History Franchise / MarvelUniverse

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome

* [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome/MarvelUniverse Surprisingly Realistic Outcome]]

* [[AnIcePerson/MarvelUniverse An Ice Person]]

* [[ForWantOfANail/MarvelUniverse For Want Of A Nail]]

* [[EthicalSlut/MarvelUniverse Ethical Slut]]

* [[AdaptationalAttractiveness/MarvelUniverse Adaptational Attractiveness]]

* [[HappilyMarried/MarvelUniverse Happily Married]]

* ''Literature/SpiderManTheVenomFactor''

* ''The Literature/SinisterSixTrilogy''

* [[MundaneUtility/MarvelUniverse Mundane Utility]]

* [[ShipTease/MarvelUniverse Ship Tease]]

* [[FateWorseThanDeath/MarvelUniverse Fate Worse Than Death]]

** ''The Comicbook/FantasticFour'' comic books.

** ''Comicbook/TheMightyThor'' comics.

** ''The Amazing Franchise/SpiderMan'', a 1977 live-action series, cancelled due to ExecutiveMeddling when Creator/{{CBS}} decided they were running too many SuperHero series.

** ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'', the follow up to ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' featuring a back-to-basics approach with Spider-Man also teaming up with [[ComicBook/AnyaCorazon Spider-Girl]], ComicBook/SpiderGwen, and Comicbook/MilesMorales.

* ''Comicbook/ShangChi''

* ''Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk''

* Marvel announced plans to create shows for Creator/{{ABC}} and ABC Family based on ComicBook/CloakAndDagger, Comicbook/JessicaJones, and ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} --- some of those ideas ultimately came to fruition, with slight alterations:

** ''ComicBook/{{Marvel 1602}}'' (Earth-311)

** ''ComicBook/MarvelComics2'' (Earth-982)

** Although technically always owned by the same company, ''ComicBook/TheEternals'' at Marvel is otherwise an example. The series was created by Creator/JackKirby as separate from the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, but later brought into it, with the result that, for instance, there would be Marvel Universe versions of gods but Eternals who were posing as those same gods.

** Aside from actually calling the ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}, the Micronauts, all the characters created for the comic can still be used and are all canon. Hell the character Bug was a member of the Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy and Captain Universe nearly killed Juggernaut in a Spider-Man comic.

** Licensed Robert E. Howard characters are probably the most firmly fit into the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. For example Conan (major enemy of Kulan Gath, enemy of Set a serpent god who powers the Serpent Crown, and ally to ComicBook/RedSonja who would crossover with Spider-Man twice), King Kull (who ruled over Namor's Atlantis in pre-history), and Solomon Kane (appearing in back up stories in ''Savage Sword of Conan'', as well as getting his own mini-series.) Dark Agnes has also been canonized as part of the Marvel Universe alongside Howard's other creations since 2020. Shuma-Gorath was also an enemy of Conan's god Crom.

** ''Franchise/XMen'':

** ''Comicbook/TheEternals'' maintained three hidden cities (Olympia, Polaria and Oceana) despite their small population and tendency to mingle with mortals for entertainment.
** ''Comicbook/TheInhumans'' had their hidden city of Attilan, which they relocated repeatedly throughout history (currently they're based in a huge building in the middle of the Hudson River).
** The Witches of New Salem introduced in the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', living hidden in Colorado.

** In a more punny sense, [[Franchise/{{Daredevil}} Murdock]] means "sea".

* LivingMuseumExhibit: The Collector's main schtick is collecting various rare alien species, and he has tried many times to capture heros to put them on display, especially [[Franchise/TheAvengers the Avengers]].

* NewYorkIsOnlyManhattan: It has this as a ZigZaggedTrope: While ''the majority'' of events that occur on New York visibly occur only on Manhattan, there are many heroes who live in other boroughs and thus occasionally had to deal with situations closer to home (example: ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' being a Queens native, ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' taking pride in bring from Brooklyn).

* SuperheroCapitalOfTheWorld: The UrExample of the trope can be attributed to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. New York is the most common location for superheroes and {{Super Team}}s in the setting. Examples include: ComicBook/TheAvengers, ComicBook/FantasticFour, ComicBook/HeroesForHire, Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, ComicBook/DoctorStrange, Franchise/XMen, etc. Granted, some of them often leave New York to go on foreign missions, but overall most Marvel heroes live in and are active in New York.

* [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown/MarvelUniverse No Holds Barred Beatdown]]

*** ''VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan''.

* [[InterspeciesRomance/MarvelUniverse Interspecies Romance]]

* [[MrFanservice/MarvelUniverse Mr Fanservice]]

* [[CloningBlues/MarvelUniverse Cloning Blues]]

* [[EyeBeams/MarvelUniverse Eye Beams]]

** Two {{Made For TV Movie}}s, ''Film/CaptainAmerica1979'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaIIDeathTooSoon'', featuring a LegacyCharacter version who rides a motorcycle.

* The ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurfer'' had a short-lived 1998 animated series, most notable for being cancelled right after a CliffHanger where the universe ceased to exist.

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* ''ComicBook/CivilWar''

* ComicBookTime: When he revealed himself during ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', Peter Parker stated that he had been acting as Spider-Man since he was 15. Same goes for the first X-Men team, who started in heroics in their teens (sans Beast), and now almost 50 years later (in real time), they still seem to be 30-somethings.

* AHouseDivided: ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' started it, and the rift didn't really get fixed until ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'' resulted in Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor reuniting the Avengers. And when the truth about the Incursions comes out, they go and start it all over again, with ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'' making things worse... And it might not be until the end of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' that the fences will be mended again. Not to mention all the instances of LetsYouAndHimFight, which don't fall in here because they technically between different houses (''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' for instance).

** The entire universe has undergone this since ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled''. ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' split ComicBook/{{The Avengers}} into two separate teams led by ComicBook/CaptainAmerica & ComicBook/IronMan respectively, with most of the other superheroes picking a side. It took an [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion alien invasion]], [[ComicBook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becoming the world's supercop]], [[BackFromTheDead Captain America's resurrection]] and Iron Man [[ItMakesSenseInContext having his brain rebooted from a back-up that he made prior to Civil War]] to reunite the various heroes against a common foe.

* SuperRegistrationAct: Has happened on more than one occasion, the most recent one being Comicbook/CivilWar. The first was the Mutant Registration Act, introduced in ''X-Men'', and a major plot point in the Claremont years (not so much afterward).

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: At any one time, the average Marvel team will have half its members at each other's throats on a good day. Even the Avengers isn't immune to this, which is a given when someone like Hawkeye is on the team. More often than not a great majority of team-ups involve superheroes fighting each other, rather than the villain. And then there are things like ComicBook/CivilWar, and ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen, which made these problems even worse...

** ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'', 2014 movie which proved to be surprisingly popular and made it a major Marvel franchise. ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', the sequel, was released in 2017.
** ''Film/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial'', a holiday special starring the Guardians crew set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

* ArcWords: One that shows up in a lot of different contexts is "Omega".