History ComicBook / HeroesReborn

* AbortedArc: During the "Industrial Revolution" arc's climax, ComicBook/{{Onslaught}} briefly appeared in the gamma reactor on Avengers Island as the Hulk sealed it off. Outside of Reed nothing that Onslaught was alive before he disappeared, nothing was done with it and ''ComicBook/OnslaughtReborn'' would tie Onslaught's return to the events of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' instead.

* AbortedArc: During the "Industrial Revolution" arc's climax, ComicBook/{{Onslaught}} briefly appeared in the gamma reactor on Avengers Island as the Hulk seal it off. Outside of Reed nothing that Onslaught was alive before he disappeared, nothing was done with it and ''ComicBook/OnslaughtReborn'' would tie Onslaught's return to the events of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' instead.

* AbortedArc: During the "Industrial Revolution" arc's climax, Onslaught briefly appeared in the reactor on Avengers Island was the Hulk shut it off. Outside of Reed nothing that Onslaught was alive before he disappeared, nothing was done with it and ''ComicBook/OnslaughtReborn'' would tie Onslaught's return to the events of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM''.

* CompositeCharacter
** While he'd later make it so his condition was similar to his 616-self, Doc Samson was the Abominaton.
** Rikki Barnes is a {{Gender Flip}}ped combo of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes (who does still appear as her grandfather) and Rick Jones.

** Reed Richards, who is middle-aged in the comics (as the grey streaks are the result of age) is more much closer in age to Sue.

An ''ComicBook/OnslaughtReborn'' miniseries featured an alternate version of the Heroes Reborn universe. There's also a 2018 storyline of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' involving the Heroes Reborn universe. There is an announced "Heroes Reborn" arc for ComicBook/JasonAaronsAvengers, but [[InNameOnly it has no relation other than the name]].

An ''ComicBook/OnslaughtReborn'' miniseries featured an alternate version of the Heroes Reborn universe. There's also a 2018 storyline of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' involving the Heroes Reborn universe. A {{spiritual successor}} to this storyline (also titled ''Heroes Reborn'') has been announced for 2021, written by Creator/JasonAaron and drawn by Ed [=McGuinness=], as a limited spinoff of their ''Avengers'' run. In this new story, ComicBook/{{Blade}} finds himself in a world where the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme are "Earth’s Mightiest Heroes" and he is the only one who remembers the Avengers.

An ''ComicBook/OnslaughtReborn'' miniseries featured an alternate version of the Heroes Reborn universe. There's also a 2018 storyline of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' involving the Heroes Reborn universe. A {{spiritual successor}} to this storyline (also titled ''Heroes Reborn'') has been announced for 2021, written by Creator/JasonAaron and drawn by Ed [=McGuinness=] as part of their ''Avengers'' run.

An ''ComicBook/OnslaughtReborn'' miniseries featured an alternate version of the Heroes Reborn universe.

There's also a 2018 storyline of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' involving the Heroes Reborn universe.

** Rikki Barnes is a {{Gender Flip}}ped combo of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes (who does still as her grandfather) and Rick Jones.

* AdaptationNameChange: Rikki's father is implied to be the ''HR'' version of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes--only his first name is Richard instead of James.

* AmnesiaDanger: ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. ''Heroes Reborn'' started with him as an ordinary family man with a loving wife and son -- who dreamed of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII battlefields each night. He eventually learned that SHIELD had mindwiped him to keep him under control, and that his wife and son were Life Model Decoy robots.

* BrotherSisterIncest: When an alternate version of the Heroes Reborn universe's Rikki Barnes is stranded in the mainline Marvel Universe, she meets John Barnes, an alternate version of her brother. Unlike her real brother, who was a criminal, a wannabe Neo-Nazi, and a rather unpleasant person in general, MU!John was kind and helpful. Seeing this as a chance to have the kind of caring brother-sister relationship she never had with her real brother, Rikki befriended John. Unfortunately, this John never had a sister, and he misinterpreted Rikki's intentions. He eventually tried to kiss her. When the shocked Rikki tries to tell him that she couldn't love him that way, John doesn't take it well. At all.
* CaptainErsatz: Rikki Barnes took inspiration from Carrie Kelly, the original female Robin from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''. Rikki would receive her own Captain Ersatz, a teen heroine named S.P.I.C.E., in Creator/RobLiefeld's later ''Fighting American'' series. This is due to Liefeld recycling art from his unfinished ''Captain America'' run.

* CanonImmigrant: Rikki proved to be popular enough that years later, she made the jump to the 616 canon.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Rikki's grandparents are implied to be the ''HR'' versions of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes and ComicBook/PeggyCarter, having married and had children.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: At the time, anyway, given that Captain America towards the end of ''HR'' met Rikki's grandparents, her grandfather is implied to ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, before ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier'' retconned that Bucky was indeed still alive as the (albeit brainwashed) eponymous villain.

* ''Heroes Reborn:The Avengers''

* ''ComicBook/HeroesRebornTheAvengers''

* AdaptationalVillainy: In this continuity, Mantis is Kang's lover and partner rather than an Avenger.

* BigNo: When giant Loki turned to his back and saw a giant Odin, ready to defy him. "No! It's impossible!"
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: The Swordsman, an ordinary human with nothing but, well, swords, tries to attack Hulk. How ''else'' did you expect it to finish?

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Swordsman was initially the only Avenger without a clear Earth-616 counterpart (the original Swordsman was a villain who had died years earlier). In the later ''Heroes Reborn: Remnants'' series, it was revealed he was his Earth's counterpart of [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}]].

* CompositeCharacter:
** Hellcat has the codename and civilian identity (Patsy Walker) of her Earth-616 counterpart, but is a [[CatGirl werecat]] like Tigra.
** As mentioned under "Canon Character All Along", Swordsman was revealed to be [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Wade Wilson]]]].
** Combining this with DecompositeCharacter, [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] takes ComicBook/{{Ultron}}'s role as the creator of ComicBook/TheVision.
** While ultimately averted, the issue before the change from Liefeld to Walt Simsonson for ''Avengers'' hinted that Hawkeye was a different person than Clint Barton, as a flashback in the issue sees Hawkeye and a man called Reaper trying to infiltrate HYDRA, only to be caught and Reaper getting part of his right arm shot off and Hawkeye telling him something important, but the simulation is interrupted by Hellcat, the implication being that "Reaper" was the ''HR'' version of the Grim Reaper and hence, Hawkeye was [[ComicBook/WonderMan Simon Williams]], as opposed to Clint Barton (or at the very least, given a Wonder Man does appear in it, that Hakweye and Grim Reaper are RelatedInTheAdaptation). However, because of the change, Hawkeye was shown to be Clint Barton, as always.
** Mantis is the object of Kang's desires as well as his primary source of motivation, essentially making her this reality's version of Princess Ravonna. This is also reflective of the Mantis seen ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'' before ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' retconned that ''Crossing''!Mantis was a Space Phantom.

* DecompositeCharacter:
** As mentioned in "Composite Character", Ultron's role as the Vision's creator is taken by Hank Pym. In fact, as mentioned under "Age Lift", Ultron is actually ''younger'' than Vision in this, as Ultron was created to replace Vision as Hank's assistant.
** As in ''[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 The Incredible Hulk Returns]]'' before it and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse since, Donald Blake is a separate person from Thor.

* TheFaceless: Hawkeye. In ''ComicBook/OnslaughtReborn'' it becomes a plot point (sorta), when [[spoiler: he is revealed to actually be Wolverine]].
* FantasticVoyagePlot: As in ComicBook/TheKreeSkrullWar, Henry Pym made a voyage inside the Vision, to repair him. But, being a 90's comic book, it was hardly fantastic.

* InformedAbility: Captain America's leadership. They all praise it, they are all amazed by it, but consider the results. He unleashed a barbaric berserker with super-strength to the world. He can't get Hawkeye and Swordman to follow his command. He let Kang escape. He attacked Hulk... and you may imagine how does that end. Thor, unable to kill, left the team... and he let him go (who began a brawl at some random bar, something that anyone would have guessed it would happen in the immediate future). By not giving room to Hawkeye, he made him resented, a thing that Loki exploited. He did not notice that Hellcat was missing, which led to a disaster. And so on, and so on... Perhaps putting Hawkeye in command wasn't such a bad idea after all: it seems unlikely he could do it ''worse''.
* LeeroyJenkins: Captain America, of all people. An archeology expedition found Thor trapped in amber, and called the Avengers. Captain America rushed to the attack, to liberate him... and only after they do so, he stops to reconsider if liberating a superpowerful berserker from the Viking age was really a good idea.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Things began simple and ordered, with a small sample of characters and each one with an origin story, and then Walt Simonson began to introduce old villains by loads, all taken from out of nowhere. [[spoiler:And yet, that was actually the case. Realizing the nature of the universe, Loki was summoning reflections of characters from the "main" universe, to contribute to his master plan.]]
* MagicVersusScience:
** First mentioned by the Vision. Thor does not understand his "magic" entrance, so he explains that it's not magic but science. Loki gets rid of him with a magic bolt, and finally gets defeated by a spell of the Scarlet Witch.
** Kang captured the Avengers, but nothing can keep {{Mjolnir}} out of Thor's hands, no even the XXX century technology.
** Agatha Harkness appears at the Avengers mansion, and requests to see the Scarlet Witch. The robot in the door does not allow her to pass... so she simply goes intangible and pass.
** Loki gets inside Kang's ship, ignoring his defenses, and absorbs Kang and Mantis without problem.
** Loki gets in the helicarrier's cells, ignoring the guards at the door, and absorbs Modok. Angered by that disappearance, Nick Fury doubles the guards, both inside and outside the cell... and all guards fall unconscious when he absorbs the next pack of prisoners.
** Henry Pym realizes the magical use of the Vision done by Loki, and makes him explode, foiling his scheme.
** The Avengers trick Loki into lowering the shield of his source of power, greatly reducing it, and the big shots from the helicarrier take him down.
* MediumAwareness
-->'''Loki:''' The answer, my dear Executioner, is that we are not Asgardians, but projections of someone's wild imagination. But, like Pinocchio, I intend to become a real boy!

* MythologyGag:
** The Swordsman is sure that he had seen Mantis, Kang's lover, before. In the main continuity, she was his girlfriend, and Kang tried to abduct her many times during ComicBook/TheCelestialMadonnaSaga.
** Henry Pym reduced his size and got into the Vision, to see what was malfunctioning in him. He's sure he did something like that before... he did, during ComicBook/TheKreeSkrullWar.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: When things began, Henry Pym and Janet Van Dyne had no super powers, they were just a scientist and his wife. Pym tested a particle to reduce his size and get inside the Vision... and Janet, when she need it, reduced to wasp size, with no reason or explanation. May be explained with the change of writers, as Pym was already Ant-Man when Simonson replaced the disgraced Liefeld, and perhaps he was not informed of this change at the new universe (he must had thought that he working with Pym and Wasp of always)
* OneWingedAngel: Loki becomes all-powerful, and a giant. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in his case, after all he's the son of giants.
* OtherMeAnnoysMe: The Avengers begin with a [[TheBerserker Berserker]] Thor, and some time later they get the regular Thor as well. Berserker Thor does not like his KnightInShiningArmor doppelgänger very much...

* RevisitingTheRoots: "Heroes Reborn" made many controversial changes, and Walter Simonson tried to make thing a bit "right" again. Captain America took out the wings from the front of his mask, which were not right for some reason, and retrieved the classic big "A". As for Thor, Simonson's favourite character turned into a berserker, he brought instead the "real" Thor, who appears as a second character.

* SummonBiggerFish: So, Loki became a giant and is walking in the city, Godzilla-style. Who can stop him? Of course, a giant Odin!
* ThatManIsDead: "[[HulkSpeak Hulk is not BruceBannerHulk! HULK IS HULK!]]
* UltimateUniverse: Before Marvel's Ultimate Universe proper, Heroes Reborn was meant as an example of this trope.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Who would have thought Loki would be this type of guy? When he became an invincible giant, he called his father's name, in a "look what I have achieved" stance. Of course, when we talk about Loki's father, [[ObliviousAdoption we don't talk about Odin]], but Laufey, the frost giant.
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: With his new arrows, allies and element of surprise, Hawkeye was taking the Avengers down one by one, and pointed that "This is just too easy!". Cue for Captain America attacking him from the back, getting the bow out of his hands.

* ''Heroes Reborn:The Avengers''

* ''Heroes Reborn: Captain America''

** As in ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk Returns'' before it and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse since, Donald Blake is a separate person from Thor.

* TheAtoner: Tony Stark.

* TheBerserker: Thor

* ''Heroes Reborn: Iron Man''

** As pointed out in "MilitarySuperhero", ComicBook/TheFalcon having served in the military was also imported to the Ultimate Universe and the MCU.

** Rikki Barnes is a {{Gender Flip}}ped combo of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes (who does still as her grandfather) and ComicBook/RickJones.

** While ultimately averted, the issue before the change from Liefeld to Walt Simsonson for ''Avengers'' hinted that Hawkeye was a different person than Clint Barton, as a flashback in the issue sees Hawkeye and a man called Reaper trying to infiltrate HYDRA, only to be caught and Reaper getting part of his right arm shot off and Hawkeye telling him something important, but the simulation is interrupted by Hellcat, the implication that "Reaper" was the ''HR'' version of the Grim Reaper and hence, Hawkeye was [[ComicBook/WonderMan Simon Williams]], as opposed to Clint Barton (or at the very lest, given a Wonder Man does appear in it, that Hakweye and Grim Reaper are RelatedInTheAdaptation). However, because of the change, Hawkeye was shown to be Clint Barton, as always.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Swordsman was initially the only Avenger without a clear Earth-616 counterpart (the original Swordsman was a villain who had died years earlier). In the later ''Heroes Reborn: Remnants'' series, it was revealed he was his Earth's counterpart of [[spoiler: SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}]].

** As mentioned under "Canon Character All Along", Swordsman was revealed to be [[spoiler: [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} Wade Wilson]]]].

* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]], Victor Von Doom, [[Comicbook/IronMan Tony Stark]], [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]], and [[ComicBook/AntMan Henry Pym]] studied together when they went to college. They even called themselves "The Atomic Knights[[note]]no relation to DC's obscure ''[[http://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/atomic-knights Atomic Knights]]''[[/note]] of the Round Table" before drifting apart.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Rikki's parents are married -- and are implied to be the ''HR'' versions of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes and ComicBook/PeggyCarter.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: At the time, anyway, given that Captain America towards the end of ''HR'' met Rikki's parents, her dad is implied to ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, before ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier'' retconned that Bucky was indeed still alive as the (albeit brainwashed) eponymous villain.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Rikki's parents are married -- and are implied to be the ''HR'' versions of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes and ComicBook/PeggyCater.

* BadassBeard: This is the first place that Tony Stark started to sport one in addition to BadassMustache. Notable because (aside undoing the mutated Wasp and Teen!Tony from ''ComicBook/TheCrossing''), it was carried other when the heroes returned to the normal Marvel Universe. It's also become so linked to the character that ComicBook/UltimateMarvel, Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, and many other recent incarnations have defaulted to it for Tony.

** If one thing has stuck from ''Heroes Reborn'' (besides the return of adult!Tony and normal looking!Wasp), it's Tony sporting a BadassBeard in addition to his BadassMustache. It's become so linked to the character that many recent incarnations, including the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel and Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse versions, have had Tony with it.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: At the time, anyway, given that Captain America towards the end of ''HR'' met Rikki's parents, her dad is implied to ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, before ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier'' retconned that 616!Bucky was indeed still alive as the (albeit brainwashed) eponymous villain.