Publication history of Marvel Comics crossover events
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The following is a list of the major plotlines, detailing such things as first appearances of characters, character deaths (though those tend to be less permanent in superhero comics) and other important developments in the Marvel Comics Universe. A number of events from the Golden Age (eg: the formation of The Invaders and the death of Bucky) have been retconned by later writers. Also, events in the Silver Age and beyond are assumed to take place within a sliding timescale, which means that they are assumed to have taken place in a period of up to fifteen years before the current date, regardless of when they were actually published.
Events
Golden Age
Event | Date | Developments |
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Emergence of the Original Human Torch | 1939 | The Original Human Torch appears. (Marvel Comics #1 , October 1939)[1] |
Emergence of Namor | 1939 | Namor makes his first appearance '(Marvel Comics #1, October 1939) [2] |
Emergence of Captain America | 1941 | Steve Rogers receives the Super Soldier Serum, his first shield, and a partner by the name of Bucky, becoming the first and the most famous incarnation of Captain America.(Captain America Comics #1, March 1941)[3] |
World War II and the emergence of the Invaders | 1941-45 | Captain America, Bucky Barnes, the Original Human Torch and his mutant ally Toro, and Namor form the primary members of the Invaders (Giant-Size Invaders#1, June 1975) with later additions of British heroes Union Jack (Invaders #8, September 1976)[4] and Spitfire(Invaders #11,December 1976)[5]. Back in America, the Liberty Legion protects the homeland from incursion and Axis plots (Marvel Premiere #29/30, April/June 1976)[6]. In the final days of the Second World War, Steve and Bucky attack an island stronghold held by Baron Zemo and are apparently killed(The Avengers #4, 1964)[7]. |
Emergence of the All-Winners Squad | 1946 | A short lived creation, this team was comprised of Captain America, Bucky, The Original Human Torch, Toro, Sub-Mariner, The Whizzer, and Miss America (All Winners #19-21, Fall-Winter 1946)[8]. As President Harry S. Truman does not wish the American people to know of the death of Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes following the recent death of President Roosevelt, Captain America and Bucky are actually the Spirit of '76 and a young man named Fred Davis. |
Namor Hurt | 1958 | An incident causes Namor to lose his memory, which he will not regain until soon after the formation of the Fantastic Four (Fantastic Four #4, May 1962)[9]. |
1960s
Event | Date | Developments |
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Emergence of the Fantastic Four | 1961 | After a trip to space, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm develop fantastic powers (Fantastic Four #1, November 1961)[10]. |
Re-emergence of Namor | 1962 | The Sub-Mariner gets his memories back after a meeting with the Human Torch and vows to destroy the human race after discovering the ruins of Atlantis and believes his race to be dead. The Fantastic Four manage to stop him on this and several occasions(Fantastic Four #4, May 1962)''[11]. |
Emergence of Doctor Doom | 1962 | Victor von Doom makes his first appearance and threatens the Fantastic Four (Fantastic 4 #5 1962)[12], later teaming up with Namor in an attempt to destroy Reed Richards, the man he blames for forcing him to hide his face under his metal mask. |
Emergence of the Hulk | 1962 | After being bombarded by gamma rays in a nuclear explosion, Dr. Bruce Banner becomes a rampaging creature (Hulk #1, May 1962)[13] . |
Emergence of Spider-Man | 1962 | Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and embraces a super-hero career (Amazing Fantasy #15, August 1962)[14]. |
Emergence of Thor | 1962 | The thunder god Thor awakens inside the body of mortal Donald Blake (Journey into Mystery #83, August 1962) [15]. |
Emergence of Iron Man | 1963 | Tony Stark creates his first suit of Iron Man armor following capture and a piece of shrapnel becoming dangerously close to his heart (Tales of Suspense #39, March 1963)[16]. |
Emergence of Doctor Strange | 1963 | After years of mystical training following a quest to repair his broken hands, Stephen Strange becomes Earth's greatest defender against supernatural threats (First appearance in Strange Tales #110, July 1963, origins revealed in Strange Tales#115, December 1963)[17]. |
Emergence of the X-Men and Magneto | 1963 | Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Beast, and Angel are brought together for the first time by Professor X. They go public while fighting mutant criminal Magneto for the first time (X-Men #1, September 1963), who soon after will forge the Brotherhood of Mutants(Uncanny X-men #4, March 1964)[18]. |
Emergence of the Avengers | 1963 | Iron Man, Thor, Ant Man, the Wasp and Hulk assemble for the first time in an effort to stop Loki (The Avengers #1, September 1963)[19]. |
Emergence of Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. | 1963 | First appearance of Nick Fury (Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos #1, May 1963)[20]. He will later become Director of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. and get involved with the terrorist organisation Hydra for the first time (Strange Tales #135, August 1965)[21]. |
Re-emergence of Captain America | 1964 | Steve Rogers is awakened from suspended animation by the Sub-Mariner and found by the Avengers following their battle with Namor and a now enraged Hulk. He becomes core a member of the team (The Avengers #4, March 1964)[22]. |
Emergence of Daredevil | 1964 | As a young boy, Matthew Murdock was blinded in a tragic accident, which also honed his senses to super-human levels. Now an adult, he embraces a super-hero career (Daredevil #1, April 1964)[23]. |
The New Avengers | 1965 | With the exception of Captain America all of the Avengers resign, and he recruits a new team consisting of the Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver (both former members of the Brotherhood of Mutants), and Hawkeye, a mistaken villain by Iron Man (The Avengers #16, May 1965)[24]. |
The Galactus Trilogy | 1966 | The Silver Surfer arrives on Earth with plans for his master Galactus to destroy it, forcing the Fantastic Four to stop him and the Watcher to seriously break his code for the first time (Fantastic Four#48. March 1966)[25]. |
Emergence of Captain Marvel | 1968 | The Kree Empire sends Captain Mar-Vell to Earth as a spy. Coming to empathize with humanity, Mar-Vell betrays his orders and is welcomed as a hero by the people of Earth (Marvel Superheroes #18, January 1968)[26]. |
1970s
Event | Date | Developments |
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Emergence of The Defenders | 1971 | The Defenders are first organized, originally led by Dr. Strange and including The Hulk, Namor, and the Silver Surfer (Marvel Feature #1, December 1971)[27]). |
Emergence of Ghost Rider | 1972 | Johnny Blaze summons Mephisto and makes a deal with him to save his mentor's life(Marvel Spotlight Volume 1 #5, August 1972)[28]. |
Kree-Skrull War | 1971 - 1972 | The Avengers are involved in a millennia-old interstellar war(The Avengers #89-97, June 1971-March 1972)[29]. |
Death of Gwen Stacy | 1973 | The Green Goblin returns and fights Spiderman. As a result, Spiderman's girlfriend Gwen Stacy, is killed when Spider-man is unable to save her (The Amazing Spiderman #121, June 1973)[30]. |
Secret Empire | 1974 | Captain America follows a conspiracy all the way to the White House (Captain America and the Falcon #169-176, January-August 1974)[31]. |
Emergence of Wolverine | 1974 | Wolverine first appears (Incredible Hulk #180, October 1974)[32]. He attacks the Hulk, but is knocked out. |
The Celestial Madonna Saga | 1974 | Kang the Conqueror invades Earth in an attempt to find the woman destined to birth the savior of the universe (The Avengers #129-135, November 1974-May 1975, Giant-Size Avengers #2-4, November 1974, February 1975, May 1975)[33]. |
Giant-Size X-Men | 1975 | Professor X assembles a new team to rescue the original X-Men. First appearance of Storm, Colossus and Nightcrawler. Wolverine Joins the X-Men (Giant Size X-Men #1, May 1975)[34]. |
The Magus Saga | 1975 - 1976 | The Magus first appears as an evil future version of Adam Warlock(First Appearance in Strange Tales #178, 1975. Origin in Warlock #9, 1975)[35]. |
Phoenix Saga | 1976 - 1977 | The Phoenix is released for the first time in the Marvel Universe, in the form of Jean Grey (story arc begins in X-Men #101, October 1976)[36]. |
The Korvac Saga | 1978 | The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy track down a mysterious threat from the future (The Avengers #167-168, #170-177, January-February, April-December 1978)[37]. |
The Proteus Saga | 1979 | Proteus, the son of Moira McTaggart, attempts to escape his imprisonment on Muir Island in order to find his father(story arc begins in Uncanny X-Men #125, September 1979)[38]. |
Dark Phoenix Saga | 1980 | Jean Grey becomes the Dark Phoenix after being controlled by the Hellfire Club (Uncanny X-Men #129-137, January-September 1980)[39]. |
1980s
Event | Date | Developments |
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Days of Future Past | 1981 | Kitty Pryde from a dystopian future travels back in time to prevent the event that created her timeline. |
Contest of Champions | 1982 | The Grandmaster and Death manipulate the heroes of Earth in a game to decide the fate of The Collector. |
Death of Captain Marvel | 1982 | The original Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) falls victim to what the Kree call "the Blackend", or what is called Cancer on Earth. |
Surtur Returns | 1983 | Surtur forges a powerful mystic sword and returns to destroy Asgard against Thor, Loki, Beta Ray Bill, and Odin(The Mighty Thor #337-353, November 1983-March 1985)[40][41]. |
Secret Wars | 1984 - 1985 | 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 present heroes (Secret Wars #1-12, May 1984-April 1985)[42]. |
Hulk in Exile | 1985 | The Hulk had come to control his rage, but when it begins to slip away from him and he goes on an uncontrollable rampage, Dr. Strange banishes him to another dimension, while the Hulk and Bruce Banner become separated. |
Secret Wars II | 1985 - 1986 | The Beyonder heads to Earth in a bid to understand humanity, creating a human form for himself in the process. |
Daredevil: Born Again | 1986 | Karen Page returns as a heroin addict and the Kingpin learns of Daredevil's secret identity. |
Mutant Massacre | 1986 | The Marauders kill most of the Morlocks. This event saw the first encounter between Wolverine and Sabretooth, though the pair had battled many times before. |
The Fall of the Mutants | 1987 | The X-Men are slain in Dallas during a cataclysmic battle against the Adversary; Cypher (of the New Mutants) dies battling the Ani-Mator; X-Factor (the original X-Men) battles Apocalypse and his Four Horsemen. |
Kraven's Last Hunt | 1987 | The final battle between Kraven the Hunter and Spider-Man. |
Armor Wars | 1988 | Iron Man embarks on a mission to destroy armored suits that were created from his own stolen technology (Iron Man #225-232, May 1987-July 1988)[43]. |
The Evolutionary War | 1988 | The High Evolutionary unleashes attacks all over the world to guide the way of human evolution. |
Inferno | 1988 - 1989 | Demons from Limbo invade earth. |
Atlantis Attacks | 1989 | Under the influence of Set the Serpent God, the Atlanteans launch a massive assault on the surface world. |
Acts of Vengeance | 1989 - 1990 | Major villains unite to fight each others' enemies. |
The X-Tinction Agenda | 1990 | The New Mutants and the X-Men are kidnapped and taken to Genosha, which culminates in their escape; the Genoshan government is overthrown. |
1990s
Event | Date | Developments |
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Infinity Gauntlet | 1991 | Thanos uses the power of the Infinity Gems to become Supreme Being. |
Operation: Galactic Storm | 1992 | 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)[44][45]. |
Infinity War | 1992 | Magus, Adam Warlock's "Evil Side", creates evil doppelgangers of Earth's heroes to gain ultimate power. |
X-Cutioner's Song | 1992 | Stryfe arrives in the present to take vengeance against Cable & the X-Men. The Legacy Virus is released during its epilogue. |
Infinity Crusade | 1993 | 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 Carnage | 1993 | The Carnage Family massacres downtown New York only to have Spider-Man and Venom in their way. |
Fatal Attractions | 1993 | 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. |
Phalanx Covenant | 1994 | The Phalanx race attacks Earth. Generation X is founded in its aftermath. |
Clone Saga | 1994 - 1996 | The clone of Spider-Man, who was long thought dead, returns. His creator, the Jackal also returns to wreak havoc in Spider-Man's personal life. |
Age of Apocalypse | 1995 | Legion travels back in time to kill Magneto, but accidentally kills his own father, Charles Xavier, creating a dystopian alternative timeline in which Apocalypse rules the world (story arc commences in X-Men: Alpha, February 1995)[46]. |
Onslaught | 1996-1997 | 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) [47] . |
Operation: Zero Tolerance | 1997 | In the aftermath of Onslaught, the U.S. government begins to round up mutants. |
Heroes Reborn | 1997 | The heroes who died during the Onslaught saga return from a Limbo created by Franklin Richards(Heroes Reborn: The Return #1-4, November, 1997) [48]. |
Contest of Champions II | 1999 | Earth's heroes are abducted and brainwashed with nanoprobes to participate in a fighting competition. |
Apocalypse: The Twelve | 2000 | Apocalypse emerges once more, along with a mysterious prophecy of 12 powerful mutants capable of destroying him. |
Maximum Security | 2000 | 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. |
2000s
Event | Date | Developments |
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Thor gains the Odin Force | 2001 | At long last Thor becomes the Ruler of Asgard, but at the cost of his father Odin who dies in a final battle with Surtur (Thor Volume 3 #36-44, 2001)[49]. |
Eve of Destruction | 2001 | 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. |
The Kang Dynasty | 2001-2002 | Kang and his son Marcus declare war on present-day Earth, killing everyone in Washington DC and briefly taking over the planet. |
Infinity Abyss | 2002 | Mad partial-clones of Thanos try to destroy the universe. |
Avengers Disassembled | 2004 | Scarlet Witch goes insane and kills or incapacitates the current Avenger-roster, bringing to an end the Avengers as we knew them (Main story-arc in Avengers #500-503, Avengers Finale, September-December 2004.)[50] . Meanwhile Thor brings about the end of Asgard (Thor #80-85, 2004)[51]. |
Secret War | 2004 - 2005 | Nick Fury brainwashes several heroes in secret to start a secret war against Latveria, who he believes has been selling high-tech weaponry to super villains (Secret War #1-#5, Secret War: From the Files of Nick Fury (2005)[52]. |
Planet X | 2004 | The mutant Xorn launches attacks on New York City, culminating in the death of Jean Grey, and prompting Professor-X to step down as leader of the X-Men. |
New Avengers | 2004-2005 | Captain America begins to reform the Avengers after a mysterious attack at The Raft, a supermax prison, which freed dozens of super powered criminals(start of story arc in New Avengers #1, 2004)[53]. |
House of M | 2005 | The Scarlet Witch alters reality, creating a world in which mutants are in charge but ultimately resulting in the population of the world's mutants brought to near extinction.(Main story arc in House of M #1-8, August 2005-March 2006)[54]. |
Spider-Man: The Other | 2005 | Spider-Man goes through a mysterious, life changing event after facing the super villain Morlun. |
Annihilation | 2006 - 2007 | Silver Surfer, Super-Skrull, Nova, and Ronan face the Annihilation Wave. |
Civil War | 2006 - 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)[55]. Major events in the saga include Peter Parker revealing his identity to the public (Civil War #2, August 2006) [56] and Captain America's death (Captain America #25 (2007)[57] |
Annihilation: Conquest | 2007 - 2008 | After the devastation of the wake of the Annihilation Wave, Nova, Starlord, Wraith, & a new Quasar (Phyla-Vell) lead a group of cosmic heroes against the Phalanx, who threaten to conquer and annihilate all of Kree space. |
World War Hulk | 2007 | The Hulk returns to Earth to exact revenge on those who exiled him. |
Messiah Complex | 2007 - 2008 | When the first new mutant since M-Day is suddenly born, the X-Men, Purifiers and Mister Sinister go after it. |
One More Day | 2007 - 2008 | Spider-Man accepts a devilish choice to rewrite his own history in order to save Aunt May while sacrificing the greatest love of his life in the process. |
Secret Invasion | 2008 | A stealthy invasion by the Skrull race has gone unnoticed for years, but there is an even more secret purpose behind it (Main story arc in Secret Invasion #1-8, June 2008-January 2009)[58]. |
Dark Reign | 2009 | In the aftermath of Secret Invasion, Norman Osborn grows to new heights of power as a beloved public figure, taking over S.H.I.E.L.D., and even founding his own team of Dark Avengers. |
War of Kings | 2009 | Vulcan is rapidly expanding the Shi'ar Empire, while Black Bolt and the Inhumans become active following the events of Secret Invasion, and a cosmic war begins, drawing in Nova, Darkhawk, the Starjammers, and the Guardians of the Galaxy. |
Utopia | 2009 | Norman Osborn births a new team of Dark X-Men to go along with his Dark Avengers. His plan; to create havoc in San Francisco, casting the legitimate X-Men as villains, and his own team as the new public heroes of the mutant world. |
Captain America: Reborn | 2009 | Steve Rogers may not have died exactly as everyone had thought. In fact he's alive and well having been transported into the past, and it's up to Sharon Carter - the brainwashed woman who thought she'd killed him - to get him back. |
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