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Legacy and classic heroes, side by side. ^note Clockwise, from left: Captain Marvel, Deadpool, Ironheart, Bruce Banner, America Chavez, Black Bolt, Peter Parker, Moon Girl, Iron Man & Thor, Amadeus Cho, Ms. Marvel, The Falcon, The Thing, Star-Lord, Squirrel Girl, Jane Foster, Captain America, Wolverine & Miles Morales

Marvel Legacy is the short-lived 2017 relaunch of Marvel Comics, set in the wake of the massive Secret Empire crossover event earlier that summer. As was the case with its predecessors, Marvel Legacy was not a continuity reboot; instead, new books were published, while existing titles/characters were refreshed with new creative teams and status quos.

Following the appointment of C.B. Cebulski to the position of editor-in-chief, Marvel announced the A Fresh Start relaunch in February 2018.

Compare to 2016's DC Rebirth, a similar relaunch of Marvel's distinguished competition in roughly the same timeframe.

Marvel Legacy titles

Marvel Legacy (September 2017 — April 2018)

For this relaunch, the classic heroes returned to their classic status quos with legacy renumbering for their series. Corner boxes returned to the upper-lefthand corner of covers. The X-Men and Inhumans ResurrXion continued.

The following titles launched or continued during this phase, and are listed with their original creative teams. Bolded titles were ongoing series.

Marvel Legacy

• Marvel Legacy — See the beginning of the Marvel Universe, including The Avengers 1,000,000,000 B.C.! Written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Esad Ribic.

The Avengers

• The Avengers — Worlds Collide as the Avengers team up with the Champions to save the Earth from the High Evolutionary! Written by Mark Waid with art by Jesus Saiz; legacy numbering starts at #672.
• Uncanny Avengers - Beast and Wonder Man team up and join the Unity Squad! Written by Jim Zub with art by Sean Izaakse; continuing at #28.
• U.S.Avengers — The search for Cannonball! Written by Al Ewing with art by Paco Diaz; continuing at #11.

The Avengers (Solo titles)

• Black Panther — Klaw returns to battle T'Challa as the old Gods of Wakanda return! Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates with art by Leonard Kirk; legacy numbering starts at #166.
• Captain America — In the aftermath of Secret Empire, Steve Rogers returns to his roots and seeks out people to find out how people feel about him and what they want. Written by Mark Waid with artwork by Chris Samnee; legacy numbering starts at #695
• The Falcon — Sam Wilson returns as The Falcon and mentors Rayshaun Lucas, the all-new Patriot, as they start the new era battling Blackheart. Written by Rodney Barnes and drawn by Joshua Cassara; new series starting at #1.
• Invincible Iron Man — When Tony Stark's comatose body goes missing, Ironheart and Doctor Doom prepare to fight for his legacy. Written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Stefano Caselli; legacy numbering starts at #593.
• Captain Marvel — Carol Danvers delves deep into her own origin! Written by Margaret Stohl with art by Michele Bandini; legacy numbering starts at #125.
• Mighty Thor — The Mangog finally arrives as Jane Foster's cancer takes a turn for the worse! Will this be the final adventure of the Goddess of Thunder? Written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Russell Dauterman; legacy numbering starts at #700.
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl — When Squirrel Girl learns of a planet in trouble, she must call on Loki: Sorcerer Supreme to get her there. What's the worst that can happen?. Continuing at #27.

Hulks

• The Incredible Hulk ^note replacing Totally Awesome Hulk — Amadeus Cho lands in familiar territory: Planet Hulk. Written by Greg Pak and drawn by Greg Land; legacy numbering starts at #709.
• She-Hulk ^note replacing Hulk — The Leader returns to attack the ever-changing Jennifer Walters. Written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Jahnoy Lindsay; legacy numbering starts at #159.

The Inhumans

• Black Bolt — Black Bolt returns to Earth to find the Inhuman populace in New Attlan furious at him with the event of Secret Empire and must pay the price. Written by Saladin Ahmed with art by Christian Ward; Continuing at #8.
• Royals — The Royals delve deeper into the origin of the Kree and Terrigen as they confront the alien race known as the Progenitors. Written by Al Ewing and drawn by Javier Rodriguez; continuing at #9.
• Secret Warriors — Mr. Sinister seeks to "save" the Inhuman race, but what does Karnak have to do with it?. Written by Matthew Rosenberg with art by Javier Garron & Will Robson; continuing at #8.

The Defenders

• Daredevil — As a result of Secret Empire, Wilson Fisk is now Mayor of New York City. What's Matt Murdock to do? Written by Charles Soule with art by Stefano Landini; legacy numbering starts at #595.
• The Defenders — When Wilson Fisk disappears, the Defenders must fight a gang war to see who will become the new Kingpin... starting with Deadpool! Written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by David Marquez; continuing at #6.
• Iron Fist — K'un-Lun is in danger and Iron Fist must gain the help of the reformed mutant Sabretooth! Written by Ed Brisson and drawn by Mike Perkins; legacy numbering starts at #73.
• Jessica Jones — The Purple Man returns to Jessica's life as she deals with leftover fallout from Secret Wars (2015)! Brian Michael Bendis with art by Michael Gaydos; continuing at #13.
• Luke Cage — Luke Cage is arrested for a crime he didn't commit. Again! Written by David Walker and drawn by Nelson Blake; legacy numbering starts at #166.

Spider-Verse

• The Amazing Spider-Man — After losing Parker Industries, Peter returns to where it all began: the Daily Bugle. Written by Dan Slott and drawn by Stuart Immonen; legacy numbering ^note which includes Superior Spider Man starts at #789.
• The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows — Jump ahead eight years later to see the Spider-Family (with a teenaged Annie May) in action! Written by Jody Houser with art by Nick Roche. Continuing at #13.
• Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider — A new Hornet crashes in on Ben Reilly's turf, leading to a confrontation between him not only the clone of Peter Parker, but also the Slingers, the team Hornet was part of. Written by Peter David and drawn by Will Sliney; continuing at #10.
• Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man — Spider-Man goes back to his roots as... he's once again at odds with the NYPD. Written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Adam Kubert; legacy numbering starts at #297.
• Spider-Gwen — Gwenom arrives! Written by Jason Latour with art by Robbi Rodriguez; continues at #25.
• Spider-Man vs. Deadpool^note Formerly Spider-Man/Deadpool — The friendship is over as the web-slinger and the Merc with a Mouth are at each other's throats! Written by Robbie Thompson with art by Chris Bachalo. Continuing at #23.
• Spider-Man — As Miles Morales attempts to figure out his place in the Spider-Legacy, a brand new Sinister Six ^note A new Iron Spider, Bombshell, Lady Electro, Sandman, the Spot, Hobgoblin. Written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Oscar Bazaldua; legacy numbering starts at #234.
• Venom ^note continuing from Venom (vol. 3) #6 — The Lethal Protector returns. Written by Mike Costa with art by Gerardo Sandoval; legacy numbering starts at #150.

X-Men

• All-New Wolverine — When Daken is kidnapped, Laura tracks him down to the Facility and face to face with the mysterious Orphans of X. Written by Tom Taylor and drawn by Juann Cabal; continuing at #25.
• Astonishing X-Men — A Man Called X. Continuing at #7.
• Cable — Cable makes it his mission to protect the timestream. But when a threat emerges that he can't fight alone, he assembles the Newer Mutants^note Longshot, Shatterstar, Doop, AoA Blink, Armor and a past X-23. Written by Ed Brisson and drawn by Jon Malin; legacy numbering starts at #150.
• Domino — Written by Gail Simone with art by David Baldeon.
• Generation X — Jubilee, Chamber and Husk reunite to rescue M, who has fused with her brother Empath. Legacy numbering starts at #85.
• Iceman — The original Champions are reunited as Iceman and Angel head to Los Angeles. Written by Sina Grace and drawn by Robert Gill; continuing at #6.
• Jean Grey — Psych War! Jean Grey and Emma Frost square off! Written by Dennis Hopeless with art by Victor Ibanez; continuing at #8.
• Old Man Logan — Drawn to Japan by a former lover of the original Logan, Old Man Logan finds himself confronting the Hand and the mysterious Scarlet Samurai! Written by Ed Brisson with art by Mike Deodato JR.; continuing at #31.
• Weapon X — Old Man Logan's team races to the aid of a third-world country where a militia is committing mutant genocide using the pills used by the deranged super soldier Nuke! Continuing at #12.
• X-Men: Blue — Mojo Worldwide kicks off as Mojo seeks to raise ratings by raising havoc in Manhattan. Written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by Jorge Molina; continuing at #13.
• X-Men: Gold — Mojo Worldwide continues. Written by Marc Guggenheim and drawn by Mike Mayhew; continuing at #13.
• X-Men: Red — The resurrected original Jean Grey leads her own team^note "All-New" Wolverine, the Honey Badger, Nightcrawler, Namor, Gentle, Trinary, Gambit... and others to be revealed later of X-Men! Written by Tom Taylor and drawn by Mahmud Asrar.

Solo (Other)

• America — America versus the Exterminatrix. Written by Gabby Rivera and drawn by Joe Quinones; continuing at #8.
• The Despicable Deadpool ^note replacing Deadpool — Tired of being crapped on for trying to be a hero, the Merc with a Mouth resumes his merc ways. His first target? The Man Called Cable! Written by Gerry Duggan and drawn by Scott Koblish; legacy numbering starts at #287.
• Doctor Strange — Loki: Sorcerer Supreme! Written by Donny Cates with art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta; legacy numbering starts at #381.
• Hawkeye — In search of the whereabouts of her dead mother, Kate Bishop ends up teaming up with Clint Barton once more! Written by Kelly Thompson with art by TBA; continuing at 13.
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — When the Silver Surfer comes to warn Earth of an ancient cosmic menace, Lunella must team up with The Thing and the Human Torch (and H.E.R.B.I.E.) to become the Fantastic Three! Written by Brandon Montclare with art by Natacha Bustos; continuing at #25.
• Moon Knight — Moon Knight faces down what might be his greatest threat yet! Written by Max Bemis with art by Jacen Burrows. New series starting at #188.
• Ms. Marvel — In the aftermath of Secret Empire, Ms. Marvel has disappeared, leading to ordinary citizens taking up the mantle... and Red Dagger arriving to find the missing Marvel. Continuing at #25.
• The Punisher — To help Nick Fury get rid of a lot of scum, Frank Castle is given a powerful new weapon: the abandoned War Machine armor! Written by Matthew Rosenberg with art by Guiu Vilanova; legacy numbering starts at #218.
• Thanos — The most frightening thing in the universe is the idea of Thanos winning. Take a look at that frightening possibility... Written by Donny Cates with art by Geoff Shaw; continuing at #13.
• The Unbelievable Gwenpool — Gwenpool gains a new power as she decides to go up against Doctor Doom! Written by Christopher Hastings and drawn by Irene Strychalski; continuing at #21.

Teams (Other)

• Champions — Worlds Collide continue as the Champions must walk the walk to prove themselves to their former mentors! Written by Mark Waid and drawn by Humberto Ramos; continuing at #13.
• Guardians of the Galaxy ^note replacing All-New Guardians of The Galaxy — The Guardians are tasked to hunt down the Infinity Stones and to do so, they join up with the Nova Corps! Written by Gerry Duggan and drawn by Marcus To; legacy numbering starts at #147.
• Marvel Two-in-One — Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm reunite to search for the missing Richards Family. Standing in their way is Doctor Doom, who has the key to their whereabouts. Written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Jim Cheung. New series starting at #1.
• Monsters Unleashed — Kid Kaiju and his monsters seek to protect the Savage Land! Written by Cullen Bunn with art by Andrea Broccardo; continuing at #7.
• Runaways — The Runaways reunite. Written by Rainbow Rowell with art by Kris Anka. New series starting at #1.
• Exiles — Blink, Iron Lad, Khan (a middle aged Ms. Marvel), Wolvie and Valkyrie are recruited by Nick Fury, to travel the multiverse. Written by Saladin Ahmed and drawn by Javier Rodriguez.

Limited Series

• The Immortal Iron Fists — Danny Rand has been a lot of things, and now mentor and teacher to Pei, the youngest person to ever bear the mark of the Iron Fist. Written by Kaare Andrews and drawn by Afu Chan; 6 issue biweekly digital first mini-series.
• Legion — The son of Charles Xavier returns. Written by Peter Milligan with art by Wilfredo Torres.
• Spirits of Vengeance — Featuring Ghost Rider, Blade, Satanna, and Daimon Hellstrom. Written by Victor Gischler and drawn by David Baldeon. 5 issue mini-series.
• Tales of Suspense: Red Ledger — Hawkeye and the Winter Soldier must team up to figure out the mystery of who is striking down the old foes of the Black Widow. Written by Matthew Rosenberg with art by Travel Foreman; resuming numbering with #100. 5 issue mini-series.
• Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey — The original Jean Grey returns from the dead! Written by Matthew Rosenberg with art by Lenil Yu. 5 issue mini-series.
• Rogue & Gambit (2018) — The ever-romantically-troubled Cajun and Southern Belle X-Men team up for their own 5 mini-series. Written by Kelly Thompson and drawn by Pere Perez, with covers by Kris Anka.
• Old Man Hawkeye— A prequel to Old Man Logan, this 12 issue series is set 5 years before the events of the original story and follows Clint Barton, who is forced to confront a horrible event from his past as he slowly goes blind. Written by Ethan Sacks and drawn by Marco Chechetto.
• Lockjaw — the beloved teleporting dog of the Inhuman Royal family sets out on a solo adventure to find his siblings! 4 issue mini-series written by Daniel Kibblesmith, with art by Carlos Villa.

One-Shots

• The Hands of Shang-Chi: Master of Kung-Fu: Shang-Chi... takes a day off? Not quite. Written by CM Punk with art by Dalibor Talajic; legacy numbering at #126.
• Silver Sable and the Wild Pack: In the aftermath of Norman Osborn's attempted coup, Sable and a bunch of hostages must try to survive. Written by Christa Faust and drawn by Paulo Siqueira; legacy numbering at #36.
• Not Brand Echh: Forbush Man is back! Nobody will be the same (at least for this issue). Written by Nick Spencer, Christopher Hastings, Jay Fosgitt and others, with art by Jay Fosgitt, Gurihiru and more; legacy numbering at #14.
• Power Pack: The Power siblings protect one of their own from a dangerous threat. Written by Devin Grayson with art by Marika Cresta; legacy numbering at #64.
• Darkhawk: Chris Powell returns as the Fraternity of Raptors seek his amulet. Written by Chad Bowers & Chris Sims and drawn by Kev Walker; legacy numbering at #51.

Crossover Events

• Avengers: No Surrender — A sixteen-issue crossover arc that combines the three Avengers titles ^note Avengers, U.S.Avengers, and Uncanny Avengers into one, uniting every Avenger to reclaim a stolen Earth back from its captors. Written by Mark Waid, Al Ewing, and Jim Zub and drawn by Pepe Larraz, Kim Jacinto, and Paco Medina; starting at Avengers #675.
• Infinity Countdown — The Infinity Stones have reappeared throughout the Marvel Universe, and the hunt for them begins. Written by Gerry Duggan.
• Venomverse — Eddie Brock teams up with various other Venomized characters to fight the Poisons, a species trying to wipe out all the Venoms in the Multiverse. Written by Cullen Bunn with art by Iban Coello.
  • Edge of Venomverse — The Symbiote infects All-New Wolverine, Gwenpool, All-New Ghost Rider, Old Man Logan, and Deadpool. Written and drawn by various creators.
  • Venomverse: War Stories — A collection of anthologies serving as a prelude to Venomverse, showing off the adventures of other Venomized heroes and villains.
• Venom Inc. — Lee Price, the most recent host of the Venom symbiote, steals the Mania symbiote and becomes Maniac, forcing Spider-Man and Venom to team up. Crossover with Amazing Spider-Man and Venom.
• Venomized — After Venom and X-Men Blue go missing, the symbiotes and Poisons from Venomverse attack Earth's other superheroes. Written by Cullen Bunn.

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Marvel Legacy provides examples of:

• The Adjectival Superhero: Deadpool gains the title of Despicable Deadpool.
• The Atoner:
  • Steve Rogers' initial storyline is this, seeking to win the hearts of the American people after the damage done by "Stevil"
  • The Punisher using the War Machine armor is this due to his time as part of HYDRA, feeling duped by following "Stevil"'s promises.
• Back from the Dead:
  • Gert Yorkes, dead since issue 18 of the Runaways's second volume, returns with the new volume of the title. She's plucked into the present from the time of her death by Chase Stein, and Nico Ninoru uses magic to fix her fatal wounds. Victor Mancha is also revealed to be alive, albeit as a disembodied head.
  • The original Jean Grey is resurrected by the Phoenix Force, but rejects becoming its host.
  • The original Wolverine seemed to be revived at the end of the one-shot. While Earth-616 Wolverine did indeed come back, as detailed in The Return Of Wolverine, it's later revealed in Wolverine: Infinity Watch #1 that the Wolverine in the one-shot is actually Old Man Phoenix from Jason Aaron's Thor run.
  • Bruce Banner/Hulk returns in Avengers: No Surrender.
  • Black Widow at the end of Tales of Suspense #102.
  • Invincible Iron Man #600 begins with Tony Stark using the same procedure that saved his life in the aftermath of Civil War II to resurrect James Rhodes.
• Brought Down to Badass: Like Agent Venom in the tail end of Marvel NOW! (2016), Andi Benton loses the Mania symbiote to Lee Price, resulting in him becoming the villain of Venom Inc, Maniac. Despite this, she still has the Hell-Mark's demonic powers.
• The Bus Came Back:
  • The rebranding will see someone from Marvel's past making a return to the forefront, with the number one contender being the long-missing Richards Family, who has been thought dead since the events of Secret Wars (2015). While the Marvel Two-In-One story deals with the Richards family, it seems that the return is actually Logan / the original Wolverine.
  • Runaways. Apart from Nico Minoru, who was in A-Force, the rest of the team has been in Comic-Book Limbo for years. Now they're getting a TV series, so naturally Marvel decided to relaunch their comic as well.
  • The reunion of the original Champions in Iceman's comic. While all the heroes, save for Johnny Blaze, had been active, this team was more or less seen as a joke and ignored, especially with the teenage team formed by Kamala Khan doing well.
  • Dr. Strange #382 brings back The Sentry.
  • Flash Thompson returns to the spotlight after having lost the Venom symbiote, and becomes the new Anti-Venom.
• Cliffhanger: The one-shot comics all have their ends opened up just in case people want their stories to continue.
• Comics Merger:
  • Plot threads from the finished Infamous Iron Man bleed into Invincible Iron Man, so the series during Marvel Legacy essentially becomes a merger with its sister title. Infamous Iron Man penciler Alex Maleev even moves to Invincible Iron Man to draw the segments featuring Victor von Doom.
  • Captain America: Sam Wilson and Captain America: Steve Rogers merge to form Captain America for one last issue before picking up as that singular title under a new creative team.
  • Uncanny Avengers and U.S.Avengers merged into the main Avengers book, which went weekly for 16 issues, starting in January 2018.
• Covers Always Lie: A number of covers for the one-shot features Thor in either his classic costume or JMS-era outfit and wielding Mjölnir. Thor wouldn't reclaim his name until the end of the Jane Foster as Thor era; thanks to how Jane's tenure ended, he wouldn't be able to use Mjölnir until he reforges it in the climax of War of the Realms; and as of Thor, while he's back to having his body intact and long hair, Thor's yet to return to either of those aforementioned outfits.
• Crisis Crossover: Paralleling Spider-Verse to a T, Venomverse has Eddie Brock and the Venom symbiote of Earth-616 teaming up with a slew of alternate universe versions of Venom to combat the multidimensional threat of the Poisons.
• Face–Heel Turn: Of the Blackmail-induced variety. Stryfe holds Deadpool's loved ones hostage, forcing the Merc with a Mouth to kill for him.
• Grand Finale: For Bendis's (Ultimate) Spider-Man and Iron Man, Duggan’s Deadpool, and Slott's Amazing Spider-Man runs.
• Heel–Face Turn: In the end of Venom Inc., Black Cat drops her vendetta against Spider-Man. After losing her criminal enterprise, Venom suggests she returns to being a hero.
• HULK MASH!-Up: In Avengers 1,000,000 B.C., Odin Allfather was a member of a group of superpowered individuals during the Stone Age which were remarkably similar to the Avengers. One member was a hulking, ape-like berserker named Starbrand who was granted his enormous strength by an alien energy called the Star Brand. Much like Thor and the modern-day Hulk, Starbrand and Odin would routinely get into fights over who is superior and argued over who would have the honor of slaying an invading Celestial.
• Legacy Character: Unlike DC Rebirth, which sought to bring back lost legacy characters removed by the New 52, Marvel Legacy seeks to restore the series of classic heroes lost in the surge of creating newer heroes. This started with the Venom relaunch, which saw Eddie Brock reunite with the Venom symbiote, and the Nova relaunch, which saw Richard Rider be resurrected.
  • The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel all delve into the idea of legacy as Amadeus is drawn into Banner's time as a gladiator, Miles attempts to figure out his place in the Marvel U and we see what kind of effect Kamala has made in her hometown when she disappears.
• Mythology Gag:
  • The first Legacy variant covers are this, making nods to classic comic covers.
  • The Punisher-as-War Machine storyline was actually conceptualized back in the 80s by the now-late Dwayne McDuffie as a mini-series called "The Killing Machine" where Frank would steal an Iron Man armor and paint it his signature colors, leading to Tony and Frank duking it out with a follow-up having Rhodey take up the armor on his own.
  • Deadpool's title rename hails from the All-New, All-Different Marvel relaunch issue #25, where Preston tells Deadpool 2099 that he was "despicable after the Avengers".
• New Powers as the Plot Demands: Robbie Reyes spontaneously gains the Penance Stare during his battle with Star Brand. He even says afterwards that he didn't used to be able to use it.
• New Season, New Name: Yet another "seasonal" relaunch of the entire Marvel Comics line, meant to serve as a jumping on point for new readers. This time, many titles will be hit with Legacy Numbering, meaning titles that would be issue #1 or what not will shoot up into the double or even triple digits, meaning some titles, such as Amazing Spider-Man and Avengers could be seeing numbers in the 700s and some titles actually gaining numbers due to various reasons. Interestingly, certain titles did get Legacy numbering yet others didn't. For instance, of the Defenders line of titles, only Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Daredevil got Legacy numbering, though Defenders and Jessica Jones didn't.
  • A fleshed out example of the numbering comes from this infograph for The Incredible Hulk, which reveals that it doesn't include the original first six issues but does include Tales to Astonish, which Hulk took over.
  • Titles with double-billing are only given to one person. The Cable and Deadpool series is given to Deadpool, mostly because Deadpool took over the title after Cable's temporary death partway through while the original Power Man and Iron Fist series goes to Luke Cage as that title was originally Luke Cage: Hero for Hire before becoming Luke Cage, Power Man and then Power Man and Iron Fist.
• Remember the New Guy?: Subverted: One of the founding members of the Avengers is apparently brand-new character Voyager, who is depicted as part of the Avengers statue in front of their mansion. Jarvis feels like something is off when looking at it, but can't quite figure out why.
• Reset Button: Despicable Deadpool, Invincible Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk ends with this:
  • Deadpool ends with Deadpool erasing his memory of everything that happened in his previous writer's run (and practically everything else), resetting himself back to the Merc with a Mouth. Though a brief cut to 2099 does show that he will eventually regain his memories.
  • Iron Man ends with Tony back to full health and Rhodey being revived by Tony. Victor Von Doom ends up getting rescarred by a Dormammu-possessed Hood and runs back to Latveria to reclaim his kingdom in anger.
  • The Incredible Hulk ends with Amadeus taking a lankier Hulk form, but losing everything he held, including Banner's patents.
• Retroactive Legacy: The one-shot introduces the Stone Age Avengers of 1, 000,000 B.C., who consisted of Thor's father Odin, Agamotto (the first Sorcerer Supreme), and past versions of Black Panther, Phoenix, Starbrand, Ghost Rider and Iron Fist.
• Sixth Ranger: Some of the teams get new members. Ant-Man joines the Guardians of the Galaxy while Magik is with the Secret Warriors.
• Spiritual Successor: Cable features a group consisting of Cable, Blink (from Age of Apocalypse), Shatterstar, Longshot, Doop and a time-displaced X-23 trying to protect the timeline. A group of mutants seeking to protect the timeline is the premise of Exiles, which even had Blink as a main character.
• Status Quo Is God: Another interesting aspect of the Marvel Legacy initiative is the restoration of classic status quos that had been upheaved over the years, in particular since All-New, All-Different Marvel, although many of these restorations have a twist:
  • Among the first restored status quos, Eddie Brock reclaims the Venom symbiote from its latest host, Lee Price, and returns to being an antihero. However, he doesn't want a repeat of his time as the Lethal Protector and is trying to find a way to cure it of its growing bloodlust.
  • After the loss of his company during Secret Empire, Peter Parker returns to his everyman roots, where he hasn't been since he signed up with Horizon Labs in 2010's Big Time. While Peter returns to the Daily Bugle, it's as the editor of the science section and not as photographer.
• The Stinger: Following his return in Marvel Legacy #1, Wolverine was featured in one-page stingers that came after the letters page of numerous comics. The issues that featured the stinger included a "Where's Wolverine?" badge with Logan's face in it.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Clint Barton and Bucky Barnes are forced to work together in the Tales of Suspense mini series to solve a mystery surrounding Black Widow's apparent death during Secret Empire. The storyline has been described by Marvel as an "Anti-Buddy book." The Worlds Collide crossover between Avengers and Champions has the eponymous teams work together despite not being on entirely good terms. In certain parts of the story, the Champions feel their elders are stepping over them.
• There's No Place Like Home: At the end of the one-shot, we learn that Valeria is ready to go home, tired of spending all of this time since Secret Wars (2015) exploring the new multiverse.
• Time Skip:
  • Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows undergoes a time-skip of eight years, putting Annie May in high school.
  • Spider-Man vs. Deadpool zips to a future with Peter and Wade in a nursing home together.
• Walking the Earth: What Steve Rogers does during Home of the Brave.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Both Marvel Two-In-One and Ms. Marvel do this In-Universe, with Johnny and Ben trying to figure out where the Richards family disappeared to while Red Dagger arrives in New Jersey trying to find Kamala.
• Where It All Began: The Darkhawk one-shot has Chris return to the amusement park where he first found the amulet. It's where he regains his powers and a brand new look.

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