Recap / Secret Wars (2015)

The conclusion to the long-running storylines in Vol. 5 of The Avengers and Vol. 3 of New Avengers, Secret Wars officially kicks off in The Avengers #44, New Avengers #33, and Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #12 before bleeding into a nine-issue mini-series starting in May 2015 and running into January 2016. In September 2015, a brand new Marvel Universe started up, referring itself as All-New, All-Different Marvel, which has elements of the original universe and the Ultimate Universe, but it is unknown as to the full effect. It should be noted that every series in this event is said to shape the face of the ANADM Universe. As the story unfolds, umbrella titles are used to tell more of the story. These are:

• Last Days: The story of the Marvel Universe's last days. What do you do when you know the end of the world is coming?
• Battleworld: What lands lie beyond the New York Cities of the kingdom of Manhattan? What happens here and what happens when they go to war?
• Warzones!: The building blocks of the new Marvel Universe is here! Revisit classic events or experience new tales from the worlds of the Warzones as they lay out the foundation of the new Marvel Universe.

Because this will have numerous characters, Marvel has set up a virtual map of Battleworld to show you who is all involved. The folder below will cover all universes and characters described there.

Regions of Battleworld

1. Greenland - The Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk (Baron: Red King)
2. Dystopia - The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect (Baron: Maestro)
3. Domain of Apocalypse - X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (Baron: Apocalypse)
4. Egypta - The New Warriors: Forever Yesterday (Baron: Khonshu)
5. Technopolis - Iron Man: Armor Wars (Baron: Tony Stark)
6. Valley of Doom - Marvel 1872
7. Spider-Island, then Thompsonville - The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Island (Baroness: Spider-Queen, succeeded by Baron: Peter Parker)
8. The Regency - The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows (Baron: Regent)
9. King James' England - Marvel 1602 (Baron: King Charles the First)
10. Weirdworld - Weirdworld (Baroness: Morgan Le Fey)
11. K'un-Lun - Shang-Chi & Iron Fist (Baron: Emperor Zheng Zu)
12. Utopolis - Squadron Supreme (Baron: Hyperion)
13. New Mars - Killraven
14. Doomgard - The Mighty Thor
15. Higher Avalon - Captain Britain (Baron: Brian Braddock, formerly Baron: James Braddock)
16. Arachnia - Spider-Verse (Baron: Norman Osborn)
17. Marville - Giant-Size Little Marvel: AvX
18. The Eye of Agamotto - Doctor Strange (Sheriff)
19. Doomstadt - Doctor Doom (God Emperor)
20. Attilan - The Inhumans: Attilan Rising (Baroness: Medusa, succeeded by Baron: Black Bolt)
21. Marvel 616 - Mainstream Marvel Universe
22. Marvel 1610 - Ultimate Marvel
23. Monster Metropolis - Howling Commandos (Baron: Dracula)
24. The City - The Korvac Saga (Barons: Wonder Man & Korvac)
25. The Warzone - Civil War (2015) (Baron: President Tony Stark)
26. New Quack City - Howard the Duck
27. The Far East - Where Monsters Dwell
28. Valley Of Flame - Where Monsters Dwell
29. The Hydra Empire - Hydra (Baron: Baron Helmut Zemo)
30. 2099 - Marvel 2099 (Baron: Miguel Stone)
31. Hala Field - Captain Marvel (Baron: Cochran)
32. The Monarchy Of M - House of M (Baron: Magneto)
33. Sentinel Territories - X-Men: Days of Future Past (Baron: President Robert Kelly)
34. The Wastelands - Old Man Logan (2015)
35. Mutopia - New X-Men: E is for Extinction
36. Westchester - X-Men: X-Men '92 (Baron: Senator Robert Kelly)
37. Killville - M.O.D.O.K. Assassin (Baron: Karl Mordo. Eventually killed and replaced with Baron: M.O.D.O.K.)
38. Arcadia - A-Force - (Baroness: She-Hulk)
39. Bar Sinster - X-Men: Mutant Massacre - (Baron: Mr. Sinister)
40. Limbo - Inferno (1988) (Baron: Cyclops, succeeded by Baroness: Magik, succeeded by Madelyne Pryor)
41. The Deadlands - Marvel Zombies (Ruler: Magneto)
42. Perfection - Age of Ultron (Ruler: Ultron)
43. New Xandar - The Infinity Gauntlet (Rulers: Annihilus (Annihilation Wave), Adam Warlock (Magus City)
44. The Shield (formerly "The Wall") - S.H.I.E.L.D. (Commander: Abigail Brand)

In addition, the following regions exist as locations in or around Battleworld, but have not been labeled on the map:

• Knowhere - Guardians of the Galaxy ^noteBattleworld's moon (No known baron, but Doom grants jurisdiction of the moon to the Nova Corp)
• Holy Wood - Wonder Man ^notePart of "The City"
• Forest Hills - The Korvac Saga ^noteAlso part of "The City"
• Genosha - X-Tinction Agenda ^noteWhere the X-Tinction Agenda comic actually takes place
• Old Town - Marvel Noir ^noteLocated near the Domain of Apocalypse
• Nutopia Provence - The New Universe ^noteLocated around Utopolis

It goes without saying that this event is massive, and that a number of titles are going to tie into the event. Some titles appear to be taking the place of others over the duration of Secret Wars, similar to what happened to the X-Men line during Age of Apocalypse.

Comics tied to Secret Wars

• Preludes
  • The Avengers (Jonathan Hickman):
    • Avengers #35 — 44 ^notePart of the Time Runs Out event, which acts as an immediate prelude to this storyline
    • New Avengers #24 — 33 ^noteAlso part of the Time Runs Out event, which acts as an immediate prelude to this storyline
    • Avengers World #17 — 21 ^noteBefore Time Runs Out, filling the blanks left by an eight-month Time Skip before Time Runs Out
  • Armor Wars #1/2 ^note Special comic that can be obtained at Toys"R"Us starting May 3rd
  • Deadpool #250
  • Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #12
  • Uncanny Inhumans #0
  • Secret Wars Prelude TPB ^noteCollects New Avengers (2013) 1-3, Secret Wars (1984) (1984) 10-12, Fantastic Four 611, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011) 1, Ultimate Comics Ultimates 4
• Primary Titles
  • Free Comic Book Day: Secret Wars #0 ^noteAlso includes Attack on Titan crossover "Attack on Manhattan"
  • Secret Wars (limited series, nine issues)
• Tie-ins
  • Last Days ^note stories chronicling the last days of various characters in the Marvel Universe
    • Ant-Man: Last Days (one-shot)
    • Black Widow (#19 — #20)
    • Captain America and the Mighty Avengers (#8 — #9)
    • Loki: Agent of Asgard (#14 — #17)
    • Magneto (#18 — #21)
    • Ms. Marvel (#16 — #19)
    • The Punisher (#19 — #20)
    • Silk (#7)
    • Silver Surfer (#13 — #14)
    • Spider-Woman (#10)
  • Battleworld ^note stories told across varous regions of Battleworld
    • Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies (limited series; five issues)
    • Battleworld ^note similar to the AvX: VS tie-ins during Avengers vs. X-Men (four-issue Anthology Comic)
    • Ghost Racers (limited series, five issues) ^note a direct continuation of Felipe Smith's All-New Ghost Rider run
    • The Inhumans: Attilan Rising (ongoing series) ^note Replacing Inhuman and Uncanny Inhumans
    • The Korvac Saga (limited series; four issues) ^note Replacing Guardians 3000
    • Marvel Zombies ^note starring Elsa Bloodstone (2015) (limited series; four issues)
    • Master of Kung Fu ^note starring Shang-Chi (limited series, four issues)
    • Red Skull (limited series, three issues)
    • Runaways ^note featuring Molly Hayes, founding member of the original Runaways, with a new team of Alternate Universe versions of characters like Jubilee and Bucky Barnes (limited series, four issues)
    • Secret Love (one-shot romance comic)
    • Secret Wars Journal ^note featuring characters like Night Nurse, Millie the Model, Misty Knight, and Paladin (five-issue Anthology Comic)
    • Siege ^note starring Abigail Brand of S.W.O.R.D. Borrows the title and imagery from the 2009-2010 event series of the same name, but none of the plot. (limited series, four issues)
    • Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde (limited series, three issues) ^note Replacing Legendary Star-Lord
    • Thors ^note featuring Ultimate Thor, Thor (Odinson), Female Thor, Beta Ray Bill and Storm (limited series) ^note Replacing Thor
    • Ultimate End ^note featuring and concluding the Ultimate Marvel line (limited series, five issues) ^note Replacing Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man
    • X-Men '92 (ongoing series, digital-first)
  • Warzones! ^note stories confined to specific regions of Battleworld
    • 1602: Witch Hunter Angela (limited series) ^note replacing Angela: Asgard's Assassin
    • 1872 (limited series, four issues)
    • A-Force ^note featuring an all-female team of Avengers; relaunched for ANADM (ongoing series, initial arc of five issues)
    • Age of Apocalypse (limited series; five issues)
    • Agents of Atlas (one-shot)
    • The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows ^note replacing Amazing Spider-Man (limited series, five issues)
    • Armor Wars (2015) (ongoing series) ^note Replacing Superior Iron Man
    • Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders ^note White Tiger, Kid Rescue, Hobie Brown, and She-Hulk (limited series, two issues) ^note Replacing Captain America & The Mighty Avengers
    • Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps (limited series; four issues) ^note replacing Captain Marvel
    • Civil War (2015) (limited series; five issues)
    • Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars (limited series, four issues)^note Not part of this Secret Wars, but rather another 'backlog' style Deadpool series.
    • E is for Extinction (limited series)
    • Future Imperfect (2015) (limited series)
    • Giant-Size Little Marvel: a vs. x (ongoing series)
    • Guardians of Knowhere (limited series; four issues) ^note Replacing Guardians of The Galaxy
    • Hail HYDRA (limited series; four issues) ^note replacing All-New Captain America
    • Hank Johnson, Agent of HYDRA (one-shot)
    • House of M (2015) (ongoing series)
    • Howard The Human (one-shot)
    • Inferno (2015) (limited series; five issues)
    • The Infinity Gauntlet (2015) (limited series; five issues) ^note replacing Nova
    • Mrs. Deadpool and the Howling Commandos ^note made up of Shiklah, Werewolf by Night, the Living Mummy, Frankenstein, and Marcus the Unbeatable Centaur (limited series, four issues) ^note Replacing Deadpool as a direct continuation of Gerry Duggan's run
    • M.O.D.O.K. Assassin (limited series, five issues)
    • Old Man Logan (2015) ^note relaunched for ANADM (ongoing series, initial arc of five issues)
    • Planet Hulk (2015) (ongoing series) ^note Replacing Hulk
    • Secret Wars 2099 (limited series, five issues) ^note Replacing Spider-Man 2099
    • Spider-Island ^note Starring Agent Venom. Also includes back-up stories starring "Mayday" Parker (limited series; five issues)
    • Spider-Verse (2015) (limited series, five issues)
    • Squadron Sinister (limited series; four issues)
    • Weirdworld (limited series, five issues)
    • Where Monsters Dwell (limited series, five issues)
    • X-Tinction Agenda (limited series, four issues)
    • Years of Future Past (limited series, five issues)

Many series were cancelled in order for this event to take place, with several titles being replaced by new titles for the duration of the event. Some titles were not cancelled for this event, though they still tie into Secret Wars by taking place on or around Battleworld. However, these stories are not labeled under the Last Days, Battleworld, or Warzones! banners.

Titles not altered for Secret Wars

• All-New Hawkeye
• Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier
• Deathlok
• Groot
• Howard the Duck
• Moon Knight
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Spider-Gwen
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl