Iconic comic moments

[calm goblet]

Helloooo I'm putting together something for the server where I'm looking to gather a collection of iconic moments in Marvel, and I need some help with comics!

Please do share your favourite comic moments here

• I've got a bit of a general bias towards highlighting more recent comics, think post-2000s
  • but if there's a really iconic moment (like Spidey in Secret Wars '84 etc) that's also cool too
• something that's captured in art - a single moment not like a storyline
  • if you can send the art too that's even better :)
  • but no stress i'm more than happy to hunt them down myself too
• "iconic" ie memorable and significant. Badass or funny panels are cool but not what I'm looking for here

I'm looking for as many as you're willing to share! Thank you in advance :)

just pinging a few #comics regulars if you don't mind
@abstract apex @harsh wind @bright rune @white briar @primal tusk @empty shard @lone raft @nocturne path @echo cape @floral kestrel @candid zealot @olive coral @fallow wadi @viscid isle @thin tundra
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I'd try and gather these moments myself but I've got my own favouritism biases and i think it'd be cool to get everybody's own picks in for this

A few of my favourites from recent-times

• introduction to the Council of Reeds (Hickman)
• reveal of Jane as Thor (Aaron)
• Daredevil white suit in hell (end of Zdarsky's run)
• Incursion in New Avengers (Hickman)
• Arrakko terraform (Hellfire Gala Duggan)
• Strange God of Magic (Cates)

i'm staring at my bookshelf and racking my brain way harder than i should for this stuff lol, not sure if these all count as iconic but that's something that i can filter through at a later stage

• Reed v Doom end of (Secret Wars Hickman)
• Venom w unipower in (King in Black Cates)
• Star Lord as Master of the Sun (Guardians Ewing)
• Storm meeting Doom after the Gala (X-Men Red Ewing)
• (anything) Jeff (It's Jeff! Infinity Comic by Kelly Thompson and Gurihiru)

[calm goblet]

• something Ultimates (Invasion, Spidey Hickman and/or Ultimates Camp, can't immediately think of a highlight moment rn though)
• Ms Marvel debut (GWW)
• Phoenix Five (AvX)
• Cap v Iron Man (Civil War)
• Skrulls at start of invasion (Secret Invasion)
• Hydra Cap (Spencer)
• something Spider-Verse (Bendis)

[candid zealot]

Fear Itself 🏆

[calm goblet]

ohhh hell yeah

btw please do feel free to share as many as what comes to mind, the more the better

[candid zealot]

Dark Avengers forming gotta be up there

[viscid isle]

I also wanted to do that annihilus one, so good 🤩

[viscid isle]

Not sure if this qualifies but this is probably the moment that stuck with me most of Zdarsky’s DD

[abstract apex]

This one is truly iconic

[calm goblet]

Amazing these are all great tysm

Keep em coming 🙏

[calm goblet]

ok this is the huge grid i'll be filling up.... i'll very happily take anything and everything you've got

[viscid isle]

I'll give it some more thought. We're only doing Marvel stuff right?

[calm goblet]

Yup only Marvel

No need to be particularly picky about them, it's a lot easier for me to cull a list lol

[calm goblet]

aura

[abstract apex]

Magneto has a lot of them

[empty shard]

Welp
As the Black Panther fan I have to include two moments relating to Killmonger
When he threw T'Challa off the cliff in Jungle Action #6 and when he became Black Panther himself in Black Panther #21

[viscid isle]

Some pages from McKay’s Moon Knight, you can pick whichever one you find best suited (if any)

And some Wolverine

[floral kestrel]

that 3rd pic is my phone wallpaper and it goes so hard ngl

[viscid isle]

Haha nice

My phone wallpapers are screenshots of Jeff

Currently I’m rocking cheese Jeff

[empty shard]

Another iconic Black Panther moment is when he revealed that he only joined the Avengers to spy on them

[empty shard]

I will make a list of Blade moments which I can gather images for later (since I am busy now)

• When Blade was bitten by Morbius
• When Blade defeated Deacon Frost
• When he said that "there are worse things out tonight than vampires"
• When he stabbed Zarathos
• When he first killed Dracula

Oh yeah
I should also include another Black Panther moment
Which is when he called upon every Black Panther to help fix Wakanda

[thin tundra]

One of these pages of Jonny in the negative zone gotta be up there, idk which one to choose so I'll just send 3

[floral kestrel]

what abt the moment from blood hunt when MK is revived

[calm goblet]

oo all of this is great tysm

[white briar]

When it comes down to iconic it’s gotta be the hulk and sentry clash from World War hulk

[candid zealot]

X of Swords, Elektra becoming DD, and Karen Page’s death could probably be up there

[calm goblet]

yeah absolutely tysm

[primal tusk]

Danny Ketch showing up redefined Ghost Rider for 30 years, that’s pretty iconic

[empty shard]

Welp
Only one of them looked cool enough to share

Oh yeah
Another one is when the Nightstalkers threaten Johnny Blaze

[viscid isle]

I feel you, some moments I looked up totally looked cooler in my head

[torpid python]

Pete and MJ's first kiss from ASM #143

[empty shard]

Here are 4 iconic Wolverine moments

The third one doesn't look as good as I wanted to

[empty shard]

Yeah
I wanted to use when Blade first killed Dracula
But the panel looks like this

Like
He doesn't even looked shocked or surprised like the text shows

[primal tusk]

Blonde guy looks shocked

[empty shard]

Oh yeah
A much better and more iconic Sabretooth and Wolverine moment

Oh yeah
Two from Old Man Logan
One when he finally defeats the Hulk (who killed his family)
And the other when he realized he accidentally killed the X-Men

And one from Enemy of The State when he fully turned

Ofcourse Wolverine's final promise to Mariko

Oh yeah
I need to look into iconic Punisher moments
Only one comes to mind rn

Maybe later

[candid zealot]

oh these two are good

[thin tundra]

not a good story but

[nocturne path]

This is the winner of the Classic X-Men era

And this should be here

[candid zealot]

Norman going all goblin again should fit right

[nocturne path]

This one, 3 different adaptations and atleast 18 different modern cover references

[viscid isle]

Yeah I wanted to share that one as well but I completely forgot which issue it's from

[nocturne path]

#33 of the classic run

[viscid isle]

Ahh, for some reason I had in my head that it's from the annual with the first Sinister 6 appearance

[nocturne path]

And for sheer hate that everyone has for the modern direction of Spidey

Here's the one that started it all

[viscid isle]

Do have to say, it's a pretty sick drawing

[nocturne path]

I'm surprised no one pulled that Doom panel yet

It's shared every weekend on reddit

[candid zealot]

reminds me this isnt here yet

[nocturne path]

I have 30 other Doom panels in mind but since we're going for iconic then this must be the one

[lone raft]

PEAK

[lone raft]

Who is that on the left of sentry

well, my left

technically it's Sentry's right

[lone raft]

it is

[candid zealot]

Marvel Boy

Noh Varr

[lone raft]

I knew it looked like him

i didnt know he was on the dark avengers

[candid zealot]

He was there temporarily

He left early

[lone raft]

ah ok

[candid zealot]

Trying so hard to limit bendisvengers stuff but like... half the big avengers moments happened when he was at the helm

[viscid isle]

I mean Rocked did say it's easier to scrap pictures than it is to find new ones

[candid zealot]

True

Sentry killing Ares is up there

Even if it oddly wont send 😭

3 tries I give up

And Knull killing Sentry the same way

[lone raft]

Annihilation: Nova #1 - Richard Rider receives the full Nova Force and gains the new suit to help him control the power.

[lone raft]

OH MY GOODNESS

That is gorgeous

[lone raft]

Valid tbh

[viscid isle]

That is Capuccio for ya, amazing artist :)

Imo him and Chechetto is where it's at these days, those 2 keep knocking it out of the park

[nocturne path]

Discord's censorship system is messed up

[nocturne path]

This is gonna be great

[nocturne path]

Speaking of WWH

[white briar]

“I’ve come to smash”

[lone raft]

Good thing this wasn't the real Black Bolt

[lone raft]

majestic

[nocturne path]

Should have been

The Skrull retcon was dumb as f... Let's not get carried away in here

[candid zealot]

Acting like Hulk couldn't beat the goofy outta Black Bolt in 5 seconds is wild work

Dude got punked by the Vox. The Vox are Carol victims

Put real Black Bolt in that situation, give him a day to prepare he's not winning 😭

[abstract apex]

Is black bolt alive?

[candid zealot]

Yes

[abstract apex]

So there’s at least one living black bolt in the multiverse

[white briar]

That’s actually bad since it takes away from the story lol

Plus NOBODY cares about secret invasion

[candid zealot]

Secret Invasion is pretty important. Leds to Dark Reign

[calm goblet]

Oh man these are all great

Tysm

Please do keep them coming!

[nocturne path]

This one is a bit unorthodox so idk

[thin tundra]

The God Butcher first appearance

[nocturne path]

Imo these are the highlights of Ultimate Invasion

The first one is just cinematic

[nocturne path]

Aura farming Thor from this arc rn

[thin tundra]

I have the damn book but I want to read secret wars beforehand 😭

[nocturne path]

Luckily you didn't spoil much 😭

Just The Maker doing funny man shit

[thin tundra]

Tbf I already saw the first two pages somewhere

[nocturne path]

The Maker is 10x better after reading SW

He just gets a breath of character depth

I have to get my most iconic Stark panels to make up for the amount of hate I spread about him yesterday

Endosym is great

I'm sure I have something

[thin tundra]

Lol, better do the same for Cap

I should prob to the same for Captain Marvel

[nocturne path]

Hellll nahhh

Jk I have one from Siege

[thin tundra]

Rocked ignore this message

This is the best I could come up with

Tho she's Ms Marvel here

[lone raft]

LMAO

Acting like Hulk is cooking Black Bolt is insanity

[lone raft]

Too bad

Pak was reaching

Glad it wasn't the real one

it for sure took away from the story

not my problem though

if Pak had it his way for that storyline, he'd have that Hulk beat Silver Surfer, Nova Prime, Thanos, Odin etc.

[lone raft]

true

[lone raft]

good point

[candid zealot]

He could take him. BB doesnt seem like he could really take a sane Sentry, he aint Genis or anything

[lone raft]

Nova Vol 4 #14

At least, I think it's #14

[candid zealot]

Plus him jobbing to the Vox in Death of Inhumans does him no favors. Carol was working the Vox and she's a Hulk turbovictim

[lone raft]

Black Bolt literally has a history of going toe to toe with Hulk when he's NOT using his voice

and not just hulk, he does the same with other 100 tonners

[candid zealot]

At that point Hulk was too angry, he was much stronger than previous encounters

[lone raft]

Hulk lost to Captain America

[lone raft]

Black Bolt literally fought Gladiator head on

[candid zealot]

He ran through most people that could face him prior. Beat up Ben Grimm, snapped Colossus' arms

[lone raft]

Hulk is in for a fight even without his voice

[lone raft]

oh?

You mean when every hit from Ben Grimm left him bleeding?

When Hercules stopped his attack?

When he was getting matched by full power Juggernaut?

Who exactly did he fodderize that was a match for him previously?

[candid zealot]

Still got a decisive win over him and kept it pushing

[lone raft]

Ben Grimm wasn't even a problem for Annihilus

(when he has cosmic control rod)

[candid zealot]

Hulk legit ran through most of heroes, got to ben, whooped him, and kept going

[lone raft]

Doc Samson lost off panel

[candid zealot]

Then he beat up ross and the military. Beat up strange. And fought Sentry

[lone raft]

he stopped Ares, who isn't a Class 100 on the level of Thor

and his warbound are actually quite powerful

Korg before even WWH was literally giving Thor a good fight

and had other moments that clearly showed he was in the ballpark with Savage Hulk and Thor without OF

[lone raft]

Well for ONCE

Pak didn't glaze Hulk to oblivion

Zom strange was brutalizing Hulk for the entire fight

until he stopped lol

i should specify that it was for the entire time he was on offense

because the moment his mentality changed he got cooked

[lone raft]

well, the Ross thing was cool

and beating the Hulkbuster was cool too

[candid zealot]

True

[lone raft]

the entire event was cool

easily one of my favorites in marvel comics

[candid zealot]

I feel like that Sentry fight holds a lot of weight. He had already run a gauntlet of people who were in his ballpark then got to him

Sentry at that point in time was at his peak glaze

[lone raft]

No he didn't

we saw him run through someone who only gives him a fight when he's holding back as Savage Hulk (Ben Grimm)

we saw him stomp ares, who isn't on the physical level of Hercules or Thor

his warbound assisted him with She Hulk's team of heroes which included Wonder Man and Doc Samson

the only solid moment we saw was when he almost killed Hercules in 3 blows

[candid zealot]

The Warbound beat most of that team yeah but he ran through a lot of threats, not just physical powerhouses. He beat Sue

[lone raft]

and greg later implied hercules still had a tiny chance of winning if he wanted to fight

[lone raft]

You know Sue Storm was not losing with good writing

she would've turned invisible or turned her husband invisible when Hulk was attacking him

Sue Storm is the ultimate support in marvel

[candid zealot]

Win is a win 😭

[lone raft]

but sure, he busted through Sue's shield

which is impressive

UNFORTUNATELY

Hercules stopped his attack

and he was matched by full power Juggernaut

two characters in the same ballpark as Thor without Odinforce

I didn't write the comic, Greg did

yet when someone asked Greg how would OF Thor fare

what did greg say?

Spoiler alert

he glazed Hulk

i should've saved that screenshot of his response

something like "I wouldn't want to be Thor in that situation"

admittedly, that's not the worst thing he could've said

so it's not super hard glaze

[candid zealot]

Sometimes authors just got faves, Pak fits under that umbrella

[lone raft]

true

[lone raft]

Starlin retconned Thanos' loss to Thor

[white briar]

You just provided the biggest example of a authors pet lol

Thanos might as well be starlin’s son

With the treatment he gets

[lone raft]

Starlin understands what it means to have 'good writing'

[candid zealot]

Worst thing against BB vs Hulk is his performance against the Vox.

[lone raft]

one of the best decisions in marvel comics

[lone raft]

Captain Marvel writers glazing her but undermining other characters is nothing new

she two shotted Blastaar in one of her books

[candid zealot]

Like if you're getting worked on the physical side by someone who isnt decisively stronger than carol then like.... thats tough

[white briar]

CORNY

I’m sorry that’s what it was bro

[candid zealot]

Thanos is the final boss type

[lone raft]

Good thing he has a multitude of moments that contradict that

[lone raft]

Starlin simply realized what made sense and what didn't

[white briar]

There’s final boss and then there’s acting like hulk hogan and having your L’s erased

[candid zealot]

You cant have him job in stupid ways, that lessens their impact

[white briar]

Corny bra

[nocturne path]

Erm... Guys I have to assume that it would be easier for Rocked if this thread is kept solely for the iconic panels instead of comic critique

[lone raft]

as for the Thor loss, that may have just been a moment of him wanting to use Thanos after a writer killed him off

[white briar]

Take the L and move on happens to anyone

[candid zealot]

Lets go to comics yeah 😭

[lone raft]

No

you shouldnt get the L to begin with

good thing he had Daddy Starlin

he made sure Thanos was consistent

[lone raft]

😭

[white briar]

True

I’ll post another iconic marvel moment in a bit

[lone raft]

World War Hulk: X-men #3 - Hulk vs Juggernaut

Guess who was the artist 💫

the man himself, Andrea Divito

and if that name does not ring a bell, it's the man who was responsible for PEAK

[nocturne path]

I just realized something

Is it better to send a moment with or without the text?

[white briar]

With so people can understand why it’s iconic

[lone raft]

If the text adds to the cool factor then yes

[nocturne path]

Ah very well then

[lone raft]

otherwise, it doesn't really matter imo

[calm goblet]

lol honestly the captain marvel logo is more for legacy and icon purposes more than anything at this point

i loved the character when i first made it, and i still do (but to a lesser extent)

not to the same amount that i'd go and set her logo as my pfp today, but it's what i've been rolling with since like 2017 so i'm sticking with it to eternity now

[lone raft]

Is Carol Danvers in your top 5 or top 10 fav characters? Or do you just like her enough to put the logo as your pfp?

[calm goblet]

that said, Thompson Captain Marvel

you see

i am terrible at ranking

i do love the character though and Thompson's CM definitely solidified her as one of my favourites

less invested with her atm since Wong's run was a bit meh and she's great in MacKay's Avengers but that's about it rn

[calm goblet]

up to youuuuu

although

i'm prioritising stuff that's photogenic

not a stipulation or condition but i'm finding myself generally prioritising the ones that look cool at face value and not because you can zoom in and read the text

but then like, got this

so its happily a big mix

[primal tusk]

If the god butcher arc counts

[nocturne path]

I see, interesting

[calm goblet]

i'm sure people may be able to figure out what i'm doing if you think about it

[nocturne path]

Absolutely

I have been thinking which one to pick from #588

One of the greatest issues of all time

[lone raft]

Ah, okay I kinda understand

[lone raft]

what happened in this issue

lol wait is that Franklin

[calm goblet]

#588 is a tearjerker

even when you've read it a million times and know what happens later

[lone raft]

wow

so it's like Titanic

[calm goblet]

Fantastic Four #587 (by Hickman) is the issue where Johnny sacrifices himself to seal the gate to the Negative Zone

[white briar]

You wanna talk iconic marvel pages post turn of the century

The death of Captain America

And the birth of a new Captain

[calm goblet]

#588 is the weeks of mourning following, almost zero dialogue yet packed with emotion

[candid zealot]

Pitching two other Captains Marvel moments

[nocturne path]

Aftermath of Johnny Storm's death, it's a mostly textless issue which adds a lot to it's brilliance

[calm goblet]

Uncles is a short story at the end which follows Pete and Franklin spending a day together

its so sweet

[lone raft]

wow

[nocturne path]

Even with knowing that Johnny is back by the next event

[lone raft]

a mostly textless issue

that sounds deep

[calm goblet]

imo it's the highest highlight of Hickman's entire run

[calm goblet]

Captains Marvel
Captain Marvels
Captains Marvels

[candid zealot]

I like the ring of Captains Marvel too much, ik most people would say Captain Marvels

[nocturne path]

Damn right, It has my favourite Thing / Thor / Hulk moment as a friend

[nocturne path]

Some Beta Ray Bill love

The Worthy & the Unworthy

[lone raft]

wow just those panels alone gave me feelings

[nocturne path]

That's #588 for ya

[nocturne path]

Some iconic moments from Cates Strange

[calm goblet]

Whew ok I think my comic art tally is at about 70 at the moment

Definitely space for a lot more so please do keep them coming

Also though if you've got iconic moments from:

• Marvel TV pre-2021 (AOS, Netflix etc - I haven't quite seen all of them)
• classic animated shows (the iconic ones like X-Men and Spidey TAS)
• games (Rivals, Spidey PS, Snap, Contest of Champions, Future Fight, but then also the older stuff I'm less familiar with)

[viscid isle]

Not really iconic I guess but this is probably my favorite panel out of the entirety of Ewings Hulk

[thin tundra]

Hello Karen, it's nice to see you again

[viscid isle]

Some Jeff options

[candid zealot]

OH tv counts too?

[calm goblet]

can never have too much jeff

[candid zealot]

Real

[calm goblet]

i'm kinda handling it separately but yeah if you've got suggestions you're most certainly welcome to share

i'm not quite familiar with everything in all the shows

[thin tundra]

I think I sent this already but idk

[thin tundra]

Hold up a sec

That sounds almost like the line from Marvel Rivals

[candid zealot]

There’s water MJ, that’s a classic
That and him screaming at shocker

[abstract apex]

https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19941762/RCO008_1468988295.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100

[viscid isle]

From Insomniac’s Spider-Man

[abstract apex]

Anyone post this one yet?

[nocturne path]

Speaking of Vision

[abstract apex]

That’s a cover, I wouldn’t count it

[nocturne path]

Ah fair

[nocturne path]

Snap

[nocturne path]

"Daddy... I'm alive."

[nocturne path]

Some North love

[calm goblet]

Oh I don't mind

I mean if the cover itself is iconic and not just pretty art

[supple linden]

If this isn't iconic, I don't know what is

[nocturne path]

Stark's most iconic armor, the Extremis

[nocturne path]

I think there're more modern references to this moment

[calm goblet]

wow really

"jackpot".... such an odd thing for MJ to say

never heard it before

[nocturne path]

Real

[calm goblet]

damn thats cool

which run is that from

[nocturne path]

Immortal Thor

Was searching for something Loki related from his original redemption arc and found this

[calm goblet]

damn i think i need to reread it

a) i'm behind and b) i've clearly forgotten what happened

[nocturne path]

Yeah would definitely recommend it

Loki makes it extra rereadable too since the dynamic is great

[calm goblet]

very true

that said

i might wait on the eventual omni

and reread it physical

[calm goblet]

i have a bias

[calm goblet]

sweeeeeeeeet

i've got everything i needed

thank you all for all your help

i really really really really appreciate it

hopefully i'll be sharing the final product in the near future but that's tba

[nocturne path]

Happy to help

It will definitely be great

[calm goblet]

i suppose it doesn't hurt though, feel free to keep using this thread if you've got cool comic moments to share

i definitely will (when i remember)

[candid zealot]

Idk if this got in but this was big

[calm goblet]

oh damn

nah secret invasion slipped my mind

[candid zealot]

I tried so hard to get that in but it got blocked every time

[lone raft]

Nova #3

[viscid isle]

Good self-reflection this guy has

[calm goblet]

Helloooop

Not related to this thread's topic

But

Would anybody here be interested in helping keeping #comic-news updated?

[autumn skiff]

I would be interested

[calm goblet]

(and even better, #movies-tv-news too)

[autumn skiff]

what do I have to do

[calm goblet]

Well, I'd need to set up permissions first, I won't do that until later

Might leave this offer open for a little bit and get a couple people on board too

I've written up some stuff about what to and not to post, but it's pretty intuitive

[autumn skiff]

I have been in this server since almost 2 years originally since my old account got restricted since I couldn't use that email anymore but I really think I would be a great Candidate

no problem

lets see how many people are on board with it

and I will see how much I can help

rocked

since I love this server and Marvel as a whole

[calm goblet]

Sounds great

[autumn skiff]

Thanks for considering me as an option

[calm goblet]

Do you also keep up with #movies-tv-news stuff?

[autumn skiff]

I do semi regularly

but I love the comic news channel and check it daily

[autumn skiff]

I also love that yall finally updated the Daredevil character role for Born Again edition

[calm goblet]

Thank Blaze for helping provide the graphic for it!

[autumn skiff]

@zinc sentinel Thanks for providing the Graphic for the new Daredevil Character role for the new Born Again edition

[calm goblet]

[viscid isle]

Depending on what would be required I might be able to help, I keep up pretty well with tracking new and upcoming releases

[calm goblet]

It's pretty much just keeping the channel up to date with new news

[autumn skiff]

Doesn't seem too difficult

[zinc sentinel]

Welcome, I noticed a problem and loved to help

Glad you liked it

[autumn skiff]

Can we add it as an emoji as well

[zinc sentinel]

I have no problem with that

[autumn skiff]

Can you ask Rocked

or someone on the high mod council team

[autumn skiff]

[calm goblet]

beat to the punch: #1382597589588901919 message

[wooden wharf]

😞

Don’t think anyone sent this yet

[floral kestrel]

Already sent

[floral kestrel]

Heh el oh el

[calm goblet]

🙏 thanks for the help

[viscid isle]

The end result looks awesome 🤩

[nocturne path]

The GIF also looks great, every pause is some of the most iconic frames

[calm goblet]

i do love how packed it is

i can recognise everything there, and 95% of it immediately

[junior inlet]

All good moments

[thin tundra]

Omg this is so cool

I can see a lot of the SS I sent

[calm goblet]

it wont embed, you'll need to download this - but this is a 16000x16000 resolution version

for wallpapering needs

[thin tundra]

Thank you

[thin tundra]

Wait

Where can I watch it

[nocturne path]

#announcements

[calm goblet]

#announcements

[candid zealot]

This is so fire 😭

[autumn skiff]

@olive coral

@soft hull

[viscid isle]

The button had some great art fr

[autumn skiff]

my button