Event #1: Fear Itself

Leading the Comic Book Events in one of the most highly anticipated storylines of the year, Fear Itself, from Marvel Comics, led their readers across over a hundred issues and a mass wealth of crossovers. From deep within the oceans, the Odin's brother, Cur, the one true All-Father of the Norse Pantheon, has been freed. Now bent on reclaiming his dominion over the nine realms, he unleashes his Worthy to spread terror and hopelessness as he takes over. Read More...

Interested in Fear itself? Check out the Marvel Fear Itself Catalog.

Fear Itself is number one on The Top 5 Comic Book Events of 2011, a countdown provided by The Superheroes List of those massive crossovers and earth-altering moments of the year. If you enjoyed this countdown, check out the others!

Event #2: Flashpoint

The real excitement (and anxiety) that challenged DC readers started on Free Comic Book Day in the month of May; before The New 52 was even a whisper, we were preparing for a super-sized shakeup hinging upon The Flash. Geoff Johns, the brainchild behind many of their stories, was spearheading the event and our only clue was that everything we knew would be forever changed.Read More...

Recommended Reading: Flashpoint

This Flashpoint title is the backbone of the event. Barry Allen wakes up and finds himself in a world where he's no longer The Flash. To make things worse Captain Cold is a hero and Bruce Wayne is no longer Batman. Follow this series to find out how our Scarlet Speedster uncovers the truth and tries to save reality as he knew it.

(Book Description) Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war - but where are Earth's Greatest Heroes to stop it? It's a place where America's last hope is Cyborg, who hopes to gather the forces of The Outsider, The Secret 7, S!H!A!Z!A!M!, Citizen Cold and other new and familiar-yetaltered faces! It's a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can't find the villain who altered the time line!

Flashpoint is #2 on the Top 5 Comic Book Events of 2011, a countdown provided by The Superheroes List. This year was highly eventful; if you want to know what really powered the comic book worlds, Check out the List!

Event #3: The DC New 52

Of all the events coinciding in 2011, DC Comics had their greatest number of reissues with their New 52, a "soft reboot" of #1 titles beginning with Justice League #1 on August 31. Promising an up-do-date, modernized look, all their characters received a makeover; Superman loses his red underwear, Wonder Woman's costume shows armored layers, and all the rest of the DC Universe now operates in the era of the new millennium. Read More.

Recommended Reading: DC Comics: The New 52

DC Entertainment made history by launching 52 #1 DC Comics issues starring their Greatest Super-Heroes. To commemorate this milestone occasion, they released DC COMICS: THE NEW 52, a massive hardcover collection collecting every single one of these debut issues. This 1,216-page compilation will include such issues as:

JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee
ACTION COMICS #1 by Grant Morrison and Rags Morales
BATMAN #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
GREEN LANTERN #1 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke
SWAMP THING #1 by Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette
STORMWATCH #1 by Paul Cornell and Miguel Sepulveda
TEEN TITANS #1 by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth
And 45 more!


The DC New 52 is #3 on The Top 5 Comic Book Events of 2011, a countdown of the greatest, large-scale stories of the year. This is provided by The Superheroes List. Check out the List!

Event #4: Spider-Island

You knew something like this would happen one day! The Jackal, one of Spider-Man's Greatest Foes, uses Peter Parker's DNA and comes up with a form of mutation that he distributes through the New York bed bug infestation. Suddenly, everyone has spidey powers; they're scaling walls, shootings webs - and the whole city is going crazy! Read More...

Spider-Island registers at #4 on the Top 5 Comic Book Events of 2011, a countdown provided by The Superheroes List to impart the great events of the year, how effective they were, and the impact they had on their perspective universes. If you followed any of these incredible stories, be sure to follow along. Check out this List!