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Marvel's Golden to Modern Ages

The document provides a timeline of major events in the Golden Age and Silver Age of Marvel comics. Some key events summarized are: - In 1940, Namor and the original Human Torch battle, establishing a shared Marvel universe continuity. - In 1946, a short-lived superhero team called the All-Winners Squad featured Captain America, Bucky, the Human Torch, and others. - In 1965, Doctor Doom crashes the wedding of Reed Richards and Susan Storm, bringing together many Marvel heroes for the first time. - Crossovers between characters and titles became more common as stories would span multiple comics in the mid-1960s onward. Several events involved many heroes fighting common

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Marvel's Golden to Modern Ages

The document provides a timeline of major events in the Golden Age and Silver Age of Marvel comics. Some key events summarized are: - In 1940, Namor and the original Human Torch battle, establishing a shared Marvel universe continuity. - In 1946, a short-lived superhero team called the All-Winners Squad featured Captain America, Bucky, the Human Torch, and others. - In 1965, Doctor Doom crashes the wedding of Reed Richards and Susan Storm, bringing together many Marvel heroes for the first time. - Crossovers between characters and titles became more common as stories would span multiple comics in the mid-1960s onward. Several events involved many heroes fighting common

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  • 1970s
  • Golden Age
  • Silver Age
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • Ultimate Marvel

Golden Age[edit]

Event Date Type Developments

Namor vs the Namor and the Torch battle it out and establish the idea of a shared
Story
Original Human 1940 continuity of the Marvel universe. (Marvel Mystery Comics #8-10, June–
Arc
Torch August 1940).

A short lived creation, this team was composed of Captain America, Bucky,


Story
All-Winners Squad 1946 the original Human Torch, Toro, Sub-Mariner, the Whizzer, and Miss
Arc
America. (All-Winners Comics #19 and #21, Fall-Winter 1946).[1]

Silver Age[edit]
Event Date Type Developments

On the wedding day of Reed Richards and Susan Storm, Doctor Doom and an


assembly of super villains (consisting of Attuma, Awesome
Android, Beetle, Black
Reed Knight, Cobra, Diablo, Electro, Enchantress, Executioner, Grey
Richards Gargoyle, Human Top, some HYDRA agents, Kang the
and Susan 1965 Story Arc Conqueror, Mandarin, Melter, Mister Hyde, Mole Man, Porcupine, Puppet
Storm's Master, Red Ghost and his Super Apes, Super-Skrull, and Unicorn) crash the
Wedding wedding but are defeated by every super hero who was attending the wedding.
This is the first time that almost every super character in the Marvel Universe at
the time were gathered into one book. (Fantastic Four Annual #3, November
1965).

Krang wages war and Dorma leaves with him in order to save Namor, not
Sub- knowing the reason he declares Dorma a traitor and goes after her,
Mariner's battling Iron Man along the way. The story started in the pages of Tales to
1966 Crossover
Quest for Astonish and ended up being referenced in the pages of Avengers. The Namor
Krang vs Iron Man story was told in Tales of Suspense #80 and Tales to
Astonish #82, the first time a story had begun and finished in 2 different titles.

Daredevil-
Daredevil #37-38, Fantastic Four #73. Involved Daredevil, the Fantastic
Dr Doom 1968 Crossover
Four, Thor, Spider-Man.
Swap

Sub-Mariner #14, Captain Marvel #14, Avengers #63 & #64. A plot


Terrible Trio 1969 Crossover
by Egghead, The Thinker, and Puppet Master to take over the world.

Formation Doctor Strange #183, Sub-Mariner #22, Incredible Hulk #126. The future


1969–
of the Crossover Defenders stop a plot by the Undying Ones. Barbara Norriss, future alter ego of
1970
Defenders the Valkyrie, also appears.[2]

1970s[edit]
Event Date Type Developments
1971– Crossove
Mr. Kline War A plot by Mister Kline. Daredevil #78-84, Iron Man #41-45, Sub-Mariner #42
1972 r

Earth is caught up in the war between Kree and Skrulls. Involves Avengers,


Kree-Skrull 1971– Crossove
Fantastic Four, Captain Marvel and the Inhumans. Avengers #89-
War 1972 r
97, Amazing Adventures #5-8

Avengers-
Crossove Defenders #8-11, Avengers #115-118. A plot by Loki and Dormammu. Most
Defenders 1973
r of Marvel's heroes featured in the last chapter.
War

1973– Crossove Iron Man #55, Captain Marvel #25-33, Avengers #125, Marvel


Thanos War
1974 r Feature #12, Daredevil #97-105

Marvel Team-Up #15, 19, 20, 26, 28; Uncanny X-Men #119, Incredible


They Who 1974– Crossove
Hulk #209, 238-243. Tyrannus Keeper of the Flame, and Prince Rey use the
Wield Power 1979 r
Sacred Flame of Life in order to take over the world and gain immortality.

The Private
1976– Crossove The Avengers #154, 155, 156; Super Villain Team-Up #9, Doctor Doom
War of Doctor
1977 r conscripts the Avengers in his war with Attuma the Warlord.
Doom

Captain America #213-214, 217-218, 220, 222-223, 225, 228, 230-


231, Incredible Hulk #212, 228-237, Machine Man #7-9, Marvel
1977– Crossove Premiere #39-40, 44, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #23, 25, 27, 29-31, Marvel
Corporation
1979 r Two-In-One #47-48. The Corporation was a nationwide criminal and political
manipulating organization. They used blackmail, kidnapping, murder,
narcotic sales, and terrorism to gain money and power.

1980s[edit]
Event Date Type Developments

Contest of Limited The Grandmaster and Death manipulate the heroes of Earth in a game to


1982
Champions Series decide the fate of The Collector. (Contest of Champions #1–3 June 1982).[3]

Casket of
Snow falls all over Earth as a prelude to Surtur's attack. Thor vol. 1 #346-
Ancient 1984 Crossover
350, Avengers vol. 1 #249
Winters

Avengers #244-245, Incredible Hulk #296, Uncanny X-Men #185-


1984–
Wraith War Crossover 188, ROM #52-65 A new, more powerful invasion force of Wraiths attack the
1985
Earth.

Secret Wars 1984– Limited The Beyonder kidnaps selected heroes and villains of Earth to battle on a
1985 Series planet of his creation. Spider-Man finds his Symbiote costume. Doctor Doom
steal the powers of the Beyonder, becoming almost god-like in the process,
but is ultimately defeated by the assembled heroes. (Secret Wars #1-12, May
1984-April 1985).[4]

The Beyonder heads to Earth in a bid to understand humanity, creating a


human form for himself in the process. (Secret Wars II #1-9, The Amazing
Spider-Man #268, 273-274, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-
Man #111, Web of Spider-Man #6, Avengers #260-261, Captain
America #308, Iron Man #197, The Incredible
Secret Wars 1985–
Event Hulk #312, Thor #363, Fantastic Four #282, 285, 288, 265-
II 1986
266, Thing #30, Uncanny X-Men #196, 202-203, New Mutants #30, 36-
37, Alpha Flight #28, Dazzler #40, Daredevil #223, Rom #72, Doctor
Strange #74, Cloak and Dagger #4, Micronauts #16, Power Pack #18, Power
Man and Iron Fist #121, New Defenders #152, Quasar #8, Deadpool Team
Up #1)

Primarily involving the superhero teams the X-Men, X-Factor and the New
Mutants. Power Pack, Thor, and Daredevil crossed over for an issue in their
Mutant own comic books. The sewer dwelling mutants the Morlocks suffer multiple
1986 Crossover
Massacre murders from the mercenary team the Murauders.(Uncanny X-Men #210-
213, New Mutants #46, X-Factor #9-11, Thor #373-374, Power
Pack #27, Daredevil #238)

This "thematic crossover" involved primarily the three X-Men titles (Uncanny
X-Men, New Mutants and X-Factor). Unlike most crossovers, the storylines
did not intertwine, but were instead linked thematically as each team
underwent major ordeals and drastic changes in their status quo. In Uncanny
X-Men #225–227, the X-Men are slain in Dallas during a cataclysmic battle
Fall of the against the Adversary. Incredible Hulk #340 does not have the 'Fall of the
1988 Crossover
Mutants Mutants Tie-In' logo on the cover despite being advertised as such but ties-in
with the Uncanny X-Men storyline. In New Mutants #59-61, Cypher dies
battling the Ani-Mator. In X-Factor #24-26, the X-Factor team
battles Apocalypse and his Four Horsemen. Likewise Captain
America #339, Daredevil #252, Fantastic Four #312, Power Pack #35, ties-in
with the X-Factor storyline.

The High Evolutionary unleashes attacks all over the world to guide the way of
The
human evolution. (Eleven-part crossover starting in X-Factor Annual #3,
Evolutionary 1988 Crossover
including Punisher Annual #1, Uncanny X-Men Annual #12 and concluding
War
in Avengers Annual #17, September 1988).[5]

Demons from Limbo invade earth. (New Mutants #71-73, Uncanny X-


Men #239-243, X-Factor #35-39, X-Terminators #1-4, Excalibur #6-7, Avenge
rs #298-300, Daredevil #262-263, 265, Power Pack #42-44, Cloak and
1988–
Inferno Crossover Dagger (vol. 3) #4, Fantastic Four #322-324, Spectacular Spider-Man #146-
1989
148, Web of Spider-Man #47-48, Amazing Spider-Man #311-313, X-Factor
Annual #4 (backup), Damage Control #4 (frame story only), What If? (vol. 2)
#6 (alt version))

Atlantis 1989 Crossover Under the influence of Set the Serpent God, the Atlanteans launch a massive
Attacks assault on the surface world. (Silver Surfer Annual #2, Iron Man
Annual #10, Marvel Comics Presents #26, X-Men Annual #13, Amazing
Spider-Man Annual #23, Punisher Annual #2, Spectacular Spider-Man
Annual #9, Daredevil Annual #5, Avengers Annual #18, New
Mutants #76, New Mutants Annual #5, X-Factor Annual #4, Web of Spider-
Man Annual #5, Avengers West Coast #56, Avengers West Coast
Annual #4, Thor Annual #14, Fantastic Four Annual #22, What If? vol. 2 #25)

Loki unites Doctor Doom, Magneto, Kingpin, Mandarin, Wizard, and Red Skull
in a plot to use lesser enemies to defeat the superheroes that aren't their
usual enemies. (Alpha Flight #79-80, Amazing Spider-Man #326-
329, Avengers #311-313, Avengers Annual #19, Avengers Spotlight #26-
29, Avengers West Coast #53-55, Captain America #365-367, Cloak and
Acts of 1989– Dagger (vol. 3) #8-10, Damage Control (vol. 2) #1-4, Daredevil #275-
Crossover
Vengeance 1990 276, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #11-13, Fantastic Four #334-
336, Incredible Hulk #363, 369, Iron Man #250-252, Marc Spector: Moon
Knight #8-10, New Mutants #84-86, Power Pack #53, Punisher (vol. 2) #28-
29, Punisher War Journal #12-13, Quasar #5-7, Spectacular Spider-
Man #158-160, Thor #410-412, Uncanny X-Men #256-258, X-
Factor #50, Web of Spider-Man #59-65, Wolverine (vol. 2) #19-20)

1990s[edit]
Event Date Type Developments

The New Mutants and the X-Men are kidnapped and taken to Genosha,


X-Tinction 1990–
Crossover which culminates in their escape; the Genoshan government is overthrown.
Agenda 1991
(Story arc begins in Uncanny X-Men #270, November 1990).

A five-part Marvel Comics crossover event involving the X-Men and X-


Muir Island
1991 Crossover Factor, published in 1991. It was written by Chris Claremont and Fabian
Saga
Nicieza. Leads to a change of teams.

The Infinity Thanos uses the power of the Infinity Gems to become Supreme Being.
1991 Event
Gauntlet Involves all Marvel heroes. (Infinity Gauntlet #1-6, July–December 1991).[6]

The Avengers become involved in a war between the Kree and the Shi'ar.


Operation:
(Captain America #398-401, Avengers West Coast #80-82, Quasar #32-
Galactic 1992 Crossover
36, Wonder Man #7-9, Avengers #345-347, Iron Man #278-279, Thor #445-
Storm
446).[7][8]

Horror based heroes of the Marvel Universe unite against Lilith. This


Rise of the
launched the new "Spirits of Vengeance", "Morbius: The Living Vampire",
Midnight 1992 Crossover
"Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins", and the "Nightstalkers". (Story arc
Sons
begins in "Ghost Rider" Vol.3 #28).

The Sinister Six seek revenge on Doctor Octopus who asks Spider-Man for


Revenge of
help. After failing to defeat Doctor Octopus the gang steal deadly weapons to
the Sinister 1992 Crossover
start a massacre which leads Spider-Man to recruit various heroes to help
Six
stop them. (Starting in Spider-Man (1990) issues #18-23).

Magus, Adam Warlock's "Evil Side", creates evil doppelgangers of Earth's


Infinity War 1992 Event
heroes to gain ultimate power.

X-Cutioner's 1992– Crossover Stryfe arrives in the present to take vengeance against Cable & the X-Men
Song 1993 by capturing his parents Cyclops and Jean Grey. The Legacy Virus is
released during its epilogue. (Story arc begins in Uncanny X-Men #294,
November 1992).

Infinity Limited Goddess, Adam Warlock's "Good Side", recruits an army of heroes to fight
1993
Crusade Series her holy war. Thanos and Adam Warlock unite to stop her.

Taking place through all the running Spider-Man titles at the time, Spider-


Man teams up with Venom and various heroes to stop Carnage and his
Maximum
1993 Crossover group of killers. (Story arc begins in Spider-Man Unlimited #1 and would
Carnage
include Web of Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man, and The
Spectacular Spider-Man)

Magneto returns more powerful and determined than ever, ripping the


adamantium from Wolverine's bones and enraging Professor
Fatal
1993 X. Colossus defects to Magneto's side. (Story arc begins in X-Factor #92,
Attractions
Crossover July 1993).
1993
Bloodties
It details the fallout from Charles Xavier's infamous mindwipe of Magneto
and Magneto's ultimate defeat.

Mys-Tech create a duplicate voodoo version of Earth called Unearth in a bid


to take control of the planet while coordinating a demonic invasion. While
Mys-Tech Limited Earth's mightiest heroes (including a majority of the Avengers, Fantastic
1993
Wars Series Four, and X-Men, as well as Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, and Nick Fury)
fighting the invasion with crossover books including Warheads, Motormouth,
Dark Angel and Death's Head.

Sequel to the "Rise of the Midnight Sons" crossover. This included the titles
Siege of "Ghost Rider", "Spirits of Vengeance", "Morbius: The Living Vampire",
1993 Crossover
Darkness "Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins", "Nightstalkers", and "Doctor
Strange: Sorcerer Supreme". (Story arc begins in "Nightstalkers" #14)

"Child's Play" is a 1994 Marvel Comics crossover featuring the New


Child's Play 1994 Crossover Warriors, X-Force, and the Upstarts. It is also the first time Karma reunites
with the New Mutants since she left the team in New Mutants #54 from 1987.

Phalanx
1994 Crossover The Phalanx race attacks Earth. Generation X is founded in its aftermath.
Covenant

Peter Parker is told he is the clone of the original Peter Parker who has
returned to reclaim his life. The highly controversial arc would create Scarlet
1994–
Clone Saga Story Arc Spider as well as various other clones. Eventually Peter would discover he
1996
was the original and the others were clones created by a villain
called Jackal.

Legion Quest 1995– Crossover Legion travels back in time to kill Magneto, but accidentally kills his own
1996 father, Charles Xavier.
Age of
Apocalypse A dystopian alternative timeline in which Apocalypse rules the world is
created after Legion inadvertedly killed his own father. (Story arc begins
in X-Men Alpha, February 1995).[9]

Two brothers who personify the DC and Marvel universes become aware of


the other's existence, and challenge each other to a series of duels involving
each universe's respective superheroes. The losing universe will cease to
exist. The story has an out of universe component in that although there are
DC vs Limited
1996 eleven primary battles, the storyline does not show one side as being
Marvel Series
victorious. The "brothers" resolve the situation by temporarily creating a new
universe, called the Amalgam universe, which is occupied by merged
versions of many of the heroes. An inter-dimensional character called
Access eventually manages to restore the universes to their normal state.

The seed was planted when Xavier mind-wiped Magneto during Fatal
Attractions, and he was born by the time warp of the Age of
Onslaught Apocalypse. Onslaught has arrived and defeating him results in the apparent
1996 Crossover
Saga "deaths" of many superheroes. (X-Men #53, June 1996, Onslaught: X-Men
Special, August 1996, Onslaught: Marvel Universe, October 1996).[10] Leads
to a relaunch of Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Captain America and Avengers.

Following the apparent deaths of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and Dr.
Heroes 1996– Doom battling Onslaught, they were "reborn" and certain aspects of their
Crossover
Reborn 1997 earlier stories were expanded with the intent of telling their adventures anew
for modern generations.

The story followed from the "Onslaught Saga" and focused on individuals
Operation:
within the United States government, including Bastion and Henry Peter
Zero 1997 Crossover
Gyrich, and their attempts to use their positions to hunt down all mutants
Tolerance
across the country.

The heroes who died during the "Onslaught Saga" return from a Limbo
Heroes 1997– created by Franklin Richards. (Heroes Reborn: The Return #1-4, November
Crossover
Return 1998 1997).[11] Leads to a new relaunch of Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Captain
America, Avengers and Thor.

The X-Men attempt to find the location of Professor Xavier, who has been
The Hunt for 1998–
Crossover missing ever since the authorities arrested him in the wake of the "Onslaught
Xavier 1999
Saga" disaster.

The charismatic, mutant, subversive known as Magneto as made his return


known and sends his robot Ferris to the UN to announce that he’s created
another electromagnetic pulse, and that it will not stop until Magneto’s given
The Magneto Crossover a mutant sanctuary on Earth. Joseph is revealed as a clone of Magneto and
War gives his own life to stop Magneto attack who at the end is given the island-
1999 nation of Genosha to appease his plans for the advancement of Homo
Limited
Magneto Rex Series Superior.

With his rise to power will Magneto tolerate a faction of mutate rebels within
his own borders and how will he deal with the humans also living within his
new island nation?

2000s[edit]
Event Date Type Developments
Apocalypse emerges once more, along with a mysterious prophecy of 12
The Twelve 2000 Crossover powerful mutants capable of destroying him.

 Ages of Apocalypse, the aftermath of Apocalypse: The Twelve.


Fed up with Earth's interference in intergalactic affairs, the starfaring alien
Maximum 2000–
Event community quarantines the Sol System and turns Earth into a prison for the
Security 2001
universe's worst criminals.
A cure for the Legacy Virus has been released, providing Magneto with a
Eve of brand new army of healthy mutants ready to wage a final battle against
2001 Crossover
Destruction humanity. Finale to the more traditionalist, old-school X-Men storylines.
Leads to a reorganization of the X-Men titles.
Limited
Infinity Abyss 2002 Mad partial-clones of Thanos try to destroy the universe.
Series
Limited
JLA/Avengers 2002 A crossover between the Justice League and the Avengers.
Series
Scarlet Witch uses her powers to attack the Avengers physically and
psychologically, resulting in the Avengers disbanding, setting the stage for
Avengers the franchise being relaunched as New Avengers. (Main story arc
2004 Crossover
Disassembled in Avengers #500-503, Avengers Finale, September–December 2004.).
[12]
 Meanwhile, Thor brings about the end of Asgard. (Thor #80-85, 2004).
[13]
 Leads to a cancellation and relaunch of Avengers titles.
In 2003, Nick Fury, Director of the international security force S.H.I.E.L.D.,
uncovers a secret plot by Latverian Prime Minister Lucia von Bardas to fund
2004– Limited a group of B-List supervillains with advanced technology. Fury recruits
Secret War
2005 Series Captain America, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Black Widow, Luke Cage,
Wolverine, and superhuman S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson in a private
attempt to covertly overthrow Latveria.
While investigating a sudden outburst of strange, mutated wild animals in
Africa, the X-Men - led by Storm - come face to face with something worse:
mutant bio-organisms the likes of which the world has never seen. The key
Wild Kingdom 2005 Crossover
to unraveling their secret - and defeating them - may lie in that region's
protector - the Black Panther! (Story arc contained in Black Panther v4 #08-
09 and X-Men v2 #175-176).
Scarlet Witch uses her powers to create a world in which mutants are in
charge but ultimately resulting in the population of the world's mutants being
House of M 2005 Event brought to near extinction. (Main story arc in House of M #1-8.)[14]

 Decimation: House of M's Aftermath.


2006–
Annihilation Event Silver Surfer, Super-Skrull, Nova, and Ronan face the Annihilation Wave.
2007
Heroes are divided when the U.S. government passes the Super-human
Registration Act. Captain America seeks freedom, while Iron Man seeks to
institute the 50 State Initiative. (Main story arc in Civil War #1-7, July 2006-
January 2007.)[15] Major events in the saga include Peter Parker's revealing
his identity to the public (Civil War #2, August 2006)[15] and Captain
2006– America's death (Captain America #25, 2007).[16] Leads to a number of new
Civil War Event launches.
2007

 Initiative: With Captain America dead, the world moves on under a


single united team, the Fifty States Initiative. Unfortunately, Luke Cage
leads a renegade team of Avengers against Iron Man while Norman
Osborn and the Skrulls lurk under the surface of Iron Man's new order.
World War 2007 Event Following his exile into space (New Avengers Illuminati One-Shot, 2006),
Hulk [17]
 The Hulk returns to Earth to exact revenge on those responsible. (World
War Hulk #1, August 2007).[18]
 World War Hulk : Aftersmash: The events following World War Hulk.
After the devastation of the wake of the Annihilation Wave,
Annihilation: 2007– Nova, Starlord, Wraith, and a new Quasar (Phyla-Vell) lead a group of
Event
Conquest 2008 cosmic heroes against the Phalanx, who threaten to conquer and annihilate
all of Kree space.
The birth of the first child with the X-gene since Decimation sparks a race
between the X-Men, the Marauders, the Acolytes, the Reavers,
Messiah 2007–
Crossover the Purifiers, and Predator X to see who will find the child first. Bishop turns
CompleX 2008
rogue in an attempt to assassinate the child who he believes will cause his
dystopian future to occur.
A stealthy invasion by the Skrull race comes to fruition, as the New
Avengers and Mighty Avengers and Thunderbolts must unite to stop the
villains. (Main story arc in Secret Invasion #1-8, June 2008-January 2009.)
[19]

 Dark Reign: The world of heroes is in its darkest period. Norman


Secret Osborn is now the leader of S.H.I.E.L.D., rebranded H.A.M.M.E.R. and
2008 Event
Invasion formed his own dark cabal with Emma Frost, the Hood, Namor, Doctor
Doom, Loki, and the Void to control the world and steal the Avengers
name from the team, with the creation of the Dark Avengers. Iron Man
faces the consequences of his crimes during Civil War, as he becomes
a wanted fugitive and near death. Meanwhile, Hank Pym forms his own
team of Avengers to combat Norman Osborn while the Hood assumes
control over the Avengers Initiative.
Vulcan is rapidly expanding the Shi'ar Empire, while Black Bolt and
the Inhumans become leaders of the Kree empire following the events of
War of Kings 2009 Event
"Secret Invasion", and a cosmic war begins, drawing in Nova, Darkhawk,
the Starjammers, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Learning that Bishop was after Cable and the first mutant born since House
of M, Cyclops had Beast develop time travelling devices so Cyclops could
send his secret wetworks team, X-Force (consisting of
Messiah War 2009 Crossover
Wolverine, Warpath, X-23, Domino, Vanisher, Archangel and Elixir), into the
future after Bishop, hoping that they'll end the threat once and for all and the
future of mutant kind will be safe in the hands of his son.
Norman Osborn forms the "Dark X-Men" to deal with anti-mutant riots and
captures/tortures Beast and Professor X. Unwilling to tolerate Osborn's evil
Utopia 2009 Crossover scheme to harm her teammates, Emma Frost and Namor, the Sub-Mariner,
plot a coup against Osborn while Cyclops attempts to create a new
safehaven for mutantkind by way of creating an island paradise.
The once Black Queen of the Hellfire Club brings forth a new Inner Circle of
2009–
Necrosha Crossover deadly mutants as well as a new threat to the entire mutant population as
2010
she sets her plan into motion of becoming a goddess.
The smartest minds in the Marvel Universe are being captured by a group
Fall of the 2009–
Crossover known only as the Intelligencia which is a collection of some of the smartest
Hulks 2010
supervillains in the Marvel canon.

2010s[edit]
Event Date Type Developments

In the aftermath of "Dark Reign", Norman Osborn invades Asgard.


Siege 2010 Event
 Heroic Age: Norman Osborn has finally been overthrown, and the
heroes can now bask in the sun - for now.
DoomWar 2010 Limited Doctor Doom ruthlessly takes control of Wakanda to pillage the country's
Series Vibranium vaults, forcing the royal family of Wakanda to tap into new
resources to execute on a counter-coup. The storyline is self-contained in
the six limited issues, with Black Panther (vol. 5) #12 serving as prelude
to the story.
Realm of Kings 2010 Crossover The follow-up to "War of Kings".
"Second Coming" was the final part of a trilogy of stories that began
with Messiah Complex and continued in Messiah War. Intended as a
conclusion to Cable's efforts to save Hope from Bishop, who has hunted
the so-called Mutant Messiah since her birth; the series also builds on
Second Coming 2010 Crossover
the Utopia, Nation X and Necrosha storylines of 2009 in the X-
Men books. The story centers on the return of Cable and Hope Summers
to the present day and Bastion's final campaign to destroy the X-Men.
Leads to a number of new launches.
The Thanos Limited
2010 The follow-up to "Realm of Kings".
Imperative Series
The follow-up to Fall of the Hulks. The plan of the Intelligencia is put in
World War Hulks 2010 Crossover action plus the identities of the Red Hulk and Red She-Hulk are finally
revealed.
Curse of the Vampires from around the globe descend on San Francisco to claim the
2010 Crossover
Mutants city as their own, causing the X-Men and Blade to team up to stop them.
A prison-temple is constructed on the ruins of a Hell's Kitchen building,
destroyed (along with numerous lives) by Bullseye during the Dark Reign
Shadowland 2010 Event event. Murdock returns to Hell's Kitchen from Japan and seeks to utilise
the Hand as a force for justice; however, Murdock is not the same person
anymore.
The Chaos King Amatsu-Mikaboshi, the living embodiment of the void
before time and space began, has chosen to annihilate all reality and to
return the Marvel Universe back to its state of primordial darkness, thus
2010–
Chaos War Event launching a massive assault on Earth to wipe out all of existence with an
2011
army of thousands of alien deities at his back. This forces the remaining
heroes, gods and cosmic beings, rallied by a restored Hercules, to join
forces in a last desperate effort to stop him.
Reality has changed, Earth-616 was replaced by a world where the X-
Age of X 2011 Crossover Men never came to be, mutantkind has been hunted to extinction, the few
remaining mutants band together to make their last stand.
The Asgardian god of fear is sowing fear and doubt among Marvel's
superheroes to use it against them.
Fear Itself 2011 Event
 Shattered Heroes
After a mutant-triggered international incident, anti-mutant hatred hits
new heights. It's at this moment, when the mutant race needs most to
stand together, that a split begins that tears apart the X-Men.

 Regenesis: Following the schism among the members of the X-Men,


Schism 2011 Event
Cyclops and Wolverine start recruiting their teammates; some
members of the X-Men leave with Wolverine, while part of the team
stays in Utopia with Cyclops. Cyclops' team will become a
peacekeeping force, while Wolverine will take on the headmaster role
at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
The Jackal has given to every New Yorker spider-like powers, even
Spider-Island 2011 Crossover
heroes and villains.
Avengers vs. X- 2012 Event Aftermath of the mini series Avengers: X-Sanction, which brings
Men back Cable to the Marvel Universe ahead of the Phoenix Force which
has been discovered heading directly for Earth. The Avengers believe
that the Phoenix Force will destroy mankind, but the Uncanny X-Men
believe it will bring mutantkind to its former glory after House of M. Only a
war can create a win-win solution - though in the process, Professor X
will die.

 Marvel NOW!: A number of re-launches follows "Avengers vs. X-


Men", and each were branded under the name "Marvel NOW!".
For years, Marvel Heroes feared that Hank Pym's artificial intelligence
Ultron will one day return and exterminate everything. That day has
come, and the fate of the world now rests in the hands of Wolverine and
Age of Ultron 2013 Event Invisible Woman.

 Marvel NOW! Wave 2: A few new series under the Marvel NOW! title
came after this event, primarily Avengers A.I..
Billions of years ago, the Celestials created an unimaginable horror and,
in realizing their error, locked it away in the space between realities.
However, with all the constant travelling between realities by the worlds'
heroes and villains, the barriers between realities have become weak.
X-Termination 2013 Crossover
With the monsters released and threatening the entire multiverse, it falls
to three teams from different realities (Astonishing X-Men, X-Treme X-
Men and the X-Terminated) to find a way to stop the monsters and save
all of creation.
While the Avengers are in space to combat the Builders, Thanos attacks
a very now-vulnerable Earth.

 Inhumanity The Marvel Universe must deal with the consequences


Infinity 2013 Event of Infinity as brand new Inhumans are created due to Black Bolt
releasing the Terrigen Mists on a global scale.
 All-New Marvel NOW!: Further relaunches came about following
Infinity and simultaneous with Inhumanity; all were released under
the name All-New Marvel NOW!
The X-Men of the future travel to the present in order to force the All-New
Battle of the
2013 Crossover X-Men back to their own time, but things get complicated when another
Atom
group of future X-Men arrives.
Stryfe returns to the present and manipulates Hope into killing Bishop.
Stryfe wants Bishop to suffer after he betrayed him during Messiah
War and claims that he was imprisoned and tortured by Apocalypse for
Vendetta 2014 Crossover
years until he planned a successful escape and killed him. Cable and
both teams of X-Force soon intervene and defeat Stryfe. Uncanny X-
force 16-17 cable & X-force 18-19
The Guardians of the Galaxy 11-13 and the All-New X-Men 22-24 must
The Trial of Jean
2014 Crossover team up to save Jean Grey after the capture and trial of her by the Shi'ar
Grey
empire for her supposed crimes as the Phoenix.
The UK’s greatest heroes come together to face a threat that could
destroy the world. Revolutionary war alpha, revolutionary war dark angel,
Revolutionary
2014 Crossover Revolutionary war knights of pendragon, Revolutionary war death's head,
War
Revolutionary war supersoldiers,Revolutionary war motormouth,
Revolutionary war warheads, Revolutionary war omega.
Uatu the Watcher has been murdered. Nick Fury must now lead the
Marvel heroes into uncovering the mystery of who killed the Watcher and
why as Marvel's deepest darkest secrets are unleashed. But Punisher is
leading his own investigation, and that can't end well.
Original Sin 2014 Event
 Avengers NOW! A new initiative set after the events of Original
Sin showing the new Man on the Wall, Thor becoming unworthy of
holding his hammer, Angela in her new role as sister of Thor and a
new Deathlok.
Without the aid of his healing factor, Wolverine fights a losing battle to the
Death of death as he looks back on his life. The mini series is preceded by Three
2014 Event
Wolverine Months to Die in Wolverine vol. 6 #8-12 and involves numerous aftermath
tie ins.
AXIS 2014 Event From the ashes of the once proud mutant haven Genosha, the Red Skull
has taken Charles Xavier's body and enslaved thousands and amassed
an army. Channeling the unstoppable force known as Onslaught, the Red
Skull’s ruthless and unparalleled evil now wields a destructive power
unmatched by even the most powerful heroes. The fractured teams of
Avengers and X-Men are now all that stands in the way of total
obliteration. But things take a turn for the worse when the battle causes
dozens of heroes and villains to be "inverted", transforming their
mindsets into the exact opposite of what they once were.
Morlun has escaped the realm of the dead following being trapped there
2014– by the Black Panther. Now, every Spider-Man in the entire multiverse
Spider-Verse Crossover
2015 must stand together to defeat the only villain Spider-Man himself never
defeated.
On September 2014 Avengers #34 and #35 time jump ahead by 8
months where it's said (via Bleeding Cool [20]): "Time Runs Out" sees
everything Jonathan Hickman has been building towards comes to a
close and will affect the entire Marvel company across the board, forcing
them to do something the company has never done in its 75 years,
2014–
Time Runs Out Crossover rebooting the Marvel Universe. Though the series is restricted to the two
2015
titles, Avengers World #17 onwards will have a storyline called Before
Time Runs Out to help catch up readers with how the events of Time
Runs Out happened. The Time Runs Out event is a direct prelude to
Secret Wars. Avengers 35-44, New avengers 24-33, Avengers world 17-
21, Miles Morales the ultimate spider-man 12.
A dangerously powerful artifact known as the Black Vortex is somewhere
in the spaceways of the Marvel Universe, and people from all corners of
the universe are looking for it—heroes, villains, aliens, and even some
people in between. Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex
is an expansive crossover event coming to Marvel comics in spring 2015,
The Black Vortex 2015 Crossover
and it will tie into Guardians of the Galaxy and All-New X-Men, as well
as Legendary Star-Lord, Nova, Cyclops, Captain Marvel and Guardians
Team-Up. The event will have both and Alpha launch issue and
an Omega concluding one that along with the tie-ins will make 13
separate issues.
Originally running until September 2015 - the series which spins out of
the Avengers and New Avengers Time Runs Out storylines, began in
May 2015 with an eight issue mini series, was later changed to nine
issues (plus a Free Comic Day issue #0) and extended to December
2015 but eventually pushed to January 2016. The basic premise involves
the collision of the Marvel Universe with the Ultimate Marvel Universe
and destroying both. Pieces of the two universes (called domains) are
combined with other post collision universes creating the Battleworld
where in which the Marvel Universe will be reforged and birthed anew in
October 2015. Many past Marvel events will be revisited with new stories
being told and include Iron Man: Armor Wars, Incredible Hulk: Planet
Hulk, Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect, Infinity Gauntlet, X-Men: Age of
2015– Apocalypse, Civil War, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, X-Men:
Secret Wars Event Inferno, Marvel Zombies, Age of Ultron, X-Men: Days of Future
2016
Past, Avengers: The Korvac Saga, House of M, The Amazing Spider-
Man: Spider Island, The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse, X-Tinction
Agenda, X-Men: Mutant Massacre, Marvel 1602, E Is for
Extinction, Marvel 2099, Siege, One More Day, Killraven, New
Warriors Forever Yesterday, Weirdworld, Avengers vs. X-Men (a Skottie
Young version) and a return to the stories of the 1990s X-Men cartoon
with X-Men '92.

 All-New, All-Different Marvel: Following the "Secret Wars" storyline,


a new universe will be established by combining the 616
universe and the Ultimate Universe, with nearly 55-60 titles
relaunched with first issues.
Avengers: 2016 Crossover To celebrate Captain America's 75th anniversary, the Avengers will find
Standoff! themselves in what looks like any other remote small town known as
Pleasant Hill, only this gated community holds a dark and sinister secret
– one that keeps its residents locked away behind its walls. Now, the time
has come for its townsfolk to finally escape. As their revolt begins - why
then are the Avengers trying to keep them inside?! And what does it have
to do with S.H.I.E.L.D.? Even Earth’s Mightiest Heroes won’t be prepared
for the truth behind Pleasant Hill. The event kicks off with a one-shot
issue Avengers Standoff!: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha (in February
there will be a prelude called Avengers Standoff!: Welcome to Pleasant
Hill) and will continue through Avengers family titles, including Sam
Wilson, Captain America, All-New, All-Different Avengers, Uncanny
Avengers, New Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Illuminati and Howling
Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. before finishing with Avengers Standoff!:
Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega.
The event will begin with an Alpha issue before going into the three
ongoing books, then culminating with a finale "Omega" issue and will see
Jessica Drew and Cindy Moon stuck in Spider-Gwen's alternate reality
Spider-Women 2016 Crossover and while they're away from the main Marvel universe, doppelgangers
masquerading as them began causing havok in New York. Spider-
women alpha Spider-Gwen 7-8, Silk 7-8, spider-Woman 6-7,spider-
Women omega.
This "thematic crossover" will involve the three X-Men titles and but will
not intertwine, instead each will contain a story arc related to Apocalypse.
Beginning in Extraordinary X-Men #8-12, the Extraordinary X-Men must
Apocalypse Wars 2016 Crossover travel through time to retrieve mutantkind's "last hope" from
Apocalypse. Uncanny X-Men #6-10 begins a story where the team deals
with problems pertaining to Archangel. An arc beginning in All-New X-
Men #9-11 will focus on Kid Apocalypse.[21]
Brian Micheal Bendis and David Marquez team up for a sequel to the
popular event by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. A mysterious new
Marvel character comes to the attention of the world, one who has the
power to calculate the outcome of future events with a high degree of
accuracy. This predictive power divides the Marvel heroes on how best to
capitalize on this aggregated information, with Captain Marvel leading the
charge to profile future crimes and attacks before they occur, and Iron
Man adopting the position that the punishment cannot come before the
Civil War II 2016 Event crime. The event will begin in June 2016 and will directly
follow Avengers: Standoff!. It begins when a precognitive individual
foresees the murder of one famous character by a superhero, sparking
the 2nd Civil War.

 Marvel NOW 2.0: In the aftermath of Civil War II, the Marvel
Universe explodes with new heroes, new villains, new teams, and
more! The greatest creators in comics provide a fresh take on the
best characters ever
The storyline will see the return of Jackal, who is revealed to be the
mysterious man in the red suit and wearing the Anubis mask that has
been seen approaching several of Spider-Man's enemies with a peculiar
deal to them, if they follow his orders he will revive their lost loved ones.
"The Clone Conspiracy" will start in October and will be primarily a
Dead No More:
2016– standalone five-issue miniseries; the storyline will also cross through the
The Clone Crossover
2017 issues #20-24 of the Amazing Spider-Man as well the "Silk" ongoing
Conspiracy
series and a Prowler miniseries The storyline is preceded by a story arc
called "Before Dead No More" which run in Amazing Spider-Man #16-19
and will be concluded with Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy:
Omega. The series will also result in a new Scarlet Spider ongoing
series.
Set during the 8 months after the events of Secret Wars, it chronicles the
Limited previously untold story of the rising tensions between the Inhumans and
Death of X 2016
Series Mutants and sets the stage for the blockbuster Inhumans Vs. X-Men
event. Death of X 1-4
Inhumans vs X- 2016– Event Soon the Terrigen Mists will reach 100 percent saturation worldwide and
Men 2017 the X-Men are in desperate straights. The M-Pox caused by the mists are
ravaging numerous mutants and soon there will be no where left to hide,
everyone of them may become infected. There is only one choice left and
that is to destroy the mists, only the Inhumans will not allow it to happen.
The mists have swelled the ranks of the Inhumans and they see any
interference in their form of evolution as a direct threat to their existence.
The war between both will begin in December 2016 with a six-part series
and will spill over into every X-Men and Inhuman ongoing title.

 ResurrXion: In the fallout of the Inhuman-mutant war, the X-Men


and Inhuman lines are relaunched with two one-shot issues
entitled X-Men: Prime and Inhuman: Prime, which pick up directly
after Inhumans vs. X-Men. The standalone issues will set the stage
for the X-Men's and Inhumans' status quo and introduce the new
teams that are part of the line, primarily Jean
Grey, Iceman, Cable, Weapon X, Generation X, X-Men Blue, X-Men
Gold, Royals, Black Bolt and Secret Warriors.
In the wake of Civil War II, the Guardians of the Galaxy found themselves
stranded on Earth. This "thematic crossover" will involve the issues
of Guardians of the Galaxy #15-19, Star-Lord #1-6 and Rocket
Grounded 2017 Crossover
Raccoon #1-5 but will not intertwine, instead each will contain a story
about each member of the team while they redefine themselves given
their current situation.
Monstrous behemoths threaten to destroy every corner of the Marvel
Universe and its all hands on deck with the Avengers, Champions,
Guardians, X-Men and the Inhumans to prevent this monstrous invasion.
Monsters Limited
2017 The storyline will be self contained in a five standalone special issue
Unleashed Series
series but several monthly titles will tie-in with it with each issue gaining
the suffix .MU attached much like what was done during the Age of
Ultron and Inhumanity.
Secret Empire 2017 Event The Marvel Universe is under siege from within! Due to the manipulations
of The Red Skull, Captain America, secretly a true believer in the cause
of Hydra, uses the trust and respect he has gained over the years to a
position where he can enact Hydra’s ideals against the Marvel Universe
and it’s up to all heroes to unite against one of the greatest challenges
they have ever faced. The story is preceded by Steve Rogers: Captain
America, an ongoing series where we learn about Steve's new history as
a Hydra agent.

 Generations: Once upon a time, a skinny kid from New York City
picked up a shield and charged into battle… a prodigal son lifted a
sacred hammer and proved himself worthy… and an arrogant genius
forged an armor that would harness his true potential. And together,
they became Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Today, that heroic legacy
lives on in the next generation of heroes – and it will be put to the test
as the Marvel Universe’s greatest champions unite and charge
headlong into tomorrow! The series involves 10 self contained one-
shots, all of which take place in between Secret Empire #10 and
Secret Empire Omega #1. Generations: The strongest #1,
Generations: The Phoenix #1, Generations: The Best #1,
Generations: The Thunder #1, Generations: Archers #1,
Generations: The Iron #1, Generations: The Bravest #1,
Generations: The Marvels #1, Generations: The Spiders #1 and
Generations: The Americas #1
 Marvel Legacy: Following the conclusion of the storyline, the
initiative will bring a greater focus to Marvel's core superheroes,
unlike recent relaunches which gave prominence to newer and
younger heroes. The relaunch will begin in late 2017 with the release
of a one-shot titled Marvel Legacy #1. Marvel comic series are
expected to revert to their classic cumulative numbering system. The
series having their Legacy numbering are Amazing Spider-
Man, Avengers, Black Panther, Cable, Captain America, Captain
Marvel, Daredevil, Despicable Deadpool, Doctor
Strange, Falcon, Generation X, Guardians of the Galaxy, Incredible
Hulk, Invincible Iron Man, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, The Mighty
Thor, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-
Man, Punisher and Spider-Man. Marvel is also reviving six cancelled
comic book series along with their classic numbering as special one-
shots: Darkhawk, Dazzler, Master of Kung Fu, Not Brand
Ecch, Power Pack and Silver Sable and the Wild Pack.
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
'Til Death Do Us 2017 Crossover he’s been crafting for himself as a hero. Wade and Shiklah’s simmering
animosity comes to a boil in deadpool 28-29, before spilling over
into Spider-Man/Deadpool 15-16 and Deadpool and the Mercs for Money
9-10.
The mysterious director of the Weapon X Program has a very specific
mission in mind and it involves the Hulk. Amadeus Cho teams up with the
Weapons of
team lead by Old Man Logan to fight the new incarnation of the Weapon
Mutant 2017 Crossover
X Program exterminating mutants. The event kicks off with an weapons
Destruction
of mutant destruction Alpha issue and will continue in the books Totally
Awesome Hulk 19-22 and Weapon X 4-6.
Kicking off in June, the event, a spiritual successor to Spider-Verse, will
be bringing back Eddie Brock to the forefront of the Marvel Universe as
Venom coupled with a multitude of alternate universe counterparts, as a
new sinister alien race known as Poisons, the nature's answer to the
Limited symbiotes, began a quest for insatiable powers as they discover the
Venomverse 2017
Series existence of the Multiverse. Contained within Edge of Venomverse 1-
5 and Venomverse 1-5. It will also feature anthology stories
in Venomverse: War Stories 1. Incidentally Monsters Unleashed 6-
8 serves as an epilogue to the event and sees the first attempt of the
Poisons to invade Prime Marvel Universe.
Following the events of GENERATIONS comes the long-promised clash
between the Avengers and the Champions! The countdown has started
as the High Evolutionary, a twisted scientist determined to create a better
Worlds Collide 2017 Crossover world at all costs, sets the Earth on a collision course with destruction!
The Avengers and the Champions are ready to meet this threat — but
will their first cataclysmic clash deter them from Changing the World?
Contained within Avengers #672-674 and Champions #13-15.
Mojo, the demented creature obsessed with melding deadly television
shows with reality, has made Earth his focus and it’s going to take the
combined might of two X-MEN teams to fight back! But when threats from
their past are thrown at them, how will these teams react? With
Mojo World Wide 2017 Crossover
SENTINELS and BROOD and BAD MEMORIES attacking at every
opportunity, will KITTY and JEAN and their teams be able to save
Manhattan? Or is this the trick that finally boosts MOJO’s ratings?
Contained within X-Men Gold #13-15 and X-Men Blue #13-15.
Lee Price, the former host of the Venom symbiote, is able to steal the
Maniac symbiote from Andi Benton in order to regain his former power
back. Becoming Maniac, Lee is also able to unlock a new power set
which enables him to spit symbiote globes onto other people and control
Venom Inc. 2017 Crossover
their minds. This storyline will also see Eddie Brock make his way back
into Spider-Man's world in the six-part story kicking off in Venom Inc.
Alpha #1, and continuing in Amazing Spider-Man 792-793, Venom 159-
160 and concluding in Venom Inc. Omega #1.
Phoenix Jean Grey had died and her friends had mourned her, but like a Phoenix,
Resurrection: 2017– Limited she will rise from the ashes. When strange events start happening all
The Return of 2018 Series over the world, the X-Men can only come to one conclusion – the one
Jean Grey true Jean Grey is back!
The Poisons, a species that hunger for super-powered symbiotes and
their hosts, are back in this follow up to Venomverse, and have picked
their next target…The Marvel Universe Itself! Beginning in X-Men Blue
Poison X 2018 Crossover
Annual #1 before running for the entire month of February throughout X-
Men Blue 21-22 and Venom 162-163 issue titles, Cyclops and his X-Men
team need to stop the Poisons, so they're going to kidnap Venom to do it.
Venomized 2018 Limited The epic conclusion of the storyline that began with Venomverse! With
Series planet Earth defenseless following the events of "Poison X", the Poisons'
finally reveal their first objective, put every superhuman in a symbiote –
and consume them! Venomized 1-5
In a follow-up of Secret Empire, Doctor Strange uses his magic to restore
the lives that were lost during Hydra's attack on Las Vegas. Though it
Limited attracts the attention of Mephisto and other demons.[22] While the main
Damnation 2018
Series story occurs in the four issues limited series of the same name, Ben
Reilly: Scarlet Spider #15–17, Doctor Strange #386–389, Iron Fist #78–
80, and Johnny Blaze: Ghost Rider #1 will tie-in with the storyline.
Coming in February 2018, this storyline depicts the Ultron/Hank
Pym going after the Infinity Gems that were recreated when the
Multiverse was restored.[23], Infinity Countdown Adam Warlock 1, Infinity
Infinity Limited
2018 Countdown Origins 1, Infinity Countdown 1-5, Infinity Countdown Captain
Countdown Series
Marvel 1, Infinity Countdown Daredevil 1, Infinity Countdown Darkhawk
1-4, Infinity Countdown Black Widow 1, Infinity Countdown Champions 1-
2
The follow up of Infinity Countdown which will reveal the timeline of
events that leads to Wolverine’s shocking return to the Marvel Universe.
Beginning with the one-shot Hunt for Wolverine it will then spin out into
Hunt for Limited
2018 four stories, each with a different genre bent: the action-
Wolverine Series
adventure Adamantium Agenda, the horror story Claws of the Killer,
the dark romance Mystery in Madripoor and the noir/detective
tale Weapon Lost.
The original team of teen mutants brought together by Professor Charles
Xavier many years ago have been shunted through time to find a world
they barely recognize but were determined to help. Now, jumping 20
Limited
Extermination 2018 years into the future, they find mutants are on the verge of extinction
Series
once again and the survival of their kind lies squarely in the hands of its
past. The Extermination preludes begins with X-Men Gold #27, X-Men
Blue #27, X-Men Red #5, Astonishing X-Men #13 and Cable #159.
Limited Following Infinity Countdown the search for the Infinity Stones leads to
Infinity Wars 2018
Series cosmic madness like never before.
Following the events of "Spider-Verse", it was clear that all versions of
Spider-Man and his allies were connected by a much greater and
Limited
Spider-Geddon 2018 mystical force, the Great Web. Now, beginning with "Edge of Spider-
Series
Geddon #1-2" whatever threat is approaching, things aren’t looking too
good for the surviving Spider-Men and Women.

Ultimate Marvel[edit]
Event Date Type Developments

2002– Limited After the government discovers that Charles Xavier lied about killing Magneto
Ultimate War
2003 Series they order the Ultimates to hunt down the X-Men. Ultimate War 1-4

Electro, Kraven, Doc Oc, Sandman, and Spider-Man's nemesis, the Green


2003– Limited Goblin are incarcerated by the Ultimates. Hank Pym (Giant Man/Ant Man)
Ultimate Six
2004 Series attempts to rehabilitate them. Ultimately, this doesn't go well. They escape and
force Spider-Man to launch an attack upon the White House. Ultimate Six 1-7

Ultimate
2004– Limited
Galactus The story chronicles the coming of Gah Lak Tus.
2006 Series
Trilogy

Ultimate X4 2005– Limited Cerebro has been stolen and the trail points directly at the government's
2006 Series premier think tank, the Baxter Building. The X-Men aren't happy about it and the
Baxter Building's most famous residents, the Fantastic Four aren't happy about
an angry team of mutants showing up on their doorstep.

A few days after Reed Richards sends five probes into other dimensions the
Ultimate 2006– Limited roof of the Baxter Building is ripped open by a massive explosion, heralding the
Power 2008 Series sudden appearance of the Squadron Supreme. They declare Reed Richards
under arrest for his crimes against their planet. Ultimate Power 1-9

The story deals with Magneto's attempts to destroy the world following the
apparent deaths of the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver in Ultimates 3. Following
the Ultimatum storyline, each Ultimate title was given a Requiem follow-up
2008– series or one-shot, dealing with the status each book's characters in the
Ultimatum Event
2009 aftermath of Ultimatum. Ultimatum 1-5 Ultimate Spider-Man 158-133 Annual 3
Ultimate Fantastic Four 58-60 Ultimate X-Men 98-100 Ultimatum Spider-Man
Requiem 1-2 Ultimatum Fantastic Four Requiem 1 Ultimatum X-Men Requiem 1
ultimates 2 100

The story mainly focuses on what remains of the Fantastic Four after Ultimatum,
2010– Limited
Doomsday specifically dealing with an unknown threat trying to alter the entire Ultimate
2011 Series
Universe, in the process causing a significant amount of destruction.

The story details the death of Spider-Man. It also crosses over with Ultimate
Avengers vs. New Ultimates 1-6. After this the entire Ultimate line was
relaunched with Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn tagline. The titles relaunched
Death of were Ultimate Comics: X-Men, Ultimate Comics: Ultimates, and Ultimate
2011 Event
Spider-Man Comics: Spider-Man, with Ultimate Comics: Fallout and Ultimate Comics:
Hawkeye being released as mini-series. Ultimate Spider-Man 153-160 Ultimate
Avengers vs. New Avengers 1-6 Ultimate Fallout 1-6 Ultimate Comics Spider-
Man 3-4

Ultimate Limited
2011 Aftermath of Death of Spider-Man Ultimate Fallout 1-6
Fallout Series

Crossover between Spider-Man (Peter Parker) & Ultimate Spider-Man (Miles


Limited
Spider-Men 2012 Morales). The story features both Spider-Men being brought together after
Series
Mysterio creates a rift between their universes. Spider-Men 1-5

Return of Ultimate Captain America after the death of Ultimate Spider-Man.


Divided We
2012 Event Ultimate Comics X-Men 14-15 Ultimate Comics The Ultimates 13-14 Ultimate
Fall
Comics Spider-Man 13-14

Captain America is elected the new president of the United States and a new
United We
2012 Event mutant nation is born. Ultimate Comics The Ultimates 15-18 Ultimate Comics X-
Stand
Men 16-18 Ultimate Comics Spider-Man 15-18

Limited In the aftermath of Age of Ultron, the timestream is broken and Earth-616's
Hunger 2013
Series Galactus entered the Ultimate Universe. Hunger 1-4

Cataclysm 2013– Event Wounded at the end of Hunger, Galactus comes to the Ultimate Earth to feed,
2014 leading the heroes on a last ditch attempt to stop him. Cataclysm 0.1 Cataclysm
The Ultimates' Last Stand 1-5 Cataclysm Ultimate Spider-Man 1-3 Cataclysm
Ultimates 1-3 Cataclysm Ultimate X-Men 1-3

Part of the Secret Wars event, this mini series tells the final Ultimate Universe
Limited
Ultimate End 2015 story ahead of the birth of a new combined universe with the Earth-616 universe
Series
in September 2015. Ultimate End 1-5

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