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* CrisisCrossover: Brings together numerous big name heroes and organizations, including ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/TheAvengers, [[ComicBook/XMen the X-Men]], [[ComicBook/{{Thor}} Jane Foster as Thor]], [[Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho as The Hulk]], [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]], and others.

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* CrisisCrossover: Brings together numerous big name heroes and organizations, including ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/TheAvengers, [[ComicBook/XMen the X-Men]], [[ComicBook/{{Thor}} [[ComicBook/{{Thor|2014}} Jane Foster as Thor]], [[Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho as The Hulk]], [[ComicBook/MsMarvel [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]], and others.
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It was later given a sequel, ''Monsters Unleashed II'', a monthly series that follows Kei's adventures after the conflict, with him being taken under the express protection of Damage Control and [=SHIELD=] and relocated to an artificial island where he tries to learn how to make the most of his abilities before being called upon to stop truly titanic threats.

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It was later given a sequel, ''Monsters Unleashed II'', a monthly series that follows Kei's adventures after the conflict, with him being taken under the express protection of Damage Control and [=SHIELD=] [=S.H.I.E.L.D.=] and relocated to an artificial island where he tries to learn how to make the most of his abilities before being called upon to stop truly titanic threats.
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* MyNameIs: The aliens are named Leviathons, an intentional misspelling of the word "Leviathan", which is frequently used to refer to beasts or monsters of colossal size.

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* MyNameIs: MyNaymeIs: The aliens are named Leviathons, an intentional misspelling of the word "Leviathan", which is frequently used to refer to beasts or monsters of colossal size.
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* LastStand: After the Leviathon Queen defeats the combine force of the Avengers, Defenders, X-Men, Inhumans, and classic Marvel monsters, literally curb-stomping [[Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk The Hulk]], Fin Fang Foom us the last one fighting while Kei Kawade puts his powers to full use.

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* LastStand: After the Leviathon Queen defeats the combine force of the Avengers, Defenders, X-Men, Inhumans, and classic Marvel monsters, literally curb-stomping [[Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk The Hulk]], Fin Fang Foom us is the last one fighting while Kei Kawade puts his powers to full use.
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* TheCalvary: The classic Marvel monsters at first look to be poised to crush the heroes between them and the Leviathons, before they're revealed to be this and dogpile the alien monsters.

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* TheCalvary: TheCavalry: The classic Marvel monsters at first look to be poised to crush the heroes between them and the Leviathons, before they're revealed to be this and dogpile the alien monsters.
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* BehemothBattle: Between the classic Marvel monsters and later Kei's team against the invading Leviathons.
* TheCalvary: The classic Marvel monsters at first look to be poised to crush the heroes between them and the Leviathons, before they're revealed to be this and dogpile the alien monsters.


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* LastStand: After the Leviathon Queen defeats the combine force of the Avengers, Defenders, X-Men, Inhumans, and classic Marvel monsters, literally curb-stomping [[Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk The Hulk]], Fin Fang Foom us the last one fighting while Kei Kawade puts his powers to full use.

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* LivingMacguffin: Kei is the Macguffin of the event, being integral to both the start of the invasion and repelling it.



* MyNameIs: The aliens are named Leviathons, an intentional misspelling of the word "Leviathan", which is frequently used to refer to beasts or monsters of colossal size.



* TheSiege: The plot itself is one large one, with the heroes fighting off wave after wave of Leviathons while others try to find the source and reason for the invasion in the first place.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: The aliens are named Leviathons, an intentional misspelling of the word "Leviathan", which is frequently used to refer to beasts or monsters of colossal size.

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* TheSiege: The plot itself is one large one, with the heroes fighting off wave after wave of Leviathons while others try to find the source and reason for the invasion in the first place.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: The aliens are named Leviathons, an intentional misspelling of the word "Leviathan", which is frequently used to refer to beasts or monsters of colossal size.
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-->'''Mekara:''' ''[about Animax and her monsters]'' Look at them! They're so cute/adorable/endearing! Like excitable little puppies!
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* MamaBear: Deanna Kawade is just a normal human, but she was a teacher for ten years and is a master at dressing people down if her son is involved. She had the much older Dum Dum Dugan (a veteran Shield super-agent) cowering against her verbal onslaught. Even Elsa Bloodstone admits to being afraid of her and Gloria Clark, a tough-nosed Damage Control liaison, backs off when Deanna gets angry.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Kid Kaiju to Animax. After the Kei's monsters victory over the Leviathons, the monster-making mutant Animax [[GreenEyedMonster gets jealous]] and goes around wreaking havok with bear-sized monsters to drum up villain publicity for herself. Then Kei's monsters show up...


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* OhCrap: Animax gets this when she sees Kid Kaiju's monsters, "They're bigger than they look on TV!!!"
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* HumongousMecha: Aigis, one of Kei's monsters.

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* HumongousMecha: Aigis, one Aegis and Mekara, two of Kei's monsters.
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* HumongousMecha: Aigis, one of Kei's monsters.
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* ContinuityCalvicade: A lot of obscure Marvel monsters are depicted in crowd pieces during this title.

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* ContinuityCalvicade: ContinuityCavalcade: A lot of obscure Marvel monsters are depicted in crowd pieces during this title.
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* ContinuityCalvacade: A lot of obscure Marvel monsters are depicted in crowd pieces during this title.

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* ContinuityCalvacade: ContinuityCalvicade: A lot of obscure Marvel monsters are depicted in crowd pieces during this title.



* SacrificalLion: Fireclaw is the first and only casualty of Kei's original creations, both demonstrating how powerful the Leviathon Queen is and his {{Synchronization}} with them. Notably he's the only one not designed with a profile by the collaborating art team.

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* SacrificalLion: SacrificialLion: Fireclaw is the first and only casualty of Kei's original creations, both demonstrating how powerful the Leviathon Queen is and his {{Synchronization}} with them. Notably he's the only one not designed with a profile by the collaborating art team.
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* ContinuityCalvacade: A lot of obscure Marvel monsters are depicted in crowd pieces during this title.


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* SacrificalLion: Fireclaw is the first and only casualty of Kei's original creations, both demonstrating how powerful the Leviathon Queen is and his {{Synchronization}} with them. Notably he's the only one not designed with a profile by the collaborating art team.
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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Inverted. When Kei is kidnapped by Mole Man and the Intelligencia, Dum Dum Dugan brands Kei's monsters as out of control, giving the order to fire Pym Particle-laden torpedoes at them that shrink them to the size of action figures.

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* TheSiege: The plot itself is one large one, with the heroes fighting off wave after wave of Leviathons while others try to find the souce and reason for the invasion in the first place.

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* SceneryGorn: The comic doesn't hesitate to showcase the incredible collateral damage during and after every battle.
* TheSiege: The plot itself is one large one, with the heroes fighting off wave after wave of Leviathons while others try to find the souce source and reason for the invasion in the first place.
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In other worlds, another eventful day in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.

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In other worlds, words, another eventful day in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
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* ArtShiftedSequel: ''Monsters Unleashed II'' is considerably more cartoony looking than the original mini-series, reflecting the overall lighter tone of the comic.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Who let the Monsters out?]]



''Monsters Unleashed'' is a comic book storyline written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by Steve McNiven. A CrisisCrossover Mini-Series that ran from January 2017 to the March of that year, it, brings together many of the biggest heroes in the Marvel Universe to battle a seemingly inexhaustible supply of dangerously powerful alien monsters and is the culmination of months of {{foreshadowing}} through the increase in monster attacks in comics. More importantly, it acts as the OriginStory of Kei Kawade, who is set to become the center point of the conflict and soon confronts his new powers and destiny with the callsign "Kid Kaiju".

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''Monsters Unleashed'' is a comic book storyline written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by Steve McNiven.[=McNiven=]. A CrisisCrossover Mini-Series that ran from January 2017 to the March of that year, it, brings together many of the biggest heroes in the Marvel Universe to battle a seemingly inexhaustible supply of dangerously powerful alien monsters and is the culmination of months of {{foreshadowing}} through the increase in monster attacks in comics. More importantly, it acts as the OriginStory of Kei Kawade, who is set to become the center point of the conflict and soon confronts his new powers and destiny with the callsign "Kid Kaiju".
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* CrisisCrosssover: Brings together numerous big name heroes and organizations, including ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/TheAvengers, [[ComicBook/XMen the X-Men]], [[ComicBook/{{Thor}} Jane Foster as Thor]], [[Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho as The Hulk]], [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]], and others.

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* CrisisCrosssover: CrisisCrossover: Brings together numerous big name heroes and organizations, including ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/TheAvengers, [[ComicBook/XMen the X-Men]], [[ComicBook/{{Thor}} Jane Foster as Thor]], [[Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho as The Hulk]], [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]], and others.
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In the middle of the night, shooting stars begin raining down all around the world. Soon afterward, enormous [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] known as Leviathons are rampaging through major cities all around the world. New York City, Wakanda, London... all besieged by enormous monsters that require the world's mightiest heroes to defeat.

In other worlds, another eventful day in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.

While the heroes battle for their lives, a young boy named Kei Kawade continues to draw any number of monsters in his favorite notebook as shooting stars continue to streak through the skies overhead...

''Monsters Unleashed'' is a comic book storyline written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by Steve McNiven. A CrisisCrossover Mini-Series that ran from January 2017 to the March of that year, it, brings together many of the biggest heroes in the Marvel Universe to battle a seemingly inexhaustible supply of dangerously powerful alien monsters and is the culmination of months of {{foreshadowing}} through the increase in monster attacks in comics. More importantly, it acts as the OriginStory of Kei Kawade, who is set to become the center point of the conflict and soon confronts his new powers and destiny with the callsign "Kid Kaiju".

It was later given a sequel, ''Monsters Unleashed II'', a monthly series that follows Kei's adventures after the conflict, with him being taken under the express protection of Damage Control and [=SHIELD=] and relocated to an artificial island where he tries to learn how to make the most of his abilities before being called upon to stop truly titanic threats.

!!Tropes associated with this series include:
* AscendedExtra: Kei was originally TheCameo in a single panel of ''Totally Awesome Hulk'', which foreshadowed his importance to the upcoming plot.
* CrisisCrosssover: Brings together numerous big name heroes and organizations, including ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/TheAvengers, [[ComicBook/XMen the X-Men]], [[ComicBook/{{Thor}} Jane Foster as Thor]], [[Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho as The Hulk]], [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]], and others.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: This series' release was foreshadowed frequently in other Marvel series like ''Totally Awesome Hulk'', which noted the sudden increase in monster-related attacks and featured Kei in a single panel.
* OriginStory: For Kei Kawade aka "Kid Kaiju".
* TheSiege: The plot itself is one large one, with the heroes fighting off wave after wave of Leviathons while others try to find the souce and reason for the invasion in the first place.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: The aliens are named Leviathons, an intentional misspelling of the word "Leviathan", which is frequently used to refer to beasts or monsters of colossal size.

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