History WhamLine / MarvelUniverse

--> Drago: "I remember, I ''remember'' this! Years ago, some prick takes a shot at me-- '''At me!''' In-
--> Apostolo: [[spoiler: "The park. It was in Central Park. ''[[OhCrap Oh my god..."]]'']]
--> Castle: [[spoiler: (DeathGlare) [[ButForMeItWasTuesday "You never did put it together did you, did you?"]]]]

** ''ComicBook/PunisherThePlatoon'': The story starts off with the author Michael Goodwin interviewing Frank's former subordinates about their experiences in Vietnam. A flashback shows Frank call in an airstrike against an abandoned village where enemy soldiers are waiting in ambush. the scene cuts to a survivor of the airstrike talking about what happened with a superior and swearing revenge. Then, the final panel of the issue shows the veterans looking stunned, and asking Goodwin, "How do you know this?", revealing that was something that the author just told ''them'' about. The next issue reveals the (fairly innocuous) answer: Goodwin also interviewed the NVA commander for his book, but at the moment the line is uttered, it's pretty startling and spooky.

-->'''Mrs. Prentiss''': No one could have stopped him except a widow named Mrs. Prentiss...who the eternally young Sub-Mariner once knew as....[[LoveInterest Betty Dean]].

-->Oh, let's see... Asian? Five foot three? A molecular freakin' biologist? A '''[[ComicBook/UltimateXMen mutant]]''', you idiot.

* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' has two during its [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheIlluminati Illuminati]] tie-ins, first when Black Bolt suddenly starts talking without destroying anything because he's a Skrull, and then in ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' #44 when ComicBook/DoctorStrange, sweating bullets after realizing he can't use his magics, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asks how the Illuminati escaped from the Skrull Empire]].

* ''The Amazing Franchise/SpiderMan'' #248, "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man." [[TearJerker "You see, Tim has leukemia and the doctors give him only a few weeks to live."]]
** Another Spider-Man example with a huge impact on the entire mythos and which comes as a revelation not just to the readers, but to the protagonist as well, from ''The Amazing Franchise/SpiderMan'' #257:

** From ''The Amazing Franchise/SpiderMan'' #698: "No... ''I'm'' Peter Parker."

** From the ending of ''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man'' #1, mixed with a WhamShot to show where Aunt May is writing at: ''A few weeks ago, [[TheTopicOfCancer I found a lump]].''

* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher''

* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' in ''Uncanny X-Men 132'': The Hellfire Club defeats the X-men, and Wolverine gets mass-increased until he crashes through the floor and winds up deep underground. He rises from the sewer, livid, and utters the line that changes him from secondary character into icon...

-->'''Scarlet Witch''': [[ComicBook/{{Magneto}} Daddy]]... No more mutants.

* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}''

** During #25 of Mark Waid's run, Matt fights with Bullseye's new enforcer, Ikari, who was splashed with the same chemical that blinded him and gave him his radar sense. Matt attempts to use his experience to his advantage. That officially ends with this:

* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' in ''Uncanny X-Men 132'': The Hellfire Club defeats the X-men, and Wolverine gets mass-increased until he crashes through the floor and winds up deep underground. He rises from the sewer, livid, and utters the line that changes him from secondary character into cult figure...

* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' in ''X-Men 138'': The Hellfire Club defeats the X-men, and Wolverine gets mass-increased until he crashes through the floor and winds up deep underground. He rises from the sewer, livid, and utters the line that changes him from secondary character into cult figure...

* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk #600'': "The Good Doctor is out. The Bad Doctor is in."

* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' has two during its [[ComicBook/TheIlluminati Illuminati]] tie-ins, first when Black Bolt suddenly starts talking without destroying anything because he's a Skrull, and then in ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' #44 when ComicBook/DoctorStrange, sweating bullets after realizing he can't use his magics, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asks how the Illuminati escaped from the Skrull Empire]].

** ''[[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen Powers of X]]'' #3 ended with a narration box that recontextualizes [[BadFuture the X-era]] we've been seeing until now:

** From ''Comicbook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' #19: ''"Gentlemen, I give you [[ComicBook/Marvel2099 Alchemax]]. [[BadFuture Long may she stand.]]"''

* ''Comicbook/ThePunisher''

** [[Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX Punisher Max]]: "I want a divorce."

* Oh god, Comicbook/{{Runaways}}.

** And then, of course, there's the two words that, if avoided, could have saved a storyline: [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay "Do it."]].

--->"So ended the '''ninth life''' of '''[[BornAgainReincarnation Moira X]]'''."

* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' has two during its [[ComicBook/TheIlluminati Illuminati]] tie-ins, first when Black Bolt suddenly starts talking without destroying anything [[spoiler: because he's a Skrull]], and then in ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' #44 when ComicBook/DoctorStrange, sweating bullets after realizing he can't use his magics, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asks how the Illuminati escaped from the Skrull Empire]].

--->"So ended the [[spoiler:'''ninth life''' of '''[[BornAgainReincarnation Moira X]]''']]."

** From the ending of ''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man'' #1, mixed with a WhamShot to show where Aunt May is writing at: ''A few weeks ago, [[spoiler: [[TheTopicOfCancer I found a lump]].]]''

** ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk #16'': "I ain't Bruce." [[spoiler: [[CloseOnTitle It's Joe]]]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Secret Avengers}}'' has one by the end of the fifth issue.

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Pym remarks that Rogers would despise Jan if he knew "what she really was". When she got angered about that remark, he said "Oh, let's see... Asian? Five foot three? A molecular freakin' biologist? A '''[[ComicBook/UltimateXMen mutant]]''', you idiot".

-->'''Clea:''' [Stephen Strange] was wrong. [Virginia Dare] isn't the time traveller. Is she, Rojhaz?"
-->'''Rojhaz/[[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]]:''' Well, if you put it like that, Ms. Strange, I guess she's not.

-->'''Watcher:''' We call it [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse 616]].

-->'''Ikari:''' [[ObfuscatingDisability Try the red one]].

-->'''Kingpin, to the police:''' I suppose I should be honest with you... there are no Murdock Papers.

--> '''Wolverine:''' "[[OhCrap Where did she]] [[TheBadGuyWins send those Sentinels]]?"

--> '''Fantomex:''' "And it's Weapon '''Ten''', not X."

--> ''' Xorn:''' "[[EvilAllAlong X-Men emergency indeed, Charles... the dream is over]]."

--> ''' Beast:''' "...call me SUBLIME."

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Pym remarks that Rogers would despise Jan if he knew "what she really was". When she got angered about that remark, he said "Oh, let's see... Asian? Five foot three? A molecular freakin' biologist? A '''[[ComicBook/UltimateXMen mutant]]''', you idiot".

** ''[[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen Powers of X]]'' #3 ended with a narration box that recontextualizes [[BadFuture the X
era]] we've been seeing until now:

* In a classic 19768 tale, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is on a rampage in New York, battling the Thing. Suddenly, a woman mostly in shadow and calling herself "Mrs. Prentiss" steps out. Her appearance shocks Namor to stop his battle although the woman says "what do we have to say to each other..now?" At home alone, Mrs. Prentiss writes in her journal as she reveals to the reader she was once a very special person in Namor's past.