Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars is a fictional event that took place in the Marvel Universe as seen in comic book titles published by Marvel Comics. The primary events were chronicled in the Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars comic book maxi series, which ran for twelve issues and was published between May 1984 and April 1985.

History
The Secret Wars came about as a result of a cosmic entity known as the Beyonder. Having only recently gained sentience, the Beyonder was intrigued and perplexed by life on other planets. To satisfy this curiosity, he used his vast power to literally snatch environments from dozens of worlds and patch them together to create his own planet, Battleworld. He then took several of Earth's champions, including members of the Avengers, the X-Men, and the Fantatsic Four, and pitted them in battle against members of Earth's villainous community including Doctor Doom, the Lizard, Doctor Octopous, the Wrecking Crew, Kang the Conqueror, Ultron, and even Galactus.

Through the course of events, the heroes labored to not only stave off members of the villains camp, but also to maintain unity within their own ranks, which now included the likes of Magneto. The villains on Battleworld, ultimately fell into true form and began plotting their own personal agendas. Doctor Doom sought great power and even attempted to unseat the Beyonder himself. Of course. Because... its Doom, right?

The Goodies

 * Captain America, Steve Rogers
 * Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau
 * Colossus, Peter Rasputin
 * Cyclops, Scott Summers
 * Hawkeye, Clint Barton
 * Hulk, Bruce Banner
 * Human Torch, Johnny Storm
 * Iron Man, James Rhodes
 * Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
 * Nightcrawler, Kurt Wagner
 * Rogue
 * She-Hulk, Jennifer Walters
 * Spider-Man, Peter Parker
 * Storm, Ororo Munroe
 * Thing, Ben Grimm
 * Thor Odinson
 * Wasp, Janet van Dyne
 * Wolverine, James Howlett

The Baddies

 * Absorbing Man, Carl Creel
 * Bulldozer, Henry Camp
 * Doctor Doom, Victor von Doom
 * Enchantress, Amora
 * Galactus
 * Kang the Conqueror
 * Lizard, Curt Connors
 * Molecule Man, Owen Reese
 * Thunderball, Eliot Franklin
 * Titania, Mary MacPherron
 * Ultron
 * Volcana, Marsha Rosenberg
 * Wrecker, Dirk Gaithwaite

Others

 * Magneto, Max Eisenhardt
 * Zsaji

Organizations

 * Avengers
 * Fantastic Four
 * X-Men
 * Wrecking Crew

Core issues

 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 1
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 2
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 3
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 4
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 5
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 6
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 7
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 8
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 9
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 10
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 11
 * Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars 12

Prologues
There were several comic titles that featured and end sequence, which served as a prologue to the main event in which various characters find themselves drawn to a mysterious structure that suddenly appeared in Central Park. These events took place in the following issues and immediately led into the events of issue #1 of the maxi-series.
 * Amazing Spider-Man 251
 * Avengers 242
 * Captain America 292
 * Fantastic Four 264
 * Incredible Hulk 294
 * Iron Man 181
 * Uncanny X-Men 180

Notes & Trivia

 * "MU: Secret Wars" and "Marvel Universe: Secret Wars" both redirect to this page.


 * The Secret Wars is not to be confused with the "Secret War", which is a more covert Earth-based event chronicled in the Secret War comic book limited series in 2004.


 * All twelve issues of the comic book series were reprinted in the Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars trade paperback collection, and the Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Omnibus hardcover collection.


 * The events of the Secret Wars gave rise to a follow-up event chronicled in Secret Wars II in 1985. The less said about that the better.


 * One of the most enduring legacies of the Secret Wars was the introduction of the symbiotes, which is an aggressive alien race. In this series, the symbioties take the form of a ball of black goo that becomes Spider-Man's new costume. Later, this particular symbiote bonds with Peter Parker, and eventually becomes known as Venom.


 * The character of Titania was introduced in Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3.


 * The character of Volcana was introduced in Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3.


 * The Kang that appears in this series is from a divergent timeline than the one who has classically been seen battling the Avengers. This is actually the first appearance of this particular Kang.