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Marvel Comics is one of the two biggest comic publishers active in the United States today, the other being DC Comics. A subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company since 2009, it's one of the largest, oldest, and most well-known comic book publishing companies in the world.
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- Peter Parker's Unhappiness. Spider-Man is integral to Marvel's success, and he is known for his quick-wit and never-say-die attitude. But for some reason, it's become a major trope to never allow Spider-Man to be happy.
- New York. New York City is the primary location of most Marvel comics. That's becoming quite boring considering the world is so much wider. The distinguished competition, DC Comics, utilizes a range of fictional cities to create some differentiation among the backdrops.
- Heroes Going Rogue. The protagonist going rogue is a trope that extends past the realm of comic books and into cinema. However, Marvel hasn't been left behind with this narrative trend.
- The Status Quo. While continuing to keep the same characters in major titles is one trope that demonstrates the wider problem, Marvel as a whole is scared of changing the status quo.
- 10 Heroes Turn to The Dark Side
- 9 Crossover Events That Bring Many Heroes Together
- 8 Resurrecting Characters
- 7 X-Men Comics Hate Cyclops
- 6 Characters' Names Are Alliterated
- 5 Killing Off Women Just to Motivate The Male Hero
- 4 Apocalyptic Marvel Futures
- 3 Hero vs. Hero Battles
- 2 Peter Parker Cannot Have A Healthy Relationship
- 1 Badass Women Successors
While a bit overused, there is an appeal to seeing a lighthearted hero such as Spider-Man wear a black suit and have an edge. In other cases such as Ultimate Reed Richards, heroes have turned into total villains that make Doctor Doom look tame by comparison. There have been times Marvel has taken the idea too far with Captain America during Secret ...
For even Marvel events that disappointed fans like Secret Empire, there are two other beloved events such asSecret Wars and Infinity Gauntletthat made history. Seeing the likes of Wolverine and Spider-Man team up is fun, but it's a spectacle to see an army of superheroes in massive events. Even Spider-People have become so numerous that Marvel gave...
Both Marvel and DC suffer from the overused tropethat rarely anybody stays dead in the comics. Feeling more akin to a soap opera, Marvel will create elaborate deaths for a character only for them to come back through plot conveniences such as time travel, magical resurrection, and whatever the writers conjure. As a result, storylines in Marvel Comi...
For whatever reason, Marvel decided to turn Cyclops from the idealistic X-Men leader to the punching bag for writers. If it's not a personal tragedy for Scott Summers such as losing a friend or loved one, the writers turn him into an obsessive lover who loses his significant others or has an ego the size of Galactus. RELATED: 10 Powers X-Men's Cycl...
Whether it's the comics, animated shows, or live-action movies, anyone is bound to pick up on the alliteration pattern with Marvel names. Peter Parker, Susan Storm, Bruce Banner, Jessica Jones, Stephen Strange, and even the mighty Fin Fang Foom. This naming trope has become so well known and loved that when some non-Marvel movies have alliterated c...
Marvel sadly has not always been great at writing women in their comics; the writers would often succumb to the tired cliché of killing off a love interest just so the hero can be single again to make them edgy. Famous comic book writer Gail Simone coined this trope as "Fridging" based on an infamous DC comic in which Kyle Rayner's wife was stuffed...
Other than exceptions like the 2099 stories, Marvel Comics does not like the idea of classic future portrayals. Instead of cyberpunk cities, flying cars, and hoverboards, most depictions of Marvel's future involve the planet's destruction. RELATED: The 13 Darkest Marvel Comics Ever The Old Man Logan and Avengers of the Wasteland comics are famous e...
As much as Marvel heroes working together is a blast, there is almost always an appeal to seeing a full-on battle between individual heroes or even groups. It has led to some iconic matches including Hulk vs. Wolverine and Captain America vs. Iron Man. The fight between heroes appeals to the classic schoolyard debates kids would have about who woul...
If Spider-Man is not involved with a toxic partner like Black Cat, Marvel is obsessed with splitting him apart from better lovers like Gwen Stacy, Kitty Pryde, and Mary Jane Watson. Even certain eras of Spider-Man comics depict the relationship between Peter and Mary Jane to be far from healthy. Other times, the women in Peter's life are victims of...
While there are unique women in Marvel Comics such as the Invisible Woman and Black Widow, others end up being variants or successors of another hero. For example, the Hawkeye mantle was passed from Clint Barton to Kate Bishop who has become just as good as he was, if not better. There is Spider-Gwen who became her Earth's spider-related hero and J...
A description of tropes appearing in Marvel Universe. The world as portrayed in Marvel Comics, especially under Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby, …
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For those of you who don't know, the trope occurs when, in a fictional setting, like the MCU, something like real-life physics or more realistic behaviors/reactions breaks narrative convention or presents the characters with real-life consequences. For example, Spider-Man loves to swing around the buildings of New York.
