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Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action figures]], the series features a huge war between the greatest heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Bulldozer.]] It ultimately sparked a series of status-quo shifts across all titles whose impact continues to reverberate to the present day. Spidey gets a shiny new black costume inspired by Spider-Woman's (which would later become the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote), She-Hulk briefly replaced The Thing in the Fantastic Four (who stays behind after he finds he can revert to human form on the Battleworld), Volcana hooks up with Molecule Man, and Colossus gets StrangledByTheRedString to an alien healer, causing him to break up with Kitty Pryde.
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Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action figures]], figures]] (and [[SarcasmMode most certainly not]] influenced at all by the massive success of [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths the Distinguished Competition's own huge crossover the year prior]], the series features a huge war between the greatest heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Bulldozer.]] It ultimately sparked a series of status-quo shifts across all titles whose impact continues to reverberate to the present day. Spidey gets a shiny new black costume inspired by Spider-Woman's (which would later become the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote), She-Hulk briefly replaced The Thing in the Fantastic Four (who stays behind after he finds he can revert to human form on the Battleworld), Volcana hooks up with Molecule Man, and Colossus gets StrangledByTheRedString to an alien healer, causing him to break up with Kitty Pryde.
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[[caption-width-right:350: Can the combined forces of Earth's most powerful super heroes defeat the ultimate menace?!!]]
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* CrossoverVillainInChief: The godlike Beyonder abducts many of Earth's mightiest heroes (Fantastic Four, Avengers, the X-Men, Spider Man) and likewise Earth's most dangerous villains (Absorbing Man, Ultron, Galactus, Enchantress). The two groups are deposited on a distant world, and set to a Goodies versus Baddies free-for-all. The Goodies decide upon Captain America as their leader; the Baddies settle upon ComicBook/DoctorDoom as their chief, though only after Doom orders Ultron to slay Kang the Conqueror as an object lesson.
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* CrossoverVillainInChief: The godlike Beyonder abducts many of Earth's mightiest heroes (Fantastic Four, Avengers, the X-Men, Spider Man) and likewise Earth's most dangerous villains (Absorbing Man, Ultron, Galactus, Enchantress). The two groups are deposited on a distant world, and set to a Goodies versus Baddies free-for-all. The Goodies decide upon Captain America as their leader; the Baddies settle upon ComicBook/DoctorDoom as their chief, though only after chief -- which Doom orders Ultron has no interest in at first, but changes his mind when his other attempts to slay Kang make allies out of the Conqueror as an object lesson.heroes and Galactus fails miserably.
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* ThrowAwayCountry: The '''galaxy''' destroyed by the Beyonder at the beginning of the crossover series. Molecule Man is shown having actually reconstructed all the stars in the galaxy while flying the Denver Suburb back to Earth as practice after Doom uses the Beyonder's power to remove his mental blocks. The revelation causes Dr. Octopus to go nuts and try to kill him.
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* ThrowAwayCountry: The '''galaxy''' destroyed by the Beyonder at the beginning of the crossover series. Molecule Man is shown having actually reconstructed all the stars in the galaxy while flying the Denver Suburb suburb back to Earth as practice after Doom uses the Beyonder's power to remove his mental blocks. The revelation causes Dr. Octopus to go nuts and try to kill him.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Titania and Volcana are introduced getting their powers from Dr. Doom; they weren't given a backstory until the 2004 ''ComicBook/SheHulk'' series.
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* SecretIdentity: At time, Spider-Man's true identity wasn't known to his colleagues, so he has to stay in costume 'round the clock. Some of the other heroes privately wonder if the strain of maintaining this secret without a break is affecting his stability.
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* SecretIdentity: At the time, Spider-Man's true identity wasn't known to his colleagues, so he has to stay in costume 'round the clock. Some of the other heroes privately wonder if the strain of maintaining this secret without a break is affecting his stability.
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* SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: Hilariously alluded to in an exchange between Captain America and Wolverine. After Wolverine had earlier called out Captain America for claiming to represent the American Dream but never doing enough for mutants, Cap later turns out and proves himself a concerned and conscientious leader of the collected heroic supergroup and Wolverine apologizes for his earlier comments noting that he guesses Cap does indeed care for people regardless of their origins:
--> '''Captain America''': "Some of my best friends are people."
* SpiritualSuccessor: Secret Wars is considered an expanded version of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter.
--> '''Captain America''': "Some of my best friends are people."
* SpiritualSuccessor: Secret Wars is considered an expanded version of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter.
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* SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: Hilariously alluded to in an exchange between Captain America and Wolverine. After Wolverine had earlier called out Captain America for claiming to represent the American Dream but never doing enough for mutants, Cap later turns out and proves himself a concerned and conscientious leader of the collected heroic supergroup and Wolverine apologizes for his earlier comments noting that he guesses Cap does indeed care for people regardless of their origins:
--> '''Captain America''':"Some Some of my best friends are people."
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* SpiritualSuccessor:Secret Wars ''Secret Wars'' is considered an expanded version of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter.
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** Wolverine invokes this when one of the other groups of heroes goes after or ribs Cyclops,
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** More seriously invoked near the end where Captain America and other Avengers continue to bash Magneto for his loyalty and prior history as a terrorist and a murderer. The X-Men, and Wolverine himself, don't let Mags off the hook, but Wolverine asks Cap to clarify if he's hard on Magneto if he's a terrorist or a mutant, noting that for all their disagreements, the X-Men still see Mags as one of them and someone who in his own twisted way, does more for mutantkind than the Avengers do.
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** More seriously invoked near the end where Captain America and other Avengers continue to bash Magneto for his loyalty and prior history as a terrorist and a murderer. The X-Men, and Wolverine himself, don't let Mags off the hook, but Wolverine asks Cap to clarify if he's hard on Magneto if he's a terrorist or a mutant, noting that for all their disagreements, the X-Men still see Mags as one of them and someone who who, in his own twisted way, does more for mutantkind than the Avengers do.
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** After Doctor Doom gains the power of the Beyonder making him capable of anything. However, if he falls asleep and dreams then he is at risk of the power going out of control and granting his subconscious desires, whether it be destroying solar systems or resurrecting dead heroes. He's shown using the power to rejuvenate himself and eliminate the need for him to sleep temporarily. Why would he not just alter his body so as to eliminate the need for sleep permanently, so he wouldn't need to remember to rejuvenate himself every sixteen hours or so?
** Johnny and Hawkeye are uncharacteristically antagonistic towards the X-Men because they're mutants, even though they've both worked with the X-Men and other mutants multiple times in the past. Hell, Johnny's ''nephew'' is a mutant and Clint was in love with one (the Scarlet Witch).
** Johnny and Hawkeye are uncharacteristically antagonistic towards the X-Men because they're mutants, even though they've both worked with the X-Men and other mutants multiple times in the past. Hell, Johnny's ''nephew'' is a mutant and Clint was in love with one (the Scarlet Witch).
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** After Doctor Doom after he gains the power of the Beyonder Beyonder, making him capable of anything. However, if If he falls asleep and dreams then he is at risk of the power going out of control and granting his subconscious desires, whether it be destroying solar systems or resurrecting dead heroes. He's shown using the power to rejuvenate himself and eliminate the need for him to sleep temporarily. Why would he not just alter his body so as to eliminate the need for sleep permanently, so he wouldn't need to remember to rejuvenate himself every sixteen hours or so?
**Johnny Human Torch and Hawkeye are uncharacteristically antagonistic towards the X-Men because they're mutants, even though they've both worked with the X-Men and other mutants multiple times in the past. Hell, Johnny's ''nephew'' is a mutant and Clint was in love with one (the Scarlet Witch).
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* MassResurrection:
** Doctor Doom steals the Beyonder's power and kills all the heroes. His lackey Klaw (who secretly is [[GrandTheftMe possessed by the Beyonder at the time]]) talks Doom into thinking about the heroes reviving & attacking, and given that the Beyonder had RealityWarper powers which Doom stole this becomes true.
** In the second series the Beyonder killed and later resurrected the ComicBook/NewMutants.
** Doctor Doom steals the Beyonder's power and kills all the heroes. His lackey Klaw (who secretly is [[GrandTheftMe possessed by the Beyonder at the time]]) talks Doom into thinking about the heroes reviving & attacking, and given that the Beyonder had RealityWarper powers which Doom stole this becomes true.
** In the second series the Beyonder killed and later resurrected the ComicBook/NewMutants.
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**MassResurrection: Doctor Doom steals the Beyonder's power and kills all the heroes. His lackey Klaw (who secretly is [[GrandTheftMe possessed by the Beyonder at the time]]) talks Doom into thinking about the heroes reviving & attacking, and given that the Beyonder had RealityWarper powers which Doom stole this becomes true.
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* ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' : In which the Beyonder (an off-screen presence in the first event) is finally visualized as a HumanoidAbomination who descends to Earth and engages in a series of weird hijinks. This series was also by Jim Shooter, and is seen as being a a SpiritualSuccessor of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter. As a result of this event, The Beyonder got [[RetCon retconned]] into a delusional lesser cosmic being in a Fantastic Four story years later[[note]]in what was apparently a TakeThat at Shooter. Steve Englehart, FF writer at the time, [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=5785 reported that this was editorial interference.]] [[/note]]
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* ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' : ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'': In which the Beyonder (an off-screen presence in the first event) is finally visualized as a HumanoidAbomination who descends to Earth and engages in a series of weird hijinks. This series was also by Jim Shooter, and is seen as being a a SpiritualSuccessor of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter. As a result of this event, The Beyonder got [[RetCon retconned]] into a delusional lesser cosmic being in a Fantastic Four story years later[[note]]in what was apparently a TakeThat at Shooter. Steve Englehart, FF writer at the time, [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=5785 reported that this was editorial interference.]] [[/note]]
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* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Molecule Man. Up till this point, he made very limited application of his powers and believed he was limited to inorganic matter and was very meek and submissive. Over the course of Secret Wars I and II, he first learns that he is capable of affecting all matter on any scale and slowly overcomes his meekness to the point that he goes toe to toe with the Beyonder in the second book having accepted that he's the second most powerful being in the universe.\\\
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* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Molecule Man. Up till this point, he made very limited application of his powers and believed he was limited to inorganic matter and was very meek and submissive. Over the course of Secret ''Secret Wars I I'' and II, ''II'', he first learns that he is capable of affecting all matter on any scale and slowly overcomes his meekness to the point that he goes toe to toe with the Beyonder in the second book having accepted that he's the second most powerful being in the universe.\\\
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* CrisisCrossover: The first of its kind in publication order. The whole story was presented in its own mini-series and the only tie-ins and lead-ins being issues in different titles showing heroes going into Central Park's sheep meadow and being transported across the galaxy. It's the TropeMaker while ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' with its many year-long tie-ins in multiple issues across the entire DC Line is the TropeCodifier. Depending on who you ask, either Marvel rushed first to beat DC or that DC got wind of it and rushed to meet Marvel.
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* CrisisCrossover: The first of its kind in publication order. The whole story was presented in its own mini-series and the only tie-ins and lead-ins being issues in different titles showing heroes going into Central Park's sheep meadow Sheep Meadow and being transported across the galaxy. It's the TropeMaker while ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' with its many year-long tie-ins in multiple issues across the entire DC Line is the TropeCodifier. Depending on who you ask, either Marvel rushed first to beat DC or that DC got wind of it and rushed to meet Marvel.
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* AdvertisedExtra: The [[https://steemitimages.com/p/2ufhwNgM3qHKAv2GzgM1DRzvfn1vJFThXUWpYk48nBNVB34cBRwEtCbHCa3joXB65673VfCz2?format=match&mode=fit original advertisement]] for the maxi-series prominently features Kitty Pryde[=/=]Ariel in the image. She never properly appears in the series, and the actual cover has her edited out.
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* ShapeshiftingHealsWounds: Wolverine severed Absorbing Man's arm at the bicep while Creel held the properties of rock, something he'd apparently never had happen before. At the suggestion of his LoveInterest, Absorbing Man held his arm perfectly in place before shifting back to human form, successfully reattaching the limb without enduring blood loss. Of course he mentions he felt like throwing up afterwards.
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The heroes include the ComicBook/FantasticFour (minus Sue Storm, who was pregnant at the time), ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[ComicBook/WarMachine Jim Rhodes]] version of ComicBook/IronMan, the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], ComicBook/SheHulk, ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/TheWasp, with the second ComicBook/SpiderWoman (Julia Carpenter) showing up several issues in (in her first appearance). Members of the ComicBook/XMen (Professor X, Cyclops, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed The Dragon) split off from the main heroic team and act as a separate faction for much of the book. ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, buffing up his AntiVillain credentials, also does his own thing for awhile before joining with his fellow mutants. Villains include ''ComicBook/DoctorDoom'', ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, Klaw, Ultron, The Lizard, The Wrecking Crew, The Enchantress, Kang The Conqueror, Molecule Man, The Absorbing Man, and new villains Titania and Volcana. The heroes spend most of their time trying to understand their situation and fixing it, while Dr. Doom plots his own agenda, because of course he does.
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The heroes include the ComicBook/FantasticFour (minus Sue Storm, who was pregnant at the time), ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[ComicBook/WarMachine Jim Rhodes]] version of ComicBook/IronMan, the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], ComicBook/SheHulk, ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/TheWasp, with the second ComicBook/SpiderWoman (Julia Carpenter) showing up several issues in (in her first appearance). Members of the ComicBook/XMen (Professor X, Cyclops, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed The Dragon) the Dragon, plus Cyclops who technically wasn't an X-Man at the moment) split off from the main heroic team and act as a separate faction for much of the book. ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, buffing up his AntiVillain credentials, also does his own thing for awhile before joining with his fellow mutants. Villains include ''ComicBook/DoctorDoom'', ComicBook/DoctorDoom, ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, Klaw, Ultron, The Lizard, The Wrecking Crew, The Enchantress, Kang The Conqueror, Molecule Man, The Absorbing Man, and new villains Titania and Volcana. The heroes spend most of their time trying to understand their situation and fixing it, while Dr. Doom plots his own agenda, because of course he does.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: Magneto, who is thrown in with the heroes.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: Magneto, who is a straight-up villain [[{{Retcon}} (for now)]] thrown in with the heroes.
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Not to be confused with the miniseries in the 2000s titled ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (singular) but it had nothing to do with the first two. Instead, it was about superspy Nick Fury getting some heroes to help him track the source of supervillain technology (which turned out to be Latverian head of state Lucia Von Bardas), and ended with Fury being removed as leader of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} for acting without permission. Notably, this was one of the stories that helped kick off the ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
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Not to be confused with the miniseries in the 2000s titled ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (singular) but it had nothing to do with the first two. Instead, it was about superspy Nick Fury getting some heroes to help him track the source of supervillain technology (which turned out to be the Latverian head of state state, Lucia Von Bardas), and ended with Fury being removed as leader of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} for acting without permission. Notably, this was one of the stories that helped kick off the ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
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Not to be confused with the miniseries in the 2000s titled ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (singular) but it had nothing to do with the first two. Instead, it was about superspy Nick Fury getting some heroes to help him track the source of supervillain technology (which turned out to be Latverian head of state Lucia Von Bardas), and ended with Fury being removed as leader of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} for acting without permission. Notably, this was one of the stories that helped kick off the ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
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* CrossoverVillainInChief: The godlike Beyonder abducts many of Earth's mightiest heroes (Fantastic Four, Avengers, the X-Men, Spider Man) and likewise Earth's most dangerous villains (Absorbing Man, Ultron, Galactus, Enchantress). The two groups are deposited on a distant world, and set to a Goodies versus Baddies free-for-all. The Goodies decide upon Captain America as their leader; the Baddies settle upon ComicBook/DoctorDoom as their chief, though only after Doom orders Ultron to slay Kang the Conqueror as an object lesson.
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* SanitySlippage: Discussed in regards Spider-Man, though not actually the case. He attempts to warn the other heroes of the X-Men's secret alliance with Magneto, but Xavier performs a quick memory wipe. So, Spider-Man trails off in the middle of conversation and has no idea why he seemed so perturbed a moment ago. As he leaves, the other present heroes question if he's starting to lose his grip.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Titania and Volcana are introduced getting their powers from Dr. Doom; they weren't given a backstory until the 2004 ''ComicBook/SheHulk'' series.
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* TheWorfEffect: Just in case you didn't know who Galactus was, he wipes the floor with Ultron in the first issue. Later, the Beyonder wipes the floor with Galactus.
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** Klaw isn't even part of the group of villains the Beyonder captured - he's there because he was trapped in Galactus' ship until Doom freed him. He then becomes Doom's confidante, and uses ObfuscatingInsanity to undo Doom's plans.
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* RedSkiesCrossover: Of the UnbuiltTrope variety. The crossover never affected the character's books. At most, the characters just poofed away for a few panels and came back when it was done.
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* RedSkiesCrossover: Of the UnbuiltTrope variety. The crossover never affected most of the character's books. At most, the characters just poofed away for a few panels and came back when it was done. (This was particularly the case with Thor, who literally disposed of the entire series - plus two Avengers issues that framed it - in three panels.) There were exceptions - She-Hulk joining the Fantastic Four to replace the Thing (who stayed behind on the alien planet at the end of the series) and the introduction of Spider-Man's black costume (which would eventually become Venom) were the two most notable.
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Directors [[Creator/TheRussoBrothers Joe & Anthony Russo]], along writers Christopher Markus & Stephen [=McFeely=] -- who worked on ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' -- have indicated that they are interested in eventually making a LiveActionAdaptation as part of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, although such an adaptation would come a long time after the release of ''Endgame''.
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** Magneto throughout, and Galactus to a certain extent.
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* HypocriticalHeartwarming:
** Wolverine invokes this when one of the other groups of heroes goes after or ribs Cyclops,
--> '''Wolverine''': "Cyclops is a jerk. But he's our jerk!"
** More seriously invoked near the end where Captain America and other Avengers continue to bash Magneto for his loyalty and prior history as a terrorist and a murderer. The X-Men, and Wolverine himself, don't let Mags off the hook, but Wolverine asks Cap to clarify if he's hard on Magneto if he's a terrorist or a mutant, noting that for all their disagreements, the X-Men still see Mags as one of them and someone who in his own twisted way, does more for mutantkind than the Avengers do.
** Wolverine invokes this when one of the other groups of heroes goes after or ribs Cyclops,
--> '''Wolverine''': "Cyclops is a jerk. But he's our jerk!"
** More seriously invoked near the end where Captain America and other Avengers continue to bash Magneto for his loyalty and prior history as a terrorist and a murderer. The X-Men, and Wolverine himself, don't let Mags off the hook, but Wolverine asks Cap to clarify if he's hard on Magneto if he's a terrorist or a mutant, noting that for all their disagreements, the X-Men still see Mags as one of them and someone who in his own twisted way, does more for mutantkind than the Avengers do.
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* CrisisCrossover: Though the whole story was presented in its own mini-series.
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** Kind ofmini-series and the TropeMaker, if only because Marvel rushed to beat DC to it -- they'd gotten wind of tie-ins and lead-ins being issues in different titles showing heroes going into Central Park's sheep meadow and being transported across the galaxy. It's the TropeMaker while ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' with its many year-long tie-ins in multiple issues across the entire DC Line is the TropeCodifier. Depending on who you ask, either Marvel rushed first to beat DC or that DC got wind of it and wanted rushed to make a big "event" series first.meet Marvel.
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** Dr. Doom slicing and dicing Klaw to make lenses out of his wave-like body is lacking in blood and guts but be prepared for Klaw's body spread out like literal bread and steak slices and cuts.
** In the moment after Doom siphons powers from Galactus, a big flash briefly makes the skeletons of multiple heroes visible, including Reed Richards in the middle of a long stretch, enjoy seeing a translucent Mr. Fantastic who is mostly skin except for the bones which bend and twist around at unusual angles.
** Dr. Doom slicing and dicing Klaw to make lenses out of his wave-like body is lacking in blood and guts but be prepared for Klaw's body spread out like literal bread and steak slices and cuts.
** In the moment after Doom siphons powers from Galactus, a big flash briefly makes the skeletons of multiple heroes visible, including Reed Richards in the middle of a long stretch, enjoy seeing a translucent Mr. Fantastic who is mostly skin except for the bones which bend and twist around at unusual angles.
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* ''ComicBook/NewAvengers: ''ComicBook/TheIlluminati'': A miniseries by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis retcons and alters the events of ''Secret Wars II'' as taking place on a simulated cluster of asteroids in outer space.
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* ''ComicBook/NewAvengers: ''ComicBook/TheIlluminati'': ComicBook/TheIlluminati'': A miniseries by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis retcons and alters the events of ''Secret Wars II'' as taking place on a simulated cluster of asteroids in outer space.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s Secret Secret Wars'': A tie-in miniseries by Cullen Bunn that serves as a retelling of the the event -- but with SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} (a character who hadn't been invented yet at the time of the first one {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s Secret Secret Wars'': A tie-in miniseries by Cullen Bunn that serves as a retelling of the the event -- but with SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} (a character who hadn't been invented yet at the time of the first one event) {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.
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''Secret Wars'' is a twelve-issue comic book CrisisCrossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Creator/MarvelComics.
Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action figures]], the series features a huge war between the greatest heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Bulldozer.]]
A nearly omnipotent [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Cosmic Entity]] by the name of The Beyonder, fascinated by the presence of [[HumansAreSpecial superheroes on Earth and their potential]], chooses groups of both heroes and supervillains and teleports them against their will to "Battleworld", a planet created by him in a distant galaxy, stocked with alien weapons, technology and [[PatchworkWorld mismatched parts from different worlds]]. He tells them to kill each other, and, to the victor, his greatest desire will be granted. His purpose is to understand the (to him) alien concept of "desire".
The heroes include the ComicBook/FantasticFour (minus Sue Storm, who was pregnant at the time), ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[ComicBook/WarMachine Jim Rhodes]] version of ComicBook/IronMan, the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], ComicBook/SheHulk, ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/TheWasp, with the second ComicBook/SpiderWoman (Julia Carpenter) showing up several issues in (in her first appearance). Members of the ComicBook/XMen (Professor X, Cyclops, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed The Dragon) split off from the main heroic team and act as a separate faction for much of the book. ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, buffing up his AntiVillain credentials, also does his own thing for awhile before joining with his fellow mutants.
Villains include Doctor Doom, ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, Klaw, Ultron, The Lizard, The Wrecking Crew, The Enchantress, Kang The Conqueror, Molecule Man, The Absorbing Man, and new villains Titania and Volcana. ComicBook/{{Galactus}} The PlanetEater is also there acting as his own non-allied entity.
So, as you might guess, new friends are made, old alliances are tested, complicated intrigues are formulated, and in the end, everyone gets home without anyone dying, though Spidey gets a shiny new black costume inspired by Spider-Woman's (which would later become the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote), She-Hulk replaces The Thing in the Fantastic Four (who stays behind after he finds he can revert to human form on the Battleworld), Volcana hooks up with Molecule Man, and Colossus gets StrangledByTheRedString to an alien healer, causing him to break up with Kitty Pryde. The toy line sold poorly, but the comics sold well, and the whole thing was continued the next year in ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' in which the Beyonder came to Earth and tried becoming human. This series was seen by some as a SelfInsertFic by Creator/JimShooter (writer of both series and current Editor in Chief of Marvel at the time), and as a SpiritualSuccessor of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter.
The Beyonder got [[RetCon retconned]] into a delusional lesser cosmic being in a Fantastic Four story years later, in what was apparently a TakeThat at Shooter. Steve Englehart, FF writer at the time, [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=5785 reported that this was editorial interference.]]
There was a miniseries in the 2000s titled ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (singular) but it had nothing to do with the first two. Instead, it was about superspy Nick Fury getting some heroes to help him track the source of supervillain technology (which turned out to be Lucia Von Bardas), and ended with Fury being removed as leader of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} for acting without permission. Notably, this was one of the stories that helped kick off the ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
There was also a miniseries entitled "Beyond!" in which the events of the first series seemed to be playing all over again, with a reduced cast of heroes and villains. It was finally revealed not to be the Beyonder, but The Stranger pretending for "research purposes".
In 2015, a new ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' storyline was released, coming off of the events being showcased in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' which brought all of the Marvel Multiverse to a close -- and after this, a full-scale ContinuityReboot ensued (though characters retained their memories from before the multiversal merging). Amusingly enough, one title involved in the event is in itself a retelling of this story -- but with SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} involved, {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.
In 2015, Graphic Audio did an adaptation of the novelization of the original mini-series.
A pared down version of the first ''Secret Wars'' was adapted for the final season of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', reducing the number of characters involved and making Spider-Man the leader of the forces of good rather than Captain America. It was well-received and is considered one of the greatest episode arcs of the show.
Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action figures]], the series features a huge war between the greatest heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Bulldozer.]]
A nearly omnipotent [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Cosmic Entity]] by the name of The Beyonder, fascinated by the presence of [[HumansAreSpecial superheroes on Earth and their potential]], chooses groups of both heroes and supervillains and teleports them against their will to "Battleworld", a planet created by him in a distant galaxy, stocked with alien weapons, technology and [[PatchworkWorld mismatched parts from different worlds]]. He tells them to kill each other, and, to the victor, his greatest desire will be granted. His purpose is to understand the (to him) alien concept of "desire".
The heroes include the ComicBook/FantasticFour (minus Sue Storm, who was pregnant at the time), ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[ComicBook/WarMachine Jim Rhodes]] version of ComicBook/IronMan, the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], ComicBook/SheHulk, ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/TheWasp, with the second ComicBook/SpiderWoman (Julia Carpenter) showing up several issues in (in her first appearance). Members of the ComicBook/XMen (Professor X, Cyclops, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed The Dragon) split off from the main heroic team and act as a separate faction for much of the book. ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, buffing up his AntiVillain credentials, also does his own thing for awhile before joining with his fellow mutants.
Villains include Doctor Doom, ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, Klaw, Ultron, The Lizard, The Wrecking Crew, The Enchantress, Kang The Conqueror, Molecule Man, The Absorbing Man, and new villains Titania and Volcana. ComicBook/{{Galactus}} The PlanetEater is also there acting as his own non-allied entity.
So, as you might guess, new friends are made, old alliances are tested, complicated intrigues are formulated, and in the end, everyone gets home without anyone dying, though Spidey gets a shiny new black costume inspired by Spider-Woman's (which would later become the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote), She-Hulk replaces The Thing in the Fantastic Four (who stays behind after he finds he can revert to human form on the Battleworld), Volcana hooks up with Molecule Man, and Colossus gets StrangledByTheRedString to an alien healer, causing him to break up with Kitty Pryde. The toy line sold poorly, but the comics sold well, and the whole thing was continued the next year in ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' in which the Beyonder came to Earth and tried becoming human. This series was seen by some as a SelfInsertFic by Creator/JimShooter (writer of both series and current Editor in Chief of Marvel at the time), and as a SpiritualSuccessor of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter.
The Beyonder got [[RetCon retconned]] into a delusional lesser cosmic being in a Fantastic Four story years later, in what was apparently a TakeThat at Shooter. Steve Englehart, FF writer at the time, [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=5785 reported that this was editorial interference.]]
There was a miniseries in the 2000s titled ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (singular) but it had nothing to do with the first two. Instead, it was about superspy Nick Fury getting some heroes to help him track the source of supervillain technology (which turned out to be Lucia Von Bardas), and ended with Fury being removed as leader of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} for acting without permission. Notably, this was one of the stories that helped kick off the ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
There was also a miniseries entitled "Beyond!" in which the events of the first series seemed to be playing all over again, with a reduced cast of heroes and villains. It was finally revealed not to be the Beyonder, but The Stranger pretending for "research purposes".
In 2015, a new ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' storyline was released, coming off of the events being showcased in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' which brought all of the Marvel Multiverse to a close -- and after this, a full-scale ContinuityReboot ensued (though characters retained their memories from before the multiversal merging). Amusingly enough, one title involved in the event is in itself a retelling of this story -- but with SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} involved, {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.
In 2015, Graphic Audio did an adaptation of the novelization of the original mini-series.
A pared down version of the first ''Secret Wars'' was adapted for the final season of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', reducing the number of characters involved and making Spider-Man the leader of the forces of good rather than Captain America. It was well-received and is considered one of the greatest episode arcs of the show.
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''Secret Wars'' is a twelve-issue comic book CrisisCrossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Creator/MarvelComics.
Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action figures]],Creator/MarvelComics, written by Creator/JimShooter (also the series features a huge war between the greatest heroes and villains Editor-In-Chief of the Marvel Universe. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Bulldozer.]]
at the time), and pencilled by Mike Zeck, with Bob Layton doing fill-in work on some issues.
A nearly omnipotent [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Cosmic Entity]] by the name of The Beyonder, fascinated by the presence of [[HumansAreSpecial superheroes on Earth and their potential]], chooses groups of both heroes and supervillains (and ''ComicBook/{{Galactus}}'') and teleports them against their will to "Battleworld", a planet created by him in a distant galaxy, stocked with alien weapons, technology and [[PatchworkWorld mismatched parts from different worlds]]. He tells them to kill each other, and, to the victor, his greatest desire will be granted. His purpose is to understand the (to him) alien concept of "desire".
The heroes include the ComicBook/FantasticFour (minus Sue Storm, who was pregnant at the time), ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[ComicBook/WarMachine Jim Rhodes]] version of ComicBook/IronMan, the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], ComicBook/SheHulk, ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/TheWasp, with the second ComicBook/SpiderWoman (Julia Carpenter) showing up several issues in (in her first appearance). Members of the ComicBook/XMen (Professor X, Cyclops, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed The Dragon) split off from the main heroic team and act as a separate faction for much of the book. ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, buffing up his AntiVillain credentials, also does his own thing for awhile before joining with his fellowmutants.
mutants. Villains include Doctor Doom, ''ComicBook/DoctorDoom'', ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, Klaw, Ultron, The Lizard, The Wrecking Crew, The Enchantress, Kang The Conqueror, Molecule Man, The Absorbing Man, and new villains Titania and Volcana. ComicBook/{{Galactus}} The PlanetEater is also there acting as heroes spend most of their time trying to understand their situation and fixing it, while Dr. Doom plots his own non-allied entity.
So, as you might guess, new friends are made, old alliances are tested, complicated intrigues are formulated, and in the end, everyone gets home without anyone dying, though Spidey gets a shiny new black costume inspired by Spider-Woman's (which would later become the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote), She-Hulk replaces The Thing in the Fantastic Four (who stays behind afteragenda, because of course he finds he can revert to human form on the Battleworld), Volcana hooks up with Molecule Man, and Colossus gets StrangledByTheRedString to an alien healer, causing him to break up with Kitty Pryde. The toy line sold poorly, but the comics sold well, and the whole thing was continued the next year in ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' in which the Beyonder came to Earth and tried becoming human. This series was seen by some as a SelfInsertFic by Creator/JimShooter (writer of both series and current Editor in Chief of Marvel at the time), and as a SpiritualSuccessor of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter.does.
Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action figures]], the series features a huge war between the greatest heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Bulldozer.]] It ultimately sparked a series of status-quo shifts across all titles whose impact continues to reverberate to the present day. Spidey gets a shiny new black costume inspired by Spider-Woman's (which would later become the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote), She-Hulk briefly replaced The Thing in the Fantastic Four (who stays behind after he finds he can revert to human form on the Battleworld), Volcana hooks up with Molecule Man, and Colossus gets StrangledByTheRedString to an alien healer, causing him to break up with Kitty Pryde.
Over the years there have been a number of follow-ups to ''Secret Wars'':
* ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' : In which the Beyonder (an off-screen presence in the first event) is finally visualized as a HumanoidAbomination who descends to Earth and engages in a series of weird hijinks. This series was also by Jim Shooter, and is seen as being a a SpiritualSuccessor of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter. As a result of this event, The Beyonder got [[RetCon retconned]] into a delusional lesser cosmic being in a Fantastic Four story yearslater, in later[[note]]in what was apparently a TakeThat at Shooter. Steve Englehart, FF writer at the time, [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=5785 reported that this was editorial interference.]]
There]] [[/note]]
* ''"Beyond!"'': A miniseries in which the events of the first series seemed to be playing all over again, with a reduced cast of heroes and villains. It was finally revealed not to be the Beyonder, but The Stranger pretending for "research purposes".
* ''ComicBook/NewAvengers: ''ComicBook/TheIlluminati'': A miniseries by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis retcons and alters the events of ''Secret Wars II'' as taking place on a simulated cluster of asteroids in outer space.
* ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'': The first real follow-up to the original event, which is the culmination of a series of events showcased in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' which brought all of the Marvel Multiverse to a close -- and after this, a full-scale ContinuityReboot ensued (though characters retained their memories from before the multiversal merging).
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s Secret Secret Wars'': A tie-in miniseries by Cullen Bunn that serves as a retelling of the the event -- but with SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} (a character who hadn't been invented yet at the time of the first one {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.
* A pared down version of the first ''Secret Wars'' was adapted for the final season of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', reducing the number of characters involved and making Spider-Man the leader of the forces of good rather than Captain America.
* In 2015, Graphic Audio did an adaptation of the novelization of the original mini-series.
Not to be confused with the miniseries in the 2000s titled ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (singular) but it had nothing to do with the first two. Instead, it was about superspy Nick Fury getting some heroes to help him track the source of supervillain technology (which turned out to be Lucia Von Bardas), and ended with Fury being removed as leader of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} for acting without permission. Notably, this was one of the stories that helped kick off the''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
There was also a miniseries entitled "Beyond!" in which the events of the first series seemed to be playing all over again, with a reduced cast of heroes and villains. It was finally revealed not to be the Beyonder, but The Stranger pretending for "research purposes".
In 2015, a new ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' storyline was released, coming off of the events being showcased in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' which brought all of the Marvel Multiverse to a close -- and after this, a full-scale ContinuityReboot ensued (though characters retained their memories from before the multiversal merging). Amusingly enough, one title involved in the event is in itself a retelling of this story -- but with SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} involved, {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.
In 2015, Graphic Audio did an adaptation of the novelization of the original mini-series.
A pared down version of the first ''Secret Wars'' was adapted for the final season of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', reducing the number of characters involved and making Spider-Man the leader of the forces of good rather than Captain America. It was well-received and is considered one of the greatest episode arcs of the show.
''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action figures]],
A nearly omnipotent [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Cosmic Entity]] by the name of The Beyonder, fascinated by the presence of [[HumansAreSpecial superheroes on Earth and their potential]], chooses groups of both heroes and supervillains (and ''ComicBook/{{Galactus}}'') and teleports them against their will to "Battleworld", a planet created by him in a distant galaxy, stocked with alien weapons, technology and [[PatchworkWorld mismatched parts from different worlds]]. He tells them to kill each other, and, to the victor, his greatest desire will be granted. His purpose is to understand the (to him) alien concept of "desire".
The heroes include the ComicBook/FantasticFour (minus Sue Storm, who was pregnant at the time), ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[ComicBook/WarMachine Jim Rhodes]] version of ComicBook/IronMan, the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], ComicBook/SheHulk, ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/TheWasp, with the second ComicBook/SpiderWoman (Julia Carpenter) showing up several issues in (in her first appearance). Members of the ComicBook/XMen (Professor X, Cyclops, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed The Dragon) split off from the main heroic team and act as a separate faction for much of the book. ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, buffing up his AntiVillain credentials, also does his own thing for awhile before joining with his fellow
So, as you might guess, new friends are made, old alliances are tested, complicated intrigues are formulated, and in the end, everyone gets home without anyone dying, though Spidey gets a shiny new black costume inspired by Spider-Woman's (which would later become the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote), She-Hulk replaces The Thing in the Fantastic Four (who stays behind after
Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action figures]], the series features a huge war between the greatest heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Bulldozer.]] It ultimately sparked a series of status-quo shifts across all titles whose impact continues to reverberate to the present day. Spidey gets a shiny new black costume inspired by Spider-Woman's (which would later become the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote), She-Hulk briefly replaced The Thing in the Fantastic Four (who stays behind after he finds he can revert to human form on the Battleworld), Volcana hooks up with Molecule Man, and Colossus gets StrangledByTheRedString to an alien healer, causing him to break up with Kitty Pryde.
Over the years there have been a number of follow-ups to ''Secret Wars'':
* ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' : In which the Beyonder (an off-screen presence in the first event) is finally visualized as a HumanoidAbomination who descends to Earth and engages in a series of weird hijinks. This series was also by Jim Shooter, and is seen as being a a SpiritualSuccessor of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter. As a result of this event, The Beyonder got [[RetCon retconned]] into a delusional lesser cosmic being in a Fantastic Four story years
There
* ''"Beyond!"'': A miniseries in which the events of the first series seemed to be playing all over again, with a reduced cast of heroes and villains. It was finally revealed not to be the Beyonder, but The Stranger pretending for "research purposes".
* ''ComicBook/NewAvengers: ''ComicBook/TheIlluminati'': A miniseries by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis retcons and alters the events of ''Secret Wars II'' as taking place on a simulated cluster of asteroids in outer space.
* ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'': The first real follow-up to the original event, which is the culmination of a series of events showcased in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' which brought all of the Marvel Multiverse to a close -- and after this, a full-scale ContinuityReboot ensued (though characters retained their memories from before the multiversal merging).
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s Secret Secret Wars'': A tie-in miniseries by Cullen Bunn that serves as a retelling of the the event -- but with SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} (a character who hadn't been invented yet at the time of the first one {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.
* A pared down version of the first ''Secret Wars'' was adapted for the final season of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', reducing the number of characters involved and making Spider-Man the leader of the forces of good rather than Captain America.
* In 2015, Graphic Audio did an adaptation of the novelization of the original mini-series.
Not to be confused with the miniseries in the 2000s titled ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (singular) but it had nothing to do with the first two. Instead, it was about superspy Nick Fury getting some heroes to help him track the source of supervillain technology (which turned out to be Lucia Von Bardas), and ended with Fury being removed as leader of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} for acting without permission. Notably, this was one of the stories that helped kick off the
There was also a miniseries entitled "Beyond!" in which the events of the first series seemed to be playing all over again, with a reduced cast of heroes and villains. It was finally revealed not to be the Beyonder, but The Stranger pretending for "research purposes".
In 2015, a new ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' storyline was released, coming off of the events being showcased in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' which brought all of the Marvel Multiverse to a close -- and after this, a full-scale ContinuityReboot ensued (though characters retained their memories from before the multiversal merging). Amusingly enough, one title involved in the event is in itself a retelling of this story -- but with SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} involved, {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.
In 2015, Graphic Audio did an adaptation of the novelization of the original mini-series.
A pared down version of the first ''Secret Wars'' was adapted for the final season of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', reducing the number of characters involved and making Spider-Man the leader of the forces of good rather than Captain America. It was well-received and is considered one of the greatest episode arcs of the show.
* BigBad: Ostensibly the unseen and unglimpsed Beyonder (at least in the original series), but the real villain turns out to be Doctor Doom.
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* PowerParasite: Doctor Doom steals Beyonders' ability here. But he starts with an appetizer consisting of all of Galactus' power.
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* TournamentArc: Essentially what the mini-series was at first. The Beyonder made a team of the best heroes and villains in the Marvel universe at the time and created Baatleworld for them to fight and told them "slay your enemies and all that you desire shall be yours! Nothing you dream of is impossible for me to accomplish!" Some were intrigued by the idea and went along with it, but others like Doom were aware there was more going on or just wanted to go home.
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* TournamentArc: Essentially what the mini-series was at first. The Beyonder made a team of the best heroes and villains in the Marvel universe at the time and created Baatleworld Battleworld for them to fight and told them "slay your enemies and all that you desire shall be yours! Nothing you dream of is impossible for me to accomplish!" Some were intrigued by the idea and went along with it, but others like Doom were aware there was more going on or just wanted to go home.
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''Secret Wars'' is a twelve-issue comic book CrisisCrossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Creator/MarvelComics.
Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action figures]], the series features a huge war between the greatest heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Bulldozer.]]
A nearly omnipotent [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Cosmic Entity]] by the name of The Beyonder, fascinated by the presence of [[HumansAreSpecial superheroes on Earth and their potential]], chooses groups of both heroes and supervillains and teleports them against their will to "Battleworld", a planet created by him in a distant galaxy, stocked with alien weapons, technology and [[PatchworkWorld mismatched parts from different worlds]]. He tells them to kill each other, and, to the victor, his greatest desire will be granted. His purpose is to understand the (to him) alien concept of "desire".
The heroes include the ComicBook/FantasticFour (minus Sue Storm, who was pregnant at the time), ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[ComicBook/WarMachine Jim Rhodes]] version of ComicBook/IronMan, the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], ComicBook/SheHulk, ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/TheWasp, with the second ComicBook/SpiderWoman (Julia Carpenter) showing up several issues in (in her first appearance). Members of the ComicBook/XMen (Professor X, Cyclops, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed The Dragon) split off from the main heroic team and act as a separate faction for much of the book. ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, buffing up his AntiVillain credentials, also does his own thing for awhile before joining with his fellow mutants.
Villains include Doctor Doom, ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, Klaw, Ultron, The Lizard, The Wrecking Crew, The Enchantress, Kang The Conqueror, Molecule Man, The Absorbing Man, and new villains Titania and Volcana. ComicBook/{{Galactus}} The PlanetEater is also there acting as his own non-allied entity.
So, as you might guess, new friends are made, old alliances are tested, complicated intrigues are formulated, and in the end, everyone gets home without anyone dying, though Spidey gets a shiny new black costume inspired by Spider-Woman's (which would later become the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote), She-Hulk replaces The Thing in the Fantastic Four (who stays behind after he finds he can revert to human form on the Battleworld), Volcana hooks up with Molecule Man, and Colossus gets StrangledByTheRedString to an alien healer, causing him to break up with Kitty Pryde. The toy line sold poorly, but the comics sold well, and the whole thing was continued the next year in ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' in which the Beyonder came to Earth and tried becoming human. This series was seen by some as a SelfInsertFic by Creator/JimShooter (writer of both series and current Editor in Chief of Marvel at the time), and as a SpiritualSuccessor of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter.
The Beyonder got [[RetCon retconned]] into a delusional lesser cosmic being in a Fantastic Four story years later, in what was apparently a TakeThat at Shooter. Steve Englehart, FF writer at the time, [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=5785 reported that this was editorial interference.]]
There was a miniseries in the 2000s titled ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (singular) but it had nothing to do with the first two. Instead, it was about superspy Nick Fury getting some heroes to help him track the source of supervillain technology (which turned out to be Lucia Von Bardas), and ended with Fury being removed as leader of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} for acting without permission. Notably, this was one of the stories that helped kick off the ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
There was also a miniseries entitled "Beyond!" in which the events of the first series seemed to be playing all over again, with a reduced cast of heroes and villains. It was finally revealed not to be the Beyonder, but The Stranger pretending for "research purposes".
In 2015, a new ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' storyline]] was released, coming off of the events being showcased in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' which brought all of the Marvel Multiverse to a close -- and after this, a full-scale ContinuityReboot ensued (though characters retained their memories from before the multiversal merging). Amusingly enough, one title involved in the event is in itself a retelling of this story -- but with SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} involved, {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.
In 2015, Graphic Audio did an adaptation of the novelization of the original mini-series.
A pared down version of the first ''Secret Wars'' was adapted for the final season of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', reducing the number of characters involved and making Spider-Man the leader of the forces of good rather than Captain America. It was well-received and is considered one of the greatest episode arcs of the show.
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!!''Secret Wars'' provides example of:
* TheEighties: Oh YES. Most noticeable when Johnny Storm tries to woo Zsaji by singing lyrics to Music/MichaelJackson and Music/CultureClub songs.
* AdventureFriendlyWorld: Multiple characters note little things about how the world is ideal for their powers and methods. Spider-Man has plenty of stuff to attach his webs to. Storm notes the air is "thick but easy to control" making it even easier to fly on. The heroes are provided with conveniently humane prison cells. Etc.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: In the first issue, {{ComicBook/Ultron}} picks a fight with {{ComicBook/Galactus}}. [[CurbStompBattle It doesn't go well for him.]]
* AntiVillain / AntiHero (Type IV): While this might not be Magneto's most heroic period (he's very conniving in the early issues), it's certainly his most ''publicly'' heroic period. To wit:
** When the heroes and villains are first gathered by the Beyonder, Magneto is sorted with the heroes. The Beyonder classified them due to their desires, and Magneto's goal of mutant supremacy was more noble than the other villains' desires of personal power and wealth.
** During the last few issues, he accepts Captain America's leadership and fights alongside the heroes without hesitation.
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Molecule Man. Up till this point, he made very limited application of his powers and believed he was limited to inorganic matter and was very meek and submissive. Over the course of Secret Wars I and II, he first learns that he is capable of affecting all matter on any scale and slowly overcomes his meekness to the point that he goes toe to toe with the Beyonder in the second book having accepted that he's the second most powerful being in the universe.\\\
It should be pointed out that early in the series, before he gets starts getting more powerful and confident, he is able to casually drop a ''mountain'' on the heroes without so much as breaking a sweat. Followed not too long after that by ripping an even larger chunk of the planet's crust (over 2 billion tons of matter) and sweeping it up into almost the vacuum of space with all the heroes on it because he was angry at Doom who had just gained the Beyonder's powers and wanted to get everyone else out of his way and he did it just as casually as waving a hand. That being just before Doom uses the Beyonder's powers to remove Molecule Man's self-imposed limitations.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Although the characters don't realize it, Battleworld was ''granting their wishes all along''. This is why both Colossus and The Human Torch find "the perfect girlfriend" (Zsaji) and The Thing can change back to human.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Owen Reece is the nicest guy on the villains side. A complete milquetoast and very sensitive. He also drops an entire mountain range on the heroes with the flick of his wrist. Even the Hulk with all his might could only hold open a pocket under the mountain range and Thor, who was hammering with all his might from the surface, could only be heard as a faint tapping by the heroes trapped beneath. As we see later, when he doesn't hold himself back, Owen Reece is potentially more powerful than Galactus. Let's put it another way: Doom, who treats the rest of the villains as his servants, is actually nice to Owen. It has the others scratching their heads until Owen first demonstrates his power.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Wolverine says he doesn't really blame Colossus for following his heart, but that he needs to realize that his love for Zsaji is probably an effect of her powers and that "love" as a concept might not mean the same thing to an alien like her as it does to Peter.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The Thing, twice, involuntarily. Once he figures out he can turn between human and rocky orange at will, [[IChooseToStay he decides to stay behind for a while]].
* BullyingADragon: Even after being firsthand witnesses of what Molecule Man can do, the Wrecking Crew still feel the need to push him around when he's with Volcana, because he's just that meek. Doesn't take too long for Owen to remind them, let's just say, why he's in Doom's good graces and they're not.
* CListFodder: Surprisingly averted. The Wasp gets shot through the heart at one point, and Doom offs a couple of minor villains out of pique, but in the end they're OnlyMostlyDead.
* CoDragons: Once Doom has firmly established himself as the villains' leader, Ultron and Doctor Octopus share this role. Ultron has been reprogrammed to be Doom's loyal enforcer and bodyguard, while Octopus is pretty much the only one on Doom's intellectual level who can scheme with him. Once Octopus leaves the planet with most of the villains, Doom replaces him with Klaw, who basically just acts as a [[{{Pun}} sounding board.]]
* ConflictBall: Hawkeye and the Torch act suspicious towards the X-Men for much of the series, despite having worked with them before. Anti-mutant bias makes little sense for either of them since Johnny's ''nephew'' is a mutant and Clint was in love with one (the Scarlet Witch).
* ContinuitySnarl: Doctor Doom was dead at the time of this series, but was too big a baddie to be left out. The ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' comic spent much of the next year unraveling how Doom could be present for the Wars while dead.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: When the Human Torch uses his "nova flame" to take out Ultron, it burns so hot that it melts clean through the surrounding solid-metal walls and floor. When the smoke clears, Captain America, who was standing a few yards away and protected only by huddling his upper body behind his shield, is perfectly unharmed. Apparently, his body's melting point is a lot higher than that of whatever alien metal was used to build Doombase.
* CrisisCrossover: Though the whole story was presented in its own mini-series.
** Kind of the TropeMaker, if only because Marvel rushed to beat DC to it -- they'd gotten wind of ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and wanted to make a big "event" series first.
* CurbStompBattle:
** Spider-Man using his vastly superior agility, reaction-time, and combat experience to take out Titania. She not only never lands a punch on him, but he ''takes his time'' while delivering her beat down, all the while delivering a classic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. It makes her fearful of Spider-Man for ''years'', despite the fact that she is much, much stronger and NighInvulnerable.
** Earlier, She-Hulk breaks into Doombase alone, to take revenge for the Wasp (supposed dead at the time). She briefly holds her own against the Wrecking Crew, but the addition of Titania, Doc Ock, and the Absorbing Man to the fight results in them beating her nearly to death. The pummeling she takes verges on NightmareFuel.
** Even earlier, Spider-Man comes upon the X-Men plotting to join Magneto, he proceeds to wail on them and easily beats down Wolverine, Rogue, Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler and Colossus before getting mindwiped by Xavier.
** At the very start Ultron tries to kill the other super-villains because they're alive and he has no interest in working with them. Doom realizes Ultron can curb-stomp almost all of them, so he tells the Molecule Man to toss Ultron at Galactus. This gets Galactus's attention. Ultron makes to fight Galactus, who curb-stomps him by simply drawing all the energy from the nuclear reactor that powers him. Then Galactus approaches the Beyonder to demand that the Beyonder eliminate his hunger, but the Beyonder curb-stomps him.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Dr. Doom versus the Beyonder.
-->'''Dr. Doom:''' True. He is Goliath... and I am David. David had a sling, and knew a weakness of his foe that he may exploit!
* DisasterDemocracy
* DoubleStandard: When gathering bad guys, the Beyonder was apparently only able to find ''one'' A-list villainess, the Enchantress. Doctor Doom later rectifies this by empowering two civilians into Titania and Volcana. Why the Beyonder didn't consider X-Men villains Mystique, Emma Frost (this was years before her HeelFaceTurn), or Selene is anyone's guess.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Spidey gets a new black costume, later revealed to be alive. Although, at first, the "Black Costume is Evil/Alive" wasn't introduced at the time, and that the black costume was just introduced as a new costume for Spidey.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Doom builds himself a 200-mile high tower made of golden stone as his temporary quarters, and invites the heroes to meet with him.
* HoldYourHippogriffs: Colossus once exclaims "Lenin's beard!"
* IBrokeANail: Wasp
* IdiotBall:
** After Doctor Doom gains the power of the Beyonder making him capable of anything. However, if he falls asleep and dreams then he is at risk of the power going out of control and granting his subconscious desires, whether it be destroying solar systems or resurrecting dead heroes. He's shown using the power to rejuvenate himself and eliminate the need for him to sleep temporarily. Why would he not just alter his body so as to eliminate the need for sleep permanently, so he wouldn't need to remember to rejuvenate himself every sixteen hours or so?
** Johnny and Hawkeye are uncharacteristically antagonistic towards the X-Men because they're mutants, even though they've both worked with the X-Men and other mutants multiple times in the past. Hell, Johnny's ''nephew'' is a mutant and Clint was in love with one (the Scarlet Witch).
** The X-Men deciding that they aren't welcome or they are in danger from the other heroes and leaving the heroes under-powered for when the villains attack the next morning. Professor Xavier could have simply read the other heroes' intentions or used his powers to convince them the X-Men were no threat before deciding to leave and take their chances with Magneto.
* InspirationalInsult: While the Hulk is holding a 150 billion ton mountain up so the rest of the team can survive, when he starts getting fatigued Reed Richards insults him, angering him to increase his strength while also inspiring him to hold the mountain up a while longer. Hulk calls Reed out on this later.
* KillEmAll: Doom attempts this with the heroes after achieving omnipotence. It fails [[spoiler:because of an unconscious desire of Doom to keep them alive, as much as he may deny it.]]
* LoadBearingHero: The Hulk holding up a mountain range.
* MassResurrection:
** Doctor Doom steals the Beyonder's power and kills all the heroes. His lackey Klaw (who secretly is [[GrandTheftMe possessed by the Beyonder at the time]]) talks Doom into thinking about the heroes reviving & attacking, and given that the Beyonder had RealityWarper powers which Doom stole this becomes true.
** In the second series the Beyonder killed and later resurrected the ComicBook/NewMutants.
* MerchandiseDriven
** The whole series was conceived to promote Mattel's line of Marvel action figures. Certain plot points were even influenced by requests from the toy execs, such as Doctor Doom's armor becoming damaged and rebuilt to better resemble his action figure. This was due to the fact that the toy company felt Doom's classic look was too medieval, and wanted to give him a more futuristic suit for the toy line.
** Oddly, the toy line bore almost no resemblance to the comic. There were only four heroes and four villains (including Kang, who dies early in the series, and Magneto, who's a hero in the comics) in the first set of toys, and each had a shield supposedly used to send secret messages (only Captain America had a shield in the comics, and it was his usual, non-message-sending one). The second set of toys added characters who weren't even in the comic (ComicBook/TheFalcon, Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}, Baron Zemo, etc.), with the third line (only released outside the U.S.) adding even more toy-exclusive characters like Iceman and Electro.
** Funnily enough, there's now a current series of toys involving reprints of ''Secret Wars'' and ''Secret Wars II'', which has fewer "continuity" problems than the original toy line.
* MissingMainCharacter: During the event in Creator/MarvelComics, the main heroes went missing in their own books, usually for one issue, with supporting characters looking for them. One example included ComicBook/SpiderMan disappearing and his then-girlfriend ComicBook/BlackCat going to ComicBook/DoctorStrange for help.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Volcana asks Dr. Octopus to help Molecule Man (who had been gravely injured by Wolverine) because he's a "Doctor". He immediately points out that he has a doctorate in nuclear physics.
* TheOmnipotent:
** The Beyonder (almost) [[spoiler:and Doom once he steals the Beyonder's power. Though his mortal mind can't handle it.]]
** Owen Reece is also basically this once Doom reveals to him that he's been holding himself back. In the sequel he goes toe-to-toe with the Beyonder.
* OriginalGeneration: The Beyonder, Titania and Volcana (the latter of whom would later pull a HeelFaceTurn).
* PatchworkWorld: Battleworld itself.
* PivotalWakeup: Galactus.
* PlotHole: A retroactive one at least. When Spider-Man gets his new black symbiote costume he celebrates by [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything playfully squirting]] [[HoYay the Human Torch]] in the face with the costume's built-in web shooters, and the Human Torch comments that this new stuff is "even harder to burn off than your old webbing!" However, later comics established that A) the "webbing" created by the symbiotes are actually cast off pieces of the symbiotes themselves made to look like webs, and B) symbiotes are weak against fire. Given that, logically Spidey's new webbing should be ''easier'' for Torch to burn off, not harder. This is probably because of the "wish field" that the planet turns out to be covered in.
* PowerParasite: Doctor Doom steals Beyonders' ability here. But he starts with an appetizer consisting of all of Galactus' power.
* RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: Doom's subconscious is eventually his undoing after acquiring the ability to alter reality. Which is kind of odd, since the Molecule Man, with almost the same power level and abilities doesn't seem to have this problem.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Spider Man verbally eviscerates [[TheBrute Titania]]. It's brutal to read but well deserved, especially since Titania had just delivered an awful beat down of She-Hulk.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' You ought to be happy, cuddles! You aspired to be a bully, and, man, you're a classic! You talk tough and nasty when you've got the upper hand -- but when you're losing -- well, that's when the whining little wimp-''ette'' inside comes spilling out!\\
''[throws Titania through a wall]''
* RedSkiesCrossover: Of the UnbuiltTrope variety. The crossover never affected the character's books. At most, the characters just poofed away for a few panels and came back when it was done.
* {{Retcon}}: ''Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars'' from the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' storyline retells the mini-series but with Deadpool in it. And this is actually canon and explains things that didn't jive well with things in the story or later on in comics. But why doesn't everyone remember Deadpool's involvement (other than him only being created seven years after the event)? [[spoiler:The Wasp wished ''so hard'' to forget Deadpool existed, either out of disgust after seeing his cancer-ridden body or shame ''for'' her reaction, that [[LaserGuidedAmnesia everyone forgot]].]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Molecule Man, once his mental blocks are removed by Doom, decides to just take any villain who wants to go back to Earth.
** Also early on, when most of the heroes (mainly the Avengers) keep throwing Magneto's villainous deeds in his face, he gets fed up with the treatment and leaves them to start an independent front.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Secret Wars is considered an expanded version of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter.
* SquishyWizard: The Molecule Man, at least until he discovers his full potential. For example, he is able to drop an entire mountain range that dwarfs the Appalachians on the heroes with no effort, but is dropped by a single stab from ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} who had spent most of the series to this point getting swatted around by lesser villains.
* TheStarscream: Kang, being so similar to Doom, was this at the very beginning. His first action being to attempt to kill Doom by shooting down his craft. Doom repays the favor the next time they meet by ordering Ultron to destroy him. He eventually recovers.
* ThrowAwayCountry: The '''galaxy''' destroyed by the Beyonder at the beginning of the crossover series. Molecule Man is shown having actually reconstructed all the stars in the galaxy while flying the Denver Suburb back to Earth as practice after Doom uses the Beyonder's power to remove his mental blocks. The revelation causes Dr. Octopus to go nuts and try to kill him.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Magneto, who is thrown in with the heroes.
* TokenGoodTeammate: While Galactus is more indifferent to good and evil, the real token good on the villains side is Molecule Man who is trying to reform at the time.
* TokenMinorityCouple: Averted. Rhodes!Iron Man tried flirting with Rambeau!Captain Marvel, but she could tell there was someone different under the armor, and wasn't quite as impressed with the new guy.
* TotallyRadical: Some of the dialogue. She-Hulk actually says "TO THE MAX!" at one point.
* TournamentArc: Essentially what the mini-series was at first. The Beyonder made a team of the best heroes and villains in the Marvel universe at the time and created Baatleworld for them to fight and told them "slay your enemies and all that you desire shall be yours! Nothing you dream of is impossible for me to accomplish!" Some were intrigued by the idea and went along with it, but others like Doom were aware there was more going on or just wanted to go home.
* WhatIf:
** There was a ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' where Doctor Doom kept the Beyonder's power and proceeds to turn the world into a utopia, free his mother's soul, acquire the Infinity Gauntlet, and defeat every major race and god-like entity in the Marvel Universe.
** ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' v2 #114 told the story of what would have happened had the heroes never gotten home. Notably:
*** Rogue was permanently consumed by the personality she'd absorbed from [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Carol Danvers]].
*** Spidey and the Symbiote are now one, to the point that when the Symbiote is hit by a sonic attack, there's nothing left of Peter underneath but his skeleton.
*** Professor Xavier now wears an upgraded Iron Man suit to protect his health and allow him to walk.
*** Several characters, including Magneto, James Rhodes, and Reed Richards, have died in the twenty-five year interim.
*** The Hulk disappears, becoming something of a bogeyman.
*** There are kids, who have [[LamarckWasRight powers based on a combination of both parents']]. The good kids are Crusader (Cap and Rogue[=/=]Carol), Bravado (Thor and Enchantress), Mustang (Hawkeye and She-Hulk), Firefly (Human Torch and Wasp), and Torrent (Wolverine and Storm). The bad kids are Malefactor (Dr. Doom and Enchantress), Chokehold (Absorbing Man and Titania), Moleculon (Molecule Man and Volcana), Gator (Lizard and... someone), and Raze (Wrecker and an unidentified woman).
* WildCard:
** Magneto throughout, and Galactus to a certain extent.
** The Lizard was mostly there by accident, and doesn't seem to have any allegiance to anyone, save Wasp, who bandaged up his injuries.
** Galactus is simply above it all. From his perspective, he's been transported by a superior alien being to a new world alongside some rodents, insects, and a couple of chimps (Reed and Doom) so he spends most of the series ignoring them and trying to engage the alien.
* WouldHitAGirl: Spider-Man has no qualms about beating the crap out of Titania.
* XRaySparks: When Galactus begins consuming Battleworld, the effect puts this into play and causes only the skeletons of everyone to be visible. However, he's stopped before he can carry it out and everything returns to normal.
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''Secret Wars'' is a twelve-issue comic book CrisisCrossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Creator/MarvelComics.
Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action figures]], the series features a huge war between the greatest heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Bulldozer.]]
A nearly omnipotent [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Cosmic Entity]] by the name of The Beyonder, fascinated by the presence of [[HumansAreSpecial superheroes on Earth and their potential]], chooses groups of both heroes and supervillains and teleports them against their will to "Battleworld", a planet created by him in a distant galaxy, stocked with alien weapons, technology and [[PatchworkWorld mismatched parts from different worlds]]. He tells them to kill each other, and, to the victor, his greatest desire will be granted. His purpose is to understand the (to him) alien concept of "desire".
The heroes include the ComicBook/FantasticFour (minus Sue Storm, who was pregnant at the time), ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[ComicBook/WarMachine Jim Rhodes]] version of ComicBook/IronMan, the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]], ComicBook/SheHulk, ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/TheWasp, with the second ComicBook/SpiderWoman (Julia Carpenter) showing up several issues in (in her first appearance). Members of the ComicBook/XMen (Professor X, Cyclops, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed The Dragon) split off from the main heroic team and act as a separate faction for much of the book. ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, buffing up his AntiVillain credentials, also does his own thing for awhile before joining with his fellow mutants.
Villains include Doctor Doom, ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, Klaw, Ultron, The Lizard, The Wrecking Crew, The Enchantress, Kang The Conqueror, Molecule Man, The Absorbing Man, and new villains Titania and Volcana. ComicBook/{{Galactus}} The PlanetEater is also there acting as his own non-allied entity.
So, as you might guess, new friends are made, old alliances are tested, complicated intrigues are formulated, and in the end, everyone gets home without anyone dying, though Spidey gets a shiny new black costume inspired by Spider-Woman's (which would later become the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote), She-Hulk replaces The Thing in the Fantastic Four (who stays behind after he finds he can revert to human form on the Battleworld), Volcana hooks up with Molecule Man, and Colossus gets StrangledByTheRedString to an alien healer, causing him to break up with Kitty Pryde. The toy line sold poorly, but the comics sold well, and the whole thing was continued the next year in ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII'' in which the Beyonder came to Earth and tried becoming human. This series was seen by some as a SelfInsertFic by Creator/JimShooter (writer of both series and current Editor in Chief of Marvel at the time), and as a SpiritualSuccessor of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter.
The Beyonder got [[RetCon retconned]] into a delusional lesser cosmic being in a Fantastic Four story years later, in what was apparently a TakeThat at Shooter. Steve Englehart, FF writer at the time, [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=5785 reported that this was editorial interference.]]
There was a miniseries in the 2000s titled ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (singular) but it had nothing to do with the first two. Instead, it was about superspy Nick Fury getting some heroes to help him track the source of supervillain technology (which turned out to be Lucia Von Bardas), and ended with Fury being removed as leader of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} for acting without permission. Notably, this was one of the stories that helped kick off the ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
There was also a miniseries entitled "Beyond!" in which the events of the first series seemed to be playing all over again, with a reduced cast of heroes and villains. It was finally revealed not to be the Beyonder, but The Stranger pretending for "research purposes".
In 2015, a new ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' storyline]] was released, coming off of the events being showcased in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' which brought all of the Marvel Multiverse to a close -- and after this, a full-scale ContinuityReboot ensued (though characters retained their memories from before the multiversal merging). Amusingly enough, one title involved in the event is in itself a retelling of this story -- but with SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} involved, {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.
In 2015, Graphic Audio did an adaptation of the novelization of the original mini-series.
A pared down version of the first ''Secret Wars'' was adapted for the final season of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', reducing the number of characters involved and making Spider-Man the leader of the forces of good rather than Captain America. It was well-received and is considered one of the greatest episode arcs of the show.
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!!''Secret Wars'' provides example of:
* TheEighties: Oh YES. Most noticeable when Johnny Storm tries to woo Zsaji by singing lyrics to Music/MichaelJackson and Music/CultureClub songs.
* AdventureFriendlyWorld: Multiple characters note little things about how the world is ideal for their powers and methods. Spider-Man has plenty of stuff to attach his webs to. Storm notes the air is "thick but easy to control" making it even easier to fly on. The heroes are provided with conveniently humane prison cells. Etc.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: In the first issue, {{ComicBook/Ultron}} picks a fight with {{ComicBook/Galactus}}. [[CurbStompBattle It doesn't go well for him.]]
* AntiVillain / AntiHero (Type IV): While this might not be Magneto's most heroic period (he's very conniving in the early issues), it's certainly his most ''publicly'' heroic period. To wit:
** When the heroes and villains are first gathered by the Beyonder, Magneto is sorted with the heroes. The Beyonder classified them due to their desires, and Magneto's goal of mutant supremacy was more noble than the other villains' desires of personal power and wealth.
** During the last few issues, he accepts Captain America's leadership and fights alongside the heroes without hesitation.
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Molecule Man. Up till this point, he made very limited application of his powers and believed he was limited to inorganic matter and was very meek and submissive. Over the course of Secret Wars I and II, he first learns that he is capable of affecting all matter on any scale and slowly overcomes his meekness to the point that he goes toe to toe with the Beyonder in the second book having accepted that he's the second most powerful being in the universe.\\\
It should be pointed out that early in the series, before he gets starts getting more powerful and confident, he is able to casually drop a ''mountain'' on the heroes without so much as breaking a sweat. Followed not too long after that by ripping an even larger chunk of the planet's crust (over 2 billion tons of matter) and sweeping it up into almost the vacuum of space with all the heroes on it because he was angry at Doom who had just gained the Beyonder's powers and wanted to get everyone else out of his way and he did it just as casually as waving a hand. That being just before Doom uses the Beyonder's powers to remove Molecule Man's self-imposed limitations.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Although the characters don't realize it, Battleworld was ''granting their wishes all along''. This is why both Colossus and The Human Torch find "the perfect girlfriend" (Zsaji) and The Thing can change back to human.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Owen Reece is the nicest guy on the villains side. A complete milquetoast and very sensitive. He also drops an entire mountain range on the heroes with the flick of his wrist. Even the Hulk with all his might could only hold open a pocket under the mountain range and Thor, who was hammering with all his might from the surface, could only be heard as a faint tapping by the heroes trapped beneath. As we see later, when he doesn't hold himself back, Owen Reece is potentially more powerful than Galactus. Let's put it another way: Doom, who treats the rest of the villains as his servants, is actually nice to Owen. It has the others scratching their heads until Owen first demonstrates his power.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Wolverine says he doesn't really blame Colossus for following his heart, but that he needs to realize that his love for Zsaji is probably an effect of her powers and that "love" as a concept might not mean the same thing to an alien like her as it does to Peter.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The Thing, twice, involuntarily. Once he figures out he can turn between human and rocky orange at will, [[IChooseToStay he decides to stay behind for a while]].
* BullyingADragon: Even after being firsthand witnesses of what Molecule Man can do, the Wrecking Crew still feel the need to push him around when he's with Volcana, because he's just that meek. Doesn't take too long for Owen to remind them, let's just say, why he's in Doom's good graces and they're not.
* CListFodder: Surprisingly averted. The Wasp gets shot through the heart at one point, and Doom offs a couple of minor villains out of pique, but in the end they're OnlyMostlyDead.
* CoDragons: Once Doom has firmly established himself as the villains' leader, Ultron and Doctor Octopus share this role. Ultron has been reprogrammed to be Doom's loyal enforcer and bodyguard, while Octopus is pretty much the only one on Doom's intellectual level who can scheme with him. Once Octopus leaves the planet with most of the villains, Doom replaces him with Klaw, who basically just acts as a [[{{Pun}} sounding board.]]
* ConflictBall: Hawkeye and the Torch act suspicious towards the X-Men for much of the series, despite having worked with them before. Anti-mutant bias makes little sense for either of them since Johnny's ''nephew'' is a mutant and Clint was in love with one (the Scarlet Witch).
* ContinuitySnarl: Doctor Doom was dead at the time of this series, but was too big a baddie to be left out. The ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' comic spent much of the next year unraveling how Doom could be present for the Wars while dead.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: When the Human Torch uses his "nova flame" to take out Ultron, it burns so hot that it melts clean through the surrounding solid-metal walls and floor. When the smoke clears, Captain America, who was standing a few yards away and protected only by huddling his upper body behind his shield, is perfectly unharmed. Apparently, his body's melting point is a lot higher than that of whatever alien metal was used to build Doombase.
* CrisisCrossover: Though the whole story was presented in its own mini-series.
** Kind of the TropeMaker, if only because Marvel rushed to beat DC to it -- they'd gotten wind of ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and wanted to make a big "event" series first.
* CurbStompBattle:
** Spider-Man using his vastly superior agility, reaction-time, and combat experience to take out Titania. She not only never lands a punch on him, but he ''takes his time'' while delivering her beat down, all the while delivering a classic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. It makes her fearful of Spider-Man for ''years'', despite the fact that she is much, much stronger and NighInvulnerable.
** Earlier, She-Hulk breaks into Doombase alone, to take revenge for the Wasp (supposed dead at the time). She briefly holds her own against the Wrecking Crew, but the addition of Titania, Doc Ock, and the Absorbing Man to the fight results in them beating her nearly to death. The pummeling she takes verges on NightmareFuel.
** Even earlier, Spider-Man comes upon the X-Men plotting to join Magneto, he proceeds to wail on them and easily beats down Wolverine, Rogue, Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler and Colossus before getting mindwiped by Xavier.
** At the very start Ultron tries to kill the other super-villains because they're alive and he has no interest in working with them. Doom realizes Ultron can curb-stomp almost all of them, so he tells the Molecule Man to toss Ultron at Galactus. This gets Galactus's attention. Ultron makes to fight Galactus, who curb-stomps him by simply drawing all the energy from the nuclear reactor that powers him. Then Galactus approaches the Beyonder to demand that the Beyonder eliminate his hunger, but the Beyonder curb-stomps him.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Dr. Doom versus the Beyonder.
-->'''Dr. Doom:''' True. He is Goliath... and I am David. David had a sling, and knew a weakness of his foe that he may exploit!
* DisasterDemocracy
* DoubleStandard: When gathering bad guys, the Beyonder was apparently only able to find ''one'' A-list villainess, the Enchantress. Doctor Doom later rectifies this by empowering two civilians into Titania and Volcana. Why the Beyonder didn't consider X-Men villains Mystique, Emma Frost (this was years before her HeelFaceTurn), or Selene is anyone's guess.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Spidey gets a new black costume, later revealed to be alive. Although, at first, the "Black Costume is Evil/Alive" wasn't introduced at the time, and that the black costume was just introduced as a new costume for Spidey.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Doom builds himself a 200-mile high tower made of golden stone as his temporary quarters, and invites the heroes to meet with him.
* HoldYourHippogriffs: Colossus once exclaims "Lenin's beard!"
* IBrokeANail: Wasp
* IdiotBall:
** After Doctor Doom gains the power of the Beyonder making him capable of anything. However, if he falls asleep and dreams then he is at risk of the power going out of control and granting his subconscious desires, whether it be destroying solar systems or resurrecting dead heroes. He's shown using the power to rejuvenate himself and eliminate the need for him to sleep temporarily. Why would he not just alter his body so as to eliminate the need for sleep permanently, so he wouldn't need to remember to rejuvenate himself every sixteen hours or so?
** Johnny and Hawkeye are uncharacteristically antagonistic towards the X-Men because they're mutants, even though they've both worked with the X-Men and other mutants multiple times in the past. Hell, Johnny's ''nephew'' is a mutant and Clint was in love with one (the Scarlet Witch).
** The X-Men deciding that they aren't welcome or they are in danger from the other heroes and leaving the heroes under-powered for when the villains attack the next morning. Professor Xavier could have simply read the other heroes' intentions or used his powers to convince them the X-Men were no threat before deciding to leave and take their chances with Magneto.
* InspirationalInsult: While the Hulk is holding a 150 billion ton mountain up so the rest of the team can survive, when he starts getting fatigued Reed Richards insults him, angering him to increase his strength while also inspiring him to hold the mountain up a while longer. Hulk calls Reed out on this later.
* KillEmAll: Doom attempts this with the heroes after achieving omnipotence. It fails [[spoiler:because of an unconscious desire of Doom to keep them alive, as much as he may deny it.]]
* LoadBearingHero: The Hulk holding up a mountain range.
* MassResurrection:
** Doctor Doom steals the Beyonder's power and kills all the heroes. His lackey Klaw (who secretly is [[GrandTheftMe possessed by the Beyonder at the time]]) talks Doom into thinking about the heroes reviving & attacking, and given that the Beyonder had RealityWarper powers which Doom stole this becomes true.
** In the second series the Beyonder killed and later resurrected the ComicBook/NewMutants.
* MerchandiseDriven
** The whole series was conceived to promote Mattel's line of Marvel action figures. Certain plot points were even influenced by requests from the toy execs, such as Doctor Doom's armor becoming damaged and rebuilt to better resemble his action figure. This was due to the fact that the toy company felt Doom's classic look was too medieval, and wanted to give him a more futuristic suit for the toy line.
** Oddly, the toy line bore almost no resemblance to the comic. There were only four heroes and four villains (including Kang, who dies early in the series, and Magneto, who's a hero in the comics) in the first set of toys, and each had a shield supposedly used to send secret messages (only Captain America had a shield in the comics, and it was his usual, non-message-sending one). The second set of toys added characters who weren't even in the comic (ComicBook/TheFalcon, Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}, Baron Zemo, etc.), with the third line (only released outside the U.S.) adding even more toy-exclusive characters like Iceman and Electro.
** Funnily enough, there's now a current series of toys involving reprints of ''Secret Wars'' and ''Secret Wars II'', which has fewer "continuity" problems than the original toy line.
* MissingMainCharacter: During the event in Creator/MarvelComics, the main heroes went missing in their own books, usually for one issue, with supporting characters looking for them. One example included ComicBook/SpiderMan disappearing and his then-girlfriend ComicBook/BlackCat going to ComicBook/DoctorStrange for help.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Volcana asks Dr. Octopus to help Molecule Man (who had been gravely injured by Wolverine) because he's a "Doctor". He immediately points out that he has a doctorate in nuclear physics.
* TheOmnipotent:
** The Beyonder (almost) [[spoiler:and Doom once he steals the Beyonder's power. Though his mortal mind can't handle it.]]
** Owen Reece is also basically this once Doom reveals to him that he's been holding himself back. In the sequel he goes toe-to-toe with the Beyonder.
* OriginalGeneration: The Beyonder, Titania and Volcana (the latter of whom would later pull a HeelFaceTurn).
* PatchworkWorld: Battleworld itself.
* PivotalWakeup: Galactus.
* PlotHole: A retroactive one at least. When Spider-Man gets his new black symbiote costume he celebrates by [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything playfully squirting]] [[HoYay the Human Torch]] in the face with the costume's built-in web shooters, and the Human Torch comments that this new stuff is "even harder to burn off than your old webbing!" However, later comics established that A) the "webbing" created by the symbiotes are actually cast off pieces of the symbiotes themselves made to look like webs, and B) symbiotes are weak against fire. Given that, logically Spidey's new webbing should be ''easier'' for Torch to burn off, not harder. This is probably because of the "wish field" that the planet turns out to be covered in.
* PowerParasite: Doctor Doom steals Beyonders' ability here. But he starts with an appetizer consisting of all of Galactus' power.
* RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: Doom's subconscious is eventually his undoing after acquiring the ability to alter reality. Which is kind of odd, since the Molecule Man, with almost the same power level and abilities doesn't seem to have this problem.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Spider Man verbally eviscerates [[TheBrute Titania]]. It's brutal to read but well deserved, especially since Titania had just delivered an awful beat down of She-Hulk.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' You ought to be happy, cuddles! You aspired to be a bully, and, man, you're a classic! You talk tough and nasty when you've got the upper hand -- but when you're losing -- well, that's when the whining little wimp-''ette'' inside comes spilling out!\\
''[throws Titania through a wall]''
* RedSkiesCrossover: Of the UnbuiltTrope variety. The crossover never affected the character's books. At most, the characters just poofed away for a few panels and came back when it was done.
* {{Retcon}}: ''Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars'' from the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' storyline retells the mini-series but with Deadpool in it. And this is actually canon and explains things that didn't jive well with things in the story or later on in comics. But why doesn't everyone remember Deadpool's involvement (other than him only being created seven years after the event)? [[spoiler:The Wasp wished ''so hard'' to forget Deadpool existed, either out of disgust after seeing his cancer-ridden body or shame ''for'' her reaction, that [[LaserGuidedAmnesia everyone forgot]].]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Molecule Man, once his mental blocks are removed by Doom, decides to just take any villain who wants to go back to Earth.
** Also early on, when most of the heroes (mainly the Avengers) keep throwing Magneto's villainous deeds in his face, he gets fed up with the treatment and leaves them to start an independent front.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Secret Wars is considered an expanded version of ComicBook/TheKorvacSaga, also written by Shooter.
* SquishyWizard: The Molecule Man, at least until he discovers his full potential. For example, he is able to drop an entire mountain range that dwarfs the Appalachians on the heroes with no effort, but is dropped by a single stab from ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} who had spent most of the series to this point getting swatted around by lesser villains.
* TheStarscream: Kang, being so similar to Doom, was this at the very beginning. His first action being to attempt to kill Doom by shooting down his craft. Doom repays the favor the next time they meet by ordering Ultron to destroy him. He eventually recovers.
* ThrowAwayCountry: The '''galaxy''' destroyed by the Beyonder at the beginning of the crossover series. Molecule Man is shown having actually reconstructed all the stars in the galaxy while flying the Denver Suburb back to Earth as practice after Doom uses the Beyonder's power to remove his mental blocks. The revelation causes Dr. Octopus to go nuts and try to kill him.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Magneto, who is thrown in with the heroes.
* TokenGoodTeammate: While Galactus is more indifferent to good and evil, the real token good on the villains side is Molecule Man who is trying to reform at the time.
* TokenMinorityCouple: Averted. Rhodes!Iron Man tried flirting with Rambeau!Captain Marvel, but she could tell there was someone different under the armor, and wasn't quite as impressed with the new guy.
* TotallyRadical: Some of the dialogue. She-Hulk actually says "TO THE MAX!" at one point.
* TournamentArc: Essentially what the mini-series was at first. The Beyonder made a team of the best heroes and villains in the Marvel universe at the time and created Baatleworld for them to fight and told them "slay your enemies and all that you desire shall be yours! Nothing you dream of is impossible for me to accomplish!" Some were intrigued by the idea and went along with it, but others like Doom were aware there was more going on or just wanted to go home.
* WhatIf:
** There was a ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' where Doctor Doom kept the Beyonder's power and proceeds to turn the world into a utopia, free his mother's soul, acquire the Infinity Gauntlet, and defeat every major race and god-like entity in the Marvel Universe.
** ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' v2 #114 told the story of what would have happened had the heroes never gotten home. Notably:
*** Rogue was permanently consumed by the personality she'd absorbed from [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Carol Danvers]].
*** Spidey and the Symbiote are now one, to the point that when the Symbiote is hit by a sonic attack, there's nothing left of Peter underneath but his skeleton.
*** Professor Xavier now wears an upgraded Iron Man suit to protect his health and allow him to walk.
*** Several characters, including Magneto, James Rhodes, and Reed Richards, have died in the twenty-five year interim.
*** The Hulk disappears, becoming something of a bogeyman.
*** There are kids, who have [[LamarckWasRight powers based on a combination of both parents']]. The good kids are Crusader (Cap and Rogue[=/=]Carol), Bravado (Thor and Enchantress), Mustang (Hawkeye and She-Hulk), Firefly (Human Torch and Wasp), and Torrent (Wolverine and Storm). The bad kids are Malefactor (Dr. Doom and Enchantress), Chokehold (Absorbing Man and Titania), Moleculon (Molecule Man and Volcana), Gator (Lizard and... someone), and Raze (Wrecker and an unidentified woman).
* WildCard:
** Magneto throughout, and Galactus to a certain extent.
** The Lizard was mostly there by accident, and doesn't seem to have any allegiance to anyone, save Wasp, who bandaged up his injuries.
** Galactus is simply above it all. From his perspective, he's been transported by a superior alien being to a new world alongside some rodents, insects, and a couple of chimps (Reed and Doom) so he spends most of the series ignoring them and trying to engage the alien.
* WouldHitAGirl: Spider-Man has no qualms about beating the crap out of Titania.
* XRaySparks: When Galactus begins consuming Battleworld, the effect puts this into play and causes only the skeletons of everyone to be visible. However, he's stopped before he can carry it out and everything returns to normal.
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