Popular Arcs
-
Marvel Zombies
When a zombie plague came from above, the Avengers arrived on the scene to end the crisis. With their infection the people of Earth-2149 stood no chance, as the entire world became engulfed by the plague.
-
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Crisis on Infinite Earths was one of the biggest events in the DCU. It erased the DC Multiverse and rebooted many DC Heroes' origins. It mark's the end of the Silver and Bronze Ages of Comic Books.
-
Infinite Crisis
In the chaos ensuing after the unleashing of the OMACs on Earth, the Spectre's vendetta against magic, and the Rann-Thanagar War, four beings decide to try and save the universe: Superman and Lois Lane of Earth-Two, Superboy of Earth-Prime, and Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three. What resulted was the *Infinite Crisis.*
-
"Justice League" Armageddon 2001
Matthew Ryder is sent back to 1991 to try to prevent the evil dictator Monarch from ever achieving power.
-
"Eclipso" The Darkness Within
-
Our Worlds At War
DC Crossover from Summer 2001.
-
"Wonder Woman" War of the Gods
DC crossover from Late 1991. George Pérez originally conceived the War of the Gods crossover as a tribute for Wonder Woman's 50th anniversary.
-
Zero Hour
The villain Monarch gains the power to manipulate time and becomes Extant. He and his mysterious boss try to recreate the universe by eating away at time itself. The heroes of the DC Universe, including alternate and past versions of themselves, must stop Extant and restart time.
-
"Marvel Super Heroes" Secret Wars
The Secret Wars was a ground breaking mini-series from Marvel that brought all of Earth-616's greatest heroes together to battle with the worst villains under the watchful eye of the Beyonder.
-
"X-Men/Avengers" House of M
Reality is flipped upside down by the Scarlet Witch when mutants are the ruling majority. This story arc occurred in Marvel Comics titles between 2005 and 2006.
-
"Incredible Hulk" Planet Hulk
Hulk gets trapped on another planet by the Illuminati where he overthrows the emperor and becomes their king. This story leads into the World War Hulk event.
-
"X-Men" Mutant Massacre
The Mutant Massacre was a Marvel Comics crossover event beginning in 1986. It involved the X-Men, X-Factor, the New Mutants, Power Pack, Thor, and Daredevil. The principle writer was Chris Claremont.
-
"The X-Men" Dark Phoenix Saga
The Phoenix Force consumes Jean Grey and with the manipulation of the Hellfire Club's Mastermind, she is driven mad. The Phoenix Force becomes the Dark Phoenix and consumes the power of a star and destroys an entire solar system before sacrificing herself to save the universe from mass destruction.
-
"Batman" Year One
Frank Miller's reimagining of the Batman's first year in costume.
-
Infinity Gauntlet
Death resurrects Thanos who acquires the six infinity gems and kills half the life in the universe in her honor with the Infinity Gauntlet. Adam Warlock leads Earth's Mightiest Heroes against the Mad Titan.
-
"Incredible Hulk" World War Hulk
The Hulk returns to Earth after the Planet Hulk storyline, waging war on the Illuminati and all that wronged him.
-
"The Uncanny X-Men" The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire
After Vulcan reawakens from his stasis in space and confronts Charles Xavier, he leaves for the the Shi'ar empire to destroy those who killed his mother and imprisoned him as a child.
-
"X-Men" Decimation
The Decimation spans several series' and story-lines, chronicling the aftermath of the House of M and the lives affected.
-
"The Amazing Spider-Man" Sins Past
Gwen's twins emerge to battle Spider-Man.
-
"Batman" Joker: Last Laugh
The Joker, thinking he is going to die, wreaks havoc across the DC Universe.
-
"Malibu/Marvel" Black September
The event that collided the Malibu Universe with the Marvel Universe, resulting in retcons of established Malibu characters and spare Marvel characters crossing over into the altered Malibu reality.
-
"Batman: The Long Halloween" The Long Halloween
Batman, Commissioner Gordon and Harvey Dent go on an year long case to track down a mysterious 'Holiday' killer.
-
"Fantastic Four" Trial of Galactus
The definitive GALACTUS story!
-
"Batman" R.I.P.
Batman battles the mysterious Doctor Hurt and his Club of Villains. Long forgotten secrets from the past are dug up, and the Dark Knight is forced to fight for his very sanity.
-
"X-Men" Manifest Destiny
The follow-up storyline from "Divided We Stand", "Manifest Destiny" will deal with the X-Men's move to San Francisco.
-
"The Avengers" Kree/Skrull War
The Avengers defend Earth from being engulfed in an intergalactic conflict between the Kree Empire and Skrulls.
-
"Rann/Thanagar" Holy War
Two races forever at war. Now, beliefs and religious differences will escalate the animosity between Rann and Thanagar and put these two races at the brink of extinction.
-
"Batman" Battle for the Cowl
Battle for the Cowl is the story arc that continues the event of Batman RIP. Chaos is overrunning Gotham City and Batman is nowhere to be seen. Who will take up the mantle?
-
"Superman" Panic in the Sky!
"Panic In The Sky!" is an eight part crossover story that was published in four Superman titles. The title is borrowed from a 1950s television episode in the "Adventures of Superman" series starring George Reeves. Brainiac takes control over Warworld and attempts to take over Earth.
-
"X-Men" Necrosha
A cross-over event in New Mutants, X-Force & X-Men: Legacy. Eli Bard infected himself with the docile transmode virus to resurrect & control the dead. As Selene's former lover, he sent the resurrected to attack the X-Men and intended to use the dead Genoshans to make her a goddess.
-
"Marvel Comics Presents" Weapon X
The 13 issue story arc by Barry Windsor Smith revealing the past of Wolverine's adamantuim skeleton and the shady past of Weapon X
-
"Avengers" Under Siege
The Masters of Evil take over the Avengers Mansion
-
"Hulk" Fall of the Hulks
With so many Hulks running around, the end is near for some.
-
Siege
Norman Osborn's Dark Reign crumbles in the Siege of Asgard.
-
"Spider-Man" Back in Black
A sniper’s bullet changes everything in Peter Parker’s life. Clad in his black costume, Spider-Man will stop at nothing to find the man who pulled the trigger and, even more important, the man who gave the kill order. This is Spider-Man at his darkest hour.
-
The Heroic Age
The new "status quo" for the Marvel Universe in 2010 after the events of Siege.
-
"Invincible Iron Man" Stark Disassembled
In the aftermath of World's Most Wanted, Tony Stark is dead and/or missing. As heroes come to his aide, can Tony Stark be brought back to life?
-
"Legion of Super-Heroes" The Magic Wars
The power of Magic grows stronger through-out the universe as the power of science fails! What can the Legion do to preserve the 30th Century way of life?
-
"Avengers" Live Kree or Die
The Kree Lunatic Legion have a plot to kill the human race. The Lunatic Legion were willing to sacrifice themselves in order to complete their objective.
-
"Iron Man" Demon in a Bottle
Tony Stark`s battle with alcoholism. Stark`s drinking problem surfaces several times and was the cause of his loss of Stark International.
-
The Thanos Imperative
Thanos, the harbinger of Death, has unexpectedly been resurrected! And with his return, another great evil looms upon the 616 universe. What is Thanos' purpose, what is his motive, which side will he be on... and what does this mean for the universe? Read more below...
-
"Daredevil" Shadowland
Marvel crossover featuring mostly street level heroes.
-
"Black Panther" Doomwar
Doctor Doom and Desturi politically takeover Wakanda for the precious metal Vibranium. Let's see what the T'Challa and friends have to say about it.
-
"The X-Men" Phoenix Saga
The Phoenix Saga is the first of two parts of the "Dark Phoenix Saga". It focuses on Jean Grey and the Phoenix Force. This first part is mostly about Jean's assumption of power and the repair of the M'Kraan Crystal.
Log in to comment