History ComicBook / HouseOfM

* NotSoDifferent: During an interview in the ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' spin-off comic, [[ComicBook/{{Storm}} Ororo]] notes that even under mutant rule, white men who conform to human standards of strength, wealth and attractiveness are still in charge.

** This also applies to some civilians, most notably Uncle Ben. Frank Castle was also able to save his wife and children from being killed by gangsters in this continuity.

-->'''Magneto:''' I'm a holocaust survivor; I can't be seen as condoning purges.

** Thunderbird was known to be pretty hotheaded in the original timeline, but here, he's an outright CorruptCop who goes to increasingly extreme lengths to catch the Avengers, including outright PoliceBrutality, an alliance with Comicbook/TheKingpin and the endangerment of innocent civilians.

** Thunderbird was known to be pretty hotheaded in the original timeline, but here, he's an outright RacistCop who goes to increasingly extreme lengths to catch the Avengers, including outright PoliceBrutality and the endangerment of innocent civilians.

* TheMole: Comicbook/BlackCat is a member of the Avengers who acts as an operative inside Comicbook/TheKingpin's criminal syndicate. She's nearly killed after her cover is blown, but manages to survive.

* 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 Dr. Strange even suspected that she was created by Wanda herself. Ultimately subverted, as Layla ''did'' exist before the whole House of M thing.

* LegacyCharacter: Angela del Toro became the new White Tiger in honor of her uncle Hector, who was railroaded by the anti-human legal system.

* LegacyCharacter: Angela del Toro became the new White Tiger in honor of her uncle Hector,

* LaResistance: The Human Resistance Movement, led by Luke Cage.

* LegacyCharacter: Angela Del Toro became the new White Tiger in honor of her uncle Hector,

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: When the X-Men (well, the ''Astonishing'' team, so five of them) are invited to talk about what to do with Wanda, Comicbook/Emma rost's immediate solution is "put her down." [[PragmaticHero Wolverine agrees with her]].

* MinorityCop: Magneto chooses Sam Wilson to replace Thunderbird as the new detective in charge of Sapien Town, reasoning that it's more appropriate for a human cop to police a human neighborhood.

* IAmNotShazam: ''House of M: Avengers'' actually follows Luke Cage's human resistance movement. The team itself is not called the Avengers, and, in fact, it's a plot point in the main series that Cage had never even heard that name until Layla Miller restored his memories of the original timeline.

A Creator/MarvelComics {{Miniseries}} with several tie-in books following the events of ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers Disassembled]]''. It lasted for 8 issues (August-December, 2005).

Turns out Wanda's twin brother Pietro (ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}) convinced her to rewrite reality into one where all the heroes got to have their greatest desires -- including Magneto's and Professor Xavier's -- which meant that Magneto's family ruled the mutants and the mutants ruled the world, and Professor Xavier [[HeroicSacrifice had died a meaningful death]] and mutants and humans live side-by-side (sort of). The Avengers and the X-Men confront Wanda after regaining their memories of the reality that existed before Wanda's CosmicRetCon. Wanda suffers yet another nervous breakdown and eventually restores the original reality, but [[BroughtDownToNormal depowers 99.99% of the world's mutants]] as well. Afterwards, she disappears without a trace and the reader is [[SequelHook given a clue]] that the depowering might not be as permanent as it seems.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Hawkeye. TWICE!]]

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Spider-Man 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.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Aesop of some of the tie-in miniseries. For instance, Doctor Doom 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 White Tiger. They get unceremoniously murdered by Sentinels shortly after Logan meets Luke.

* FantasticSlur: Mutants in the House of M reality who are racist like to call humans "sape".

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the House of M reality, Hulk is the leader of Australia and does a surprisingly good job at it. Then he goes and rules a desert world in ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk''.

** Per her own desires, 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.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: When the X-Men (well, the ''Astonishing'' team, so five of them) are invited to talk about what to do with Wanda, Emma Frost's immediate solution is "put her down". Wolverine agrees with her.

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

*** Bucky 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.

* 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. It was a new character, and Dr. Strange even suspected that she was created by Wanda herself. Ultimately subverted, as Layla ''did'' exist before the whole House of M thing.

* CListFodder: Half of Luke's crew are people like Ava Alaya, the White Tiger. They get unceremoniously murdered by Sentinels shortly after Logan meets Luke.

The House of M storyline is continued in ''X-Men: Decimation''.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When going to Genosha to kill Magneto, Bucky makes sure not bring any metal weapons with him ... except Captain America’s shield, which Magneto uses this to kill him.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Ms. Marvel, the greatest hero of the world (at least in this reality) fights against Sir Warren Traveler, an evil sorcerer. Her powers are useless against magic, so how can she defeat him? Well, how about throwing a random alley cat to his face?

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Wanda used her power to alter reality and give everyone their deepest desires. Even [[{{Wolverine}} the guy]] whose deepest desire is that his LaserGuidedAmnesia be undone, so he'll remember his entire life again... Even the fact that he's living in an altered reality which she created. Oops.

* ShoutOut: ''House of M: Civil War'' has a few Shout-Outs to ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''.
** Bucky 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.
** UsefulNotes/RichardNixon gets a third term after overturning the 22nd Amendment and having his cronies (Bolivar Trask in ''House of M'', the Comedian in ''Watchmen'') get rid of any traces of Watergate.

* SuperFamilyTeam: Doom's version of the Fantastic Four is a villainous version.

* [[GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel Godwin's Law Of Reality Warping]]: Especially since Wanda's power ''is'' affecting probabilities.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: There is actually nothing to imply that the ''House of M'' reality is inherently ''bad'', and in the aftermath Wanda does something [[FromBadtoWorse arguable worse]] [[spoiler: by depowering 99.99% of all mutants]] and the characters involved are all left with a lingering sense of loss. Xavier is especially upset that one of the reasons they "fixed" reality was to save him, when his [[spoiler: death in that reality]] was a HeroicSacrifice that was his greatest desire.

* 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.

Turns out Wanda's twin brother Pietro (ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}) convinced her to rewrite reality into one where all the heroes got to have their greatest desires -- including Magneto's and Professor Xavier's -- which meant that Magneto's family ruled the mutants and the mutants ruled the world, and Professor Xavier [[HeroicSacrifice had died a meaningful death]] and mutants and humans live side-by-side (sort of). The Avengers and the X-Men confront Wanda after regaining their memories of the reality that existed before Wanda's CosmicRetCon. Wanda suffers another nervous breakdown and eventually restores the original reality, but [[BroughtDownToNormal depowers 99.99% of the world's mutants]] as well. Afterwards, she disappears without a trace and the reader is [[SequelHook given a clue]] that the depowering might not be as permanent as it seems.

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Spider-Man is adored by the public, and 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.

* 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.

* IndulgentFantasySegue: A tragic one at the beginning when Wanda gives birth to her twin sons while surrounded by her friends and family... only to be forcefully pulled out of her fantasy by Professor X

* LaResistance: The Human Resistance Movement, led by Luke Cage

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

* 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 the ''think'' is]] Magneto's most recent evil plan for world domination.

The next Marvel Comics CrisisCrossover is ''[[Comicbook/CivilWar Civil War]]'', followed by ''WorldWarHulk''.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the House of M reality, Hulk is the leader of Australia and does a surprisingly good job at it. Then he goes and rules a desert world in ComicBook/WorldWarHulk.