Secret Wars Archives

Marvel is throwing another nostalgia uppercut with Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Batleworld #4, promising a showdown that's been cooking longer than some of you have been alive This classic scrap hits comic book shops on Wednesday, February 21st, and we've got the synopsis right here, freshly plucked from the tree of predictable plot contrivances. FALCON,[...]

Prepare yourselves for Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars – Battleworld #3, where the odds are about as stable as the Marvel cinematic release schedule Slated to wreak havoc on your wallet this Wednesday, January 31st, it seems this little gem just can't wait to show us the 'earth-shattering' consequences of superheroes duking it out –[...]

Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars is being referred to here as The Secret War And that the original title of the series was Cosmic Champions There is also mention of a Rom crossover with the series and across all titles by Bill Mantlo that either wasn't true or just never happened. Comics Journal #85 from eBay There is[...]

This time they've scooped up Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars – Battleworld #2, coming to your local comic shop on Wednesday Let's see what kind of tangled webs they're weaving for good ol' Spidey and his freshly donned alien costume, shall we? BRING ON THE BAD GUYS! SPIDER-MAN, freshly attired in his new ALIEN COSTUME, is[...]

Up first is a return to the 80s with Marvel Comics Secret Wars, a massive Marvel crossover event from 1984 to 1985 Written by Jim Shooter and illustrated by Mike Zeck, this story brought some of Marvel's iconic heroes together for one big story to battle an assortment of iconic villains From the X-Men and[...]

PrintWatch: Just Marvel this week, second printings for Venom #27 and White Widow #1 for the 10th of January, and for Secret Wars: Battleworld #1, Carnage #1, Black Panther #6 and Daredevil: Black Armor #1 for the 17th of January. VENOM #27 2ND PTG CAFU VAR MARVEL COMICS OCT238397 (W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Julius Ohta (CA) CAFU THE VENOM OF[...]

Today, Marvel Comics publishes Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld #1 from former Marvel EIC Tom DeFalco and Pat Olliffe, set during the events of the original Secret Wars crossover event from 1984. Secret Wars Battleworld Which saw villains and heroes pitted against each other on a patchwork planet by an omnipotent being called The Beyonder But[...]

Well, it looks like Marvel couldn't resist digging through their old toy chest for another nostalgia cash grab, and they've cooked up a fresh batch of retro antics in Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld #1 Hitting the shelves on the ever auspicious date of November 22nd, this comic promises to unleash the kind of[...]

And every month, they will publish a facsimile copy of an issue of Secret Wars and of Amazing Spider-Man, in which that black costume first appeared, long before there were any thought of Venoms of Kings In Black. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see[...]

Such as a return by Tom DeFalco and Pat Oliffe to Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars with Battleworld How this will tie in withDeadpool's Secret Secret Wars has yet to be decided. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ In 1984, Marvel's[...]

Coming out of the Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch, which Marvel Comics is still invited to, we get the news that Marvel has Secret Wars 40th anniversary events coming up, to celebrate forty years of the series created by Jim Shooter, Bob Layton and Mike Zeck that basically began the event-obsessed comic book industry we live in[...]

Back in 1984, Marvel Comics debuted their impressive crossover comic book event, Secret Wars This story brought some of Marvel's most popular superheroes together to team up and take on some of their biggest enemies The idea behind the event was to sell toys as Marvel teamed up with Mattel to release all of your[...]

As he says in his newsletter today, "In some ways, I'm probably trying to follow in the footsteps of Marvel writers before me – my very first taste of Marvel was Secret Wars, immediately followed in UK reprints by Secret Wars II – Jim Shooter's attempt to take in heady concepts of desire, godhood and humanity[...]

Marvel Studios has announced an Avengers: Secret Wars to follow Avengers: The Kang Dynasty to conclude Marvel's Phase Six in the years to come, to follow The Fantastic Four As a result, an eye has been passed over those original Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars comic books from 1985 by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck, and[...]

And so it is with Iteration of reality number two… Defenders Beyond #3 But the Celestials survive and continue through iteration after iteration… Defenders Beyond #3 And it's all being observed and puppeted by The Beyonders, of Secret Wars fame, but who also have played a role in so much else. Defenders Beyond #3 And yes, the one with with the[...]

The recent announcement from Marvel Studios at San Diego Comic-Con's Hall H for an Avengers: Secret Wars movie has put a fire under back issues for both of the Marvel Secret Wars series, from the eighties and from the teens And Heritage Art Auctions has a listing for CGC slabbed copies of issues Secret Wars[...]

Yesterday, amid their Phase 5 and Phase 6 announcements, Marvel Studios announced Avengers: Secret Wars for November 2025 Quite a way away but eBay noticed Secret Wars usually refers to a number of Marvel series, the original comic book series from 1985 by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck in which the heroes and villains of the[...]

And yes, that was also reflected in the recent Loki TV series. So today sees the publication of Defenders Beyond #1, revisit the Eternity Mask which has been filling Al Ewing's comic books of late… With Blue Marvel batting with fate and destiny courtesy of a few cosmic tarot cards. Time for a card to open the door[...]

Marvel has announced a new cover for their upcoming Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War #1 comic book out next week.  "AMID THE ZERO WAR… Spider-Man scores a new suit in the Zero War – both in Fortnite and on the page! All will be revealed soon in a new cover inspired by Secret Wars #8." It[...]

Secret Wars is suddenly one of the hottest Marvel series on the aftermarket, and not just because of #8 and the debut of the Black Suit for Spider-Man No, multiple issues from the series are hot right now, as many try to figure out where the MCU is heading at the moment Issue seven, the[...]

Secret Wars used to only be about one book for the longest time, and that was #8 and the debut of the black suit for Spider-Man That has changed over the last few years, as there is now a huge demand for the series overall And it is not like they aren't out there; there[...]

The character created by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck first appeared in Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3 in 1984, alongside Marsha Rosenberg, Volcana Two characters who weren't chosen by The Beyonder to fight, but had their neighbourhood transported by the Beyonder to make up the Patchworld Planet, and who are experimented on by Doctor[...]

And not just any old Beyonder but the Beyonder with a mullet from Secret Wars II… while also sporting an Omega symbol on a visor between his massive shoulder pads Saying "AN UNEXPECTED FOE FOR THE DEFENDERS ARRIVES FROM BEYOND! The DEFENDERS return this June Stay tuned tomorrow to learn more." With art from Ron[...]

Secret Wars used to only be about one book for the longest time, and that was #8 and the debut of the black suit for Spider-Man That has changed over the last few years, as there is now a huge demand for the series overall And it is not like they aren't out there; there[...]

Earlier in the week, Bleeding Cool noted that the sale of a couple of pages of Secret Wars #8 original artwork by Mike Zeck were going to sell for a lot of money, but we had no idea how much it would be Yesterday Heritage Auctions set the record for the highest piece of original[...]

You know the story, the moment that Peter Parker tries on the symbiote costume for the first time, from Secret Wars #8 from 1984 Which would one day become Venom And the original artwork by Mike Zeck, written by Jim Shooter, is up for auction from Heritage Auctions as part of their Platinum Session Going[...]

At the recent GalaxyCon, Jim Shooter was asked about Marvel's plans for Secret Wars, the series that he wrote in 1984 when editor-in-chief of Marvel, that set the tone for all Marvel events that followed, as well as debuting Spider-Man's sentient black costume, which one day would become Venom And he talked about a phone[...]

At the recent GalaxyCon, Jim Shooter was asked about Marvel's plans for Secret Wars, the series that he wrote when editor-in-chief of Marvel, that set the tone for all Marvel Comics events that followed, as well as debuting Spider-Man's sentient black costume, which one day would become Venom And he talked about a phone call[...]

First, a classic version of Red Skull that features their new pinless tech and two headsculpts, a Secret Wars version of Doom complete with Thanos spinal column and skull, a classic Lady Deathstrike, and Red Hood, who if you remove his cloak looks like all of the angry Marvel Legends collectors yelling into the void[...]

X-Men, Marvel NOW!, Age of Ultron, Infinity, Battle of the Atom, Original Sin, Spider-Verse, Secret Wars, All New All Different, Civil War 2, Secret Empire, Marvel Legacy, Infinity Wars, War of Realms, Absolute Carnage, Powers of X, House of X Whew. –The New 52 was not launched for another eight years It started in September 2011. -The[...]