Line #67 ComicBook/MarvelComics2


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4	[[caption-width-right:300:Some of the [=MC2=] heroes in a [[LetsYouAndHimFight typical comic book situation]].]]
5	'''Earth-982'''
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7	An AlternateTimeline Franchise/MarvelUniverse where everyone (well, almost everyone) has had SpinOffspring and following the [[RetiredBadass retirements]], [[KilledOffForReal deaths]], [[DisappearedDad disappearances]] and [[NoodleIncident disbandings]] of their parents/mentors/favorite super-teams, the kids have taken up the torch.
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9	It's also LighterAndSofter, being one of Marvel's 'Verses aimed at kids. With the exception of ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'', all of these series have been canceled, though [[DropInCharacter the characters keep showing up]] in ''Spider-Girl'' and new miniseries have been coming out for the last few years.
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11	Getting its start as a WhatIf, the 'verse has expanded to include the following series and miniseries:
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13	* ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'', the little book that started it all. Started with an issue #0 (though this was basically a reprint of the original ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' v2 #105). Lasted for 100 regular issues, from October, 1998 to September, 2006.
14	** ''Amazing Spider-Girl'' (volume two). Started with an issue #0. Lasted for 30 regular issues, from December, 2006 to May, 2009.
15	** ''Spectacular Spider-Girl'' (digital comic, volume three). Launched in April, 2009. 12 issues became available.
16	** ''Spectacular Spider-Girl'' vol. 2. A regular mini-series. 4 issues, from July to October, 2010.
17	** ''Spider-Girl: The End'' (October, 2010). One-shot finale for the series and character. Though it leaves the door way open for more stories down the line.
18	* ''Avengers Next'' (two volumes). The original volume "A-Next" lasted for 12 issues, from October, 1998 to September, 1999. The second volume had the full name. It was a 5-issue mini-series (January-March, 2007).
19	* ''J2''. Featuring Zane Yama-Marko, a son of the Juggernaut. Lasted for 12 issues, from October, 1998 to September, 1999.
20	* ''Fantastic Five'' (two volumes). The first volume was a 5-issue mini-series (October, 1999-February, 2000). The second volume was another 5-issue mini-series (September-November, 2007).
21	* ''ComicBook/{{Wild Thing\|MarvelComics}}''. Featuring Rina Logan, a daughter of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/{{Elektra}}. Started with an issue #0. Lasted for 5 regular issues (October, 1999-February, 2000), with a shorter ''J2'' back-up story.
22	* ''The Buzz''. Featuring Jack "JJ' Jameson, a grandson of John Jonah Jameson who launches his own career as an [[AnimalThemedSuperbeing Insect Themed Superhero]]. Starred in a 3-issue mini-series (July-September, 2000).
23	* ''Darkdevil''. Featuring Reilly Tyne, a son of Ben Reilly (The Scarlet Spider), trying to establish himself as a LegacyCharacter to ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}.'' While also having demonic powers derived from [[ComicBook/GhostRider Zarathos]]. Starred in a 3-issue mini-series (November, 2000-January, 2001).
24	* ''Last Hero Standing''. A CrisisCrossover for this line. A number of well-known superheroes, both retired and active ones, disappear without a trace. The superhero community is concerned but there is no singular suspect. As everyone reacts in their own way, some of the missing heroes return. But acting as villains and attacking fellow heroes. Published as a 5-issue mini-series (August, 2005).
25	* ''Last Planet Standing''. A second CrisisCrossover. ComicBook/{{Galactus}} has decided to evolve himself to a new level and now requires more energy than usual. He starts actively campaigning against the Shi'ar, the Asgardians, and other targets. With Earth once again on his list. Heroes and villains have to team-up to prevent the extinction of sentient life-forms. But ComicBook/SilverSurfer offers his own solution to the problem. Published as a 5-issue mini-series (July-September 2006).
26	* ''American Dream''. Featuring Shannon Carter, niece to Sharon Carter and LegacyCharacter to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. Starred in a 5-issue mini-series (July-September, 2008).
27	* ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse''. A 2014-15 BatFamilyCrossover featuring various versions of Spider-Man from across the {{Multiverse}}. Mayday Parker appeared as one of the main characters, with her family (most notably her mom and younger brother) appearing as well.
28	* ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''. A CrisisCrossover featuring a multitude of characters from across the Marvel {{Multiverse}}, including American Dream, Mayday Parker, and Coal Tiger. (May 2015-Jan 2016).
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31	!!''Marvel Comics 2 '' contains the following tropes:
32	%% * AbusiveParents: Implied with Raptor, a cruel subversion of GenerationXerox with [[spoiler: Darkdevil's other aunt and uncle]].
33	* ActionGirl: The [=MC2=] continuity originated with Spider-Girl, Peter Parker's daughter. As the line expanded, more heroines were added to the roster: American Dream, the Ladyhawks, Stinger, Thena, Wild Thing... the list goes on.
34	* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted, with most of the Marvel Universe acting as mentors to the younger generation. Though there some who look down on the kids, underestimate them, etc.
35	%%* AscendedFanboy: Doc Magus operates out of a comic book store.
36	%% * AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Silver Surfer in Last Planet, after [[spoiler: merging with Galactus]].
37	%%* TheAtoner: LOTS of 'em.
38	* BadassFamily: Since in this reality the present day heroes had children, this is a given. Some examples:
39	** The Fantastic Five, an expansion of the original Fantastic Four: Franklin Richards (Reed and Sue's son), his uncles Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm, his aunt by marriage Lyja Lazerfist (Human Torch's Skrull wife) and Big Brain, a robotic buddy. An aspirant member to the team is Torus Storm, Lyja and Johhny's son and Franklin's cousin.
40	** In regards to the universe's originator, ''Spider-Girl'', the Parkers. All of them. Even [[MamaBear Mary Jane]] and [[BadassAdorable baby Ben]].
41	* BadassNormal: In a world of superpowered beings who are the children of a previous generation of superpowered beings, American Dream is one of the few superheroes without powers. Though it did take her a lot of physical therapy to [[spoiler: regain the use of her legs]].
42	%% * BadFuture: In ''Spider-Girl: The End''. You might think that the government should know better than to [[spoiler: make a Carnage Army]], but no...
43	%% * BigBrotherMentor:
44	%% ** Buzz Bannon to Jack Jameson. Until he meets [[MentorOccupationalHazard the usual fate]].
45	%%** Also Thunderstrike to J2.
46	* BloodKnight: Rina/Wild Thing's not quite there, but she did inherit her dad's blood lust.
47	* BroadStrokes: Thanks to being set in AlternateContinuity, [=MC2=] can choose which new elements or characters from regular Marvel Universe will incorporate into itself (like Araña) and discard everything else (''Comicbook/SecretInvasion'', ''Comicbook/OneMoreDay'' and its spinoffs).
48	%%* TheCasanova: The Buzz/Jack Jameson.
49	%%* CloudCuckooLander: Zane has his moments.
50	* ComicBookTime: The comics have been going on for a decade. May's aged maybe two years. It's also supposed to be an Alternate PRESENT, actually. WordOfGod is that originally the writers wanted to play with this being a genuine possible ''future'' of Earth-616, but the target audience meant that pop-culture references would need to be kept contemporary. The fact that the main Marvel Universe also operates on ComicBookTime means that having the events of the main universe occur a few decades earlier in the alternate one is quite easy.
51	%% * CycleOfRevenge: Doom and Namor are stuck in one for [[spoiler: destroying Alantis and Latveria, respectively]].
52	%%* DaddysGirl: May to Peter, Cassie to Scott Lang, Rina to Logan.
53	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Darkdevil. Kaine, too, once he [[HeelFaceTurn mellows out]].
54	* DealWithTheDevil: Kaine offers his soul to Zarathos in exchange for Daredevil's. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Zarathos tries to take someone else's instead]].
55	%%* DisappearedDad: J2, Thunderstrike.
56	* DistaffCounterpart: The line originated with ''Spider-Girl'', who is May Parker, Peter (Spider-Man) and MJ's daughter. After her, several others began to appear. However, after the majority of [=MC2=] became defunct, some have made it into the mainline comics, in one way (Anne Parker in place of May Parker, Captain America 2099 in place of American Dream) or another (X-23 in place of Rina).
57	%%* DivideAndConquer: [[spoiler: Loki's]] plan in ''Last Hero Standing''.
58	* EarnYourHappyEnding: One example involves J2, Juggernaut's son: for a large part of his life, his father was missing, banished to another dimension, but [[spoiler:both get a happy ending when Zane finally frees his dad]].
59	%%* FaceHeelTurn: Possibly [[spoiler:Elektra]], who is shown working for the Black Tarantula.%%Examples are not ambiguous.
60	%%* FishOutOfWater: Kevin Masterson/Thunderstrike, early in A-Next.
61	* FutureBadass: The [=MC2=] continuity is a possible future of then current Marvel Universe (late-1990s, early-2000s), so many of teen and kid heroes of "present time" grow up to be this. Examples include [[TheLeader Jubilee]], [[TeenIdol Franklin Richards]] and [[AntiHero Araña]].
62	%% * GenerationXerox: Played straight in that almost all of the [=MC2=] heroes are following in their parents' or mentor's footsteps (and costume choices). Averted in that most of them have different personalities and motivations.
63	%%* GoodBadGirl: Bluestreak, before she gets [[LadykillerInLove a crush on J2]].
64	%%* HappilyMarried
65	* HeelFaceTurn: In the ''Spider-Girl'' comics, Kaine (the villainous anti-heroic Spider-Man's clone), and Normie Osborn (Osborn's grandson who, at the very beginning of the run, tried to follow the Goblin's legacy) - both later became part of May's supporting cast as her helpers. Others include Saberclaw and Warp.
66	%%* HeroicSacrifice:
67	%%** [[spoiler: Captain America]] in ''Last Hero Standing''.
68	%%** Daredevil does this for Kaine. [[DealWithTheDevil Kaine doesn't take it well.]]
69	* TheIllegal: American Dream's mini is about her efforts to help a young immigrant couple. (The woman is legal, the man isn't, and is targeted by a MadScientist because of it.)
70	%% * KilledOffForReal: Too many to list of the previous generation, but here's a few. [[spoiler: ComicBook/AntMan, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Doc Ock]], ComicBook/NormanOsborn, Robbie Robertson, ComicBook/ThePunisher, ComicBook/TheWasp, ComicBook/TheKingpin, Hobgoblin]]. Among the current generation: [[spoiler: Crimson Curse]].
71	* LastGirlWins: [[spoiler: Thena]] in ''Avengers Next'', beating out [[GoodBadGirl Bluestreak]], [[DefrostingIceQueen Talia]] and [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Montana]] for J2/Zane.
72	%% * LikeFatherLikeSon: Or father/daughter, daughter/mother, mother/son, mentor/mentee... It's pretty much the whole point of this line.
73	%% * LoveTriangle: Bluestreak -> J2 <- Thena, [[spoiler: May -> Normie <- Brenda]].
74	%%* MarriedToTheJob: American Dream.
75	%%* MissionControl:
76	%%** Ritchie Robertson to the Buzz, and later [[spoiler: one Ladyhawk to another]].
77	%%** Normie also fills this role for May at times.
78	* MissingMom: Darkdevil is the son of Ben Reilly and the Elizabeth Tyne (who, in this reality, has gone missing); Franklin Richards's parents, M. Fantastic and Invisble Woman, were absent for the beginnign of the line, but resurfaced later.
79	* MoralityChain: Big Man to his sister Red Queen. Once he turns himself in and joins the Thunderbolts, she abandons all pretext of retribution and becomes a straight-up villain.
80	* NearAndDearBabyNaming: In this possible future, Peter Parker has named his daughter May after his aunt, and his son Benjamin after his uncle.
81	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Nemesus [[DimensionLord keeps the Juggernaut imprisoned for years in another dimension]] in attempt to get his power and ends up [[spoiler: accidentally transferring the power to Zane instead]].
82	* OfficialCouple: Since the line deals with the future of the then current Marvel Universe couples, some ships of present time still exist, or are made official. Then there's curveballs like [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/{{Elektra}}]].
83	%%* OlderAndWiser
84	* OmniscientMoralityLicense: Doctor Strange rounds up a [[ShellShockedVeteran bitter old Namor]] and forces Bruce to turn back into the Hulk... because they have to kill this lady before she accidentally destroys the world. Except not really, it was all a SecretTestOfCharacter for his son and the Avengers. Ah, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
85	%%* ParentalAbandonment
86	%% * PopCulturedBadass: Doc Magus. He [[AscendedFanboy collects comic books]] and is a Star Wars fan.
87	%% * PoweredArmor: The Buzz.
88	%% * PubertySuperpower: Subverted, averted, and played straight. Happens to Spider-Girl and Darkdevil. Ben Parker gets his powers [[spoiler: much earlier]]. Seems to be the case with Zane, but [[spoiler: he really just got his dad's powers by accident]].
89	* RevengeBeforeReason: Red Queen ''hates'' the still-living Avengers and A-Next, both because she's batshit insane (hello, unfortunate ItRunsInTheFamily implications), and because she feels the adult Avengers didn't give a damn about her mother and the new Avengers (especially Stinger) are disrespecting her parents' memory just by existing.
90	%% * RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Mainframe is REALLY stubborn and rude to his allies.
91	%% * SecretIdentityIdentity: Implied with Darkdevil.
92	%%* SecretLegacy:
93	%%* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: ''Spider-Girl: The End''.
94	%% * SiblingYinYang:
95	%% ** The Ladyhawks. [[spoiler:Regina]] is the cool-headed strategist, who gets [[spoiler: crippled fighting the Kingpin and turns into MissionControl]]. [[spoiler: Rosetta]] is the hot-headed fighter who prowls the streets.
96	%%** Spider-Girl and [[spoiler: Darkdevil]] have Cousin Yin Yang.
97	%%* SinsOfOurFathers: Both Normie and [[spoiler: Kristoff von Doom]] struggle with this.
98	%%* SmugSuper: Doc Magus.
99	* {{Stellification}}: In ''Last Hero Standing'', after ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is mortally wounded stopping ComicBook/{{Loki}}'s plan, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] decides to bestow upon him "the tribute supreme". He transforms the dying hero's body into a star, which will inspire future heroes.
100	%%* TheSnarkKnight: Darkdevil.
101	%%* TeenIdol: Franklin Richards
102	%%* TransformationComic: J2
103	%% * UnwillingRoboticisation: Tony Stark's mysterious bodyguard, also known as [[spoiler: Jim Rhodes]].

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