History ComicBook / Siege

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 US 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.

* AnyLastWords: Tony Stark, once again Iron Man, shuts down Iron Patriot's armour. Which, after all, is ''his'' armour. He mocks Norman with this... and it does not end as expected. His "last words" in the few seconds before the Iron Patriot armour shuts down were "Bob! Bob! Don't let them win! Bring it all down! BRING IT ALL DOWN, ROBERT! DON'T LET THEM WIN!"

* CarFu: Iron Man takes remote control of the main HAMMER helicarrier and rams it into the Void.

** Iron Man dropping the HAMMER helicarrier on the Void.
** The final fate of Thor's clone, the one from Civil War. He was beneath Asgard when the Sentry made it fall.

* 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

* HollywoodTactics: Instead of sending in the Sentry to destroy the city or using their superior technology to fight from a distance Osborn and HAMMER 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.

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

** 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.]]

* ColonyDrop[=/=]DeathFromAbove: Iron Man dropping the HAMMER helicarrier on the Void.

* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped Asgard On Him]]: The final fate of Thor's clone, the one from Civil War. He was beneath Asgard when the Sentry made it fall.

* IWarnedYou: [[{{In-Universe}} After Osborn's]] VillainousBreakdown, Wolverine and the Human Torch both comment "Told ya." to Cyclops and Mr Fantastic respectively.

* 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.]]

* EldritchAbomination: When [[spoiler: The Void begins to manifest]], he looks like a cross between a demon and a scorpion.

* {{Gorn}}: [[spoiler: Sentry ripping Ares in half ''vertically'', with all of his intestines spilling out everywhere,]] was unnecessarily explicit.

* 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.]]

* 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]]

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

* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler: The Void commits suicide by [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor thunder god]].]]

** 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 WhoseLaughingNow 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, 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, {{Spider-Man}}, his oldest enemy, says [[ShutUpHannibal "Oh, will you shut up!"]] and decks him, knocking him out cold.]]

* 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. [[GenreSavvy 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]].

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

[[caption-width-right:229:To be... or not to be.]]

* 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 ''{{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.

* CrisisCrossover

* IKnewIt: [[{{In-Universe}} 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 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, {{Spider-Man}}, his oldest enemy, says [[ShutUpHannibal "Oh, will you shut up!"]] and decks him, knocking him out cold.]]

* {{Gorn}}: [[spoiler: Sentry ripping Ares in half, with all of his intestines spilling out everywhere,]] was unnecessarily explicit.

* EnemyMine: ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan join forces in earnest for the first time since ComicBook/CivilWar.

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

* DecompressedComic: Subverted. The main event requires no tie-ins and was only four issues long. Reading it feels like sprinting compared to ''SecretInvasion'' and most other Marvel events.

* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler: The Void commits suicide by [[TheMightyThor thunder god]].]]

* MercyKill: [[spoiler: [[TheMightyThor Thor]] to TheSentry]]

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

* DragonWithAnAgenda: Norman Osborn technically works for the president, but the invasion of Asgard was his own idea, which was even ressted at the White House

** [[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.]]

* HollywoodTactics: Instead of sending in the Sentry to destroy the city or using their superior technology to fight from a distance Osborn and HAMMER 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 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.

* HollywoodTactics: Instead of sending in the Sentry to destroy the city or using their superior technology to fight from a distance Osborn and HAMMER 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 [[BloodKnight Ares]], [[ClassicalMythology God War]] plan the attack. Ares had previously stated he leaves the thinking side of war to Athena while he focuses on bloody and glorious battles.

* 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. Osbourne made a similar excuse, but keeping being a WellIntentionedExtremist.

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

* EnemyMine: CaptainAmerica and IronMan.

* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:What finally happens to Norman in issue #3, and most would say, it's fitting. First 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, {{Spider-Man}}, his oldest enemy, says [[ShutUpHannibal "Oh, will you shut up?"]] and decks him, knocking him out cold.]]