History ComicBook / HouseOfM

Wanda Maximoff, better known as the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, suffers a reality-warping mental breakdown and is taken to Genosha by her father ComicBook/{{Magneto}}. When Wanda shows little sign of recovery, the ComicBook/XMen and the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] meet to discuss what action should be taken next. The combined teams arrive at Genosha when suddenly the world is swallowed by a bright white light...

* OhCrap: Apocalypse has this reaction when he realizes ComicBook/BlackPanther has allied himself with ComicBook/BlackBolt. [[MakeMeWannaShout Black Bolt then proceeds to kill Apocalypse with a whisper]].

* AlternateContinuity: The entire "House Of M" reality is a short-lived one, taking place in a world where mutants are the dominant species, courtesy of the Scarket Witch's reality warping powers. The original timeline is restored at the end of the series, albeit with 99% of the mutant population on Earth being depowered.

** ComicBook/ShangChi is the leader of a Chinatown-based street gang called the Dragons, whose ranks also include [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Colleen Wing]], [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]], and [[Characters/TheAvengers Swordsman]], all of whom are heroes in the main universe. They eventually come around, though, and become allies of the Avengers.

* CrisisCrossover: The X-Men team up with the Avengers (sans Steve Rogers), Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the other mutates of New York to defeat [[spoiler:what they ''think'' is]] Magneto's most recent evil plan for world domination.

* ShipperOnDeck: Wanda herself, oddly. The new world she creates has several characters romantically involved (e.g. Wolverine and ComicBook/{{Mystique}}) who were never shown being in a relationship before.
** Though not those two in particular, since they had been shown to have a casual relationship as far back as the early '90s ([[SlapSlapKiss when they're not trying to kill each other]]).

-->--'''The Scarlet Witch''', casting the spell that would change the status quo in the Marvel universe for years to come.

->''"What is there to say? Put her down."''
-->--'''Emma Frost''', coming up with a solution to Wanda's mental illness.

* WhamLine: Two.

* AlternateContinuity: The entire "House Of M" reality is a short-lived one.
* AmbiguousSituation: At the climax, Doctor Strange comments on some of the plot and wonders if Wanda hasn't been using her powers to make it happen. Wanda never actually confirms or denies it.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Wanda and Pietro to Magneto.

* ContinuityPorn:
** When Layla unlocks Peter's memories, we get a two-page spread of the notable villains and events of Spidey's life.
** ''House of M: Avengers'' is filled with all sorts of continuity nods.

* CreepyChild: Wanda's kids. Between the weird behaviour and their being made by reality warping, they're very creepy.

* EndOfTheWorldSpecial: Wanda. Twice.

* HeroicBSOD: What kicks off the event (arguably, the entire event takes place ''within'' Wanda's blue screen).

* KillerRobot: Sentinels, albeit redesigned ones that are programmed to kill ''humans''.

* MadeOfIron: Wolverine, natch. When he wakes up, his first move is to run to the edge of the Helicarrier... and jump off. He crashes into the side of a skyscraper, but the worst it does is bloody him up a bit.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: During issue #1, in a brief moment of sanity, Wanda has a moment like this.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Magneto, to Pietro, in the second-to-last issue, when he recovers his memories.
* NotQuiteHuman: The mutants, obviously.

* OracularUrchin: Layla Miller.

* RealityWarper: The Scarlet Witch.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Oh, Wanda...

** Initially averted. After finding out that the reality shift has [[spoiler:resurrected Gwen Stacy and Uncle Ben]], Spider-Man tells Wolverine he's going to kill the Scarlet Witch. Wolverine says that he won't give Spidey the chance.
** Played straight [[spoiler:when Magneto finds out that Quicksilver had the Scarlet Witch alter reality]].

* StatusQuoIsGod: Played straight & averted.
** Played straight, obviously, in that at the end [[spoiler:the timeline reverts back to normal, and everyone's backstory is what it used to be and not the one Wanda gave them]].
** "No More Mutants" - Averted, in that a large number of mutants ''are'' depowered, and the X-Men underwent a massive shift in their position in the Marvel universe because of this. Played straight, with most of the 98% of mutants who lost their powers being unknown to the reader, and the majority of the named characters being C-List characters or lower with the big name mutants retaining their powers - Really, the only major mutant characters who lose their powers are [[spoiler:Magneto & his children]], and even then, it's only temporary.
** CharacterDevelopment - Averted, Wolverine remembering everything he'd previously forgotten. Played straight, in that despite the TraumaCongaLine he goes through during the story, there are no lasting effects for Peter Parker & his memories of the "House of M" timeline are only mentioned once in the follow-up mini ''Son of M'', and has no bearing on any of the on-going Spider-Man series.

Wanda Maximoff, better known as the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, suffers a reality-warping mental breakdown and is taken to Genosha by her father ComicBook/{{Magneto}}. When Wanda shows little sign of recovery, the ComicBook/XMen and the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] meet to discuss what action should be taken next; [[TheNeedsOfTheMany they decide that Wanda must be killed]]. The combined teams arrive at Genosha when suddenly the world is swallowed by a bright white light...

A Creator/MarvelComics {{Miniseries}} with several tie-in books following the events of ''Comicbook/AvengersDisassembled''. It ran for 8 issues (August-December, 2005).

Wanda Maximoff, better known as the Comicbook/ScarletWitch, suffers a reality-warping mental breakdown and is taken to Genosha by her father Comicbook/{{Magneto}}. When Wanda shows little sign of recovery, the ComicBook/XMen and the [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]] meet to discuss what action should be taken next; [[TheNeedsOfTheMany they decide that Wanda must be killed]]. The combined teams arrive at Genosha when suddenly the world is swallowed by a bright white light...

The scene cuts to Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} as he wakes up in a world that has completely changed: [[BizarroUniverse A world where mutants are the dominant species, humans are now a persecuted minority]], and the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates is led by the House of Magneto. The now-scattered and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mind-altered]] Avengers and X-Men must try to reunite and find out how to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong reverse what happened]] on the day they arrived on Genosha. They later come across Layla Miller, a young girl who is aware that reality has been changed and who helps expose the truth about their "current" reality.

** Comicbook/ShangChi is the leader of a Chinatown-based street gang called the Dragons, whose ranks also include [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Colleen Wing]], [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]], and [[Characters/TheAvengers Swordsman]], all of whom are heroes in the main universe. They eventually come around, though, and become allies of the Avengers.
** Thunderbird was known to be pretty hotheaded in the original timeline, but here, he's an outright RabidCop who goes to increasingly extreme lengths to catch the Avengers, including outright PoliceBrutality, an alliance with Comicbook/TheKingpin and the endangerment of innocent civilians.
** Apocalypse's Horsemen include characters who are heroes in the normal continuity, such as Comicbook/{{Nightcrawler}}, [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]] and Comicbook/{{Iceman}}.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}, TWICE! He first appears alive in the House of M reality after having previously been killed during ''Avengers Disassembled'', only to be disintegrated by Wanda after confronting her on Genosha. Then, after reality is restored, the Avengers find his costume in the ruins of Avengers Mansion, hinting that Wanda resurrected him once again.]]

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Comicbook/SpiderMan is adored by the public, and is even known to be Peter Parker. This, however, is because he's told the world at large that he's a mutant, instead of the truth regarding the radioactive spider bite.

** The Aesop of some of the tie-in miniseries. For instance, Comicbook/DoctorDoom managed to get almost everything he claimed to want: his mother alive, his face unscarred, Richards dead -- and he manages to lose it all, mostly at his own hands, by the end of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour: House of M'' miniseries.

* CListFodder: Half of Luke's crew are people like Angela del Toro, the Comicbook/WhiteTiger. They get unceremoniously murdered by Sentinels shortly after Logan meets Luke.

* ComicbookTime: In-universe, Magneto's children are all adults when he conquers the world in the seventies, but when we get to present-day early 2000s they are in no way in their fifties. Which makes sense considering it's all Wanda's creation.
* CompositeCharacter: Composite ''Team'' example. The Wolfpack is a teenage street gang named after an obscure Marvel series from TheEighties, but, aside from Rafael Vega, all of its members actually come from the Comicbook/NewWarriors and the Comicbook/PowerPack.

* DoomedByCanon: ''Avengers'' is a flashback tale, so anyone present in the story who isn't part of Luke's gang come the main event, like Tigra or Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}}, is doomed.
* DreamTellsYouToWakeUp: Wolverine realized that the new world was false, and started to gather heroes to stand against Wanda. They got the help of Layla Miller, who could make heroes remember their old life. She was a new character, and Comicbook/DoctorStrange even suspected that she was created by Wanda herself. Ultimately subverted, as Layla ''did'' exist before the whole House of M thing.

* FantasticRacism: Due to mutants controlling the world, humans are now an oppressed group. The racism parallels are driven home when Comicbook/LukeCage mocks [[Comicbook/TheFalcon Sam Wilson]] for being the [[TokenMinority "token sapien"]] on the otherwise mostly-mutant NYPD. This is also acknowledged in the ''House of M: Avengers'' limited series, where Lotus Shinchuko (who is Asian American) says that Magneto's takeover of the planet has effectively rendered all prior racial tension meaningless; now the only division that matters is the one between humans and mutants. This is later reiterated by Thunderbird, who says he grew up being treated as a third-class citizen because of his Apache heritage, a problem that went away once Magneto took over the United States.

** Per her own desires, [[Comicbook/CarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]] had managed to achieve widespread fame and acceptance as a hero in the House of M reality, even though she was explicitly a non-mutant.

* TheMole: Comicbook/BlackCat is a member of the Avengers who acts as an operative inside the Kingpin's criminal syndicate. She's nearly killed after her cover is blown, but manages to survive.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: When the X-Men (well, the ''Astonishing'' team, so five of them) are invited to talk about what to do with Wanda, Comicbook/EmmaFrost's immediate solution is "put her down." [[PragmaticHero Wolverine agrees with her]].

* OhCrap: Apocalypse has this reaction when he realizes Comicbook/BlackPanther has allied himself with Comicbook/BlackBolt. [[MakeMeWannaShout Black Bolt then proceeds to kill Apocalypse with a whisper]].

* PassFail: Certain superpowered humans like Spider-Man, Tigra and Comicbook/{{Taskmaster}} are able to pass as mutants due to their superhuman abilities or bizarre appearances. Taskmaster's cover is blown after he gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Luke Cage.

* ShipperOnDeck: Wanda herself, oddly. The new world she creates has several characters romantically involved (e.g. Wolverine and Comicbook/{{Mystique}}) who were never shown being in a relationship before.

*** Comicbook/{{Bucky|Barnes}} comes off as an {{Expy}} of the Comedian: they are both black-ops officers for the military, and Bucky’s uniform--black combat gear with Captain America shoulder pads—-is very similar to the Comedian’s.

* SoleSurvivor: Comicbook/MoonKnight was the only surviving member of a military unit that was wiped out in Egypt by Apocalypse and the Horsemen.

* TheTeamNormal: Comicbook/ThePunisher is the only member of the Brotherhood without any powers, as Thunderbird, the Blob, Avalanche, Boom-Boom, Feral and Taskmaster all possess superhuman abilities.