Marvel's Golden to Modern Ages
Marvel's Golden to Modern Ages
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).
Silver Age[edit]
Event Date Type Developments
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
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
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
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
1980s[edit]
Event Date Type Developments
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
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]
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]
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 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]
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.
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)
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]
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.
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.
2010s[edit]
Event Date Type Developments
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.
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.
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
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
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