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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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 Lantern #44 August Blackest Night #2 Green Lantern #45 Green Lantern Corps #39 Blackest Night: Batman #1 Blackest Night: Superman #1 Blackest Night: Titans #1 September Blackest Night #3 Green Lantern #46...

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...

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!

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.

"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...

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?

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,...

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...

The story centers around the Green Lanterns of Earth—Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart and Guy Gardner—and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps as they fight an interstellar war against the Sinestro Corps, an army led by the former Green Lantern Sinestro who are armed with yellow power rings and seek a universe ruled through fear. A 1986 Alan Moore "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" story...

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 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...