Siege (TPB)
All hell breaks loose as Norman Osborne and his twisted Avengers disobey a direct order from the President and stages a full scale assault on the newly relocated, earthbound Asgard! Thor and The Asgardians defend Asgard with all their might as Captain America and the real Avengers stand by their side. But Norman Osborne has an ace up his sleeve and his name is Sentry. This one’s gonna knock yer socks off! Featuring Doctor Doom, Loki, Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, The Hood, Norman Osborne, Sentry, Thor and The Asgardians, Taskmaster, Luke Cage and The U-foes.
This is a thrilling and vital chapter in the Marvel Universe that will change everything. Make no mistake, this is a story about war and both sides will suffer casualties. Heroes, villains and even gods will die. This collection is a gem and not to be missed. Written by Brian Michael Bendis (Moon Knight, Ultimate Spider-Man) and illustrated by Michael Lark (Daredevil), Lucio Parrillo (Red Sonja : Wrath Of The Gods), Olivier Coipel (House Of M) and Jim Cheung (New Avengers). Originally published as Siege : The Cabal, Siege #1-#4 and Avengers : The Way Things Are. From Marvel Comics.
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Seige didn't actually change that much. The lasting effects of the event are, essentially, these:
- Official end of the Dark Reign saga (making Seige itself a sort of mini-event)
- Sentry is gone and his character has been ruined
- Asgard is essentially destroyed...but got rebuilt pretty quickly
Compare Seige to some more notable Marvel events- Civil War or House of M, for example. Civil War brought on a LOT of changes- entire new titles and teams were created, the super-hero community was divided, Marvel kept on pushing Speedball's personal issues on us for like two years afterwards, to name a few. House of M took the Scarlet Witch out of the Avengers and made her a character that most of the Marvel world wants dead , de-powered notable mutants like Jubilee, Polaris, Moonstar, Prodigy, Professor X and Magneto, and brought the gradual acceptance of mutants that the Marvel world had been edging towards to a grinding halt. THOSE were story arcs that changed everything.