Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #1 [Direct]

(May 1984)

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Script

Jim Shooter (credited)

Pencils

Mike Zeck (credited as Michael Zeck)

Inks

John Beatty (credited)

Colors

Christie Scheele (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh... my...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Jim Rhodes]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]
The Wrecking Crew: Bulldozer [Henry Camp]; Piledriver [Brian Calusky]; Thunderball [Eliot Franklin]; Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; Beyonder (voice only); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Enchantress [Amora]; Galactus [Galan]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Kang [Nathaniel Richards] (Other Earth - Earth-6311); Lizard [Curt Connors]; Lockheed; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; Molecule Man [Owen Reece]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Ultron (destroyed)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Heroes and villains each find themselves in spaceships. They witness the creation of Battleworld. The Beyonder tells them that their goal is to defeat their enemies and their wildest dreams will come true. Galactus and Doom fly off to confront the Beyonder but are repulsed. The heroes are transported to the planet and turn on Magneto. The villains are also moved to Battleworld and Doom tries to reason with them concerning the Beyonder's wishes. When no one is willing to listen, he flies off to talk to Reed but is shot down by Kang. The heroes reach Doom but get blasted.

Reprints

• in Edderkoppen (Interpresse, 1984 series) #36
• in Secret Wars (Marvel UK, 1985 series) #1 (April 27. 1985) [Story pages 1-4, 9-12, 15-18 & 23 are in colour. Pages 5-8, 13-14 & 19-22 are black & white.]
• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #66 (10 juillet 1985)
• in Secret Wars (Guerras Secretas) (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #1 (12 de Agosto de 1986)
• in Kóngulóarmaðurinn (Semic International, 1985 series) #8/1987 (1987)
• in Spindelmannen (Semic, 1984 series) #9/1987 ([september] 1987)
• in Edderkoppen (Semic, 1984 series) #9/1987 ([september] 1987)
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #1 (21 de abril de 1988)
• in Marvel Secret Wars (Planeta DeAgostini, 2003 series) (Noviembre 2003)
• in Secret Wars Omnibus (Marvel, 2008 series) (2008)
• in Hasbro / Secret Wars (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (October 2009)
• in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #11 - Secret Wars: La Llegada del Todopoderoso (Enero 2011)
• in Secret Wars (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Marvel Série I (Levoir, 2012 series) #12 - Guerras Secretas - Heróis vs. Vilões
• in Marvel Gold : Secret Wars - Les Guerres secrètes (Panini France, 2013 series) (mai 2013)
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #5 - Super Heroes: Secret Wars, Teil 1 (Juni 2014)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #26 - Секретные Войны
• in Marvel Super Heroes - Secret Wars (Panini Deutschland, 2015 series) (2015)
• in Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
• in Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2024 series) #1 (March 2024)

Indexer Notes

Professor X is shown in his wheelchair, even though he had a cloned body and could walk at the time.

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