History ComicBook / Siege

* EnemyMine:
** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan join forces in earnest for the first time since ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', although this is less an EnemyMine and more a sign that ComicBook/TheAvengers are reuniting.
** [[spoiler:Loki joins forces with the Avengers once he realizes how much of a threat the Void really is]].

** Iron Man vs. [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Iron Patriot]]. [[spoiler:To the point where Stark ''doesn't even fire any of his weapons or physically attack Osborn to do it''.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: The fate of Loki, who arranged everything to remove Asgard from the mortal dimension, tries to turn against the Void when things get out of hand, and dies as a result. Also for the Sentry, who claimed that [[GollumMadeMeDoIt the Void made him do it]], before pleading for the heroes to execute him. Osborn made a similar excuse, but keeping being a WellIntentionedExtremist.
* AmericanRobot: Iron Patriot.

** The end of the main ''Siege'' storyline, when Steve Rogers announces that he will need everyone for upcoming things, may be considered a case as well. However, it's a mere mention, with the characters standing there, and not a "charging into battle" finale.
* AnyLastWords: Tony Stark, once again Iron Man, shuts down Iron Patriot's armor. Which, after all, is ''his'' armor. He mocks Norman with this... and it does not end as expected. His "last words" in the few seconds before the Iron Patriot armor shuts down were "Bob! Bob! Don't let them win! Bring it all down! BRING IT ALL DOWN, ROBERT! DON'T LET THEM WIN!"
* BackForTheFinale: ''New Avengers Finale'', which ties up the loose end involving the Hood, brings Wolverine back into the fold after leaving the team to deal with Utopia.

* {{BFG}}: Nick Fury dosn't go anywhere without one.

* BigDamnHeroes: How the Avengers arrive to help Thor and the Asgardians.

* BodyHorror: When [[spoiler:Sentry gets his ass kicked by Thor, and starts transforming into the Void. Same thing happens when Ares manages to hit him with his axe.]]

* ColonyDrop
** Iron Man dropping the H.A.M.M.E.R. helicarrier on the Void.

** Osborn and his men beating the living hell out of Thor.

** [[spoiler:Sentry's "[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe fight]]" with Ares.]]

** Thor vs Daken. It's one panel.
* DeathSeeker: The Void.
* DecompressedComic: Subverted. The main event requires no tie-ins and was only four issues long. Reading it feels like sprinting compared to ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' and most other Marvel events.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Norman Osborn technically works for the President, but the invasion of Asgard was his own idea, which was even resisted by the White House.
** Loki is also posing as Osborn's assistant, but he had his own reasons for manipulating him into invading Asgard. Unfortunately, his plans got out of control.
* DynamicEntry: Doesn't get much more dynamic than turning around to see ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield flying right into your face.

** More so with [[spoiler:Loki and the Avengers]].

* FakeUltimateMook: The Asgardians are supposedly one of the best armies in the universe, in these saga they fall like flies, to the point that even peak humans can kill them by the dozen using common weaponry.
* FreakOut: The Sentry has several in the various tie-ins. And then there's Norman's VillainousBreakdown.

* GrandFinale: For ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', and especially for ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' and everything after.

** Ares finally leaves the Dark Avengers, and tries to decapitate Osborn in the process. [[spoiler:[[ResignationsNotAccepted It doesn't last long.]]]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Loki at the end.]]
* HesBack: Captain America and Iron Man both return to action.

* KickTheDog: The whole event is basically one last attempt by Osborn to Kick the Dog.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Loki. While he would remain present in the story through reincarnations Kid Loki and Ikol, the original Loki is dead forever.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Norman Osborn, but that's par for the course. Specifically, he has the U-Foes attack Volstagg in Chicago in an attempt to manufacture a second [[ComicBook/CivilWar2006 Stamford Incident]] and pin it on the Asgardians, so he has reason to justify an attack on Asgard against the President's wishes. Ares even warns him that if he finds out that this is the case, he will end Osborn -- [[spoiler:he finds out and is about to act on it, but Sentry gets involved before he can actually kill Osborn]].

* MercyKill: [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] to ComicBook/TheSentry.]]

* OhCrap: Everyone's reaction when [[spoiler:Ares is ripped apart by the Sentry]]. ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Even the villains]]''.

* ShutUpHannibal: Spider-Man gives one to Norman Osborn.
* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler:The Void commits suicide by [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor thunder god]].]]
* TheCavalry: Osborn's party is interrupted by the good Avengers, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Patriot]].

* VillainousBreakdown: Osborn has a huge one at the end.

* ZeroEffortBoss: Osborn vs Stark. [[spoiler:Stark wins.]]

The Creator/MarvelComics CrisisCrossover from late 2009/early 2010, following ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' and ''ComicBook/DarkReign''.

The Creator/MarvelComics CrisisCrossover from late 2009/early 2010, following ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' and ''ComicBook/DarkReign''.

** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan join forces in earnest for the first time since ComicBook/CivilWar, although this is less an EnemyMine and more a sign that ComicBook/TheAvengers are reuniting.

* GrandFinale: For ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', and especially for ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' and everything after.

* ManipulativeBastard: Norman Osborn, but that's par for the course. Specifically, he has the U-Foes attack Volstagg in Chicago in an attempt to manufacture a second [[ComicBook/CivilWar Stamford Incident]] and pin it on the Asgardians, so he has reason to justify an attack on Asgard against the President's wishes. Ares even warns him that if he finds out that this is the case, he will end Osborn -- [[spoiler:he finds out and is about to act on it, but Sentry gets involved before he can actually kill Osborn]].

Asgard, which has always been located in AnotherDimension, has been recreated in [[UsefulNotes/OklahomaUSA Oklahoma]]. Loki wants it to return to its own dimension, and convinces Norman Osborn to launch an all-out attack on the city. Norman agrees, he does not like to have a city of gods on U.S. soil. They stage an incident similar to the one that began the Civil War, to get public acceptance for the attack. The president orders to stop it, but Norman goes on anyway... and H.A.M.M.E.R. is outlawed in the process. All the other fugitive heroes team up as well, to defend Asgard from Osborn's forces.

The Creator/MarvelComics CrisisCrossover from late 2009/early 2010, following ''Comicbook/CivilWar'', ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' and ''Comicbook/DarkReign''.

* DynamicEntry: Doesn't get much more dynamic than turning around to see Comicbook/CaptainAmerica's shield flying right into your face.

* GrandFinale: For ''Comicbook/DarkReign'', and especially for ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' and everything after.

* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:What finally happens to Norman in issue #3, and most would say, it's fitting. First ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the living embodiment of all the principles Norman has spat on, comes back to life and announces it by hitting the villain square in the face with his shield (accompanied by the first cry of "AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!" in quite a few ''years''), and then beating him in a one-on-one fight. The President of the United States orders him arrested for treason and has his flying base shot down. ComicBook/IronMan, whose technology Norman stole to turn himself into the Iron Patriot, comes back from ''brain death'' and shuts down Osborn's armor. When the costume falls off, Norman is revealed -- on national television, no less -- wearing clownish facepaint modeled on his old "Green Goblin" identity. And finally, as he rants about how the fight isn't over, Franchise/SpiderMan, his oldest enemy, says [[ShutUpHannibal "Oh, will you shut up!"]] and decks him, knocking him out cold. And for the cherry on top, when he tries to scurry away as the fight dies down, who does he happen to run into but Volstagg -- the exact same guy on whom he pinned the blame for the destruction of the Soldier Field in order to justify invading Asgard. Osborn promptly gets knocked out ''again'' before being carted off to jail.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: The fate of Loki, who arranged everything to remove Asgard from the mortal dimension, tries to turn against the Void when things get out of hand, and dies as a result. Also for the Sentry, who claimed that [[GollumMadeMeDoIt the Void made him do it]], before pleading the heroes to execute him. Osborn made a similar excuse, but keeping being a WellIntentionedExtremist.

Asgard, which has always been located in AnotherDimension, has been recreated in Oklahoma. Loki wants it to return to its own dimension, and convinces Norman Osborn to launch an all-out attack on the city. Norman agrees, he does not like to have a city of gods on U.S. soil. They stage an incident similar to the one that began the Civil War, to get public acceptance for the attack. The president orders to stop it, but Norman goes on anyway... and H.A.M.M.E.R. is outlawed in the process. All the other fugitive heroes team up as well, to defend Asgard from Osborn's forces.

* KillEmAll:
** [[spoiler:The WhatIf story released sometime later shows what happened if Ares decided to attack the Sentry before the battle started, which does not end well.]]
** [[spoiler:Osborn's last act in the main story is to command the Sentry to destroy all of Asgard. It works.]]

* WhatIf: [[spoiler:See KillEmAll.]]
** A second one takes place where Norman stayed in power as far as the ''Infinity'' event. During this time, he managed to locate where the Illuminati had hid the Infinity Gems and used it to become a god. [[spoiler:A combination of Thanos and his own abusive father who he resurrected to invoke WhosLaughingNow manage to drive him fully over the edge, making him wipe himself from existence in a bout of insane fury.]]

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: ''Siege'' ends [[spoiler:not just with the fall of Norman Osborn, but the reunification of the ComicBook/TheAvengers.]]

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!!Provides Examples Of:

** The true ManipulativeBastard, however, was Loki, who was pushing Norman's buttons for months and is the one who gives Norman the idea for the attack and the inciting incident. And later we learn that the entire event was only the starting point of [[ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery his master plan]].

* HollywoodTactics: Instead of sending in the Sentry to destroy the city or using their superior technology to fight from a distance Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R. fought up close and personal giving Asgardians the edge. Justified in Osborn wanted a big, bloody battle to try and solidify his power base and he has ComicBook/{{Ares}}, a Myth/ClassicalMythology WarGod and BloodKnight, plan the attack. Ares had previously stated he leaves the thinking side of war to Athena while he focuses on bloody and glorious battles.

* BatFamilyCrossover: Aside from the main ''Siege'' series and some one shots revolving around characters who weren't getting much page time in the main story (Such as Spider-Man and the Young Avengers), the only titles that tied into ''Siege'' were ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'', ''Mighty Avengers'', ''Avengers: The Initiative'' and ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}''. The ''Mighty Avengers'' ties to the event were at first tenuous at best, with the tie-in issues focusing on Ultron's attack on the Infinite Avengers Mansion at the same time as ''Siege'' takes place but leads into the Thunderbolts tie in; comparatively ''The Initiative'' focused on some of Osborn's more sane allies like Taskmaster realizing the plan had gone completely off rails and the Avengers Resistance mounting an attack on Camp H.A.M.M.E.R to keep the cavalry at bay, and ''New Avengers'' provided the lead-up to the Avengers heading to Asgard, with the later issues serving the same purpose as the one-shots by focusing on Hawkeye and Mockingbird.

* BittersweetEnding: Thousands died in both Chicago and Asgard, [[spoiler:including Ares, the Sentry, and Loki]], and Asgard itself has been destroyed; but Norman Osborn is arrested, HAMMER is disbanded, SHIELD is restored under the command of Steve Rogers, the Superhero Registration Act is shut down, the Avengers have reunited, and the superhero community is whole again.

The Creator/MarvelComics CrisisCrossover from late 2009/early 2010, following Comicbook/CivilWar, ComicBook/SecretInvasion and Comicbook/DarkReign.

** Venom goes on a feeding frenzy, devouring countless Asgardians. When he tries to eat Ms. Marvel, however, he's on the receiving end of this trope when she rips Mac Gargan right out of the symbiote.

* DragonWithAnAgenda: Norman Osborn technically works for the president, but the invasion of Asgard was his own idea, which was even resisted by the White House.
** Loki is also posing as Osborn's assistant, but he had his own reasons for manipulating him into invading Asgard. Unfortunately, his plans got out of control.

* ManipulativeBastard: Norman Osborn, but that's par for the course. Specifically, he has the U-Foes attack Volstagg in Chicago in an attempt to manufacture a second [[ComicBook/CivilWar Stamford Incident]] and pin it on the Asgardians, so he has reason to justify an attack on Asgard against the President's wishes. Ares even warns him that if he finds out that this is the case, he will end Osborn -- [[spoiler:He does, but Sentry gets involved before he can actually kill Osborn]].

* MercyKill: [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] to ComicBook/TheSentry]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Loki's reaction to Sentry destroying Asgard - He just wanted Asgard off Earth, ''not turned into rubble''.]]

* ProphecyTwist: The previous day, one of the Asgardians told Tyr, the Asgardian god of war, that Ragnarok is coming, and that the god of war will die. [[spoiler:"Ragnarok" was actually Thor's cyborg clone, and the god of war that would die was Ares, from another pantheon)]]

** A second one takes place where Norman stayed in power as far as the ''Infinity'' event. During this time, he managed to locate where the Illuminati had hid the Infinity Gems and used it to become a god. [[spoiler:a combination of Thanos and his own abusive father who he resurrected to invoke WhosLaughingNow manage to drive him fully over the edge making him wipe himself from existence in a bout of insane fury.]]
* ZeroEffortBoss: Osborn vs Stark.

* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:What finally happens to Norman in issue #3, and most would say, it's fitting. First ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the living embodiment of all the principles Norman has spat on, comes back to life and announces it by hitting the villain square in the face with his shield (accompanied by the first cry of "AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!" in quite a few ''years''), and then beating him in a one-on-one fight. The President of the United States orders him arrested for treason and has his flying base shot down. ComicBook/IronMan, whose technology Norman stole to turn himself into the Iron Patriot, comes back from ''brain death'' and shuts down Osborn's armor. When the costume falls off, Norman is revealed -- on national television, no less -- wearing clownish facepaint modeled on his old "Green Goblin" identity. And finally, as he rants about how the fight isn't over, Franchise/SpiderMan, his oldest enemy, says [[ShutUpHannibal "Oh, will you shut up!"]] and decks him, knocking him out cold.]]
* IWarnedYou: InUniverse. After Osborn's VillainousBreakdown, Wolverine and the Human Torch both comment "Told ya." to Cyclops and Mr Fantastic respectively.

* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:What finally happens to Norman in issue #3, and most would say, it's fitting. First ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the living embodiment of all the principles Norman has spat on, comes back to life and announces it by hitting the villain square in the face with his shield, and then beating him in a one-on-one fight. The President of the United States orders him arrested for treason and has his flying base shot down. ComicBook/IronMan, whose technology Norman stole to turn himself into the Iron Patriot, comes back from ''brain death'' and shuts down Osborn's armor. When the costume falls off, Norman is revealed -- on national television, no less -- wearing clownish facepaint modeled on his old "Green Goblin" identity. And finally, as he rants about how the fight isn't over, Franchise/SpiderMan, his oldest enemy, says [[ShutUpHannibal "Oh, will you shut up!"]] and decks him, knocking him out cold.]]

* HesBack: Captain America and Iron Man both return to action, each getting in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome with their first actions in the battle.

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