History ComicBook / SecretWars1984

** And lest we forget, the Wasp, who despite being a founding Avenger and often TheLeader, is usually seen as a ditzy dilletante. But shortly after the above example totally ''clowns'' the X-Men (and Magneto) upon her escape from Magneto's stronghold. This series was decidedly ''not kind'' to the X-Men's rep.

** 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.

* 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.

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/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, 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, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed 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 before joining with his fellow mutants. Villains include Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Klaw, Ultron, the Lizard, the Wrecking Crew, the Enchantress, Kang the Conqueror, Molecule Man, the Absorbing Man, and the new villains Titania and Volcana. The heroes spend most of their time trying to understand their situation and fixing it, while Doom plots his own agenda, because of course he does.

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''.

* KillEmAll: Doom attempts this with the heroes after achieving omnipotence. It fails [[spoiler:because of an unconscious desire of Doom to keep them alive which caused him to unwillingly resurrect them, as much as he may deny it.]]

* ''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/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]]

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/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, 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, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed 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 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 Doom plots his own agenda, because of course he does.

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, 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''.

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, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Colossus, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Lockheed 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 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 Doom plots his own agenda, because of course he does.

* 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.

* 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.

--> '''Wolverine''': "Cyclops is a jerk. But he's our jerk!"

* 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.

--> '''Captain America''': Some of my best friends are people.

* 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.]]

* 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.

** 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.

* 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.

** Magneto throughout, though he does stick to the X-Men's corner throughout the story mostly because he knows them and trusts them more than the Avengers and he's not dumb enough to follow Doom, pegging him correctly as out just for himself.

A nearly omnipotent [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Cosmic Entity]] by the name of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMiscellaneous 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".

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".

* ''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 event) {{Retcon}}ning the entire story so that he was there the whole time, but nobody knew about it.

Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action 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.

Originally envisioned to [[MerchandiseDriven promote a new line of action 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.