Arcs
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"The Amazing Spider-Man" The Death of Gwen Stacy
One of the biggest shocks in the comic book industry, the death of Gwen Stacy. The Green Goblin kidnaps Gwen and throws her off the Brooklyn Bridge. Spider-Man tries to save her but is unsuccessful.
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The Fall of the Hammer
The Fall of the Hammer - A floating city, called Vahalla, appears in the sky and those aboard claim to be gods. The heroes of the year 2099 plan to find out the truth.
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"Quasar" Cosmos in Collision
Maelstrom attempts to destroy the universe with a super-massive-black hole. Only Quasar can stop him, but he's dead.
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World War Hulk
The Hulk returns to Earth after the Planet Hulk storyline, waging war on the Illuminati and all that wronged him.
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Bloodties
Follow up event to Fatal Attractions that pitted the Avengers and X-Men against Fabian Cortez and Exodus in battle on the island of Genosha.
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"New X-Men" Assault on Weapon Plus
Wolverine, Cyclops, and Fantomex assault the Weapon Plus base to uncover important revelations about the Weapon Plus program including the suggestion that Captain America was Weapon I.
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Infinity Crusade
Adam Warlock's discarded good side, the Goddess, recruits devout heroes and assembles the cosmic cubes to create a cosmic egg that would provide her with the power to purge all evil from the universe.
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Infinity War
Adam Warlock's bad side, the Magus, separates from his body and assembles the Infinity Gauntlet. Magus creates doppelgangers of Earth's heroes as part of his plan to recreate a universe of evil.
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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.
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Officer Down
After Commissioner Jim Gordon is shot, Batman has to employ his skills as the world's greatest detective to discover the true culprit.
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Batman: Cataclysm
One year after the events of Legacy a huge earthquake hits Gotham, destroying Wayne Manor and cutting the city off from the rest of the world.
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Legacy
Gotham may have survived the Contagion but will it survive its Legacy? Batman and the Batman Family have to stop Earth's most dangerous terrorist and his new apprentice: Bane!
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Batman: Contagion
A deadly plague hits Gotham and Batman is left to deal with the consequences.
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War Games
Huge crossover that began in the 12 Cent Adventure and ran through all the Batman titles.
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"Batman" Year Two
A follow up of sorts to Frank Miller's Year One.
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"Batman" Year One
Frank Miller's reimagining of the Batman's first year in costume.
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"Detective Comics" Blind Justice
Pre-dating Knightfall by a few years, this 3-issue arc appeared in Detective Comics 598-600.
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"Batman" A Death in the Family
The ground-breaking story where people got to vote on the fate of Jason Todd, the second Robin.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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X-Cutioner's Song
Stryfe's masterpiece of revenge on his numerous enemies.
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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.
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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.
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No Man's Land
After a devastating earthquake, Gotham is declared a disaster zone and closed to the outside world.
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"Avengers Spotlight" 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.
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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.
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Fatal Attractions
A very significant and somewhat controversial story arc during its time pitting Magneto and his Acolytes against the various X-teams.
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"Hellblazer" Dangerous Habits
Diagnosed with lung cancer, John Constantine is willing to do anything it takes in order to survive.
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"Bone" 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?
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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.
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"New X-Men" 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.
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"Preacher" 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.
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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
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Maximum Carnage
Carnage, Shriek, Doppelganger, Demogoblin, and Carrion goes on a killing spree in New York.
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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.
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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.
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"Green Lantern" 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.
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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.
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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?
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"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.
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"1602" 1602
A time rift causes some of Marvel's most well known heroes to come into existence over three hundred years early, in 1602.
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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.
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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.
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