Line #24 ComicBook/MarvelOneHundredthAnniversarySpecial


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4	''Marvel 100th Anniversary Special'' is a Creator/MarvelComics limited series.
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6	The basic premise is that each comic in the series is from the year 2061, and depicts how the Franchise/MarvelUniverse may look once it reaches its 100th anniversary (well, its 100th anniversary as Marvel - it began life as Timely Comics in 1939). Among the many changes:
7	* The ComicBook/FantasticFour is now a teenage gang consisting of Reed and Sue's twin grandchildren, Doctor Doom's granddaughter and an [[AffirmativeActionLegacy Asian]] Human Torch.
8	* [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] is (or, more accurately, ''was'') in possession of a "techno-symbiote" suit.
9	* [[ComicBook/XMen Cyclops]] has married Emma Frost and is president of the United States.
10	* ComicBook/TheAvengers now consist of Rogue, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Beta Ray Bill]], an African-American ComicBook/DoctorStrange, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (who is looking for America after it got sent into the Negative Zone) and ComicBook/IronMan (well, sort of).
11	* A nanite-composed clone of Iron Man is a member of the ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, while ComicBook/{{Galactus}} has consumed the ComicBook/SilverSurfer and become Silver Galactus.
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14	!!Tropes:
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16	* BadassFamily:
17	** The Fantastic Four (duh).
18	** Also, Rocket Raccoon has now been joined by his sons (although he claims that they're his nephews).
19	* BrainInAJar: Iron Man's Avengers incarnation. Well, "brain in a tower", if you wanna get technical.
20	* BroughtDownToNormal: Happens to Peter, after the Kingpin steals the techno-symbiote. Crosses over with BroughtDownToBadass, as Peter still manages to defeat it.
21	* TheCameo: Spider-Man, Captain America and Iron Man all make appearances at Cyclops' inauguration.
22	* {{Cephalothorax}}: Iron Man's Guardians incarnation when he isn't using his nanites as a battle suit, simliar to ComicBook/{{MODOK}}.
23	* ComicBookTime: Lots of things have changed between ThePresentDay and 2061, but nobody's really ''aged'' much, making this the most likely prediction of what the future of Marvel Comics will actually be like ever.
24	* CoolPlane: The Quin-Jet, a flying pyramid with seats for the travelers.
25	* CoolShades: Rogue wears a pair of sunglasses with red capital A's on the lenses.
26	* EurekaMoment: Doctor Strange has one when Rogue mentions that they've already lost America that week, which gives him the idea to raise the Yellowstone Caldera and turn it into New Subterranea.
27	* ExactlyExtyYearsAgo: 2061, to be exact.
28	* EyepatchOfPower: ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} wears one.
29	* GhostPlanet: Asgard has been long abandoned by the gods and overgrown by Yggdrasil's roots. Groot takes advantage of this while fighting the Punisher robots.
30	* HalfIdenticalTwins: Trin and Kirby Richards-Banner.
31	* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Well, more like identical ''triplet'' id tag - the adult Stepford Cuckoos all have different hair colors and hairstyles.
32	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Said twice by Iron Man, once in the Avengers special and once in the Guardians of the Galaxy special. Both times, he then comments that he is unable to do so, due to being a brain in a tower (Avengers) or a cyborg made out of nanites and Tony's brainwaves (Guardians).
33	* InMediasRes: All the specials, but the Spider-Man one in particular - it's supposedly the eighth part out of eight.
34	* InsistentTerminology: According to Rocket Raccoon, his boys are his nephews, not his sons.
35	* KillItWithFire: The fate of the techo-symbiote.
36	* LegacyCharacter:
37	** Gamora has taken on the title of Starlord after Peter Quill's (not quite, as it turns out) death.
38	** Also, the Human Torch is now an [[AffirmativeActionLegacy Asian]] boy named Lee Minh Cam.
39	* MasterOfIllusion: Victoria is apparently this.
40	* NeverMessWithGranny: According to Valeria, Sue is "the most dangerous woman in the world".
41	* NoodleIncident: Several. JustifiedTrope, since these are supposedly comics ''from the future'' - obviously, there must have been previous issues where the incidents in question occurred, but the audience hasn't reached that point yet.
42	* OhCrap:
43	** Tempus gets one when she throws a time bubble around some wounded people to stop them from bleeding to death, and accidentally traps Shogo and Wolverine as well.
44	** The inhabitants of Knowhere, when Silver Galactus shows up and announces that he intends to eat their home.
45	* OverlordJr: Mole Man the Third.
46	* PunnyName: Iron Man calls his nanites his "Iron Manites". For extra points, they look just like micro versions of his suit.
47	* {{Reincarnation}}: According to Doctor Strange, his spirit has been reincarnated 17 times, which accounts for his new appearance.
48	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Said more or less word for word by Vance Astro, after unmasking himself as Peter Quill.
49	* RetGone: Happens to Emma and eventually all the X-Men except Cyclops, thanks to Jean.
50	* {{Roboteching}}: Cyclops is capable of splitting and redirecting his beams through red orbs he can generate in the X-Men special.
51	* ShipTease: Between Kirby and Victoria.
52	* ThatsNoMoon: Neolunar, the astral body which replaced the moon, is a giant egg - and it's hatching.
53	* ThemeNaming: Uno, Duo and Trey, Rocket's "nephews".
54	* TimeTravel: Happens to Doom, Reed, Franklin and Johnny, although not intentionally.
55	* TrappedInThePast: Doom, Reed, Franklin and Johnny, who then spend years trying to find a way home.
56	* WeNeedADistraction: To get Silver Galactus' attention. So Drax shoots him.
57	* WhatIf: This series is basically asking, "What would happen or what do you think is going to happen to the Marvel superheroes in 2061?"
58	* YankTheDogsChain: The X-Men special seemingly occurs after Cyclop's stint as a terrorist after alienating everyone; somehow he's turned it around into not only earning everyone's respect but becoming respected enough to become President Elect in spite of nationwide anti-mutant protests. Unfortunately, according to the Phoenix, it was [[BecauseDestinySaysSo never meant to be]] and she [[RetGone RetGones]] everything just as it all falls apart at his inauguration.

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