Publication history of Marvel Comics crossover events

Throughout its history of publication, Marvel Comics has produced many crossover stories combining characters from different series of comics. The following is a list of crossover events involving superheroes and characters from different series.

Major events

Golden Age

Event Date Type Developments
Namor vs the Original Human Torch 1940 Story Arc Namor and the Torch battle it out and establish the idea of a shared continuity of the Marvel universe. (Marvel Mystery Comics #8-10, June–August 1940).
All-Winners Squad 1946 Story ArcA short lived creation, this team was composed of Captain America, Bucky, the original Human Torch, Toro, Sub-Mariner, the Whizzer, and Miss America. (All-Winners Comics #19 and #21, Fall-Winter 1946).[1]

Silver Age

Event Date Type Developments
Reed Richards and Susan Storm's Wedding 1965 Story ArcOn the wedding day of Reed Richards and Susan Storm, Doctor Doom and an assembly of super villains (consisting of Attuma, Awesome Android, Beetle, Black Knight, Cobra, Diablo, Electro, Enchantress, Executioner, Grey Gargoyle, Human Top, some HYDRA agents, Kang the Conqueror, Mandarin, Melter, Mister Hyde, Mole Man, Porcupine, Puppet Master, Red Ghost and his Super Apes, Super-Skrull, and Unicorn) crash the 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).
Sub-Mariner's Quest for Krang 1966 Crossover Krang wages war and Dorma leaves with him in order to save Namor, not knowing the reason he declares Dorma a traitor and goes after her, battling Iron Man along the way. The story started in the pages of Tales to Astonish and ended up being referenced in the pages of Avengers. The Namor 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-Dr Doom Swap 1968 Crossover Daredevil #37-38, Fantastic Four #73. Involved Daredevil, the Fantastic Four, Thor, Spider-Man.
Terrible Trio 1969 Crossover Sub-Mariner #14, Captain Marvel #14, Avengers #63 & #64. A plot by Egghead, The Thinker, and Puppet Master to take over the world.
Formation of the Defenders 1969-1970 Crossover Doctor Strange #183, Sub-Mariner #22, Incredible Hulk #126. The future Defenders stop a plot by the Undying Ones. Barbara Norriss, future alter ego of the Valkyrie, also appears.[2]

1970s

Event Date Type Developments
Mr. Kline War 1971-1972 Crossover A plot by Mister Kline. Daredevil #78-84, Iron Man #41-45, Sub-Mariner #42
Kree-Skrull War 1971-1972 CrossoverEarth is caught up in the war between Kree and Skrulls. Involves Avengers, Fantastic Four, Captain Marvel and the Inhumans. Avengers #89-97, Amazing Adventures #5-8
Avengers-Defenders War 1973 Crossover Defenders #8-11, Avengers #115-118. A plot by Loki and Dormammu. Most of Marvel's heroes featured in the last chapter.
Thanos War 1973-1974 Crossover Iron Man #55, Captain Marvel #25-33, Avengers #125, Marvel Feature #12, Daredevil #97-105
They Who Wield Power 1974-1979 Crossover Marvel Team-Up #15, 19, 20, 26, 28; Uncanny X-Men #119, Incredible Hulk #209, 238-243. Tyrannus Keeper of the Flame, and Prince Rey use the Sacred Flame of Life in order to take over the world and gain immortality.
Corporation 1977-1979 Crossover Captain America #213-214, 217-218, 220, 222-223, 225, 228, 230-231, Incredible Hulk #212, 228-237, Machine Man #7-9, Marvel Premiere #39-40, 44, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #23, 25, 27, 29-31, Marvel 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

Event Date Type Developments
Contest of Champions 1982 Limited Series The Grandmaster and Death manipulate the heroes of Earth in a game to decide the fate of The Collector. (Contest of Champions #1–3 June 1982).[3]
Casket of Ancient Winters 1984 Crossover Snow falls all over Earth as a prelude to Surtur's attack. Thor vol. 1 #346-350, Avengers vol. 1 #249
Wraith War 1984-1985 Crossover Avengers #244-245, Incredible Hulk #296, Uncanny X-Men #185-188, ROM #52-65 A new, more powerful invasion force of Wraiths attack the Earth.
Secret Wars 1984–1985 Limited Series The Beyonder kidnaps selected heroes and villains of Earth to battle on a 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]
Secret Wars II 1985–1986 Event 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 Hulk #312, Thor #363, Fantastic Four #282, 285, 288, 265-266, 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)
Mutant Massacre 1986 Crossover 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 own comic books. The sewer dwelling mutants the Morlocks suffer multiple 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)
Fall of the Mutants 1988 Crossover 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 against the Adversary. Incredible Hulk #340 does not have the 'Fall of the 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 Evolutionary War 1988 Crossover The High Evolutionary unleashes attacks all over the world to guide the way of human evolution. (Eleven part crossover starting in X-Factor Annual #3, including Punisher Annual #1, Uncanny X-Men Annual #12 and concluding in Avengers Annual #17, September 1988).[5]
Inferno 1988–1989 Crossover 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, Avengers #298-300, Daredevil #262-263, 265, Power Pack #42-44, Cloak and Dagger (vol. 3) #4, Fantastic Four #322-324, Spectacular Spider-Man #146-148, 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 Attacks 1989 Crossover Under the influence of Set the Serpent God, the Atlanteans launch a massive 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)
Acts of Vengeance 1989–1990 Crossover 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 Dagger (vol. 3) #8-10, Damage Control (vol. 2) #1-4, Daredevil #275-276, 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

Event Date Type Developments
X-Tinction Agenda 1990–1991 Crossover The New Mutants and the X-Men are kidnapped and taken to Genosha, which culminates in their escape; the Genoshan government is overthrown. (Story arc begins in Uncanny X-Men #270, November 1990).
Muir Island Saga 1991 Crossover A five-part Marvel Comics crossover event involving the X-Men and X-Factor, published in 1991. It was written by Chris Claremont and Fabian Nicieza. Leads to a change of teams.
The Infinity Gauntlet 1991 Event Thanos uses the power of the Infinity Gems to become Supreme Being. Involves all Marvel heroes. (Infinity Gauntlet #1-6, July–December 1991).[6]
Operation: Galactic Storm 1992 Crossover The Avengers become involved in a war between the Kree and the Shi'ar. (Captain America #398-401, Avengers West Coast #80-82, Quasar #32-36, Wonder Man #7-9, Avengers #345-347, Iron Man #278-279, Thor #445-446).[7][8]
Rise of the Midnight Sons 1992 Crossover Horror based heroes of the Marvel Universe unite against Lilith. This launched the new "Spirits of Vengeance", "Morbius: The Living Vampire", "Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins", and the "Nightstalkers". (Story arc begins in "Ghost Rider" Vol.3 #28).
Revenge of the Sinister Six1992CrossoverThe Sinister Six seek revenge on Doctor Octopus who asks Spider-man for help. After failing to defeat Doctor Octopus the gang steal deadly weapons to start a massacre which leads Spider-man to recruit various heroes to help stop them. (Starting in "Spider-man" (1990) issues #18-23).
Infinity War 1992 Event Magus, Adam Warlock's "Evil Side", creates evil doppelgangers of Earth's heroes to gain ultimate power.
X-Cutioner's Song 1992–1993 Crossover Stryfe arrives in the present to take vengeance against Cable & the X-Men 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 Crusade 1993 Limited Series Goddess, Adam Warlock's "Good Side", recruits an army of heroes to fight her holy war. Thanos and Adam Warlock unite to stop her.
Maximum Carnage1993CrossoverTaking 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 group of killers. (Story arc begins in Spider-Man Unlimited #1 and would include Web of Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man, and The Spectacular Spider-Man)
Fatal Attractions

Bloodties 		1993

1993 		Crossover Magneto returns more powerful and determined than ever, ripping the adamantium from Wolverine's bones and enraging Professor X. Colossus defects to Magneto's side. (Story arc begins in X-Factor #92, July 1993).

It details the fallout from Charles Xavier's infamous mindwipe of Magneto and Magneto's ultimate defeat.
Mys-Tech Wars 1993 Limited Series 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 Earth's mightiest heroes (including a majority of the Avengers, Fantastic 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.
Siege of Darkness 1993 Crossover Sequel to the "Rise of the Midnight Sons" crossover. This included the titles "Ghost Rider", "Spirits of Vengeance", "Morbius: The Living Vampire", "Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins", "Nightstalkers", and "Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme". (Story arc begins in "Nightstalkers" #14)
Child's Play 1994 Crossover "Child's Play" is a 1994 Marvel Comics crossover featuring the New 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 Covenant 1994 Crossover The Phalanx race attacks Earth. Generation X is founded in its aftermath.
Clone Saga1994-1996Story ArcPeter 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 Spider as well as various other clones. Eventually Peter would discover he was the original and the others were clones created by a villain called Jackal.
Legion Quest

Age of Apocalypse 		1995–1996 Crossover Legion travels back in time to kill Magneto, but accidentally kills his own father, Charles Xavier.

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]
Onslaught Saga 1996 Crossover The seed was planted when Xavier mind-wiped Magneto during Fatal Attractions, and he was born by the time warp of the Age of Apocalypse. Onslaught has arrived and defeating him results in the apparent "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.
Heroes Reborn 1996-1997 Crossover Following the apparent deaths of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and Dr. Doom battling Onslaught, they were "reborn" and certain aspects of their earlier stories were expanded with the intent of telling their adventures anew for modern generations.
Operation: Zero Tolerance 1997 Crossover The story followed from the "Onslaught Saga" and focused on individuals within the United States government, including Bastion and Henry Peter Gyrich, and their attempts to use their positions to hunt down all mutants across the country.
Heroes Return 1997-1998 Crossover The heroes who died during the "Onslaught Saga" return from a Limbo created by Franklin Richards. (Heroes Reborn: The Return #1-4, November 1997).[11] Leads to a new relaunch of Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Captain America, Avengers and Thor.
The Hunt for Xavier 1998–1999 Crossover The X-Men attempt to find the location of Professor Xavier, who has been missing ever since the authorities arrested him in the wake of the "Onslaught Saga" disaster.
The Magneto War

Magneto Rex 		1999 Crossover

Limited Series 		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 a mutant sanctuary on Earth. Joseph is revealed as a clone of Magneto and gives his own life to stop Magneto attack who at the end is given the island-nation of Genosha to appease his plans for the advancement of Homo 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

Event Date Type Developments
The Twelve 2000 Crossover Apocalypse emerges once more, along with a mysterious prophecy of 12 powerful mutants capable of destroying him. The story carries on into the Ages of Apocalypse arc.
Maximum Security 2000–2001 Event Fed up with Earth's interference in intergalactic affairs, the starfaring alien community quarantines the Sol System and turns Earth into a prison for the universe's worst criminals.
Eve of Destruction 2001 Crossover A cure for the Legacy Virus has been released, providing Magneto with a brand new army of healthy mutants ready to wage a final battle against humanity. Finale to the more traditionalist, old-school X-Men storylines. Leads to a reorganization of the X-Men titles.
Infinity Abyss 2002 Limited Series Mad partial-clones of Thanos try to destroy the universe.
Avengers Disassembled 2004 Crossover Scarlet Witch uses her powers to attack the Avengers physically and psychologically, resulting in the Avengers disbanding, setting the stage for the franchise being relaunched as New Avengers. (Main story arc 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.
Secret War 2004-2005 Limited Series 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 a group of B-List supervillains with advanced technology. Fury recruits 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.
House of M 2005 Event 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 brought to near extinction. (Main story arc in House of M #1-8).[14]
Annihilation 2006–2007 Event Silver Surfer, Super-Skrull, Nova, and Ronan face the Annihilation Wave.
Civil War 2006–2007 Event 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 America's death (Captain America #25, 2007).[16] Leads to a number of new launches.
  • 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 Hulk 2007 Event Following his exile into space (New Avengers Illuminati One-Shot, 2006),[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.
Annihilation: Conquest 2007–2008 Event After the devastation of the wake of the Annihilation Wave, Nova, Starlord, Wraith, and a new Quasar (Phyla-Vell) lead a group of cosmic heroes against the Phalanx, who threaten to conquer and annihilate all of Kree space.
Messiah CompleX 2007–2008 Crossover 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, the Purifiers, and Predator X to see who will find the child first. Bishop turns rogue in an attempt to assassinate the child who he believes will cause his dystopian future to occur.
Secret Invasion 2008 Event 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 Osborn is now the leader of S.H.I.E.L.D., rebranded H.A.M.M.E.R. and 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.
War of Kings 2009 Event Vulcan is rapidly expanding the Shi'ar Empire, while Black Bolt and the Inhumans become leaders of the Kree empire following the events of "Secret Invasion", and a cosmic war begins, drawing in Nova, Darkhawk, the Starjammers, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Messiah War 2009 Crossover 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 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.
Utopia 2009 Crossover 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 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.
Necrosha 2009–2010 Crossover The once Black Queen of the Hellfire Club brings forth a new Inner Circle of deadly mutants as well as a new threat to the entire mutant population as she sets her plan into motion of becoming a goddess.
Fall of the Hulks 2009–2010 Crossover The smartest minds in the Marvel Universe are being captured by a group known only as the Intelligencia which is a collection of some of the smartest supervillains in the Marvel canon.

2010s

Event Date Type Developments
Siege 2010 Event In the aftermath of "Dark Reign", Norman Osborn invades Asgard.
  • Heroic Age: Norman Osborn has finally been overthrown, and the heroes can now bask in the sun - for now.
Realm of Kings 2010 Crossover The follow-up to "War of Kings".
Second Coming 2010 Crossover "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 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 Imperative 2010 Limited Series The follow-up to "Realm of Kings".
World War Hulks 2010 Crossover The follow-up to Fall of the Hulks. The plan of the Intelligencia is put in action plus the identities of the Red Hulk and Red She-Hulk are finally revealed.
Curse of the Mutants 2010 Crossover Vampires from around the globe descend on San Francisco to claim the city as their own, causing the X-Men and Blade to team up to stop them.
Shadowland 2010 Event 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 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.
Chaos War 2010–2011 Event 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 launching a massive assault on Earth to wipe out all of existence with an 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.
Age of X 2011 Crossover Reality has changed, Earth-616 was replaced by a world where the X-Men never came to be, mutantkind has been hunted to extinction, the few remaining mutants band together to make their last stand.
Fear Itself 2011 Event The Asgardian god of fear is sowing fear and doubt among Marvel's superheroes to use it against them.
Schism 2011 Event 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.
Spider-Island 2011 Crossover The Jackal has given to every New Yorker spider-like powers, even heroes and villains.
Avengers vs. X-Men 2012 Event Aftermath of the mini series Avengers: X-Sanction, which brings 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!".
Age of Ultron 2013 Event 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 Invisible Woman.
X-Termination 2013 Crossover 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. 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.
Infinity 2013 Event 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 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!
Battle of the Atom 2013 Crossover The X-Men of the future travel to the present in order to force the All-New X-Men back to their own time, but things get complicated when another group of future X-Men arrives.
The Trial of Jean Grey 2014 Crossover The Guardians of the Galaxy and the All-New X-Men must team up to save Jean Grey after the capture and trial of her by the Shi'ar empire for her supposed crimes as the Phoenix.
Revolutionary War 2014 Crossover The UK’s greatest heroes come together to face a threat that could destroy the world.
Original Sin 2014 Event 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.
  • Avengers NOW! A new initiative set after the events of Original Sin showing Bucky's new role as Man on the Wall, Thor becoming unworthy of holding his hammer, Angela in her new role as sister of Thor and a new Deathlok.
Death of Wolverine 2014 Event Without the aid of his healing factor, Wolverine fights a losing battle to the death as he looks back on his life. The mini series is proceeded by Three 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, an evil power rises. Exploiting the limitless gifts of the world’s greatest telepath Charles Xavier, the Red Skull has enslaved thousands, amassed an army and now broadcasts his message of hate across the world. 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. Earth’s last hope now hinges on the fragile alliance of these two estranged teams. In the shadows of the Red Supremacy, can they fight as one? Even united, they may not be enough to stem the coming darkness. And if they fall, all hope is lost.

The March to AXIS began September 2014 in Uncanny Avengers #24, Captain America #24, Magneto #9 and Loki: Agent of Asgard #6

Spider-Verse 2014-2015 Crossover Morlun has escaped the realm of the dead following being trapped there by the Black Panther. Now, every Spider-Man in the entire multiverse must stand together to defeat the only villain Spider-Man himself never defeated.
Time Runs Out 2014-2015 Crossover This September will see Avengers #34 and #35 time jump 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, rebooting the Marvel Universe. Though the series is restricted to the two 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.

The Black Vortex 2015 Crossover 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, and it will tie-in to 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.
Secret Wars 2015-2016 Event 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 Apocalypse, Civil War, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, X-Men: Inferno, Marvel Zombies, Age of Ultron, X-Men: Days of Future 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.
Avengers: Standoff! 2016 Crossover To celebrate Captain America's 75th anniversary, the Avengers will find 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.
Spider-Women 2016 Crossover 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 and while they're away from the main Marvel universe, doppelgangers masquerading as them began causing havok in New York.
Apocalypse Wars 2016 Crossover 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, the Extraordinary X-Men must travel through time to retrieve mutantkind's "last hope" from Apocalypse. Uncanny X-Men (vol. 4) #6 begins a story where the team deals with problems pertaining to Archangel. An arc beginning in All-New X-Men (vol. 2) #9 will focus on Kid Apocalypse.[21]
Civil War II 2016 Event 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 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.

Ultimate Marvel

Event Date Type Developments
Ultimate War 2002–2003 Limited Series After the government discovers that Charles Xavier lied about killing Magneto they order the Ultimates to hunt down the X-Men.
Ultimate Six 2003–2004 Limited Series Electro, Kraven, Doc Oc, Sandman, and Spider-Man's nemesis, the Green Goblin are incarcerated by the Ultimates. Hank Pym (Giant Man/Ant Man) 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 Galactus Trilogy 2004–2006 Limited Series The story chronicles the coming of Gah Lak Tus.
Ultimate X4 2005–2006 Limited Series Cerebro has been stolen and the trail points directly at the government's 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.
Ultimate Power 2006–2008 Limited Series A few days after Reed Richards sends five probes into other dimensions the roof of the Baxter Building is ripped open by a massive explosion, heralding the sudden appearance of the Squadron Supreme. They declare Reed Richards under arrest for his crimes against their planet.
Ultimatum 2008–2009 Event 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 series or one-shot, dealing with the status each book's characters in the aftermath of Ultimatum.
Doomsday 2010–2011 Limited Series The story mainly focuses on what remains of the Fantastic Four after Ultimatum, specifically dealing with an unknown threat trying to alter the entire Ultimate Universe, in the process causing a significant amount of destruction.
Death of Spider-Man 2011 Event The story details the death of Spider-Man. It also crosses over with Ultimate Avengers vs. New Ultimates. After this the entire Ultimate line was relaunched with Ultimate Comics Universe Reborn tagline. The titles relaunched were Ultimate Comics: X-Men, Ultimate Comics: Ultimates, and Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, with Ultimate Comics: Fallout and Ultimate Comics: Hawkeye being released as mini-series.
Ultimate Fallout 2011 Limited Series Aftermath of Death of Spider-Man
Spider-Men 2012 Limited Series Crossover between Spider-Man (Peter Parker) & Ultimate Spider-Man (Miles Morales).The story features both Spider-Men being brought together after Mysterio creates a rift between their universes.
Divided We Fall 2012 Event Return of Ultimate Captain America after the death of Ultimate Spider-Man.
United We Stand 2012 Event Captain America is elected the new president of the United States and a new mutant nation is born.
Hunger 2013 Limited Series In the aftermath of Age of Ultron, the timestream is broken and Earth-616's Galactus entered the Ultimate Universe.
Cataclysm 2013-2014 Event Wounded at the end of Hunger, Galactus comes to the Ultimate Earth to feed, leading the heroes on a last ditch attempt to stop him.
Ultimate End 2015 Limited Series Part of the Secret Wars event, this mini series tells the final Ultimate Universe story ahead of the birth of a new combined universe with the Earth-616 universe in September 2015.

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