Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #8 [direct]

(December 1984)

Invasion (Table of Contents)

Marvel Super Heroes / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Shooter

Pencils:

Michael Zeck

Inks:

John Beatty; Jack Abel; Mike Esposito

Colors:

Christie Scheele

Letters:

Joe Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

HEROES: Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing; Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Colossus; Rogue; Nightcrawler; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [James Rhodes]; She-Hulk; Thor; Wasp; Hawkeye; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hulk; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Zsaji; VILLAINS: Dr. Doom; Galactus; Magneto; Dr. Octopus; Lizard; Klaw; Ultron; Enchantress; Molecule Man; Absorbing Man; Wrecker; Thunderball; Piledriver; Bulldozer; Titania; Volcana

Synopsis:

The heroes invade the bad guy's base in retaliation for the death of the Wasp; They soundly trounce the bad guys and capture most of them; As they return to their base with a badly wounded She-Hulk, they discover that Wasp is not dead but was healed by Zsaji; When Spidey notices that Thor's costume has been restored, he is directed to a machine that spits out a small black ball which quickly covers him and becomes his new costume; Xavier contacts the heroes and tells them that Galactus has begun to eat Battleworld.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #4/1988 ([april] 1988)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #8 (9 de junio de 1988)
• in Marvel Milestones: Venom & Hercules (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn] (2005)
• in Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] ([March] 2007)
• in Secret Wars Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) #[nn] (2008)
• in Hasbro / Secret Wars (Marvel, 2009 series) #8 (May 2009)

Indexer Notes

First chronological appearance of Venom (as new Spider-Man costume). Spidey's new black costume only appears on the last two pages of the story. This issue came out 7 months after ASM #252. Wasp returns from dead.