Comic Book Industry Events and Awards

Acts of Vengeance

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...

Age of Apocalypse

Also known as Earth-295 The Titles Twilight of the Age of the Apocalypse The beginning of the end came when the X-Men discovered Bishop, the only person on earth who remembered the way reality should have been. After learning of the existence of this alternate reality (backed up by Magneto's own memories of Xavier's death), the X-Men embarked on a quest to stop Apocalypse once and for all...

Age of Ultron

Age of X

In a strange reality where the X-Men never came to be, the war between humans and mutants has escalated to a level never before seen. What has become of our heroes and who will survive as the final war commences?

Ages of Apocalypse

"The Ages of Apocalypse" is a series of sub-chapters to Marvel Comics' "The Twelve" saga, wherein En Sabah Nur finds himself trapped in the body of Scott Summers (Cyclops of X-Men) after a failed attempt to possess Nate Grey. Using his newfound powers, Apocalypse warps reality several times, trying to get the Twelve to feed him more and more power. "The Ages of Apocalypse" arc is mainly an...

Amalgam

Amalgam was a collaboration between Marvel Comics and DC Comics, in which the two comic book publishers merged their characters to create new ones (e.g., DC Comics' Batman and Marvel's Wolverine became the Amalgam character Dark Claw). These characters first appeared in a series of twelve comic books which were published in 1996, between issues 3 and 4 of the Marvel vs. DC miniseries. A second...

Annihilation

Prologue When an extraterrestrial prison ship called Dredge 01 crash landed on Earth near Coot's Bluff, Alaska. Paibok The Power Skrull, the Blood Brothers, Lunatik, and Drax The Destroyer were unleashed upon the Earth. Realizing they were on Earth, a world known to have countless superhumans, the escaped prisoners begin preparations for a hasty escape off-world. The dimwitted Drax opposes...

Annihilation: Conquest

The Phalanx have a new leader in the killer robot Ultron, and he's looking for nothing less than univesal conquest! They've already taken the Kree and assimilated heroes like Ronan and Drax; can a rag tag group including Star-Lord, Quasar, Wraith and the reborn Adam Warlock stop them?

Apocalypse: The Twelve

Setting his grand plan for godhood into motion, Apocalypse dispatches his agents to capture the world's most powerful mutants, the fabled Twelve: Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Iceman, Sunfire, Polaris, Cable, Bishop, Mikhail Rasputin, the Living Monolith and Magneto. Having himself planted the seeds of the Twelve legend, Apocalypse hopes to siphon their power, granting him...

Assault on Armor City

Tony Stark sets about investigating more possible thefts of his Iron Man armor designs, which leads to the discovery of a pirated technology ring led by Kearson DeWitt.

Atlantis Attacks

Ghuar, Llyra, and Attuma join forces to launch an attack on the surface world in a bid for global domination using the armies of Atlantis and Lemuria. Marvel crossover running through the annuals from Summer 1989: Part 1: Silver Surfer Annual #2 Part 2: Iron Man Annual #10 Part 3: X-Men Annual'' #13 Part 4: The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23 Part 5: Punisher Annual #2 Part...

Avengers Disassembled

The world of the Avengers is rocked to its foundation in this cross-over event, leaving the Earth's Mightiest Heroes broken and changing their lives forever. Overview When Wasp began a romantic relationship with Hawkeye, she would constantly talk to Scarlet Witch about it. While lounging around the swimming pool Wasp (who was tipsy off of a few drinks at this point) began to talk about...

Avengers vs. X-Men

The Phoenix Force is returning to Earth to claim its host, Hope Summers. The Avengers have traveled to Utopia to take Hope into protective custody so that the Phoenix Force does not bond with her. The X-Men have a different outcome in mind. They believe that Hope, bonded with the Phoenix Force, will benefit mutantkind. A clash ensues that will pit hero against hero as the Phoenix Force...

Babewatch

Batman - R.I.P.

Batman: KnightsEnd

Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham to find that his replacement, Jean Paul Valley, has become increasingly violent and reckless. He must return to as Batman and defeat Valley in order to win back the mantle of the Bat.

Batman: No Man's Land

After a devastating earthquake, Gotham is declared a disaster zone and closed to the outside world. Plot Summary Gotham City had suffered the results of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the earlier "Cataclysm" storyline. Previous disasters, such as two separate plague outbreaks, caused many to want to write off Gotham completely. The U.S. Government gave a timeline. At the end, all bridges...

Battle for the Cowl

Battle for the Cowl begins with total chaos in Gotham City. Batman's been missing, and the streets are on fire. Many heroes rush to fill the void, but who will ultimately wear the mantle of the Bat? Written and illustrated by Tony Daniel, Battle for the Cowl is a no-holds-barred fight to the finish with impossibly high stakes for the participants. In the wake of this series comes a selection of...

Blackest Night

There was a prophecy that spoke of the Blackest Night, when the universe would fall into darkness. The Oans, Guardians of the Universe his this prophecy, it was denied, forbidden to be mentioned. Checklist July Green Lantern #43 - Prologue Blackest Night #1 Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1 Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #2 Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #2 Green...

Blood and Thunder

Blood Ties

Brightest Day

Checkout Time

Children's Crusade, The

Citizen Kang

Civil War

In the United States, a Super-human Registration Act is passed, which decrees that all Mutants or Super-Humans must register with the government, giving all personal information, as well as powers. Whose Side Are You On? Overview of Key events of the civil war. Note: Since the Civil War arc is so massive in its scope, some of the information included here will be from comics leading up...

ComicFest 2012

Halloween ComicFest is designed to reach out to individuals who are unfamiliar with comics and their local comic book shop.

Crisis On Infinite Earths

Premise: The destruction of the DC Universe! This crossover was billed to literally feature every character in the DC Universe at least once! The Anti-Monitor sought to destroy all other universes, therefore gaining control of the entire universe. Only 5 Earths remained, Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-S, ?? and ??. in a stable condition. It was revealed that the Oan, Krona had...

Crossing

Dark Reign

The Invasion may be over, but the Dark Reign has just begun! As the dust settles and the heroes recuperate, a new power shall rise from the ashes—its name is Norman Osborn! Spinning out of Secret Invasion, Norman Osborn has gathered his secret cabal of villains and now he's in control!

Dark Side Club, The

Days of Future Present

DC: One Million

Death of Superman

Death of the Family

Devil's Reign

The crossover between profileTop 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.

Eisner Award: Best Short Story

Eisner Award: Best Single Issue

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the discontinuation of the Kirby Awards after 1987. They are named in honor of the pioneering writer...

Elseworlds

End, The

Evolutionary War, The

"The Evolutionary War" was a comic book crossover which ran through most of the Summer annuals published by Marvel Comics in 1988. The storyline was the first of its kind. While there had been previous extended crossovers over multiple titles before it, "The Evolutionary War" was the first to take place exclusively in annuals. This format of crossover was to be repeated by Marvel a year...

Faces of Evil

Fall of the Hammer

Fall of the Hulks

With the Hulk family growing exponentially over the past year, it was only a matter of time before things came to a smashing head. But what could set all of these characters into a rage that has them turning on each other, and on the world? Whose death starts this? Just what role do Skaar, A-Bomb, the She-Hulks and the Marvel Universe play in this story?

Fall of the Mutants

Fatal Attractions

Fear Itself

Now that she has the Hammer of Skadi (The God of Fear) and is deemed worthy, Sin releases a long dormant being, her new master. This being calls himself the true All-Father or just the Serpent. As he spreads his power throughout Earth, the Asgardians retreat back to Asgard leaving the heroes of Earth to fend for themselves while the fear generated by the general human populace helps to power...

Final Night, The

The story begins as a young alien woman named Dusk arrives on Earth to warn the population that a giant extraterrestrial being, known as the Sun-Eater, is heading our way. Dusk is a member of an unknown alien race, and does not speak or understand a word of English, so Saturn Girl uses her telepathic powers to translate for her. Dusk has attempted to warn hundreds of worlds, prior to Earth,...

Fire From Heaven

First Born

Flashpoint

Everything you know has changed in a flash. The world's greatest heroes don't exist. In their place are the greatest threats to mankind. How did history change? And what does this mean for the future?

Free Comic Book Day 2007

Free Comic Book Day 2008

Free Comic Book Day 2011

Free Comic Book Day 2012

Funeral for a Friend

Great Fables Crossover, The

House of M

Identity Crisis

Inferno

Infinite Crisis

Infinity Crusade

Adam Warlock's discarded good side, the Goddess, recruits devout heroes and assembles the cosmic cubes to create a cosmic egg that would provide her with the power to purge all evil from the universe.

Infinity Gauntlet

Infinity War

Initiative, The

Janus Directive, The

Joker: Last Laugh

Justice Society Returns, The

Knightfall

Knightquest: The Crusade

Knightquest: The Search

Knightsend

Kraven's Last Hunt

Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite

LegionQuest

Lightning Saga, The

Marvel Zombies

Maximum Carnage

Maximum Security

Messiah War

X-Force is forced to travel to a grim future to protect and retrieve Hope Summers, the mutant messiah. They must battle Stryfe and his minions while simultaneously warding off Bishop's continued attempts on Hope's life.

Midnight Massacre

Midnight Sons: Spirits of Venom

Millennium

Minus

Muir Island Saga

Mutant Massacre

New Krypton

Night of the Owls

A crossover spawning out of the pages of Scott Snyder's Batman, where the Court of Owls attacks Gotham City aiming to assassinate numerous key figures within the city, forcing all of Gotham's heroes to defend the city from the Court's attacks. Batman (vol. 2) #1-7 serve as prequel issues.

One More Day

One Year Later

One Year Later

Onslaught

Operation: Galactic Storm

Operation: Zero Tolerance

Other, The: Evolve or Die

Parade of Pleasure

Phalanx Covenant

Planet Hulk

When Hulk was jettisoned away from Earth on a S.H.I.E.L.D. commissioned space ship, his intended landing place was a lush green planet devoid of any intelligent lifeforms. Unfortunately, the ship was sucked into a wormhole, and Hulk found himself on a planet where a corrupt empire oppressed barbarian tribes. Because the planet, Planet Sakaar, was situated so near the wormhole, there was a wide...

Rage of Angels

Realm Of Kings

Reign of Doomsday

After his death at the hands of the Kryptonians, Doomsday comes back to life more powerful than ever and begins to carve a new path of destruction throughout the DC Universe.

Reign of the Supermen!

Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul, The

Rise of the Midnight Sons

Rise of the Midnight Sons was a crossover story line published by Marvel Comics from August to November of 1992. Anchored between two issues of Ghost Rider (Volume 2), it focused on Marvel's horror comics line. "Rise of the Midnight Sons" launched not only the Midnight Sons publishing imprint, but also five brand new ongoing titles, Darkhold, Ghost Rider/Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance, Morbius:...

Rise of the Third Army

Rotworld

There are three forces in this world: The Green, The Red, and The Rot. Each of these balanced forces have an avatar: Swamp Thing for the Green, Animal Man for the Red, and now, the evil Anton Arcane has become the avatar for the Rot. Arcane wants more power for the Rot, so he is trying to upset the balance on Earth by battling against the Green and Red. Animal Man and Swamp Thing have tried...

Secret Invasion

Secret Wars

Secret Wars II

Seduction of the Innocent (SOTI)

Seige of Darkness

Seven Soldiers of Victory

Shadowland

Matt Murdock dared evil ... and lost! The battle for the soul of a hero begins! Pushed beyond his limits, Daredevil faces off for a final time against his deadliest foe--Bullseye--in their most brutal battle ever with more than just Hell's Kitchen is at stake. Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Punisher and more join forces to stop a war that is breaking out throughout New York, with Daredevil ...

Siege

Siege of the Zi Charram

Sinestro Corps War

...

Spider Island

Through a sinister plot by the Jackal, heroes, villains and ordinary people across Manhattan gain spider abilities. Not all realize that with great power comes great responsibility! Can Spider-Man keep the peace?

Spider-man: Back in Black

Spider-Man: Clone Saga

Superman: Emperor Joker

The Hit List Agenda

Total Chaos

Team Titans travel back in time from 10 years in future to stop Donna Troy giving birth to a Lord Chaos, a god who will take control of the world in their future

Trinity War

Unity (Valiant)

Utopia

War Of Kings

War of the Gods

Wildstorm Rising

World War Hulk

Exploding from the pages of Planet Hulk, the blockbuster event World War Hulk features the Hulk's destructive and vengeful return to Earth. Deemed too dangerous to remain on Earth by the secret super hero group the Illuminati, the Hulk was exiled and sent to an uninhabited planet. His ship traveling off-course, Hulk landed on Sakaar, a planet consumed and divided by violence. The Hulk soon...

World War Hulks

World War Hulks is a crossover storyline following the Fall of the Hulks storyline. The plot builds on the depowering of Bruce Banner by Red Hulk during the Dark Reign storyline and the betrayal of Doc Samson who joined with the Intelligencia to bring about the Fall of the Hulks to create an army of Hulks to take over the world. World War Hulks also shows the origins of Red Hulk and Red...

Wrath of the First Lantern

X-Cutioner's Song

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. 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...

X-Men: Divided We Stand

X-Men: Endangered Species

X-Men: Messiah Complex

X-Tinction Agenda

Zero Hour