri and All-Father of Asgard, had four sons with the Frost Giantess Bestla: Cul, Odin, Vili and Ve Borson.; At some point, Odin went to Aesheim and created the humans. Bor was ill-pleased and afflicted them with suffering.; At another point, Cul, while riding Aesheim, was attacked by Giants and thrown off a peak. Breaking most of his bones, tormented by the thirst, Cul splintered both his legs and belly-crawled to the camp of the slumbering giants, where he sucked the blood of all save for one. For this one giant left, Cul left a message in blood stating that "Gods do not live in the sky. We live on the Earth. And you do so at our pleasure.". Thus, he instilled fear in the giant which would spread giving birth to the god of fear.; Eventually, Bor passed away, and on his deathbed on Aesheim, Cul proclaimed himself All-Father and ruler of Asgard, offering his brothers to be his council.; Seemingly, they were never offered the occasion to help and counsel.; Cassus Beli; As the eight-legged stallion Sleipnir was slaughtering and terrorizing the mortals of Aesheim under Cul's assent and for his Worthy's pleasure, Odin, Vili and Ve went on attacking him, but were stopped by their brother.; Facing Cul's madness, perceived in his statements and actions against the mortals, wanting them to be afraid, Odin went to Yggdrasill and stabbed his eye as a sacrifice in exchange for wisdom, and was revealed that Cul was corrupted. The path to follow was then revealed to him by the World Tree by a prophecy:; In anger smites the warder of Earth,; Forth from their homes must all men flee;; Nine paces fares the son of Odin,; And slain by the Serpent,; Fearless, he sinks."; War; Along with his two brothers, Odin assaulted Cul's fortress. For forty days and forty nights, Cul and his Worthy remained hidden in the palace while his brothers slaughtered their Draumar forces and eventually broke in. Knowing himself immune to Odin, Cul nonetheless resented fear, and decided to save his might for a later fight.; Facing Odin, Cul denied their brotherhood, claiming to be the Serpent that Will Feast on the World. Odin recited the prophecy of the World Tree and then defeated his brother, projecting him away after he dared him to erase his catch on the world by burning down Aesheim.; Aftermaths; Burning Aesheim; Odin then slaughtered Aesheim, razed and renamed Midgard for that no God would ever live there again.; Leading his armies, he destroyed the realm, assaulting the fortresses of the mortals and killing every single one of them, billions of mortals tainted by the Serpent's sickness. Odin was known then as the Usurper or the Destroyer. As he attacked Wrlstead Arms, his forces killed Sigmund, best warrior of the realm and lover of Brunhilde, daughter of the royal ruler of the city. As Odin was faced by her, he decided that if he was to be man's god, he had to give them a paradise, and offered Brunhilde to become his Valkyrie, for her to bring the souls of the deserving warriors to Valhalla.; Odin the All-Father; He erased the memory of his brother, and became the All-Father, trying to rule with patience and compassion (unlike Cul), and trying to escape the World Tree prophecy and save his son Thor.; The Draumar were erased as well from the record, and they were sent to Hel where their hatred and rage mutated them into monsters.; The Second War of the Serpent; ... ============================================================ 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. History: Prelude; After fending off an attack from two of Weapon X's killer cyborgs, the Hulk tracks down a group of mutants which had also been targeted by Weapon X, namely Logan, Sabretooth and Domino. The two former even had genetic material harvested from them to enhance the cyborgs' abilities. Using a partially preserved cyborg he managed to salvage from his fight, the Hulk determines the location of the cyborgs' command center. Meanwhile, a blood sample from the Hulk taken by Weapon X from the scene of the attack makes it way to said facility.; Hulk and his allies attack the laboratory, located in a retrofitted Roxxon oil rig. After defeating guard cyborgs and freeing Lady Deathstrike and Warpath, two mutants which had been used by Weapon X for the refinement of their robots, they attempt to interrogate the facility's chief scientists. Weapon X's director, Reverend William Stryker, has the oil rig self-destruct, taking its employees with it. Hulk and the mutants survive the explosion, as well as the Hulk's blood sample, which is preserved by a drone.; Main Story; With his alliance with Logan, Sabretooth, Domino, Lady Deathstrike and Warpath consolidated, the Hulk continues investigating Weapon X with the partially preserved cyborg. Using a stasis formula similar to one patented and developed by Roxxon, Amadeus gets the cyborg to regrow its face so they can determine his identity, that of Dave Andrews, and from there find out who turned him into a killing machine.; Concluding that Weapon X must be using an enormous amount of stasis formula for their cyborgs, Amadeus finds about a company named Omitek which was forced to destroy an entire stock of knock-off stasis fluid in order to solve a patent infringement dispute with Roxxon. The lack of records of final disposal of the raw materials used to make the fluid prompt the heroes to investigate Omnitek.; While Amadeus and Lady Deathstrike break into David Andrews' house looking for clues, Logan, Sabretooth, Domino and Warpath investigate Omnitek's laboratories. They are attacked by a group of cyborg cat sentries inside the empty facility, and manage to find shipping manifests of the raw materials after taking care of the attackers. Meanwhile, the scientists at Weapon X have already moved into the creation of Hulk-mutant hybrid cyborgs.; Logan and his team make a detour to Santo Marco, where they discover Weapon X has already moved to test runs, having killed a local mutant hero for the sake of it. After investigating a church David joined, the Church of Human Potential, Cho and Lady Deathstrike track down his brother Bobby. Amadeus attempts to reason with him and convince him not to join Weapon X. However, a recruiter named Carla arrives to pick up Bobby, and has an prototype Hulk cyborg attack the hero. The cyborg is defeated, but Bobby escapes after Hulk has to stop Lady Deathstrike from trying to kill the boy.; While Bobby is transported to the Weapon X Central Command by Carla, Cho and his team debrief each other and continue investigating. Domino and Warpath break into a secret headquarters of the Church of Human Potential in order to acquire a membership list while Logan and Sabretooth interrogate an Omnitek accountant to learn about the disposal of the raw chemicals. Having surveillance on said accountant and finding out that he was being interrogated, Weapon X scientists detonate nanobots in his body to prevent him from talking, causing him a fatal aneurysm. Weapon X subsequently takes care of roughly two dozens of people in the same way to cover their tracks. After analyzing data from those other deaths and the membership list acquired by Domino and Warpath, Cho pins down the location of Weapon X's headquarters in Texas.; The heroes proceed to fly to the Weapon X Central Command located within a gated community inside Serenity Hills, and in the process discuss what to do with the villains. While most of the mutants agree with eliminating Weapon X with extreme prejudice, Cho argues they don't know the level of involvement of all members of the staff in the organizations inhuman experiments. Meanwhile, Weapon X begins experimenting on Bobby Andrews and a fellow test subject, being one step closer to perfecting their Hulkling cyborgs.; Hulk and his allies break into Weapon X's center and rampage their way through the facility to locate Bobby Andrews in Vat H while Stryker and some members of the staff proceed to escape. As Hulk, Warpath and Domino confront Dr. Alba's failed experiments which she released to buy time to finish the incubation process of Bobby Andrew's new form, Logan, Sabretooth and Lady Deathstrike slip away to stop Stryker and kill him. When he notices his allies were deviating from the plan, Hulk does the same and stops them from killing Stryker. Unfortunately, these distractions gave Doctor Alba the time she needed to release Bobby Andrews, now mutated into the monstrous H-Beta.; Domino and Warpath hold off H-Beta until Hulk arrived to assist them. Cho attempts to appeal to H-Beta's human side even though Dr. Alba ensures the process he underwent excised of most of his brain functions save those that powered survival-based emotional responses like anger. When the tremors caused by the fight begin to crack open the ground around the facility, the mutants help save civilians. Hulk is eventually forced to let loose in order to be evenly matches, taking the fight outside the base in the process, which gave Dr. Alba the opportunity to release H-Alpha. As soon as he joined the brawl, H-Alpha beheaded H-Beta due to his programming to act as an apex predator.; Dr. Alba soon learns H-Alpha is not as docile as he thought when he attempts to turn against his creators. Hulk manages to hold him back, giving Dr. Alba and Stryker enough time to fly away in an helicopter. As Hulk and H-Alpha continue fighting, what's left of the Weapon X facility is destroyed. The staffers who didn't evacuate already are saved by Warpath and Domino. H-Alpha abruptly stops fighting, pulls back his claws and escapes jumping away. Logan attempts to cheer up Amadeus, reminding him they managed to destroy the facility and save civilians, with the only objective left being to prevent Weapon X from taking control of H-Alpha. However, Amadeus angrily walks away on them.; Sabretooth encourages the team of mutants to do what needs to be done, starting by taking back the name Weapon X. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Woodstock Music & Art Fair or, the Woodstock Festival was a music festival in the United States of America in 1969. It attracted an audience of over 400,000. Scheduled for August 15th on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of southern New York, northwest of New York City, it ran over to Monday, August 18th.; Events; In August 1969, The Woodstock Festival in Woodstock, White Lake, New York becomes an enormously successful musical and cultural gathering.; Jimi Hendrix headlined the festival and his performance was witnessed by the Clan Destine who were in vacation in the United States of America. A time-travelling Johnny Storm arrived just before the performance. ============================================================ Where Is Wolverine? Kind: event Page: Where Is Wolverine? Full name: Where Is Wolverine? First appearance: Captain America Vol 9 697 Reality: Earth-616 History: A series of bonus backup stories detailing the whereabouts of Logan following his debut in Marvel Legacy Vol 1 1 and leading to Infinity Countdown.; January 2018; February 2018; March 2018 ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in the Pacific and Asia. It was fought over a vast area that included the Pacific Ocean and islands, the South West Pacific, South-East Asia, and in China.; Events; 1941; Attack on Pearl Harbor; On December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor the U.S. Navy base on Hawaii was attacked by Imperial Japanese. All but USS Arizona were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to fight in the war. The battle lasted no more than 90 minutes.; The Invaders learned that the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and Meranno's rebel Atlantean forces would attack various key sites throughout the world. While Captain America, Bucky and Namor protected British Prime Minister; Winston Churchill in Europe. The Human Torch and Toro were dispatched to assist U.S. military in Hawaii. The forces however were to much and the base was destroyed killing thousands.; Nick Fury and Red Hargrove were stationed at Pearl Harbor. During the attack they joined the battle and Red was gunned down. As his best friend died in his arms, Fury vowed to fight the Axis powers until they were wiped off the map.; Declaration of War; The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stood in the United States Congress and proclaimed December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy".; After that, the USA declared war against the Empire of Japan. This lead to many of the heroes like Isaiah Bradley, Ken Hale, Kent Blake, and millions of other Americans to enlist to fight the Axis powers.; Battle of Wake Island; On December 11th 1941, the Sub-Mariner got permission from the United States Navy to attack Japanese forces with his army of Atlanteans Namor tracked down Japanese battleships and softened them up for American forces to finish off.; 1942; On March 11, 1942, General Douglas MacArthur was given command during the Pacific Theater of World War II. Stationed at his General Headquarters in the South Pacific he mostly oversaw the battle against Imperial Japan.; In the Spring of 1942, he met the Sub-Mariner who came to G.H.Q. after rescuing an American spy from Japanese forces on Manila Bay.; Battle of Midway; On June 4 1942, "The Battle of Midway" became a turning point in the war. It is a decisive victory for the U.S. against the Japanese fleet.; Guadalcanal Campaign; August 7, 1942 The 1st Marine Division invades Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. It was the first U.S. amphibious landing of the Pacific War. The Crazy S.U.E.S. were sent in to help. They parachuted in, and landing in a particularly vulnerable position, the SUES only had one casualty during their first assault, a broken leg by the Secret Stamp. This was mostly due to Captain Flame's devastating release of energy that incinerated the incoming wave of Japanese soldiers. This was inadvertent on Cortez's part. He had actually frozen up during the combat, but Sergeant Byrd had thrown a live grenade at him, knowing of his energy absorption and redirection abilities. When asked about Cortez later, Byrd said he just "needed a little push."; On August 13th, the unit were still clearing out the underground tunnels of the island of hostile forces when they were ambushed by a large Japanese contingent. Cortez tried to absorb the energy from all of the explosions around him, but it was too much. Most the unit managed to get out of range before he expelled the energy, but "Jap-Buster" Johnson was too consumed with bloodlust to heed the Captain's warnings and was incinerated. Davey Drew was also caught in the explosion, but survived, suffering scars and blisters which his teammates thought "just made him crazier." Also injured was Slo-Mo Jones, who told the others to leave him and get out of danger. A stubborn Captain Strong, however, rescued Slo-Mo, seemingly having gained a grudging respect for the man after seeing him hold his own in combat.; At the end of 1942 one of the most devastating weapons created by the Japanese during the war was the Makado Super-Shell, a massive mortar shell launcher built by the Paw in on the shores of Yokohama Harbor. The weapon was destroyed by Captain America and Bucky.; 1943; Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign; In 1943, Japanese soldier Baron Togi used decoy boats to lure American vessels into booby-trapped Papua Harbour to be destroyed. This operation was thwarted by the Sub-Mariner.; 1944; Attack on Truk Island; On February 1, 1944, Combat Casey and Penny Pennington were among troops that liberated Kwajaelin Atoll.; Mariana and Palau Islands campaign; On June 15, 1944 Casey and Penny were part of the 27th Infantry Division's clash with Japanese forces on the island of Saipan.; On July 21, 1944 American forces invade Guam.; In 1944, there were two military installations placed in the Kobe Island region. The first was to build a massive sub-mariner to use against Allied Forces. This factory and the super-sub were destroyed by the Sub-Mariner. The second installation was an airfield that was arming for an areal invasion of the United States. It was destroyed by a volcano made active by the Human Torch and Toro. In the so-called Valley of Death, the Destroyer stopped Japanese operative the Face from creating a chemical weapon to unleash on Allied Forces, by exposing the Face and his minions to the gas, killing them all.; Later on in October 1944 General MacArthur was saved from Japanese assassins by Captain America and Bucky. Later that month MacArthur received intelligence that the Japanese were planning to tunnel from Mount Fuji to the United States and deployed Captain America and Bucky to foil the plot.; 1945; Battle of Iwo Jima; On February 19 1945, U.S. Marines invade Iwo Jima. Mario Castiglione was one of the many Marines who helped in the invasion.; Battle of Okinawa; On April 1 1945, The final amphibious landing of the war occurs as the U.S. Tenth Army invades Okinawa. The Howling Commandos arrived in the pacific theater to help in the battle.; Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; During the final stage of World War II, the United States of America detonated two nuclear weapons over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. On August 6th and 9th, 1945, respectively.; Victory over Japan; After a second atomic bomb is dropped, Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Suzuki decide to seek an immediate peace with the Allies. August 15, 1945 Emperor Hirohito announces Japan's surrender to the Japanese public via radio broadcast. On September 2, 1945 President Truman declares VJ Day as a the Japanese formally surrender during a ceremony on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Celebrations broke out across the globe including New York City. ============================================================ 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 History: The European Theater of World War II, was a huge area of heavy fighting across Europe, from Germany's and the Soviet Union's joint invasion of Poland in September 1939 until the end of the war with the Soviet Union conquering most of Eastern Europe along with the German unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945 "Victory in Europe Day". The Allied forces fought the Axis powers on two major fronts the "Eastern Front" and "Western Front" as well as in a massive air war and the adjoining Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa theater.; 1939; Invasion of Poland; In 1939, Germany invaded Poland and in response France, Great Britain and the USSR declared war on Germany.; Battling with Allied Forces, the Nazi Germany was often set back in the conflict thanks to cover operations carried out by their enemies. Some of the earliest acts of sabotage and espionage against the Nazis were carried out by K-4 and the Sky-Devils.; 1940; Operation Dynamo; Dunkirk Evacuation; On 26 May 1940, allies invaded Dunkirk, France during the Battle of France. However the troops were outnumbered and began the Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo the evacuation took place beetween 26 May and 4 June 1940. British officer Lieutenant John Watkins was reported killed during the retreat at Dunkirk . In fact, he survived and went undercover as Citizen V.; As the conflict in Germany escalated, the Sub-Mariner declared war on the surface world. During his attack on the various nations of the world, Germany was briefly flooded by the Atlantean army until the Sub-Mariner was eventually stopped by the Human Torch.; Holocaust; An American news correspondent Keen Marlow was accused of being a spy and was incarcerated in the Strohn Concentration camp. There he met dying German scientist Professor Eric Schmitt. Schmitt had developed a variant of the Super-Soldier Serum and gave one of his last samples to Marlow, enhancing his body. Marlow then escaped from Strohn and became the costumed hero known as the Destroyer, and attacked the Nazis from within Germany. Schmitt also provided his formula to Brian Falsworth who was also incarcerated at Strohn, he too was active in Germany as the Destroyer. Nazi operative Dr. Dragon attempted to dig a tunnel between Germany and the United Kingdom under the Channel, the tunnel project was a failure when it was blown up by Marlow in his identity of the Destroyer.; 1941; Bombing of Pearl Harbor; On December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.; 1942; The United States government created the costumed persona of Captain America so that there would be a costumed counterpart to the Red Skull.; In early 1942, Hitler called a special meeting of Axis leaders at his mansion in the Black Forest region. Hitler, Japanese leader Hirohito and Italian leader Benito Mussolini were interrupted by the German resistance fighters the Victory Boys who delivered a humiliating defeat to the Axis leaders. Later that same year, the Allied Forces air dropped comic books drawn by American artist Carl Burgos that mocked Hitler's regime, causing a serious blow to the German public opinion of their leader. In retaliation, Hitler sent an assassin to the US to kill Burgos, but he was stopped by the Human Torch and Toro. The Nazis also attempted to build underground munitions factories beneath the forests of Germany, this and the creation of the Stone Man were thwarted by the Destroyer. When the Nazis captured American commander General Spenser, he was tortured along the shores of Germany by Herr Demon but rescued by Captain America and Bucky. Also during this period a group of Allied Soldiers dubbed the Terror Squad were captured and placed in a Nazi concentration camp until they managed to escape and flee into Russia.; In 1942, the war came to Transylvania, The Nazi's began killing the Gypsy population of the region. The Vampire lord Count Dracula opposed the Nazis, even lending aid to an invading American unit, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos. The Commandos continued to work with Dracula even when his vampiric nature was revealed, but Percival Pinkerton promised he would inform Dr. van Helsing of Dracula's whereabouts, Dracula welcomed the challenge. .; 1943; Captain America, his sidekick Bucky, the original android Human Torch, the Torch's sidekick Toro, and Namor the Sub-Mariner acted together to oppose the forces of Nazism. When these superheroes saved the life of Prime Minister Winston Churchill from Master Man, the thankful Churchill suggested that they should become a team, known as the Invaders. Later they were helped by other superheroes, the Liberty Legion.; In 1943, the region was visited by the super-natural being known as Madam Satan and the spirit of Attila the Hun. Madam Satan's master (a being claiming to be Satan) had claimed that he was responsible for Hitler's rise to power. Unimpressed with Hitler's progress with the war, he sent Madam Satan and Attila to Earth to replace him. They took over the Nazi army at one of Hitler's many homes along the German countryside. However, they were both banished thanks to the intervention of the Destroyer. Shortly thereafter, Captain America and Bucky were captured by the Nazis and brought to a secret munitions factory somewhere in Germany. The two heroes broke free and with the help of enslaved French resistance fighters they destroyed the base and returned to the United States. Later a train carrying high ranking Nazi officials to Berlin was intercepted by the Destroyer (Marlow) and German war resister Louis Frankel. They stopped the train long enough for it to be destroyed in a British air raid of the area. Later the Destroyer assisted Free French resistance fighters in the city of Frankfort, by marking German munitions factories with luminescent paint for Allied bombers.; In 1943, Soldier Supreme of the Secret Invaders went on a mission on the Irish Sea's, where he found and destroyed U-666, a Nazi U-Boat being possessed by a spirit. He destroyed the ship and the rest of the team turned up late due to fighting the Vampire Luftwaffe.; 1944; In 1944 the Nazis occupied Castle Dracula itself, using it as regional headquarters. Dracula vampirized their commander, Hauptmann Rudolph Kriss, took bodily possession of him, and led him to kill his own troops. Kris had no recollection of his vampiric activities and began a hunt for the vampire killer that ultimately led back to him. He was staked by his second-in-command, Leutnant Willi Hanson.; D-Day; On 6 June 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. The invaders were able to establish a beachhead as part of Operation Overlord after a successful "D-Day," the first day of the invasion. The young men of 101st Airborne leaped into the fog-clotted skies over Normandy.; Cap and Bucky infiltrated a Nazi base taking out the automatic cannons before the beginning of the D-Day invasion. He then joined the Howling Commandos on on the initial attack. He lead ship of troops to attack. He then teamed up with the Invaders to continue the attack, His involvement aloud the allies to take the beach.; Logan participated as a paratrooper for the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, during the landings along with Sgt. Doolin. Logan first met Bloodscream who was hunting the for the unaging man during the battle.; The Crazy SUES' first mission in the Western Front involved an air drop into Sainte Mère Église, France, during the D-Day invasion. Their objective was to distract the Germans and make a push into the village, thereby stretching German resources. After landing, Slo-Mo witnessed a large explosion at a nearby farm. He headed towards the farm, assuming the source of the explosion to be Cortez. He did indeed find Cortez, standing over the charred remains of several German soldiers. Unfortunately, Cortez seemed to be in the midst of a mental breakdown, confiding to Jones that he couldn't take all of the death and destruction anymore, that he couldn't control his powers any longer and feared that the next time he killed, he wouldn't be able to stop. Jones attempted to comfort Cortez until they were found by the rest of the unit.; On June 12, 1944, V-2 Rockets in France aimed toward England in France were sabotaged by American soldiers Combat Kelly and Cookie Novak causing the majority of them to strike Berlin. Furious over this set back, Adolf Hitler had the failure covered up.; Operation Market-Garden; The Battle of Arnhem; The Battle of Arnhem was a major battle, it fought in and around the Dutch town of Arnhem and other local towns 17 to 26 September 1944. Cap and Bucky led American troops through Arnheim, to try and capture the Red Skull. There they had to fight through Allied troops who were turned into mindless zombies loaded with explosives by the Skull. Clashing with the Skull, Captain America protected Bucky and his troops from a grenade tossed by the Red Skull, allowing the Skull to escape.; Battle of the Bulge; On September 3, 1944, the Battle of the Bulge was the last major Nazi offensive campaign on the Western Front. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg. The Howling Commandos took part in the offensive. The battle lasted until May 8, 1945; In the later part of 1944, Hitler was placed under medical care in one of his estates in Bavaria where he was apparently dying due to the guilt his subconscious felt over the destruction caused by his war. All of Hitler's impersonators were called to the home to plan what to do next attracting the attention of the Destroyer, who beat the imitators, but ultimately decided to leave Hitler to his fate. Hitler was later seen in good health afterword, so this may have been a ruse to fool his enemies.; 1945; Bridge at Remagen; On March 7, 1945, the US troops and Captain America capture the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen in Germany.; As the Nazis began to lose World War II in 1945, American soldiers Combat Kelly, Cookie Novak, and Captain Thorn fought along the Rhine Shore. Later in March of that year, the trio were dispatched to Hamburg to stop the Wolves, a group of loyal Nazis who were trying to reinforce the defensive against the Allied Forces.; On April 12, 1945, President Roosevelt passed away.; In the spring of 1945, Captain America witnessed the atrocities himself when he led a mission to liberate Diebenwald concentration camp. The camps commanding officer tried to hold young Anna Kapplebaum hostage, but Cap saved her life.; Death of Captain America and Bucky; On April 18, 1945 Captain America was trying to stop a bomb-loaded drone-plane launched by Nazi technician Baron Heinrich Zemo when the plane exploded, apparently killing his partner Bucky; and throwing Cap unhurt into icy Arctic waters. The Super-Soldier Formula prevented crystallization of Captain America's bodily fluids, allowing him to enter a state of suspended animation. He was later found and revived by the Avengers.; Battle of Berlin; In 1945, Perun, the Storm God and Chernobog, the god of Darkness were involved during the the taking of Berlin.; On April 30, 1945 The Human Torch killed Adolf Hitler in self defense, in Hitler's bunker. Hitler's consciousness would survive in the form of the Hate-Monger.; Victory in Europe; On May 8, 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. The formal surrender of the German forces occupying the Channel Islands did not occur until the following day, May 9, 1945. It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe.; Post-World War II; Following the end of World War II, the Allied Forces organized the Potsdam Conference which saw the division of Germany into zones occupied by the various Allied countries. The conference was targeted by escaped Nazi General Brinkhaus who used the meeting to try and assassinate President Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Russian leader Joseph Stalin. This attempt was thwarted by the combined efforts of the Sub-Mariner, Captain America and the Red Guardian.; After the VJ-Day, some team members from the Invaders and from the Liberty Legion formed the new heroic group known as the All-Winners Squad. ============================================================ 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 History: The Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre was a major theatre of operations during World War II. The vast size of the Mediterranean and Middle East theater saw interconnected naval, land, and air campaigns fought for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East and Southern Europe. It lasted from 10 June 1940, when Fascist Italy entered the war on the side of Nazi Germany, until 2 May 1945 when all Axis forces in Italy surrendered.; 1940; Battle of Taranto; In 1940, Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italian forces attacked Greece. But the invasion failed.; 1941; Battle of Greece; In 1941, Greece eventually fell due to the combined efforts of the Italians and the Nazi's invasion of the Balkans. A member of the Royal family; Peter Kazantis went in exile. The United States military arranged to have exiled Kazantis sent back to Greece to unify the uncoordinated, disorganized, dissension-weakened and loosely affiliated alliance of guerrilla factions forming the Greek Resistance against the Axis occupation. Under the order of Captain Sam Sawyer, he was escorted by Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos. They met with Michael Skouras, leader of a powerful faction of Greek partisans within the Nazi occupation zone outside Athens. Both Kazantis and the Howling Commandos were briefly captured by the Nazis but soon escaped, and Kazantis was reunited with the Resistance, and he was instrumental in their unification.; Battle of Wakanda; In 1941, Captain America traveled to Wakanda and encountered King Azzuri (the Black Panther) and his son T'Chaka. They worked together with Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos in combat against Baron Strucker and the Red Skull. They then fought against three Nazi super soldiers: Master Man, Warrior Woman, and the Armless Tiger Man in an all out invasion of Wakanda. The invasions failed and the Nazi's retreated from Wakanda.; 1942; In February 1942, Erwin Rommel and his forces clashed with American soldiers including Combat Casey and Penny Pennington, but managed to flee capture by escaping to Europe. Rommel was back in Africa as early as March 1 of that year at that time; Battle of Gazala; On May 26 1942, Erwin Rommel lead the Nazi troops against the allies during the Western Desert Campaign.; By the summer of 1942 Rommel patrolled the water of Africa and gained infamy for sinking many American vessels along with his comrade Von Ratter. Their operations soon came to an end when the Sub-Mariner and an army of Atlanteans came to the region to put a stop to them. Von Ratter and Von Rommel's fleet were no match for Namor's newly construct sub-tanks that could combat on land as well as in the sea. Forced to the desert inland, they were once more forced to flee when the sub-tanks created a powerful windstorm that decimated their troops.Seeking refuge in an city whose people they slaughtered, both Von Ratter and Von Rommel believed they would be safe based on the assumption that the Sub-Mariner would slay their troops before learning of their location. This proved to be their undoing, and the Sub-Mariner followed them to their hideout. Then disguising his men as Nazi soldiers attacked Von Ratter and Von Rommel. Von Ratter was captured in the raid but Von Rommel managed to escape.Rounding up reinforcements, Von Rommel attempted to attack the Sub-Mariner again, however by this point the Namor and his minions had dug a tunnel to flood the valley they were battling in. When Von Rommel and his men arrived the Sub-Mariner had the valley flooded and easily defeated Von Rommel. Taking him prisoner along with Von Ratter, the Sub-Mariner turned them over to the military, preventing an attempt by the two to commit suicide by jumping into the ocean.; Battle of Tunisia; In 17 November 1942 Logan travelled to Tunisia to find a downed plain that Captain America, Bucky and a platoon of troops were on. Teaming up with Nick Fury they find the plain and save them when they are held down by a group of Nazi soldiers. Working together they lead the troops through the desert and take down a Nazi base taking their equipment. Logan took a jeep to continue his mission. They take out a group of Hydra agents.; 1943; In April 7, 1943, Rommel and his Afrika Corps clashed with the American II Corps, which included American soldiers Combat Kelly and Cookie Novak. During this conflict, Rommel had constructed a huge underground bunker to hide his tanks when they were not on the attack, protecting them from American bombers. Combat and Cookie uncovered this bommer, and when Rommel tried to deal with them personally led him on a merry chase. Unknown to Rommel, the path that Combat was running wrote out a message and a target in the sand for American bombers in the air to see. With his base bombed, Rommel fled on foot.; 1944; Battle of Anzio; In 1944, the soldiers of Camp Lehigh were dispatched to southern Italy to liberate it from Nazi control. The mission was a success thanks to the assistance of Captain America and Bucky. On January 22, 1944, Combat Kelly, Cookie Novak and Captain Thorn helped liberate the town of Anzio.; Battle of Monte Cassino; On February 17 1944, In May, Combat Casey and Penny Pennington were present during the battle at Monte Cassino. The Invaders were sent to Monte Cassino in Italy in order to retrieve a highly coveted weapon known as the Ordnung Zeitgeist before Hitler's forces could lay claim to it. They encountered a strange green mist that propelled them sixty years into the future where they encountered their modern day successors, the Avengers. Note: The events surrounding this incident have not yet been fully revealed. ============================================================ 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. History: Background; Following the return of the Dark Elf Malekith from imprisonment, he ignited a civil war in his homeworld of Svartalfheim and emerged crowned as king. Malekith additionally began assembling a league of allies from across the Ten Realms, eventually forming the Dark Council which included among its ranks Dario Agger, King Laufey and Loki.; War of the Elves; Malekith first announced the beginning of the War of the Realms when he declared war against Alfheim, home of the Light Elves. Malekith slaughtered countless of Light Elves and marched towards Ljosalfgard. Complying to ancient treaties, the Dwarves of Nidavellir agreed to welcome Light Elf refugees into their land. While Thor (Jane Foster) assisted the Light Elves in fighting the invading forces, Queen Aelsa held a meeting with Malekith to negotiate peace. The Dark Elf King had her brainwashed with magic and forced to take his hand in marriage to unify the Light and the Dark Elves. Following the marriage, Aelsa snapped out of the brainwashing, but before she could take action, she was imprisoned in her own dungeons.; The Dark Elves proceeded to raze Afheim and consume its resources over the following months. When the League of Realms traveled to Alfheim to rescue Queen Aelsa, Malekith set in motion his plan to burn down Alfheim after having determined the realm outlived its usefulness. After starting a fire, Malekith attempted to murder Queen Aelsa. While she was plummeting to her death, Aelsa was saved by Mjolnir and taken to safety. Thor subsequently cast a storm to extinguish the flames, but most of Ljosalfgard had already burned down.; War of the Thors; In order to keep the Asgardians and Thor occupied, Malekith had Loki goad the Shi'ar deities K'ythri and Sharra into challenging the Goddess of Thunder in a contest of godhood, resulting in the brief Asgardian/Shi'ar War. K'ythiri and Sharra were eventually defeated, but their actions brought the Mangog back. After allying himself with the Queen of Cinders of Muspelheim, Malekith had his new-found allies attack Nidavellir, in an invasion overseen by Amora the Enchantress and Ulik. The Asgardian Volstagg was traumatized after Fire Demons murdered a group of Light Elf children under his protection, and he was sought by the Mjolnir of an alternate universe. As the War Thor, Volstagg slaughtered the Muspel forces in Nivadellir and retaliated against the Queen of Cinders. When innocent Fire Demons were caught in the War Thor's rampage, Thor saw herself forced to stop him. During their battle, the two Thors were transported to Svartalfheim, and War Thor attempted to lay waste to it. As Jane Foster, Thor convinced Volstagg to forfeit the hammer and his quest for revenge.; In the aftermath of the War of the Thors, Malekith and his allies continued moving. Roxxon invaded Vanaheim, Muspelheim invaded Niffleheim, and Malekith himself approached the Queen of Angels of Heven to propose an alliance. The Nornkeep was shortly afterwards attacked by a composite army of the forces of all the realms allied with Malekith. The Norns sought help from Odinson, but he failed to prevent the death of the Norn Queen Karnilla. Before meeting her end, Karnilla had the Norns divide their forces into three and flee to hide and protect them.; The Fall of Asgardia; When Mangog attacked the Old Asgard, Malekith directed it to Asgardia, the latest home of the Asgardians where Odin ruled with an isolationist iron fist. During this time, a war brewed between the giants of Jotunheim, in which Storm and Mountain Giants joined forces against the Frost Giants, who were allied with Malekith. Additionally, Ulik and the Rock Trolls attacked the forges of Nidavellir. Thor sought help from Hercules, who agreed to ask Zeus for the intervention of the Gods of Olympus.; Following an arduous battle, the Mangog was killed, though at the cost of Jane Foster's ability to transform into Thor since Mjolnir was destroyed. Asgardia was also destroyed in the process, forcing the Asgardians to relocate to Old Asgard. After Jane's fall, she convinced Odinson to gather the strength to step up, reclaim the mantle of Thor and continue fighting the War of the Realms on her behalf.; Siege on Niffleheim; The war on Niffleheim marched on, and the forces of King Balder were overpowered. Balder was reunited with his brothers Thor and Loki, who teleported to Niffleheim to put an end to Malekith's plans. Tyr tricked Balder and his allies into liberating Hela, who was being returned to Hel as a prisoner of the Queen of Cinders. Loki convinced Balder and Hela to marry despite their enmity for tactical purposes to unite the realm against Sindr. The ceremony was interrupted by Thanos, with whom Hela had been allied once, but he made an appearance solely to cut his ties with her and leave. Sindr's forces attacked, and Balder was defeated by Gar-Toom, one of Niffleheim's chieftains who had decided to pledge allegiance to Sindr. The cavalry arrived in the form of the Einherjar and the Valkyrior, whom Thor had gone to recruit in the meantime. Thor successfully forced Sindr and her forces to retreat back to Muspelheim.; The Last Realm Standing; In preparation for the invasion of Midgard, the last realm standing, Malekith sends Dark Elf assassins after Odin while he himself impersonates Loki to trick Thor into accompanying him to Jotunheim, where he leaves him stranded facing a countless army of Frost Giants. Once Malekith's forces attack Manhattan, Loki betrays Laufey to save Freyja from him, and is in turn eaten alive by his father. The heroes of Midgard become overpowered, but they are assisted by Odin and the Valkyries. However, when Doctor Strange casts a spell to evacuate the civilians of the island, he's overcome by his own magic and accidentally teleports the heroes away, leaving the Valkyries to die. After Brunnhilde., the last Valkyrie, is slain by Malekith, the Dark Elf's forces mobilize across the entire globe, claiming different continents for each faction of his allies. North America becomes "New Jotunheim" under the control of the Frost Giants; South America falls to the Draugr under the Enchantress' command, becoming "The Dusk Lands;" Africa is taken over by the Angels of Heaven and rechristened "New Heaven;" Asia is renamed "New Muspelheim" under the rule of Sindr and the Fire Goblins; Oceania becomes the "Kingdom of the Trolls" claimed by Ulik and the Rock Trolls; Antarctica is occupied by Dario Agger to become "The Kingdom of Roxxon Inc," while Malekith and the Dark Elves take Europe for themselves and turn it into New Svartalfheim.; After regrouping at the Avengers Mansion, the heroes begin to plan a counter offensive. Heimdall passes on his sword Hofund to Daredevil, allowing him to rebuild the Bifrost and send different hero strike teams on their missions across the Ten Realms. A team led by Captain America ventures into Jotunheim to rescue Thor. A team led by Freyja travels to Svartalfheim to find the Black Bifrost and destroy it. On Earth, Captain Marvel leads the War Avengers to London to directly confront Malekith, who has stolen the Ebony Blade from the Black Knight, but the Dark Elf uses the sword on War Avengers member Venom, teleporting himself and the symbiote away from battle. The Dark Elves attack Asgard and manage to blow up the Bifrost, cutting off travel between the realms for the heroes. Freyja's team is cornered at the Black Biforst, and after sensing the Biforst's destruction, the All-Mother decides to instead make use of it to gather allies from across the Ten Realms and have them gather on Midgard. After noticing that the Black Bifrost is compromised, Malekith attacks Freyja using the Venom symbiote, now turned into a sword. Odin arrives to help her clad in the Iron All-Father Armor developed by Tony Stark, and they manage to destroy the Black Bifrost.; With Odin and Freyja presumed dead, Thor leads the global counterstrike against Malekith's allies. The Angels of Heven are ultimately massacred by Angela using the Naglfar Beacon, who also slains the Queen of Angels; the Enchantress is defeated in Brazil by Captain Marvel and Doctor Strange; Ulik is defeated by She-Hulk; the Agents of Wakanda manage to take global communications back from Roxxon; the Dark Elves are defeated in London; and Captain Marvel later takes down Sindr.; Odin and Freyja are revealed to have survived when Malekith communicates with Thor to challenge him in Stonehenge, warning him of a magical barrier erected that would kill his hostages if crossed by anybody other than Thor. Daredevil takes Thor to the Sun, where Yggdrasill has taken root, in order to find a way to overcome Malekith's challenge. Thor sacrifices his left eye and the last shards of Mjolnir to unlock the answer, which is to recruit his future self of a distant time as well as his past self from back in time. The three Thors are joined by Jane Foster, who regained her form of Thor after the shattered remains of the alternate version of Mjolnir used by the War Thor reconstituted when she lifted them.; While the four Thors take on Malekith, the rest of Earth's heroes confront the final faction of Malekith's allies standing, the Frost Giants in Manhattan. Laufey uses the Casket of Ancient Winters to empower himself and subdue the heroes. During battle against Malekith, Thor commands the God Tempest in the Sun to reforge Mjolnir, bringing it to his side to deliver the final blow against the villain, who is then shredded to pieces by his own beasts due to his fear of defeat. Daredevil throws Hofund down Laufey's throat, and Loki uses it to crave his way out of his father's stomach, killing him. As the fruits of Malekith's defeat begin to blossom, Odin steps down as King of Asgard, and bestows the title of All-Father upon Thor. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States of America during the early 1970s.; Events; On June 17th, 1972, men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C.. President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement.; The same year President Nixon threatened to shut down the First Line, a team of superheroes that were sponsored by the US government at the time. In response, First Line leader Effigy became the secret informant known as "Deep Throat".; After the men were caught by the investigation of journalist Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who were tipped off by the informant named "Deep Throat". This lead to the eventual resignation of President Nixon.; The Cloaked Clairvoyant predicted both of the Kennedy's deaths and the Watergate Scandal but was brushed off as "a crackpot."; Other Universes; Larval Earth (Earth-8311); On Earth-8311, newspaper editor J. Jonah Jackal remembered Watergate as a particularly important story. ============================================================ Wraith War Kind: event Page: Wraith War Full name: Wraith War First appearance: Rom Vol 1 51 Reality: Earth-616 History: Prelude to War; Two groups of Dire Wraiths meet at the United Nations building, after everyone else is gone. The female Witch Wraiths blame the male Scientist Wraiths for the disaster that befell Wraithkind, after their defeat by the Galadorians centuries ago and the scattering of their race across the cosmos. They attack and slaughter the males, proclaiming that sorcery would be the way of Wraithkind going forward.; In the state of West Virginia, Dire Wraiths descend on the town of Clairton, massacring and replacing its inhabitants. Rom and Starshine discover the atrocity and attack the Wraiths. The Wraiths are exterminated by a Skrull extermination squad, which was tasked in hunting the Wraiths and eliminating their kind across the cosmos. After the massacre of the inhabitants of Clairton in West Virginia, the existence of the Dire Wraiths is made known to the U.S. government and the public by Rom in a broadcast. The American government then deploys its military to fight the Wraiths in a secretive war alongside Ron and Starshine.; Wraith War; The Dire Wraiths later launched a devastating attack on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. Which resulted in much slaughter and the near destruction of the Helicarrier, which was prevented by the actions of Nick Fury. In the aftermath the world experienced a wave of attacks by the Dire Wraiths. Every nation in the world experienced Wraith terror attacks via land, sea, or air. In this global campaign of terror, villages and towns were massacred by the Wraiths. The world’s governments join forces against the Wraiths, deploying their armed forces and superheroes.; In the United States, Dire Wraiths (Scientist Wraiths) who survived the purge were attempting to leave Earth. They were indirectly sabotaging the American space program as they used its parts to build a primitive warp capable starship. The Avengers stopped the Dire Wraiths and prevented the malfunctioning ship from devastating the Earth, having turned into an antimatter bomb. Discovering that Forge had invented the Terran equivalent of the Galadorian neutralizer for a U.S. government program to develop a weapon to disable or remove super powers, the Dire Wraiths attempted to kill Forge and destroy his invention. He was saved by the X-Men who intervened, though Storm temporarily lost her powers during the clash after Henry Gyrich hit her with a blast from the neutralizer.; Through their sorcery the Wraiths infect and mutate humans (by infecting the blood supplies in a hospital) and wildlife (via tainted waters). The mutated lifeforms then go on to attack humans. Rom battles mutated humans in Atlanta, Georgia and later with Flight he fights salmon mutated into humanoids and swarms of insects. Using their sorcery, the Wraith attempted a “Worldmerge”. In which they created a Star Disc in Earth’s sky that fired a black magic beam to the sun. It stole it's power and continued to the Dark Nebula, creating a sorcerous tunnel through which the Black Sun and Wraithworld would travel to the Solar System and merge with its sun and Earth. It’s approach resulted in conflagrations and cataclysms around the world. Earthquakes, devastating climatic effects, volcanic eruptions, insects swarming, etc. In New York City, the Avengers, X-Men, Avengers West Coast, Soviet Super Soldiers, Defenders, and many other heroes from across the world battle and defeat the Wraiths. The decisive battle occurred in space where Rom, Forge, and an astronaut team led by Gyrich activated an orbiting satellite with a massive neutralizer which Forge was using. It's fired toward Wraithworld, negating the planet's power and banishing the world.; Aftermath; Earth's super heroes gather the remaining Dire Wraiths and a debate ensues as to what to do with them, with some of the heroes advocating the execution of the surviving Wraiths. Rom makes the request to be given the right to decide their fates, as he and his people have suffered the most at their hands and had been fighting them the longest, to which they agree. With the neutralizer he banishes the Dire Wraiths to Limbo. ============================================================ 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 History: A mysterious organization known as The Red Right Hand finally succeeded where many failed before, they sent Wolverine's immortal soul to Hell where he's going to be tortured for all eternity. To make things worse, they now have Wolverine's body under the control of a powerful demon with only one goal in mind: to kill everyone Logan ever cared about. ============================================================ 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 History: Overview; The Whitechapel Murders were committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London between 3 April 1888 and 13 February 1891. Most, if not all, of the victims Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly, and many unidentified woman were prostitutes. The deaths have been ascribed to the notorious unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper by the media.; The Scotland Yard lead by Adolphus Williamson and Frederick Abberline were involved in the search for the killer. Despite extensive inquiries and several arrests, the culprit or culprits evaded identification and capture. It was seemingly caused by various superhuman activities.; Origins; A few events have been considered to be the origin of the murders;; When the Thunderbolts were travelling through time; It was also believed that the killing were done by a hateful hunchback named Tom Malverne who wanted to become a Vampire, but was repulsed by the sight of blood, so vampires killed him when he could not fulfil their condition that he partake of human blood before new year's eve. Dormammu also claimed that one of his minions possessed Jack the Ripper.; The time-travelling mutant Cable faced Jack the Ripper in a tense confrontation in Whitechapel in 1891. The encounter left Cable with a lasting reminder of their clash—a permanent scar after the Ripper severed his ear.; Spring-Heeled Jack one of the Spirits of Vengeance roamed the streets of London delving out punishments to the wicked of the city.; Aftermath; It was revealed the Jack the Ripper escaped on a ship for New York City but when he arrived he died in a construction accident. He was later resurrected by the Predator and sent him against Cloak; An American investigator travelled to London to prove that a recent murder was not committed by the famed Jack the Ripper Although the local police try to dissuade him, he locates the cemetery where Jack the Ripper is buried. The groundsman directs him to the grave, but will not accompany him, claiming it is haunted. The man locates the grave, but the Ripper's ghost rises and kills him. The papers report the story, and another American resolves to make the trip to England, beginning the cycle all over again.; Legacy; The legend of Jack the Ripper permeated British society and beyond. They would hold tours of Whitechapel and people interested in the murders became known as "Ripperologists". One such man James Ransom held regular tours but was enhanced by the Martian Masters of Earth-691 to be a living inter-dimensional conduit he brought Jack the Rippers from multiple realities to attack the citizens of London. They were able to stop the Rippers but could not prevent the invasion.; A man named Rotgut began committing crimes in the style of the Ripper in Hell's Kitchen before being taken out by Daredevil.; John Carmody was possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper and continued his work on the street of New York.; An alien later used his form in a wax museum to frighten a patron.; Alternate Realities; X-Men the Animated Series (Earth-92131); Nathaniel Essex created for himself a minion, Jack the Ripper, to procure mutant organs for him. Essex uses the mutant DNA of Jack's victims to transform himself into Mr. Sinister.; Earth-7642; Daredevil sarcastically claimed that his client Shi (Ana Ishikawa) committed the Jack the Ripper murders.; Earth-72911; Slaymaster slew Elizabeth Braddock in the same style as Jack the Ripper in a Victorian type reality. ============================================================ 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. History: The dark history of Arakko will soon be revealed, and when it is, the very future of mutantkind will be at stake. Now, witness the cataclysmic showdown between the sword bearers of Arakko and the ten mutants who will stand up to defend the new mutant nation of Krakoa in Pepe Larraz’s breathtaking key art for X OF SWORDS. This fateful clash and many others are what await readers in this crossover epic written by Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, and all the current writers of your favorite X-Men titles. The next chapter in Hickman’s bold reshaping of the X-Men that began in House of X, this story will stand alongside influential X-Men crossovers like The Mutant Massacre and Messiah CompleX. The victories will be legendary, the losses will be heartbreaking, and the revelations will send shockwaves throughout the Marvel Universe. This sprawling saga will have a lasting impact on the future of the X-Men, forever changing the fate of the franchise’s most prominent characters.; List of Swordbearers; Swordbearers of Krakoa; Magik wielding the Soulsword; Wolverine wielding the Muramasa Blade; Storm wielding the Skybreaker; Cypher wielding Warlock; Cable wielding the Light of Galador; Captain Britain wielding the Starlight Sword; Captain Avalon wielding the Sword of Might; Apocalypse wielding the Scarab; The Gorgon wielding both the Godkiller and the Grasscutter; Swordbearers of Arakko; Solem wielding the Muramasa Blade; The White Sword wielding Purity; War wielding Vermilion; Death wielding the Black Bone of Amduat; Isca the Unbeaten wielding Mercy; Pogg Ur-Pogg wielding Pogg Ur-Pogg; Redroot the Forest wielding Alluvium; Summoner wielding Colony; Bei the Blood Moon wielding Seducer; Annihilation wielding the Twilight Sword; Tournaments; Isca the Unbeaten vs. Captain Britain in Avalon. Battle to first kill. Apparent death of Captain Britain. Victory for Arakko.; Bei the Blood Moon vs. Cypher at the Starlight Citadel. Trial by wedding. Victory for both Krakoa and Arakko.; Pogg Ur-Pogg vs. Magik in the Floating Kingdom of Roma Regina. Contest of arms. Victory for Arakko.; Summoner vs. Wolverine in Blightspoke. Race to Death. Death of the Summoner. Victory for Arakko.; Storm vs. Wolverine in the Crooked Market. Contest of cups. Victory for Krakoa.; Solem vs. War at the Starlight Citadel. Amputation. Victory for Arakko.; Wolverine acted as substitute for Solem during this round; Pogg Ur-Pogg vs. Magik in the Floating Kingdom of Roma Regina. Unarmed combat. Victory for Krakoa.; War vs. Cable, Captain Avalon and the Gorgon. Torture Endurance. Victory for Arakko.; Death, Isca the Unbeaten and Pogg Ur-Pogg vs. Magik. Contest of Boulders. Victory for Arakko.; Isca the Unbeaten and the White Sword vs. the Gorgon. Battle beneath the waves. Victory for Arakko.; Redroot the Forest vs. Cable, Captain Avalon and Cypher. Contest of plates. Victory for Krakoa.; Bei the Blood Moon and War vs. Cypher and Wolverine. Lord of the dance. Victory for Arakko.; Redroot the Forest and Pogg Ur-Pogg vs. Captain Avalon and Storm. Labyrinth escape. Victory to Arakko.; Death and War vs. the Gorgon and Magik. Jigsaw battle. Victory to Krakoa.; Redroot the Forest and War vs. Storm and Wolverine. Contest of Couture. Victory to Arakko.; Isca the Unbeaten vs. Cable and Magik in Blightspoke. Blightspoke navigation. Victory to Arakko.; Redroot the Forest vs. Captain Avalon in the Crooked Market. Foot race. Redroot accrues a debt due to the destruction of a crystal idol of Bombu and can no longer participate. Victory to Arrako.; Bei the Blood Moon, Death and Pogg Ur-Pogg vs. Cypher and Magik in the Floating Kingdom of Roma Regina. Contest of letters. Victory to Arakko.; The White Sword vs. Wolverine. Rumination endurance. Victory to Arakko.; Isca the Unbeaten and War vs. the Gorgon, Magik and Wolverine. Resist temptation. Victory to Arakko.; Captain Avalon vs. War in the Holy Republic of Fae. Kitten killing. Victory to Arakko.; Death vs. Storm in Sevalith. Drawing first blood. Death incapacitated and held by Sevalith; Bei the Blood Moon vs. Cable in the Fiefdom of Amenth. Battle to the death. Victory to Arakko.; The White Sword vs. the Gorgon in the Fiefdom of Amenth. One hundred to one. Death of 13 of the One Hundred Champions and the Gorgon. 1 point to Arrako and 13 points to Krakoa.; Annihilation vs. • --|A|-- •. Final challenge. Victory to Krakoa through En Sabah Nur, merged with Annihilation, conceding the tournament on Arakko's behalf. ============================================================ 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 History: Over their 60-year history, the X-Men have been many things. Outcasts. Teachers. Revolutionaries. Heroes.; Above all, they’re a species, and the future is still theirs for the taking!; Krakoa showed the world what homo superior is truly capable of, and now, the X-Men have to fight harder than ever to keep Professor X’s dream alive. The three core series will approach the X-Men’s vital mission with distinct and relevant perspectives while remaining faithful to the storytelling power of the mutant metaphor!; This is only the beginning.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; June 2024; July 2024; August 2024; September 2024; October 2024; November 2024; Trivia; The name of the event is derived from the opening text of Giant-Size X-Men Vol 1 1; Videos; } ============================================================ 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 History: The final fight between Captain America and the Red Skull resulted in the Washington Blast because of the apparent destruction of the Cosmic Cube. Afterwards, a new city was built upon the old one and almost everybody forgot what had happened there, until Cap's descendant, Jack Rogers, arrived there looking for help against the Kree Empire, but there he found a giant Cube and inside that... the Red Skull. ============================================================ Avengers/JLA Kind: event Page: Avengers/JLA Full name: Avengers/JLA Other aliases: JLA/Avengers First appearance: JLA/Avengers Vol 1 1 Reality: Earth-616 Trivia: Superman is the only DC hero to hold both Captain America's Shield and Mjolnir, while both he and Wonder Woman are the only DC characters to have held Mjolnir.; Hawkeye is the only hero of both universes to be in both the Avengers and the JLA. History: Krona, an exiled Oan villain from another Universe who has gained the powers of entropy, begins destroying entire universes in his obsession to find out how they are created. The Grandmaster, an alien who is obsessed with games, offers to give Krona the knowledge he seeks but only if he can beat him in a game. The game consists of forcing the Avengers and their heroic counterparts, the Justice League of America (JLA), from that universe's Earth to battle each other in a race to find 12 items of incredible power that have been hidden around their worlds. With help from Metron of the other universe, the heroes are tricked into participating. Krona is given the side of the Avengers and the Grandmaster is given the side of the JLA.; When Batman and Captain America discover this, Captain America allows the game to end with a victory for the JLA, but Krona refuses to accept this and uses his powers to steal the knowledge directly from the Grandmaster's mind. In turn, the Grandmaster uses the power of the 12 artifacts to merge the two universes, trapping Krona at their center. However, this results in a chaotic world, and Krona begins to cause the universes to collapse, since he now knows that universal creation comes from destruction. The Avengers and the League join forces to stop him, aided by many other members from both teams' pasts (brought together by wild changes in time).; In the end, Krona is turned into a "cosmic egg" from which a universe would be born in 1 trillion years. The two universes return to normal, with everything that Krona destroyed being re-created as well (this would have consequences for the Anti-Matter Universe, as seen in a further Justice League adventure).; Items; Marvel Universe; Ultimate Nullifier; Evil Eye; Wand of Watoomb; Cask of Ancient Winters; Cosmic Cube; Infinity Gems; DC Universe; Red Jar of Calythos; Silver Wheel of Nyorlath; Green Bell of Uthool; Kyle Rayner's Power Battery; Spear of Destiny; Eternity Book; Medusa Mask; Orb of Ra ============================================================ Armor Wars II Kind: event Page: Armor Wars II Full name: Armor Wars II First appearance: Iron Man Vol 1 258 Created by: John Byrne; John Romita Jr.; Bob Wiacek; Paul Becton Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Despite the name of this event, Armor Wars II has practically no connection to Armor Wars I.; A sub-plot involving the Mandarin and Fin Fang Foom was running concurrently with the Armor Wars II story-arc. This sub-plot culminated in the four-part "Dragon Seed Saga" published in issues #272-275. Trivia: Before abruptly leaving Marvel for Valiant Comics, Iron Man Vol 1 co-plotter Bob Layton had pitched for "Armor Wars II" to feature a villain named Iron-X, an silicone-based life form accidentally created by Tony Stark. History: Iron Mans artificial nervous system is being controlled by the Marr's twins. He loses body control in battle with a new Living-Laser. He must use special armor that he mentally controls to enable him to walk and talk, but it makes him slow and vulnerable in battle. Meanwhile the Mandarin gains control of Fin Fang Foom and gains one third of China. The storyline ends when Iron Man must fight a huge robot suit. He is as good as dead when Jim Rhodes goes into an Iron Man suit and defeats the foe, smashing him into a building. The building collapses and the new foe is thought to be dead. Tony Stark now has little control of his body. The story of the Mandarin and Tony's nervous system continue in Iron Man #267 where Iron Man's origin is retold. ============================================================ Avengers Disassembled Kind: event Page: Avengers Disassembled Full name: Avengers Disassembled First appearance: Avengers Vol 3 500 Created by: Brian Michael Bendis Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Although not bannered as a part of the crossover, the events of Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill Vol 1 are a direct sequel to the story in Thor Vol 2.; The events of this story were seemingly retconned in the 2010 series Avengers: The Children's Crusade Vol 1 History: The story begins when the Avengers Mansion's sensors warn the residing Avengers of an intruder, quickly identified as the reanimated corpse of Jack of Hearts, who had previously died saving the life of Ant-Man's daughter Cassie. Jack inexplicably detonates, killing Ant-Man (Scott Lang) in a blast that destroys half of the mansion. The Vision crashes a Quinjet onto the site, only to attack the survivors of the explosion, carrying a small army of Ultron robots which attack the survivors. During this attack, She-Hulk goes into a frenzy, resulting in her tearing the Vision in two. She-Hulk's running amok puts the Wasp, Captain America, and Captain Britain in the hospital, although the three recovered by the crossover's epilogue. Finally, a wounded Hawkeye sacrifices his life to save his friends by destroying an invading Kree warship.; In the end, it is revealed that the Scarlet Witch was behind these seemingly random attacks. She had been driven insane by the loss of her children years earlier; the children who actually had been magical constructs the Witch had subconsciously created from the essence of the demon Mephisto. The attackers (including the Ultrons and the Kree) were creations of the Scarlet Witch. She was defeated by Doctor Strange, who explained the events that had just occurred, and was whisked away by her father, Magneto (ultimately leading to House of M and the Decimation).; As a result of these events, Yellowjacket and the Wasp reconciled, and retired to give their relationship a real go. Captain Britain returned home to England. She-Hulk left the group, distraught with the guilt of what she did to the Vision. ============================================================ Avengers & X-Men: AXIS Kind: event Page: Avengers & X-Men: AXIS Full name: Avengers & X-Men: AXIS Other aliases: Avengers & X-Men: Axis, AXIS, Axis, Battle of Manhattan, The Inversion, World War Hate First appearance: Captain America Vol 7 24 Created by: Rick Remender; Adam Kubert; Leinil Francis Yu; Terry Dodson; Jim Cheung Reality: Earth-616 Notes: This event was originally simply titled "AXIS," but was later renamed.; The Green Goblin was originally present in [https://theworldwentaway.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/axis-diamond-previews.jpg the cover] of Diamond Previews teasing the event. He was later recolored for the first official promo, and changed for the Hobgoblin. History: March to AXIS; As part of his plan to exterminate mutantkind, the Red Skull turned Genosha into a concentration camp, and abducted numerous mutants, as well as Inhumans. His activities were tracked down by Magneto at the same time Scarlet Witch, Rogue, and Havok from the Avengers Unity Division were captured by the Skull's S-Men and brought to the island.; After escaping captivity, the Avengers encountered and rescued Magneto. The Red Skull and the S-Men confronted the escapees, but Magneto managed to wipe out most of the S-Men with his MGH-enhanced powers. He killed the Red Skull without the use of his mutant gifts, offering him a "pure" death, but also unleashed a more powerful persona of the Red Skull - the Red Onslaught.; AXIS; The Red Supremacy; The Red Onslaught used his powers to spread hate across the world, unleashing a "World War Hate" which even affected the Avengers. Once Iron Man snapped them out of the telepathically-induced fit of rage using a telepathic inhibitor, they located the source of the attack and arrived to Genosha to assist Magneto, Rogue and the Scarlet Witch, bringing reinforcement in the form of both X-Men fractions and other allies. Iron Man used a telepathic tamperer to stop the Skull's influence. When more heroes arrived to help, the Red Skull revealed that he had influenced Stark to create a model of Sentinels, based on the knowledge of different superheroes he acquired after the Civil War, before erasing the latter's memories of constructing them. The villain then deployed his Stark Sentinels to fight the heroes.; With the appearance of the Stark Sentinels, the tide of the battle was quickly turned to the Red Onslaught's favor. Using their opponents' own strengths against themselves, the Sentinels countered the heroes, bathing them in Pym Particles to shrink them and hold them prisoners. Rogue came up with a plan to defeat the Skull, proposing that Doctor Strange and the Scarlet Witch cast a spell to invert the axis of Skull's brain and bring out the fragment of Charles Xavier to defeat Onslaught. The plan failed due to Nova's inexperience, and the Scarlet Witch and Doctor Strange were targeted and captured by the Sentinels before they could cast the spell. As Magneto fled from the battle, the heroes hid in Genosha, hidden with the help of Quentin Quire. After coming to, Iron Man organized a last attempt to defeat the Sentinels, but failed and was left the last one standing. The Red Skull told him he had seen into his mind, and that he was a sociopath fueled by competition, but his boast is interrupted by the return of Magneto. Magneto is accompanied by a group of villains he had recruited to fight the Sentinels, as the robots were not able to properly counter villains as well as heroes.; The villains managed to defeat one of the Sentinels, which allowed the heroes trapped inside to break free. Doctor Doom and the Scarlet Witch attempted to cast the inversion spell again, and the Red Skull was knocked unconscious and reverted from his Red Onslaught form. The other Sentinel was defeated afterwards, freeing the heroes inside, but not before the villains had left the scene. Before the Skull could wake up to reveal whether Charles Xavier was now in control or not, as the X-Men wanted, the Avengers decided to be cautious and take the Red Skull to Stark Tower. This caused Havok to resign from the Unity Division and side with the now-unified two teams of X-Men and his brother, with whom he reconciled.; Inversion; Days later, S.H.I.E.L.D. gathered Captain America to discuss what was going to be of the Red Skull, now that the Stark Sentinels had been dismantled and the concentration camps torn down. Nick Fury tried to convince Sam to hand him over, but under the influence of the inversion spell, Wilson was violent and punched him before leaving. Meanwhile, in Brooklyn, a family held hostage was saved from the Squid by the now-heroic Carnage. Spider-Man arrived to the scene shortly after Cletus had left, and to his surprise, found the family unharmed, as well as the villain. In San Francisco, Iron Man arrived to the Giants Stadium where he presented his new digital version of the Extremis, free for every citizen of the city to achieve perfection. Matt Murdock was among the crowd, and noticed something was off with Tony, who had also started drinking once more. At the Jean Grey School, the X-Men were revealing the unification of mutants as they also revealed their new agenda of no longer seeking coexistence between humans and mutants, but to stand above them, with the help of Evan Sabahnur, who had become Apocalypse due to the inversion. Back at the Avengers Tower, Captain America informed the team about the current movements of the X-Men, leading them to decide to execute the Red Skull, and any opportunity of Charles Xavier still being alive inside their shared brain, in response to the mutant's claims. Both the Hulk and Jarvis tried to stop them, but were ignored and attacked. This caused a new persona to surface, the inverted Hulk, Kluh, who proceeded to attack the Avengers before fleeing the Tower, stating his desire to cause destruction. After deciding that Kluh was not their problem as long as he didn't stand in their way, the Avengers opened the Skull's cell, only to find it empty.; Following the Skull's escape, Captain America called a meeting in the Avengers Tower of all the heroes available who were or had been Avengers. After informing the guests of the Red Skull's disappearance, Sam Wilson told them that only somebody with Avengers clearance could have been able to have done that, making everyone in the room a suspect. Spider-Man's spider-sense triggered, and quickly escaped the Tower through the window along with Nova as Captain America activated a button which sprayed all the heroes in the room with Pym Particles, in order to send them to Hank Pym's "ant farms." Spider-Man and Nova were chased by the Axis of Evil Avengers, but escaped with the help of Magneto, who took them to the Avengers Mansion, where Steve Rogers informed them about the effects of the inversion, including the rampage of Kluh across Arizona. After Nova took off to confront Kluh, who was approaching his hometown, a massive airship appeared above New York City, carrying the inverted X-Men. The inverted X-Men arrived to the Avengers Tower where they beat up Captain America, the only one present, so he would give the inhabitants of New York a message: every human was to evacuate Manhattan within the next three hours or be slaughtered, as the island was going to be the first prize of the mutant uprising because of its importance to humanity, and mutants would take everything they cared about.; After broadcasting their warning to humankind, the X-Men, who had created a gene bomb designed to kill everyone on Earth without a X-Gene in their body, were confronted by Mystique, who attempted to make them see the errors of their ways. Rogue and Nightcrawler confronted her, and forced her to leave with Sabretooth. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, Daredevil confronted Tony Stark about unleashing Extremis, and the problems it caused to society. Tony surprised Matt with increased agility and strength, and beat him up before throwing him from his headquarters. In Latveria, Doctor Doom admitted to a crowd that he was but a man in the eyes of God and claimed his desire to try democracy on Latveria before he was attacked by the Scarlet Witch, who wanted revenge for having tampered with her and indirectly causing the House of M. He was saved by Quicksilver and Magneto, who stated Wanda would never recover from killing Doom if she did so. In Las Vegas, Loki tried to unsuccessfully make his brother Odinson listen to reason, and had to be saved by Steve Rogers, Nomad, and Spider-Man in the Quinjet. After returning with Loki to the Avengers Mansion, Steve revealed that he had assembled the solution to deal with the Axis and X-Men: he had reassembled the team of inverted super villains into the Astonishing Avengers.; New World Disorder; As the Astonishing Avengers stormed Apocalypse's ship and fought the X-Men, Zenpool and Spider-Man attempted to sneak past Apocalypse and try to defuse the gene bomb. Zenpool attempted to distract Apocalypse while Spider-Man deactivated the device, but both failed and were thrown outside the ship, where they joined the ongoing battle between the X-Men and the Avengers. Meanwhile, in Latveria, the Scarlet Witch unleashed her power to fight Doom, and seemingly killed both Quicksilver and Magneto, as well as discovering she actually had no blood ties with the Master of Magnetism since a curse she cast on members of her bloodline only affected her brother, before forcing Doctor Doom to flee. In San Francisco, Captain America arrived at Iron Man's Stark Island, where the Armored Avenger introduced him to the reassembled Axis, willing to join forces once again upon learning Steve Rogers was looking for the Red Skull to reverse the inversion. Back in Manhattan, Zenpool kept trying to reason with Apocalypse, but in the end he was beaten and beheaded, thus defeated like the rest of the Astonishing Avengers. As Apocalypse claimed his victory, the gene bomb's countdown was almost finished.; With no options left, Carnage used the symbiote to wrap around the bomb and contain the explosion, sacrificing himself in the process. Soon after Spider-Man confronted the X-Men for the death of Carnage, the Axis arrived on the scene and began fighting the X-Men. During the fight, Loki distracted Thor, and tricked him into following him into a portal to the Moon. In the Avengers Mansion, Steve Rogers and Nomad were watching the fight when Jarvis entered, announcing that he knew a way to stop them. Meanwhile, in Latveria, the Scarlet Witch began destroying Doomstadt, as the defeated Quicksilver and Magneto tried to convince her not to do so. Doctor Doom returned with the resurrected Doctor Voodoo, who used the spirit of his brother Daniel to possess the Scarlet Witch and try to defeat her. In the Avengers Mansion, Nomad received a message from Steve, who had equipped himself with his old Exoskeleton and Energy Shield, that he was going to free the Red Skull. This piece of information was intercepted by Iron Man, who informed Captain America about it, and both set out to go to the Avengers Tower, where the Red Skull had been all along; he hadn't been freed, Jarvis had merely used one of Stark's cloaking devices to hide him from the murderous Avengers. When Sam entered the building, he encountered Steve holding the Red Skull, threatening Sam to stand down or face him.; Using the Red Skull's telepathy, Steve managed to distract Sam for long enough to escape. After Cap's failure to capture Rogers and the Skull, the Axis set out to the Avengers Mansion after having defeated the inverted X-Men. While recovering from his defeat, Apocalypse was confronted by Zenpool's head and convinced to fight against the Axis. On the Moon, Loki was being chased by Odinson around the Blue Area. The trickster soon came across Mjolnir, which had been left there since Thor became unworthy. He picked up the hammer, and started fighting Odinson with the power of Thor. Back at the Avengers Mansion, Steve and the Skull were attacked by the Axis right after arriving. Before Cap could beat Rogers to death, Apocalypse appeared and fought the Axis while the Skull was taken from the location. The rest of the Axis still managed to catch up with them, but were confronted by Spider-Man and Sabretooth while Rogers tried to get the Skull to a Quinjet, which was soon foiled by Iron Man. Iron Man was about to kill the Red Skull when Doctor Doom, Scarlet Witch (possessed by Daniel Drumm), Magneto, Doctor Voodoo, and Quicksilver arrived. After Iron Man was incapacitated, Doom and Daniel began a reinversion spell and the Skull broadcasted it to those inverted, having only the options to either reinvert all the heroes and the villains or none of them. Unwilling to return to his regular self, Iron Man activated a shield to protect himself from the reinversion, accidentally shielding Havok and Sabretooth from the effect as well. The reinversion was successful, and every person affected by the inversion, except the three aforementioned, were returned to their regular selves. After the spell, the still-inverted Havok used the Wasp as leverage to escape. Magneto soon realized that due to the distraction, Iron Man, Doctor Doom, and the Red Skull had also escaped.; In the wake of the conflict, New York City was being rebuilt for what was an estimate of months; the press received a video which had been recorded by the inverted villains before the battle, in which they claimed to be behind the recent crisis, calling themselves the "Axis of Evil" and claimed to have manipulated the X-Men and Avengers using the Enchantress' magic; Steve Rogers was recovering from the wounds suffered during the battle; Iron Man had returned to Stark Island in San Francisco; Havok returned to his brother's X-Men; Deadpool and Evan Sabahnur had gone into hiding; Loki was still dealing with no longer being worthy; Doctor Doom had abducted the Red Skull and held him prisoner; the Avengers Unity Division had reformed; Peter Parker was building the rhinestone statue Carnage made Spider-Man promise was going to be made when he sacrificed himself; and Sabretooth turned himself in, finally seeing the meaning behind the heroes, as they show the world it's possible to be better, promising to overcome his past to become someone better like the late Wolverine did, now that he was permanently inverted. ============================================================ Avengers vs. X-Men (Event) Kind: event Page: Avengers vs. X-Men (Event) Full name: Avengers vs. X-Men (Event) Other aliases: Avengers vs. X-Men, AVX First appearance: Avengers vs. X-Men Vol 1 0 Created by: Jason Aaron; Brian Michael Bendis; Ed Brubaker; Jonathan Hickman; Olivier Coipel; John Romita Jr.; Adam Kubert; Matt Fraction; Frank Cho Reality: Earth-616 Notes: Not to be confused with X-Men vs Avengers Vol 1. History: When the Phoenix Force approaches Earth, Hope Summers is assumed its next host. The X-Men and the Avengers are divided on how to handle the situation. The X-Men believe that the Phoenix Force will herald the rebirth of the Mutant Species, while the Avengers believe that it will bring an end to all life on Earth. This leads to a war between Marvel's two powerful superhero factions.; Prologue; In deep space, Nova (Sam Alexander) tries in vain to warn Terrax of an incoming threat: the Phoenix Force but failed. However, it consumes his planet.; During an Avengers' mission to take down the Lethal Legion, Falcon was suddenly shot down by an unknown sniper. When his absence was noticed, Captain America went to look for him, only to get captured by the same person, who was revealed to be Cable. He had come from a future in which the Avengers' interference with Hope and the Phoenix Force led to the destruction of Earth as he knew it. Eventually, peace was made and Cable was cured of his techno-organic virus.; The Avengers and X-Men nearly came to blows over the Scarlet Witch. The Scarlet Witch and Hope individually continue their efforts towards being heroes.; Act One; In New York, the Avengers have assembled for a meeting. An object crashes into the city, sending Earth's Mightiest Heroes into action. After dealing with the damage from the impact, they discover that the object was in fact Nova, who cryptically whispers "It's Coming" before fainting. On Utopia, Cyclops trains Hope, while Emma Frost and Magneto are watching from afar. Scott pushes Hope to her limits, causing her to manifest the Phoenix. All present are shocked.; Captain America and Iron Man meet with the president, informing him of the situation. Nova's warning led them to discovering that the Phoenix Force was headed on a destructive path towards Earth. A team of Avengers are dispatched to destroy or otherwise divert the Phoenix from its path: a suicide mission. Suddenly, an alarm warns them of a Phoenix flare on Earth. Unbeknownst to them, it is Hope. The Jean Grey School is also alerted, Beast having set similar alarms.; Consulting Wolverine, Captain America learns of Hope Summers and secures his support. He organizes the Avengers at the mansion, briefing them on the mission. Storm and Power Woman leave the Avengers, the former returning to the X-Men. Back on Utopia, Cyclops talks with his Extinction Team about Hope and the Phoenix. He believes it to be a potential game-changer for mutantkind. Captain America arrives to take Hope into protective custody, hoping to avert Earth's destruction. They come to blows, and Cap orders S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers to take Utopia.; The X-Men and Avengers wage a bitter battle for the island. Wolverine sneaks off in the melee and finds Hope. He prepares to kill her, as he had promised, when she burns him with the power of the Phoenix before running off. The X-Men fake a surrender before teleporting away. Rachel Summers, using Cerebro, reports that there are five places on Earth that Hope could be. She secretly relays this information to Cyclops as well.; Most of Wolverine's X-Men decide to side with Cyclops against the Avengers, after he visits the school and explains his reasoning. The children of Utopia are taken to the Avengers Academy to be put in protective custody. Initially tense, the two groups begin to get along. The staff becomes nervous when Sebastian Shaw escapes, believing him to be after the children. When three Avengers arrive at the Jean Grey School, battle quickly follows.; In a Quinjet flying high above Antarctica, Captain America confronts Wolverine over his behavior in the battle of Utopia. They fight, and Wolverine is tossed out of the plane. Around the world, the Avengers and X-Men fight: in Latveria, in the Savage Land, in Tabula Rasa, in Wakanda and at Wundagore Mountain. Hope goes to Wolverine for help with a plan.; In space, the away team of Avengers tries multiple times to stop the Phoenix. The Force draws the attention of the Kree. The Minister Marvel uses it to resurrect Mar-vell, hoping to draw it to Hala. Captain Marvel regains control and sacrifices himself again to stop it. However, the Protector then betrays the Avengers to the Supreme Intelligence, capturing a fragment of the Force for the Kree's use. He changes his mind, but the Avengers refuse to forgive him for what he's done.; Thor tries one last time to stop the Force, but only manages to delay it.; The attention of Gladiator, Shi'ar commander, is also drawn. Not only are the Shi'ar long-time foes of the Phoenix, but his son is on Earth. Wolverine helps Hope survive an attack from Shi'ar Death Commandos. They then steal an A.I.M. space shuttle and journey to the Blue Area of the Moon. Wolverine alerts Captain America to the plan, and the Avengers go to the Moon as well. Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus and Magik arrive too, having used Frost's telepathy to learn of the meeting from Cap's thoughts. Suddenly, Thor crashes on the moon. The Phoenix arrives shortly after.; The Avengers and X-Men fight as the Phoenix descends on the Moon. Hope's power increases, and she finds herself unable to control it. Wolverine tries one last time to kill Hope, at her request. Cyclops stops him, stating one last time his belief that Hope is meant to be the Phoenix's host. Iron Man uses a specially designed Phoenix-Killer suit to try to destroy the Force.; At the Avengers Academy, Shaw has no true ill intentions. Instead, he wishes to free the Utopia kids from custody. The Academy staff reluctantly agrees and lets them leave. The Lights return to Utopia, seeking Hope. Instead, they find the prisoner named Unit. He reveals to the Lights that Hope is a Phoenix Messiah, a host which the Phoenix Force would use with her Lights to correct the path of evolution. Having seen a Phoenix Messiah succeed in the past, he wishes to see what happens when one is disadvantaged. Thus, he has the Lights mind-wiped of the encounter.; The Phoenix-Killer seems to live up to its name, at first. However, it instead fractures the Force. Hope rejects it, and it instead possesses the five other X-Men. Now the Phoenix Five, they return to Earth to usher it into a new age. The Avengers are unable to stop them.; Act Two; The Phoenix Five try to usher in global peace: Pax Utopia. They build a massive new floating island, a new Utopia, for mutantkind. They work to provide power, food and water for all. In front of the U.N., they outlaw war. To achieve this they try to destroy all weapons, though some escape destruction. Cyclops, overwhelmed by his new telepathic powers, takes a sojourn to the moon to regain perspective. The Avengers, however, do not trust the Phoenix Five. They believe that at any point they could go Dark Phoenix, and wish to have a solution to that potential problem. To do so, they wish to study the intended host of the Phoenix: Hope.; To that end, they orchestrate an invasion of Utopia. Cyclops and Emma Frost confront them and defeat them easily. Iron Fist discovers he has a strange ability to stop the energies of the Phoenix, but is defeated by Cyclops' force blasts. The Scarlet Witch arrives, wishing to avert a dark future she predicted. She teleports the Avengers and Hope off Utopia. Cyclops is outraged, and decides that the Avengers have been enablers of anti-mutant feelings. Thus, he makes a decree: No more Avengers.; Hope is taken to K'un-Lun. The Iron Fist tells her of Fongji, an Iron Fist who was a host of the Phoenix. Spider-Man teaches her Uncle Ben's old mantra of "With great power comes great responsibility". Meanwhile, Mister Sinister has built himself a city in the Moloid caverns. He fills this Sinister London with his race of Sinisters, but also keeps a populations of clones of X-Men, planning on using them to fight the Phoenix Five. Most importantly, he has a host of Jean Grey clones, Madelyne Pryor spares. He plans to use these to host the Phoenix Force for his own designs.; During a confrontation between the Avengers and the X-Men, the Scarlet Witch injures Magik, while Emma Frost severely burns Hawkeye. As the Phoenix Five heal Hawkeye, Cyclops reprimands them for their use of excessive force, but Magik defends that they must kill the Scarlet Witch and Namor reminds him that they are at war. In Wakanda, Hope tells the Avengers that the X-Men fear the Scarlet Witch. Meanwhile, Iron Man and Black Panther research a way to stop the Phoenix Five and Iron Fist brings Lei Kung to take Hope to K'un-L'un for training. As both teams keep fighting and taking prisoners around the world, Scarlet Witch injures Namor. Furious, Namor goes against Cyclops's orders and leads the Atlanteans into war against Wakanda.; As Namor attacks Wakanda, Iron Man takes Lei Kung to join Wolverine and Hope in K'un-L'un. Captain America then assembles every Avenger he can muster and manages to take down Namor in a hard fought confrontation. Meanwhile, Magneto informs Cyclops of Namor's assault on Wakanda. As the remaining Phoenix Five members arrive in Wakanda, Namor's portion of the Phoenix abandons him and divides itself among Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magik and Colossus. The Avengers retreat to K'un-L'un, as Professor X demands that Cyclops cease the Phoenix Five's actions or he will bring them down.; Act Three; As days pass by, more and more Avengers are captured by the Phoenix Five, and Hope's training in K'un-L'un shows no results. Several X-Men feel uncomfortable about the way the Phoenix Five are treating their prisoners. Storm arrives in Wakanda in the aftermath of Namor's assault and tells Black Panther that the captured Avengers are being held prisoner in a volcano in Siberia. The Avengers then lead a rescue mission with the help of Storm and Professor X to break out their comrades but are stopped by Magik and Colossus. Spider-Man baits Magik and Colossus into taking each other out, allowing the Avengers to escape. As the Avengers arrive back in K'un-L'un, they are surprised by Cyclops, strengthened by half of Magik and Colossus's portions of the Phoenix force.; He made quick work of anyone that opposed him but was defeated by Hope who in an act of desperation combined the powers of the Iron Fist, Scarlet Witch's chaos magic and Shao-Lao's flames to teleport Cyclops to the Moon. The Avengers then teamed up with several X-Men who had realized that Cyclops and Emma had completely lost control. Together they attacked Cyclops and Emma and gained the upper hand until Cyclops was forced to take the final piece of the Phoenix from Emma, making him the sole host. The complete Phoenix proved too much and finally turned him into Dark Phoenix.; The Avengers fight Summers around the world with the help of the X-Men and Nova, as well as trying to contain the chaos the gigantic force produced around Earth, but who finally managed to defeat him were Scarlet Witch and Hope, the Phoenix left Scott and possessed Hope, but she managed to control it, repairing all the damage Scott caused on the planet, and finally, using the powers of the Scarlet Witch to manipulate reality, she destroyed the Phoenix Force with a final blast of energy which caused millions of people around Earth to manifest mutant powers. Cyclops was finally incarcerated, and Steve accepted the Avengers should've done more to help mutants, and allowed the world to hate them. As a result, he started planning a new team of Avengers in hopes of unifying mutant and humankind. ============================================================ Age of Ultron (Event) (Multiverse) Kind: event Page: Age of Ultron (Event) Full name: Age of Ultron (Event) First appearance: Age of Ultron Vol 1 1 Created by: Brian Michael Bendis; Bryan Hitch; Brandon Peterson; Joe Quesada Reality: Multiverse Notes: Brian Michael Bendis made a list of numerous events which would have been adverted or gone differently in Earth-26111 without Hank Pym's participation. History: Ultron; Months after his return, the artificial intelligence known as Ultron decided to accomplish his goal of destroying humankind by launching a massive and abrupt attack on Earth, taking over the whole planet, killing billions of innocents and dozens of heroes and villains who stood in his way. Only a few of them are still alive, in a secret refuge under Central Park, ready to reclaim freedom or die trying.; Locating where Spider-Man was being held hostage by the Owl and Hammerhead, Hawkeye attempts to rescue him. Upon Hawkeye's location of Spider-Man, Ultron located their position and launched a full assault in an effort to kill the two heroes. Hawkeye destroyed the Ultron Drones as the two made their way to an underground area beneath Central Park, where a group of survivors including Iron Man, Emma Frost, She-Hulk, Luke Cage, Invisible Woman and Wolverine have taken refuge. Defending his one-man mission, Hawkeye responded that at least he did not give up on the world. Iron Man responded that they had not, as he shows Hawkeye a saddened Captain America sitting by his broken shield.; Sneaking around on the streets of a decimated San Francisco, a partially disfigured Black Widow met with Moon Knight in one of Nick Fury's old bases. Back in New York, Spider-Man recalled how he simply woke up and found the world under attack. As the heroes pondered why Ultron would take over the world just to make deals with low-level criminals like the Owl and Hammerhead, Captain America informed the other heroes that he now had a plan.; He stated that if superheroes could be offered to Ultron as Spider-Man was, they could offer up one of their own, sending someone who could damage the inside of Ultron's fortress. Luke Cage and She-Hulk volunteered. Luke agreed to deliver She-Hulk to Ultron's forces. Meanwhile in Chicago, Black Panther, Red Hulk, and Taskmaster watched a group of Ultron Drones. Red Hulk decapitated one of them, giving the head to his allies. Back in New York, a group of Ultron Drones met with Luke Cage and She-Hulk and guided them to the fortress to make the deal. Luke Cage was shocked when he discovered that they were to negotiate with the Vision instead of Ultron.; The Vision revealed to Luke Cage and She-Hulk that Ultron was using him as a conduit and that he was punishing humankind from the future. After learning this, She-Hulk forced Cage out of Ultron's lair and was killed by Ultron's sentinels while protecting him. Cage survived a nuclear explosion from Ultron's Sentinels while the superhero resistance fled from Manhattan. In the San Francisco base they had discovered, Black Widow and Moon Knight find Fury's fail-safe plans for different apocalyptic scenarios, including one involving Ultron taking over the Earth. In Chicago, Red Hulk catches up to Taskmaster, who had in his possession the head of one of the Ultron Drones. Red Hulk declared that he could no longer trust Taskmaster and killed him. Eight days later, the heroes who had survived capture in New York arrived in the Savage Land, where they met Ka-Zar, who led them to a refuge area. The heroes arrived as Luke Cage died from radiation poisoning after telling them what he had learned. Red Hulk, Moon Knight, and Black Widow arrived and revealed a plan made by Nick Fury to defeat Ultron.; As Ultron's forces laid waste to Austin, Texas, the heroes in the Savage Land found a hidden bunker. They met Nick Fury, who related his plan to use Doctor Doom's Time Platform to go into the future with a strike force to defeat Ultron before he could attack the present. Tony Stark pointed out that Ultron would know they were coming and would be ready for them. Wolverine suggested to use the platform to go back in time to kill Hank Pym before he created Ultron, but most of the others disagreed with this idea. Valkryie suggested going back to tell Pym to not build Ultron, but Wolverine pointed out that would just dare Pym to do it anyway. Iron Man, Captain America, Nick Fury, Red Hulk, Storm, Quake and Quicksilver used the platform to go into the future. After they left, Wolverine announced his intention to carry out his plan to travel into the past and kill Hank Pym so that Ultron's creation never comes to pass.; While the heroes traveled to the future, Wolverine arrived in the past, only to be surprised to learn that Invisible Woman had followed him. Despite her reluctance to go along with his plan, she accompanies him when he stole a S.H.I.E.L.D. hovercar from a younger Nick Fury to travel to New York. As the heroes in the future were overwhelmed by an army of Ultron Drones, Wolverine and Invisible Woman find Hank Pym analyzing Dragon Man. Despite Invisible Woman's attempts to find another way and Wolverine's acknowledgement of the good Pym had done, they finally accept that Wolverine must kill Pym. This led to a fight between Wolverine and Hank Pym which ended with Pym's death.; Wolverine and the Invisible Woman return to the future only to find the Savage Land covered by wreckage of crashed ships. Sue recognized them as being Kree and theorized that in this new timeline, the Kree-Skrull War reached Earth. They saw men in armor, who called themselves the Starkguard, checking the area out. The two then go to New York City, with multiple S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarriers around. Their flying car was shot down as they found themselves attacked by the Defenders - consisting of a one-eyed Captain America, Doctor Strange, Hulk, Wolverine, Thing, a one-eyed Cyclops, Wasp in Captain Marvel's costume, and Star-Lord. The Thing was surprised to see Susan "back", but the rest of the group believed the two were Skrulls. A fight broke out with the two Wolverines going at it hard, with the time-traveling Wolverine putting his double down and saying they did what they had to do to make a better world. The Defenders realized they were not Skrulls and reluctantly realized they have to talk to "him." At that moment, a half-cyborg Tony Stark flew in with a platoon of armored robots demanding to know what was going on.; After capturing the time-travelers, Iron Man ran a psychic scan on Wolverine and the Invisible Woman, stunned to see their reality alongside Professor X and Emma Frost. They told Iron Man those memories were real but Stark believed Morgan Le Fay had planted them as spies. Iron Man met the time-traveler Wolverine and explained that his injuries were due to a war between Latveria and Asgard, in which Thor vanished and Morgana conquered half the world. Wolverine was shown the footage of Hank Pym's death while Iron Man recounted that the Avengers broke up afterwards and magic overcame technology and "you broke the world." At the Helicarrier, the Defenders' Wolverine decided to talk to his other self and the others helped him push past Emma Frost with the Thing wanting to help the Invisible Woman. Iron Man chastised Wolverine on simply killing Hank Pym, saying he could have gotten Pym to use a virus to stop Ultron instead. The Invisible Woman broke free, causing Iron Man to believe this was all another of Morgan le Fey's tricks. At that moment, Morgan le Fey attacked with a swarm of magically-powered Doombots. The Defenders fought them with Iron Man controlling hundreds of drones and accusing le Fey of responsibility for the time-travelers. She claimed innocence and pointed out to Iron Man that a pair of Helicarriers were crashing into the heart of New York City.; The explosion killed most of the heroes present as Wolverine, thanks to his healing factor, pulled himself out from the wreckage. A dying Tony Stark told him he couldn't simply go back and try to change the future again, that time was a living organism that would break if ripped too much. In the past, the previous Wolverine was about to kill Hank Pym when the newer Wolverine (clad in his classic costume) came to stop him. After using an incident from their past to convince his double of who he was, the newer Wolverine warned that killing Hank Pym would just make things worse. Hank Pym claimed he would not build Ultron, but Wolverine said he had to in order to allow history to continue. Pym said he could try to build a better A.I., but with a shut-off switch if he needed it. The Invisible Woman arrived to tell him he had to forget all this too, with Pym confused as to how that happened. The Invisible Woman and the two Wolverines returned to the Savage Land. The two Wolverines entered a cave. The newer Wolverine told his double that he did not want to live with the memories of the world he saw. The past Wolverine killed his double and returned to a stunned Invisible Woman. Back at his laboratory, Hank Pym was putting together the first version of Ultron, who called him "Daddy."; Months before Ultron's attack, Hank Pym was working in his lab when a package was delivered to him by a hidden Invisible Woman. He watched a video of his younger self which supplied a pack of equations on how to stop Ultron. The Avengers attacked the headquarters of the Intelligencia to rescue Spider-Woman, the event that led to Ultron's revival. When Ultron was revived, Pym contacted Iron Man to supply him with the equations he was given in order to upload them into Ultron. Ultron was jarred to realize he was being defeated despite holding off the Avengers. The code was fully uploaded to shut him down and the virus destroyed him. Wolverine and the Invisible Woman returned to the present, happy to see New York City back to normal. Before they can celebrate, a massive shockwave echoes through time and space as reality seemingly shattered before they were pulled back together. At Avengers Tower, Hank Pym, Iron Man, and Beast theorized that Wolverine's time travel journeys caused too much stress to the space-time continuum and had created many tears across the fabric of the Multiverse. In the Ultimate Marvel universe, Miles Morales was out as Spider-Man when a flash of light echoed only to reveal the coming of Galactus. Hank Pym talked to himself on what went wrong and suddenly realized what he had to do. High above Earth, Angela appears, vowing revenge on whoever had pulled her from her world.; Hank Pym reviewed the data that Wolverine had brought back and was starting to slip into insanity. Fresh off the disaster he just saw, Pym sat in his lab for four days straight. Not one but two apocalyptic timelines were shown in Wolverine's data and neither would have happened if he had acted differently. He was considering suicide. However, a sudden thought occurred: the other timeline was worse because it lacked a Hank Pym. Not just Hank Pym, the scientist workaholic, but Hank Pym, the ant-commanding, size-changing, second-guessing, science-adventurer. Hank Pym had a positive effect on the world, and could have again. Hank Pym was going to save lives by doing what he did best... heroics and science with a strong theatrical flair.; Casualties; Hammerhead - Killed by Ultron's sentinels when trying to trade Spider-Man with Ultron for unknown reasons.; The Owl - Killed by Ultron's sentinels when trying to trade Spider-Man with Ultron for unknown reasons.; Scott Summers - Mentioned to be dead by Emma Frost.; Thor - Mentioned to be dead by Valkyrie.; Hulk - Mentioned to be dead by Wolverine.; Black Panther - Neck broken from fall caused by collision of building where Red Hulk fought Ultron sentinels.; Human Torch - Killed by Ultron's forces.; The Thing - Killed by Ultron's forces.; Mr. Fantastic - Killed by Ultron's forces.; Medusa - Killed by Ultron's forces.; Max Modell - Killed by Ultron's forces defending Horizon Labs.; She-Hulk - Killed when protecting Luke Cage from Ultron's sentinels.; Jessica Jones - Mentioned to be dead by Luke Cage.; Danielle Cage - Mentioned to be dead by Luke Cage.; Taskmaster - Killed by Red Hulk after apparently trying to betray him.; Luke Cage - Killed by exposure to nuclear blast in New York. Died in the Savage Land.; Captain America - Killed by Ultron's forces in the future, during the heroes' assault attempt.; Captain Britain - Killed by Ultron's forces during the assault against Ultron's London main staging post.; Captain Marvel - Sacrificed herself to destroy Ultron's main forces in London. ============================================================ All-New Marvel NOW! Kind: event Page: All-New Marvel NOW! Full name: All-New Marvel NOW! First appearance: Avengers Vol 5 24.NOW Reality: Earth-616 Notes: All-New Marvel NOW! is a continuation of Marvel NOW!, featuring a second wave of relaunched titles.; A continuation of this event with new relaunched titles is called Avengers NOW! Trivia: Currently confirmed events and titles affecting the characters present in the teaser poster:; Black Bolt and Medusa - Inhuman Vol 1 and Inhumanity.; Wolverine - Wolverine Vol 6, Savage Wolverine Vol 1, and Wolverine & the X-Men Vol 2; Silver Surfer - Silver Surfer Vol 7; Winter Soldier - All-New Invaders Vol 1 and Winter Soldier: The Bitter March Vol 1; Black Widow - Black Widow Vol 5; Nightcrawler - Nightcrawler Vol 4; Iron Man - Iron Man Vol 4 and Rings of the Mandarin storyline.; Spider-Man - Superior Spider-Man Vol 1, Goblin Nation storyline, and Amazing Spider-Man Vol 3; Angela - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3; Thor - Thor: God of Thunder Vol 1 and Last Days of Midgard storyline; Yondu - Guardians 3000 Vol 1; Falcon - Avengers World Vol 1 History: In the wake of Infinity, the heroes of the Marvel Universe find themselves with new threats and new adventures.; New/Relaunched/Revamped series; December 2013; January 2014; February 2014; March 2014; April 2014; May 2014; June 2014; July 2014 ============================================================ Avengers: Standoff! Kind: event Page: Avengers: Standoff! Full name: Avengers: Standoff! Other aliases: Standoff, Standoff: Assault On Pleasant Hill First appearance: Avengers Standoff: Welcome to Pleasant Hill Vol 1 1 Created by: Nick Spencer; Mark Bagley; Jesús Saíz Reality: Earth-616 History: Prelude; The Winter Soldier had returned to the Earth after being alerted of a catastrophic event. The trail he followed led him to a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. After infiltrating the building, he managed to play back an holographic recording of the events that happened in a laboratory; a group of scientists died as a consequence of an explosion in the middle of some experiment, with the only survivor being a small eerie girl. Bucky was soon caught off-guard and attacked by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.; In the middle of the woods, a young blond man woke up suffering from amnesia. After being brought to the nearby town of Pleasant Hill, he was examined by doctors. The young boy overheard them suspiciously talking about a program, prompting the boy to run away. After being knocked down by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, the amnesiac boy woke up again, and was convinced to try to accommodate to the town. He tried to escape again, finding a force field in the limits of the city before being knocked down. Nineteen days went by, and the boy, who had taken the name of "Jim," had become a member of the community, no longer trying to escape.; One day while walking on the park, Jim encountered the eerie girl, who was taken away by an adult after seemingly bringing a bird back to life. Thirty-six days into Pleasant Hill, Jim attended to a house fire. The arsonist confronted Jim inside the house, revealed to him that his life in Pleasant Hill had been a lie, and requested a meet up in case Jim wanted to uncover the truth.; On day forty, Jim met up with the mysterious man, a mechanic named Phil who had subconsciously created a device that allowed people to return to their normal selves. "Phil" had also stolen a training video in which S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Maria Hill gave a tour around Pleasant Hill, describing it as the future of super villain incarceration, where its prisoners were turned into mild mannered individuals using reality-warping technology derived from the Cosmic Cube called "Kobik." In the video, it was shown how the super villain Graviton was turned into innocent Pleasant Hill inhabitant Howie Howardson. After using Phil's device on themselves, the true forms of Jim and Phil were revealed, those of Baron Zemo and the Fixer, now swearing to use the device to free more prisoners and turn Pleasant Hill into dust.; Main Story; On board S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier Iliad, Commander Steve Rogers followed the trail of the Winter Soldier, after he had assaulted the flying headquarters of the organization, as part of several other attacks. He was left a message in the form of a napkin of a diner they used to frequent. Meanwhile, Captain America was urgently contacted by the Whisperer after defeating the Green Skull.; As Steve met Bucky at Bev's Diner and Sam met the Whisperer, revealed to be Rick Jones, at his New York home, both heroes were informed by Bucky and the Whisperer, respectively, of S.H.I.E.L.D. having never discarded the Kobik program as it was believed when its existence had been made public by the Whisperer. Both had a lead, of a town in Connecticut. Bucky left Steve as he was being picked up by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and Sam left with Rick Jones after his home had been surrounded by S.H.I.E.L.D. forces.; Now having learned about Kobik's continuing existence, Steve Rogers confronted Maria Hill, who brought him to Pleasant Hill. Maria Hill presented the town to Steve, and revealed its secret, that most of its inhabitants were reformed super villains. When Rogers demanded to know where the fragments of Cosmic Cubes used for Kobik were, she directed him to the eerie little girl, who was the fragments of the Cosmic Cube having taken the form of a near-omnipotent child.; In secret, several of Pleasant Hill's inhabitants had already had their memories returned by the Fixer, including Moonstone and the Trapster. The villains, led by Zemo, soon unleashed a coordinated assault, revealing their true forms and attacking the S.H.I.E.L.D. outpost that served as the town hall.; Captain America and the Winter Soldier arrived to Pleasant Hill, which had descended into chaos. Together they rescued Agent Kincaid from the Blood Brothers, unaware that she wanted to be taken hostage so she could infiltrate the town hall, which had been turned by Zemo into a lock-up to hold numerous staff members and citizens hostage. The two heroes offered to help her in a plan to retrieve a powerful item from the Pleasant Hill Museum to use against the villains, disabling the security from a remote station so she could access it.; After convincing Zemo to let him get medical help for the severely injured Maria Hill, Steve Rogers was escorted by Father Patrick to the clinic of Erik Selvig, Kobik's caretaker. Unbeknown to anybody at all, Father Patrick was actually the Red Skull in disguise, and the person responsible for having ignited the situation at Pleasant Hill.; With the objective of finding Kobik in mind, Rogers was given by Selvig the suggestion of looking for Kobik in her favorite location, the bowling alley. Unfortunately, after getting hold of the small girl, Steve was brutally attacked by Crossbones. On the brink of Steve's death, Kobik used her power to restore him to his prime, granting him the power necessary to gain the upper hand against Crossbones. After defeating Crossbones, Steve was joined by Captain America and the Winter Soldier.; With Kobik having disappeared after restoring Steve, the three heroes set out to find her again, but they were not alone in the search for her. Baron Zemo had the Fixer create a device capable of containing Kobik and stripping her of her sentience, planning to defeat the Avengers with its power. Under the orders of Zemo, Kraven the Hunter led a group of villains to find her. With the search for Kobik bearing no results, Steve decided to change the plan and take the fight directly to Zemo before he could find her, rallying all of the heroes in the town.; Meanwhile, Kraven the Hunter managed to successfully lure Kobik into a device created by the Fixer to contain her. While they were bringing her to the town hall, Agent Kincaid had managed to get to the museum, where its curator revealed himself to be the retired hero Wendell Vaughn, a.k.a. Quasar, and gave her the items of power she was looking for, his former Quantum Bands.; Back in the town hall, Zemo was about negotiate with the Avengers the safety of the hostages when Quicksilver, Vision and Doctor Voodoo sneakily rescued them. With the civilians and S.H.I.E.L.D. staff safe, both teams of Avengers proceeded to confront Zemo directly. His army of villains held the line to buy the Fixer's device enough time to turn Kobik into a proper Cosmic Cube. Using Graviton's powers, Zemo created a virtually impenetrable shield, and the heroes began to run out of time to stop Fixer's device.; Agent Kincaid stepped in, empowered by the Quantum Bands, and used their power to destroy the shield, disrupting Fixer's device in the process, and freeing Kobik. Both Baron Zemo and Erik Selvig tried to convince Kobik to join their respective sides, but the small child showed her dissatisfaction with the events transpiring in the town due to Zemo's actions, and her disillusion with her experience among humans due to the way S.H.I.E.L.D. used her. She blasted away the Winter Soldier, who had tried to put her down for considering her too dangerous, and teleported both Baron Zemo and Erik Selvig away to the Himalayas before disappearing herself.; With their leader gone, the villains tried to escape from the town. S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Mach VII had managed to send a distress signal, so when the bad guys ran for the hills, they found an aerial barricade waiting for them. With the airborne support blocking the villains, the Avengers proceeded to finish them off.; After the dust settled, Maria Hill was scolded by her superiors in the World Security Council, with her position as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. pending a review; Zemo forced Selvig to come with him, intending to use him on his plans; the leaders of the Avengers teams agreed to keep the situation under the wraps for the time being; Rick Jones was tracked down by Steve Rogers and offered a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. to make amends for his crimes; Agent Kincaid began being trained by Wendell Vaughn to become the new Quasar; Kobik appeared before the Winter Soldier and set out to prove him that she could do good. Before they headed off, Kobik got Winter Soldier's approval to take the "friends" she made at Pleasant Hill with the ; and the Red Skull began to recruit new members into his reborn Hydra.; Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. / New Avengers; After learning of Pleasant Hill and Rick Jones' involvement, a group of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents led by Phil Coulson joined the hunt for him. Deathlok, Quake and Jemma Simmons investigated his house and discovered in a hidden USB his escape route. They followed him to the Morlock Tunnels and apprehended him. During an interrogation aboard S.H.I.E.L.D. Battlecarrier Pericles, A.I.M.'s New Avengers appeared on scene to retrieve Jones.; A.I.M. had been contacted by Jones through a pre-recorded video that was to be sent to them if the alien nanobots he had ingested noticed him being unconscious. The New Avengers confronted the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., defeated them in combat, and retrieved Jones. In retaliation for A.I.M.'s involvement, which was considered an act of war, the Pentagon decided to unleash a monster named the American Kaiju on them.; In Avengers Island, the US Army and S.H.I.E.L.D. coordinated an attack on Avengers Idea Mechanics. American Kaiju began to attack the island, forcing Sunspot to deploy their biggest weapon, the Avenger Five. However, while the Avenger Five battled the American Kaiju, S.H.I.E.L.D. launched a major raid on the facilities to retrieve the Whisperer.; A.I.M. finished evacuating the island while the Avenger Five used the exceeding energy from its Gamma reactor to short out the American Kaiju's Gamma enhancements, turning him back to his human form. In the middle of the evacuation, Songbird revealed herself to be a deep-undercover S.H.I.E.L.D agent, and attacked her fellow New Avenger Hawkeye (who had also recently abandoned S.H.I.E.L.D. to help A.I.M.) in the process. When Hawkeye and Rick Jones were about to enter a portal to escape to Avenger Base Two, an A.I.M. agent gave Jones a bad impression of the work they got done there, which, combined with Jones' previous skepticism to ally himself with A.I.M. because of the organization's past, pushed him to abandon them.; Hawkeye was scolded by his superior, Dum-Dum Dugan, for having helped A.I.M. against his fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, while S.H.I.E.L.D. continued searching the island for Jones.; Uncanny Avengers / All-New, All-Different Avengers; In the outskirts of Connecticut, the Avengers Unity Division heeded Steve Roger's emergency call, and while entering the state, they discovered the Wrecker trying to escape in a SUV along with Maria Hill. The Avengers helped Wrecker and Maria Hill evade S.H.I.E.L.D. forces.; In New York City, the recently reassembled Avengers had just defeated an escapee from Pleasant Hill when none other than Maria Hill appeared on the scene on behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep them out of the current events. However, they received an emergency call from Captain America and were informed about Pleasant Hill. With the Avengers aware of the situation, Maria Hill reluctantly agreed to fly with them to Connecticut. When they were about to land on Pleasant Hill, the Avengers noticed the Unity Division being accompanied by the other Maria Hill. The Avengers' Maria Hill opened fire on them, leading to a brief scuffle between the two teams before they were trapped by Kobik and turned into inhabitants of the small town.; The Avengers and the Avengers Unity Division eventually broke from Kobik's influence due to psychic safeguards in Rogue's mind that she had acquired from her training with Professor X several years ago. After snapping out of the illusion Kobik made her believe, Anna Marie began to recruit the members of both Avengers teams. However, after Vision, the final hero, was recruited, Kobik caught up with the Avengers' actions and confronted them.; Quicksilver rescued the Avengers from Kobik's grasp by spreading them in small groups throughout the city at super speed. It was also revealed that the duplicate Maria Hills encountered by the Avengers were actually prisoners Mindblast and Bloodlust, who had been turned into Maria Hill duplicates to attempt to keep the Avengers out of the conflict. While the Maria Hill encountered by the main Avengers team was acting accordingly, the one encountered by the Unity Squad had tried to use her appearance as a means to escape. The villains soon noticed the presence of the mostly depowered Avengers teams and attacked them mercilessly, heavily injuring and even killing some of them. Deadpool managed to reach out to Kobik and get her to empathize with him based on their shared past of being manipulated beyond their control. Kobik proceeded to do right by the heroes, reviving and healing them, returning them to their prime just in time to heed Steve Roger's call to arms.; Others; Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D.; In the middle of the chaos, the super villains wreaked havoc across the small town endangering lives. The Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. helped contain the chaos during an operation to retrieve their missing member Orrgo, who had been imprisoned in Pleasant Hill and lived a life as a family dog before turning back to his normal self. The Commandos also engaged Kobik in combat, but she proved to be too powerful, and teleported them back to their HQs in New Jersey.; Illuminati; One of the numerous inmates of Pleasant Hill was the Absorbing Man, who had been turned into an ice cream vendor named Harold. While in Pleasant Hill, Creel fell in love with another inmate, Elektra Natchios, who had been turned into the Sheriff Eva.; When Zemo assaulted the small town and the prisoners regained their memories and powers, Absorbing Man began to wreak havoc together with fellow inmate Whirlwind. He was convinced by Elektra to spare innocent lives, and Titania and her partner Hood soon appeared to retrieve him, after having learned of his whereabouts.; Creel was deeply affected by his experience in Pleasant Hill, mainly emerging with the desire to live a normal life, noting that he had never been as happy as he was when being Harold. However, he decided to assemble any and every one of the former inmates from Pleasant Hill and get revenge on S.H.I.E.L.D. for manipulating their lives. ============================================================ A.X.E.: Judgment Day Kind: event Page: A.X.E.: Judgment Day Full name: A.X.E.: Judgment Day Other aliases: Judgment Day First appearance: A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment Vol 1 1 Created by: Kieron Gillen; Valerio Schiti; Marte Gracia Reality: Earth-616 Notes: A.X.E.: Avengers Vol 1 1, A.X.E.: X-Men Vol 1 1, and A.X.E.: Eternals Vol 1 1 are "story-critical" tie-ins that bridge the main issues #5 and #6. According to Tom Brevoort, they are essentially 5a, 5b, and 5c. The reason why they are not in the main series is because the artist, Valerio Schiti, became a father at around that time; the three one-shots, drawn by different artists, are a way to get the story content out without overworking Valerio.; Two trailers were released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this event:; Individuals judged by the Progenitor:; Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) - Judgment unknown, Progenitor manifested as Headlok; Black King (Sebastian Shaw) - Failed, Progenitor manifested as Emma Frost; Captain America (Steve Rogers) - Failed, Progenitor manifested as Captain America; Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) -Passed, Progenitor manifested as Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell); Chewie - Passed, Progenitor manifested as Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers); Cyclops (Scott Summers) - Passed, Progenitor manifested as itself; Daniela - Passed, Progenitor did not manifest; Daredevil (Matt Murdock) - Failed, Progenitor manifested as Jesus Christ; Delphan Brothers - Both Failed, manifestation unknown; Destiny (Irene Adler) - Failed, Progenitor manifested as Mystique; All Deviants - Passed, Progenitor manifested as Arishem the Judge; Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) - Passed, Progenitor manifests as itself; Exodus (Bennet du Paris) - Passed, Progenitor manifested as Black Knight (Eobar Garrington); Fang (Akihiro) - Judgment unknown, Progenitor manifested as Fang (Akihiro); Hawkeye (Clint Barton) - Passed, Progenitor manifested as Black Widow; Human Torch (Johnny Storm) - Passed, Progenitor did not manifest; Ikaris - Passed, Progenitor manifested as itself; Invisible Woman (Sue Storm) - Passed, Progenitor did not manifest; Iron Fist (Lin Lie) - Passed, Progenitor manifested as Shou-Lao; Iron Man (Tony Stark) - Passed; Isca the Unbeaten - Passed; Jada - Passed, Progenitor did not manifest; Edwin Jarvis - Failed; Karkas - Passed; Katrina - Failed, Progenitor manifested as her dead aunt; Kro - Passed, Progenitor manifested as Arishem the Judge; Lauri-Ell the Accuser - Passed, Progenitor manifested as Mari-Ell; Legion (David Haller) - Passed; Lin Feng - Failed, Progenitor manifested as Iron Fist (Lin Lie); Loki Laufeyson - Passed, Progenitor manifested as his younger self; Mayor Luke Cage - Failed, Progenitor manifested as member of the press; Magneto (Erik Lensherr) - Passed, Progenitor manifested as Anya Eisenhardt; Makkari - Failed, Progenitor manifested as itself; Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) - Failed; Mister Fantastic (Reeds Richards) - Passed, Progenitor did not manifest; Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) - Passed, Progenitor manifested as Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers); Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) - Failed, manifestation unknown; Phastos - Passed, Progenitor manifested as itself; Professor X (Charles Xavier) - Failed, Progenitor manifested as Legion; Psylocke (Kwannon) - Passed, Progenitor manifested as Mister Sinister and her daughter; Ransak - Passed; Red Bishop (Lucas Bishop) - Judgment unknown, Progenitor manifested as Malcolm and Randall; Red Queen (Kate Pryde) - Passed, Progenitor manifested as itself; Sally - Failed, Progenitor manifested as her grandmother; Sersi - Failed, Progenitor manifested as itself; Somnus (Carl Valentino) - Judgment unknown, Progenitor manifested as Northstar; Spider-Man (Miles Morales) - Passed, Progenitor manifests as Spider-Man (Pete Parker); Spider-Man (Peter Parker) - Passed; Starbrand (Brandy Selby) - Passed, Progenitor did not manifest; Tempo (Heather Tucker) - Judgment unknown, Progenitor manifested as Sumo; The Thing (Ben Grimm) - Passed, Progenitor did not manifest; Thor Odinson - Passed, Progenitor did not manifest; Tom - Failed, Progenitor did not manifest; White Queen (Emma Frost) - Failed, Progenitor manifested as the children of Genosha; Wiz Kid (Takeshi Matsuya) - Passed; Wolverine (Logan) - Passed History: The X-Men have achieved immortality and mutants have taken their place as the dominant species on the planet. The Eternals have discovered long hidden knowledge about their species, including a devastating truth about mutantkind. The Avengers have come into direct conflict with the Celestials and are currently using a fallen Celestial as their base of operations, slowly unlocking its secrets… When the Eternals brazenly target the mutant nation of Krakoa, the Avengers try desperately to de-escalate a potentially apocalyptic war. But this is no simple conflict. The Eternals’ purpose cannot be denied and mutantkind’s future will not be threatened. And after the opening battles, new players and revelations for both sides will emerge as the inhabitants of the Marvel Universe are JUDGED by the greatest power they’ve ever come into contact with.; Prelude Issues; Judgment Day Is Coming; Prelude ============================================================ Avengers Assemble (Event) Kind: event Page: Avengers Assemble (Event) Full name: Avengers Assemble First appearance: Avengers Assemble Alpha Vol 1 1 Created by: Jason Aaron; Bryan Hitch; Javier Garrón; Aaron Kuder Reality: Earth-616 Notes: A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this event: History: From throughout time and the far corners of the Multiverse, the Mightiest Heroes of All the Earths are assembling as never before for a battle beyond all imagining. A war that will take us from the prehistoric beginnings of an Earth under assault by the greatest villains who’ve ever lived to the watchtower that stands at the dark heart of the all and the always, where an army of unprecedented evil now rises. ============================================================ One World Under Doom Kind: event Page: One World Under Doom Full name: One World Under Doom First appearance: One World Under Doom Vol 1 1 Created by: Ryan North; R.B. Silva Reality: Earth-616 Notes: This event was announced on July 26, 2024 during San Diego Comic Con 2024. It spins out of the Blood Hunt event.; Its core title, the nine-issue miniseries One World Under Doom, was originally solicited as a five-issue miniseries named The Rise of Emperor Doom. No reason was given for the renaming and the expansion.; The event was originally to come out in November 2024, but was later moved to February 2025. Trivia: The event was probably named after the Marvel 2099 event One Nation Under Doom. ============================================================ X-Manhunt Kind: event Page: X-Manhunt Full name: X-Manhunt First appearance: Uncanny X-Men Vol 6 11 Reality: Earth-616 History: X-MANHUNT, the next milestone X-Men crossover, arrives in March! Bringing the current ongoing X-titles together for the first time this era, X-MANHUNT will have chapters in UNCANNY X-MEN, NYX, STORM, X-MEN, X-FACTOR, and X-FORCE along with a tie-in issue of EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN, before concluding in X-MANHUNT OMEGA, a double-sized finale one-shot. The saga kicks off when Professor X breaks out of Graymalkin Prison, sowing division and discord among the different mutant factions.; For his crimes against humanity at the end of the Krakoan Age, Charles Xavier remains a heavily-guarded inmate at a mutant detention center built at his former school, a cruel punishment he was willing to accept—until now! Driven by mysterious new purpose, Professor X frees himself from captivity to undertake a mission of personal significance. He has no time to lose as a telepathic virus wreaks havoc on his mind—and those around him! The hunt for the most dangerous mutant in the world begins, and Professor X desperately calls on his X-Men. Some are ready to forgive. Others are not. And while his once loyal followers clash to decide his fate, the X-Men’s founder will be forced to reckon with his tarnished legacy once and for all!; Sides; Opposed Charles; Louisiana X-Men; Alaska X-Men; X-Factor; Supported Charles; Storm; Maggott; Havok; Frenzy; Sage; John Wraith ============================================================ Armageddon (Event) Kind: event Page: Armageddon (Event) Full name: Armageddon Other aliases: Avengers: Armageddon First appearance: Avengers: Armageddon Vol 1 1 Created by: Chip Zdarsky; Frank Alpizar; Delio Diaz Reality: Earth-616 Notes: A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this event:; This event was first teased with a promotional poster on October 31, 2025. It was fully announced on February 19, 2026. History: After Doctor Doom's downfall, Thunderbolt Ross has seized control of Latveria. Rechristening it "New America," he intends to launch a global crusade to force global democracy, starting with Symkaria. Against the wishes of the United Nations Secretary-General Renata Riani, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four assemble to stop Ross, all while Steve Rogers remains comatose from a recent encounter with Ross. As the heroes enlist the help of the super-soldier powerhouse David Colton, the U.N. Security Council votes to form a military coalition against Ross.; Later, the assembled heroes battle Ross and his army of Hulks. During the fight, Colton fights Ross on his own, the latter caught off guard by former's new powers. Ross retreats to the Symkarian city of Kronlia, hoping that the heroes would hold back to avoid civilian casualties. Colton didn't do that, however, and recklessly attacked Ross, causing a great deal of devastation. Colton eventually forced Ross out of the city and defeated him. Colton prepares to kill Ross but is stopped by Winter Soldier and Iron Man. Colton angrily damaged Stark's armor and chastised the heroes for being weak and left. The heroes then noticed Ross missing, unaware he had been kidnapped by the Winter Guard under orders by the Russian government. Ross' Hulk Army is eventually subdued, and Stark examines a predictive machine Ross was using to see what Ross has saw.; Shortly after, Colton began unilaterally stealing the world's nuclear weapons and disposing of them into the Sun as a way to bring about world peace. The Avengers and Fantastic Four try to stop him, but they couldn't and discusses what to do next. Meanwhile, Ross regains consciousness and is met by members of the Winter Guard and Minister Milyukov. Milyukov wants Ross to join Russia, but Ross refuses at first, but Milyukov is able to convince Ross by promising him to aid him in getting revenge against Colton. Colton is eventually tracked down to the Himalayas and is confronted by Wolverine and Winter Soldier. Wolverine attempts to convince Colton that his actions would eventually grow out of control until he even couldn't stop them. However, Winter Soldier decides to aid Colton instead of stopping him and even shows him places where the United States was hiding nuclear weapons. Wolverine tries to stop them, but Colton overpowers him and drops him from outer space while warning him not get in his way.; As Mister Fantastic and Iron Man discuss how Ross' predictive machine worked, Wolverine crashed through the ceiling. Then Colton appears and steals the predictive machine so Iron Man couldn't use it. Later, Colton and Winter Soldier raids the Intrepid Base for its supply of nuclear missiles but are confronted by the Avengers. Elsewhere, Black Panther angrily confronts Nick Fury Jr. about a weapon the UN Coalition used on Ross' Hulk Army, knowing it is something S.H.I.E.L.D. developed years ago. T'Challa knows Fury gave the weapon to the Coalition and demands to know what else Fury may have done. Fury defends his actions and reveals that he created the latest incarnation of S.H.I.E.L.D. to counter super humans. Then a warning came up, alerting Fury to Russia firing nuclear missiles at the United States.; The Avengers, Fantastic Four, and the X-Men quickly respond and manage to subdue all the missiles. Meanwhile, Winter Soldier and Colton travel to a closed, off-books missile silo in Russia, believing it to be source of the missiles fired at the United States. In reality, the missiles are just a means to lure Colton into a trap set up by the Winter Guard and Red Hulk, now empowered with a set of armor that fed gamma energy into him in order to give him the strength to kill Colton. In the middle of the fight, Captain Marvel appears and antagonizes Ross by calling him a traitor. Ross chases after Marvel, much to Minister Milyukov's horror. He then reveals to the Winter Guard that the final part of the plan is for Ross to be overloaded with gamma energy and explode, taking Colton in the resulting explosion, something he kept from the Winter Guard. Colton chases after Ross as he fights with Danvers and resumes his fight. Winter Soldier eventually comes and warns Danvers and Colton of Milyukov's plan. It is too late, though, as Ross explodes. Colton initially survives but is left on the verge of death. As Colton has a vision of his mother asking her what he should do, she tells him that he just needs to say the "magic word." The magic word turns out to be "kimota," transforming Colton into Miracleman. ============================================================ Ultimate Endgame (Earth-6160) Kind: event Page: Ultimate Endgame Full name: Ultimate Endgame Other aliases: World War III First appearance: Ultimate Endgame Vol 1 1 Created by: Deniz Camp; Terry Dodson; Rachel Dodson; Jonas Scharf Reality: Earth-6160 History: ENDGAME HAS ARRIVED!; The moment that has been building since the beginning of the new Ultimate Universe! Spinning out of Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri’s ULTIMATES comes the culmination of ULTIMATE INVASION…; Two (thousand) years have passed in the Ultimate Universe, but inside the City, the Maker has had thousands of years to prepare for his return! With the barrier around the City finally gone, heroes all across the Ultimate Universe must mobilize to defeat the Maker before it’s game over. For everyone. Meanwhile, the rest of the world wages World War III… ============================================================