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The 2011 [[Crisis Crossover]] for [[Marvel Comics]].
At some point during the Second World War, the [[Red Skull]] [[Ghostapo|enacted an arcane ritual under the orders of Adolf Hitler]], causing a mysterious artifact to fall from the heavens and crash land in Antarctica. Upon locating the artifact--a large hammer, supposedly tied to the Norse goddess Skadi--and learning that he is incapable of lifting it, the Skull has the Thule Society seal it away in a fortress and guard it with their lives. Fast forward to the present day, where [[
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As such, much like Donald Blake before her, Sin is transformed into the powerful Asgardian, Skadi. With the awesome power conferred by the hammer, Skadi sets out at the head of a large Nazi force to lead a blitzkrieg on the United States...but not before stopping off by the prison of a mysterious deity known only as the [[Sealed Evil in
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* [[A Day in
** Fully justified in that Matt Fraction's original proposal was for a self-contained crossover between Thor and Captain America. Only afterwards was it decided that Fear Itself would be a [[Crisis Crossover]].
** an Issue of Journey into Mystery was an all Mephisto Issue. Also counts as an [[Villain Episode]].
** Several issues of the Fear Itself: Homefront mini series aside from the Speedball main story, featured one off stories featuring various less popular to out and out brand new characters reacting to the various problems and hysteria caused by the Serpent.
* [[Adult Fear]]: Ultimately, everything Odin did was a crazed, futile attempt {{spoiler|to save his son from dying.}}
** Also invoked whtn Skirn and Greithoth invade the Infinite Mansion to strike at the Avengers Academy alumni: since Absorbing Man's hatred for Hank Pym was too big for Greithoth to override, Skirn suggested they attacked the students for whom Pym voiced concern earlier.
* [[Anti
** {{spoiler|That deal with Surtur? Loki agreed to work to bring into Asgard to feed on it's core to escape his imprisonment. He got out of it by bringing him into the Serpent's Dark Asgard, but due to everything now Surtur is still free.}}
* [[Artifact of Doom]], [[Evil Weapon]]: The Hammer of Skadi, natch, along with all the other Hammers of the Worthy.
* [[Ascend to
* [[Big Bad]]: The Serpent.
* [[Breakout Character]]: '''Kid Loki'''. Critics and fans are praising ''Journey into Mystery'' as Marvel's best book in a long time and Kid Loki as a fresh take on the character that is still true to who he is. A good thing too, since the current JIM writer said Loki's main arc is planned at 30-40 issues and with the publicity it probably won't be cut.
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* [[Cleanup Crew]]: After all this is over, Damage Control is going to be very busy
* [[Cutting the Knot]]: Thor finds himself unable to best [[The Hulk|Nul]] in a straight up fight. He proceeds to teleport Nul into orbit.
** Which causes Nul to land in Romania, becoming Dracula's problem.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The first issue of Hulk Vs Dracula is Hulk/Nul beating the crap out of vampires.
** Really, all three issues of Hulk Vs Dracula is a [[Curb Stomp Battle]].
* [[Demonic Possession]]: It appears that those chosen to wield the Hammers of the Worthy find their personalities overwritten or at least subsumed by the deity to whom their respective hammer belongs. Because of this, the villains of this piece are a mixture of actual bad guys like Sin (Skadi), Attuma (Nerkkod),[[X
* [[Denouement Episode]]: Fear Itself 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: One Marvel writer (Doug Zawisza) claims that The Serpent ""following Norse mythology, would be Jörmungand" apparently forgetting that Jormungand has already appeared in the comics for years as the Midgard Serpent who is not a god, but a force of Ragnarok. This is especially confusing since The Serpent was revealed to be {{spoiler|Odin's brother}} and therefore most are assuming that it is just a case of [[Lying Creator]] ir at least not-paying-attention creator.
** However, it does explain why there's suddenly ''another'' force of evil with "Serpent" in its name that's prophesized to kill Thor if they're the same. Still, you'd think everyone would rememeber that Thor's fought Jormungand at least five times by now (at least three in modern coninuity if you're picky) and has ''always'' survived and managed to kill the thing. So it's probably a bad quote.
** Added to that, when Loki tells the story of the Serpent, he appears as an Asgardian. With [[The Reveal]] from lower on the page, it's looking less and less like it'll really be Jormungand.
** Finally confirmed to ''not'' be the Midgard Serpent. The Serpent even says that ''he'' was always the Serpent that was going to kill Thor, not Jormungand. [[
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: In Norse mythology, Odin had two little-known brothers called Vili and Ve. They helped Odin create the universe from Ymir's body, and "retired" shortly afterwards.
*** The Serpent himself clearly denounces Odin as a liar. The whole story implies that Odin willingly muddled the prophecies since forever {{spoiler|to steer Thor away from his destiny. [[You Can't Fight Fate|It didn't work, in the end]].}}
** A more minor thing is Thor's overt hostility towards [[The Hulk]]. While the two have a storied rivalry, they've been on friendly terms for the last couple years. If nothing else it seems odd that Thor would attempt a [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]] with Thing and not even try with Hulk.
* [[Downer Ending]]: Looks like it's shaping up for one. Marvel's theme in November is "Shattered Heroes" where everyone is "reeling" from the events of the crossover. Also, they've all but comfirmed that {{spoiler|Thor}} is dead/will die, and already have a successor lined up.
** Oh, and Loki's supposedly going to go on trial for his crimes against Asgard afterward he just helped stop the Serpent.
* [[The Dragon]]: Sin/Skadi.
* [[The Dreaded]]: The Serpent once again; while much about this elusive deity remains uncertain, the fact remains that he has Odin scared ''shitless'' of him, to the point where the Allfather is willing to ''raze the entire planet Earth'' just to destroy the Serpent.
** In fact, the only person in the MU not seemingly in on the mass panic attack is Loki, who is a kid at the moment (and actually has a plan...whatever it is).
** [[Strong
* [[Dual Boss]]: Thor is confronted with Nul and Angir, the two strongest of the Worthy, at the same time.
* [[Evil Makeover]]: Those who become The Worthy.
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* [[Fridge Logic]]: When something causes She-Hulk, Nighthawk, Howard the Duck, and Frankenstein's Monster to turn into monstrous versions of themselves, Howard the Duck turns into... a lizard creature. Repeat Howard the DUCK turns into a LIZARD as an apparently monstrous version of THEMSELVES.
** [[Fridge Brilliance|Perhaps expressing a primordial link to his dinosaur ancestors?]]
* [[Five
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Hulk actually gives one to Banner in his The Worthy tie in prologue.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Hardball SEEMS to make one using his powers to the max to try to save people in Vegas. {{spoiler|It didn't stick.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: }} {{spoiler|Anytime the Worthy show up at least during the first half of the event.}}.
* [[Hope Spot]]: The Battle of St. John's Newfoundland {{spoiler|Speedball arrives to fight off Nerkkod and sends him flying by redirecting his own hammer back at him, seemingly defeating him. As Speedball limps away still thinking of possibly aiding others, Nerkkod returns lays into Speedball and summons a [[Giant Wall of Watery Doom|tidal wave]] to drown the thousands of people in the area.}}
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: The Thunderbolts try this on Juggernaut
** Red She-Hulk's also vaguely trying this on Hulk, while mainly trying to get people out of his way.
*** She tries it again in Hulks vs Dracula #3, {{spoiler|This time it works and Hulk breaks free from the hammers control and destroys it.}}
**** Of course, {{spoiler|that wasn't actually Betty/Red She-Hulk, but a vampire mesmerizing Hulk so that he saw her as Betty.}}
* [[Jumping
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: More like Spoiler-given-mid-event. In their promos for November's "Shattered Heroes" Marvel unveiled the replacement for {{spoiler|Thor}} as well as a cover that seems to show the original dead. The bets on how long that'll last are short and ''really'' short.
** This is happening a lot. It seems the [[Executive Meddling|Execs at Marvel couldn't wait to tell us all about the next line, to the point of spoiling the current one.]]
** Also purposefully avoided in Journey Into Mystery. In order for Loki's plan to presumably not be revealed until it affects the main book, Mephisto gets two [[A Day in
* [[Mind Rape]]: Inverted: Veil tries to neutralize Skirn by possessing her like her [[Future Me Scares Me|future self]] had done to Korvac before, but it's ''Veil'' who gets mindraped with the horrors within Skirn's mind.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The seven other members of the Worthy, both for their actual names and for their titles. See [[The Red Baron]] for more information.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: {{spoiler|A subversion of this happens when one of the Avengers Academy students asks [[The Falcon
** {{spoiler|It is later [[Double Subverted]] when it turns out that although he didn't realize it, he actually was telling them the truth; [[Bucky]] really was in critical condition at the time and was on the verge of being revived with [[Nick Fury]]'s Infinity Formula. Unbeknownst to him, Bucky's [[Faking the Dead|death was faked]] through [[Actually a Doombot|the use of an LMD]] planted by [[Black Widow (
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] When Hulk broke free from his hammers control, he destroyed his hammer....Which released Nul, who now doesn't need a host.
* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: The whole point of the Hulk vs Dracula mini is to have Hulk not cross into [[Moral Dissonance]] by having the his near unstoppable evil side rampage on [[What Measure Is a Non
** Yes and no. Gischler's said that he wants to show Dracula and the vampires as being sympathetic against the unstoppable force that is Nul, Breaker of Worlds, without forgetting that they are, in fact, vampires.
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: MODOK and Zero/One, who has been hunting the Red Hulk, decides that it's far more important to fight the Nazis that are causing havoc
* [[Precision F
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* [[Prophecies Are Always Right]]: {{spoiler|Thor meets his fated end fighting against the Serpent. Even Loki's machinations and attempts to rewrite fate only give Thor the chance to take the Serpent with him.}}
* [[The Red Baron]]: Every single member of the Worthy, Skadi excluded, is called the "Breaker" of something. To wit, we have:
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** Greithoth, Breaker of Wills (Absorbing Man);
** and Angir, Breaker of Souls ([[Fantastic Four|Thing]]).
* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: {{spoiler|[[Bucky]] [[Captain America (comics)|Cap]]}}
** {{spoiler|Though eventually [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in Issue 7.1, where it was revealed that he survived the beating given to him by [[The Dragon|Sin/Skadi]] and had his death faked by [[Black Widow (
* {{spoiler|[[Sequel Hook]]: }} {{spoiler|One shows up at the end when it is revealed that Nul somehow separated from Hulk and Bruce Banner, and is poised to be at the heart of the first story arc of Matt Fraction's new run on [[The Defenders]].}}
* [[Shoot the Hostage]]: {{spoiler|Hardball in order to get Juggernaut out of Las Vegas tries to blow him away with his powers. Juggernaut comes across some homeless people that didn't evacuate with most of the rest of the city to the designated areas. His team gets most out while holding Juggernaut back, but one group refuses to leave even with Hardball's team unsuccessfully battling Juggernaut right in front of them. So Hardball orders a evacuation of his team and uses his powers to blow Juggernaut out of the city limits, injuring himself but apparently killing those that didn't evacuate when his team tried to get them out. }}
* [[Spanner in
** {{spoiler|Turns out to be the key. Loki's deals, machinations and secret infiltration into the Serpent's strong hold, allowed him to gain access to a type 3 [[Reality Writing Book]]. And give the Serpent just enough of a weakness that Thor could "win". }}
* [[Starfish Language]]: Half of the Worthy don't seem to bother speaking anything but this unless their hosts have a [[The Rival|relationship]] with their current opponent/target. Or at least [[Depending
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Gravity and Hardball both get to say one of these {{spoiler|[[Headbutting Heroes|To each other]].}}
* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]: We have yet to be told what Loki's plan for defeating the Serpent is (outside of the fact that he seems to be ''the only person'' with a plan at all and that it's a brains-over-brawn plan). Since we have no clue, it is therefore likely to succeed, according to this trope. And the fact that Loki is a reincarnated [[Magnificent Bastard]].
** Now [[Iron Man]] has a plan too, and we're not quite sure what. Odin's plan is stated-destroy Earth entirely and the Serpent with it.
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Grey Gargoyle's prologue tie-in has him walking around Paris, drinking coffee from a local cafe, and lamenting on his [[Villain Decay]], wondering where his life will go from there before he stumbles onto one of the hammers...
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Played with in Issue 3: {{spoiler|Sin/Skadi apparently kills [[Bucky Barnes|Bucky Cap]], though this was arguably done to return [[Status Quo Is God|Steve Rogers]] to his role as [[Captain America (comics)]].}}
** [[Word of God]] states that this ({{spoiler|Bucky dying & Steve becoming [[Captain America (comics)]] again}}) was always going to happen in the main ongoing.
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Obviously given the grand scale carnage they bring about all the Worthy. Special mention does go to Greithoth (Absorbing Man) and Skirn (Titania) for deciding to head after Pym's Avengers Academy students after their battle in Dubai.
** Everyone Kid!Loki faces is perfectly willing to kill him (most don't becuase he makes it so they would owe him, or becuase they know Thor will ''mess them up'' for hurting his little brother)
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