Story Arcs

A Death in the Family

The ground-breaking story where people got to vote on the fate of Jason Todd, the second Robin.

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.

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.

Evolutionary War

The High Evolutionary attempts to evolve the human race into a more advanced species using various schemes such as drugs, eradicating mutants, and a genetic bomb.

X-Cutioner's Song

Stryfe's masterpiece of revenge on his numerous enemies.

X-Tinction Agenda

The X-Men are reunited but must now fight for their lives against the cyborg Cameron Hodge on the mutant enslaving island of Genosha, along with the New Mutants, and X-Factor.

Phalanx Covenant

The Phalanx attempt to take over the Earth and join the collective on the home planet. It takes the combined forces of the X-Teams and the mutants that would become Generation X to stop it.

No Man's Land

After a devastating earthquake, Gotham is declared a disaster zone and closed to the outside world.

Avengers Reborn

Avengers Reborn was a 4 issue story arc that ran in Avengers Spotlight 37-40. It was used to bring several Avengers out of comicbook limbo and revitalize the characters.

Acts of Vengeance

Loki schemes to destroy the Avengers and many of the world's other heroes by recruiting super villains he dubs The Prime Movers: Magneto, Kingpin, Mandarin, Wizard, Dr. Doom, and the Red Skull. All of them are tasked with attacking heroes they normally would not.

Fatal Attractions

A very significant and somewhat controversial story arc during its time pitting Magneto and his Acolytes against the various X-teams.

Dangerous Habits

Diagnosed with lung cancer, John Constantine is willing to do anything it takes in order to survive.

The Great Cow Race

Every year Gran'ma Ben is the sole human entry in The Great Cow Race. This year, Phoney Bone starts collecting bets on a mystery cow. What does he know that everyone else is missing?

Fall of the Mutants

Fall of the Mutants was an event in which dramatic changes were made to the status quo of the X-men, X-Factor and New Mutant Teams.

Here Comes Tomorrow

Here Comes Tomorrow is an alternate future in which the sentient bacteria Sublime tries to use the Phoenix to destroy all creation.

Alamo

Jesse Custer forms his plan to sacrifice himself so that God will return to His throne and be killed by the Saint of Killers.

Kingdom Come

When Superman goes into retirement after the rise of numerous vigilante "heroes", who will defend the world against the coming destruction? Illustrated by Alex Ross

Maximum Carnage

Carnage, Shriek, Doppelganger, Demogoblin, and Carrion goes on a killing spree in New York.

Inferno

After manipulating Madelyne Pryor and Magik, a horde of demons attack an unsuspecting Manhattan as the X-Men, X-Factor, New Mutants and Excalibur face the consequences. Meanwhile, Spider-Man, Daredevil and the Avengers are put through their paces as they attempt to defend New York from the growing demonic legions.

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.

Emerald Twilight

Driven to desperation by the destruction of Coast City, Hal Jordan walks down a dark path that leads him to war against the Green Lantern Corps - and his own downfall.

Annihilation

The Annihilation Wave sweeps through the galaxy extinguishing all life in its path. This involves Nova, Galactus, Silver Surfer, Annihilus and a lot more.

Death of Superman

When the alien monster Doomsday surfaces on Earth, Superman may be the only hero powerful enough to save the planet from Doomsday's wrath. But who will save Superman from Doomsday?

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.

1602

A time rift causes some of Marvel's most well known heroes to come into existence over three hundred years early, in 1602.

Legion Quest

The prelude to the alternate reality "Age of Apocalypse", "Legion Quest" followed the story of Professor X's son Legion, who attempted to realize his father's dreams by killing his worst enemy.

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.

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.

Hush

Batman faces a new enemy who knows his secret identity and is out to destroy both Bruce Wayne and Batman.

The Wake

The Kindly Ones

How do you kill one of the Endless?

Brief Lives

Brief Lives is the second-longest arc in Neil Gaiman's Sandman epic (at the time it was the longest). Spanning nine issues, it makes up the entirety of what would become the seventh collection in the series. It was in the middle of serializing this arc that Sandman moved to Vertigo.

A Game Of You

A Sandman Story Arc

Season of Mists

The Doll's House

Countdown to Infinite Crisis

The Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, has discovered something that has endangered his life, and the lives of others. Maxwell Lord has betrayed his former superhero colleagues, and plans to destroy them all.

The OMAC Project

Maxwell Lord, now Black King of Checkmate, hijacked control over Batman's satellite, the Brother Eye. He then proceeded to use the OMAC nanobot sleeper agents across the globe under the control of the satellite in an attempt to erradicate all Metahumans on Earth.

52

The Infinite Crisis has ended; the world mourns the passing of Superboy. But where are Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman?

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.

Worlds Collide

Worlds collide as the DC Universe combines with the Milestone Universe. Heroes battle one another while their two universes hang in the balance.

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.

Our Worlds At War

DC Crossover from Summer 2001.

One Year Later

One year after the events of Infinite Crisis, the DC Universe's biggest three heroes (Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman) finally return after disappearing for a year.

Millennium

1988 DC crossover. The Manhunters returned to dominate the universe and crush the heroes of Earth along with the Green Lantern Corps.