Secret Wars II #8 [Canadian]

(February 1986)

Betrayal! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter (credited)

Pencils

Al Milgrom (credited)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (credited)

Colors

Christie Scheele (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited as Rosen) (pages 1-14); Rick Parker (credited as Parker) (pages 15-27)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: The Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh]; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]; Phoenix [Rachel Grey Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811); Rogue [Anna Marie]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Wolverine [Logan]
Beyonder (also in flashback); Alison Blaire (cameo flashback); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (cameo flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Molecule Man [Owen Reece]; Puma [Thomas Fireheart] (cameo flashback); Marsha Rosenberg; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Julia

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Frustrated by his time on Earth, the Beyonder consults with the Molecule Man and talks about everything that has happened to him. Disgusted by the affection Volcana shows to Owen (and angry that he cannot find love or purpose himself), the Beyonder throws a fit and vows to destroy the multiverse in twenty-four hours. Owen panics and futilely tries to prepare for doomsday. Feeling backed into a corner, he attacks the Beyonder with all of his powers (not knowing that Spider-Man has already talked the big B out of his destructive plans). The Beyonder decides to go ahead and annihilate everything.

Reprints

• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #85 (10 février 1987) [-4 pages]
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #27 (20 de octubre de 1988)
• in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #102 (Dezembro 1990) [Do original, faltam da história, as páginas: 16 (4 e 5), 17, 18.]
• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #62 (15 Febbraio 1992)
• in Secret Wars II Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
• in Secret Wars II (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)

Keywords

Secret Wars; Secret Wars II

Indexer Notes

Owen learns that it was the accident that transformed him into Molecule Man that alerted the Beyonder to the existence of Earth. Continued in the New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #37, the Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #274, the Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #265, the Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #203 and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #288.

The Hulk appears here without the Banner-persona inside him. Bruce Banner appears only in a flashback.