Secret Wars II #4 [Direct]

(October 1985)

Love Is the Answer! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter (credited)

Pencils

Al Milgrom (credited)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (credited as Leialoha) (pages 1-23); Joe Rubinstein (credited as Rubinstein) (pages 24-26)

Colors

Christie Scheele (credited as Max Scheele)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited as J. Rosen) (pages 1-11); ? [as friends] (pages 12-26)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

She is Sharon Ing ...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight: Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier]; Box [Roger Bochs]; Heather Hudson; Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier]; Puck [Eugene Judd]; Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen]; Snowbird [Narya]; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]
The Avengers: The Black Knight [Dane Whitman] (illusion); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (illusion); Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] (illusion); Hercules (illusion); Starfox [Eros] (illusion); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (illusion)
Cindy Adams (cameo); Beyonder; Alison Blaire; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Cerberus (cameo); O.Z. Chase (cameo); Brandy Clark (cameo); Kurse (cameo) (Algrim the Elf); Molecule Man [Owen Reece]; Ronald Reagan (cameo); Rom (cameo); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Volcana [Marsha Rosenberg]; Sharon Ing; a Dire Wraith (cameo)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Beyonder wishes to explore the human concept of desire and picks Dazzler (whom he calls possibly the most powerful mutant to walk the planet) as his new love interest. Despite all of his best efforts at wining and dining, gift giving, emotional manipulation and showing off with his powers, he finds that the only way he can make her fall for him is to control her mind and force her. Finding this to be unfulfilling, he releases her from his control and abandons his quest.

Reprints

• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #81 (10 octobre 1986) [-3 pages]
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #23 (22 de septiembre de 1988)
• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #57 (30 Novembre 1991)
• in Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #3 (2007)
• in Essential Dazzler (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 [black and white]
• in Secret Wars II Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
• in Secret Wars II (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #56 - Alpha Flight de John Byrne (Septiembre 2014)
• in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017) [pages 15, 16 and most of 17]

Keywords

Secret Wars; Secret Wars II

Indexer Notes

Continued in Dazzler (Marvel, 1981 series) #40, Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #28, Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #72 and the Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #261.