Dark Reign (comics)

"Dark Reign"
Cover to Secret Invasion: Dark Reign. Art by Alex Maleev.
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	February 2009
Genre	Superhero Crossover
Title(s) Dark Reign Files Dark Reign: New Nation Dark Reign: The Goblin Legacy Marvel Spotlight: Dark Reign Secret Invasion: Dark Reign See also: Issues section
Main character(s)	New Avengers Iron Man Norman Osborn Dark Avengers The Cabal Thunderbolts The Hood's Crime Syndicate Dormammu
Creative team
Writer(s)	Brian Michael Bendis Jonathan Hickman Matt Fraction Rick Remender Kieron Gillen Peter Milligan Andy Diggle Greg Pak Jason Aaron Dan Slott
Artist(s)	Alex Maleev

Dark Reign is a 2008 to 2009 comic book branding used by Marvel Comics. It deals with the aftermath of the "Secret Invasion" storyline, which resulted in a shift of power in the Marvel Universe toward Norman Osborn.^[1][2][3] The title refers to Osborn's rise to national power and the ramifications thereof.^[4] Joe Quesada, then-editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, stated that "Dark Reign is not really an event, it's what's happening in the Marvel Universe." He believes that "Dark Reign leads to an interesting place in the Marvel Universe. I think you'll see a pulling back at the end of Dark Reign, but you'll understand at the end of it what we were trying to get to."^[4]