History ComicBook / Ruins

!!''Ruins'' contains examples of:

* AdaptationalVillainy: Several characters who were unambiguously on the side of good are portrayed in a much more sinister light in this continuity. The most jarring examples include Comicbook/ProfessorX being [[PresidentEvil an unscrupulous President]] rather than the benevolent leader of the X-Men and Nomad being a Nazi sympathizer.

* {{Autocannibalism}}: In the second issue, Comicbook/{{Nightcrawler}} is seen chewing on his own tail.

** Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} appears, albeit addressed as "Canuck", with the toxicity of his adamantium skeleton causing his flesh to slowly decay off his bones.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The first issue's cover depicts Philip Sheldon surrounded by Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, the Comicbook/ScarletWitch, Spider-Man, the Hulk, Comicbook/IronMan, and Comicbook/JeanGrey lying on the ground as they're dying, while the second issue's cover depicts an in-costume Comicbook/{{Magneto}} looking shocked as he uncontrollably attracts various metal objects to his body. Both covers are contradictory to the fact that most people in this version of the Marvel Universe never became costumed superhumans.

* DeathByAdaptation: As mentioned under DarkerAndEdgier, a lot of Marvel characters in this reality were killed by the accidents that gave them super powers in the standard continuity. Many others are also shown being killed or as corpses, such as Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} being shot and Philip Sheldon tripping over [[ComicBook/ThePunisher the Punisher's]] body.

* AGodAmI: Donald Blake leads a cult while claiming to channel the thunder god [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]]. [[ContinuitySnarl Strangely]], Thor is shown to exist in this universe as a member of the Avengers, as indicated by a soldier finding Mjolnir among the wreckage of the Quinjet.
* GodIsDead: Deep-space photos have discovered the corpse of Comicbook/{{Galactus}} in orbit around Jupiter, having presumably starved to death. It's even on the cover of a news magazine.

** Comicbook/BlackPanther was arrested alongside Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale after becoming involved with the Black Panther Party. This is presumably a reference to the period in the 70s where Marvel changed the character's codename to "Black Leopard" to avoid any association with the revolutionary group.

* PowerIncontinence: The vast majority of mutants seem to lack any sort of control over their powers, with disastrous consequnces. Comicbook/{{Cyclops}} and Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} had to be crippled to bring them under control, Magneto is killed in an airport when the dampening device he's wearing is damaged, causing him to be crushed by tons of metal, and Comicbook/{{Mystique}} [[ShapeShifterIdentityCrisis uncontrollably shapeshifts]] and has to be hauled away by police as her brain implodes.

* SanitySlippage: The Kree theorize that the Comicbook/SilverSurfer's death was brought about by him finally snapping from SenseLossSadness and tearing apart his own chest in a vain attempt to experience breathing again.

''Ruins'' is a 1995 limited series from Creator/MarvelComics, a two-issue story set in an AlternateUniverse but inspired by ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}''. Whereas ''Marvels'' shows the history of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse through reporter Phil Sheldon's eyes, ''Ruins'' shows a world where everything went horribly wrong. It's written by Creator/WarrenEllis, with art by Cliff Nielsen and Terese Nielsen.