Secret Wars II #3 [Direct]

(September 1985)

This World Is Mine! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Jim Shooter (credited)

Pencils

Al Milgrom (credited)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (credited)

Colors

Christie Scheele (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, buddy! This is a no parking zone, here!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo flashback); Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] (cameo flashback); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (cameo flashback); Iron Man [Jim Rhodes] (cameo flashback); Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo flashback); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo flashback)
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo flashback); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (cameo flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo flashback)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo flashback); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (cameo flashback); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (cameo); Rogue [Anna Marie] (cameo flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (cameo flashback)
Abomination [Emil Blonsky] (cameo flashback); Angel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo); Beast [Hank McCoy] (cameo); Beyonder; Bulldozer [Henry Camp] (cameo flashback); Circuit Breaker (Transformers villain); Cloak [Tyrone Johnson] (cameo); Vinnie Corbo (villain); Dagger [Tandy Bowen] (cameo); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (cameo flashback); Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius] (cameo flashback); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (cameo); Enchantress [Amora] (cameo flashback); Galactus [Galan] (cameo flashback); Elsie Gertz (cameo flashback); Hercules (cameo); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo flashback); Iron Fist [Danny Rand] (cameo); Edwin Jarvis (guest); Kang [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311) (cameo flashback); Kingpin [Wilson Fisk] (villain); Klaw [Ulysses Klaue] (cameo flashback); Stan Lee (cameo); Lizard [Curt Connors] (cameo flashback); Lockheed (cameo flashback); Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr] (cameo flashback); Al Milgrom (cameo); Molecule Man [Owen Reece] (villain, cameo flashback); Namor the Sub-Mariner (cameo); Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier] (cameo); Piledriver [Brian Calusky] (cameo flashback); Power Man [Luke Cage] (cameo); Puck [Eugene Judd] (cameo); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (cameo); Ronald Reagan (cameo); The Rose [Richard Fisk] (villain); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (cameo); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Starfox [Eros] (cameo); Thunderball [Eliot Franklin] (cameo flashback); Thundersword [Stewart Cadwall] (cameo flashback); Ultron (cameo flashback); Vision (cameo); Volcana [Marsha Rosenberg] (villain); The Vulture [Adrian Toomes] (cameo); Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite] (cameo flashback); Yellowjacket [Hank Pym] (cameo); Gina Corbo (guest); Vinnie Corbo II (guest); Arthur (guest); Eliot (guest); Luigi (guest); Luthor (guest); Laverne Lacey (villain); Millie "the Purse" Shuriff (villain); Chulo (villain); Toots (villain); Eddie (villain); Mushnik (villain)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Beyonder falls under the influence of mob boss and pimp Vinnie Corbo. He does well in the mob life until Vinnie tells him there is nothing more that he can teach him and encourages the Beyonder to reach his full potential. The Beyonder does so, first taking over the Kingpin's operations, then the U.S and then the entire world. Realizing that worship without free will does not give him satisfaction, the Beyonder releases the world from his control. When he visits Avengers mansion and is told by Jarvis that the heroes are unavailable, he decides to seek out Daredevil for help.

Reprints

• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #80 (10 septembre 1986) [-2 pages]
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #22 (Septiembre 15 de 1988)
• in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #99 (Setembro de 1990)
• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #56 (15 Novembre 1991)
• in Secret Wars II Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
• in Secret Wars II (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)

Indexer Notes

Most flashbacks are from a two page Secret Wars recap and most cameos are the scenes of Beyonder taking over the world; Continued in Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #223, Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #312 and Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #260.