Pitch your own big crossover event

[your_name_here]

Mentioned it in the FF thread earlier, but I’ll go into detail more here.

This one would be loosely connected to Hickmans Secret Wars. For several months/years, there would be build up across all titles that stars are “going out” and something sinister is on the way.
Turns out what the “something sinister” IS, is actually one last Beyonder. Turns out this one was able to luckily survive when Doom tried to wipe them out, and has been recouperating ever since, but seems to have spent too much time near “things” that it’s gained a personality and actually resents those who defied the great plan way back when.
So naturally, it’s hopping across the dimensions in search of OUR one. It plans to come after those who stole the powers previously (putting Doom and Reed high on the wanted list) to kill them, and after that it will continue the great plan and destroy multiverses again. While recouperating, it’s also changed an entire world into its army.
So what ensues is a great good vs bad epic. Think the MCUs Infinity War where the threat of Thanos felt too big and long-coming.
Plus, we’d get to see Reed and Doom working side by side which would be awesome.

[Zero Hunter]

My idea is that Thanos becomes host of the Phoenix Force, Thanos worships death whereas the Phoenix Force can create life but is also the harbinger of death.
Yes both characters have been massively overused lately but imagine bringing together two of the most feared characters in the Marvel Universe
My story would have a twist, usually it is Thanos seeking out some universal all powerful source but this time it is the Phoenix Force seeking Thanos out.
Why would the Phoenix Force source out Thanos as its host you say ?.
When the Phoenix Force first encountered Jean Grey it was drawn to her human emotions, it would be the same with Thanos, Thanos worships Mistress Death, he had a deep love of her plus he has a heartless genocidal side.
I believe that the Phoenix Force would be intrigued by this, an intrigue that could've been piqued when Thanos battled his son Thane, who was host of the Phoenix Force at the time.
Once one with the Phoenix Force Thanos would be engulfed by its endless power, the fact that the Phoenix Force is also an cosmic entity with a conscious would give Thanos a companion he has long strived for.
Could the Phoenix Force power corrupt that which is already corrupted ?.
How would the Universe react ?, how would existing cosmic entities react ?, how would former Phoenix Force hosts like Jean Grey react ?, how would Earths heroes stop such a force ?.
With Avengers Endgame April 2019 and Dark Phoenix (X-Men) June 2019 movies due for release this would be a great time for such a story.

Take the two most overused things that Marvel has been beating to death for the last 20 years and combine them into one? I think I just threw up a little.

[Crimz]

It would be called Celestial Convergence (maybe that's too DC of a name).

It would be about the Celestial plane in the Hyperspace dimension going haywire and invading/absorbing our own and the heroes trying to put a stop to it.

The main players will be the Fantastic Four (particularly Sue and Franklin), the Eternals, Galactus and other cosmic beings, and a mix of classic and new Marvel aliens.

There would be no "big bad" or someone behind it all. It's about trying to stop a natural catastrophe as best as they can. Many will have to make hard decisions in order to survive and try to stop the dimension.
This will be mainly a Fantastic Four event (because they've never really got one), Sue and Franklin are focused on more because of Sue's powers being linked to Hyperspace and Franklin being considered a huge threat by the Celestials. The Eternals, Galactus, and other cosmic beings would also be involved due to their link to the Celestials. It would also be an event that restores some of the Celestials importance and power that I've felt has been slightly lost over the years.

The lasting effects will that at the end of all of this the Marvel universe will have a new dimension to explore full of it's own aliens, laws of physics, and new adventures!
Plus some characters will have to live with some of the decisions they made during the event.

[Ezyo1000]

What happens when Marvel's Monarchs decide to come together to discuss the current climate of the world and their positions going forward? Who wants to help advanced humanity to the stars? Who wants to rule over them? Who doesn't give a frak? What would happen if these monarchs form an alliance? Where does that leave the other super powered nation's and the super hero community allied with said monarchs?

The world is freaking out as the most powerful monarchs come together. Some stuff goes down at the summit, an assassination attempt. First glance puts the monarchs at odds with the rest of the world while the true culprit prepares a massive invasion against earth. Which leads to the monarchs unleashing all types of hell on them when they invade.


A war vs the monarchs would be cool too but since that's kinda happening with Namor right now I don't think that's the best move.

[PhoenixThanos]

Eviction Notice. After years of mounting destruction and property damage the city of New York tells all the heroes they need to get the hell out. The Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and every other know hero are bared from having a headquaters within 10 miles of New York City proper. Only people like Spider Man are spared because his identity is not know, but this further jacks up his outlaw status. Even Daredevil and Doctor Strange are told they need to get out.

This is not what I would call an event. No New York City hell move on, there are plenty of other States available.
Now if it was America doing this it would probably work and what Country would house these heroes but it still seems more like Civil War 3.

[XPac]

This is not what I would call an event. No New York City hell move on, there are plenty of other States available.
Now if it was America doing this it would probably work and what Country would house these heroes but it still seems more like Civil War 3.

The easiest country for people to flee to logistically would be Canada (though dealing with Department H might actually be a step down from dealing with the US government).

[U.N. Owen]

Eviction Notice. After years of mounting destruction and property damage the city of New York tells all the heroes they need to get the hell out. The Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and every other know hero are bared from having a headquaters within 10 miles of New York City proper. Only people like Spider Man are spared because his identity is not know, but this further jacks up his outlaw status. Even Daredevil and Doctor Strange are told they need to get out.

Villains: Look! Free stuff!

[JudicatorPrime]

The Purge: Dark Edict

Death and Mephisto petition the Living Tribunal with their grievance that the omniverse is out of balance. The presence of heroes, especially Earth's heroes, are to blame. No one dies any more, and evil as a force in the universe has been vastly curtailed, in part because of the obfuscation of the definition of "evil" and in part because the forces of good far outmatch the power allotted to the forces of evil.

In a surprise to all assembled, the Living Tribunal agrees with Death and Mephisto.

To restore balance, the Living Tribunal waves his hand and every hero and antihero has their abilities reduced 99% for a period of 30 standard Earth days. Such a drastic reduction leaves some heroes virtually powerless.

In addition, to satisfy Death, the Tribunal imposes an all encompassing 10/10 death code, effective immediately. Anyone who has died, but have been resurrected in the last 10 Earth years are forced to return to Death's domain. Further, anyone who dies at any time during the next 10 Earth years remains in Death's domain without any chance of resurrection in any form. As a final concession, The Living Tribunal creates Reivers whose task it is to work with Death to raid realms like the astral plane, the pocket dimensions of the Nexus and the Soul Gem, and even mythical regions like Valhalla, where Death's absolute sway may be in question.

Mephisto, Death and their unholy host of allies leave the Living Tribunal's chamber ecstatic.

Osiris, being both a God of the Underworld and Rebirth, is the only one who doesn't parade out of the hall with them. Wise Osiris determines that the other pantheons of Earth must be alerted and enlisted to help the heroes of light through this dark edict. He sets his wife, Isis, to that task. Second, the heroes of Earth must be warned as well. He sends his brother, the powerful Horus the Elder, and Osiris' son, Horus the Younger, to accomplish that task. Finally, Osiris the sagacious determines that an appeal must be made to The One Above All. He summons his boat -- part skiff, part sarcophagus -- and rushes across the cosmos to TOAA's tiny hamlet. Fast on his heels, Set and Oblivion follow.

***

Imagine a month where most of our heroes were completely helpless against their foes. Where defeating someone like the Absorbing Man would take a group the size of the East and West Coast factions of the Avengers, and even that might not be enough.

Or imagine you're Spider Man fighting the Rhino when all of your superhuman agility, strength, speed is a tiny fraction of what it needs to be for you to survive, let alone win.

Or imagine you're Luke Cage and your skin is no longer bulletproof the instant a volley of bullets have targeted you, dead center mass.

Now imagine that Death is the last stop for him when the bullets do land.

It's time to find out who the real heroes are. And to bid farewell to many of them.

[U.N. Owen]

A mysterious new disease has broken out through the entire superhuman community. Their eyes are completely whitened out, their faces are in a constant state of constipation, their bodies have been twisted into an anatomical nightmare with deformed feet. Scientists declare this a new disease: Youngblood's Disease This disease twists the heroes into OOC messes to the point that they become violent savages or edgelords.

Some characters, those that were not present during the Dark Age of Comics, must race to cure this while an old foe comes to haunt the Marvel Universe. That's right, Onslaught has returned.

[pageturner]

Maybe the beginnings of OML. Have an army of bad guys form and come after the supers community.

Of course a few characters would have to "die" for a while but a full scale war involving actual bad guys might be novel.

[pageturner]

or a war of god characters. Maybe elevate the Egyptian/African gods to the level of the greek and norse.

They have popped up a little but there is a lot of material to go with is they came in conflict with one of the other groups.

[Ezyo1000]

The Purge: Dark Edict

Death and Mephisto petition the Living Tribunal with their grievance that the omniverse is out of balance. The presence of heroes, especially Earth's heroes, are to blame. No one dies any more, and evil as a force in the universe has been vastly curtailed, in part because of the obfuscation of the definition of "evil" and in part because the forces of good far outmatch the power allotted to the forces of evil.

In a surprise to all assembled, the Living Tribunal agrees with Death and Mephisto.

To restore balance, the Living Tribunal waves his hand and every hero and antihero has their abilities reduced 99% for a period of 30 standard Earth days. Such a drastic reduction leaves some heroes virtually powerless.

In addition, to satisfy Death, the Tribunal imposes an all encompassing 10/10 death code, effective immediately. Anyone who has died, but have been resurrected in the last 10 Earth years are forced to return to Death's domain. Further, anyone who dies at any time during the next 10 Earth years remains in Death's domain without any chance of resurrection in any form. As a final concession, The Living Tribunal creates Reivers whose task it is to work with Death to raid realms like the astral plane, the pocket dimensions of the Nexus and the Soul Gem, and even mythical regions like Valhalla, where Death's absolute sway may be in question.

Mephisto, Death and their unholy host of allies leave the Living Tribunal's chamber ecstatic.

Osiris, being both a God of the Underworld and Rebirth, is the only one who doesn't parade out of the hall with them. Wise Osiris determines that the other pantheons of Earth must be alerted and enlisted to help the heroes of light through this dark edict. He sets his wife, Isis, to that task. Second, the heroes of Earth must be warned as well. He sends his brother, the powerful Horus the Elder, and Osiris' son, Horus the Younger, to accomplish that task. Finally, Osiris the sagacious determines that an appeal must be made to The One Above All. He summons his boat -- part skiff, part sarcophagus -- and rushes across the cosmos to TOAA's tiny hamlet. Fast on his heels, Set and Oblivion follow.

***

Imagine a month where most of our heroes were completely helpless against their foes. Where defeating someone like the Absorbing Man would take a group the size of the East and West Coast factions of the Avengers, and even that might not be enough.

Or imagine you're Spider Man fighting the Rhino when all of your superhuman agility, strength, speed is a tiny fraction of what it needs to be for you to survive, let alone win.

Or imagine you're Luke Cage and your skin is no longer bulletproof the instant a volley of bullets have targeted you, dead center mass.

Now imagine that Death is the last stop for him when the bullets do land.

It's time to find out who the real heroes are. And to bid farewell to many of them.

Given previous events, (such as tro) wouldn't essentially everyone die? Especially since the time scale barely moves in the mu? Maybe 10 years is too far because you lose a lot of heroes? I like the power decline though, that would be a very scary (and cool) set up. For the death thing though I would say change it so that for the next 10 years anyone who dies stays dead rather then going backwards as well

[JudicatorPrime]

Given previous events, (such as tro) wouldn't essentially everyone die? Especially since the time scale barely moves in the mu? Maybe 10 years is too far because you lose a lot of heroes? I like the power decline though, that would be a very scary (and cool) set up. For the death thing though I would say change it so that for the next 10 years anyone who dies stays dead rather then going backwards as well

The 10/10 provision is mostly meta, but to the extent that it applies within the story, it is designed to pit Mephisto against Death. It will eventually dawn on Mephisto that a bunch of evil guys died in that time frame...certainly far more than heroes... including some of his favorites, and they now belong to Death. She's not relinquishing them, obviously. Mephisto will re-petition the Living Tribunal seeking an amended edict, but the LT is going to reject the request, telling him that he'll have to work with co-plaintiff for an amicable solution. Death also doesn't much care for the arrangement, once it finds out that several of the more powerful individuals that now occupy her domain are very close to usurping her throne. Ultimately, Mephisto and Death regret the LT's edict, even though they are getting exactly what they asked for. By the end of the event Death is no longer in charge and Mephisto finds out the hard way that it's not power alone that gives the good guys the upper hand.

[DrNewGod]

TURF WAR:

HYDRA and AIM have launched an all-out war against one another. Almost every organized super-crime outfit in the world is forced to choose sides (The Hand, The Kingpin's organization, The Maggia, etc.). Even some supervillains normally thought of as one-crook-shows-with-a-backup-band are caught up in it (Doc Ock, Captain Barracuda, etc.), as is anybody that routinely does business with super-criminal organizations (Taskmaster, Bullseye, Justin Hammer, etc.). Naturally, some are playing all sides to their own advantage.

The superheroes initially can't tell WTF is going on, but with all these nasties going at each other, they figure the stakes have to be Dead Serious; Cosmic Cube or worse-style bad. So do some of the world conquerors out there (The Red Skull, The Mandarin, etc.). The twist is, there is no McGuffin at the root of all this. It's just a turf war between two wanna-be-world-beater organizations that decided the planet just ain't big enough for the both of them.

The winner? The Hellfire Club, who secure behind their fortresses of money and privilege, are now even more powerful, controlling both legitimate and illicit commerce at a scale greater than ever before, and are now a threat to every superhero on the books. Meanwhile, the sequel begins to boil as in Latveria, Dr. Doom determines THC may now represent a threat to his own ambitions that must be crushed.

I proposed something similar on a DC thread a bit back. The number one merit in an event like this is that you can engulf nearly the entire Marvel line in this without needing somebody along the lines of Galactus to make it threatening.