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this list we’re looking at the stories
that have the biggest effect on the
course of the Marvel Universe whether
they involved reshuffling teams killing
and/or reviving characters or entirely
rewriting the fabric of the universe
you’ll see it here number 10 the
Galactus trilogy the first entry on our
list is also the oldest created by
arguably the greatest duo in the history
of Marvel Comics Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
this story introduces an entirely new
kind of villain a foe who would become a
quintessential antagonist in the Marvel
Universe Galactus devourer of worlds
unlike the mad scientists seeking world
domination that were the norm in comics
at the time Galactus was a god-like
entity that regularly consumed entire
planets in fact Lee and Kirby have
spoken about their biblical inspirations
for both Galactus and his Herald the
Silver Surfer who was also introduced in
the story number nine Avengers vs. x-men
while these two teams have
metaphorically battled for the spot of
most important Marvel team for quite
some time it became a literal fight in
this epic crossover event the story
centers on the return of the Phoenix
force and features almost every major
Marvel hero in some capacity after a lot
of battles and crazy turns including the
death of Charles Xavier at the hands of
a Phoenix possessed Cyclops
both teams are disbanded and reformed
into a new Avengers team kicking off the
Marvel now imprint number 8 the death of
Captain Marvel it shouldn’t be a
surprise that this story which
chronicled the death of the character
that shared the name of the company had
a large impact notably this was also
Marvel’s first graphic novel something
that’s become common in recent years the
story followed the last days of the
shape-shifting alien marvel
originally sent to earth as a spy but
who went on to become a defender of
humanity his death was one of the most
meaningful in comic book history in
large part because it wasn’t in a battle
against a super villain but from cancer
surrounded by fellow heroes and all too
real climax number seven annihilation
conquest while we could have also
featured the first annihilation arc
which jump-started the return of
Marvel’s cosmic characters it was the
sequel conquest that further established
their significance to the Marvel
Universe the arc featured a villainous
cybernetic species known as the Phalanx
and their attempt to lay waste to the
galaxy now under the leadership of the
super villain Ultron
the Phalanx attack a weakened Kree
Empire but a number of heroes from
across the galaxy including Nova Adam
warlock
star-lord Groot Gamora and many others
team up to defeat the powerful threat
what’s more after the defeat of Ultron
and fellings
a number of the heroes involved would go
on to form the new guardians of the
galaxy number 6 the Dark Phoenix saga
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one could pretty much divide the history
of the x-men and by extension the Marvel
Universe in general into the time before
and after the Dark Phoenix saga as
nothing has been the same for the team
since when Jean Grey becomes possessed
by the cosmic entity known as the
Phoenix force
it’s overcome by human emotions for the
first time and destroys a star killing
billions hunted by forces around the
galaxy the x-men are eventually forced
to do battle with one of their own as
you can imagine since then the Phoenix
force has become one of the most
important enduring and complex
antagonists in the Marvel Universe
number five the Infinity Gauntlet it’s
no wonder that Marvel has been using
this storyline as an inspiration for the
overarching plot of the Marvel Cinematic
Universe like the film’s the plot
revolves around the mad Titan Thanos
collecting the infinity gems for the
Ark’s titular gauntlet which he used to
literally court death with a snap of his
fingers half of the sentient life in the
universe was killed and he imprisoned
many of the most powerful beings in the
universe including our old pal Galactus
while things were eventually set right
the ripples of this calamity went on to
affect the Marvel Universe for years
with a number of sequels and spin-offs
branching off from the story number four
Age of Apocalypse when Professor Xavier
Sun Legion travels back in time to kill
magneto but accidentally ends up killing
his own father it sets off a chain of
events that culminate with the most
ancient and powerful of mutants
apocalypse taking over the world the
dark alternate future under the
tyrannical apocalypse saw a number of
prominent x-men dead with the survivors
in drastically different roles including
an x-men team led by magneto and a
one-eyed evil Cyclops while the
time-traveling Bishop was eventually
able to put things back in order the Age
of Apocalypse remained as an alternate
universe with lasting effects on the
main Marvel continuity number three
House of M
this arc saw a mentally broken Scarlet
Witch changed the very fabric of reality
itself
the world is remade to reflect the
deepest desires of the x-men New
Avengers and Magneto resulting in a
world where mutants are considered
superior to humans Peter Parker married
his first great love Gwen Stacy and
Steve Rogers is an old retired veteran
led by Wolverine the heroes are
eventually able to regain their real
memories and set things right at the
arks end a number of massive changes to
the wider Marvel Universe remained most
notably the depowering of millions of
mutants leaving only roughly 200 in the
world number two civil war this massive
crossover event featured every important
Marvel character pitting them not
against an invader or common enemy but
against each other after a tragic
accident the world becomes divided on
whether or not to require super-powered
individuals to register with the
government with iron man leading the pro
registration movement and Captain
America leading an anti registration
resistance eventually the pro
Registration side becomes increasingly
unscrupulous and tyrannical even going
so far as to actively work closely with
numerous supervillains all of which
causes formerly pro registration and
neutral characters including spider-man
and the x-men to join cap after the dust
had settled the reverberations would
continue to impact the universe
culminating in the sequel Civil War to
number one Secret Wars almost all of the
events on this list and countless others
led to this massive crossover that
combined all of the alternate realities
across the entire Marvel Universe named
after and reminiscent of the 1984 secret
war series the realities were combined
into battle world a planet ruled by an
omnipotent ruler god emperor doom and
heroes from every reality unite to
reform the multiverse the end of battle
world saw almost every version of the
Marvel Universe massively impacted
including the destruction of the
Ultimate Marvel Universe
a number of characters from the Ultimate
Universe including spider-man Miles
Morales were saved from their universes
end and introduced into the main Marvel
continuity which is no longer officially
designated as earth-616 but renamed
earth prime do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
storylines that changed the Marvel
Universe who’s putting coffee grounds in
the disposal before we begin we publish
new videos every day so be sure to
subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at the stories
that have the biggest effect on the
course of the Marvel Universe whether
they involved reshuffling teams killing
and/or reviving characters or entirely
rewriting the fabric of the universe
you’ll see it here number 10 the
Galactus trilogy the first entry on our
list is also the oldest created by
arguably the greatest duo in the history
of Marvel Comics Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
this story introduces an entirely new
kind of villain a foe who would become a
quintessential antagonist in the Marvel
Universe Galactus devourer of worlds
unlike the mad scientists seeking world
domination that were the norm in comics
at the time Galactus was a god-like
entity that regularly consumed entire
planets in fact Lee and Kirby have
spoken about their biblical inspirations
for both Galactus and his Herald the
Silver Surfer who was also introduced in
the story number nine Avengers vs. x-men
while these two teams have
metaphorically battled for the spot of
most important Marvel team for quite
some time it became a literal fight in
this epic crossover event the story
centers on the return of the Phoenix
force and features almost every major
Marvel hero in some capacity after a lot
of battles and crazy turns including the
death of Charles Xavier at the hands of
a Phoenix possessed Cyclops
both teams are disbanded and reformed
into a new Avengers team kicking off the
Marvel now imprint number 8 the death of
Captain Marvel it shouldn’t be a
surprise that this story which
chronicled the death of the character
that shared the name of the company had
a large impact notably this was also
Marvel’s first graphic novel something
that’s become common in recent years the
story followed the last days of the
shape-shifting alien marvel
originally sent to earth as a spy but
who went on to become a defender of
humanity his death was one of the most
meaningful in comic book history in
large part because it wasn’t in a battle
against a super villain but from cancer
surrounded by fellow heroes and all too
real climax number seven annihilation
conquest while we could have also
featured the first annihilation arc
which jump-started the return of
Marvel’s cosmic characters it was the
sequel conquest that further established
their significance to the Marvel
Universe the arc featured a villainous
cybernetic species known as the Phalanx
and their attempt to lay waste to the
galaxy now under the leadership of the
super villain Ultron
the Phalanx attack a weakened Kree
Empire but a number of heroes from
across the galaxy including Nova Adam
warlock
star-lord Groot Gamora and many others
team up to defeat the powerful threat
what’s more after the defeat of Ultron
and fellings
a number of the heroes involved would go
on to form the new guardians of the
galaxy number 6 the Dark Phoenix saga
[Music]
one could pretty much divide the history
of the x-men and by extension the Marvel
Universe in general into the time before
and after the Dark Phoenix saga as
nothing has been the same for the team
since when Jean Grey becomes possessed
by the cosmic entity known as the
Phoenix force
it’s overcome by human emotions for the
first time and destroys a star killing
billions hunted by forces around the
galaxy the x-men are eventually forced
to do battle with one of their own as
you can imagine since then the Phoenix
force has become one of the most
important enduring and complex
antagonists in the Marvel Universe
number five the Infinity Gauntlet it’s
no wonder that Marvel has been using
this storyline as an inspiration for the
overarching plot of the Marvel Cinematic
Universe like the film’s the plot
revolves around the mad Titan Thanos
collecting the infinity gems for the
Ark’s titular gauntlet which he used to
literally court death with a snap of his
fingers half of the sentient life in the
universe was killed and he imprisoned
many of the most powerful beings in the
universe including our old pal Galactus
while things were eventually set right
the ripples of this calamity went on to
affect the Marvel Universe for years
with a number of sequels and spin-offs
branching off from the story number four
Age of Apocalypse when Professor Xavier
Sun Legion travels back in time to kill
magneto but accidentally ends up killing
his own father it sets off a chain of
events that culminate with the most
ancient and powerful of mutants
apocalypse taking over the world the
dark alternate future under the
tyrannical apocalypse saw a number of
prominent x-men dead with the survivors
in drastically different roles including
an x-men team led by magneto and a
one-eyed evil Cyclops while the
time-traveling Bishop was eventually
able to put things back in order the Age
of Apocalypse remained as an alternate
universe with lasting effects on the
main Marvel continuity number three
House of M
this arc saw a mentally broken Scarlet
Witch changed the very fabric of reality
itself
the world is remade to reflect the
deepest desires of the x-men New
Avengers and Magneto resulting in a
world where mutants are considered
superior to humans Peter Parker married
his first great love Gwen Stacy and
Steve Rogers is an old retired veteran
led by Wolverine the heroes are
eventually able to regain their real
memories and set things right at the
arks end a number of massive changes to
the wider Marvel Universe remained most
notably the depowering of millions of
mutants leaving only roughly 200 in the
world number two civil war this massive
crossover event featured every important
Marvel character pitting them not
against an invader or common enemy but
against each other after a tragic
accident the world becomes divided on
whether or not to require super-powered
individuals to register with the
government with iron man leading the pro
registration movement and Captain
America leading an anti registration
resistance eventually the pro
Registration side becomes increasingly
unscrupulous and tyrannical even going
so far as to actively work closely with
numerous supervillains all of which
causes formerly pro registration and
neutral characters including spider-man
and the x-men to join cap after the dust
had settled the reverberations would
continue to impact the universe
culminating in the sequel Civil War to
number one Secret Wars almost all of the
events on this list and countless others
led to this massive crossover that
combined all of the alternate realities
across the entire Marvel Universe named
after and reminiscent of the 1984 secret
war series the realities were combined
into battle world a planet ruled by an
omnipotent ruler god emperor doom and
heroes from every reality unite to
reform the multiverse the end of battle
world saw almost every version of the
Marvel Universe massively impacted
including the destruction of the
Ultimate Marvel Universe
a number of characters from the Ultimate
Universe including spider-man Miles
Morales were saved from their universes
end and introduced into the main Marvel
continuity which is no longer officially
designated as earth-616 but renamed
earth prime do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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