What comics have been set on Earth 383?And now a brief interlude. While working on the DC portion I began to map out the DC Multiverse as it plays a big part in DC History. Now this is as complicated as the Multiverse is going to be. After Crisis, there was a solid limit established of 52 Earths while before there was no limit. Below are the known Earths. Earths that are two similar have been merged(the unknown Wonder Woman from an alternate Universe our Wonder Woman met in 1947 is now from Earth Two). Some have been rewritten slightly. Some Universes where created specifically to explain plotholes which would not exist ITTL. Some have been completely merged(the Supersons are the children of Batman and Superman on Earth One) and so on. Most of these were only glimpsed so there's been some conjecture made to make each of their premises make senses.
Known Pre-Crisis Multiverse Worlds
Earth Prime: Our Universe. the Heroes are all fictional.
Earth One: Golden Age Characters(Pre-1957)
Earth Two:Silver Age Characters(Post 1957 to 1985)
Earth Three: Crime Syndicate/Reversed or "Mirror" Earth. Later revealed to be misnamed and is actually "Earth -1".
Earth Four: Charlton Comics Characters
Earth Five: Fawcett Comic Characters(including Moore's TTL Miracleman series) and Detective Comics #500.
Earth Six: Introduced in Crisis. Has Superheroes who rule as Royalty and America lost the Revolutionary War.
Earth X: Axis Victory Earth. Home of the Superhero Team,The Freedom Fighters who obviously fight Nazis
Earth 12: Home of the Inferior Five. Superhero parodies. Is thus a "Parody" Earth inhabited by the likes of "Super Duper Man" and so on.
Earth 14: Setting of the New Gods Series.
Earth 15: Home to a race of Stone Giants
Earth 43: Superman and Lex Luthor killed Each other in Battle. A Kandorian citizen replaced Superman.
Earth 47: Lois Lane is Superwoman and Clark Kent is a normal reporter trying to discover her identity. Unlike OTL she does not sent Clark to the Phantom Zone.
Earth 51: Polygamy is legal and Superman marries Lois Lane, Lana Lang and Lori Lemaris. Jimmy Olsen also married Supergirl.
Earth 54: More Advanced Earth where Tommy Tomorrow was the first man on Mars in 1960. Home of Tommy Tomorrow.
Earth 64: Lex Luthor is a concert Pianist who married Lois Lane shortly before his death.
Earth 72: Setting for the Comic series Prez, Teenager Prez Rickard defeats Richard Nixon in the 1972 election and becomes President for two terms until 1981.
Earth 86:Earth ravaged by an Atomic War in 1986. Home to post apocalyptic DC characters like Kamandi, the Atomic Knights and O.M.A.C.
Earth 89: Lois Lane married Bruce Wayne, who is still Batman.
Earth 91: A blind Lois Lane marries Superman and they had a daughter who is later deformed while acting as a Superheroine.
Earth 95: Jor-El is able to build a larger rocket and the entire family goes to Earth. Kal-El still becomes Superboy at least. Capes become a status symbol thanks to the El Family becoming celebrities.
Earth 124: Themyscira is more open to the outside worlds. Allowing trips to Man's world for reproduction purposes. As a result, Hippolyta has three daughters, Wonder Woman, Donna Troy and a third "Wonder Tot". Clark Kent acted as a bully in Smallville to better hide his selfless nature.
Earth 132: Krypton was never destroyed and Earth Astronauts landed on it decades later, where the character of Futuro was born.
Earth 134: Superboy was turned evil by Red Kryptonite and abandoned Earth.
Earth 136: The Waynes adopted Kal-El and named him Bruce Wayne. He becomes a Superman type hero and no Batman exists. This Bruce Wayne married Barbara Gordon.
Earth 146: Created when the Earth Two Superman altered history, preventing Atlantis from sinking and evacuating the people of Krypton to Earth.
Earth 149: Lex Luthor succeeded in killing Superman. He was then exiled to the Phantom Zone by Superman's allies and Supergirl took the role of the Man of Steel.
Earth 159: Krypton is never destroyed. Earth becomes aware of it. Lois Lane is sent to Krypton as Earth's sole survivor.
Earth 162: Superman found a way to clone himself into two beings named Superman Red and Superman Blue. The two created a utopia by curing diseases and reforming people like Lex Luthor and Fidel Castro. One marries Lois Lane and one marries Lana Lang.
Earth 164: Superman and Lois Lane had twins. One with superpowers. One without.
Earth 167: Lex Luthor is Superman and Clark Kent is Batman.
Earth 172: Jor-El intended a device allowing someone to see through time and space shortly before Krypton's destruction and placed it with Kal-el. Jonathan Kent used it to learn of his son's future as Superman and out of curiosity, Batman's origin. He then tells the Waynes who still die as they know they're death will lead Bruce to become Batman and save many lives. Bruce Wayne is adopted by the Kents due to the Waynes changing their will. As a result Bruce and Clark become Batboy and Superboy. Eventually Clark moves to Gotham to become a reporter at the Gotham Gazette. Bruce goes to the future with the Legion of Super-Heroes and chooses to stay there.
Earth 175: Clark Kent meets a young Lex Luthor in Smallville and maintains his friendship. As a result it is Clark's other friend, Peter Ross that turns to villainy rather than Lex.
Earth 178: Superman gained a new power to control energy early in his career and became Nova.
Earth 183: Kal-El crashed in Jungle and was raised by Apes as Karkan, lord of the Jungle.
Earth 184: A particularly intense Supervillain battle resulted in Batman becoming mentally impaired and Superman being blinded. Leading Robin to train them both.
Earth 192: Superman lost his powers and married Lois Lane. They had a superpowered son.
Earth 200: Brainiac was a benevolent being who saved as many from Krypton's destruction as he could by taking one of their cities containing the El family. This led to Kal-El having a brother named Knor-El, who went to Earth and became this world's Superman(known as Hyperman, and acting as a Superhero largely for fun and altruism). Kal-el remained on the city now known as Kryptonopolis.
Earth 215: Superman married Lois Lane and had a daughter. Lois was killed by a villain called the Dimension Master capable of Dimensional travel and conquest. Dimension Master was then killed by Lex Luthor and Brainiac, who Respect Superman in this reality.
Earth 224: Superman and Lois Lane married and had a son who briefly became a Supergenius.
Earth 230: Universe where Lex Luthor is a Kryptonian Superhero and Clark Kent is a criminal genius.
Earth 265: The Dominant Life on Earth evolved from Cetaceans
Earth 295: A Kamandi esque world where the Apocalypse was not caused by NuclearWar but instead a lack of resources and collapse of society. So less Planet of the Apes and More first Mad Max film
Earth 300: Superman's rocket was delayed and landed in 1976. He became a hero called Skyboy.
Earth 332: Superman and Supergirl arrived in reverse order. Supergirl became Superwoman and was later joined in the late 50's by the arrival of her baby cousin, who became Superboy.
Earth 377: A magical-Fantasy style Earth.
Earth 383: Universe in which anyone who dies on Earth Two appears alive on this Earth and is immortal. This Earth deals with overpopulation. Among those alive are the likes of Isaac Newton, Joan of Arc and Abraham Lincoln.
Earth 387: Every inhabitant of Earth is a Werewolf. This is evidently simply a weird evolution humans have always had and have become used to.
Earth 388: Has White Oceans and Dayglow Continents. Superman and Lois are married.
Earth 395: Kal-el was sent to Earth in the Middle Ages and served as Superman under King Arthur with Excalibur being forged from the metal of his ship. He was aided by Sir Bruce of Waynesmoor, the Dark Knight. Sir Bruce fought Mordred and Ra's Al Ghul before falling into a deep sleep with King Arthur in Avalon. Both awakening during World War II.
Earth 399: George Washington freed the slaves during his Presidency. Abraham Lincoln still became President and served as President for life. George Custer did not die and had good enough relations with the Indians that he became the Chief of the Indian Federation, presumably helping to support the rights of the Indians. Superman has died twice but cloning technology has been invented and so he has been cloned twice.
Earth 410: Superman met and married the alien With Krysalla and had a son, Krys.
Earth 7642: AKA Crossover Earth. Marvel and DC character coexist and frequently interact. Notable for having its own Phoenix Force and Darkseid. The Setting of Early crossover stories. Usually the ones in which the characters are established to be in the same world rather than crossing through Universes like Superman vs the Amazing Spider-Man and X-Men vs Teen Titans.
Earth C: Universe full of talking animals. Home to Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew.
Earth C minus: Similar to Earth C except every person on Earth Two has an animal counterpart. The entire Justice League filled with animals version of Superheroes(Super-Squirrel, Batmouse, Wonder Wabbit ...etc).
Earth I: Earth Created by Despero full of Insectoid lifeforms
Earth M: World created by Despero full of aquatic lifeforms
Earth Q: Home to Quality Comics characters outside of the Freedom Fighters. The Allies won World War II in 1945, though there had been more Global conflicts before that moment. Heroes like Doll Man, Plastic Man, the Blackhawks, the Spirit, Lady Luck and Mr. Mystic continued their superhero careers after the war and switched to fighting criminals and Communists.
Earth R: World created by Despero. Home to Reptilean Lifeforms
Earth-Omega: Pariah's Home Universe, the first universe destroyed by the Anti-Matter. With Pariah himself surviving and going to warn other Universes.
Trying to Please Everyone: Or Converting multiple Pop Culture Utopias into a Timeline.
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It appeared in one Issue of Supergirl titled "Please Stop my Funeral!" the silver Age loved to use stories featuring weird alternate universe concepts. Details of the Earth can be found here.
History of the Marvel Universe(The Copper Age): 2000-2014
History of the Marvel Universe: The 2000s
Claremont returned to the X-Men franchise in 2000 to help promote the new X-Men films. He introduced a new mutant named Sketch to the X-Men team. Claremont went onto write the series as X-treme X-Men with Beast as part of the team. He would continue the series for the next three years(butterflying away Grant Morrison's X-Men run), introducing the concept of Mutant Burnout in which the powers of a mutant grow so powerful they kill them, something which Magneto nearly dies from. Claremont did however kill off Psylocke. Claremont and Dave Sim would collaborate on an X-Men/Cerebus Crossover.
X23 on the cover of NYX
In 2001, NYX was released as a series in the Marvel MAX line by Brian Wood and drawn by David Choe. The series was a Darker and Edgier Deconstruction of the X-Men books, focusing on young mutants and how their powers affected those around them. It starred Rogue, Gambit, Jubilee, and two new mutants named Angie and Purge(OTL the idea was rejected and recycled into DEMO and another version of NYX). The series also brought X-23 into the Comics after their appearance in X-Men: Evolution. After the character got their own series, Black Widow would become their mentor for a time.
Inked page from Deadpool Almost Destroys the Marvel Universe.
Jim Calafiore wrote and drew a one-shot Deadpool story called "Deadpool Almost Destroys the Marvel Universe", which had Deadpool starting an intergalactic incident after accidentally killing an alien ambassador by sneezing on him. This led to a massive battle with all of the heroes of Earth joining together to fight the vengeful aliens, and nearly perishing as a result(consequently, you can kiss OTL's Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe goodbye).
While Marvel's Wrestling series had not sold well, the run was given new life. WCW S.L.A.M.Force was a twelve issue regular series with artists Chris Bautista and J.J. Kirby, following mini comics from WCW Slam Force toys by Toy Biz and a seven page teaser comic by Ruben Diaz, Bill Rosemann and Michael Ryan, featuring WCW wrestlers Chris Benoit, Kevin Nash, Bill Goldberg, Bret Hart and Sting as the "Secret Legion Against Monsters" superhero team versus Dr. Von Ghoul, Guest starring Spider-Man and Captain America.
Marvel finally acted on their plans to reboot several of their characters in 2000, resulting in the Ultimate Marvel line. This began with Brian Michael Bendis's Ultimate Spider-Man. Mark Millar was attached to multiple series including X-Men and Fantastic Four, and Ultimate Avengers. Several other writers like Chris Claremont were brought in to lighten the workload. Greg Land was replaced on Fantastic Four and Millar kept on, allowing him to introduce the Ultimate versions of Doom and Galactus before leaving, though he was able to pick his successor. Millar rejected Greg Land as a replacement artist after he was caught tracing literal porn. Ultimate X-Men was written by Brian Michael Bendis while Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch got the chance to complete Ultimate Avengers with a Volume 3. After this, Grant Morrison took over(taking this instead of New X-Men as OTL) and continued the series with the Ultimate Version of the Kree-Skrull War, which revealed the alien race the Chitauri were fleeing in Volume 1 was the a renamed version of the Kree, just as the Chitauri was a renamed version of the Skrulls.
Bendis was also writing the main Fantastic Four at the time, leading him to write the storyline Fantastic Four: Fractured, which depicted the team splitting apart. This led to Black Panther and Storm, who had been recently married, to serve as replacements for Mr.Fantastic and Susan Storm.
Joshua Hale Fialkov had his first arc("Ultimate Avengers: Disassembled") lead to a brand new team of Ultimates, with the book now following these new characters as they tried to fill the void left by the originals. Ultimate Spider-Man went onto introduce Miles Morales after the death of Ultimate Spider-Man.
Grant Morrison planned to introduce a rather radical Nick Fury retcon that S.H.I.E.L.D. kept Fury in action into the present day by injecting his personality into unassuming test subjects—essentially brainwashing innocent people into serving as the perfect secret agent. The idea was deemed too much of a change of pace for such a classic character, so Morrison instead reused the idea for his original comic book series The Filth.
Christopher Priest used Quicksilver and Justice as part of his short-lived title The Crew to help offset the perception of the title as a "Black Avengers" book. Priest also had T'Challa undergo a face-Hell turn in his Black Panther run while Queen Divine Justice became the new Black Panther. The Crew focused around a group of clones created by A.I.M. (Unlike mentioned OTL, Wakanda is not withholding the cure for cancer).
Runaways went through a few changes before publication. One of the big ones was Nico Minoru's source of power. She found a book of dark magic hidden in a shed in her backyard. Being heavily Christian, she hated it but sacrificed her beliefs to use one of the spells during the first fight with the Pride("This isn't like you, Mom! We go to church every Sunday!").
Marvel began planning and hinting at various legacy characters. As such, the Young Avengers began receiving heavier marketing. Among the cast is the character of Duncan Rosenblatt(the protagonist of Firebreather. Who ITTL is a Marvel character rather than an Image one). His father is revealed to be Fin Fang Foom.
New Mutants(vol. 2) #8 and #9 had Anole's parents get offended by the sight of Karma kissing her girlfriend during Parent's Day at the Xavier Institute, causing Anole to come out as gay. After his parents reacted poorly, Anole went to Hellion and Elixir for support, only to be shunned by them. Feeling alone and friendless, Anole killed himself, cementing Hellion as an irredeemable Jerkass and causing Elixir to undergo some serious Character Development out of guilt.
Page from the Annihilation/Civil War Event
The event Civil War, put the Heroes against each other after the Winter Soldier is linked to a terrorist attack, forcing Captain America to work to reform him when he discovers him to be his old sidekick James "Bucky" Barnes, as Iron Man works to capture him, especially after learning the Winter Soldier murdered his parents. The battle is interrupted by the Hulk. The Skrulls had launched him into space back in his own solo series and the Skrulls are revealed to be behind everything, Another new hero, the Sentry, who struggles with a split personality, also becomes involved. The Skrulls are revealed to no longer have a homeworld as a result of the Annihilation Wave, which reaches Earth, forcing the Heroes to put their differences aside to stop it, ending with the seeming sacrifice of Captain America to save the Universe when he appears to die in an explosion that destroys the Wave(he is only reported missing). While some saw this as a cop-out, it was largely considered a positive justification, and even most detractors agreed this was ultimately for the best in hindsight, since there was little believable justification for a superhero war. Hercules was killed in the event. World War Hulk lead to a new team book called The Renegades, which starred Amadeus Cho, Angel, Namora and the Carmilla Black version of the Scorpion(OTL Hercules was planned as a member but ITTL he was killed off). Bucky took up the mantle of Captain America.
The now iconic Abnett and Lanning relaunch of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise (the one that would later serve as the basis for the movie) almost didn't happen. Originally, the plan was to use Annihilation: Conquest as a Backdoor Pilot for a new Quasar series starring Phyla-Vell. However, the readers really responded to the subplot about Peter Quill leading a Dirty Dozen-style team of cosmic criminals on a suicide mission, so the decision was made to have the surviving characters band together as a new team of Guardians.
In the aftermath, The New Avengers are formed. Daredevil joins the team and later goes undercover as the identity of Ronin to infiltrate the criminal underworld. Bendis also helmed the Avengers and Astonishing X-Men series as Joss Whedon was finishing Firefly. Bendis's run evolved into House of M, in which the Scarlet Witch has a breakdown, leading them to alter the reality of the Avengers and X-Men members present so that they experience an alternate reality, which they are snapped out of.
J.Michael Straczynski was writing on Spider-Man at the time. He pitched a storyline in which Peter had two children with Gwen Stacy before her death. It was suggested the children be Norman Osborn's instead but Straczynski shot this idea down. Instead, he was informed of a Gwen Stacy clone which had disappeared during the original Clone Saga and chose to bring that character back, providing the presence of a Gwen Stacy in Peter's life. Since Ben Reilly was acting as Spider-Man as well, the clone was brought back as a love interest for Ben.
Cover to Genndy Tarakovsky's Luke Cage
Street Level characters received an extra push. Karu-Sil(of the Sinestro Corps OTL) was introduced as a new villain for Ghost Rider (as was intended, and makes a bit more sense given her human skull undead like design despite being an alien). Luke Cage received a comic series by Genndy Tartakovsky. The Champions was rebooted by Matt Fraction. Sean McKeever wrote a spinoff of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane starring Iceman and Firestar. Two years later, McKeever wrote a continuation of the series focusing on MJ and Peter in a love triangle with a teenage Johnny Blaze.
In 2009, James Gunn wrote a Marvel MAX revival of the Power Pack. The dealt with the now-adult members of the team, who have been screwed up due to their insane childhoods.The Avengers were also revived as the 2009 Mighty Avengers by Dan Slott, who added Nightcrawler as a members. Secret Warriors by Jonathan Hickman resurrected the deceased Ares.
Runaways would have the biggest finale to a comic run, the original authors having stayed on throughoutThe series ended with the final arc "No More Running". The arrival of Ghost Rider and his discovery of the existence of the Gibborim leads Ghost Rider to destroy the Demons, leading to the reveal that a magic spell was being used to hide the Gibborim and the Pride. Once the protection is destroyed, the Avengers and other heroes immediately descend down on the Pride. The battle is costly and many of the Runaways are caught in the crossfire and killed. Molly breaks the group's oath and contacts the adults for help.
X23 on the cover of NYX
In 2001, NYX was released as a series in the Marvel MAX line by Brian Wood and drawn by David Choe. The series was a Darker and Edgier Deconstruction of the X-Men books, focusing on young mutants and how their powers affected those around them. It starred Rogue, Gambit, Jubilee, and two new mutants named Angie and Purge(OTL the idea was rejected and recycled into DEMO and another version of NYX). The series also brought X-23 into the Comics after their appearance in X-Men: Evolution. After the character got their own series, Black Widow would become their mentor for a time.
Inked page from Deadpool Almost Destroys the Marvel Universe.
Jim Calafiore wrote and drew a one-shot Deadpool story called "Deadpool Almost Destroys the Marvel Universe", which had Deadpool starting an intergalactic incident after accidentally killing an alien ambassador by sneezing on him. This led to a massive battle with all of the heroes of Earth joining together to fight the vengeful aliens, and nearly perishing as a result(consequently, you can kiss OTL's Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe goodbye).
While Marvel's Wrestling series had not sold well, the run was given new life. WCW S.L.A.M.Force was a twelve issue regular series with artists Chris Bautista and J.J. Kirby, following mini comics from WCW Slam Force toys by Toy Biz and a seven page teaser comic by Ruben Diaz, Bill Rosemann and Michael Ryan, featuring WCW wrestlers Chris Benoit, Kevin Nash, Bill Goldberg, Bret Hart and Sting as the "Secret Legion Against Monsters" superhero team versus Dr. Von Ghoul, Guest starring Spider-Man and Captain America.
Marvel finally acted on their plans to reboot several of their characters in 2000, resulting in the Ultimate Marvel line. This began with Brian Michael Bendis's Ultimate Spider-Man. Mark Millar was attached to multiple series including X-Men and Fantastic Four, and Ultimate Avengers. Several other writers like Chris Claremont were brought in to lighten the workload. Greg Land was replaced on Fantastic Four and Millar kept on, allowing him to introduce the Ultimate versions of Doom and Galactus before leaving, though he was able to pick his successor. Millar rejected Greg Land as a replacement artist after he was caught tracing literal porn. Ultimate X-Men was written by Brian Michael Bendis while Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch got the chance to complete Ultimate Avengers with a Volume 3. After this, Grant Morrison took over(taking this instead of New X-Men as OTL) and continued the series with the Ultimate Version of the Kree-Skrull War, which revealed the alien race the Chitauri were fleeing in Volume 1 was the a renamed version of the Kree, just as the Chitauri was a renamed version of the Skrulls.
Bendis was also writing the main Fantastic Four at the time, leading him to write the storyline Fantastic Four: Fractured, which depicted the team splitting apart. This led to Black Panther and Storm, who had been recently married, to serve as replacements for Mr.Fantastic and Susan Storm.
Joshua Hale Fialkov had his first arc("Ultimate Avengers: Disassembled") lead to a brand new team of Ultimates, with the book now following these new characters as they tried to fill the void left by the originals. Ultimate Spider-Man went onto introduce Miles Morales after the death of Ultimate Spider-Man.
Grant Morrison planned to introduce a rather radical Nick Fury retcon that S.H.I.E.L.D. kept Fury in action into the present day by injecting his personality into unassuming test subjects—essentially brainwashing innocent people into serving as the perfect secret agent. The idea was deemed too much of a change of pace for such a classic character, so Morrison instead reused the idea for his original comic book series The Filth.
Christopher Priest used Quicksilver and Justice as part of his short-lived title The Crew to help offset the perception of the title as a "Black Avengers" book. Priest also had T'Challa undergo a face-Hell turn in his Black Panther run while Queen Divine Justice became the new Black Panther. The Crew focused around a group of clones created by A.I.M. (Unlike mentioned OTL, Wakanda is not withholding the cure for cancer).
Runaways went through a few changes before publication. One of the big ones was Nico Minoru's source of power. She found a book of dark magic hidden in a shed in her backyard. Being heavily Christian, she hated it but sacrificed her beliefs to use one of the spells during the first fight with the Pride("This isn't like you, Mom! We go to church every Sunday!").
Marvel began planning and hinting at various legacy characters. As such, the Young Avengers began receiving heavier marketing. Among the cast is the character of Duncan Rosenblatt(the protagonist of Firebreather. Who ITTL is a Marvel character rather than an Image one). His father is revealed to be Fin Fang Foom.
New Mutants(vol. 2) #8 and #9 had Anole's parents get offended by the sight of Karma kissing her girlfriend during Parent's Day at the Xavier Institute, causing Anole to come out as gay. After his parents reacted poorly, Anole went to Hellion and Elixir for support, only to be shunned by them. Feeling alone and friendless, Anole killed himself, cementing Hellion as an irredeemable Jerkass and causing Elixir to undergo some serious Character Development out of guilt.
Page from the Annihilation/Civil War Event
The event Civil War, put the Heroes against each other after the Winter Soldier is linked to a terrorist attack, forcing Captain America to work to reform him when he discovers him to be his old sidekick James "Bucky" Barnes, as Iron Man works to capture him, especially after learning the Winter Soldier murdered his parents. The battle is interrupted by the Hulk. The Skrulls had launched him into space back in his own solo series and the Skrulls are revealed to be behind everything, Another new hero, the Sentry, who struggles with a split personality, also becomes involved. The Skrulls are revealed to no longer have a homeworld as a result of the Annihilation Wave, which reaches Earth, forcing the Heroes to put their differences aside to stop it, ending with the seeming sacrifice of Captain America to save the Universe when he appears to die in an explosion that destroys the Wave(he is only reported missing). While some saw this as a cop-out, it was largely considered a positive justification, and even most detractors agreed this was ultimately for the best in hindsight, since there was little believable justification for a superhero war. Hercules was killed in the event. World War Hulk lead to a new team book called The Renegades, which starred Amadeus Cho, Angel, Namora and the Carmilla Black version of the Scorpion(OTL Hercules was planned as a member but ITTL he was killed off). Bucky took up the mantle of Captain America.
The now iconic Abnett and Lanning relaunch of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise (the one that would later serve as the basis for the movie) almost didn't happen. Originally, the plan was to use Annihilation: Conquest as a Backdoor Pilot for a new Quasar series starring Phyla-Vell. However, the readers really responded to the subplot about Peter Quill leading a Dirty Dozen-style team of cosmic criminals on a suicide mission, so the decision was made to have the surviving characters band together as a new team of Guardians.
In the aftermath, The New Avengers are formed. Daredevil joins the team and later goes undercover as the identity of Ronin to infiltrate the criminal underworld. Bendis also helmed the Avengers and Astonishing X-Men series as Joss Whedon was finishing Firefly. Bendis's run evolved into House of M, in which the Scarlet Witch has a breakdown, leading them to alter the reality of the Avengers and X-Men members present so that they experience an alternate reality, which they are snapped out of.
J.Michael Straczynski was writing on Spider-Man at the time. He pitched a storyline in which Peter had two children with Gwen Stacy before her death. It was suggested the children be Norman Osborn's instead but Straczynski shot this idea down. Instead, he was informed of a Gwen Stacy clone which had disappeared during the original Clone Saga and chose to bring that character back, providing the presence of a Gwen Stacy in Peter's life. Since Ben Reilly was acting as Spider-Man as well, the clone was brought back as a love interest for Ben.
Cover to Genndy Tarakovsky's Luke Cage
Street Level characters received an extra push. Karu-Sil(of the Sinestro Corps OTL) was introduced as a new villain for Ghost Rider (as was intended, and makes a bit more sense given her human skull undead like design despite being an alien). Luke Cage received a comic series by Genndy Tartakovsky. The Champions was rebooted by Matt Fraction. Sean McKeever wrote a spinoff of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane starring Iceman and Firestar. Two years later, McKeever wrote a continuation of the series focusing on MJ and Peter in a love triangle with a teenage Johnny Blaze.
In 2009, James Gunn wrote a Marvel MAX revival of the Power Pack. The dealt with the now-adult members of the team, who have been screwed up due to their insane childhoods.The Avengers were also revived as the 2009 Mighty Avengers by Dan Slott, who added Nightcrawler as a members. Secret Warriors by Jonathan Hickman resurrected the deceased Ares.
Runaways would have the biggest finale to a comic run, the original authors having stayed on throughoutThe series ended with the final arc "No More Running". The arrival of Ghost Rider and his discovery of the existence of the Gibborim leads Ghost Rider to destroy the Demons, leading to the reveal that a magic spell was being used to hide the Gibborim and the Pride. Once the protection is destroyed, the Avengers and other heroes immediately descend down on the Pride. The battle is costly and many of the Runaways are caught in the crossfire and killed. Molly breaks the group's oath and contacts the adults for help.
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History of the Marvel Universe(The Modern Age):2014-Present
Marvel in the 2010's
Going into the 2010s, there was a major shift in the Avengers teams. The character of Nova avoided being killed off in the Secret Avengers. In the aftermath of The Runaways, the West Coast Avengers team was reinstituted. After the character's surprise appearance in The Avengers in 2011, Marvel announced a Thanos mini-series called Thanos: Son of Titan. Written by Joe Keatinge and drawn by Richard Elson, the series explored Thanos' origin and rise to villainy. With his popularity from the film rising, the idea of de-aging Loki into a child was proposed and rejected, instead he was transformed into a younger and more handsome version when Kieron Gillen was chosen to write his Journey into Mystery with Adult Loki, which serves as a spiritual successor to the Elric Saga. The Comic series of Avengers: Earth Mightiest Heroes had a 12th issue featuring the Avengers and Loki pulling an enemy mine. Gillen's Young Avengers vol.2 had an all original cast at its introduction, serving as a spiritual successor to X-Statix. Gillen also later used the character of Patriot.
During his time working on Udon's Street Fighter books, Jim Zub pitched a Marvel vs. Capcom comic to Marvel. Writer Frank Tieri helped Jim Zub write the series, which gave the Video Games more backstory and tied the min-series into Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
In 2011, Nick Spencer and Becky Cloonan wrote a Prequel mini-series called Victor Von Doom, which focused on a teenage Doctor Doom as he traveled to Hell to try and save his mother's soul.
The Agent Venom series introduced Anti-Venom, a soldier friend of Flash Thompson, who had previously wielded the Venom Symbiote. After this came "War for the Symbiote" which had every former Venom host (Peter Parker, Kraven the Hunter, Eddie Brock, Mac Gargan, etc.) fighting for control of the suit.
Plans were made for the next Avengers and X-Men events. Some of the ideas thrown out were a story about Ultron taking over and time travelling being used to stop him. This idea instead became an Avengers storyline revolving around an alternate timeline in which Ultron took over and the children of the Avengers battled and defeated him with the children from this future teaming up with the mainstream Avengers. It was known as Age of Ultron, but concluded as Rage of Ultron with an "R" marked into the title. Hank Pym merged with Ultron, providing him with a soul and a conscience and jettisoning him into space. Another pitched idea was Avengers vs X-Men, but this was rejected as most of the staff didn't want to do another Heroes vs Heroes story, believing the heroes should "fight the villains, not each other". The idea of the Phoenix Force coming to Earth to possess Hope Summers, the daughter of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor, was used instead and both team of heroes trying to fight and stop it, concluding with Hope and Scarlet Witch combining abilities to wish the Phoenix Force out of existence.
Artist Declan Shelvey began a Banshee-led X-Men series. It had Sean Cassidy deciding to retire to Cassidy Keep. However, his daughter Teresa approached her looking for help, making her home a new safe haven for mutants. Banshee's team was comprised of herself, her daughter Teresa, (who would also retain the Banshee name), Marrow, Chamber, Artie and Leech.
Kamala Khan was introduced as a Mutant Superhero in the pages of X-Men. She essentially replaced the role previously filled by Kitty Pryde in the 80's, and Jubilee in the 90's as the new recruit that the X-Men world is explained to. Kamala's arc had the tropes associated with teen heroes played with, since the writers didn't want to just to rely on the original ones conceived of with Spider-Man. She remained an ally to both the Young Avengers and Young Defenders.
Gwenpool, a series about a Marvel fan girl in the real world pulled into the Marvel Universe, avoided cancellation, instead being marketed as a successor toward Deadpool in a legacy character fashion. As such, she serves as his "protege" while also they serve as one another's confidants due to being the two of the few people aware of the "fourth wall." She also must wrestle with building a life for herself in a universe she once deemed fictional while having to grow as both Gwenpool and Gwen Poole. However, everything was still written in a tongue-in-cheek fashion, especially with her decision to follow Deadpool to Canada and her adjustments to adopting to the Marvel Universe are compared to her adapting to becoming a Canadian citizen. Other new characters were folded into the Fearless Defenders such as Spider-Girl (Anya Corazón), Mania, and Galactus' daughter Galacta.
In 2012, Dennis Hopeless released a series focusing on the Braddock Academy Kids (While seeming inconsequential this idea was transformed into the infamous Avengers Arena OTL due to executive meddling, since the higher ups liked the Kids being forced to fight each other portion and that became the whole thing).
A New Defenders team premiered in light of the Netflix series and closely resembling it. After the events of Runaways, Spider-Man made a Young Defenders team, with the Defenders serving as mentors. The team consisted of Molly Hayes, Karolina Dean, Xavin, Water Snake, Hummingbird, Haechi and the new Night Thrasher. Miles Morales ended up as a form of leader to the team on the suggestion of Peter. Young Defenders maintained an optimistic tone and focused on healing and overcoming personal traumas through camaraderie while placing a large focus on the value of trust.
Going into the 2010s, there was a major shift in the Avengers teams. The character of Nova avoided being killed off in the Secret Avengers. In the aftermath of The Runaways, the West Coast Avengers team was reinstituted. After the character's surprise appearance in The Avengers in 2011, Marvel announced a Thanos mini-series called Thanos: Son of Titan. Written by Joe Keatinge and drawn by Richard Elson, the series explored Thanos' origin and rise to villainy. With his popularity from the film rising, the idea of de-aging Loki into a child was proposed and rejected, instead he was transformed into a younger and more handsome version when Kieron Gillen was chosen to write his Journey into Mystery with Adult Loki, which serves as a spiritual successor to the Elric Saga. The Comic series of Avengers: Earth Mightiest Heroes had a 12th issue featuring the Avengers and Loki pulling an enemy mine. Gillen's Young Avengers vol.2 had an all original cast at its introduction, serving as a spiritual successor to X-Statix. Gillen also later used the character of Patriot.
During his time working on Udon's Street Fighter books, Jim Zub pitched a Marvel vs. Capcom comic to Marvel. Writer Frank Tieri helped Jim Zub write the series, which gave the Video Games more backstory and tied the min-series into Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
In 2011, Nick Spencer and Becky Cloonan wrote a Prequel mini-series called Victor Von Doom, which focused on a teenage Doctor Doom as he traveled to Hell to try and save his mother's soul.
The Agent Venom series introduced Anti-Venom, a soldier friend of Flash Thompson, who had previously wielded the Venom Symbiote. After this came "War for the Symbiote" which had every former Venom host (Peter Parker, Kraven the Hunter, Eddie Brock, Mac Gargan, etc.) fighting for control of the suit.
Plans were made for the next Avengers and X-Men events. Some of the ideas thrown out were a story about Ultron taking over and time travelling being used to stop him. This idea instead became an Avengers storyline revolving around an alternate timeline in which Ultron took over and the children of the Avengers battled and defeated him with the children from this future teaming up with the mainstream Avengers. It was known as Age of Ultron, but concluded as Rage of Ultron with an "R" marked into the title. Hank Pym merged with Ultron, providing him with a soul and a conscience and jettisoning him into space. Another pitched idea was Avengers vs X-Men, but this was rejected as most of the staff didn't want to do another Heroes vs Heroes story, believing the heroes should "fight the villains, not each other". The idea of the Phoenix Force coming to Earth to possess Hope Summers, the daughter of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor, was used instead and both team of heroes trying to fight and stop it, concluding with Hope and Scarlet Witch combining abilities to wish the Phoenix Force out of existence.
Artist Declan Shelvey began a Banshee-led X-Men series. It had Sean Cassidy deciding to retire to Cassidy Keep. However, his daughter Teresa approached her looking for help, making her home a new safe haven for mutants. Banshee's team was comprised of herself, her daughter Teresa, (who would also retain the Banshee name), Marrow, Chamber, Artie and Leech.
Kamala Khan was introduced as a Mutant Superhero in the pages of X-Men. She essentially replaced the role previously filled by Kitty Pryde in the 80's, and Jubilee in the 90's as the new recruit that the X-Men world is explained to. Kamala's arc had the tropes associated with teen heroes played with, since the writers didn't want to just to rely on the original ones conceived of with Spider-Man. She remained an ally to both the Young Avengers and Young Defenders.
Gwenpool, a series about a Marvel fan girl in the real world pulled into the Marvel Universe, avoided cancellation, instead being marketed as a successor toward Deadpool in a legacy character fashion. As such, she serves as his "protege" while also they serve as one another's confidants due to being the two of the few people aware of the "fourth wall." She also must wrestle with building a life for herself in a universe she once deemed fictional while having to grow as both Gwenpool and Gwen Poole. However, everything was still written in a tongue-in-cheek fashion, especially with her decision to follow Deadpool to Canada and her adjustments to adopting to the Marvel Universe are compared to her adapting to becoming a Canadian citizen. Other new characters were folded into the Fearless Defenders such as Spider-Girl (Anya Corazón), Mania, and Galactus' daughter Galacta.
In 2012, Dennis Hopeless released a series focusing on the Braddock Academy Kids (While seeming inconsequential this idea was transformed into the infamous Avengers Arena OTL due to executive meddling, since the higher ups liked the Kids being forced to fight each other portion and that became the whole thing).
A New Defenders team premiered in light of the Netflix series and closely resembling it. After the events of Runaways, Spider-Man made a Young Defenders team, with the Defenders serving as mentors. The team consisted of Molly Hayes, Karolina Dean, Xavin, Water Snake, Hummingbird, Haechi and the new Night Thrasher. Miles Morales ended up as a form of leader to the team on the suggestion of Peter. Young Defenders maintained an optimistic tone and focused on healing and overcoming personal traumas through camaraderie while placing a large focus on the value of trust.
Marvel Legacy
Following the 2015 Secret Wars Event, Marvel began to shorten their titles. Choosing to break it down to 28 and release Bi-Weekly books. Titles were simplified such as just The Avengers. No spinoffs. Giant Crossovers were kicked to the wayside, with Marvel announcing no massive Crossover events for three years. Rather than releasing so many titles and then not promoting them, that effort instead went towards promoting the existing series. Rather than one shots and slice of life, long running storylines became more common. Writers were encouraged to think of long term storylines, having more freedom thanks to the break. This new direction was introduced in a One Shot. Rather than overpricing their books. The One shot was made one dollar as an olive branch to fans. It involved Captain America and Iron Man having a conversation, reflecting on the events of Civil War and their growing rift, as well as everything that had happened since then. Other heroes were seen reflecting such as Peter Parker as the head of Parker Industries. At the end, Captain America and Iron Man hold a press conference in front of the ruins of Avengers Mansion with other heroes and make a speech about how things will be different, revealing the New Avengers. Books became 3.99$, removing the backup story most Marvel issues had since it was deemed unnecessary. The first issue of each trade was only 1.99$.
The Avengers Books
The Avengers
The Group returned to the Avengers Mansion, rebuilding it. The Roster was capped a 10.
Captain America
Thor
Iron Man
Scarlet Warlock
Hawkeye(Clint Barton)
Vision
Scarlet Witch
Nadia Pym
Black Panther
Hulking
The series was written by Mark Waid, then G Willow Wilson, then Gerry Dugan. Titles also in this line include:
Captain America
Sam Wilson became the new Captain America, adopting the mantle from Bucky Barnes. Steve Rogers wandered the Earth outside the costume in a Nomad miniseries. Rogers then joined SHIELD and became their liaison to the Avengers. The Sam Wilson series was written by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee. Joss Whedon penned a Captain America/Jenny Sparks Crossover.
Thor
Thor discovered that Jane Foster was dying of Cancer and to spare her life, granted him his hammer Mjolnir, which would hold back her disease so long as she remained transformed. Thor himself would gain a new hammer. Jane Foster was spared from death by Jason Aaron, who continued to write the book into the critically lauded War of the Realms, which feature Malekith as an antagonist. He was succeeded by Donny Cates and then Al Ewing. Loki went through a redemption arc and became the God of Stories.. Said arc would also lead to Thor's disappearance, with his daughter from the future, Torunn Thorsdottir, taking his place within the story for the time being. Besides Torunn dealing with her father's successor, she also ended up befriending the Young Avengers, as she tried to discover who her mother is.
Hulk
Amadeus Cho was kept on as the Hulk and written by Greg Pak. However the series became more tense and later Amadeus Cho was replaced by Banner for the Immortal Hulk series that the book became. The Incredible Hulk was written as merely a different albeit repressed facet from Bruce rather than a separate entity. Hulk was born from the rage of Bruce so without him, Hulk had no drive or origin while Bruce was kept with all the pent-up anger and stress with no outlet. Bruce travelled to deal with various monsters and better incorporate the Hulk with himself. The Immortal Hulk run was adapted into a series released just prior to Avengers: Endgame which showed the Hulk and Banner agreeing to work together to survive, ending with the two proudly proclaiming "We are the Strongest There is!".
She-Hulk continued as a more light-hearted series compared to her cousin's while also showing off her life as a legal representative in the superhero community. It's also revealed that she was beginning a relationship with Virtue, which the writers said was a hilarious reference to the fan-desired pairing of Superman and Wonder Woman from DC.
Iron Man
Tony Stark remained the star(never being comatose). Jason Aaron wrote the series at its start. Iron Man(Never having entered his coma due to there being no Civil War II, both due to the pledge to not due events for three years and Carol Danvers not existing) sees Tony Stark tackle his past demons, addictions and industrial military complex in his new series. Many of his foes have been modernized and revamped. One of the biggest changes came in with the Hammer family. Justin Hammer Jr was introduced and resembled his cinematic universe counterpart while the role of the original elderly Justin Hammer finally passed away. Hammer Jr was joined by his already established sister Justine Hammer. Sasha Hammer was still Justine's daughter by the Mandarin, thus making her Justin's younger half-sister. However, Ezekiel Stane (i.e. the Second Iron Monger and Sasha's lover) had risen in prominence to become Tony's primary archfoe (with Justin being an amoral tool of the government) though The Mandarin remained a prominent threat (in a matter similar to Ra's al Ghul with Batman.) Tony also took under his wing Toni Ho, the daughter of Yinsen Ho (here, a Chinese Muslim Uyghur). However, she forged her own path as the second Rescue while Lila Rhodes became the new War Machine. Tony ended up taking a protege in Riri Williams, a child genius who reverse-engineered his armor and who shared many of Tony's vices albeit modernized in the younger generation. He also took on Harley Keener alongside Riri(Keener is the child from Iron Man 3). Tony Stark is also still the sons of the Starks(a recent retcon made him adopted).
Black Panther
Ta-Nehisis Coates was left alone as he proved he understood the character and the world of Wakanda.
The Group returned to the Avengers Mansion, rebuilding it. The Roster was capped a 10.
Captain America
Thor
Iron Man
Scarlet Warlock
Hawkeye(Clint Barton)
Vision
Scarlet Witch
Nadia Pym
Black Panther
Hulking
The series was written by Mark Waid, then G Willow Wilson, then Gerry Dugan. Titles also in this line include:
Captain America
Sam Wilson became the new Captain America, adopting the mantle from Bucky Barnes. Steve Rogers wandered the Earth outside the costume in a Nomad miniseries. Rogers then joined SHIELD and became their liaison to the Avengers. The Sam Wilson series was written by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee. Joss Whedon penned a Captain America/Jenny Sparks Crossover.
Thor
Thor discovered that Jane Foster was dying of Cancer and to spare her life, granted him his hammer Mjolnir, which would hold back her disease so long as she remained transformed. Thor himself would gain a new hammer. Jane Foster was spared from death by Jason Aaron, who continued to write the book into the critically lauded War of the Realms, which feature Malekith as an antagonist. He was succeeded by Donny Cates and then Al Ewing. Loki went through a redemption arc and became the God of Stories.. Said arc would also lead to Thor's disappearance, with his daughter from the future, Torunn Thorsdottir, taking his place within the story for the time being. Besides Torunn dealing with her father's successor, she also ended up befriending the Young Avengers, as she tried to discover who her mother is.
Hulk
Amadeus Cho was kept on as the Hulk and written by Greg Pak. However the series became more tense and later Amadeus Cho was replaced by Banner for the Immortal Hulk series that the book became. The Incredible Hulk was written as merely a different albeit repressed facet from Bruce rather than a separate entity. Hulk was born from the rage of Bruce so without him, Hulk had no drive or origin while Bruce was kept with all the pent-up anger and stress with no outlet. Bruce travelled to deal with various monsters and better incorporate the Hulk with himself. The Immortal Hulk run was adapted into a series released just prior to Avengers: Endgame which showed the Hulk and Banner agreeing to work together to survive, ending with the two proudly proclaiming "We are the Strongest There is!".
She-Hulk continued as a more light-hearted series compared to her cousin's while also showing off her life as a legal representative in the superhero community. It's also revealed that she was beginning a relationship with Virtue, which the writers said was a hilarious reference to the fan-desired pairing of Superman and Wonder Woman from DC.
Iron Man
Tony Stark remained the star(never being comatose). Jason Aaron wrote the series at its start. Iron Man(Never having entered his coma due to there being no Civil War II, both due to the pledge to not due events for three years and Carol Danvers not existing) sees Tony Stark tackle his past demons, addictions and industrial military complex in his new series. Many of his foes have been modernized and revamped. One of the biggest changes came in with the Hammer family. Justin Hammer Jr was introduced and resembled his cinematic universe counterpart while the role of the original elderly Justin Hammer finally passed away. Hammer Jr was joined by his already established sister Justine Hammer. Sasha Hammer was still Justine's daughter by the Mandarin, thus making her Justin's younger half-sister. However, Ezekiel Stane (i.e. the Second Iron Monger and Sasha's lover) had risen in prominence to become Tony's primary archfoe (with Justin being an amoral tool of the government) though The Mandarin remained a prominent threat (in a matter similar to Ra's al Ghul with Batman.) Tony also took under his wing Toni Ho, the daughter of Yinsen Ho (here, a Chinese Muslim Uyghur). However, she forged her own path as the second Rescue while Lila Rhodes became the new War Machine. Tony ended up taking a protege in Riri Williams, a child genius who reverse-engineered his armor and who shared many of Tony's vices albeit modernized in the younger generation. He also took on Harley Keener alongside Riri(Keener is the child from Iron Man 3). Tony Stark is also still the sons of the Starks(a recent retcon made him adopted).
Black Panther
Ta-Nehisis Coates was left alone as he proved he understood the character and the world of Wakanda.
X-Men Books
Uncanny X-Men
The show focuses on the Current X-Men(The All New X-Men/time displaced X-Men are never introduced). Beast and Iceman are on the team, Old Man Logan is replaced with Laura Kenny. Kenny discovers she has a younger sister, who she takes to the Xavier Institute. Kitty Pryde acts as Laura Kenny's mentor as Wolverine had acted to her. Matthew Rosenberg served as the writer. How the Xavier Institute worked was dived into and fully explained thanks to the popular X-Men Anime by Kōhei Horikoshi (akin to My Hero Academia, the creator working on the X-Men title as it was translated to Anime at the same time). This structure of the X-Mansion is explained in a yearbook themed one shot. The rule of the yearbook became the law for everything relating to how the School operates. The rules are abided to and cannot be contradicted.
X-Force
The Darker Black Ops version of the X-Men. The alternate universe(and possibly time) displaced Old Man Logan gathers this team. Since he's from a Universe where the bad guys won, he forms a team to kill Supervillains. Written by Jordie Belaire. The team consists of Havoc , Bishop(who knows about preventing dark futures), Frenzy(who's worked for supervillains before and knows how evil they can be), and Magik(literally been to limbo and so has seen a literal world ruled by monsters).
New Mutants
Follows a group specifically being trained to be the new X-Men The Xavier institute and how it works is explored in this series, Focusing largely on the seniors. This includes Rockslide, Mercury, Anole, Oya, Loa, Indra, and one of the Stepford Cuckoos. The Cuckoos were originally a hive mind but have since began to split apart and develop their own personalities. One wants to join the X-Men. One wants to leave. One hates the group is splitting up. The class is taught by Rogue. Quentin Quire has moved on, or rather been kicked out for being in school too long, and Rogue is joined by Surge and Armor. The focus is on the students and some old ones return like Helion and Prodigy. The series is written by Robbie Thompson, then Al Ewing, then Dennis Hopeless, then Kelly Thompson, then Jodie Houser.
Deadpool
Deadpool is written by Gerry Dugan. Alpha Flight also appeared with Deadpool as an on and off team member. It consists of reimagined versions of the original cast. The creators of Scott Pilgrim vs the World even wrote on the Deadpool book for a time.
Wolverine
Tom Taylor is kept on. Laura Kenny is kept as Wolverine.
The show focuses on the Current X-Men(The All New X-Men/time displaced X-Men are never introduced). Beast and Iceman are on the team, Old Man Logan is replaced with Laura Kenny. Kenny discovers she has a younger sister, who she takes to the Xavier Institute. Kitty Pryde acts as Laura Kenny's mentor as Wolverine had acted to her. Matthew Rosenberg served as the writer. How the Xavier Institute worked was dived into and fully explained thanks to the popular X-Men Anime by Kōhei Horikoshi (akin to My Hero Academia, the creator working on the X-Men title as it was translated to Anime at the same time). This structure of the X-Mansion is explained in a yearbook themed one shot. The rule of the yearbook became the law for everything relating to how the School operates. The rules are abided to and cannot be contradicted.
X-Force
The Darker Black Ops version of the X-Men. The alternate universe(and possibly time) displaced Old Man Logan gathers this team. Since he's from a Universe where the bad guys won, he forms a team to kill Supervillains. Written by Jordie Belaire. The team consists of Havoc , Bishop(who knows about preventing dark futures), Frenzy(who's worked for supervillains before and knows how evil they can be), and Magik(literally been to limbo and so has seen a literal world ruled by monsters).
New Mutants
Follows a group specifically being trained to be the new X-Men The Xavier institute and how it works is explored in this series, Focusing largely on the seniors. This includes Rockslide, Mercury, Anole, Oya, Loa, Indra, and one of the Stepford Cuckoos. The Cuckoos were originally a hive mind but have since began to split apart and develop their own personalities. One wants to join the X-Men. One wants to leave. One hates the group is splitting up. The class is taught by Rogue. Quentin Quire has moved on, or rather been kicked out for being in school too long, and Rogue is joined by Surge and Armor. The focus is on the students and some old ones return like Helion and Prodigy. The series is written by Robbie Thompson, then Al Ewing, then Dennis Hopeless, then Kelly Thompson, then Jodie Houser.
Deadpool
Deadpool is written by Gerry Dugan. Alpha Flight also appeared with Deadpool as an on and off team member. It consists of reimagined versions of the original cast. The creators of Scott Pilgrim vs the World even wrote on the Deadpool book for a time.
Wolverine
Tom Taylor is kept on. Laura Kenny is kept as Wolverine.
Spider-Man
Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man
Dan Slott was forced off Spider-Man. He was given six months(12 issues) to wrap up all his loose threads. Chip Zdarsky was put on the book. followed by Nick Spencer, then Gerry Dugann, then Mark Waid. Parker Industries remained an element though it largely collapsed, forcing Peter to work on a smaller budget with a handful of loyal employees, turning it into a start up. With the Avengers split into different areas, Spider-Man became a much more prominent hero in New York. Superior Spider-Man has Doctor Octopus steal Spider-Man's body(and it is clear early on Peter Parker is not dead and will return, so there is no backlash). Anna Marconi is kept on as the head of Parker industries. The arc concluded with Doctor Octopus dying a final death.
Miles Morales, the Spectacular Spider-Man
When Bendis left the book. Jason Reynolds replaced him as writer. Following the 2015 Secret Wars event, Miles Morales was introduced into the main Marvel Universe with his solo series providing him with a new back story that reveals that the Spider-Man he saw die was Ben Reilly, who's death forced Peter Parker to return to the role of Spider-Man.
Gwen Stacy, the Sensational Spider-Woman
written by Jason Latour.
Dan Slott was forced off Spider-Man. He was given six months(12 issues) to wrap up all his loose threads. Chip Zdarsky was put on the book. followed by Nick Spencer, then Gerry Dugann, then Mark Waid. Parker Industries remained an element though it largely collapsed, forcing Peter to work on a smaller budget with a handful of loyal employees, turning it into a start up. With the Avengers split into different areas, Spider-Man became a much more prominent hero in New York. Superior Spider-Man has Doctor Octopus steal Spider-Man's body(and it is clear early on Peter Parker is not dead and will return, so there is no backlash). Anna Marconi is kept on as the head of Parker industries. The arc concluded with Doctor Octopus dying a final death.
Miles Morales, the Spectacular Spider-Man
When Bendis left the book. Jason Reynolds replaced him as writer. Following the 2015 Secret Wars event, Miles Morales was introduced into the main Marvel Universe with his solo series providing him with a new back story that reveals that the Spider-Man he saw die was Ben Reilly, who's death forced Peter Parker to return to the role of Spider-Man.
Gwen Stacy, the Sensational Spider-Woman
written by Jason Latour.
Space Teams
The Marvel cosmic heroverse was simplified and streamlined for more readers to grab onto with the current crossover for the disappearance of Galactus. Guardians of the Galaxy had been retooled into more of a comical story, inspired by the films. The team was that of Star-Lord, Adam Warlock, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Mantis and Moondragon (she joined as a favor toward Phyla-Vell when the team reformed).
Guardians of the Galaxy
Gerry Dugann and Aaron Kuder work on the book. The Annhilators are formed after the near-defeat of the Guardians, serving as another team to handle larger menaces that threaten the universe, consisting of the mightiest people that could be found. The team consists of Wendell as Quasar, Genis-Vell as Photon, a resurrected Phyla-Vell as the Starbrand of Earth-616, Beta Ray Bill, Ikon, Gladiator and Cosmo.
The Inhumans
The Inhumans are given a space setting. The Royal family has crumbled and they are now engaging in their first elections. The ancient race now adopt to a government system they've never known. The political intrigue lead the series to be dubbed Game of Thrones and House of Cards in Space. It was written by Saladin Ahmed, who often writes very political works, after being spearheaded by Matt Fraction.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Gerry Dugann and Aaron Kuder work on the book. The Annhilators are formed after the near-defeat of the Guardians, serving as another team to handle larger menaces that threaten the universe, consisting of the mightiest people that could be found. The team consists of Wendell as Quasar, Genis-Vell as Photon, a resurrected Phyla-Vell as the Starbrand of Earth-616, Beta Ray Bill, Ikon, Gladiator and Cosmo.
The Inhumans
The Inhumans are given a space setting. The Royal family has crumbled and they are now engaging in their first elections. The ancient race now adopt to a government system they've never known. The political intrigue lead the series to be dubbed Game of Thrones and House of Cards in Space. It was written by Saladin Ahmed, who often writes very political works, after being spearheaded by Matt Fraction.
Young Heroes
Miss Marvel
written by G.Willow Wilson.
The Champions
Iron Heart is added to the team. Mark Waid wrote. Al Ewing succeeds him, followed by Kelly Thompson. More Villains were introduced as the series tackles real world issues frequently, lacking any higher stakes.
Runaways
The current run addressed the consequences of the characters now having grown up with messed up childhoods and mindsets.
Scarlet Warlock
The Young Avengers have since split off. Scarlet Warlock carries on, training under Doctor Strange. A Sorcerer's Apprentice style series where Warlock realizes he is completely unprepared as the series goes beyond dimensions. Alternate futures have been shown where Warlock is the next Sorcerer Supreme. Written by Al Ewing, then handed off to Noelle Stevenson.
written by G.Willow Wilson.
The Champions
Iron Heart is added to the team. Mark Waid wrote. Al Ewing succeeds him, followed by Kelly Thompson. More Villains were introduced as the series tackles real world issues frequently, lacking any higher stakes.
Runaways
The current run addressed the consequences of the characters now having grown up with messed up childhoods and mindsets.
Scarlet Warlock
The Young Avengers have since split off. Scarlet Warlock carries on, training under Doctor Strange. A Sorcerer's Apprentice style series where Warlock realizes he is completely unprepared as the series goes beyond dimensions. Alternate futures have been shown where Warlock is the next Sorcerer Supreme. Written by Al Ewing, then handed off to Noelle Stevenson.
Marvel Knights
Daredevil
written by Charles Soule.
Defenders
Brian Michael Bendis continued writing. Continued to be based off the Netflix series.
Black Widow
Black Widow is believed dead, taking advantage of this to resume spy work. Marjorie Liu writes.
Power Man & Iron Fist
David Walker and Sanford Green continued the series they created(due to no crossover with Civil War II it keeps going. As the crossover with the event derailed the fanbase and story threads, leaving the series to tank).
written by Charles Soule.
Defenders
Brian Michael Bendis continued writing. Continued to be based off the Netflix series.
Black Widow
Black Widow is believed dead, taking advantage of this to resume spy work. Marjorie Liu writes.
Power Man & Iron Fist
David Walker and Sanford Green continued the series they created(due to no crossover with Civil War II it keeps going. As the crossover with the event derailed the fanbase and story threads, leaving the series to tank).
Anthology Series
For the Anthology Series, each issue featured 5 stories, each 12 pages long. 60 pages total. 5.99$. Each featured 5 ongoing series. When it came time to cancel segments, readers voted on which. series to keep and which to kill, the highest ranking series from each became an ongoing series. This moved onto the Digital format to allow voting. Digitally each story individually was sold for 1.50$. Buying multiple stories would be cheaper if done in Print form than Digital, uniting both indoor and Digital sales. Writers who had difficulty meeting the 24 page deadline were usually shifted to the 12 pages anthology.
Amazing Fantasy
Focuses on younger Superheroes. Included at launch: Silk, Gwenpool, America Chavez, Ironheart and Gravity. Silk was drawn by Stacy Lee and was from an alternate Universe rather than being from the same Spider bite as Peter Parker. Another title was a one shot titled Secret Love depicting a relationship between America Chavez and Kate Bishop by Princeless author Jeremy Whitley. America Chavez was also part of A force, a team led by Black Widow and Dazzler among others.
Journey into Mystery
Focused on the weird science fiction and fantasy side. Consisted of Doctor Strange, Angela, Silver Surfer, Blue Marvel and Weird World.
Weird World was a combination of the different bizarre universes in Marvel History(The center of the Earth, Savage Land, and so on). It was drawn by Mike Del Mundo. Silver Surfer was written by Dan Slott. Doctor Strange was there to draw readers in and give the series more clout. Doctor Strange explored more of the titular character's life and took a bit more down-to-earth approach as he reflected on his life since the 60's and what changes he must make after his near-death experience. This included a happy reunion with Clea, who took on a more active role as a magical protector while they get married. Strange also reveals to Clea that he has taken on two apprentices for a future candidate as Sorcerer Supreme, Billy Kaplan and Nico Minrou.
Tales of Suspense
Focused on the Marvel Knights. Blade, Cloak and Dagger, Moon Knight, Ghost Riders and Winter Soldier. Ghost Riders was drawn by Tradd Moore. The Ghost Rider series had been rebranded with a greater emphasis on the mystical aspects of Abrahamic lore with more angels, demons and various in-betweens. Johnny Blaze was retired now through pops up as a supporting character (though he did have his own maxi series showing his time as the primary Rider along with showing up in large events, such as when Robbie needed his help to take down the Gibborim). Daniel Ketch was the current Ghost Rider and as a homage to the late 80s and early 90s. He and to a lesser extent, Johnny, serve as mentors to Robbie Reyes, the next generation, while also having Alejandra often appear, the Rider who was supposed to take Daniel's place, but has her own agenda while being a pawn to Adam.
Strange Tales.
Focused on X-Men solo adventures. Included Gambit, Iceman, Emma Frost, Rogue, and Phoenix.
The plan included making a few more anthologies if they were successful such as a What if Anthology, a Villain Anthology and a Marvel Fanfare Anthology telling stories of classic characters during their prime years.
Amazing Fantasy
Focuses on younger Superheroes. Included at launch: Silk, Gwenpool, America Chavez, Ironheart and Gravity. Silk was drawn by Stacy Lee and was from an alternate Universe rather than being from the same Spider bite as Peter Parker. Another title was a one shot titled Secret Love depicting a relationship between America Chavez and Kate Bishop by Princeless author Jeremy Whitley. America Chavez was also part of A force, a team led by Black Widow and Dazzler among others.
Journey into Mystery
Focused on the weird science fiction and fantasy side. Consisted of Doctor Strange, Angela, Silver Surfer, Blue Marvel and Weird World.
Weird World was a combination of the different bizarre universes in Marvel History(The center of the Earth, Savage Land, and so on). It was drawn by Mike Del Mundo. Silver Surfer was written by Dan Slott. Doctor Strange was there to draw readers in and give the series more clout. Doctor Strange explored more of the titular character's life and took a bit more down-to-earth approach as he reflected on his life since the 60's and what changes he must make after his near-death experience. This included a happy reunion with Clea, who took on a more active role as a magical protector while they get married. Strange also reveals to Clea that he has taken on two apprentices for a future candidate as Sorcerer Supreme, Billy Kaplan and Nico Minrou.
Tales of Suspense
Focused on the Marvel Knights. Blade, Cloak and Dagger, Moon Knight, Ghost Riders and Winter Soldier. Ghost Riders was drawn by Tradd Moore. The Ghost Rider series had been rebranded with a greater emphasis on the mystical aspects of Abrahamic lore with more angels, demons and various in-betweens. Johnny Blaze was retired now through pops up as a supporting character (though he did have his own maxi series showing his time as the primary Rider along with showing up in large events, such as when Robbie needed his help to take down the Gibborim). Daniel Ketch was the current Ghost Rider and as a homage to the late 80s and early 90s. He and to a lesser extent, Johnny, serve as mentors to Robbie Reyes, the next generation, while also having Alejandra often appear, the Rider who was supposed to take Daniel's place, but has her own agenda while being a pawn to Adam.
Strange Tales.
Focused on X-Men solo adventures. Included Gambit, Iceman, Emma Frost, Rogue, and Phoenix.
The plan included making a few more anthologies if they were successful such as a What if Anthology, a Villain Anthology and a Marvel Fanfare Anthology telling stories of classic characters during their prime years.
10 More Books
Books outside the main Marvel Universe.
Max Series
The Max Series was released as Marvel's Parental Advisory/extreme content label where creators could do anything without censorship.
Punisher
David Walker writing.
Old Man Logan
Ed Brisson writing.
Jessica Jones
Bendis returned to the series.
Next-Wave
A Bizarre cult classic along with X-Static. All restriction was removed from the series. No continuity no censorship. Warren Ellis returned. Followed by Felipe Smith.Then Christopher Priest. Since Next-Wave seemed to hate Marvel, which Priest also does. He can complain all he wants and be paid for it. Then Matthew Rosenberg.
X-Static
Written by Felipe Smith. Then Charles Soule. Then Jim Zub. Several dead members of the series were brought back as a commentary on nostalgia. The agents refusing to let the heroes die until they weren't profitable.
David Walker writing.
Old Man Logan
Ed Brisson writing.
Jessica Jones
Bendis returned to the series.
Next-Wave
A Bizarre cult classic along with X-Static. All restriction was removed from the series. No continuity no censorship. Warren Ellis returned. Followed by Felipe Smith.Then Christopher Priest. Since Next-Wave seemed to hate Marvel, which Priest also does. He can complain all he wants and be paid for it. Then Matthew Rosenberg.
X-Static
Written by Felipe Smith. Then Charles Soule. Then Jim Zub. Several dead members of the series were brought back as a commentary on nostalgia. The agents refusing to let the heroes die until they weren't profitable.
Marvel's Young Readers
Marvel's Young Reader books had for so long been only screencaps from the shows and needed actual content. Something Marvel vowed to change.
Moongirl and Devil Dinosaur
Sells very well at bookfairs.
Nova
Starring Sam Alexander
Squirrel Girl
Rebranded as an all ages line as it was popular as Scholastic book fairs. Keeping same writer and artist. Now no longer tied to continuity
Power Pack
The Power Pack kids have grown up in continuity. Here it's vague. Could be a reboot or untold stories of the past.
Big Hero Six
Based on the film. ignoring the Comic version. All Ages and set in an alternate reality. Written by Greg Pak, based on his work on Mech Cadet Yu. After the success of the Big Hero 6 film. The Comics themselves later altered the Comic Big Hero Six to be more in line with their film version.
Art Balthazar and Franco do two page backup stories in each comic in the form of amusing little strips.
Post 2015 Reboot
The Young Avengers were given more focus and reintroduced to further showcase the theme of legacy, consisting of Elijah Bradley (Pariot II/ "Lieutenant America"), Sam Wilson, Billy Kaplan (having a new red outfit inspired by his mom's and now going by Scarlet Warlock), Teddy Altman (still going as Hulking), Kate Bishop (Hawkeye II), Cassie Lang (Stature), Thomas Shepard (Speed), Riri Williams (Ironheart), Nadia Van Dyne (Wasp) and Monica Chang (Black Widow II; she was originally introduced in Ultimates, but introduced into the mainstream as Black Widow's protege). They're later joined by Torunn (Thor's daughter) and Kamala Khan down the line. Miles Morales and Nick Fury from the Alternate Universe entered the main universe.
Avengers, Featuring N.G.E.N. – Start Your N.G.E.N.S! was a limited series about the Avengers teaming up with defense contractor Northrup Grumman.
Jonathan Hickman's House of X, Power of X, revamped the X-Men even further by granting them a sovereign alien nation of Krakoa named Utopia. The reformed Magneto being included among the X-Men.
MI13 became a sleeper hit, especially among British readers for its darker and more serious tone. However, it also possessed a tongue-in-cheek humor, especially during the crossover with Alpha Flight, as Deadpool made a few jabs on how British-written comics tend to be darker than their American counterparts. MI-13 consisted of Captain Britain, Black Knight, Gloriana, Psylocke, Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Wolfsbane, Spitfire, Sage, Doctor Druid and Pixie. Blade was later revealed to be an auxillary member. The most shocking crossover occurred when the group ran directly into Captain Marvel, an ultra popular character in the UK due to his British written arcs and able to be used due to Marvel and DC having split custody. The plot of this crossover was the debate of whether or not to aid Captain Marvel in creating a Utopia, alluding to the Captain Marvel Moore series and the Gaiman follow up where it was revealed doing so was not necessarily a good thing.
Marvel's later plans involved making their own version of DC's Earth 3 concept and creating a world where Marvel Heroes and Villains were reversed.
A 2018 Storyline shocked everyone by seemingly killing off Spider-Man and leading to Miles Morales succeeding him, even taking his costume(Spider-Man thus "died" the same year as both his creators, as Stan Lee and Steve Ditko both passed away that year).
The Crossover Empyre had tie-ins involving Black Panther, Ghost Riders, Avengers, Spider-Man, and Thor. I it featured a limited series that starred a new incarnation of The Order based in the United Kingdom, and a one-shot starring Kamela Khan's now-sentient Stormrager costume. The storyline itself had Thor, while fighting the plant based antagonists, have his life saved by his mother Gaea, who briefly grants him plantlife powers to help him fight back. The Series Strikeforce also tied into the event(Tie ins operating as self contained but related stories rather than important for the plot).
The Controversial New Warriors and New X-Men designs Do not happen TTL(Marvel previously mocking the idea of forced diversity, is aware enough to not attempt it).
Moongirl and Devil Dinosaur
Sells very well at bookfairs.
Nova
Starring Sam Alexander
Squirrel Girl
Rebranded as an all ages line as it was popular as Scholastic book fairs. Keeping same writer and artist. Now no longer tied to continuity
Power Pack
The Power Pack kids have grown up in continuity. Here it's vague. Could be a reboot or untold stories of the past.
Big Hero Six
Based on the film. ignoring the Comic version. All Ages and set in an alternate reality. Written by Greg Pak, based on his work on Mech Cadet Yu. After the success of the Big Hero 6 film. The Comics themselves later altered the Comic Big Hero Six to be more in line with their film version.
Art Balthazar and Franco do two page backup stories in each comic in the form of amusing little strips.
Post 2015 Reboot
The Young Avengers were given more focus and reintroduced to further showcase the theme of legacy, consisting of Elijah Bradley (Pariot II/ "Lieutenant America"), Sam Wilson, Billy Kaplan (having a new red outfit inspired by his mom's and now going by Scarlet Warlock), Teddy Altman (still going as Hulking), Kate Bishop (Hawkeye II), Cassie Lang (Stature), Thomas Shepard (Speed), Riri Williams (Ironheart), Nadia Van Dyne (Wasp) and Monica Chang (Black Widow II; she was originally introduced in Ultimates, but introduced into the mainstream as Black Widow's protege). They're later joined by Torunn (Thor's daughter) and Kamala Khan down the line. Miles Morales and Nick Fury from the Alternate Universe entered the main universe.
Avengers, Featuring N.G.E.N. – Start Your N.G.E.N.S! was a limited series about the Avengers teaming up with defense contractor Northrup Grumman.
Jonathan Hickman's House of X, Power of X, revamped the X-Men even further by granting them a sovereign alien nation of Krakoa named Utopia. The reformed Magneto being included among the X-Men.
MI13 became a sleeper hit, especially among British readers for its darker and more serious tone. However, it also possessed a tongue-in-cheek humor, especially during the crossover with Alpha Flight, as Deadpool made a few jabs on how British-written comics tend to be darker than their American counterparts. MI-13 consisted of Captain Britain, Black Knight, Gloriana, Psylocke, Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Wolfsbane, Spitfire, Sage, Doctor Druid and Pixie. Blade was later revealed to be an auxillary member. The most shocking crossover occurred when the group ran directly into Captain Marvel, an ultra popular character in the UK due to his British written arcs and able to be used due to Marvel and DC having split custody. The plot of this crossover was the debate of whether or not to aid Captain Marvel in creating a Utopia, alluding to the Captain Marvel Moore series and the Gaiman follow up where it was revealed doing so was not necessarily a good thing.
Marvel's later plans involved making their own version of DC's Earth 3 concept and creating a world where Marvel Heroes and Villains were reversed.
A 2018 Storyline shocked everyone by seemingly killing off Spider-Man and leading to Miles Morales succeeding him, even taking his costume(Spider-Man thus "died" the same year as both his creators, as Stan Lee and Steve Ditko both passed away that year).
The Crossover Empyre had tie-ins involving Black Panther, Ghost Riders, Avengers, Spider-Man, and Thor. I it featured a limited series that starred a new incarnation of The Order based in the United Kingdom, and a one-shot starring Kamela Khan's now-sentient Stormrager costume. The storyline itself had Thor, while fighting the plant based antagonists, have his life saved by his mother Gaea, who briefly grants him plantlife powers to help him fight back. The Series Strikeforce also tied into the event(Tie ins operating as self contained but related stories rather than important for the plot).
The Controversial New Warriors and New X-Men designs Do not happen TTL(Marvel previously mocking the idea of forced diversity, is aware enough to not attempt it).
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The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit: 1937-2012
Lord of the Rings
The Works of J.R.R.Tolkien are revered. Beginning with the children's book the Hobbit in 1937. Tolkien had foresight in mind and chose to set up his Lord of the Rings series in his first book, weaving it in organically without bogging down the story, such as having Bilbo steal the ring from Gollum after being attacked by him.The Lord of the Rings series followed with Tolkien choosing to cut down on the intense detail of specific objects. Among the changes from OTL are Aragon marrying Éowyn, who is his romantic interest as she was in the original draft(the various draft changes led to this being told in the appendices rather than the book itself. here the story is simplified so that it is built up since the beginning and Arwen is not introduced). Treebeard and the Ents appeared at the last battle in front of the Black Gate, after they act as The Cavalry for Lothlórien. Another divergence introduced are good Orcs, who meet Sam and Frodo, most of them being built up throughout the books by some of the Orcs in the army expressing their displeasure, before they meet and befriend Frodo and Sam and wage a Civil War(the reason why the Orcs start fighting among each other in this version). This is due to Tolkien regretting not depicting sympathetic Orcs afterwards, as being a Catholic, he did not believe a whole species was "Irredeemably Evil".
Tolkien did write another book, but released it as a short sequel story in a collection. He did not want to undo the hardship the characters of the LOTR series went through by introducing a new villain on the same scale as Sauron, rendering the struggle of the LOTR protagonists meaningless. As a result the sequel is much shorter. Set 100 years after LOTR in the Fourth Age, the series a peaceful future where boys play as Orcs and have never seen one. This era is somewhat spoiled. Never having known conflict. The plot revolves around Aragorn's Descendant stopping an evil cult from summoning a new evil into the world. Tolkien also released The History of Middle-earth which enforced his belief that his stories are the past setting of our world with the renaming of Tol Eressëa into England, setting the story clearly in our world's past.
concept art from Disney's The Hobbit.
Early Adaptations
In the intervening time in 1956, Forest J Ackerman and Al Brodax approached Tolkien with a proposal for an animated adaptation the rest of the series. The screenplay was written up by an amateur screenwriter named Morton Grady Zimmerman. Ackerman showed artwork by Ron Cobb and Zimmerman's story synopsis to Tolkien, which condensed the story into three hours with two intermissions, and filming locations in California, the latter of which impressed Tolkien. However, he hated everything else. Though he liked the way the film intended to be done, a process involved a combination of Animation, Miniatures and Live Action. Tolkien liked the next batch of concept art by Arthur Rackham style concept art a lot more, however, he refused to hand the rights over until the script be changed. In the original script, Tolkien's objections included that Lothlorien was described to him as a fairy-castle, and the story had been greatly condensed. While Tolkien noted that a film "would be pleasant", he delayed in reviewing the synopsis until urged by Unwin, and once he delivered his initial notes to Ackerman, the agent was granted a six-month option if he could find a producer to finance the project. He intended to make the film with American International Pictures, but president James Nicholson declined, as did other studio heads.
Tolkien was sent a 55-page treatment by Zimmerman, which he still disliked. Keeping his publisher's financial interests in mind (and his own, as he neared retirement), Tolkien was polite but largely criticized the script. He complained of divergences from not only the tone of the book (such as a "fairy-tale" depiction of Lothlórien, as well as elements cut "upon which the book's characteristic and peculiar tone principally depends" but also the character representation (such as Sam leaving Frodo to Shelob and going on to Mount Doom alone). He took issue with dialogue changes as regards to the "style and sentiment" of characters, and with intercutting between the storylines of Frodo and Aragorn. He suggested eliminating the battle of Helm's Deep to better emphasize the defense of Minas Tirith, and cutting characters out instead of diminishing their roles. Tolkien protested against added "incantations, blue lights, and some irrelevant magic" and "a preference for fights".
Nevertheless, Tolkien didn't wish to kill the project. The treatment was looked at and was criticized by Ian Nathan, Tom Shippey and other Script Doctors. Kristin Thompson noted the amateur nature of the enterprise, saying that it never represented a serious attempt to make a commercial film. Zimmerman was fired and a new more professional screenwriter was brought in, changing the script to adapt only the first book. The Project was finally completed and released in 1957 as The Fellowship of the Ring. Despite its success, Ackerman was forced to let any plans for continuing go as he had fallen behind on payments and the film failed to pay for what he could not afford.
In 1959, Tolkien entered negotiations with Robert Gutwillig for an adaptation of The Two Towers, hoping for a more faithful adaptation. Tolkien told Gutwillig he had "given a considerable amount of time and thought" to how Lord of the Rings could better be adapted, noting "some ideas concerning what I think would be desirable" as well as the "difficulties" involved. Tolkien spoke with Gutwillig's agent and producer, Samuel W. Gelfman. Their discussion were amicable. Tolkien found Gelfman intelligent and reasonable, Tolkien directed Gelfman to his publishers and from there a film was made, The Two Towers being released in 1960 and continuing from the Ackerman film. Return of the King was then also adapted in 1961.
In 1961, William L. Snyder negotiated the rights to adapt The Hobbit to animation for his Oscar-winning company, Rembrandt films. He leased The Hobbit for five years. Due to a mishap in the publishing of the first edition, the book was public domain in the US(which is why Snyder wanted to adapt it). Snyder renegotiated the lease to give Tolkien and Unwin only a $15,000 advance. Tolkien thought Snyder was "sure to perpetrate[...many objectionable things" but leased the rights to the producer in 1962. Snyder commissioned cartoonist Gene Deitch to write a script for a feature-length Hobbit cartoon; this took liberties with the text, inserting a princess of Dale who goes on the quest with Bilbo and ends up marrying him. Deitch was unaware of The Lord of the Rings until later, when he incorporated the concept of the Ring of Power into the Gollum (or Goloom, as he's called in the cartoon) episode later in the writing, making a sequel based on The Lord of the Rings possible. The result was a full length animated film. It was screened in New York in 1967. Soon After the rights to The Lord of the Rings; were sold back Tolkien for a higher price. However, publisher Sir Stanley Unwin maintained that Snyder continued to hold only the rights to The Hobbit, and that they were then sold directly to United Artists when they secured the rights to The Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien negotiated television rights to the books separately. Carole Ward suggested adapting The Lord of the Rings for television in 1964, to air on the newly launched BBC2. ITV launched a competing offer, according to which the book would be adapted via puppetry, which Tolkien found contemptuous, cancelling the project. Another attempt at purchasing the television rights was made in 1968, which would have put it concurrently with the cinema rights being sold to United Artists.
The idea of live-action fantasy has become fashionable in the early 1960's due to the success of Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion productions. By 1967, Gelfman established Katzka-Bernie productions with Gabriel Katzka and entered negotiations with Tolkien to adapt The Lord of the Rings for United Artists, "with an option for The Hobbit.(which was less on the table due to its recent adaptation)", believing they could do it justice using Stop Motion for the monsters. As was the case with Snyder, the emerging contracts would provide United Artists with complete creative freedom over the works, and even offered UA first bidding at the television rights, which were negotiated separately but never sold to them. Meanwhile, a couple of American teenagers unsuccessfully attempted to obtain the rights to The Hobbit from Tolkien himself. Joy Hill, Tolkien's secretary who worked for Allen & Unwin, was said to have contacted Disney for the rights at the time, and it was possible this was done to place United Artists in a competitive position. MGM were also said to have been interested in the rights at the time.
United Artists were the studio behind several of the lucrative widescreen epics of the decade. In the 1960's, long widescreen epics (presented as a roadshow with an intermission) still proved successful, but few sequels were made in that genre, and therefore Katzka-Bernie commissioned Sir Peter Shaffer to write a treatment for a single, three-hour film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, which was deemed "elegant", keeping The Hobbit in mind as a potential prequel. Merchandizing was of little concern at the time, but the rights to make profit from such products were included in the contract. Tolkien had grown to dislike the idea of condensing the books into one film. United Artists had no desire for a trilogy at the time. Tolkien, feeling the end was near, set-up a trust fund for his grandchildren and his ailing wife so they could remain financially stable as the series was repeatedly adapted.
Two Posters for Lord of the Rings, 1970.
At the time, The Beatles were on a three-picture deal with United Artists. Their previous two features, A Hard Day's Night(1964) and Help!(1965), directed by Richard Lester, were successful. When it became clear that the animated Yellow Submarine(1968) would not count as part of this deal, Denis O'Dell (head of the Beatles' Apple Films) entered negotiations for their third film. He came up with the idea of a Lord of the Rings "multimedia musical extravaganza", starring the Beatles as the four Hobbits. He learned that United Artists were in negotiations for the rights.
In conversation with studio heads David and Arnold Picker, it was decided that a "star director" was required. O'Dell shortlisted David Lean, Stanley Kubrick, and Michelangelo Antonioni. Lean declined. O'Dell left to India to visit the Beatles, with the books in his suitcase. At the behest of Donovan, the band examined the books and began to think "seriously" about the idea. According to O'Dell, John Lennon fancied the role of Gandalf, but then wanted to swap for Frodo. Ringo Starr wanted to play Sam, while Paul McCartney coveted Frodo. It then changed as Lennon wanted to be Gollum instead, Ringo still played Sam, and Harrison would play Gandalf. Donovan was keen on Merry, and they wanted Twiggy for Galadriel.
Kubrick, just off the success of the special effects pioneering 2001: A Space Odyssey(Part of this is Space Odyssey, being different, not as slow and less vague, turning it more into a film akin to Alien), accepted the role as the studio promised to fund him dream Project Napoleon. Though the resulting Lord of the Rings film was bizarre(OTL Kubrick called Lord of the Rings unfilmable, though many agree that he was right...for the time)it is artistically surreal. It is filled with the songs by the Beatles and is not accurate to the book(not like that ever stopped Kubrick before). The plot essentially turned the Beatles(and their characters) into the protagonists, as such Gollum is more prevalent since Lennon plays him, essentially joining the fellowship once Frodo meets him, which consists largely of the four Beatles, though they are joined by others (OTL the best films to compare it to would be a cross between the 1967 Casino Royale for how surreal and bizarre it is and Excalibur though improved by Kubrick's presence). The film condenses the trilogy into one narrative and includes parts of the Hobbit to streamline the story(for example Gandalf recruiting Frodo has shades of the Hobbit where he recruits Bilbo, and the first meeting between Frodo and Gollum borrows from the Bilbo and Gollum interaction in The Hobbit. This change was brought about by John Boorman, who acted as Producer. The scene also has several psychedelic scenes, including Frodo and Galadriel having a romantic relationship and even sex.
Producer John Boorman during Production of the 1970 Lord of the Rings.
At the time, Marvel Comics was considering adapting either Conan the Barbarian or Lord of the Rings. The Release of a new Lord of the Rings film convinced them to go with that idea, However, the film was very different from the source material, being too bizarre and so the comic itself was very strange, Marvel having difficulty adapting the various musical scenes. The Comic Adaptation would become an old shame as Marvel shifted to adapting the Conan stories instead. For his 400th episode, Comic Reviewer Linkara did a review of the Comic Adaptation of the Beatles's Lord of the Rings, complete with parody versions of the song and a minor cameo by Paul McCartney(Basically replaces the OTL adaptation of the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band film).
In 1972, animators Rankin and Bass wanted to adapt Tolkien's works to animation as part of their series of television specials. Rankin thought adapting the whole Lord of the Rings completely in stop motion was impossible and that the audience "wouldn't sit still for it." He decided "that the Tolkien property that they could handle was 'The Hobbit'," although portions of The Lord of the Rings were optioned as a sequel given pressure from the network. At $2 million to produce, the special would prove the costliest made up to that time, and starred John Huston, a fan of the book, as Gandalf. They contacted Tolkien's Estate, who declined, but Rankin pointed out that the books were public domain in the US. The Estate, along with Saul Zaentz who had since purchased the film rights, tried to stop the production through a lawsuit, but it instead "became authorized through a series of settlement agreements" which allowed the special to air in Canada, where the books weren't public domain. Abandoning the stop motion, Ralph Bakshi, wanted to adapt the series since 1957, United Artists allowed him to adapt the Hobbit first. Rankin and Bass was looking for animators and Bakshi stepped in, adapting The Hobbit in 1977.
Ralph Bakshi
Poster for the first Lord of the Rings film by Bakshi.
In 1977, Bakshi and Dan Melnick, then-president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, made a deal with United Artists to purchase the film rights for $3 million (covering the cost of Boorman's screenwriting), and Bakshi started pre-production and writing, enlisting Chris Conkling to research the script. With $200,000 spent, Dan Melnick was fired from MGM. Bakshi persuaded Saul Zaentz to produce The Lord of the Rings. Zaentz had recently produced the Academy Award-winning adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, distributed by United Artists, and agreed to buy the project. UA stayed as the distributors. Zaentz was only able to offer a humble budget of $8 million. Since Bakshi was primarily interested in Tolkien's more adult-oriented novel, Zaentz's Fantasy films procured the rights to The Lord of the Rings. The rights to distribute the prequel of The Hobbit remained with United Artists. Bakshi later clarified that he thought the film could "make some money" to save his studio after his previous film, Coonskin, tanked.
With Conkling, Bakshi considered how to divide the story. They decided on a three-film structure and settled on three 150-minute films. The Fellowship of the Ring was released in 1978. The Two Towers was released in 1980. Peter S. Beagle was brought in to do rewrites from Boorman's second Lord of the Rings script. Bakshi consulted with Tolkien's daughter Priscilla. Beagle's changes included the correction of the pronunciation of Saruman's name(which is inconsistent at times in the OTL film, sometimes pronounced as Aruman). Bakshi constantly revised the story at the behest of anxious fans, and was approached by Mick Jagger and David Carradine for roles in the film. Carradine even suggested that Bakshi do it in live-action, but Bakshi said he'd "always seen it as animation." Both received roles. Bakshi also got Led Zeppelin to perform the soundtrack.
Bakshi went to England to recruit a voice cast from the BBC Drama Repertory Company, including Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, Anthony Daniels, and John Hurt. Bakshi then shot character actors playing to the recording in empty sound stages, and then rotoscoped the performances. Bakshi used the source footage as a guide rather than tracing over it(which he later wished he had done OTL). Live-action footage for crowd scenes was shot in Death Valley and in Spain. To cut costs, cinematographer Timothy Galfas suggested solarizing the crowd scenes, to create a pseudo-animated look. The film was animated in the United States by Bakshi's studio. Bakshi had only four weeks to edit the film, of which little was reportedly left on the cutting room floor. The whole project from pitch to release lasted about two years. The first film cost $5 Million Dollars to produce but made $40 Million.
Arthur Krim, who had supported the film, was kept on at United Artists(not being replaced by Andy Albeck as OTL) and would continue to support it. The second film ended with Frodo and Sam being led into a trap by Gollum. The first film was released without any indication that a second part would follow, over Bakshi's objections(though it would receive a second film after all when it did well). Rated PG, it was the longest animated film made at the time, and cost $8–12 million to produce; it grossed $30.5 million at the box office. The first film won the Golden Gryphon at the 1980 Giffoni Film Festival, but critical reaction was mixed; Roger Ebert called Bakshi's effort a "mixed blessing" and "an entirely respectable, occasionally impressive job ... which still falls far short of the charm and sweep of the original story." The final part, Return of the King, was released in 1982, and did the best of all the films. The BBC's 1981 radio adaptation recruited veterans of Bakshi's voice cast, Michael Graham Cox and Peter Woodthorpe to reprise their roles (Boromir and Gollum, respectively) from the film. Sir Ian Holm (later to become Jackson's first choice for Bilbo Baggins before Sylvester McCoy) voiced Frodo.
Other nations outside the US and UK had their own adaptations of the works of Tolkien. In 1971, Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television aired Sagan om Ringen, a short broadcast in two parts, consisting of live-action actors against animated backgrounds. It was based on The Fellowship of the Ring, and directed by Bo Hansson, who previously made a music album based on The Lord of the Rings, with license from the Tolkien Estate. It was based on the then recent Beatles version of the film and incorporated songs. The short can no longer be viewed outside of Sweden.
Screenshot from The Fabulous Journey of Mr.Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit.
In 1993, the Finnish broadcaster Yle produced a live-action miniseries called The Hobbitit ("The Hobbits"). Despite the name it was based on The Lord of the Rings rather than The Hobbit; but it included only the parts of the story that the hobbits had witnessed themselves (hence the title). The nine episodes were aired on Yle TV1. The series was written and directed by Timo Torikka. Toni Edelmann composed the soundtrack. Actors included Pertti Sveholm as Sam, Taneli Mäkelä as Frodo, Martti Suosalo as Bilbo, Matti Pellonpää as Saruman, Vesa Vierikko as Gandalf, Ville Virtanen as Legolas, Kari Väänänen (as Aragorn and Gollum at the same time) and Leif Wager as Elrond. It aired again in 1998.
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson on the set of Lord of the Rings.
While he was aware that "three films would obviously be the more natural way to do" The Lord of the Rings and that The Hobbit would better be split across two films, he made a more modest offer of a trilogy: one film based on The Hobbit which, if proven successful, would be followed by two Lord of the Rings installments, released six months apart. Jackson and Walsh re-read The Hobbit and even commissioned their workshop at WETA for some concept art, the rights to The Hobbit proved difficult because they were split between Zaentz and United Artists but Jackson succeeded. Jackson truthfully admitted he was more interested in adapting Lord of the Rings than The Hobbit, but agreed to make the prequel first. The Hobbit was released in 2001 as the first film in Four. Lord of the Rings followed with the release of The Fellowship of the Ring in 2002, The Two Towers in 2003, and Return of the King in 2004. Jackson also later made remarks about potential spinoff films and even half-joking remarks about television spin-off shows.
The Hobbit cast Christopher Plummer as the voice of Smaug(he couldn't handle much travelling at his age but doing a voice was just fine). Smaug had been given four legs in addition to his wings. Tom Baker played Tom Bombadil, who has a minor role as a kind host who throws the Dwarves a feast and a respite from their travels(Jackson couldn't think of a place to put him in Lord of the Rings but he fit better into the lighter tone of The Hobbit though he replaces another character for this to work). Richard Harris, who lobbied heavily to play Gandalf, played him in The Hobbit. He passed away before The Lord of the Rings Trilogy was released(he'd dropped out of the role due to poor health)and recast with Sir Ian McKellen, while many mourn Harris's passing, many also see it as improving the film as McKellen's performance in the trilogy is seen as excelling Harris's. McKellen was also able to carry out more scenes of Gandalf fighting, which wasn't shown in the Hobbit and Richard Harris wouldn't have been able to do so at his age. It also allowed the much kinder Gandalf to suddenly become more serious and intense with the change in tone for the series and the years that passed in universe(So this is basically the TTL version of Harris playing a famous fantasy wizard before passing away and being replaced by another actor, although here is makes a bit more sense and is not as jarring as Michael "Harrydidyouputyurnameinthegobletoffiyah!" Gambon since McKellen can play a kind Gandalf as well as an intense one). Other actors included were Ian Holm as Bilbo. Bill Bailey as the dwarf Glóin. David Tennant played Thranduil.
When it came time to cast The Lord of the Rings, the older Bilbo was now played by Sylvester McCoy(there being no Radigast the Brown ITTL). The Films also cast Ashely Judd and Mira Sorvino in prominent roles(OTL Miramax executives lied and said they were difficult to work with when the truth was they had rejected Harvey Weinstein's sexual advances. Weinstein isn't in the picture here). Vin Diesel, a huge Tolkien fan, played Aragorn. He would later provide the voice of Melkor in The Silmarillion. Kevin Conway played King Theoden(OTL he chose to do Gods and Generals, which doesn't exist OTL, though he acknowledged this was a bad decision but disliked the long process the role would entail). Tom Wilkinson was also cast. Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman played Faramir and Éowyn. David Bowie was cast as Elrond. Lucy Lawless was cast as Galadriel.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy plot is largely the same as OTL despite the cast changes with some added or different scenes. The Balrog is shown after falling in the water with its fire gone out and covered in slime, his fall scaring away several tentacled monsters similar to the Watcher in the Water. There was also a river rapids scene with the Fellowship(the equipment being damaged undoing the attempt to film this scene OTL). During the battle of Helm's Deep a few orcs got through, only to be caught and defeated by Éowyn who was helping a pregnant woman give birth. Most of the material that humanized the other races was kept in such as the Southron(seen in the extended edition and done by Faramir) or the conversations with orcs.
Frodo's transformation into a Gollum like creature.
During the scene in Ithilien when Faramir attempted to take the Ring from Frodo (only to be stopped by Sam), Frodo has a moment where he changed into a hideous Gollum-like appearance, as Bilbo did in Rivendell. Smegol's flashback was placed in The Two Towers, right after Frodo calls him by his real name. The flashback ending when he put on the Ring for the first time. It was still used as the opening of The Return of the King as a variation of Previously On… (same with Gandalf's fight with the Balrog). The song at the end of The Two Towers was sung by Björk. The Wood Woses appear in The Return of the King, with Maori actor Wu Kuki Kaa playing their chieftain Ghan-Buri-Ghan. Aragorn personally dueled Sauron in the end of the film. Among the scenes included in The Return of the King, are the extended edition scene of Sarumon and Grim Wormtongue's deaths, less jokes at Gimli's expense, and an explanation for the Eagles(who saved Gandalf in Lord of the Rings when he was imprisoned by Sarumon). The Eagles outright say the ring will corrupt them if they are near it and their King refuses to allow them to become involved until the ring is destroyed(when it is in Return of the King, is when the Eagles arrive and begin to turn the tide of the battle). There are also less endings to the trilogy. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring went onto win Best Picture in 2002(replacing the OTL winner of Chicago).
Ghan-Buri-Ghan in the film.
Guillermo del Toro's The Silmarillion was released in 2012. Rather than serving as an adaptation of the titular book. It is instead a combination of sorts of many of the ideas from the stories, used to tell one singular story of Middle Earth's ancient past and the battle with Malkor(voiced by Vin Diesel). Among the cast are Brian Blessed, Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Martin Freeman and Ian McShane as the first dwarf. Peter Jackson considered his work for New Line Cinema done. Del Toro had originally been a possibility to direct the Hobbit. With that film completed he was instead given the rather dense Silmarillion, which he chose to take ideas from rather than directly adapt. Now all that remains of what once was is the potential Amazon Series expected to be helmed by Peter Jackson. Ironic that a book series with one of the most troubled productions has finally found a solid place, leaving an indeniable mark in pop culture. What was once a book trilogy thought unfilmable has become a Film trilogy thought unsurpassable.
Tolkien Adaptations
The Hobbit(1952)-Walt Disney(Walt Disney Pictures)
The Fellowship of the Ring(1957)-Forrest J. Ackerman
The Two Towers(1960)-Robert Gutwillig
Return of the King(1961)-Robert Gullwillig
The Hobbit(1967)-William L. Snyder(Rembrandt Films), Sir Stanley Unwin.
The Lord of the Rings(1970)-Directed by Stanley Kubrick(United Artists). Starring the Beatles.
Sagan om Ringen(1971)-Sveriges Television(Swedish)
The Hobbit(1977)-Directed by Ralph Bakshi(Rankin & Bass)
The Fellowship of the Ring(1978)-Directed by Ralph Bakshi(Rankin & Bass)
The Two Towers(1980)-Directed by Ralph Bakshi(Rankin & Bass)
Return of the King(1982)-Directed by Ralph Bakshi(Rankin & Bass)
The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit (Russian: Сказочное путешествие мистера Бильбо Беггинса Хоббита)(1985)
The Hobbitit ("The Hobbits")(1993)- Yle(Finnish)
The Hobbit(2001)-Directed by Peter Jackson(Warner Bros)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2002)-Directed by Peter Jackson(Warner Bros)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2003)Directed by Peter Jackson(Warner Bros)
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King(2004)Directed by Peter Jackson(Warner Bros)
The Silmarillion(2012)Directed by Guillermo Del Toro(Warner Bros)
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A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones
A Dream of Spring, the Final Book in the series.
A Song of Ice and Fire
George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is completed earlier than OTL. The time skip between Robert's Rebellion and the present is greater as Martin had specific plans for the character's ages here(which OTL he later regretted, leading to the later books taking longer as they needed to be rewritten. Bran in particular is older. Among the additions are Sansa becoming pregnant with Joffrey's child. Benjen became Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Catelyn taking her children to the Night's Watch for protection, but an anguished Jon and Benjen find themselves unable help their family because of the Watch's neutrality, A Dance with Dragons covers more POV characters and several plot threads are merged, averting a few unresolved climaxes.The 7th and final book being A Dream of Spring.A Song of Ice and Fire
A Game of Thrones (1996)
A Clash of Kings (1998)
A Storm of Swords (2000)
A Feast for Crows (2002)
A Dance with Dragons (2004)
The Winds of Winter(2006)
A Dream of Spring (2008)
Game of Thrones
Lady Stoneheart in the Show.
There were initially talks to adapt a film of A Song of Ice and Fire instead. George RR Martin refused, feeling that the books were too detailed to be condensed into a film's running time. A TV series was decided on as a better format. Apparently ways of condensing the storylines was to do one film focusing on Danaerys, and another on the Starks etc. Martin officially turned the offer down. Changes include Sandor Clegane's hunting dogs in Winterfells(cut OTL because they scared the horses). Brian Cox plays Commander Mormont. Tom Hollander plays Littlefinger. Several book characters appear such as Patchface and Lady Stoneheart(due to the series being done by this time).
The show includes the Jeyne Westerling character, who is a battlefield nurse to make a more budget-friendly adaptation of her and Robb's meeting from the books where she nurses him after he's wounded in battle(being ITTL Talisa Maegyr). Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop actually offered to help animate the Battle of Blackwater and Martin accepted their help.
The series began to diverge when it came to the episode "The Lion and the Rose" (a.k.a. the Purple Wedding episode). The episode settled the question of who was behind the Season 1 assassination attempt on Bran much earlier than OTL, with the same guilty party the books imply: Joffrey. Tyrion realized this when Joffrey said, in response to getting the Valyrian steel sword as a wedding gift, that he was not unfamiliar with the material...and in turn Tyrion made remarks to Joffrey suggesting he'd figured out from this that Joffrey had tried to have Bran killed. As a result Joffrey acted cruel to Tyrion during the wedding scene, and when Joffrey was poisoned(resulting in a gorier than OTL death as the poison makes him cough up blood and claw his face), Tyrion was framed for his murder. While seeing their dead son, Jaime and Cersei Lannister have sex on his corpse, which is made clear to be consensual (which it is meant to be, but comes off as a Rape unintentionally). Tyrion helps Sansa escape with Little Finger(who later marries her to Ramsay Bolton, who ITTL does not rape her). Tyrion was honest with Shae about why she had to leave him if she wants to live, with him warning her rather graphically about how brutally Tywin could have her killed, which actually had the effect of leading her to betray Tyrion to him. Varys informed Tyrion that Tywin knew about Tyrion's relationship with Shae in the dungeons, with Varys appearing as a denizen of the dungeons; clad in leather and mail, an iron helm on his head, heavy boots on his feet, a whip coiled at his side. Even a Beard, suggesting Varys got most his his information under duress.
Prior to the airing of Season 4, producers had to decide which of the two storylines (Dorne and Ironborn) would be in Season 5, meaning the other storyline not chosen would be in Season 6 instead. They decided to focus on the Ironborn Arc first, leading to Jaimie's character arc, being different, more about wanting to claim the Iron Throne for himself after the death of his father. The Dorne Arc got focus in Season 6 instead. Bran's visions became more extensive, seeing the first glimpse of the Night King and setting up the idea of a psychic connection between the Stark children and their direwolves. The penultimate episode of Season 4 ended with a large battle at the Wall in which Grenn and the Nightwatchmen's fight against the giant is shown in "The Watchers on the Wall"(OTL it was cancelled due to the budget). Stannis then arrives at the wall in the next episode. The scene where three of Stannis's underlings are burned alive as punishment shows more directly the hand of the Lord of Light. At a certain point the flames suddenly increased and changed color ... with apparitions of the three dead seen, blissful and younger-looking, briefly above. Melisandre's conversations with Shireen also foreshadows what ultimately happens to the latter in the show. The Watchers on the Wall was directed by Neil Marshall, who also directed Blackwater and Hardhome , some of the series's best episodes containing some of the most intense action sequences. The Season also introduced Jared Harris as the High Sparrow.
Alexander Siddig was contracted for four episodes in Season 6, salvaging the much maligned Dorne arc. Prior to Stannis going into battle against Ramsay, rhe red Priestess Melisandre burns Stannis’s daughter without his knowing. She only told him that she would guarantee his success in battle with a sacrifice, not what that sacrifice would be. As Stannis is in battle, unknown to him, his daughter is burning. Melisandre would killed by Davos Seaworth in revenge during the battle of Winterfell. The Season 6 episode "The Door" has a scene where Sansa teases Brienne about her new Wildling admirer being added in. Season 6 has the iconic episode "The Battle of the Bastards" in which Jon Snow led his forces against Ramsay Bolton, including Snow's Dire wolf Ghost fighting Ramsay's hounds. The episode also foreshadowed Arya's studies with the Faceless Men in the next two seasons. Theon's torture under Bolton was shown to be much worse, with missing fingers and white hairs.
A scene is added of Cersei having a miscarriage during Season 7, explaining her returning to drinking wine by the end of said season and her descent into suicidal delusion. Season 7 had Daenarys travel with Jon and his group to the Wall, to rescue Jon’s uncle and so Daenarys could see the dead for herself. She still swooped in and saved the group, losing a dragon in the process. Jon’s uncle goes with the group. The White Walkers retrieve the dragon but not with giant chains that seem to come out of nowhere. Little Finger is not accused in the same way he is in the season, Sansa accuses him of past deeds but he is able to justify each of them. When Sansa threatens him anyway he demands trial by combat with the Night King as his champion, saying they can ask when he he arrives. Sansa instead brings Little Finger to the same area where Ned executed a man in the first episode and carries out the deed much like Ned did.
In Season 8, The existence of the White Walkers is proven by just a moving hand from a few seasons back. The Wall goes down but those defending it are killed, the Undead Dragon shoots fire, but as the soldiers notice, it burns cool instead of hot, meaning its not real fire, which can hurt the undead. Several popular book characters appear such as Lady Stonheart, an undead Catelyn Stark resurrected by the Night King.
Jaime knights Brien of Tarth during what appears to be a practice fight between them but as he hits parts of her armor with his sword and says the lines for the Knighting, he points out Brien is a better fighter than him and if she’s letting him win its because she wants to be knighted. She finally relents.
The battle of Winterfell is a complete disaster, forcing the heroes to retreat with many being killed. It begins with one army attacking the undead head on while the Dothraki ambush them from the side(as they are known for flanking maneuvers) only to be flanked by the undead themselves. Brien is killed by a undead Lyanna Mormont as a twist on her vows to never harm children. Bran attempts to use is powers to find out how in the past the Night king was killed. He tries to tell Aerys Targaryen in the past to store as much Wildfire as possible under King’s Landing but like with Hodor, he accidentally messes up, drives Aerys insane as he shouts "Fire! Fire!" And becomes “The Mad King”. He goes back to when the Night King was first defeat as the massive army of White Walkers prepare to invade with a small army heavily outnumbered only for the Night King to somehow notice Bran and the entire army to promptly turn around.
Bran then tries to prevent the Night King from ever being created but he ends up possessing the man who would become the Night King just as the Children of the Forest perform the ritual that transforms Bran into the Night King. During the battle, Jon Snow slays the undead dragon. He reached Bran who is able to tell him something that we don’t hear. Jon then runs, Bran is killed by an undead Hodor. The survivors retreat.
Skipping to events in King’s Landing. Battle breaks out as the Night King is revealed to be able to cross water by freezing it, endangering the survivors. The Iron Fleet and the Golden Company put up a valiant fight with countless horses but are overwhelmed. Yara Greyjoy escapes and battles Euron Greyjoy on the shores, killing him. Arya and the Hound sneak into the King’s Landing to settle their respective vendettas. Arya takes on Jaimee’s face and chokes Cersei to death. The Hound discovers the countless barrels of Wildfire placed under King’s Landing and tells Arya to run. The Hound and the Mountain both die in battle. During the battle Jon Snow is knocked out. Jaimee finds Cersei’s body and cries over it. The Wildfire is set off, killing the Night King and destroying King’s Landing and seemingly the Night King. Jon Snow approaches the Iron throne and sees Daenarys sitting on it, untouched by the fire. Daenarys sits on the throne and tells Jon that they won. Jon believes Daenarys has gone mad, something he was warned might happen, and destroyed King’s landing. Jon stabs her. Drogon, the last Dragon, then attempts to burn Jon Snow and then flies away. Jon Snow is discovered to have survived the fire but the Iron Throne has been melted.
The Council begins to decide who shall reside on the Throne. Tyrien is chosen, his marriage to Sansa means Sansa is now the Queen and there is now a balance between unification of the Stark and Lannisters. Jon Snow is banished to the North. Jon is seen walking North holding a baby, Sam Jr. It is then revealed what Bran told Jon about the White Walkers. They cannot have children so there was a system where infants were given to them but when those sacrifices ended they attempted to discover why. The myth of Azor Ahai is then recounted, how he was forced to kill his wife so that her blood would kill the Night King. Jon Snow holds the weapon that killed Daenarys. He walks to the area where the Night King is shown to still exist. He then prepares to give them the baby, only to then stab the Night King with dragon glass. He shatters. They all do. Jon Snow walks out and looks at the sun rising on a new day. He sheds a tear and smiles and looks at the baby.
The End.
Harry Potter(1997-2011)
Harry Potter
Cover for an American release of the book.
The Novels
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(1997)
Harry Potter is a boy living with the abusive Dursleys when one day he learns that he is a Wizard from the half giant Hagrid and receives an invitation to the wizarding school of Hogwarts. Harry learns the truth about his parent's death, that the Dark Lord Voldemort killed them, but for reasons unknown Harry survived and Voldemort died that same night. Harry is taken to Gringotts by Hagrid and opens his parent's vault to reveal his inheritance, a small pouch containing gold. Upon arriving in Hogwarts, Harry meets Ron, who is sorted into Gryffindor with Harry and Hermione Granger, who is sorted into Ravenclaw and is mentioned to have a younger sister. Another student, Dean Thomas is given more of a backstory, his biological father was a wizard killed for refusing to join Voldemort, but Dean's mother just thought he abandoned her, due to him never telling her about his magical nature. Harry, Ron and Hermione begin to suspect that Snape was attempting to steal the Philosopher's Stone from the dungeon. The trio are forced to pass several tests to reach the stone, which only Harry is able to enter the room containing and finds Quarrel before the mirror of Erised, finding that the stone was moved from where it was being kept. Harry's parents are revealed to have stolen the Philosopher's Stone. Harry finds the small stone in the bag of gold his parent's left him and it is implied to be why the Potters became extremely rich, but he chooses to hide it. The US translation kept the name "Philosopher's Stone" despite a move to change it to "Sorcerer's". The books were distributed in the US by Scholastic.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(1998)
Chamber of Secrets carries more foreshadowing for later events (which it almost did OTL but the editor told her to cut it out and Rowling was not yet popular enough to ignore this, here she is. This prevents Half-Blood Prince from being Exposition heavy). There is an extra chapter called "Malfoy and Nott" in which there is a meeting between said characters. Theodore Nott comes with his father to Malfoy Manor to discuss whatever Death Eaters discuss, only for the boys to get kicked out of the discussion and have one of their own about Voldemort, the Death Eaters and The Boy Who Lived. Draco is actually shown respecting someone as his equal, because they were just as good students as each other and came from "elite" families. The actual plot has Harry being warned by the house elf Dobby to stay away from Hogwarts but he goes anyway. The book reveals Nearly Headless Nick's backstory told in rhyme. Penelope Clearwater is also introduced as a fifth year. Students begin to be attacked due to the hidden Chamber of Secrets being opened, which contained the Basilisk pet of Salazar Slytherin. Ron's wand is broken and Harry buys him a new one but he keeps his old one since its a family heirloom. This ends up coming in handy when Gilderoy Lockhart steals Ron's wand in an attempt to threaten Harry and Ron only for his spell to backfire. Harry is able to rescue Ginny from the Basilisk and Tom Riddle's Diary, containing the spirit of Lord Voldemort. Harry and Ron find the Chamber of Secrets contains a section full of treasure, which is given the Weasleys.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(1999)
Harry learns of the escape of Sirius Black, who seems to be after him. As a result, the creatures known as Dementors are released on school grounds. The Weasleys are enjoying a vacation in Egypt thanks to the treasure they were given in the last book. Harry is trained by his new teacher Professor Lupin. He also discovers the Marauder's Map. In a confrontation he learns that Black, Lupin and his father along with the traitor Peter Pettigrew had made up the Marauders are children, including creating the map. The scene falls into chaos when Lupin transforms but Harry is able to find a way to rescue the Hippogriff Buckbeak and allow Sirius to use him to escape, shortly after summoning his Patronus to save Sirius from an army of Dementors(ITTL the Time Turner is never introduced, which means it never becomes a problem later on and. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is butterflied away ).
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2000)
Goblet of Fire introduces a handful of a handful of characters. The First is Kim Zhung(TTL's Cho Chang, given a different name as many have pointed out that Cho Chang is not only two last names but also close to "Ching Chang" which could come off as racist). The other is Mafalda(not the Ministry of Magic employee of the same name who doesn't exist ITTL). She is the "black Sheep cousin" of the Weasleys, the daughter of the accountant squib relative Ron mentioned to Harry in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. She is extremely badly-behaved, unpleasant to be around, nosy and loose-tongued, and to top it off, being sorted into Slytherin. She was the first real rival to Hermione. She also desires to be a reporter. Rowling initially had trouble introducing her but it was decided she was a student of Beauxbatons(She takes the role of OTL Rita Skeeter as a result). Hermione herself has another subplot. She discovers that the food served at Hogwarts isn't magically created but teleported and is actually created by House Elves. She forms S.P.E.L.L. or the Society for the Promotion of Elf Legal Legislation. Ron and Hagrid see it as a lost cause due to it being an old system, but Harry thinks about it and agrees with Hermione, and actively begins supporting and assisting her, causing the two to grow closer together. Harry becomes distracted when his name is placed in the Goblet of Fire, meaning he is obligated to participate in the Triwizard Tournament along with Cedric Diggory. The final challenge involves the competitors going into a maze. It is in this maze where they are ambushed by Voldemort's followers, who also destroy the magical devices used to view the fight. Diggory is killed and Harry's blood is drawn and used to revive Lord Voldemort. Harry has a vision of his parents as he passes out from blood loss before waking up and attempting to escape from Voldemort before Dumbledore teleports in and rescues him, Harry bringing Diggory's body back for burial.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2001)
Only one new character appears in the Hufflepuff Anthony Goldstein. Harry is attacked by Dementors, saving himself and his cousin Dudley. He is put on trial and the question of who sent the Dementors is raised. An investigation and the Ministry seeking to conceal Voldemort's return to prevent panic leads to Dolores Umbridge taking over at Hogwarts. With the Defense Against the Dark Arts banned, Harry, Ron and Hermione train the students in secret, calling themselves Dumbledore's Army. Their discovery causes Dumbledore to flee accusations and Umbridge to become headmaster. Harry learns more of the prophecy that he would defeat the Dark Lord Voldemort, and is manipulated by him, leading to the death of Sirius Black and Voldemort and Dumbledore facing off briefly. The Ministry of Magic is forced to acknowledges Voldemort's return due to his battle with Dumbledore occurring within the Ministry and spilling out into the public and Dumbledore returns as Headmaster(Due to some developments like more exposition provided in the Second Book, TTL's Order of the Phoenix is released much earlier, 2001 rather than 2003, avoiding the long delay ).
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2002)
Harry begins to train with Dumbledore, who uses Harry to convince the retired Professor Horace Slughorn to return to teaching as the potions professor, promoting Severus Snape to defense against the Dark Arts. Harry begins to excel in Slughorn's class due to the old textbook he is using have writing inside it from the previous owner, simply known as "The Half-Blood Prince". Dumbledore shows Harry memories of Voldemort's life, leading to the reveal of the Horcruxes, objects which Voldemort stored parts of his soul into. Harry had destroyed the Diary, which was a Horcrux while Dumbledore destroyed a ring. Dumbledore goes with Harry to a cave to retrieve a locket Horcrux. When they return they find that Malfoy has sneaked the Death Eaters into the school. During the conflict Snape betrays and kills Voldemort before the group flees. Harry announces he will not return to Hogwarts next year and intends to hunt the Horcruxes. Ron and Hermione agree to help him.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(2003)
Harry, Ron and Hermione go on the run after a Weasley wedding is crashed by the Death Eaters. Voldemort taking over the Ministry of Magic. Rolf Scamander(Luna's Future husband) appears in the book and is the one to explain The Tale of the Three Brothers to the protagonists, which provides an origin to the Deathly Hallows of the Cloak of invisibility, the elder wand and the stone of resurrection. A subplot involving Ice cream parlour owner Florean Fortescue, who is kidnapped and then rescued by Harry, Hermione and Ron, providing them clues about the Elder Wand and Ravenclaw Diadem(was cut OTL but explains why the shop closing and Fortescue's kidnapping get so much attention in Half-Blood Prince). The search for the Horcruxes takes the trio back to Hogwarts and an intense finale battle ensues with many killed. Several other races such as the Centaurs and House Elves join in fighting Voldemort's forces due to their better treatment by Harry, Hermione and the Wizarding World's better treatment of them thanks to their effort, along with some of the Slytherins who refuse to go along with Voldemort's forces. Harry realizes Voldemort has the Elder Wand, which he took from Dumbledore's grave. Snape's memories revealed to Harry that Snape had switched Dumbledore's wand for a replica and given the real one to Malfoy, which Harry stole from him. Harry attempts to use the elder wand against Voldemort but the Dark Lord succeeds in destroying the Elder Wand, which was sabotaged by Malfoy. Harry then battles Voldemort with the resurrection stone in hand as his deceased friends and family encourage him and he finally succeeds in killing Voldemort by repelling his own charm back at him. The epilogue contains details of the lives of the main trio(while all had children it receives less attention). The Epilogue also revealed Dudley had a muggle-born wizard child for added irony. Harry and Hermione end up getting together.
Films
Tim Roth as Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001)
Rowling handpicked Terry Gilliam to lead the Warner Brothers produced First film in the series. Tim Roth was cast in the Live Action film(OTL he was playing General Thade in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, which does not exist ITTL.). Rowling lifted her ban on British actors to allow three american actors into the cast. Robin Williams played Hagrid, Rosie O'Donnell played Molly Weasley, and Drew Barrymore. The character of Peeves appears in the film, played by Rik Mayall. The Movie is generally more fantastical and include Snape's trial to get the Philosopher's stone(while the scene could have been boring as its a puzzle involving which potions to drink in which order, Gilliam made it fun by having the potions have interesting effects on the drinkers). Compared to OTL the film will be much better but also have mixed audience reception while being loved by critics as Gilliam films tend to do. It's also much scarier at times. Practical effects are used for the most part. Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "I'll Stand By You Always" a ballad between 1998 and 2000, which he was inspired to write after reading the books to his son Sam. Bruce made the song available to Director Terry Gilliam and it was included in the first film, where it quickly became a hit.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002)
For Chamber of Secrets, Terry Gilliam returned to direct. Frank Oz was offered to direct but had no interest, though he did provide the practical effects for Dobby the House elf and other creatures. Madam Hooch made a return from the previous film( Zoe Wanamaker being paid more than OTL and so taking the role). Hugh Grant played new character Gildreoy Lockhart. The film included the nearly Headless Nick's Deathday party scene, Hermione getting a get well soon card from Lockhart, and Ginny seeing Harry with the diary from the book. Oz's creature effects on Aragog and the Basilisk were greatly praised.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004)
The films shifted to a longer cycle to allow the production crew to breathe between films. Terry Gilliam did not return to direct Prisoner of Azkaban. Kenneth Branagh was offered to direct but declined as he would have been directing his ex-wife Emma Thompson. Guillermo del Toro directed the film instead(OTL he declined as the movie's world didn't fit his darker perspective of the books, Terry Gilliam made the movies a bit darker than OTL so he accepts). Ian McKellen took over for Dumbledore after Richard Harris's passing(Yes he was seriously considered and declined because it wouldn't have felt right. Harris hated McKellen until his dying breath because he had wanted to play Gandalf and McKellen stole that role from him, considering Dumbledore to be the lesser of the roles. Here Harris never said any of that since he played Gandalf in the Hobbit first and was not replaced in the role by McKellen until after he had already died. McKellen thus jumps directly into the Dumbledore role after the Gandalf role). Fan theories abound that Gandalf eventually changed his name to Dumbledore and is in fact immortal. Even more jokes are made about characters from the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings franchises meeting. Peter O'Toole was considered for the role but could not carry out the action scenes the role required in the later books. O'Toole did however voice Dumbledore in the Animated series. The new film also goes into detail about why Harry's patronus is a stag, connecting it to his father.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005)
Guillermo Del Toro returned to direct Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Percy Weasley appeared in the film(Chris Rankin getting a five movie deal instead of the four he got OTL, resulting in his absence). Henry Cavill played Cedric Diggory(OTL Potter fans campaigned Cavill for the role but he lost it to Robert Pattinson and funny enough was also up or the role of Edward Cullen in Twilight as the author Stephanie Meyer actually pictured him in the role when writing. He once again lost the role to Robert Pattinson. Here Twilight does not exist so Cavill got at least one over one Cullen). The Band Franz Ferdinand were huge fans of the series and appeared to play the Weird Systers, along with Jarvis Cocker of Pulp during the Quidditch World Cup(OTL this did not happen due to a law suit by the Canadian folk rock band Wyrd Sisters. Cocker made a full album with guests such as Iggy Pop being included). Winky the Elf appears in the film, as does the lengthy plot between the Weasley twins and Ludo Bagman, played by Martin Landham. There is an added scene in which Tom Felton is changed back to normal after being turned into a ferret and is naked, causing him to run off in embarassment, a scene which was to the delight of fan girls everywhere.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007)
For Order of the Phoenix, Del Toro returned to direct(pushing back the production of Hellboy II: The Golden Army). Of the new characters Bellatrix Lestrange is played by Helena Bonham Carter, Anna Friel played Nymphadora Tonks, Saoirse Ronan played Luna. There is a cameo from English footballer Theo Walcott. The St.Mungo's scene from the book is included, complete with Hugh Grant reprising his role as Gilderoy Lockhart. Sirius's death scene is accurate to the book. Radcliffe's performance caused multiple actors to cry on set.
In October 2007, JK Rowling was tragically killed in a car crash while on her way to an event at Carnegie Hall. She evidently had a big announcement to make, which many believed to be a new book. Fans have been frantically debating what that statement would have been. Some believe it was that she was writing a sequel. Many tributes to Rowling came in and the Half-Blood Prince was dedicated to her memory. Radcliffe has stated that he poured some of the emotional response to Rowling's death into his performance grieving Albus Dumbledore.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009)
Del Toro returned to direct Half Blood Prince. Bob Hoskins played new character Horace Slughorn. Kevin McKidd played Fenrir Greyback. Naomi Watts played Narcissa Malfoy. All the Voldemort flashbacks from the book are included. The appearance of the Carrow twins is tied into Draco Malfoy traveling between the Vanishing Cabinet in Hogwarts and the one in Borgin and Burkes, serving to establish the use of the cabinet to enter Hogwarts.
Florean Fortescue
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1(2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(2011)
With one of the few Horcruxes remaining, The Golden Trio bring the final battle to Hogwarts. He is at one point confronted by Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle. Crabbe is killed in the same way as in the book, a victim of Fiendfyre(this is due to the actor playing Crabbe not being caught with Marijuana as in OTL). In the final scene, Draco tossed his wand to Harry after he revealed himself to be alive, allowing him to fight Voldemort. A slight diversion from the book that helps to redeem the character.
With one of the few Horcruxes remaining, The Golden Trio bring the final battle to Hogwarts. He is at one point confronted by Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle. Crabbe is killed in the same way as in the book, a victim of Fiendfyre(this is due to the actor playing Crabbe not being caught with Marijuana as in OTL). In the final scene, Draco tossed his wand to Harry after he revealed himself to be alive, allowing him to fight Voldemort. A slight diversion from the book that helps to redeem the character.
Fanart of the Characters from the Animated Harry Potter series, by Stephen Byrne on Instagram.
Harry Potter: The Animated Adventures(2001-2011)
Terry Gilliam was handpicked by Rowling to direct Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Steven Spielberg was also considered but he wanted the film to be animated in CG. As a compromise, Spielberg agreed to retool his idea into a Harry Potter animated series. Comprised mostly of stories set in or around Hogwarts and between the films. Many parts of the books that could not be adapted for time were instead adopted in animated form. Spielberg didn't skim on casting either and casted actors he admitted that he would have cast had it been in live action. The two most notable celebrity voices were Haley Joel Osment as Harry Potter, Christopher Lee as Severus Snape, and Peter O'Toole as Albus Dumbledore. The series aired infrequently during its time, usually releasing a handful of episodes between films.
Nintendo Game Series
Universal Studios Shop Promoting Nintendo's Harry Potter Video Game Series(Fittingly located between the Wizarding World and Nintendo World).
Before the Films, Nintendo was interested in developing a video game adaptation of the original book, initially aiming to provide a very British-oriented take in line with J.K. Rowling's wishes. Nintendo of Japan began to drift away from the British-orientation and brought it towards a Japanese friendly version that took considerable liberties from the source material, turning it into what became known as "Japanese Harry Potter" similar to the Animated "American Harry Potter" version. The Japanese Harry Potter series benefitted from being allowed to diverge from the source material and so gameplay and fun was prioritized, turning the Boy Wizard into a popular Nintendo series in its own right. The games were a mix gameplay wise of the Legend of Zelda series and the Pocket Monsters series. Nintendo's Harry Potter later appeared in Super Smash Bros.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001)
A Cutscene begins the game of Hagrid approaching a burning home and running in. He sees the image of Voldemort, who angrily shouts at being unable to kill a child.
gloats and vows to return before vanishing. Hagrid rescues the baby and meets with Dumbledore and McGonagall. The game then begins with a scene familiar to RPGs like Chrono Trigger of the protagonist awakening in bed and being able to explore the house. The Dursleys seem to be more friendly except for Dudley insulting Harry if he talks to him. The player can rename Harry, Ron and Hermione's name like in some RPGs. The letters to Hogwarts arrive almost immediately. Dursley ignored the letter and is then flooded by more from the chimney with Hagrid arriving. The first action scene is Harry taken to choose his wand and going into a gateway to test his wand. Harry then meets Hermione on the train and upon arriving to Hogwarts the game becomes open world. Lessons consist of portals being opened up with the students sent into a parallel world to obtain the spell and fight enemies. In Hogwarts, anyone at anytime can be challenged to a wizard's duel. Quidditch is also a fun part of the game. Going out at night is possible but points will be deducted from Gryffindor if the player is caught, the invisibility cloak helping in the stealth sessions. there's of course a boss battle with Fluffy and then several smaller challenges before the Professor Quirrell boss battle. It is possible for Gryffindor to lose the House Cup depending on the player's actions, getting caught too many times results in Gryffindor losing points while winning Quidditch helps it go up as well as performing sidequests.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002)
Many of the features of the first game return with new levels and "Duels". Malfoy's dialogue in game is different as he mentions fighting Potter before and having become stronger since last year(since the player most likely battled him if they played the previous game). The main highlights of the game are the battle with the Spiders and Aragog and the final boss of the Basilisk.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004)
Includes the new enemies in the Dementors, which are terrifying in the early game when your spells cannot hurt them.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005)
Considered one of the funnest of the games thanks to the TwiWizard Tournament having added events in the adaptation, though you are not required to win every event and can replay them. The game also allows you to battle Voldemort for the first time in the series.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007)
The element of sneaking out at night in previous games returns. This time with Umbridge and her forces taking over Hogwarts. The player performs stealth segments due to Umbridge being a difficult boss to defeat. The game also allows Harry to fight and defeat Bellatrix Lestrange after Sirius's death as well as battle Voldemort again.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009)
Possibly the game in the series with the most sidequests due to there being little action in the film and book. It's balanced out by segments that allow you to play a young Voldemort, which is far more powerful and dangerous as he rises to power, ending in a final battle with
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(2011)
Nintendo chose to deliberately wait for both parts to release, allowing the game to encompass the complete novel. Given the characters are on the run, there is more chances taking and the world is far more open, though the highlight remains the Battle of Hogwarts.
Nintendo Game Series
Universal Studios Shop Promoting Nintendo's Harry Potter Video Game Series(Fittingly located between the Wizarding World and Nintendo World).
Before the Films, Nintendo was interested in developing a video game adaptation of the original book, initially aiming to provide a very British-oriented take in line with J.K. Rowling's wishes. Nintendo of Japan began to drift away from the British-orientation and brought it towards a Japanese friendly version that took considerable liberties from the source material, turning it into what became known as "Japanese Harry Potter" similar to the Animated "American Harry Potter" version. The Japanese Harry Potter series benefitted from being allowed to diverge from the source material and so gameplay and fun was prioritized, turning the Boy Wizard into a popular Nintendo series in its own right. The games were a mix gameplay wise of the Legend of Zelda series and the Pocket Monsters series. Nintendo's Harry Potter later appeared in Super Smash Bros.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(2001)
A Cutscene begins the game of Hagrid approaching a burning home and running in. He sees the image of Voldemort, who angrily shouts at being unable to kill a child.
gloats and vows to return before vanishing. Hagrid rescues the baby and meets with Dumbledore and McGonagall. The game then begins with a scene familiar to RPGs like Chrono Trigger of the protagonist awakening in bed and being able to explore the house. The Dursleys seem to be more friendly except for Dudley insulting Harry if he talks to him. The player can rename Harry, Ron and Hermione's name like in some RPGs. The letters to Hogwarts arrive almost immediately. Dursley ignored the letter and is then flooded by more from the chimney with Hagrid arriving. The first action scene is Harry taken to choose his wand and going into a gateway to test his wand. Harry then meets Hermione on the train and upon arriving to Hogwarts the game becomes open world. Lessons consist of portals being opened up with the students sent into a parallel world to obtain the spell and fight enemies. In Hogwarts, anyone at anytime can be challenged to a wizard's duel. Quidditch is also a fun part of the game. Going out at night is possible but points will be deducted from Gryffindor if the player is caught, the invisibility cloak helping in the stealth sessions. there's of course a boss battle with Fluffy and then several smaller challenges before the Professor Quirrell boss battle. It is possible for Gryffindor to lose the House Cup depending on the player's actions, getting caught too many times results in Gryffindor losing points while winning Quidditch helps it go up as well as performing sidequests.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002)
Many of the features of the first game return with new levels and "Duels". Malfoy's dialogue in game is different as he mentions fighting Potter before and having become stronger since last year(since the player most likely battled him if they played the previous game). The main highlights of the game are the battle with the Spiders and Aragog and the final boss of the Basilisk.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004)
Includes the new enemies in the Dementors, which are terrifying in the early game when your spells cannot hurt them.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(2005)
Considered one of the funnest of the games thanks to the TwiWizard Tournament having added events in the adaptation, though you are not required to win every event and can replay them. The game also allows you to battle Voldemort for the first time in the series.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(2007)
The element of sneaking out at night in previous games returns. This time with Umbridge and her forces taking over Hogwarts. The player performs stealth segments due to Umbridge being a difficult boss to defeat. The game also allows Harry to fight and defeat Bellatrix Lestrange after Sirius's death as well as battle Voldemort again.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009)
Possibly the game in the series with the most sidequests due to there being little action in the film and book. It's balanced out by segments that allow you to play a young Voldemort, which is far more powerful and dangerous as he rises to power, ending in a final battle with
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(2011)
Nintendo chose to deliberately wait for both parts to release, allowing the game to encompass the complete novel. Given the characters are on the run, there is more chances taking and the world is far more open, though the highlight remains the Battle of Hogwarts.
Post Films
With Rowling's passing, the Harry Potter franchise was largely retired upon the conclusion of the films. Several tributes to the franchise were made. There were plans to create a series based on Rowling's for charity book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, many of the creatures mentioned within such as the Lethifold, appeared briefly attacking Harry in actual films. In the end, no other films or continuations were made of Rowling's world, largely out of respect. However, several fan made short films exist including Voldemort: Origins of the Heir, an adaptation of the story of The Three Brothers from The Deathly Hallows, and a short film featuring the Marauders that was able to nam several actors including Martin Freeman as Peter Pettigrew and Tom Hiddleston as a young Snape. The Marauders are bullying Snape when they are all attacked by death eaters and are forced to defend themselves.
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I assumed that as it's one of the most popular animes in Japan, it would have been more successful in the US/UK ittl
Very interesting concept! Always good to see a pop culture tl on this site. I'll follow.
Amalgam Comics(1996-1997)
Amalgam comics was a crossover events that occurred from 1996 to 1997. It combined the Marvel and DC Universes into one shared Universe. Many characters were created by combining the different roles. The series was rebooted in 2018, lasting until 2019. Since this list is pretty extensive. It will be cut into parts.
Amalgam Characters
The Following characters were introduced in the following stories, though most may have only been glimpsed and given details later.
Marvel vs DC
Super-Soldier: After his home planet of Krypton is destroyed by Galactus, Kal-El is sent to Earth and discovered by Irish Immigrants known as the Rogers, who call him Steve. Rogers acts as Superman starting in 1938 until he is depowered when a meteorite comprised of K Metal passes by the Earth in 1940. With the aid of Dr.Abraham Erskine, he participates in an effort to regain his abilities, but loses control of his heat vision and burns the face off of Scientist Lex Luthor, and accidentally kills Abraham Erskine. Rogers becomes Captain America, equipped with a Shield and sidekick in Bucky Barnes. The two joined the Justice Society of Invaders.Among Super-Soldier's enemies were the Now Nazi allied Lex Luthor and Baron Zero. Towards the end of the War, Baron Zero fired a weapon at the city of New Metropolis which had it hit, would have frozen the entire city into a form that could easily be shattered, killing millions. Super-Soldier attempted to stop the device but it exploded. Rogers vanished, believed dead alongside his sidekick Bucky Barnes. In reality both survived. Super-Soldier had been frozen by the weapon and his frozen form dropped into the sea, being kept alive due to his Kryptonian abilities but unconscious and unable to fire heat vision. He would be found and wake up in the 60's.
Iron Bat: The Starks were murdered by someone who caused their car to crash, their son Bruce Stark was raised by their butler Alfred Jarvis. During a tour in the Middle East, Bruce Stark was captured and trained by the League of Assassins, nearly dying in a cave of bats before building a suit of armor and escaping to become a hero known as the Iron Bat.
Timberwolf: Timberwolf is Wolverine fused with Timberwolf of the Legion of Superheroes. His history is largely intact until he is approached by the time travelling Legion of Guardians, who recruit him because his healing factor slows his aging, allowing him to go on many mission and be returned back to his own time, however something goes wrong when a member of the Legion tries to erase his mind and he is flung back to his own time with missing memories, going onto join the X-Patrol.
Deadeye: William Lawton is a hit man known for boasting that he never misses. He is a rival towards night Devil. He did gain one victory though, killing the Devil's assassin love Cheshire, real name Elektra Natchios. Lawton was beaten and nearly killed afterwards but the Devil let him live. He was then forced to join the US sponsored team, the Thunderbolts, a group nicknamed "The Suicide Squad" for good reason.
Vandal Doom AKA "Doctor Savage": Vandal Doom as he chooses to call himself this century, is a caveman made immortal by a mysterious meteorite. He has been many famous people in history, usually the worst ones such as Genghis Khan, Jack the Ripper and Vlad the Impaler. He has used his immortality to form a massive Empire out of the remains of overthrown monarchies and countries. He is an unrivaled genius in both magic and science as a result of his long life. His most common enemies are the Challengers of the Fantastic.
The Doomnaught: An ancient Kyptonian Superweapon sent to Earth, it crashed in modern day Korea, where it would be discovered and possessed a man named Cain Marko. It is said nothing can stop it and it is often sent to other universes or launched into space. The Hero Super-Soldier would sacrifice himself to finally destroy it.
Dr. Strangefate: "Or how I learned to stop worrying and accept Magic is real". Dr.Stephen Strange was a surgeon who lost the ability to use his hands in a car crash. He became desperate for anything to restore them and travelled to the ancient city of Kun Parbat, upon which an Ancient Master lives. The Master told Strange the location of an ancient Tomb and was told to go there. Annoyed, Strange followed the exact instructions and coordinates and found a tomb with an enchanted helmet he was compelled to put on. The Helmet possessed the spirit of the sorcerer Nabu and Strange became the Sorcerer Supreme. He now devotes his time to collecting powerful artifacts, having obtained the cloak of levitation and the eye of Agamotto.
Chief X: Professor Niles Xavier, also known as "The Chief" is the Wheelchair bound leader of a group of superpowered people he has assembled into a Super team called X Patrol. In public he gives off the impression that he is a normal man to hide the fact he has abilities.
Orion the Hunter: Kraven Orion was a man from the Future. His father was a villain killed by the Legion of Guardians. He vowed revenge and modeled himself after a big game hunter of the past while trying to get his revenge, calling himself the Hunter and wearing a Hunter's vest, but was defeated. The Legion ended up sending him back in time, where he decided he would hunt Superheroes, the most dangerous Game(Adam Orion is a lesser known DC Comics character but he basically has the same shtick as Kraven, and a similar outfit to boot).
Cheetra: Greer Minerva was an architect who accidentally stumbled onto a tomb belonging to a civilization that was an ancient rival tribe of Wakanda that were wiped out by them. Like Wakanda they had a champion who gained catlike powers, though these powers were permanent once obtained and could only be gained if the previous holder of the mantle was killed. Minerva unwillingly became the possessed by the spirit of the Cheetah God, who attempted to get revenge on Wakanda, being defeated by Bronze Tiger several times, however she also became an enemy of Diana Odinsdottir. The two were lovers until Diana learned that her thought dead lover, Clark Rogers AKA Super Soldier, was not in fact dead and was discovered and unfrozen. This led Minerva to become a villain attacking Diana but she eventually learned to control the spirit of the Cheetah God so it obeyed her, something. easier to do due to no one worshipping the Cheetah God anymore so it had dwindling power. Once free of it she maintained the physical body and became human, even putting on clothes, though largely only a bikini. She went onto join the League of Avengers(DC's Cheetah mixed with Marvel's Tigra).
Kid Nightcrawler: Edward Wagner is a Mutant with teleportation abilities that resembled a Devil(Nightcrawler merged with Kid devil).
Skulk: Bruce Banner thought he saw someone out one the sight of his new Gamma Bomb. He ran out to reach them and saw a shambling corpse. He tried to run but it was too late. The bomb went off. The Corpse disappeared in the blast but Banner survived. Then Banner was suddenly shot dead. That is how he discovered that Bruce Banner dies but he will transform into the Skulk, a grey walking giant shambling Corpse come nightfall(This is a tribute to the Hulk's original horror comic roots and bares similarities to the later Immortal Hulk series).
The Scarlet Spider: After being bitten by a radioactive Spider, Barry Parker discovered he gained incredible abilities. When his Uncle Ben was murdered and his Aunt May died soon after of a heart attack. Barry vowed to become a hero. He gained a scholarship from Stark industries and with it, bought his own lab, in which he built the Spider-Mobile, a giant flying craft shaped like a Spider. He has admittedly put on some weight do to being able to do most things from inside the Spider-mobile(Flash+Ted Kord Blue Beetle + Spider-Man, both Ditko creations). He undergoes training from Iron Bat after Robin II goes his own way to become Night Devil, giving him some Dick Grayson comparisons.
Spiderboy: Is no longer the Sole Spider-Man with only the clone connection to go on. Benjamin Kent is a clone of The Scarlet Spider, but is currently a teenager.
Amazon
Valkyrie: AKA Diana Odinsdottir. Queen Hippolyta of the Amazons wanted a daughter. She asked the Olympian Gods for one. They did not answer and so she instead turned to the Norse Gods. Odin agreed, granting her not only a daughter but a gift of an enchanted Hammer, that she would be able to wield should she proved herself worthy. Diana first set foot off her island when after a battle, Super Soldier washed up on shore. While he wanted to stay, he knew he had to leave and Diana chose to go with him, proving herself worthy, she took the Hammer, an enchanted Lasso, and a tiara with her and travelled to the Outside World, fighting in World War II and remaining as a hero.
Assassins
Enygma: Edward Beck, was always obsessed with mysteries and puzzles. After a career in amazing Movie Special effects, Beck became a criminal mastermind to test himself after Iron Bat and Scarlet Spider using illusions(Mysterio and Riddler)
Kingfish: Tobias Fisk is the Kingpin of Crime, a large albino man in a white suit who controls all crime and can crush skulls in his bare hands. He is a frequent enemy of Spider-Man and Night Devil(Kingpin and DC's Tobias Whale).
The Cat: Felicia Kyle, accomplished Cat Burglar, has an on and off relationship with Night Devil.
Cheshire: Elektra Natchios is an assassin and former love interest of Night Devil. She was killed by Deadeye. This made Night Devil hesitant to start a relationship with the Cat.
Deathpool: True name is never revealed(as any combination would just result in either Slade Wilson or Wade Wilson, the two characters he's combining). However Deathpool is a former soldier turned mercenary injected with a serum that allows him to regenerate(Sadly this character is downplayed until the reboot, as Deadpool had yet to fully obtain the quirky personality he is now known for and at the time was just a mercenary).
Night Devil: Richard Murdock's mother was a trapeze artist for a circus and his father was a boxer. Richard grew up travelling with his mother when her circus was confronted by a crime lord seeking to extort the Circus. When they refused threats. The ropes used by the Murdock's were sabotaged with acid, when the rope was cut, the burned acid end hit Richard in the face, blinding him and causing him to let go. His mother shielded him from the fall at the cost of her own life. He then went to live with his father, who worked for the same crimelord by throwing fights when told to. One day he refused and was murdered for it. Murdock was then adopted by Bruce Stark and trained by him. Instead of becoming the second Robin after the death of Bucky Barnes, he formed his own identity as Night Devil after training both with Bruce Stark and with the blind martial arts master Stick, who Murdock later learned his true name was I-Ching. Richard pursued a career as a lawyer.
J.Jonah White: Head of the Newspaper known as the Daily. Approves of Super Solider but dislikes Spider-Man, demands pictures of both regardless. Is known to be tough but also fair and hides the fact that he actually cares for his employees.
Jimmy Urich: resembles an older black Jimmy Olsen with white hair at the temples. This is due to the fact that he knew the original Superman briefly in 1938(Jimmy Olsen and Ben Urich).
Doctor Strangefate
Abominite: A combination of Marvel's Abomination and DC's Hellgrammite. A scientist who turned himself into a large insect like superstrong monster.
Jade Nova: Frankie Hayden. A Combination of DC's Jade and Marvel's Nova(Frankie Raye). The daughter of Golden Age her Alan Scott, unaware of her heritage until she began dating Johnny Raymond, the Human Fire, which activated her abilities to summon green flame. She also has a bit of Kyle Rayner's personality as he doesn't appear to exist in this universe or never became prominent.
Mister Impossible: An interdimensional omnipotent imp that enjoys to annoy Earth's heroes.
Cleanza: Doctor Strangefate's wife and one of his apprentices.
White Witch: Wanda Zatara. A combination of Scarlet Witch and Zatanna. Biological daughter of Eric Emerson, the supervillain Dr.Magneto, adopted daughter of magician Mandrake Zatara. Sister of Barry Maximoff. She eventually married the hero Red Vision. Currently one of the Apprentices of Dr.Strangefate.
League of Avengers
Falconman: Thousands of years ago in Wakanda, a ship containing two passengers crashed into Africa. The two passengers resembled black humans with wings. They became stranded and remained on Earth, being worshipped by the people and helping their society to prosper through a metal they brought with them that came to be called Vibranium and later by scientists "Nth Metal". The duo were suddenly murdered by the rival Cheetah Tribe, before the Tribe was wiped out in retaliation by the Panther God, who promised the two lovers would be reincarnated one day. In present day Sam Hall, has reawakened in America and begins to believe the story he's heard, fashioning a pair of artificial wings and a set of ancient weapons to fight crime. His son Hank Hall was a mutant born with wings and is a member of the X-Patrol(Hawkman and Falcon mixed with Angel and Black Panther).
Laser: Ray Summers. The Laser firing leader of X-Patrol(The Ray and Cyclops)
Aquamarine: Arthur McKenzie. Aquaman and the Sub-Mariner. Was born in a lighthouse as the child of an Atleantean Queen and a Sea Captain. Later returned to Atlantis. threatened New York when it seemed the US Government had attacked Atlantis. eventually cleared up misunderstanding and helps fight the Axis. Has remained a hero since, usually fends off attacks on Atlantis by his enemies Attuma the Ocean Master and Black Tigershark.
Canary: Dinah Barton. Black Canary and Mockingbird.
Captain Marvel: An interesting look at what Marvel would have done with the rights to a character called Captain Marvel. a young girl named Carol Batson is given powers by the Wizard Shazam. Her first enemy is an old wielder of the same power Black Marvel, an ancient Egyptian who warns her the Wizard is not to be trusted. He is defeated when Carol tricks him into saying Shazam and turning back only for him to be revealed to be an old man dying of cancer. The Wizard Shazam is revealed to be a lie and is instead the Supreme Intelligence creating an illusion.
Firestar: A Combination of Fire(Beatriz de Costa) and Marvel's Firestar,
Archer: Green Arrow and Hawkeye. His backstory is dived into more in the Reboot. It is shown that his backstory is similar to Oliver Queen's except when he returned to Star City he had no fortune and his family had gone their separate ways. He gained a new family with Dinah Lance and was hired by SHIELD.
Jocasta: A female Android created by Braintron and intended as his bride but rebelled. Joined the Metal Man, becoming a Platinum analogue, though her human disguise resembles Marvel humor character Millie the Model.
Flashsilver: Barry Maximoff. Biological son of Dr.Magneto and biological brother of Wanda Zatarra. Born seemingly without powers until a freak accident triggered his latent mutant ability of Superspeed.
Speed Impulse: DC's Impulse mixed with Marvel's Speed. A boy speedster. Son of Wanda Zatarra and Red Vision.
Red Vision: Braintron, a villain obsessed with collecting information on worlds and then destroying them, discovered evidence of an ancient civilization on Mars and built an Android to gather all information from ancient computers,The Red Vision. Red Vision discovered that an ancient race of shapeshifters called the Skrulls lived on Mars before they were wiped out by their ancient enemy the Thanagarians, however the last survivor attempted to transfer his mind into the machine. Red Vision gains the Martian's memories and rebels against Braintron to thwart his schemes. The Reboot follows up on this by showing red Vision recreate the process in an effort to revive his dead family, only for them to all go insane and have to be destroyed, with the exception of the spirit of his teenage daughter(a Viv Vision and Miss Martian composite).
Professor Kang: A time travelling Supervillain who employs Time Travel to create a Superspeed like effect.
Runaway: A combination of DC"s Gypsy and Marvel's Rogue.
Erik Magnus: Will Magnus of DC but here is the creator of both the Metal Men and the Sentinel Program, making him a Bolivar Trask analogue.
Gamble: Remy Lebeu. Gambit here served as a member of the Royal Flush Gang with more of a card them.
Atom-Ant: Ray Pym. Amalgamation of DC Ray Palmer, the Atom and Marvel's Hank Pym, the Ant-Man.
Iron Bat
Robin: Implied to be the fourth Robin. A mix of Jubilee and The Dark Knight Return's Carrie Kelly, as Jubilation Kelly. Possesses Jubilee's powers.
Sabertooth: A combination of Marvel's Sabertooth and DC's Cat Man visually.
The Joker: Originally was his classic appearance. disappeared after the Bat-Man retired. Without Bat-Man to motivate him, he actually "Went Sane"(which has happened a few times whenever Batman is thought dead), becoming a man named Norman Osborn and building up a rival company with his intelligence, serving as a business rival to Stark Industries. When Iron Bat makes his appearance. Osborn realizes he mentally can't revert back to the Joker but feels the persona fighting. He creates a substance called Joker Venom that reverts him into the Joker for a short time. Osborn being a weapons company, he equips himself with state of the art technology, including a Bat Shaped glider(ironically Bat-Man's old Bat shaped jetpack remodified) to compete with Iron Bat.
Super-Soldier
Crimson Metallo:Marvel's Crimson Dynamo and DC's Metallo. A red armored suit with Kryptonite as a weapon.
Bruce Wayne: Agent of Shield
The First of the Amalgam Titles told by Marvel. Involves Bruce Stark appearing to die when the Iron Bat armor explodes(possibly a combination of the backstory of The Dark Knight Returns and Armor Wars). With the world believing him dead, Bruce Stark is approached by the head of SHIELD, Former Sergeant Rock Fury to act as an ancient. He shaves his moustache and takes the name of Bruce Wayne as an alias.
Barbara Stacy: The daughter of Police Chief George Gordon. Barbara was abducted by the Joker and dropped from a building, despite her boyfriend Peter trying to save her, she hit the ground and lost the use of her legs.
Deathlok: Jason Todd resurrected as a Deathlok Cyborg after his death. It was revealed that Soviet Forces recovered his body and transformed him into this weapon. In the reboot, he would appear instead as the Winter Soldier stand in, the Red Hood(who does not exist ITTL otherwise), with the mention that his cybernetics were scaled down and became more sleek. Bruce Wayne encounters Jason Todd during a mission.
Dr.Midnight: a Combination of the DC Hero Dr.Midnite and Marvel's Midnight. A World War II era Hero later revealed to be a double agent for Fu Manchu.
Madame Hydra: Talia Al Ghul in this reality.
Moon Knight: Bruce Wayne begins to suffer from delusions after being sprayed with Scarecrow's fear gas, including one which resembles Moon Knight speaking of Bruce's time as a vigilante hero without the Suits of Armor.
Nuke: A combination of Marvel's Nuke and DC's Bane. A Cuban Superhuman who was willingly augmented by American scientists to take part in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. Was captured and tortured and grew to hate America. it is revealed that he fought Bat-Man and broke his back, leading to Bruce Wayne's retirement and why he returned with an advanced suit of armor. He has trouble standing without it and has only now just recovered enough to do spy work and now he must fight Nuke again.
Ra's Al Ghul AKA the Mandarin: An immortal Sorcerer equipped with ten rings.
Bullets and Bracelets
Big Gamora: The adopted daughter of Thanoseid, eventually broke away from his control with her husband Peter Free.
Bronze Panther: The current leader of Wakanda. Marvel's Black Panther and DC's Bronze Tiger.
The Punisher: combined with the DC character the Vigilante, who's family was also murdered. Only difference is Vigilante was a district Attorney not a former soldier. Here he became a District Attorney after the war.
Loki: Has some elements of DC's Circe, such as ruling his own island in Greece and turning some people into pigs.
Granny Harkness: DC's Granny Goodness and Marvel's Agatha Harkness. A witch that abducted White Witch and Red Vision's children to try to train them to be minions of Thanoseid, who she herself is a minion of.
Highfather Odin: DC's High Father and Marvel's Odin merged. It's implied a War of the Gods destroyed the planet New Genesis and the Asgards settled it.
Mister Starlord: A combination of Starlord and Mister Miracle. Starlord was not as popular at the time as he would be. The Reboot however greatly expanded on this idea. Peter Quill was born on Earth growing up listening to 80's music when he was abducted and brought to Apokolips to be tortured by Granny Harkness for reasons never told to him. He was eventually able to escape. Not remembering his last name after being imprisoned so long. he gave himself the last name Free and escaped Apokolips with Gamora, the two falling in love and forming the Starblazers of the Galaxy. it is later revealed that Odin and Apokolips had a war and to end it made a deal where Odin and Thanoseid would exchange sons. Odin had sent his young son to Earth so he could be spared from the war. When the deal was made he was abducted without Odin knowing as Thanoseid knew Peter Quill was Odin's son, which is the reason he was captured and why no one tried to rescue him. This makes Mister Starlord Thor as well(since Diana is wielding Mjolnir).
Thanoseid: Some unknown time ago, two brothers, members of the royal family named Drax and Thanos were meant to enter a dark void to gain power. royal custom said Drax would go but Thanos went in first and became a powerful godlike being named Thanoseid. He killed Drax, and just to mock him, named his own son after the brother he murdered, intending to torture him. Then the War with Asgard took place and a deal was made to exchange a son. Thanos handed his son Drax over, who took the name Orion and vowed to kill Thanoseid. Thanoseid seeks to destroy half the Universe and enslave the other half. He is also in love with Death, who ironically he can't see because he is immortal unless killed. Death actively opposes his plans(this being DC's Sandman death rather than Marvel's Death). He's in love with Death due to have once caught a glimpse of her as he was consumed by darkness.
Green Machine: John Rhodes(John Stewart and James Rhodes). John Rhodes. A member of the Green Nova Corps. An army Engineer. He uses his ring to create high tech machine constructs.
Magneto and the Metal Man
This series reveals that the villain Dr.Magneto and Dr.Magnus are one and the same(as Dr.Magneto his face was concealed by a helmet similar to his Marvel Magneto one and Dr.Polaris's one). He had built the Metal Men and the Sentinel Program as part of a plot to takeover the Earth. Most of the Metal Men are thus revealed to be analogous of Brotherhood of Evil Mutants members, such as Platinum(one of the members to fight back) gains shapshifting abilities, Tin as Toad, and Gold as Mastermind. Steel also fights back, being a combination of John Henry Irons and another DC Superhero named Steel as well.
Rick Carr: Marvel's Rick Jones and DC's Snapper Carr.
Kokoro: Tatsu "Betsy" Braddock. DC's Katana and Marvel's Psylocke. Wields a sword charged with psionic energy.
Speed Demon
Speed Demon: The Demon Etrigan from DC and Ghost Rider from Marvel. A knight from Arthurian times cursed by Merlin and joined to a Demon along with his Horse, which becomes a Skeletal form. Now battles Demons. In the 70's, the skeletal Horse is destroyed in a particular intense battle. He replaces the Horse with a Motorcycle.
Bouncing Blob: Marvel's Blob and DC's Bouncing Boy. Former villain turned hero.
Puck: A Combination of Marvel's Oberon and DC's Puck.
Scarecrow: A combination of the Marvel and DC characters of the same name.
Sandface.: A combination of the Marvel Sandman and DC's Clayface.
Uatu the Guardian: An Uatu who is a member of the Guardians.
Spider-Boy
Bizarro: A failed attempt to clone Super-Soldier after his apparent death. Is a Neo Nazi. Likely based on Marvel's William Burnside.
Killer Lizard: Dr.Waylon Connors. transformed himself into a Crocodile like reptile human hybrid.
Guardian Angel: A combination of DC's Guardian(James Harper) and Marvel's Angel(Thomas Halloway).
Lois Jane Watson: DC's Lois and Marvel's Mary Jane Watson, named after the original Lois Lane, whom her parents knew. Also becomes Insect Queen, a role held by Lana Lang in DC.
King Tiger Shark: Tiger Shark mutated into an actual Shark. Enemy of Aquamarine.
X-Patrol
Bumblebee: Janet Van Dyne adopting a costume similar to DC's Bumblebee.
Ferro Man: Colossus of the X-Men mixed with the Legion's Ferro Lad.
Terra Aquila: A member of the New Teen Mutants who was sent to infiltrate the team by Deathpool(who was hired to do so by H.I.D.R.A.)and learn the secrets of the X-Patrol. She eventually betrayed the the team but had a change of heart before sacrificing herself to seemingly kill Deathpool. in the reboot Atlee, the new Terra, is combined with Daisy Johnson to make Daisy Atlee. It was later retconned that Terra had a change of heart partly because she fell in love with Beastil(a combination of Beast Boy and Reptil. This is a retcon as Reptil didn't exist at the time of the original Amalgam).
Man Lizard: Waylon's son, Kirk Connors is transformed into a Dragonlike Monster.
Matthew Hex: Marvel's The Two Gun Kid and DC's Jonah Hex.
Ice Woman: Combination of DC's Ice and Marvel's Iceman.
Human Lantern: A combination of DC's Golden Age Green Lantern and Marvel's android Human Torch.
Whiz: A combination of DC's Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash and Marvel's Whizzer.
Mr.Elongated: AKA Ralph Richards. Transformed by cosmic rays. Richards must keep drinking a Gringold formula he created or his body will become rubbery to the extent he'd be unable to move.
Radioactive Skull: DC's Atomic Skull and Marvel's Radioactive Man.
Braintron: An AI created by Ray Pym,that went rogue after being possessed by the mind of criminal Vril-Dox. DC's Brainiac and Marvel's Ultron.
Anti-Galactus: A being from the previous universe who seeked to destroy all reality to return it to the void that existed before by destroying alternate Earths.. DC's Anti-Monitor and Marvel's Galactus.
Human Fire: Johnny Raymond. The human Torch mixed with Firestorm the nuclear man.
Rocky: Marvel's Ben Grimm with some traits of DC Challenger of the Unknown member Rocky Davis
Vykin, the Black Bolt: Vykin of DC's Forever people mixed with Marvel's Place Bolt
Silver Racer (Willie Lincoln): An amalgamation of DC's Black Racer and Marvel's Silver Surfer.
Serifan the Shatterer: An amalgamation of DC's Serifan and Marvel's Karnak the Shatterer.
The Vigilante Kid: DC's Vigilante and the Rawhide Kid.
Black Vulture: An amalgamation of DC's Black Condor and Marvel's Vulture.
Soniklaw: An amalgamation of DC's Sonar and Marvel's Klaw.
Green Guardsman: (Kyle O'Brien). An amalgamation of DC's Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) and Marvel's Guardsman (Kevin O'Brien)
H.E.C.T.O.R. (Highly Evolved Creature Totes Oriented for Revenge): An amalgamation of DC's Hector Hammond and Marvel's MODOK (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing).
Iron Lantern: (Tony Jordan) An amalgamation of DC's Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and Marvel's Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Madame Sapphire (Pepper Ferris). An amalgamation of DC's Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris) and Marvel's Madame Masque and Pepper Potts.
Rhomann Sur. An amalgamation of DC's Abin Sur and Marvel's Rhomann Dey. Two characters who die after passing on their mantle to a new hero.
Bouncing Ball: An amalgamation of DC's Bouncing Boy and Marvel's Speedball (Robbie Baldwin).
Cannnonfire: An amalgamation of DC's Wildfire and Marvel's Cannonball.
Chameleon: An amalgamation of DC's Chameleon Boy and Marvel's Chameleon.
Shadowstar: An amalgamation of DC's Shadow Lass and Marvel's Darkstar.
Dream Date. An amalgamation of DC's Dream Girl and Marvel's Destiny.
Growing Boy / Living Colossus: An amalgamation of DC's Leviathan/Micro Lad (Gim Allon) and Marvel's It! The Living Colossus.
Manorb: An amalgamation of DC's Mano and Marvel's Orb.
Martinex 5: An amalgamation of DC's Brainiac 5 and Marvel's Martinex.
Molecule Lad / Nucleus: An amalgamation of DC's Element Lad and Marvel's Molecule Man.
Phantomcat: An amalgamation of DC's Phantom Girl and Marvel's Shadowcat.
Star Charlie / Mass: An amalgamation of DC's Star Boy and Marvel's Charlie-27.
Universe Boy: An amalgamation of DC's Ultra Boy and Marvel's Captain Universe.
Terrax the Persuader: A foe of the Legion of Guardians from the future, was among a group of villains accidentally sent back in time(Combination of Marvel's Terrax and DC's the Persuader, both Space Axe wielders).
Booster Cable: A Mutant Messiah from the Future who has saved the Future so many times he's become a celebrity in it, and he's beginning to get a big ego as a result. His name comes from his nickname "Booster". He once saved President Harold Jordan from an Assassin and accidentally said his name was "Boost...er...Cable" as a mistake, leading to him being dubbed Booster Cable.
Challengers of the Fantastic- First appeared in Challengers of the Fantastic.An amalgamation of DC's Challengers of the Unknown and Marvel's Fantastic Four.Members: Reed "Prof" Richards, Ben "Rocky" Grimm, Johnny "Red" Storm, Susan "Ace" Storm
HighFire CLub-DC's Hive funding Marvel's Hellfire Club.
H.I.D.R.A.-Marvel's Hydra mixed with DC's H.I.V.E.
Howling Commandos- First appeared in Super-Soldier: Man of War An amalgamation of DC's Easy Company and Marvel's Howling Commandos.
League of Justice- An amalgamation of DC's Justice League of America (JLA) and Marvel's Avengers .Members: Super-Soldier, Iron-Bat, Flashsilver, Iron Lantern, Aquamarine, Canary, Captain Marvel, Archer, Booster Cable, The Spider, Valkyrie, White Witch,
Mister X Canary, Captain Marvel, Goliath, Hawkeye, Blue Jacket, Wonder-Gold, Red Vision, Thorion, Iron Lantern, White Witch, Falconman.
Legion of Galactic Guardians 2099- First appeared in Legion of Guardians. An amalgamation of DC's Legion of Super Heroes and the 1990s version of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Members: Bouncing Ball, Cannonfire, Chameleon, Darkstar, Dream Date, Living Colossus, Martinex 5, Mass, Myriad, Nucleus, Phantomcat, Shadowstar, Sparkler, Universe Boy.
The Un-People- First appeared in Challengers of the Fantastic . HQ: Super Town, New Asgard. An amalgamation of DC's Forever People and Marvel's Inhumans.
X-Patrol-First appeared in X-Patrol. HQ: X-Building. An amalgamation of DC's Doom Patrol and Teen Titans
Iron Fist: Richard Dragon underwent the test to kill the Dragon and become the Iron Fist.
Miss Marvel: Kamala Khan has been given the powers of Shazam by Carol Batson and became her sidekick. Sometime later Carole dies and Kamala loses her powers due to the connection being lost. She then gains new powers in an accident involving Ralph Richard's Gringold serum. She becomes a new hero named Plastic Girl, with elastic powers, sharing some similarities with DC's plastic man in terms of personality.
Spider-Flash: Peter Parker suddenly gains Superspeed while out on hero work. He greatly enjoys his Super speed ability compared to his Spider powers.
Professor Venom: Peter Parker discovers that the young criminal he let escape that killed his Uncle fathered a line of criminals that led to his arch enemy, Eddie Thrawne, who time travels to challenge him wielding an advanced alien suit from the future(which is part of Reach tech from the DC Universe as well as Symbiote from Marvel). To make a statement, he is seen killing Professor Kang from the original Amalgam series, pointing out the Kang only simulates Superspeed while Venom actually has it.
Static Shock: Aka Miles Morales. During an event in which both he and Power Man gained their abilities. Has Spider powers and his "Stinger" power is now more supercharged along with other electrical abilities.
Ezekiel Mercury: An old man named Ezekiel who also possesses Superspeed, having gained his powers in the later 1800's. He tries to warn Peter about Professor Venom.
Jessica Quick: Marvel's Jessica Drew and DC's Jessie Quick.
Amanda Fury: Amanda Waller with an eyepatch.Is the new head of SHIELD.
Red Soldier: The new identity of the brainwashed Jason Todd, later freed from brainwashing and reformed.
Lobo the Racoon: Marvel's Rocket Raccoon with DC Lobo's personality.
Mark Constantine: DC's John Constantine made a deal with Khonshu as a kid and now sees the ghosts of the people he failed to save.
Frenchie: Moon Knight's Pilot mixed with Constantine's Cab driver Chaz. A former pilot now operating as a Cab Driver.
Harley Gwen: DC's Harley Quinn mixed with Marvel's Gwenpool. A young girl from our universe(or something like it) who loved Amalgam Comics and had a crush on the Joker. She was suddenly teleported into the comics and became his sidekick only to eventually realize that meeting him in person, the Joker is a horrible person and she is traumatized by the Joker's murders, crimes and abuse, eventually going off on her own and becoming an Anti-hero while gradually becoming an actual hero
Amalgam Characters
The Following characters were introduced in the following stories, though most may have only been glimpsed and given details later.
Marvel vs DC
Super-Soldier: After his home planet of Krypton is destroyed by Galactus, Kal-El is sent to Earth and discovered by Irish Immigrants known as the Rogers, who call him Steve. Rogers acts as Superman starting in 1938 until he is depowered when a meteorite comprised of K Metal passes by the Earth in 1940. With the aid of Dr.Abraham Erskine, he participates in an effort to regain his abilities, but loses control of his heat vision and burns the face off of Scientist Lex Luthor, and accidentally kills Abraham Erskine. Rogers becomes Captain America, equipped with a Shield and sidekick in Bucky Barnes. The two joined the Justice Society of Invaders.Among Super-Soldier's enemies were the Now Nazi allied Lex Luthor and Baron Zero. Towards the end of the War, Baron Zero fired a weapon at the city of New Metropolis which had it hit, would have frozen the entire city into a form that could easily be shattered, killing millions. Super-Soldier attempted to stop the device but it exploded. Rogers vanished, believed dead alongside his sidekick Bucky Barnes. In reality both survived. Super-Soldier had been frozen by the weapon and his frozen form dropped into the sea, being kept alive due to his Kryptonian abilities but unconscious and unable to fire heat vision. He would be found and wake up in the 60's.
Iron Bat: The Starks were murdered by someone who caused their car to crash, their son Bruce Stark was raised by their butler Alfred Jarvis. During a tour in the Middle East, Bruce Stark was captured and trained by the League of Assassins, nearly dying in a cave of bats before building a suit of armor and escaping to become a hero known as the Iron Bat.
Timberwolf: Timberwolf is Wolverine fused with Timberwolf of the Legion of Superheroes. His history is largely intact until he is approached by the time travelling Legion of Guardians, who recruit him because his healing factor slows his aging, allowing him to go on many mission and be returned back to his own time, however something goes wrong when a member of the Legion tries to erase his mind and he is flung back to his own time with missing memories, going onto join the X-Patrol.
Deadeye: William Lawton is a hit man known for boasting that he never misses. He is a rival towards night Devil. He did gain one victory though, killing the Devil's assassin love Cheshire, real name Elektra Natchios. Lawton was beaten and nearly killed afterwards but the Devil let him live. He was then forced to join the US sponsored team, the Thunderbolts, a group nicknamed "The Suicide Squad" for good reason.
Vandal Doom AKA "Doctor Savage": Vandal Doom as he chooses to call himself this century, is a caveman made immortal by a mysterious meteorite. He has been many famous people in history, usually the worst ones such as Genghis Khan, Jack the Ripper and Vlad the Impaler. He has used his immortality to form a massive Empire out of the remains of overthrown monarchies and countries. He is an unrivaled genius in both magic and science as a result of his long life. His most common enemies are the Challengers of the Fantastic.
The Doomnaught: An ancient Kyptonian Superweapon sent to Earth, it crashed in modern day Korea, where it would be discovered and possessed a man named Cain Marko. It is said nothing can stop it and it is often sent to other universes or launched into space. The Hero Super-Soldier would sacrifice himself to finally destroy it.
Dr. Strangefate: "Or how I learned to stop worrying and accept Magic is real". Dr.Stephen Strange was a surgeon who lost the ability to use his hands in a car crash. He became desperate for anything to restore them and travelled to the ancient city of Kun Parbat, upon which an Ancient Master lives. The Master told Strange the location of an ancient Tomb and was told to go there. Annoyed, Strange followed the exact instructions and coordinates and found a tomb with an enchanted helmet he was compelled to put on. The Helmet possessed the spirit of the sorcerer Nabu and Strange became the Sorcerer Supreme. He now devotes his time to collecting powerful artifacts, having obtained the cloak of levitation and the eye of Agamotto.
Chief X: Professor Niles Xavier, also known as "The Chief" is the Wheelchair bound leader of a group of superpowered people he has assembled into a Super team called X Patrol. In public he gives off the impression that he is a normal man to hide the fact he has abilities.
Orion the Hunter: Kraven Orion was a man from the Future. His father was a villain killed by the Legion of Guardians. He vowed revenge and modeled himself after a big game hunter of the past while trying to get his revenge, calling himself the Hunter and wearing a Hunter's vest, but was defeated. The Legion ended up sending him back in time, where he decided he would hunt Superheroes, the most dangerous Game(Adam Orion is a lesser known DC Comics character but he basically has the same shtick as Kraven, and a similar outfit to boot).
Cheetra: Greer Minerva was an architect who accidentally stumbled onto a tomb belonging to a civilization that was an ancient rival tribe of Wakanda that were wiped out by them. Like Wakanda they had a champion who gained catlike powers, though these powers were permanent once obtained and could only be gained if the previous holder of the mantle was killed. Minerva unwillingly became the possessed by the spirit of the Cheetah God, who attempted to get revenge on Wakanda, being defeated by Bronze Tiger several times, however she also became an enemy of Diana Odinsdottir. The two were lovers until Diana learned that her thought dead lover, Clark Rogers AKA Super Soldier, was not in fact dead and was discovered and unfrozen. This led Minerva to become a villain attacking Diana but she eventually learned to control the spirit of the Cheetah God so it obeyed her, something. easier to do due to no one worshipping the Cheetah God anymore so it had dwindling power. Once free of it she maintained the physical body and became human, even putting on clothes, though largely only a bikini. She went onto join the League of Avengers(DC's Cheetah mixed with Marvel's Tigra).
Kid Nightcrawler: Edward Wagner is a Mutant with teleportation abilities that resembled a Devil(Nightcrawler merged with Kid devil).
Skulk: Bruce Banner thought he saw someone out one the sight of his new Gamma Bomb. He ran out to reach them and saw a shambling corpse. He tried to run but it was too late. The bomb went off. The Corpse disappeared in the blast but Banner survived. Then Banner was suddenly shot dead. That is how he discovered that Bruce Banner dies but he will transform into the Skulk, a grey walking giant shambling Corpse come nightfall(This is a tribute to the Hulk's original horror comic roots and bares similarities to the later Immortal Hulk series).
The Scarlet Spider: After being bitten by a radioactive Spider, Barry Parker discovered he gained incredible abilities. When his Uncle Ben was murdered and his Aunt May died soon after of a heart attack. Barry vowed to become a hero. He gained a scholarship from Stark industries and with it, bought his own lab, in which he built the Spider-Mobile, a giant flying craft shaped like a Spider. He has admittedly put on some weight do to being able to do most things from inside the Spider-mobile(Flash+Ted Kord Blue Beetle + Spider-Man, both Ditko creations). He undergoes training from Iron Bat after Robin II goes his own way to become Night Devil, giving him some Dick Grayson comparisons.
Spiderboy: Is no longer the Sole Spider-Man with only the clone connection to go on. Benjamin Kent is a clone of The Scarlet Spider, but is currently a teenager.
Amazon
Valkyrie: AKA Diana Odinsdottir. Queen Hippolyta of the Amazons wanted a daughter. She asked the Olympian Gods for one. They did not answer and so she instead turned to the Norse Gods. Odin agreed, granting her not only a daughter but a gift of an enchanted Hammer, that she would be able to wield should she proved herself worthy. Diana first set foot off her island when after a battle, Super Soldier washed up on shore. While he wanted to stay, he knew he had to leave and Diana chose to go with him, proving herself worthy, she took the Hammer, an enchanted Lasso, and a tiara with her and travelled to the Outside World, fighting in World War II and remaining as a hero.
Assassins
Enygma: Edward Beck, was always obsessed with mysteries and puzzles. After a career in amazing Movie Special effects, Beck became a criminal mastermind to test himself after Iron Bat and Scarlet Spider using illusions(Mysterio and Riddler)
Kingfish: Tobias Fisk is the Kingpin of Crime, a large albino man in a white suit who controls all crime and can crush skulls in his bare hands. He is a frequent enemy of Spider-Man and Night Devil(Kingpin and DC's Tobias Whale).
The Cat: Felicia Kyle, accomplished Cat Burglar, has an on and off relationship with Night Devil.
Cheshire: Elektra Natchios is an assassin and former love interest of Night Devil. She was killed by Deadeye. This made Night Devil hesitant to start a relationship with the Cat.
Deathpool: True name is never revealed(as any combination would just result in either Slade Wilson or Wade Wilson, the two characters he's combining). However Deathpool is a former soldier turned mercenary injected with a serum that allows him to regenerate(Sadly this character is downplayed until the reboot, as Deadpool had yet to fully obtain the quirky personality he is now known for and at the time was just a mercenary).
Night Devil: Richard Murdock's mother was a trapeze artist for a circus and his father was a boxer. Richard grew up travelling with his mother when her circus was confronted by a crime lord seeking to extort the Circus. When they refused threats. The ropes used by the Murdock's were sabotaged with acid, when the rope was cut, the burned acid end hit Richard in the face, blinding him and causing him to let go. His mother shielded him from the fall at the cost of her own life. He then went to live with his father, who worked for the same crimelord by throwing fights when told to. One day he refused and was murdered for it. Murdock was then adopted by Bruce Stark and trained by him. Instead of becoming the second Robin after the death of Bucky Barnes, he formed his own identity as Night Devil after training both with Bruce Stark and with the blind martial arts master Stick, who Murdock later learned his true name was I-Ching. Richard pursued a career as a lawyer.
J.Jonah White: Head of the Newspaper known as the Daily. Approves of Super Solider but dislikes Spider-Man, demands pictures of both regardless. Is known to be tough but also fair and hides the fact that he actually cares for his employees.
Jimmy Urich: resembles an older black Jimmy Olsen with white hair at the temples. This is due to the fact that he knew the original Superman briefly in 1938(Jimmy Olsen and Ben Urich).
Doctor Strangefate
Abominite: A combination of Marvel's Abomination and DC's Hellgrammite. A scientist who turned himself into a large insect like superstrong monster.
Jade Nova: Frankie Hayden. A Combination of DC's Jade and Marvel's Nova(Frankie Raye). The daughter of Golden Age her Alan Scott, unaware of her heritage until she began dating Johnny Raymond, the Human Fire, which activated her abilities to summon green flame. She also has a bit of Kyle Rayner's personality as he doesn't appear to exist in this universe or never became prominent.
Mister Impossible: An interdimensional omnipotent imp that enjoys to annoy Earth's heroes.
Cleanza: Doctor Strangefate's wife and one of his apprentices.
White Witch: Wanda Zatara. A combination of Scarlet Witch and Zatanna. Biological daughter of Eric Emerson, the supervillain Dr.Magneto, adopted daughter of magician Mandrake Zatara. Sister of Barry Maximoff. She eventually married the hero Red Vision. Currently one of the Apprentices of Dr.Strangefate.
League of Avengers
Falconman: Thousands of years ago in Wakanda, a ship containing two passengers crashed into Africa. The two passengers resembled black humans with wings. They became stranded and remained on Earth, being worshipped by the people and helping their society to prosper through a metal they brought with them that came to be called Vibranium and later by scientists "Nth Metal". The duo were suddenly murdered by the rival Cheetah Tribe, before the Tribe was wiped out in retaliation by the Panther God, who promised the two lovers would be reincarnated one day. In present day Sam Hall, has reawakened in America and begins to believe the story he's heard, fashioning a pair of artificial wings and a set of ancient weapons to fight crime. His son Hank Hall was a mutant born with wings and is a member of the X-Patrol(Hawkman and Falcon mixed with Angel and Black Panther).
Laser: Ray Summers. The Laser firing leader of X-Patrol(The Ray and Cyclops)
Aquamarine: Arthur McKenzie. Aquaman and the Sub-Mariner. Was born in a lighthouse as the child of an Atleantean Queen and a Sea Captain. Later returned to Atlantis. threatened New York when it seemed the US Government had attacked Atlantis. eventually cleared up misunderstanding and helps fight the Axis. Has remained a hero since, usually fends off attacks on Atlantis by his enemies Attuma the Ocean Master and Black Tigershark.
Canary: Dinah Barton. Black Canary and Mockingbird.
Captain Marvel: An interesting look at what Marvel would have done with the rights to a character called Captain Marvel. a young girl named Carol Batson is given powers by the Wizard Shazam. Her first enemy is an old wielder of the same power Black Marvel, an ancient Egyptian who warns her the Wizard is not to be trusted. He is defeated when Carol tricks him into saying Shazam and turning back only for him to be revealed to be an old man dying of cancer. The Wizard Shazam is revealed to be a lie and is instead the Supreme Intelligence creating an illusion.
Firestar: A Combination of Fire(Beatriz de Costa) and Marvel's Firestar,
Archer: Green Arrow and Hawkeye. His backstory is dived into more in the Reboot. It is shown that his backstory is similar to Oliver Queen's except when he returned to Star City he had no fortune and his family had gone their separate ways. He gained a new family with Dinah Lance and was hired by SHIELD.
Jocasta: A female Android created by Braintron and intended as his bride but rebelled. Joined the Metal Man, becoming a Platinum analogue, though her human disguise resembles Marvel humor character Millie the Model.
Flashsilver: Barry Maximoff. Biological son of Dr.Magneto and biological brother of Wanda Zatarra. Born seemingly without powers until a freak accident triggered his latent mutant ability of Superspeed.
Speed Impulse: DC's Impulse mixed with Marvel's Speed. A boy speedster. Son of Wanda Zatarra and Red Vision.
Red Vision: Braintron, a villain obsessed with collecting information on worlds and then destroying them, discovered evidence of an ancient civilization on Mars and built an Android to gather all information from ancient computers,The Red Vision. Red Vision discovered that an ancient race of shapeshifters called the Skrulls lived on Mars before they were wiped out by their ancient enemy the Thanagarians, however the last survivor attempted to transfer his mind into the machine. Red Vision gains the Martian's memories and rebels against Braintron to thwart his schemes. The Reboot follows up on this by showing red Vision recreate the process in an effort to revive his dead family, only for them to all go insane and have to be destroyed, with the exception of the spirit of his teenage daughter(a Viv Vision and Miss Martian composite).
Professor Kang: A time travelling Supervillain who employs Time Travel to create a Superspeed like effect.
Runaway: A combination of DC"s Gypsy and Marvel's Rogue.
Erik Magnus: Will Magnus of DC but here is the creator of both the Metal Men and the Sentinel Program, making him a Bolivar Trask analogue.
Gamble: Remy Lebeu. Gambit here served as a member of the Royal Flush Gang with more of a card them.
Atom-Ant: Ray Pym. Amalgamation of DC Ray Palmer, the Atom and Marvel's Hank Pym, the Ant-Man.
Iron Bat
Robin: Implied to be the fourth Robin. A mix of Jubilee and The Dark Knight Return's Carrie Kelly, as Jubilation Kelly. Possesses Jubilee's powers.
Sabertooth: A combination of Marvel's Sabertooth and DC's Cat Man visually.
The Joker: Originally was his classic appearance. disappeared after the Bat-Man retired. Without Bat-Man to motivate him, he actually "Went Sane"(which has happened a few times whenever Batman is thought dead), becoming a man named Norman Osborn and building up a rival company with his intelligence, serving as a business rival to Stark Industries. When Iron Bat makes his appearance. Osborn realizes he mentally can't revert back to the Joker but feels the persona fighting. He creates a substance called Joker Venom that reverts him into the Joker for a short time. Osborn being a weapons company, he equips himself with state of the art technology, including a Bat Shaped glider(ironically Bat-Man's old Bat shaped jetpack remodified) to compete with Iron Bat.
Super-Soldier
Crimson Metallo:Marvel's Crimson Dynamo and DC's Metallo. A red armored suit with Kryptonite as a weapon.
Bruce Wayne: Agent of Shield
The First of the Amalgam Titles told by Marvel. Involves Bruce Stark appearing to die when the Iron Bat armor explodes(possibly a combination of the backstory of The Dark Knight Returns and Armor Wars). With the world believing him dead, Bruce Stark is approached by the head of SHIELD, Former Sergeant Rock Fury to act as an ancient. He shaves his moustache and takes the name of Bruce Wayne as an alias.
Barbara Stacy: The daughter of Police Chief George Gordon. Barbara was abducted by the Joker and dropped from a building, despite her boyfriend Peter trying to save her, she hit the ground and lost the use of her legs.
Deathlok: Jason Todd resurrected as a Deathlok Cyborg after his death. It was revealed that Soviet Forces recovered his body and transformed him into this weapon. In the reboot, he would appear instead as the Winter Soldier stand in, the Red Hood(who does not exist ITTL otherwise), with the mention that his cybernetics were scaled down and became more sleek. Bruce Wayne encounters Jason Todd during a mission.
Dr.Midnight: a Combination of the DC Hero Dr.Midnite and Marvel's Midnight. A World War II era Hero later revealed to be a double agent for Fu Manchu.
Madame Hydra: Talia Al Ghul in this reality.
Moon Knight: Bruce Wayne begins to suffer from delusions after being sprayed with Scarecrow's fear gas, including one which resembles Moon Knight speaking of Bruce's time as a vigilante hero without the Suits of Armor.
Nuke: A combination of Marvel's Nuke and DC's Bane. A Cuban Superhuman who was willingly augmented by American scientists to take part in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. Was captured and tortured and grew to hate America. it is revealed that he fought Bat-Man and broke his back, leading to Bruce Wayne's retirement and why he returned with an advanced suit of armor. He has trouble standing without it and has only now just recovered enough to do spy work and now he must fight Nuke again.
Ra's Al Ghul AKA the Mandarin: An immortal Sorcerer equipped with ten rings.
Bullets and Bracelets
Big Gamora: The adopted daughter of Thanoseid, eventually broke away from his control with her husband Peter Free.
Bronze Panther: The current leader of Wakanda. Marvel's Black Panther and DC's Bronze Tiger.
The Punisher: combined with the DC character the Vigilante, who's family was also murdered. Only difference is Vigilante was a district Attorney not a former soldier. Here he became a District Attorney after the war.
Loki: Has some elements of DC's Circe, such as ruling his own island in Greece and turning some people into pigs.
Granny Harkness: DC's Granny Goodness and Marvel's Agatha Harkness. A witch that abducted White Witch and Red Vision's children to try to train them to be minions of Thanoseid, who she herself is a minion of.
Highfather Odin: DC's High Father and Marvel's Odin merged. It's implied a War of the Gods destroyed the planet New Genesis and the Asgards settled it.
Mister Starlord: A combination of Starlord and Mister Miracle. Starlord was not as popular at the time as he would be. The Reboot however greatly expanded on this idea. Peter Quill was born on Earth growing up listening to 80's music when he was abducted and brought to Apokolips to be tortured by Granny Harkness for reasons never told to him. He was eventually able to escape. Not remembering his last name after being imprisoned so long. he gave himself the last name Free and escaped Apokolips with Gamora, the two falling in love and forming the Starblazers of the Galaxy. it is later revealed that Odin and Apokolips had a war and to end it made a deal where Odin and Thanoseid would exchange sons. Odin had sent his young son to Earth so he could be spared from the war. When the deal was made he was abducted without Odin knowing as Thanoseid knew Peter Quill was Odin's son, which is the reason he was captured and why no one tried to rescue him. This makes Mister Starlord Thor as well(since Diana is wielding Mjolnir).
Thanoseid: Some unknown time ago, two brothers, members of the royal family named Drax and Thanos were meant to enter a dark void to gain power. royal custom said Drax would go but Thanos went in first and became a powerful godlike being named Thanoseid. He killed Drax, and just to mock him, named his own son after the brother he murdered, intending to torture him. Then the War with Asgard took place and a deal was made to exchange a son. Thanos handed his son Drax over, who took the name Orion and vowed to kill Thanoseid. Thanoseid seeks to destroy half the Universe and enslave the other half. He is also in love with Death, who ironically he can't see because he is immortal unless killed. Death actively opposes his plans(this being DC's Sandman death rather than Marvel's Death). He's in love with Death due to have once caught a glimpse of her as he was consumed by darkness.
Green Machine: John Rhodes(John Stewart and James Rhodes). John Rhodes. A member of the Green Nova Corps. An army Engineer. He uses his ring to create high tech machine constructs.
Magneto and the Metal Man
This series reveals that the villain Dr.Magneto and Dr.Magnus are one and the same(as Dr.Magneto his face was concealed by a helmet similar to his Marvel Magneto one and Dr.Polaris's one). He had built the Metal Men and the Sentinel Program as part of a plot to takeover the Earth. Most of the Metal Men are thus revealed to be analogous of Brotherhood of Evil Mutants members, such as Platinum(one of the members to fight back) gains shapshifting abilities, Tin as Toad, and Gold as Mastermind. Steel also fights back, being a combination of John Henry Irons and another DC Superhero named Steel as well.
Rick Carr: Marvel's Rick Jones and DC's Snapper Carr.
Kokoro: Tatsu "Betsy" Braddock. DC's Katana and Marvel's Psylocke. Wields a sword charged with psionic energy.
Speed Demon
Speed Demon: The Demon Etrigan from DC and Ghost Rider from Marvel. A knight from Arthurian times cursed by Merlin and joined to a Demon along with his Horse, which becomes a Skeletal form. Now battles Demons. In the 70's, the skeletal Horse is destroyed in a particular intense battle. He replaces the Horse with a Motorcycle.
Bouncing Blob: Marvel's Blob and DC's Bouncing Boy. Former villain turned hero.
Puck: A Combination of Marvel's Oberon and DC's Puck.
Scarecrow: A combination of the Marvel and DC characters of the same name.
Sandface.: A combination of the Marvel Sandman and DC's Clayface.
Uatu the Guardian: An Uatu who is a member of the Guardians.
Spider-Boy
Bizarro: A failed attempt to clone Super-Soldier after his apparent death. Is a Neo Nazi. Likely based on Marvel's William Burnside.
Killer Lizard: Dr.Waylon Connors. transformed himself into a Crocodile like reptile human hybrid.
Guardian Angel: A combination of DC's Guardian(James Harper) and Marvel's Angel(Thomas Halloway).
Lois Jane Watson: DC's Lois and Marvel's Mary Jane Watson, named after the original Lois Lane, whom her parents knew. Also becomes Insect Queen, a role held by Lana Lang in DC.
King Tiger Shark: Tiger Shark mutated into an actual Shark. Enemy of Aquamarine.
X-Patrol
Bumblebee: Janet Van Dyne adopting a costume similar to DC's Bumblebee.
Ferro Man: Colossus of the X-Men mixed with the Legion's Ferro Lad.
Terra Aquila: A member of the New Teen Mutants who was sent to infiltrate the team by Deathpool(who was hired to do so by H.I.D.R.A.)and learn the secrets of the X-Patrol. She eventually betrayed the the team but had a change of heart before sacrificing herself to seemingly kill Deathpool. in the reboot Atlee, the new Terra, is combined with Daisy Johnson to make Daisy Atlee. It was later retconned that Terra had a change of heart partly because she fell in love with Beastil(a combination of Beast Boy and Reptil. This is a retcon as Reptil didn't exist at the time of the original Amalgam).
Swamp-Man
Swamp-Man: DC's Swamp Thing and Marvel's Man Thing. Entity who protects Yggdrasil the World tree, which is multiversal.Man Lizard: Waylon's son, Kirk Connors is transformed into a Dragonlike Monster.
Generation Hex
Focuses on the Wild West era characters.Matthew Hex: Marvel's The Two Gun Kid and DC's Jonah Hex.
JLA Ultimate
Dark Raven: Combination of Marvel's Jean Grey and DC's Raven.Ice Woman: Combination of DC's Ice and Marvel's Iceman.
Detective Duck
Detective Duck: Marvel's Howard the Duck in the role of DC's Detective Chimp.Super-Soldier: Man of War
American Belle: A combination of DC's Liberty Belle and Marvel's Miss America.Human Lantern: A combination of DC's Golden Age Green Lantern and Marvel's android Human Torch.
Whiz: A combination of DC's Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash and Marvel's Whizzer.
Challengers of the Fantastic
Challengers of the Fantastic: Marvel's Fantastic Four as DC's Challengers of the Unknown.Mr.Elongated: AKA Ralph Richards. Transformed by cosmic rays. Richards must keep drinking a Gringold formula he created or his body will become rubbery to the extent he'd be unable to move.
Radioactive Skull: DC's Atomic Skull and Marvel's Radioactive Man.
Braintron: An AI created by Ray Pym,that went rogue after being possessed by the mind of criminal Vril-Dox. DC's Brainiac and Marvel's Ultron.
Anti-Galactus: A being from the previous universe who seeked to destroy all reality to return it to the void that existed before by destroying alternate Earths.. DC's Anti-Monitor and Marvel's Galactus.
Human Fire: Johnny Raymond. The human Torch mixed with Firestorm the nuclear man.
Rocky: Marvel's Ben Grimm with some traits of DC Challenger of the Unknown member Rocky Davis
Vykin, the Black Bolt: Vykin of DC's Forever people mixed with Marvel's Place Bolt
Silver Racer (Willie Lincoln): An amalgamation of DC's Black Racer and Marvel's Silver Surfer.
Serifan the Shatterer: An amalgamation of DC's Serifan and Marvel's Karnak the Shatterer.
The Exciting X-Patrol
Brother Blood: An amalgamation of DC's Brother Blood (Sebastian Blood) and Marvel's Sebastian Stan. Leader of the Highfire ClubThe Vigilante Kid: DC's Vigilante and the Rawhide Kid.
Black Vulture: An amalgamation of DC's Black Condor and Marvel's Vulture.
Soniklaw: An amalgamation of DC's Sonar and Marvel's Klaw.
Iron Lantern
Depicts some Iron Man elements into the Green Lantern Corps, along with the Nova Corps.Green Guardsman: (Kyle O'Brien). An amalgamation of DC's Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) and Marvel's Guardsman (Kevin O'Brien)
H.E.C.T.O.R. (Highly Evolved Creature Totes Oriented for Revenge): An amalgamation of DC's Hector Hammond and Marvel's MODOK (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing).
Iron Lantern: (Tony Jordan) An amalgamation of DC's Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and Marvel's Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Madame Sapphire (Pepper Ferris). An amalgamation of DC's Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris) and Marvel's Madame Masque and Pepper Potts.
Rhomann Sur. An amalgamation of DC's Abin Sur and Marvel's Rhomann Dey. Two characters who die after passing on their mantle to a new hero.
Legion of Guardians
The Emerald Eye of Agamotto: The Eye of the Emerald Empress from Dc and Marve's Eye of Agamotto.Bouncing Ball: An amalgamation of DC's Bouncing Boy and Marvel's Speedball (Robbie Baldwin).
Cannnonfire: An amalgamation of DC's Wildfire and Marvel's Cannonball.
Chameleon: An amalgamation of DC's Chameleon Boy and Marvel's Chameleon.
Shadowstar: An amalgamation of DC's Shadow Lass and Marvel's Darkstar.
Dream Date. An amalgamation of DC's Dream Girl and Marvel's Destiny.
Growing Boy / Living Colossus: An amalgamation of DC's Leviathan/Micro Lad (Gim Allon) and Marvel's It! The Living Colossus.
Manorb: An amalgamation of DC's Mano and Marvel's Orb.
Martinex 5: An amalgamation of DC's Brainiac 5 and Marvel's Martinex.
Molecule Lad / Nucleus: An amalgamation of DC's Element Lad and Marvel's Molecule Man.
Phantomcat: An amalgamation of DC's Phantom Girl and Marvel's Shadowcat.
Star Charlie / Mass: An amalgamation of DC's Star Boy and Marvel's Charlie-27.
Universe Boy: An amalgamation of DC's Ultra Boy and Marvel's Captain Universe.
Terrax the Persuader: A foe of the Legion of Guardians from the future, was among a group of villains accidentally sent back in time(Combination of Marvel's Terrax and DC's the Persuader, both Space Axe wielders).
Booster Cable: A Mutant Messiah from the Future who has saved the Future so many times he's become a celebrity in it, and he's beginning to get a big ego as a result. His name comes from his nickname "Booster". He once saved President Harold Jordan from an Assassin and accidentally said his name was "Boost...er...Cable" as a mistake, leading to him being dubbed Booster Cable.
Teams
All-Star Winners Squadron- First appeared in Super-Soldier: Man of War. HQ: Midtown Clubhouse, 1940s New Metropolis.An amalgamation of DC's All-Star Squadron and Marvel's All-Winners Squad. Members: American Belle, Human Lantern, Aqua-Mariner, Super-Soldier, Bat-Man, Robin(Bucky Barnes) Valkyrie, and Whiz.Challengers of the Fantastic- First appeared in Challengers of the Fantastic.An amalgamation of DC's Challengers of the Unknown and Marvel's Fantastic Four.Members: Reed "Prof" Richards, Ben "Rocky" Grimm, Johnny "Red" Storm, Susan "Ace" Storm
HighFire CLub-DC's Hive funding Marvel's Hellfire Club.
H.I.D.R.A.-Marvel's Hydra mixed with DC's H.I.V.E.
Howling Commandos- First appeared in Super-Soldier: Man of War An amalgamation of DC's Easy Company and Marvel's Howling Commandos.
League of Justice- An amalgamation of DC's Justice League of America (JLA) and Marvel's Avengers .Members: Super-Soldier, Iron-Bat, Flashsilver, Iron Lantern, Aquamarine, Canary, Captain Marvel, Archer, Booster Cable, The Spider, Valkyrie, White Witch,
Mister X Canary, Captain Marvel, Goliath, Hawkeye, Blue Jacket, Wonder-Gold, Red Vision, Thorion, Iron Lantern, White Witch, Falconman.
Legion of Galactic Guardians 2099- First appeared in Legion of Guardians. An amalgamation of DC's Legion of Super Heroes and the 1990s version of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Members: Bouncing Ball, Cannonfire, Chameleon, Darkstar, Dream Date, Living Colossus, Martinex 5, Mass, Myriad, Nucleus, Phantomcat, Shadowstar, Sparkler, Universe Boy.
The Un-People- First appeared in Challengers of the Fantastic . HQ: Super Town, New Asgard. An amalgamation of DC's Forever People and Marvel's Inhumans.
X-Patrol-First appeared in X-Patrol. HQ: X-Building. An amalgamation of DC's Doom Patrol and Teen Titans
Reboot Characters
PowerMan: An amalgamation of Luke Cage and Black Lightning.Iron Fist: Richard Dragon underwent the test to kill the Dragon and become the Iron Fist.
Miss Marvel: Kamala Khan has been given the powers of Shazam by Carol Batson and became her sidekick. Sometime later Carole dies and Kamala loses her powers due to the connection being lost. She then gains new powers in an accident involving Ralph Richard's Gringold serum. She becomes a new hero named Plastic Girl, with elastic powers, sharing some similarities with DC's plastic man in terms of personality.
Spider-Flash: Peter Parker suddenly gains Superspeed while out on hero work. He greatly enjoys his Super speed ability compared to his Spider powers.
Professor Venom: Peter Parker discovers that the young criminal he let escape that killed his Uncle fathered a line of criminals that led to his arch enemy, Eddie Thrawne, who time travels to challenge him wielding an advanced alien suit from the future(which is part of Reach tech from the DC Universe as well as Symbiote from Marvel). To make a statement, he is seen killing Professor Kang from the original Amalgam series, pointing out the Kang only simulates Superspeed while Venom actually has it.
Static Shock: Aka Miles Morales. During an event in which both he and Power Man gained their abilities. Has Spider powers and his "Stinger" power is now more supercharged along with other electrical abilities.
Ezekiel Mercury: An old man named Ezekiel who also possesses Superspeed, having gained his powers in the later 1800's. He tries to warn Peter about Professor Venom.
Jessica Quick: Marvel's Jessica Drew and DC's Jessie Quick.
Amanda Fury: Amanda Waller with an eyepatch.Is the new head of SHIELD.
Red Soldier: The new identity of the brainwashed Jason Todd, later freed from brainwashing and reformed.
Lobo the Racoon: Marvel's Rocket Raccoon with DC Lobo's personality.
Mark Constantine: DC's John Constantine made a deal with Khonshu as a kid and now sees the ghosts of the people he failed to save.
Frenchie: Moon Knight's Pilot mixed with Constantine's Cab driver Chaz. A former pilot now operating as a Cab Driver.
Harley Gwen: DC's Harley Quinn mixed with Marvel's Gwenpool. A young girl from our universe(or something like it) who loved Amalgam Comics and had a crush on the Joker. She was suddenly teleported into the comics and became his sidekick only to eventually realize that meeting him in person, the Joker is a horrible person and she is traumatized by the Joker's murders, crimes and abuse, eventually going off on her own and becoming an Anti-hero while gradually becoming an actual hero
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Bat-Ninja(2018)
Bunji Watanabe is the son of the daimyō, Tomohisa Watanabe and his wife Mariko, while returning from a kabuki performance one night, their convoy is ambushed by assassins who kill all Tomohisa and Mariko. Bunji flees into a nearby cave where he is started by a swarm of bats emerging, which also saved him as they swarm one of the assassins. Bunji is left with a fear of bats as a result. As the assassins approach, another man, Arinobu Yenatai arrives and kills the assassins, except for one man, the leader, a figure where a red hood, who flees. Arinbou then takes Bunji into the mountains to train as a ninja(more of a ninja rather than the Samurai armor he wears in Batninja). Bunji vows to kill the man in the Red Hood. Among the men who train Bunji is a man who appears to be a sorcerer named Tanaka, who teaches Bunji to escape seemingly impossible traps in minutes. Bunji begins to fall in love with Tanaka's daughter Kazana, herself a magician. Bunji is not alone as he befriends another boy much like him, who's parents were murdered named Osamu Kuwamoto, son of Rokurō Kuwamoto . Osamu becomes a master of the Bow, while Bunji becomes a master of stealth. Once his training is complete, he takes on the name Komori and becomes the Bat-Ninja.
Bunji reveals his survival to the people, which greatly worries or angers those who have come to power after the death of Watanabe and absence of his heir. The Watanabe Castle was taken over violently by Bunji's cousin Katsuko Kanemaru, who relinquishes control of it to Bunji and joins his crusade as Tadarida. Bunji speaks with Jin Gōda, the inspector who searched for the killer of Bunji's parents. He stopped searching when his wife disappeared and his daughter Bashira was blinded, though she has been learning to fight despite this limitation. That night, Bunji investigates a lord who rose up after the death of Tomohisa Watanabe, and who seems to have connections to the assassins responsible. Another group goes to confront the Lord's army but are ambushed. Bunji attempts to assassinate him but he is surprised when the Lord reveals a blade hidden in his umbrella. Bunji is nearly killed were is not for the intervention of an abused young girl named Sanae Kaeru, who scratches the lord's face, allowing Bunji to interrogate him. He reveals that a member of Bunji's clan had a hand in the murder before Bunji kills him. Sanae is inspired to undergo ninja training herself, adopting the identity of Nekonoichi, a cat themed ninja.
At the battle, Master of a Calvary division Matabei Jōtarō is murdered. His son Haruchika fights back against the attack when a shooting star lands nearby, revealed to be a dying purple man in a metal carriage. Before dying he gives Haruchika a green ring that causes a transformation, granting Haruchika a green outfit and the power to summon weapons he easily uses to defeat the men who killed his father, becoming Midori no Tōrō, the Green Lantern. He also saves the life of Osamu Kuwamoto, who would take the similar mantle and color as Midori no Sogekihei. Meteorites suddenly begin falling from the sky, forcing the clan to retreat. However, one of the Meteorites is found to not be hot and the group take it with them as the Shogun's men begin to arrive.
Bunji goes to speak with his mentor Yenatai only to witness his murder at the hands of Sora Wakatsuki, his former protégé. Sora left Yenatai's training to become an assassin. Bunji and Sora fight but Sora gains the upper hand and Bunji is saved when Osamu arrives and fires an arrow into his eye, causing Sora to vanish after promising they would meet again.
The Clan investigates the Meteorite they brought with them. When a young peasant boy adopted by the clan named Wataru Batou touches the Meteorite and the spirit of the Yamabushi, Hisato appears before him, claiming to be an ancient guardian. He warns of a great evil approaching and that the dead purple man was a guardian meant to protect Earth but was killed by the approaching evil. Hisato grants Batou the strength of six deities: The Strength of Hachiman, the Power of Izanagi, the Courage of Susano'o, the Speed of Amaterasu, the Stamina of Tsukuyomi, and the Wisdom of Omoikane. With this power, Batou finds he can transform into a powerful adult warrior but remains a child in mind. Another Meteorite lands in the cage of the Shogun's abused exotic pet Gorilla, causing him to gain great mental powers, taking the name Grodd. He uses his powers to enslave many people and launches brutal attacks across Japan of all those who refuse while cutting a path straight for his abuser, the absent Shogun. Bunji orders the gathering of all his allies for a battle against this new enemy. His cousin, Tadarida, makes a journey to the island of Yamatai to meet with the Sun Queen Himiko. Himiko refuses to get involved but her daughter, Danuja, an old lover of Tadarida from the time she spent on the island, goes with her, donning a Ceremonial armor adored to resemble the Japanese flag.
The Bunji clan attacks Grodd's forces. Grodd is able to mind control several of the heroes into fighting amongst themselves and has an enforcer with Superspeed. Bunji is also attacked by Sora, complicating matters. This distraction allows Grodd to reach the Shogun, only to reveal his secret weapon, the Suupaaman. Bunji, among one of the guardians who fell to Earth with the Meteorites, Suupaaman(intentionally made in personality and actions to resemble Son Goku as a nod), easily begins to defeat Grodd's forces, but struggles with both Batou and the mind controlled Speedster. Bunji is able to kill Sora in battle and avenge his master's death but Grodd attempts to mind control him. Bunji's will is strong but in order to overpower him, Grodd forces him to relive the night his parents were murdered. Bunji ironically uses this to realize the man in the Red Hood was the Kabuki performer they had gone to see. The mental battle distracts Grodd long enough for his ind controlled Speedster to break free and kill him. Now free, the Speedster introduces himself as Banri Aramaki. He is from the future( and is seen working alongside another hero called Hayao Reizei, who fights with a Beetle-like armor, giving him a Guyver/Kamen Rider esque appearance) and came to help prevent the event known as the Crisis in the future from happening. He is a Sentai themed Superhero. The Bunji clan is honored by the Shōgun, Areku Ryūsei, a bald man seen as brilliant. In honor for saving his like, Areku allows Bunji anything he desires. Bunji asks for any information regarding the murder of his parents. Areku explains that he was working with his parents and intended to open up trade with the West, something Areku is very open towards, and for that idea the Watanabe clan was slain. After Bunji leaves, the Kabuki performer Jōkichi Akechi makes himself known to Areku, revealing Areku saw the Watanabe clan as potential rivals to his power and had them killed. As it happens Bunji had snuck back into the room and heard everything. He attacks the two. Areku reveals his advanced Samurai Armor equipped with many concealed weapons, but Supaaman turns on Areku and fights him while Bunji finally battles Jōkichiand his follower Haru Kuwazawa, an acrobatic female Kabuki performer. Suppaaman subdues Areku but does not kill him and Bunji likewise subdues Kuwazawa. Bunji then battles Jōkichi, who is a match for him, though Bunji is able to cut his mouth, causing severe bleeding while Jōkichi laughs at him and the Shogun's place burns, after a long and bloody battle, Bunji kills Jōkichi.
With Peace beginning to return to the land, the Clans begin to rebuild. Banri says goodbye and returns to his own time. He searches for the fates of the people he met in the past and finds their graves and shrines dedicated to their memories as well as legends of their exploits. During a battle with villains, Banri encounters several other heroes who arrive to help, including a Batman Beyond-Sentai type hero, a Dragonball Z esque Superman type hero, and a magical girl themed Wonder Woman, along with a Magical girl team based on each of the Green Lantern Corps(Lantern of Willpower, Lantern of Love, Lantern of Rage, etc).
Marvel Anime: 2010-2011
Marvel made a deal with several Anime studios to license their characters, resulting in the production of several Marvel Anime series.
Iron Man
Tony Stark is planning on retiring and helps to train a Sentai style team of successors in multicolored armor. There are appearances by other armored characters such as James Rhodes.
X-Men
A new Xavier Institute is formed in Japan, resulting in a series that embraces the High School setting. The team is led by Psylocke, Wolverine and Sunfire, since they are Japanese speaking characters, with Sunfire himself being Japanese. Surge, Armor, Sunpyre, Kirika Yashida, and Yukio with the token human member Amiko Kobayashi. Most of these characters are coincidentally female(As 4th Snake said its hard to find Male X-Men characters that fit the bill). Among the antagonists are Lady Deathstrike, Silver Samuria, Kwannon and the Uncanny X-Force version of Pestilence.This brings in Apocalypse as the antagonist, possibly turning the four villains into his Four Horsemen or brainwashing the mentors such as Wolverine into War. The show was later fully realized in X-Men: Hero Academy(TTL's My Hero Academia). Logan's backstory is explored in a handful of episodes.
Spider-Man
obligatory Spider-Man Harem Anime, focuses on a Peter Parker analogue being trained as the successor to the Japanese live action Tokusatsu Spider-Man, giving it a Sentai mixed with Evangelion vibe, later folding Peni Parker into this Universe.
Marvel Showcase
AMarvel Anthology series exploring different characters such as a Blade story, Punisher pursuing Yakuza members to Japan, no one being ready for his rampage. Captain America meeting and befriending a Japanese Soldier during World War II, Daredevil and Elektra fighting the hand, Hulk fighting a Kaiju, and a Big Hero Six story.
Iron Man
Tony Stark is planning on retiring and helps to train a Sentai style team of successors in multicolored armor. There are appearances by other armored characters such as James Rhodes.
X-Men
A new Xavier Institute is formed in Japan, resulting in a series that embraces the High School setting. The team is led by Psylocke, Wolverine and Sunfire, since they are Japanese speaking characters, with Sunfire himself being Japanese. Surge, Armor, Sunpyre, Kirika Yashida, and Yukio with the token human member Amiko Kobayashi. Most of these characters are coincidentally female(As 4th Snake said its hard to find Male X-Men characters that fit the bill). Among the antagonists are Lady Deathstrike, Silver Samuria, Kwannon and the Uncanny X-Force version of Pestilence.This brings in Apocalypse as the antagonist, possibly turning the four villains into his Four Horsemen or brainwashing the mentors such as Wolverine into War. The show was later fully realized in X-Men: Hero Academy(TTL's My Hero Academia). Logan's backstory is explored in a handful of episodes.
Spider-Man
obligatory Spider-Man Harem Anime, focuses on a Peter Parker analogue being trained as the successor to the Japanese live action Tokusatsu Spider-Man, giving it a Sentai mixed with Evangelion vibe, later folding Peni Parker into this Universe.
Marvel Showcase
AMarvel Anthology series exploring different characters such as a Blade story, Punisher pursuing Yakuza members to Japan, no one being ready for his rampage. Captain America meeting and befriending a Japanese Soldier during World War II, Daredevil and Elektra fighting the hand, Hulk fighting a Kaiju, and a Big Hero Six story.
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