Nicolas Ayala

Marvel reveals which two Avengers are the first to die in the team's apocalyptic 2026 crossover. While the comic book Avengers originally chose their name because Wasp thought it sounded "colorful and dramatic" and the MCU's Avengers get their name from Captain Marvel's Air Force callsign, they have also reinforced its meaning multiple times. In the comics, Earth's Mightiest Heroes have overturned their defeat in events like Secret Invasion and Avengers: Disassembled.

Marvel's Spider-Man reboot introduces a new version of Peter Parker's superhero origin story, with a dark twist that turns the wall-crawler's superpowers into a horror movie. Across the vast majority of Marvel universes, most versions of Peter Parker gain their powers from a genetically altered spider's bite, and their tragic failure to stop a fleeing criminal results in Uncle Ben's death, teaching Peter the lesson that "with great power there must also come great responsibility".

Marvel gives Wolverine his very own Spider-Verse, complete with two multiversal counterparts who join forces with the original Logan. Spider-Man's gradual transformation from a friendly neighborhood vigilante into a multiversal nexus point began with the introduction of the Spider-Totems, which revealed that the radioactive spider that bit Peter Parker integrated him into a web of similar heroes.