Secret Wars II is a nine-issue comic book limited series and crossover published from 1985 to 1986 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Marvel's then editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and primarily pencilled by Al Milgrom. Beyonder attempts to become a human while still retaining all his powers. The demon Mephisto attempts to destroy him while in this form since he is now "merely human."
A sequel in the form of a single issue revealed that the Beyonder was an evolved Cosmic Cube and evolved into a being called Kosmos.
Tie-in issues
- July 1985:
Captain America #308; Iron Man #197; New Mutants #30; Uncanny X-Men #196
- Aug. 1985:
The Amazing Spider-Man #268; Fantastic Four #282; Web of Spider-Man #6
- Sept. 1985:
Avengers #260; Daredevil #223; The Incredible Hulk #312
- Oct. 1985:
Alpha Flight #28; Avengers #261; Dazzler #40; Rom #72
- Nov. 1985:
Doctor Strange #74; Fantastic Four #285; The Thing #30
- Dec. 1985:
Cloak and Dagger #4; The Micronauts: The New Voyages #16; Power Pack #18; Power Man and Iron Fist #121; Thor #363
- Jan. 1986:
Amazing Spider-Man #273; New Defenders #152; New Mutants #36; Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #111; Uncanny X-Men #202
- Feb. 1986:
Amazing Spider-Man #274; Avengers #265; Fantastic Four #288; New Mutants #37; Uncanny X-Men #203
- March 1986:
Avengers #266
- March 1990:
Quasar #8
- Dec. 1998:
Deadpool Team Up #1
Reception
John Gregory Betancourt reviewed Secret Wars II for the July 1986 issue of Amazing Stories and said that "I felt this series was something special [...] I think you might be pleasantly surprised if you haven't read any comics lately."
Secret Wars II was 1985's bestselling comic book; however, it was "one of the most despised comics of the year" in the eyes of the fan press, receiving poor reviews and making numerous "worst comics of the year" lists.
Collected editions
- Secret Wars II (paperback),
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|Secret Wars II
|Secret Wars II #1-9
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|Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld Box Set
|Secret Wars II #1-9, New Mutants #30, 36-37, Captain America #308, Uncanny X-Men #196, 202-203 Iron Man #197, Web of Spider-Man #6, Amazing Spider-Man #268, 273-274, Fantastic Four #282, 285, 288, 316-319, Avengers #260-261, 265-266, Daredevil #223, Incredible Hulk #312, Alpha Flight #28, Dazzler #40, Thing #30, Doctor Strange #74, Cloak & Dagger #4, Power Pack #18, Thor #363, Power Man & Iron Fist #121, New Defenders #152, Spectacular Spider-Man #111. Also includes Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars: To Battleworld and Back, Thing: Battleworld, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars Aftermath, Secret War, Beyond the Secret Wars and Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars: Behind the Scenes.
|June 2015
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Notes
References
- The Marvel Chronology Project
- Mitchell Brown's The Unofficial Comics Crossover Index page on Secret Wars II (via Wayback Machine)
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators