Secret Wars II #5 [Direct]

(November 1985)

Despair! (Table of Contents: 1)

Secret Wars II / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter (credited)

Pencils

Al Milgrom (credited)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (credited as Leialoha) (pages 1-20); Joe Rubinstein (credited as Rubinstein) (pages 21-25)

Colors

M. Hands (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited as Rosen) (pages 1-5, 21-25); Rick Parker (credited as Parker) (pages 6-20)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

Genre

superhero

Characters

Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
The Avengers: The Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Starfox [Eros]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Wolverine [Logan]
X-Men (Days of Future Past - Earth-811): Rachel Summers (Days of Future Past - Earth-811)
Beyonder (also in flashback); Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith] (introduction, also in flashback); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (flashback); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Kurse (cameo); Thor [Thor Odinson]; Boom Boom's parents (flashback); Celestials

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Beyonder dismantles a train that is about to hit him and one of the passengers turns out to be a young mutant traveling to Xavier's School. The Beyonder agrees to take her the rest of the way but, once they arrive, the X-Men ignore her in favor of attacking him. In despair at the rejection, Boom-Boom tries to kill herself with one of her time bombs but the Beyonder brings her back. He takes her on a cosmic jaunt to meet the Celestials and she freaks out when he beats them up. On returning to Earth, she calls the Avengers in for help and the Beyonder is crestfallen by the betrayal.

Reprints

• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #82 (10 novembre 1986) [-2 pages]
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #24 (29 de septiembre de 1988)
• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #58 (15 Dicembre 1991)
• in Secret Wars II Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
• in Secret Wars II (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)

Indexer Notes

Continued in The Thing (Marvel, 1983 series) #30, Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1974 series) #74 and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #285.