Wednesday, February 10, 2010

What's going on in your Marvel Universe?

As some of you may know, or none of you may know, the Marvel universe for years has been a dark place due to Avengers Disassembled, Civil War, Secret Invasion, and finally Dark Reign. In Disassembled, the Avengers disbanded after the death of Hawkeye and Ant-Man (Scott Lang). In the Civil War, Iron Man and Captain America faced off over the Superhuman Registration Act in a war that pitted brother against brother, with Iron Man ultimately winning out after Captain America was gunned down before testifying in front of the nation and congress. In Secret Invasion, an alien invasion by the Skrulls nearly succeeded due to their successful infiltration and impersonation of Superheroes that they had replaced in their plan, but ultimately mankind and the heroes won out. Dark Reign is the past years theme for the Marvel Universe. Norman Osborn, Spiderman's arch nemesis became the default leader of S.H.I.E.L.D. after he got the kill shot on the Skrull Queen. He changed the name of S.H.I.E.L.D. to H.A.M.M.E.R. and began to hunt down all the unregistered heroes, such as the New Avengers lead by Bucky Barnes (Captain America's WW2 sidekick), and Osborn also hunted down Tony Stark and beat him senseless, essentially putting him in a coma. What is happening now is Norman Osborn and his 'Dark Avengers' and H.A.M.M.E.R. are attacking Asgard, the mythical home of Thor and his fellow Asgardians, which is located in Broxton, Oklahoma. All out chaos ensues, with Asgard being assaulted by H.A.M.M.E.R. and Osborn's personal shock troops, the Dark Avengers. The Heros come to Asgards and Thors aid, and the battle of the century ensues. And thats what happening in your Marvel Universe.