Strap in! We’re summarizing a decade of Marvel crossover events to get you caught up with the basic structure of the modern Marvel universe. Zach & Searnold are joined by special guest Jessica (a.k.a. “Zach’s Wife”) to provide the perspective of someone who’s never read a single comic.

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Thor 2, Dark World


Loki Dies, then Gets the Tesseract




Avengers Endgame, the last one



Avengers Disassembled, circa 2004


Ashely Olsen as Scarlet Witch


Magneto Collects his Daughter


Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver in “Avengers 2: Age of Ulton”


Evan Peters as Quicksilver in “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”


New Avengers, now featuring Spider-Man and Wolverine, circa 2004


Luke Cage as the face of the Avengers


These are Kree. They are blue.


These are Skrulls. They are green.


Jude Law is Kree, but he is not blue.
Nebula is blue, but she is not Kree.




Civil War, circa 2006



Iron Man, Director of S.H.I.E.D., a.k.a. the new Nick Fury


Avengers Initiative, circa 2007


Black Panther and Storm join the Fantastic Four


World War Hulk, circa 2007


Secret Invasion, circa 2008


Dark Reign, circa 2009


Captain America Dies


Asgard in Broxton, Oklahoma


Siege, circa 2010


Heroic Age, circa 2010


Fear Itself, circa 2011


Avengers vs X-Men, circa 2012



Famke Janssen and Sophie Turner as Phoenix


Jean Grey Possessed by the Phoenix Force


Stop being a fascist, Tony!


Phoenix Five


Cyclops Kills Professor Xavier


Uatu the Watcher, circa 1966


Galactus the Devourer-of-Worlds, circa 1966


Original Sin, circa 2014


Nick Fury kills The Watcher


Nick Fury is now The Unseen


Pryde of the X-Men, circa 1988


Red Skull gets Professor Xavier’s Brain


Axis, circa 2014


Superior Iron Man, circa 2014


THE QUEEN!


“We are Beyond. Dreamers. Destroyers.”
“All of reality our whim.”
“Who dares stand before us?”
I. Doom.


Secret Wars, circa 2015


Molecule Man


Molecule Man, Mister Fantastic, and Franklin Richards rebuild the Multiverse


Doom’s Face is Restored




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