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* SenselessSacrifice: Later developments make [[spoiler:Star-Lord and Nova's actions in the finale pointless, since Thanos gets an UnexplainedRecovery.]]
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* SenselessSacrifice: Later developments make [[spoiler:Star-Lord and Nova's actions in the finale pointless, since Thanos gets an UnexplainedRecovery.UnexplainedRecovery and the Cancerverse is no longer collapsing in itself. Death eventually vanishes from it again despite the climax of this event (mostly because future writers either forgot or simply went with it to justify Star-Lord and Nova's returns).]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Star-Lord and Nova stay behind in the Cancerverse to keep Thanos from escaping and destroying the MarvelUniverse. It apparently doesn't take for any of them. A few years later, Thanos and Star-Lord manage to get out of it...]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Star-Lord and Nova stay behind in the Cancerverse to keep Thanos from escaping and destroying the MarvelUniverse. It apparently doesn't take for any of them. A few years later, Thanos and Star-Lord manage to get out of it...]] A few more years after, Nova is finally rescued by his successor]].
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* XMeetsY: SpaceOpera War meets CosmicHorrorStory in Franchise/MarvelUniverse!
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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Thanos kills Phyla-Vell in the prologue. She's also the only major character who died in the event that has stayed dead in the years since.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Rocket Raccoon threatens to paralyse paralyze Thanos and dump him into a black hole, betting on the fact that he won't die, so he's threatening Thanos with the thought of living forever. It gets him to calm down.
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** [[spoiler: The only excpetion is Thanos, who is shown to physically overpower Mar-Vell before his [[ISurrenderSuckers apparent surrender]].]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: At the start of the series half of the [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guardians]] follow Star Lord into the Cancerverse and the other half goes to the frontlines to fight. Only member of the group that went to the frontlines shown is Major Victory, who is later among the captured anomalies on the Cancerverse flagship.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: At the start of the series half of the [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guardians]] follow Star Lord Star-Lord into the Cancerverse and the other half goes to the frontlines to fight. Only member of the group that went to the frontlines shown is Major Victory, who is later among the captured anomalies on the Cancerverse flagship.]]
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*** To put this in perspective, there was an alternate version of Galactus in the Cancerverse. This is not just OhCrap but FridgeHorror- the Many-Angled Ones ''killed'' this version and made a ''weapon'' out of his ''corpse''. The real horror is both that the Galactuc Engine is actually winning against the abstracts, and the Many-Angled Ones are pushing it from behind...and the abstracts can sense they are even stronger than it is.
** And then it turns out it's not just Galactus, it's every other cosmic being. Including that universe's version of ''Thanos''.
** And then it turns out it's not just Galactus, it's every other cosmic being. Including that universe's version of ''Thanos''.
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*** To put this in perspective, there was an alternate version of Galactus in the Cancerverse. This is not just OhCrap but FridgeHorror- the Many-Angled Ones ''killed'' this version and made a ''weapon'' out of his ''corpse''. The real horror is both that the Galactuc Galactus Engine is actually winning against the abstracts, and the Many-Angled Ones are pushing it from behind...behind... and the abstracts can sense they are even stronger than it is.
**And then it It later turns out it's not just Galactus, it's every other cosmic being. Including that universe's being... including the Cancerverse version of ''Thanos''.
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A Creator/MarvelComics BatFamilyCrossover for Marvel's cosmic/space titles that spun out of 2009's ''[[RedSkiesCrossover Realm of the Kings]]'' storyline and various story elements that have been introduced under the tenure of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning post-ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Marvel cosmic era.
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* CameBackWrong: [[UnwantedRevival Thanos]] certainly feels this way about being trapped in the land of the living as [[AbsoluteImmortality a post-nigh-unkillable being]].
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* CameBackWrong: [[UnwantedRevival Thanos]] certainly feels this way about being trapped in the land of the living as [[AbsoluteImmortality [[CompleteImmortality a post-nigh-unkillable being]].
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* CameBackWrong: Subverted with Thanos; his UnwantedRevival went perfectly fine. Made worse in that his body is now immortal, thus separating him from his love.
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* CameBackWrong: Subverted with Thanos; his UnwantedRevival went perfectly fine. Made worse [[UnwantedRevival Thanos]] certainly feels this way about being trapped in that his body is now immortal, thus separating him from his love.the land of the living as [[AbsoluteImmortality a post-nigh-unkillable being]].
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* AnyoneCanDie: ''The Thanos Imperative'' is the culmination of Abnett and Lanning's cosmic Marvel comics, and a lot of the characters from them end up dead. [[spoiler:Phyla-Vell]] already died in the prologue to this story in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', and the miniseries itself kills [[spoiler:Drax, Thanos, Warlock/Magus, and, ultimately, even Star-Lord and Nova, the two main characters]]. Though this being the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, [[DeathIsCheap most of them will inevitably come back]] sooner or later.
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* AnyoneCanDie: ''The Thanos Imperative'' is the culmination of Abnett and Lanning's cosmic Marvel comics, and a lot of the characters from them end up dead. [[spoiler:Phyla-Vell]] already died in the prologue to this story in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', and the miniseries itself kills off [[spoiler:Drax, Thanos, Warlock/Magus, and, ultimately, even Star-Lord and Nova, the two main characters]]. Though this being the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, [[DeathIsCheap most of them will inevitably come back]] sooner or later.
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* AnyoneCanDie: ''The Thanos Imperative'' is the culmination of Abnett and Lanning's cosmic Marvel comics, and a lot of the characters from them end up dead. [[spoiler:Phyla-Vell]] already died in the prologue to this story in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', and the miniseries itself kills [[spoiler:Drax, Thanos, Warlock/Magus, and, ultimately, even Star-Lord and Nova, the two main characters]]. Though this being the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, [[DeathIsCheap most of them will inevitably come back]] sooner or later.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Star-Lord and Nova stay behind in the Cancerverse to keep Thanos from escaping and destroying the MarvelUniverse. It apparently doesn't take for any of them.]]
** [[spoiler:A few years later, Thanos and Star-Lord manage to get out of it... ]]
** [[spoiler:A few years later, Thanos and Star-Lord manage to get out of it... ]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Star-Lord and Nova stay behind in the Cancerverse to keep Thanos from escaping and destroying the MarvelUniverse. It apparently doesn't take for any of them.]]
** [[spoiler:A A few years later, Thanos and Star-Lord manage to get out of it... it...]]
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:The story ends with the Annihilators meeting Ikon of the Space Knights of Galador, who tells them that there's an emergency on planet Galador]].
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* CameBackWrong: Subverted with Thanos; his UnwantedRevival went perfectly fine. Made worse in that his body is now immortal, thus seperating him from his love.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:The Cancerverse!Scarlet Witch aids the heroes and her husband the Vision in reaching the site of the Necropsy Ritual. She gets her soul eaten by Lord Mar-vell for her troubles.]]
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* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:The Cancerverse!Scarlet Cancerverse Scarlet Witch aids the heroes and her husband the Vision in reaching the site of the Necropsy Ritual. She gets her soul eaten by Lord Mar-vell for her troubles.]]
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A Creator/MarvelComics BatFamilyCrossover for Marvel's cosmic/space titles that spun out of 2009's [[RedSkiesCrossover ''[[RedSkiesCrossover Realm of the Kings]] Kings]]'' storyline and various story elements that have been introduced under the tenure of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning post-ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Marvel cosmic era.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Rocket Racoon threatens to paralyse Thanos and dump him into a black hole, betting on the fact that he won't die, so he's threatening Thanos with the thought of living forever. It gets him to calm down.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Rocket Racoon Raccoon threatens to paralyse Thanos and dump him into a black hole, betting on the fact that he won't die, so he's threatening Thanos with the thought of living forever. It gets him to calm down.
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* TheWorfEffect: The BigBad Lord Marvel pulled this with most of the characters in the story. The biggest example is [[spoiler:Magus]], who was a massively powered [[spoiler:BigBad of his own]] in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', yet here Mar-Vell casually kills him with a wave of his hand.
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* TheWorfEffect: The BigBad Lord Marvel pulled this with most of the characters in the story. The biggest most obvious example is [[spoiler:Magus]], who was a massively powered [[spoiler:BigBad of his own]] in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', yet here Mar-Vell casually kills him with a wave of his hand.
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* TheWorfEffect: The BigBad Lord Marvel pulled this with most of the characters in the story. The biggest example is [[spoiler:Magus]], who was [[spoiler:a a massively powered BigBad [[spoiler:BigBad of his own]] in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', yet here Mar-Vell casually kills him with a wave of his hand.
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* TheWorfEffect: The BigBad Lord Marvel pulled this with most heroes in the story.
** [[spoiler: Except Thanos, who is shown to physically overpower him before his [[ISurrenderSuckers apparent surrender]]. ]]
** [[spoiler: Except Thanos, who is shown to physically overpower him before his [[ISurrenderSuckers apparent surrender]]. ]]
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* TheWorfEffect: The BigBad Lord Marvel pulled this with most heroes of the characters in the story.
story. The biggest example is [[spoiler:Magus]], who was [[spoiler:a massively powered BigBad of his own]] in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', yet here Mar-Vell casually kills him with a wave of his hand.
** [[spoiler:Except The only excpetion is Thanos, who is shown to physically overpower him Mar-Vell before his [[ISurrenderSuckers apparent surrender]]. surrender]].]]
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* ApocalypticLog: ComicBook/{{Quasar}} in the ''Realm of the Kings'' one shot.
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* EmpathicEnvironment: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Because he's an Avatar of Life, Drax is influenced by the Cancerverse. It makes his need to kill Thanos irresistible.
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* EmpathicEnvironment: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Because he's an Avatar of Life, Drax is influenced by the Cancerverse. It makes his need to kill Thanos irresistible. Meanwhile, Thanos is physically hurt just by setting foot in it.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Star-Lord and Nova stay behind in the Cancerverse to keep Thanos from escaping and destroying the MarvelUniverse.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Star-Lord and Nova stay behind in the Cancerverse to keep Thanos from escaping and destroying the MarvelUniverse. It apparently doesn't take for any of them.]]
* KilledOffForReal: Thanos is capable of inflicting this on the inhabitants of the Cancerverse.
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* OnlySaneMan: The Scarlet Witch is the only Revenger who realises that, yeah, having an EldritchAbomination attached to your soul isn't a good investement.
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* OnlySaneMan: The Scarlet Witch is the only Revenger who realises that, yeah, having an EldritchAbomination attached to your soul isn't a good investement. RedemptionEqualsDeath, however.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Every being in the Cancerverse has glowing red eyes, presumably a consequence of being host to [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]].
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* UnstoppableRage: Thanos's default state on being resurrected. "Unstoppable" in the sense of being able to kill an entire planet in a few hours.
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* EvilCounterpart: [[Comicbook/TheAvengers The Revengers]], [[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defenders of the Realm]] and the cancerverse's main leader [[DramaticIrony Lord Mar-Vell]]
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* EvilCounterpart: [[Comicbook/TheAvengers The Revengers]], [[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defenders of the Realm]] and the cancerverse's main leader [[DramaticIrony Lord Mar-Vell]]Mar-Vell]].
** During one of the Realm of Kings miniseries, evil counterparts of the ComicBook/XMen appeared to fight the Shi'ar Imperial Guard.
** During one of the Realm of Kings miniseries, evil counterparts of the ComicBook/XMen appeared to fight the Shi'ar Imperial Guard.
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* AndTheAdventurecontinues: [[spoiler: the story ends with the Annihilators meeting Ikon of the Space Knights of Galador, who tells them that theres an emergency on planet Galador]].
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* AndTheAdventurecontinues: AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: the story ends with the Annihilators meeting Ikon of the Space Knights of Galador, who tells them that theres there's an emergency on planet Galador]].
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* TheDragon: Lord Mar-vell acts as the herald and head underling for the Many-Angled Ones.
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* TheDragon: Lord Mar-vell Mar-Vell acts as the herald and head underling for the Many-Angled Ones.
* EvilerThanThou: The Magus, the BigBad from ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, is killed at the very beginning of the event by his boss.
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** [[spoiler:A few years later, Thanos and Star-Lord manage to have get out of it... ]]
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** [[spoiler:A few years later, Thanos and Star-Lord manage to have get out of it... ]]
* MadeOfIron: The creatures the Cancerverse send to attach the regular universe are by word of [[FlyingBrick Gladiator]] very hard to kill even before dealing with the whole "undying" thing.
* OnlySaneMan: The Scarlet Witch is the only Revenger who realises that, yeah, having an EldritchAbomination attached to your soul isn't a good investement.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Every being in the Cancerverse has glowing red eyes, presumably a consequence of being host to EldritchAbominations.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Every being in the Cancerverse has glowing red eyes, presumably a consequence of being host to EldritchAbominations.[[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]].
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: Thanos invokes a Class X-4 on the Cancerverse and was about to ramp it up to Class X-5 before Nova and Star Lord began to intervene.]]
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: Thanos invokes a Class X-4 on the Cancerverse Cancerverse, and was about to ramp it up to Class X-5 before Nova and Star Lord began to intervene.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Nova showing up in the Cancerverse to save the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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* CallBack: Annihilators arguing about their name in similar way the ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy did in first issue of their adventures.
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* CallBack: The Annihilators arguing about their name in similar way the ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy did in first issue of their adventures.
** And then it turns out it's not just Galactus, it's every other cosmic being. Including that universe's version of ''Thanos''.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Rocket Racoon threatens to paralyse Thanos and dump him into a black hole, betting on the fact that he won't die, so he's threatening Thanos with the thought of living forever. It gets him to calm down.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the beginning of the event, Thanos' internal monologue mentions that Mar-Vell died against his will, setting up the reveal of who it is that's leading the Cancerverse forces...
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the beginning of the event, Thanos' internal monologue mentions that Mar-Vell died against his will, setting up the reveal of who it is that's leading the Cancerverse forces...
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** [[spoiler:Star-Lord appears much later to have gotten out of it... ]]
* HitYouSoHardYourXWillFeelIt: [[spoiler:When Thanos kills Drax, Lord Mar-Vell feels it.]]
* HitYouSoHardYourXWillFeelIt: [[spoiler:When Thanos kills Drax, Lord Mar-Vell feels it.]]
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** [[spoiler:Star-Lord appears much later [[spoiler:A few years later, Thanos and Star-Lord manage to have gotten get out of it... ]]
* HitYouSoHardYourXWillFeelIt: [[spoiler:When Thanos kills Drax, Lord Mar-Vell feelsit.it from another universe.]]
* HitYouSoHardYourXWillFeelIt: [[spoiler:When Thanos kills Drax, Lord Mar-Vell feels
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Every being in the Cancerverse has glowing red eyes, presumably a consequence of being host to EldritchAbominations.
* SenselessSacrifice: Later developments make [[spoiler:Star-Lord and Nova's actions in the finale pointless, since Thanos gets an UnexplainedRecovery.]]
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: In the opening issue, a flashback shows Peter Quill describing his past self as a "hopeless romantic".
* SpinOff: The Annihilators miniseries.
* SpinOff: The Annihilators miniseries.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Drax gets increasingly belligerent and aggressive as the event proceeds. Justified since killing Thanos is his purpose, he's physically compelled by the universe itself to do it. And then they enter the Cancerverse, which only makes it worse...
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: At the start of the series half of the [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guardians]] follow Star Lord into the cancerverse and the other half goes to the frontlines to fight. Only member of the group that went to the frontlines shown is Major Victory, who is later among the captured anomalies on the Cancerverse flagship.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: At the start of the series half of the [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guardians]] follow Star Lord into the cancerverse Cancerverse and the other half goes to the frontlines to fight. Only member of the group that went to the frontlines shown is Major Victory, who is later among the captured anomalies on the Cancerverse flagship.]]
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* ForWantOfANail: The only difference between the regular Marvel universe and the Cancerverse before things became tentacly was that the Cancerverse was a ''bit'' closer to the center of the universe, where the Many-Angled Ones lay.
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* ForWantOfANail: The only difference between the regular Marvel universe and the Cancerverse before things became tentacly was that the Cancerverse was a ''bit'' closer to the center of the universe, multiverse, where the Many-Angled Ones lay.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[TheStoic Silver Surfer]] ''[[SarcasmMode snarks]]'' in issue 4. Those present are amazed.
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* EmpathicEnvironment: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Because he's an Avatar of Life, Drax is influenced by the Cancerverse. It makes his need to kill Thanos irresistible.
* FromASingleCell: Drax uses an anti-matter charge on Thanos, reducing him to a smoking skeleton. A few seconds later, this happens. Needless to say, [[DeathSeeker Thanos]] isn't happy with this.
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* FromASingleCell: HitYouSoHardYourXWillFeelIt: [[spoiler:When Thanos can't die. It doesn't stop Drax from trying, with anti-matter mines, which reduce Thanos to a smoking skeleton. Then this happens.kills Drax, Lord Mar-Vell feels it.]]
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* BodyHorror: Does not begin to describe what's happened to the inhabitants of the Cancerverse.
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[[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Our universe]] has been damaged. A [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} series of ferocious]] [[WarOfKings interstellar wars]] have weakened the fabric of space and time, and [[FromBadToWorse it has begun to tear.]]
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[[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Our universe]] has been damaged. A [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} series of ferocious]] [[WarOfKings [[ComicBook/WarOfKings interstellar wars]] have weakened the fabric of space and time, and [[FromBadToWorse it has begun to tear.]]
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[[caption-width-right:250: What I am is ANGRY. What I am is '''INSANE WITH RAGE'''. What I am is... '''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast THANOS]]'''!!]]
[[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Our universe]] has been damaged. A [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} series of ferocious]] [[WarOfKings interstellar wars]] have weakened the fabric of space and time, and [[FromBadToWorse it has begun to tear.]]
The largest tear became known as a region called the Fault. At first most thought it was just a unstable rip in time and space. Until they discovered what was on the other side.
An [[BizarroUniverse alternate universe]] that seems to have went through a CosmicHorrorStory. "Life had won" and all were united under their ancient gods called [[UltimateEvil Many-Angled Ones]], death is meaningless and the universe is overflowing with life to the point of it becoming "full" (please note that said life is invariably of the [[EldritchAbomination unpleasant]] [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily variety]]). Thus they have used the Fault as a gateway to invade the MarvelUniverse to give their gods new space to consume. Only one thing may stand in their way.
ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, the Mad Titan, Avatar of Death, has been brought back to life.
Now all the key interstellar empires, cosmic heroes and forces of universe have descended on the Fault to stem the invading forces of the "cancerverse", forces filled with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and [[EvilTwin twisted versions of Marvel's strongest]].
A Creator/MarvelComics BatFamilyCrossover for Marvel's cosmic/space titles that spun out of 2009's [[RedSkiesCrossover Realm of the Kings]] storyline and various story elements that have been introduced under the tenure of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning post-ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Marvel cosmic era.
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!Tropes in this comic:
* ApocalypticLog: ComicBook/{{Quasar}} in the ''Realm of the Kings'' one shot.
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: Thanos invokes a Class X-4 on the Cancerverse and was about to ramp it up to Class X-5 before Nova and Star Lord began to intervene.]]
* AvengersAssemble: [[spoiler: In The Thanos Imperative epilogue, Cosmo does this for the "Annilators". ]]
* BackFromTheDead: Thanos and he is not pleased about it.
* BeardOfEvil: All the Marvel alternates have some slight and not so slight variations to their designs... besides the red glowing eyes and the occasional tentacle.
* BiggerBad: The Many-Angled Ones that gave Mar-vell the power to kill Death in the first place. [[spoiler:They make a brief appearance as Lord Mar-vell summons them and they're pretty much your typical {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. Shuma-Gorath, the enemy of Comicbook/DoctorStrange, is mentioned to be amongst them, but he has taken advantage of VoluntaryShapeshifting and is not recognisable.]]
* CallBack: Annihilators arguing about their name in similar way the ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy did in first issue of their adventures.
* CameBackWrong: Subverted with Thanos; his UnwantedRevival went perfectly fine. Made worse in that his body is now immortal, thus seperating him from his love.
* ContinuityNod: Drax putting on a variation of his original costume as they go into the Cancerverse.
* CurbStompBattle: The Guardians of the Galaxy vs. Defenders of the Realm. Notably the one page battle between [[TalkingAnimal Cosmo]] vs Cancerverse Hulk and Thanos' contribution.
* DeathSeeker: Thanos, of course. He even '''''thanks''''' Drax for killing him previously.
* DeathTakesAHoliday: And it ain't pretty.
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:The Cancerverse!Scarlet Witch aids the heroes and her husband the Vision in reaching the site of the Necropsy Ritual. She gets her soul eaten by Lord Mar-vell for her troubles.]]
* TheDragon: Lord Mar-vell acts as the herald and head underling for the Many-Angled Ones.
* EldritchAbomination: An entire ''universe''.
* EvilCounterpart: [[Comicbook/TheAvengers The Revengers]], [[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defenders of the Realm]] and the cancerverse's main leader [[DramaticIrony Lord Mar-Vell]]
** After the abstracts get involved, they invoke the Cancerverse's own Galactus Engine. Serious OhCrap moment.
*** To put this in perspective, there was an alternate version of Galactus in the Cancerverse. This is not just OhCrap but FridgeHorror- the Many-Angled Ones ''killed'' this version and made a ''weapon'' out of his ''corpse''. The real horror is both that the Galactuc Engine is actually winning against the abstracts, and the Many-Angled Ones are pushing it from behind...and the abstracts can sense they are even stronger than it is.
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Thanos surrenders to Lord Mar-vell so that Mar-vell will try to kill him and bring him close to Death. Literally, allowing her to eradicate the Cancerverse.]]
* ForWantOfANail: The only difference between the regular Marvel universe and the Cancerverse before things became tentacly was that the Cancerverse was a ''bit'' closer to the center of the universe, where the Many-Angled Ones lay.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Star-Lord and Nova stay behind in the Cancerverse to keep Thanos from escaping and destroying the MarvelUniverse.]]
** [[spoiler:Star-Lord appears much later to have gotten out of it... ]]
* IronicEcho: For once, Richard gets to tell the Worldmind that it's "critical you pay attention at this time!"
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: All inhabitants in the Cancerverse naturally, though how much of this is due to the influence of the Many-Angled Ones is left to the imagination.
* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: Pretty much everyone from the Cancerverse.
* OhCrap: '''Lots'''.
** First, by everyone present when [[spoiler: Adam Magus blows up multiple planets to fully open The Fault]].
** Then by Nova when [[spoiler: one of the Abstracts is killed right in front of him]].
** The Guardians have this reaction a few times; first when [[spoiler: they find themselves in the Cancerverse, surrounded by the Defenders Of The Realm with their main cannon, Thanos, unconscious; and later on, when Thanos and Drax try to kill each other (with Thanos succeeding) and when Thanos double-crosses them]]:
** And finally, by BigBad [[spoiler: Lord Mar-Vell, when he realizes that Thanos tricked him into bringing Death to the Cancerverse]].
** Blastarr in the epilogue, when he encounters [[spoiler: the Annihilators]].
-->'''[[spoiler: Quasar]]:''' Shall we take it outside?
-->'''Blastarr:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Oh shi-]]
* PrescienceIsPredictable: [[spoiler: Mantis in the final issue.]]
* PowerWalk: Performed by ComicBook/{{Nova}}, ComicBook/{{Quasar}}, ComicBook/BetaRayBill, Gladiator, Ronan the Accuser and ComicBook/SilverSurfer. And because the tease before the issue's release as the basis for fan speculation of a cosmic [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] after the event.
* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: The Cancerverse eliminated Death. This was a very bad thing.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: The Resistance, lead by [[spoiler: ComicBook/TheVision]], within the Cancerverse is made of the few Marvel [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot mechanical life]] that weren't wiped out in the early in the conversion of the cancerverse.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: The Many-Angled Ones are not simply CaptainErsatz of Creator/HPLovecraft's Cthulian abominations; they ''are'' his Cthulian abominations, or more accurately some of them are. They are explicitly three of the Great Old Ones, with classic Marvel Eldritch Abomination Shuma-Gorath thrown into the mix (see below- Marvel canon recognizes Shuma-Gorath as the Master of the Old Ones, confirming that he is the most powerful of the Great Old Ones). The term actually comes from Creator/GrantMorrison who used it in ComicBook/{{Zenith}}, and he says they are also known as the Lloigor, from Creator/AugustDerleth's Lovecraftian stories, though Morrison promoted them to Great Old One status. The moniker "Many-Angled Ones" is meant to imply that they exist in several dimensions and what we see is only "one angle" of them; they are literally dipping into our level of existence.
** Shuma-Gorath (who is named after a unseen sorcerer from Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian) is probably better known as one of the most powerful enemies of Doctor Strange and has been around since the 70's.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Drax the Destroyer.]]
* ShoutOut: to ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}''. Lord Mar-Vell forms the Hellsing family Seal, complete with faded letters spelling out "Hellsing", "And Shine Heaven Now" and "Gott mit uns".
* [[ThanatosGambit Thanos Gambit]]: Well, what did you expect? [[spoiler:Thanos surrenders and allows Mar-vell to kill him, drawing Death to the universe full of Life and letting her destroy it.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Thanos, obviously and to a lesser degree Drax.
** [[spoiler: Blastarr, first running during the last battle against the Cancerverse and then a week afterward, attacking the capital of the Kree home world.]]
* TrappedBehindEnemyLines: The Guardians of the Galaxy at the start decide to warp themselves and Thanos deep into the Cancerverse early on, hoping to find a way to stop the invasion.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Thanos after his resurrection finds himself unable to die and return to the side of his beloved [[TheGrimReaper Death]].
* TheWorfEffect: The BigBad Lord Marvel pulled this with most heroes in the story.
** [[spoiler: Except Thanos, who is shown to physically overpower him before his [[ISurrenderSuckers apparent surrender]]. ]]
* XMeetsY: SpaceOpera War meets CosmicHorrorStory in Franchise/MarvelUniverse!
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Despite the arrival of the massive Galactus Engine to battle the cosmic abstracts and entities, to both the reader and the non-abstracts at the battle, it does nothing. The ComicBook/SilverSurfer is the one that explains that both the Galactus Engine and the other abstracts are in a battle that the rest can't fathom until its the consequences have already been decided. Likely doubles as an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Adam Magus, head native cheerleader for the Cancerverse and SuperpoweredEvilSide of the Avatar of Life, at the end of the Ignition one shot and prologue.]]
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler: What happens to an abstract that is killed in a battle we can only see the results of.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: At the start of the series half of the [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guardians]] follow Star Lord into the cancerverse and the other half goes to the frontlines to fight. Only member of the group that went to the frontlines shown is Major Victory, who is later among the captured anomalies on the Cancerverse flagship.]]
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[[caption-width-right:250: What I am is ANGRY. What I am is '''INSANE WITH RAGE'''. What I am is... '''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast THANOS]]'''!!]]
[[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Our universe]] has been damaged. A [[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} series of ferocious]] [[WarOfKings interstellar wars]] have weakened the fabric of space and time, and [[FromBadToWorse it has begun to tear.]]
The largest tear became known as a region called the Fault. At first most thought it was just a unstable rip in time and space. Until they discovered what was on the other side.
An [[BizarroUniverse alternate universe]] that seems to have went through a CosmicHorrorStory. "Life had won" and all were united under their ancient gods called [[UltimateEvil Many-Angled Ones]], death is meaningless and the universe is overflowing with life to the point of it becoming "full" (please note that said life is invariably of the [[EldritchAbomination unpleasant]] [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily variety]]). Thus they have used the Fault as a gateway to invade the MarvelUniverse to give their gods new space to consume. Only one thing may stand in their way.
ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, the Mad Titan, Avatar of Death, has been brought back to life.
Now all the key interstellar empires, cosmic heroes and forces of universe have descended on the Fault to stem the invading forces of the "cancerverse", forces filled with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and [[EvilTwin twisted versions of Marvel's strongest]].
A Creator/MarvelComics BatFamilyCrossover for Marvel's cosmic/space titles that spun out of 2009's [[RedSkiesCrossover Realm of the Kings]] storyline and various story elements that have been introduced under the tenure of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning post-ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} Marvel cosmic era.
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!Tropes in this comic:
* ApocalypticLog: ComicBook/{{Quasar}} in the ''Realm of the Kings'' one shot.
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: Thanos invokes a Class X-4 on the Cancerverse and was about to ramp it up to Class X-5 before Nova and Star Lord began to intervene.]]
* AvengersAssemble: [[spoiler: In The Thanos Imperative epilogue, Cosmo does this for the "Annilators". ]]
* BackFromTheDead: Thanos and he is not pleased about it.
* BeardOfEvil: All the Marvel alternates have some slight and not so slight variations to their designs... besides the red glowing eyes and the occasional tentacle.
* BiggerBad: The Many-Angled Ones that gave Mar-vell the power to kill Death in the first place. [[spoiler:They make a brief appearance as Lord Mar-vell summons them and they're pretty much your typical {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. Shuma-Gorath, the enemy of Comicbook/DoctorStrange, is mentioned to be amongst them, but he has taken advantage of VoluntaryShapeshifting and is not recognisable.]]
* CallBack: Annihilators arguing about their name in similar way the ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy did in first issue of their adventures.
* CameBackWrong: Subverted with Thanos; his UnwantedRevival went perfectly fine. Made worse in that his body is now immortal, thus seperating him from his love.
* ContinuityNod: Drax putting on a variation of his original costume as they go into the Cancerverse.
* CurbStompBattle: The Guardians of the Galaxy vs. Defenders of the Realm. Notably the one page battle between [[TalkingAnimal Cosmo]] vs Cancerverse Hulk and Thanos' contribution.
* DeathSeeker: Thanos, of course. He even '''''thanks''''' Drax for killing him previously.
* DeathTakesAHoliday: And it ain't pretty.
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:The Cancerverse!Scarlet Witch aids the heroes and her husband the Vision in reaching the site of the Necropsy Ritual. She gets her soul eaten by Lord Mar-vell for her troubles.]]
* TheDragon: Lord Mar-vell acts as the herald and head underling for the Many-Angled Ones.
* EldritchAbomination: An entire ''universe''.
* EvilCounterpart: [[Comicbook/TheAvengers The Revengers]], [[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defenders of the Realm]] and the cancerverse's main leader [[DramaticIrony Lord Mar-Vell]]
** After the abstracts get involved, they invoke the Cancerverse's own Galactus Engine. Serious OhCrap moment.
*** To put this in perspective, there was an alternate version of Galactus in the Cancerverse. This is not just OhCrap but FridgeHorror- the Many-Angled Ones ''killed'' this version and made a ''weapon'' out of his ''corpse''. The real horror is both that the Galactuc Engine is actually winning against the abstracts, and the Many-Angled Ones are pushing it from behind...and the abstracts can sense they are even stronger than it is.
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Thanos surrenders to Lord Mar-vell so that Mar-vell will try to kill him and bring him close to Death. Literally, allowing her to eradicate the Cancerverse.]]
* ForWantOfANail: The only difference between the regular Marvel universe and the Cancerverse before things became tentacly was that the Cancerverse was a ''bit'' closer to the center of the universe, where the Many-Angled Ones lay.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Star-Lord and Nova stay behind in the Cancerverse to keep Thanos from escaping and destroying the MarvelUniverse.]]
** [[spoiler:Star-Lord appears much later to have gotten out of it... ]]
* IronicEcho: For once, Richard gets to tell the Worldmind that it's "critical you pay attention at this time!"
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: All inhabitants in the Cancerverse naturally, though how much of this is due to the influence of the Many-Angled Ones is left to the imagination.
* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: Pretty much everyone from the Cancerverse.
* OhCrap: '''Lots'''.
** First, by everyone present when [[spoiler: Adam Magus blows up multiple planets to fully open The Fault]].
** Then by Nova when [[spoiler: one of the Abstracts is killed right in front of him]].
** The Guardians have this reaction a few times; first when [[spoiler: they find themselves in the Cancerverse, surrounded by the Defenders Of The Realm with their main cannon, Thanos, unconscious; and later on, when Thanos and Drax try to kill each other (with Thanos succeeding) and when Thanos double-crosses them]]:
** And finally, by BigBad [[spoiler: Lord Mar-Vell, when he realizes that Thanos tricked him into bringing Death to the Cancerverse]].
** Blastarr in the epilogue, when he encounters [[spoiler: the Annihilators]].
-->'''[[spoiler: Quasar]]:''' Shall we take it outside?
-->'''Blastarr:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Oh shi-]]
* PrescienceIsPredictable: [[spoiler: Mantis in the final issue.]]
* PowerWalk: Performed by ComicBook/{{Nova}}, ComicBook/{{Quasar}}, ComicBook/BetaRayBill, Gladiator, Ronan the Accuser and ComicBook/SilverSurfer. And because the tease before the issue's release as the basis for fan speculation of a cosmic [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] after the event.
* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: The Cancerverse eliminated Death. This was a very bad thing.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: The Resistance, lead by [[spoiler: ComicBook/TheVision]], within the Cancerverse is made of the few Marvel [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot mechanical life]] that weren't wiped out in the early in the conversion of the cancerverse.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: The Many-Angled Ones are not simply CaptainErsatz of Creator/HPLovecraft's Cthulian abominations; they ''are'' his Cthulian abominations, or more accurately some of them are. They are explicitly three of the Great Old Ones, with classic Marvel Eldritch Abomination Shuma-Gorath thrown into the mix (see below- Marvel canon recognizes Shuma-Gorath as the Master of the Old Ones, confirming that he is the most powerful of the Great Old Ones). The term actually comes from Creator/GrantMorrison who used it in ComicBook/{{Zenith}}, and he says they are also known as the Lloigor, from Creator/AugustDerleth's Lovecraftian stories, though Morrison promoted them to Great Old One status. The moniker "Many-Angled Ones" is meant to imply that they exist in several dimensions and what we see is only "one angle" of them; they are literally dipping into our level of existence.
** Shuma-Gorath (who is named after a unseen sorcerer from Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian) is probably better known as one of the most powerful enemies of Doctor Strange and has been around since the 70's.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Drax the Destroyer.]]
* ShoutOut: to ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}''. Lord Mar-Vell forms the Hellsing family Seal, complete with faded letters spelling out "Hellsing", "And Shine Heaven Now" and "Gott mit uns".
* [[ThanatosGambit Thanos Gambit]]: Well, what did you expect? [[spoiler:Thanos surrenders and allows Mar-vell to kill him, drawing Death to the universe full of Life and letting her destroy it.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Thanos, obviously and to a lesser degree Drax.
** [[spoiler: Blastarr, first running during the last battle against the Cancerverse and then a week afterward, attacking the capital of the Kree home world.]]
* TrappedBehindEnemyLines: The Guardians of the Galaxy at the start decide to warp themselves and Thanos deep into the Cancerverse early on, hoping to find a way to stop the invasion.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Thanos after his resurrection finds himself unable to die and return to the side of his beloved [[TheGrimReaper Death]].
* TheWorfEffect: The BigBad Lord Marvel pulled this with most heroes in the story.
** [[spoiler: Except Thanos, who is shown to physically overpower him before his [[ISurrenderSuckers apparent surrender]]. ]]
* XMeetsY: SpaceOpera War meets CosmicHorrorStory in Franchise/MarvelUniverse!
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Despite the arrival of the massive Galactus Engine to battle the cosmic abstracts and entities, to both the reader and the non-abstracts at the battle, it does nothing. The ComicBook/SilverSurfer is the one that explains that both the Galactus Engine and the other abstracts are in a battle that the rest can't fathom until its the consequences have already been decided. Likely doubles as an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Adam Magus, head native cheerleader for the Cancerverse and SuperpoweredEvilSide of the Avatar of Life, at the end of the Ignition one shot and prologue.]]
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler: What happens to an abstract that is killed in a battle we can only see the results of.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: At the start of the series half of the [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guardians]] follow Star Lord into the cancerverse and the other half goes to the frontlines to fight. Only member of the group that went to the frontlines shown is Major Victory, who is later among the captured anomalies on the Cancerverse flagship.]]
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