History ComicBook / Axis

-->"Rotten people don't know they're rotten. Never do. Human mind can rationalize just about near anything. People are self-centered at their core. Down deep. But it's hard to admit it. Easier to cook up a story you live in. One where you're the heroes. One where it doesn't matter how you get what you want - so long as you get it. That's villainy. That's the ugly thing that won't stop rising up in folks.

-->"Rotten people don't know they're rotten. Never do. Human mind an rationalize just about near anything. People are self-centered at their core. Down deep. But it's hard to admit it. Easier to cook up a story you live in. One where you're the heroes. One where it doesn't matter how you get what you want - so long as you get it. That's villainy. That's the ugly thing that won't stop rising up in folks.

* DropTheHammer: [[spoiler:Loki, still inverted, is able to lift Thor's fallen hammer and smashes their inverted brother's face in with it.]]

** The now-evil Avengers accidentally awaken the Hulk's SuperPoweredEvilSide, KLUH.

** Post-inversion, Roderick Kingsley is still a greedy, heartless bastard... but he's a greedy, heartless bastard who's come to the realization he can [[CutLexLuthorACheque make a killing]] by becoming a superhero.

* TakeUpMySword: This is Phil Urich's drive in ''AXIS: Hobgoblin'', as he seeks to kill Kingsley to prove he is worthy to take up the title of Goblin King after the Green Goblin disappeared at the end of ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan''.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/4/4b/Avengers_%26_X-Men_AXIS_Vol_1_1_Deadpool_Party_Variant.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141003021117 Deadpool Variant cover]] of issue 1 features this. Fitting the themes of the event, everyone ''except'' Deadpool is doing it, leaving the Merc with a Mouth horribly confused.

''AXIS'' is a 2014-2015 Creator/MarvelComics CrisisCrossover between ''Comicbook/UncannyAvengers'', ''All-New ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'', ''Comicbook/{{Magneto}}'', and ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'', written by Creator/RickRemender as a continuation of ''Avengers & X-Men''.

** The first issue shows Iron Man operating as an Avenger and on good terms with Steve Rogers. This is in ''complete'' contrast to Jonathan Hickman's ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]]'' and ''Comicbook/NewAvengers'' runs, where Iron Man was expelled from the team and branded a fugitive by Captain America.

** In ''AXIS: Hobgoblin'' #1, the Hobgoblin's heroic exploits spoof the covers of ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 - the original Franchise/SpiderMan comic, and ''Action Comics'' #1 - the original ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comic. Phil Urich snidely remarks that the most villainous thing Kingsley has done since his inversion is copyright infringement.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Luke Cage informs the Mighty Avengers that he's sold them (and their brand) to [[MegaCorp Cortex]]. He's quickly informed that the Mighty Avengers are a collective, that every member has individual rights to the team, and that technically all he did was sell ''himself''. It's never easy trying to pull something like that when one of your teammates is Comicbook/SheHulk, one of the most capable lawyers in the Marvel Universe.

The series leads into several new and relaunched Marvel comics, including a second volume of ''ComicBook/{{Uncanny Avengers|CounterEvolutionary}}''

** Magneto's character arc is about dealing with his moral ambiguity in his pursuit of protecting mutants. [[spoiler:But after the inversion spell was cast on Genosha, when Storm and the other X-Men start proclaiming his old "destroy all humans to save the mutants" ideology, however, he walks away in disgust and joins Captain America and Spider-Man in order to set things right, ultimately ending up proclaiming his desire to protect ''humanity'' in Issue 9.]]

*** Hulk transforms into the even more monstrous KLUH and sets out to destroy everything in his path. While the 'destroy everything in his path' isn't too different from what the Hulk originally used to do, it's worth noting that Kluh ALSO adds that he specifically plans to kill innocent people by doing so. Even on his worst days, the regular Hulk never, EVER killed anyone innocent on purpose. Heck, he never even killed many of the seemingly countless foes he's gone up against in the decades, not even villains (not most of them, at least) - but after his inversion, there's clearly been a change.

* MirroringFactions: The point of the series is to highlight that the differences between Marvel's villains and its heroes isn't as vast as the latter group would like to think. One rather hard-hitting point briefly highlighted are [[LetsYouAndHimFight the large number of events that revolve around different groups of heroes violently attacking each other.]] While a hero fighting another hero will try to give idealistic reasons for it, in practice it just means they'd rather come to blows than actually negotiate, compromise, admit fault, or attempt to work with another person. Both villains and heroes just want things their way all the time and can't solve a problem without forcing it.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: The first issue contains a prolonged sequence where the various Avengers begin fighting one another after being exposed to the Red Skull's Hate Wave. The series also draws attention to how often heroes in the Marvel universe fight each other over nothing, drawing attention to how much they enjoy reaching immediately for combat over any other solution.

* AntiHero: ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}, [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Hobgoblin]], and ComicBook/{{Carnage}} ended up becoming "heroic" thanks to the Inversion spell, but they still maintain some of their villainous personality traits.

Following his assimilation of Charles Xavier's brain, the ComicBook/RedSkull has taken over Genosha and instituted "re-education" camps to bolster his EvilCounterpart to the X-Men, the S-Men. However, his meddling with Xavier's brain reawakens a force of evil once thought vanquished, and leads to many heroes and villains undergoing "Inversion".

* IdiotBall: Nova II ended up revealing his civilian identity to Carnage after his fight with Kluh. Guess who Cletus decided to pay a visit to immediately after his inversion was undone.
* IWillFightNoMoreForever: ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s inversion turns him into a pacifist known as Zenpool.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: The first issue contains a prolonged sequence where the various Avengers begin fighting one another after being exposed to the Red Skull's Hate Wave.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/9/9f/Avengers_%26_X-Men_AXIS_Vol_1_1_Deadpool_Party_Variant_Textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140901214553 Deadpool Variant cover]] of issue 1 features this. Fitting the themes of the event, everyone ''except'' Deadpool is doing it, leaving the Merc with a Mouth horribly confused.

''AXIS'' is a 2014-2015 Creator/MarvelComics CrisisCrossover between ''Comicbook/UncannyAvengers'', ''All-New ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'', ''Comicbook/{{Magneto}}'', and ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'', written by Creator/RickRemender as a continuation of ''Avengers & X-Men''. Following his assimilation of Charles Xavier's brain, the ComicBook/RedSkull has taken over Genosha and instituted "re-education" camps to bolster his EvilCounterpart to the X-Men, the S-Men. However, his meddling with Xavier's brain reawakens a force of evil once thought vanquished, and leads to many heroes and villains undergoing "Inversion". Magneto must come to terms with his moral ambiguity and whether he wants to fully reform into a hero or revert back to villainy in pursuit of his goals. Loki, having seen his [[OmnicidalManiac twisted future]], decides to fight fate for all it's worth, but clashes with Doctor Doom, who has also seen the trickster god's future self and decided to kill him in the present to avert it ever happening.

!!Tropes applying to ''AXIS''

''AXIS'' is a 2014-2015 Creator/MarvelComics CrisisCrossover between ''Comicbook/UncannyAvengers'', ''All-New ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'', ''Comicbook/{{Magneto}}'', and ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'', written by Rick Remender as a continuation of ''Avengers & X-Men''. Following his assimilation of Charles Xavier's brain, the ComicBook/RedSkull has taken over Genosha and instituted "re-education" camps to bolster his EvilCounterpart to the X-Men, the S-Men. However, his meddling with Xavier's brain reawakens a force of evil once thought vanquished, and leads to many heroes and villains undergoing "Inversion". Magneto must come to terms with his moral ambiguity and whether he wants to fully reform into a hero or revert back to villainy in pursuit of his goals. Loki, having seen his [[OmnicidalManiac twisted future]], decides to fight fate for all it's worth, but clashes with Doctor Doom, who has also seen the trickster god's future self and decided to kill him in the present to avert it ever happening.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The [[http://i.newsarama.com/images/i/000/134/353/original/Avengers-X-Men_AXIS_1_Zdarsky_Deadpool_Variant.png?1409066012 Deadpool Variant cover]] of issue 1 features this. Fitting the themes of the event, everyone ''except'' Deadpool is doing it, leaving the Merc with a Mouth horribly confused.

** Good feeling good doesn't mean that Carnage is going to stop with the pointy weaponry, though. Carnage also has no problems burning down a bank when it comes to stopping crime.

* SdrawkcabName: KLUH. [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Three guesses who that one is]].

''AXIS'' is a 2014-2015 Creator/MarvelComics CrisisCrossover between ''Comicbook/UncannyAvengers'', ''All-New ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'', ''Comicbook/{{Magneto}}'', and ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'', written by Rick Remender as a continuation of ''Avengers & X-Men''. Following his assimilation of Charles Xavier's brain, the ComicBook/RedSkull has taken over Genosha and instituted "re-education" camps to bolster his EvilCounterpart to the X-Men, the S-Men. However, his meddling with Xavier's brain reawakens a force of evil once thought vanquished, and leads to many heroes and villains undergoing "Inversion". Magneto must come to terms with his moral ambiguity and whether he wants to fully reform into a hero or revert back to villainy in pursuit of his goals. Loki, having seen their [[OmnicidalManiac twisted future]], decides to fight fate for all it's worth, but clashes with Doctor Doom, who has also seen the trickster god's future self and decided to kill them in the present to avert it ever happening.

* ForegoneConclusion: Bruce is back as Doc Green in ''Time Runs Out'', which is set after ''AXIS'' but released beforehand, so his transformation into Kluh, or at least into his stupid version in general is temporary at best.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Thanks to the ''mere existence'' of the ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' title, as well as preview art from Johnathan Hickman's "Time Runs Out" crossover, we know that Tony Stark is going to remain inverted once the event is over and the Hulk's transformation in Kluh will be temporary. The solicits have also confirmed that several other heroes and villains will also continue with their new status quos once the story ends.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Magneto bashes Red Skull's head in with a piece of rubble in Uncanny Avengers #25, killing him and unleashing Red Onslaught. However, Skull turns up after the inversion alive and generally intact.

** The ''Avengers World'' deals with Doctor Doom and Valeria Richards assembling an emergency team of Avengers consisting of the few remaining heroes not affected by the Red Skull. The group consists of C-listers like U.S. Agent, [[ComicBook/{{Bloodstone}} Elsa Bloodstone]], Valkyrie, 3-D Man, and Stingray.

** The ''Avengers World'' deals with Doctor Doom and Valeria Richards assembling an emergency team of Avengers consisting of the few remaining heroes not affected by the Red Skull. The group consists of C-listers like U.S. Agent, ComicBook/ElsaBloodstone, Valkyrie, 3-D Man, and Stingray.