LEGO Marvel Super Heroes LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is a Video Game released October 22 , 2013 in North America , and on November 15 , 2013 in Europe . The game was released on the Xbox One on November 22 , on the PS4 on November 15 , and OS X on May 8 , 2014 . Plot . The game begins as Galactus is eating the remains of a destroyed planet . Still hungry , he sends his herald Silver Surfer to find him more food . The Surfer ' s search leads him to Earth , where he is chased by S . H . I . E . L . D . and Iron Man . Silver Surfer is knocked out of the sky by Doctor Doom with his surfboard shattering into several ' Cosmic Bricks ' that fall onto the Earth . With these blocks containing immense power , Doctor Doom captures the powerless Surfer and forges an alliance with Loki and other villains to collect the Cosmic Bricks and make the powerful " Doom Ray of Doom " - which Doom intends to use to both stop Galactus from devouring Earth as well as to rule the planet . However , S . H . I . E . L . D . director Nick Fury calls upon the superheroes of the Marvel Universe to retrieve the bricks before they can be captured by Doom and his army . Abomination and Sandman hold the entire Grand Central Station hostage in search of a Cosmic Brick , and it draws the attention of Iron Man and The Hulk , who are later aided by Spider - Man in defeating Sandman and thus securing the Cosmic Brick . Fury then tasks Captain America and Mister Fantastic in finding more bricks , and the two head to the Baxter Building , which has fallen under the control of Doctor Octopus . When the fight goes through the Daily Bugle , Spider - Man returns to aid the two heroes . The heroes defeat Doctor Octopus at Times Square , but the Cosmic Brick is stolen by the Green Goblin , who takes it with him to Oscorp Tower . Fury tasks Black Widow and Hawkeye with finding the Cosmic Brick while Spider - Man heads to Oscorp in pursuit of the Green Goblin . The three are forced to face Venom inside Oscorp ' s underground lab while the Goblin once again escapes . Wolverine works with Iron Man and the Hulk to secure the Raft , a maximum - security prison being raided by escaped prisoners , including Red Skull , Whiplash , Rhino , Abomination , Carnage , Leader , and Sabretooth , all of whom the heroes have to take down . Magneto is revealed to be a mastermind behind the mass breakout , and quickly makes his escape from the facility with the help of Mystique . After Magneto uses his powers to destroy Iron Man ' s armor , Stark goes with Captain America to Stark Tower to retrieve a new suit . When Captain America and Iron Man arrive at Stark Tower , The Mandarin attacks the tower with Loki , Aldrich Killian , and several Extremis Soldier s , forcing Stark to initiate the " House Party Protocol " , using his suits to defeat his nemesis . During the battle however , Loki steals one of Iron Man ' s miniature arc reactors . Tracking the Arc Reactor ' s energy signature , S . H . I . E . L . D sends Black Widow , Hawkeye and Human Torch to the Empire State Building , where they infiltrate an underground HYDRA base there and defeat the Red Skull and Arnim Zola with the help of Captain America and Wolverine . Loki once again escapes using a portal to Asgard , built by HYDRA and powered by the Arc Reactor he stole , while the portal itself is accidentally destroyed during the battle . Captain America , the Human Torch , and Wolverine meet Thor who takes them to Asgard to find Loki . Upon arrival at the Bifrost Bridge , they find that Loki has allied himself with the Frost Giant s and they fight their way to Loki ' s domain , where Loki enhances his powers with the Tesseract . Loki unleashes The Destroyer armor on the heroes , but they disable the Destroyer while Loki escapes . While the others argue about what to do with the Tesseract , Wolverine uses the distraction to steal it and take it to Professor X at the X - Mansion hoping it will help them find Magneto . The mansion is attacked by Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants . Jean Grey , Cyclops , Storm , Iceman , and Beast work together to rescue trapped students and defeat Toad , Pyro , Juggernaut , and the Acolytes . However , Magneto and Mystique escape with the Tesseract . At this time , Fury decides to initiate Operation : Latveria to go and stop Doctor Doom . Fury , Mister Fantastic , Invisible Woman , Human Torch , and Thing travel to Castle Doom to find him , but instead battle the Green Goblin . When the group find Doctor Doom , Loki collapses a pile of rocks on top of them before he and Doctor Doom escape with the bricks . However , Fury and the Fantastic Four are able to rescue the Silver Surfer . Iron Man , Spider - Man and Thor head to a submarine where they defeat M . O . D . O . K . and his forces , being aided by Jean Grey in an attempt to find Doctor Doom underwater following the submarine ' s destruction . Magneto , on the other hand , uses his powers to take control of the Statue of Liberty , bringing it to life and using it to attack Hulk , Mister Fantastic , and Wolverine . The heroes get trapped inside the statue and make it to its head , where they encounter and defeat Mastermind . Unfortunately , Lady Liberty literally loses her head in the fight . Believing Magneto to be on Asteroid M Island , Fury sends Captain America and the Thing there , and with the help of Storm , they defeat Magneto ' s Acolytes along with Velociraptor s from the Savage Land and Rhino . Mystique is revealed to be disguising as Magneto to lure the heroes to the island while the real Magneto continues with his plan , raising Asteroid M into space ( although Captain America , the Thing and Storm all manage to slip on - board ) . Doctor Doom and Loki arrive on Asteroid M and continue building the Doom Ray with their plan nearing completion . Iron Man , Spider - Man and Thor arrive there and fight Magneto , defeating him , but Iron Man and Thor are incapacitated by Doctor Doom in the process . Spider - Man goes on with Captain America , the Thing and Storm and they defeat Doctor Doom . With only Loki left , he reveals his elaborate scheme to harness the power of Galactus to destroy both Earth and Asgard , with Doctor Doom and the other villains merely been used to do his bidding . Loki uses the Doom Ray , shown to instead be a craft powered by the Cosmic Bricks and the Tesseract , to control Galactus . The heroes narrowly escape Asteroid M as Galactus destroys it before he heads towards New York . With no other options left , Fury assembles the heroes ( consisting of Captain America , Iron Man , Spider - Man , Mister Fantastic , Thing , Human Torch , Cyclops , and Storm ) and villains ( consisting of Doctor Doom , Doctor Octopus , Green Goblin , Venom , Abomination , Magneto , and Mystique ) together in order to defeat Galactus on the S . H . I . E . L . D . Helicarrier , splitting the combined forces into several teams . After a long battle , Galactus and Loki are warped into a large portal , thus trapping both of them into an unknown part of space while Thor shatters the mind - control craft with his hammer . Fury also retrieves the Tesseract in the process . With Earth now safe , the heroes make an agreement with the villains to give them time to escape before they are pursued by the superheroes . With all the Cosmic Bricks collected and reassembled back into his surfboard , the Silver Surfer thanks the heroes for defeating Galactus and departs on his surfboard into deep space , promising to lead Galactus away from Earth . In a mid - credits scene , Fury oversees the repair of the Statue of Liberty while receiving surprise visits from the Guardians of the Galaxy who showed up late to help fight Galactus . Nick Fury also finds Black Panther ' s pet cat Mr . Tiddles as Black Panther thanks him for stopping Galactuc . Bonus levels . When special requirements are met , the players can do 11 bonus missions that would be narrated by Deadpool . Gameplay . The player progresses through a number of levels following a linear plot , but can return to the levels later on in free play mode , using any of all of the playable characters they unlocked up until that point and in addition , there are a variety of side - levels to embark on . LEGO Marvel Superheroes also carries over a large number of features that were included in . For instance , heat - related characters can destroy gold bricks , rocket - using characters can destroy silver bricks , super heroes that have the power of flight in the comic books can fly in the game , and characters with super strength can destroy or manipulate LEGO objects that normal characters cannot . LEGO Marvel Super Heroes includes some new powers and abilities as well , however . For example , Spider - Man has his " spider senses " that allow him to locate hidden bricks required for advancing the gameplay in levels , and the " big - figs " like the Hulk and Abomination can destroy or manipulate objects in ways even different than characters with normal super strength . Not counting DLC characters , there are over 100 playable characters in the game . LEGO Marvel Super Heroes , like its two predecessors LEGO Batman 2 : DC Super Heroes and , contains a large open world that also acts as the game ' s hub . The open world is the Marvel universe version of New York , and it also includes a helicarrier above the city that one can access . Players may at any time in the game skydive from the S . H . I . E . L . D . Helicarrier down to New York hub . In the open world , players can also find the side - levels separate from the main storyline . These are hidden throughout New York City that feature characters not in the main story , have a comic style intro and outro , and are narrated by Deadpool . Still more features from past LEGO games return in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes , albeit slightly changed . There was a character creator that is much more advanced than in previous games : in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes , players can choose what abilities they want their character to have , such as super strength , flight , etc ( by equipping things like Magneto ' s helmet , Wolverine ' s claws , ect . ) . Certain pieces can also be recolored to make the character look more like whoever the player is trying to create , and players can save up to 12 custom characters at a time . The minikits return as well , with 10 in each level . By finding all 10 for a level , a unique comic book is unlocked , something that differs from past games where a small LEGO build ( or , in the case of , a minifigure ) is unlocked instead . In addition , the red power bricks are now known as " Deadpool " bricks . When players find one , then they can buy it off of Deadpool in his room aboard the S . H . I . E . L . D . Helicarrier . Also the citizen in peril is replaced by " Stan Lee in Peril " and if you find all 50 , Stan Lee will be unlocked as a playable character . One of the major difference between current ( PS3 , Xbox 360 , etc . ) and next generation ( Wii U , PS4 , Xbox One ) versions is there are no loading times . It ' s instant because it comes straight off the hard drive . Characters . indicates a non - playable character