History Awesome / MarvelUniverse

* And of course, this line Nick Fury delivers to the [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion Skrulls]]: "[[MemeticMutation Oh yeah? Well...]] [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor my God]] [[DropTheHammer has a hammer!]]"

* Thanos [[DealWithTheDevil made a deal with Mephisto]] to enlist his aid against the Goddess. The price for his assistance was one Cosmic Cube. After the Goddess was defeated, Thanos delivered the Cube to Mephisto, as promised. Mephisto immediately attempted to use it to destroy Thanos, to no effect. After all, [[ExactWords he had never specified]] that his Cosmic Cube be ''functional''.

* ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'' deals with characters' personalities being inverted, with heroes becoming evil and villains becoming good. This, naturally, led to fans being concerned that the event would result in another ''ComicBook/CivilWar''-esque status quo of everyone hating the heroes. The Awesome part? ''The characters in-universe saw this coming'', and Steve Rogers, one of the few heroes to still be good, had several of the now-good villains record and release a fake confession to the media wherein they take credit for the whole mess, precisely to prevent such a status quo from coming about. It works too. This is also coming from Rick Remender, who generally writes extremely cynical stories.

* In ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'' #5, Captain Britain and his longtime love Courtney Ross are about to go on their first date after years of separation. Ecstatically happy, Courtney walks into her apartment to find a woman who looks just like her standing inside; Cap's archenemy Sat-Yr-9, Courtney's EvilTwin from a MirrorUniverse. Cut to Captain B with roses in hand, being met at the door by a ravishing seeming-Courtney. They move in to kiss-- on the floor is an odd human-shaped silhouette of ash reaching toward the roses he'd dropped... A poignant, post-mortem moment of creepy and awesome at the same time. Sadly, this storyline will never be revisited due to [[WritersSuck the revolving door of writers]].

* ''Comicbook/{{Axis}}'' deals with characters' personalities being inverted, with heroes becoming evil and villains becoming good. This, naturally, led to fans being concerned that the event would result in another ''Comicbook/CivilWar''-esque status quo of everyone hating the heroes. The Awesome part? ''The characters in-universe saw this coming'', and Steve Rogers, one of the few heroes to still be good, had several of the now-good villains record and release a fake confession to the media wherein they take credit for the whole mess, precisely to prevent such a status quo from coming about. It works too. This is also coming from Rick Remender, who generally writes extremely cynical stories.

* The announcement that she will be joining the cast of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' was the ''highest'' voted announcement on [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=poll&id=250 CBR's SDCC announcement poll]] of the second day, even beating big-news topics like Creator/SamRaimi's ''Franchise/EvilDead'' TV series announcement, ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' season 5 trailer reveal, and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' sequel announcements. Not bad for a character people wrote off as 'obscure' when it was announced.

* Don't forget when Nick Fury delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to a corrupt general who came up with the whole "Fake terrorists crashing a passenger jet full of innocent people as a distraction" plan in ''Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX'' ''[[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff with his belt.]]''

* How does Nick Fury deal with The Punisher's death in "War's End" from ''Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX''? He pisses all over the police investigating what happened, takes the war journal Frank wrote when they tried to look into it, torches Castle's home because of how depressed Frank was over his family being killed, then orders SHIELD to blackout an area of New York to finish what The Punisher started by killing Kingpin's wife.

* In a meta sense, Thanos was deemed notable enough to have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos_simonattoi a Genus of dinosaur]] named after him.
* Blade once blew up a S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier worth ninety billion dollars (well before Spider-Man [[VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows did it]]) to clean out vamps.

** Unveiling himself before the Vixen, warping her bodyguards into submission and [[BalefulPolymorph transforming her into a literal vixen.]]

--> [[LawfulGood Just because I have powers which would make it tempting to ignore the law -- doesn't give me the right to.]]

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* First, scroll down to the section on The Avengers and read about what a badass Ultron is. Then [[http://the-isb.blogspot.com/2006/05/badass-panels-volume-seven-daredevil.html go here]] and read about the time Daredevil ''knocked Ultron's head off [[RockBeatsLaser with a stick]].''
* The climax of the landmark Daredevil: Born Again storyline, where Matt Murdock, whose life had been utterly destroyed by the Kingpin after his identity was discovered, is getting his act together. The Kingpin gets desperate, and gets a PsychoForHire CostumeCopycat to dress as Daredevil and kill Murdock's friends, framing him for the crime. Matt saves his friends, kicks the crap out of the impostor, steals his costume, and goes off to take on [[PsychoSerum drug-fueled]] SuperSoldier Nuke in one of the most memorable issues in Marvel history.
** Specifically, in issue #232, when he kisses Karen Page and dons the costume (for the first time in several issues). He gets ready to fight Nuke, and the iconic final image of the comic book is a teaser for next month's issue, with the words "'''NEXT: ARMAGEDDON''" imposed over a shot of ''Murdock in front of a wall of flames''. It's that awesome.
*** The Avengers turning up. As the narration puts it, Captain America speaking in a voice that sounds like it could command a God, and does.
* Four words; [[http://daveslongbox.blogspot.com/2005/10/f-yeah-files-2-daredevil-born-again.html "There is no corpse."]]
* Issues #30-32 of Volume 1, when Murdock loses his radar sense due to an experimental power ray invented by Cobra and Mr. Hyde. When the two villains attempt to rob a jewelery store, Murdock goes to face them, despite having no radar or sight. He scares the duo off by ''walking a high-wire rope between two buildings''.
* Brian Michael Bendis' run on the second series also yielded some incredibly memorable moments:
** Murdock beating a legion of Yakuza hitmen while walking at night...''using only his walking cane''.
*** Yakuza Hitmen who were taking ''superpower drugs'' of the caliber that once one person taking them took down ''Spider-Woman''. 100 of them! All armed to the teeth! And the tongues!
** The "Hardcore" arc saw the Kingpin send a number of enemies to fight Murdock and bring down his resolve. The story culminates in ''two crowning moments of awesome''.
*** A no-holds-barred fight with Bullseye, which ends with Murdock ''carving a target into Bullseye's head'', and
---->'''Daredevil''': [[DestinationDefenestration Get out of my house, Lester!]]
*** The final showdown with the Kingpin, during which Murdock ''mounts him on a car and drives him through the wall of a bar'', then '''declares HIMSELF the Kingpin of Hell's Kitchen'''.
* Mr Bullseye himself gets a few [=CMoAs=] in ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}''. Personally his fight with Elektra (Given a ShoutOut in the Film) culminating with "You're pretty good, but me? I'm Magic" is one of my all time favourite comic moments.
* Daredevil Vol 1 #304, May 1992. "34 Hours". Matt manages to stop a stressed cop from shooting an indie film star with a fake gun, a pedophile from abducting a little boy, and a martial arts performer from injuring himself, ''all at the same time''. Ready? Matt's perched on an arch, about to eat an apple. He senses the cop's rising tension, the pedophile offering to "lift the kid up" so he can get a better photo, and the can belonging to the sword guy (who has excellent sword-juggling banter) rolling towards him. As Matt stands up, the can rolls under the sword guy's foot, and he falls backward. The pedo tightens his grip on the kid, the cop pulls his gun out, and Daredevil leapes from the arch as the sword falls. Pedo threatens to break the kids arm, and the cop flashes his badge and revolver at the actor. People react in surprise as they notice DD, who lands, rolls, and grabs the falling sword. "Mind if I borrow this?" The actor tries to show the cop the gun's fake, but he's not buying it. DD pivots with one hand on a wall, and ''throws'' the sword at the pedo. It grazes his arm, and lets go of the kid in shock. Just as the cop pulls the trigger, DD dives forward, catching the hammer on his hand. Keep in mind he has SuperSenses, and it hurts like billy-o. The cop apologizes, and DD points him toward the pedo. At the request of the people of New York, DD bows. And the rest of that comic is pretty much just DD being awesome.
* Daredevil in the Shadowlands arc actually murders Bullseye on tv. It's so awesome, even J. Jonah Jameson spends more time tearing Bullseye down than actually condemning Daredevil for what happened.

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* The newest Iron Fist series has crowning moments often. One of the first has Iron Fist and Steel Serpent create a KungFuSonicBoom when their chi enhanced kicks collide. This demolishes an office building.
* The last female Iron Fist, Wu Ao-Shi, defeating an army of pirates using chi enhanced arrows and becoming the Pirate Queen.
* The previous Iron Fist Orson Randall demonstrating how Wu Ao-Shi's technique can be applied to bullets.
* Steel Phoenix regenerating a chopped off hand and wrecking Tiger's Beautiful Daughter's shit hardcore.
* Prince of Orphans, John Aman, turning into green mist and effortlessly beating the crap out of Steel Phoenix, Davos.
* Fat Cobra is made of equal parts SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
* Iron Fist using his chi to turn himself into a human bullet and destroying a train with enough "explosives to make Hiroshima look like a sparkler."
* Davos and the all female Army of Thunder defeating invading Hydra troops. "I AM XAO'S RECKONING!"
* Misty Knight to some Hydra soldiers:
-->'''Misty Knight''': "Now, you might manage to bring down one of us, or maybe even both of us. But I promise you this--that before we die, we will blind one of you. We will kill two of you. And three of you will never have children. Ever."
* Danny explaining to kids how math will save your company from a supervillain.
* The chi of Shou-Lao taking the form of a dragon.
* Future Iron Fist Wah Sing-Rand gets two; after he and his ship are put in suspended animation, it takes him 22 years to punch the side of his ship and make it crash-land, and later uses his chi to posses and transform a network of machines and computers into a giant robot.
* The Immortal Weapons using blood, bones, and various other products of their gladiator fights to talk to each other in morse code while imprisoned.
* [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/PsychoSilver/cmoa1.jpg These]] [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/PsychoSilver/cmoa2.jpg three]] [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/PsychoSilver/cmoa3.jpg pages]].

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* ''Annihilation'' was a CrisisCrossover for all the space-based heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe, which ran along side ''Comicbook/CivilWar''. ''Civil War'' pales in comparison to Annihilation in so many ways. A small handful of the moments of pure awesome are Galactus being freed from Annihilus' ship and Nova ripping Annihilus' entrails out through his throat.
-->'''Galactus''': '''''HERALD MY RAGE!'''''
-->'''Nova''': '''''THIS IS FOR NOVA CORPS!'''''
* Super Skrull, at the end of his arc in ''Annihilation'', sacrifices himself for Praxagora, finally admitting he loves her, AND saves countless lives by destroying the ''Harvester of Sorrow''.
* In the wake of ''Annihilation'', Nova found himself back on Earth. Iron Man invited him along to SHIELD's helicarrier to discuss the current state of Earth. Nova was incredulous that the reason behind his call for help in fighting the Annihilation Wave was that the heroes were too busy fighting over secret identities.
-->'''Nova''': Galactic culture nearly collapsed. Billions died. The Skrull empire's gone. Xandar, too, along with huge chunks of the Kree territories. Quasar died in front of my eyes. Even Thanos was killed. And you heard something... vague?
-->'''Iron Man''': You say Annihilus was the driving force? What happened to him?
-->'''Nova''': I pulled him inside out and saved the universe. What have you done lately, Tony?

* Given a brief grace period to decide whether to register as a superhero or not, Nova is attacked by the Thuderbolts whom decide not to recognize the grace period. He calmly moves to disable his assailants, politely asking the Worldmind to direct just enough power to put them down. Once civilians are endangered he goes so far as to read them their rights, as they've assaulted a representative of intergalatic law; the escalating fight is only stopped when Iron Man arrives with a group of SHIELD agents. Afterwards, finally realizing what's happened and discarding his initial notion of "New Warrior returning to Earth":
-->'''Tony Stark''': You're really not the Nova we used to know, are you?

* ''Annihilation'' was a CrisisCrossover for all the space-based heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe, which ran along side ''Comicbook/CivilWar''. ''Civil War'' pales in comparison to Annihilation in so many ways. A small handful of the moments of pure awesome are Galactus [[spoiler:being freed from Annihilus' ship]] and Nova [[spoiler:Ripping Annihilus' entrails out through his throat]].

* Super Skrull, at the end of his arc in ''Annihilation'', [[spoiler:sacrifices himself for Praxagora, finally admitting he loves her, AND saves countless lives by destroying the ''Harvester of Sorrow'']]

* Daredevil in the Shadowlands arc actually murders [[spoiler: Bullseye]] on tv. It's so awesome, even J. Jonah Jameson spends more time tearing Bullseye down than actually condemning Daredevil for what happened.

* ''MODOK's Eleven'' was a miniseries where the [[ComicBook/{{MODOK}} title character]] (an encephalitic man on a floating chair) assembles a team of D-List villains to steal a MacGuffin, in this case a miniature supernova, called a hypernova, kept continuously exploding so it can be used as a power source. The macguffin is secured, and MODOK's true nastiness reveals itself: [[spoiler:MODOK's chief rival and ex-girlfriend decides that it would be easier to buy him off than just attempt to force it from him, so she offers one billion dollars. MODOK accepts the cash and hands over the hypernova]]. The kicker? [[spoiler:The hypernova's containment field is incredibly unstable, and has been deteriorating ever since it was stolen. Soon, while trying to use it to power one of her own evil schemes, the ex-girlfriend and all her minions get blown to smithereens]]. As MODOK himself puts it, "[[spoiler:Killing my greatest enemy]]? Exquisite. [[spoiler:Tricking my greatest enemy into paying me one billion dollars to kill her]]? Priceless."

* ''ComicBook/{{Marvel 1602}}'': The leader of the anti-Witchbreed (ie, mutants) inquisition is attacked by an assassin who expresses his pride in his steel knife. He responds by [[spoiler: revealing that he's Magneto, when he takes control of the knife and uses it to back the assassin into the same pit he was about to be thrown into]].

* During the over a year long "Dark Reign" story arc, Iron Man was branded an enemy of the state by Norman Osborn for hiding the identities of all of the superheroes from Osborn, and spent the majority of the even slowly deleting his brain to the point he was rendered comatose, at which point a number of allies worked on restoring his brain from a back-up. As Stark was recovering from this, Osborn lead all the supervillains in an assault on Asgard. The first thing Tony Stark does as Iron Man following his recovery? [[spoiler:Put on an old suit of armor, fly over to Asgard & promptly disable Osborn's stolen "Iron Patriot" armor without firing so much as a repulsor ray at it. Oh, but only after asking the president of the United States if it's okay if he flys over to beat up the clearly insane super villain in charge of a branch of country's military.]]

* ''Comicbook/{{Axis}}'' deals with characters' personalities being inverted, with heroes becoming evil and villains becoming good. This, naturally, led to fans being concerned that the event would result in another ''Comicbook/CivilWar''-esque status quo of everyone hating the heroes. The Awesome part? [[spoiler: ''The characters in-universe saw this coming'', and Steve Rogers, one of the few heroes to still be good, had several of the now-good villains record and release a fake confession to the media wherein they take credit for the whole mess, precisely to prevent such a status quo from coming about]]. It works too. This is also coming from Rick Remender, who generally writes extremely cynical stories.

* Bobbi's entrance in [[spoiler: Secret Avengers #2. Just as it looks like the team is screwed (Taskmaster, the person they were trying to get has just been taken away by the person who seems to be the Thorndrake), they suddenly knock Taskmaster out and tell Fury the package is secure before dropping camotech and revealing themself to be Bobbi. Now we know where she's been since the beginning of Marvel Now.]]

* Don't forget when Nick Fury delivered a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to a corrupt general [[spoiler: who came up with the whole "Fake terrorists crashing a passenger jet full of innocent people as a distraction" plan]] in ''Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX'' ''[[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff with his belt.]]''

* Surrounded and vastly outnumbered by hostile H.A.M.M.E.R. {{Mooks}}, Nick Fury warned them not to mess with him. Result: [[spoiler: not only did they surrender, but they also pulled a HeelFaceTurn and joined him.]]
** In the first few issues of that series, Nick Fury was horrified to discover that [[ArchEnemy Baron Strucker]] had been running a scam on him for years. [[spoiler:In the last few issues, Strucker was horrified to discover that Nick Fury had been running the same scam on him. For years.]]

* Everything ComicBook/{{Ares}} does in his original mini; the most well known is ''lighting himself on fire and [[FastBallSpecial thrown by Hercules]] in the middle of the Zombie Samurai horde guns blazing''.

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