Secret Wars II #9 [Direct]

(March 1986)

God in Man, Man in God! (Table of Contents: 1)

Secret Wars II / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter (credited)

Pencils

Al Milgrom (credited)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (credited)

Colors

M. Hands (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited as Rosen); Rick Parker (credited as Parker)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Somewhere in deep space, the One from Beyond contemplates all existence.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight: Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier]; Box [Roger Bochs]; Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier]; Puck [Eugene Judd]; Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen]; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]
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]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Cypher [Doug Ramsey]; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh]; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; Phoenix [Rachel Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811); Rogue [Anna Marie]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Wolverine [Logan]
Beyonder (also in flashback); Cloak [Tyrone Johnson]; Dagger [Tandy Bowen]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (cameo flashback); Firebird [Bonita Juárez]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Mephisto; Molecule Man [Owen Reece] (also in flashback); Power Man [Luke Cage]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Vision; Volcana [Marsha Rosenberg] (also in flashback)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The Beyonder contemplates his next move as he has vowed to destroy the multiverse but fears he would miss it. Instead, he decides to create a machine that will let him experience mortality. He finds the sensation both terrifying and thrilling but quickly becomes addicted to the feeling. He figures out a way for the machine to birth him as a mortal being but with a portion of his cosmic powers intact. While he is gestating in the machine, however, the heroes of Earth arrive. Molecule Man destroys the device, sending the Beyonder's energy back to his old dimension where a new universe is born.

Reprints

• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #86 (10 mars 1987) [19 des 21 premières pages [19 of the first 21 pages]], #87 (10 avril 1987) [18 des 19 dernières pages [18 of the last 19 pages]]
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #28 (27 de octubre de 1988), #29 (3 de noviembre de 1988)
• in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #63 (29 Febbraio 1992)
• in Secret Wars II Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
• in Secret Wars II (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in New Mutants Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #2 (2021)
• in New Mutants Epic Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) #3 - Asgardian Wars (2023)