Secret Wars II

This article is about the 1985 Secret Wars II comic book series. For other uses, see Secret Wars (disambiguation).

Secret Wars II
Cover to Secret Wars II #3 (Sep. 1985). Art by Al Milgrom.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	July 1985 – March 1986
Number of issues	9
Main character(s)	Beyonder, various Marvel super-heroes
Creative team
Writer(s)	Jim Shooter
Artist(s)	Al Milgrom
Inker(s)	Steve Leialoha
Colorist(s)	Christie Scheele
Creator(s)	Jim Shooter Al Milgrom

Secret Wars II is a nine-issue comic book limited series and crossover published from 1985 to 1986 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Marvel's then Editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and primarily pencilled by Al Milgrom.

The series was a sequel to original series Secret Wars, published in 1984 and 1985. The series tied-in with issues of other Marvel titles, with each "tie-in" featuring a "Secret Wars II" logo in the top right hand corner to indicate that it was a part of the overall story.

Plot

The entity that instigated the first Secret Wars, the Beyonder, visits Earth in search of enlightenment and inevitably comes into conflict with Earth's superhumans and the cosmic entities that exist in the Marvel Universe. At first the Beyonder tries to figure out the meaning of the simple everyday tasks humans do, such as: eating, sleeping, using the bathroom, etc. Then the Beyonder works for a mobster and becomes very powerful and obsessed with gadgets. The Earth's heroes are very suspicious of him and this causes the Beyonder to retreat to a lone island. Mephisto recruits an army of super villains with boosted strength, but the Thing fights them off after he is given augmented strength as well. The Beyonder falls in love with Dazzler, and tries to start a relationship with Boom Boom, but both turn him down. It is also explained how Doctor Doom, who was killed in the "normal" timeline was able to appear in the first Secret Wars. The Beyonder recreates Doom's body from its disintegrated particles and sends him back in time to the start of the Secret Wars, causing Doom to live them in reverse order.

The Beyonder is eventually dealt with, although the heroes also have to prevent the destruction of the planet as a consequence of his actions.^[1] Beyonder attempts to become a human while still containing all his powers. The demon Mephisto attempts to destroy him while in this form since he is now "merely human."

A sequel in the form of a single issue revealed that the Beyonder was an evolved cosmic cube and evolved into a being called Kosmos.^[2]

Tie-in issues

Jul. 1985:

Captain America #308; Iron Man #197; New Mutants #30; Uncanny X-Men #196

Aug. 1985:

The Amazing Spider-Man #268; Fantastic Four #282; Web of Spider-Man #6

Sep. 1985:

Avengers #260; Daredevil #223; The Incredible Hulk #312

Oct. 1985:

Alpha Flight #28; Avengers #261; Dazzler #40; Rom #72

Nov. 1985:

Doctor Strange #74; Fantastic Four #285; Thing #30

Dec. 1985:

Cloak and Dagger #4; Micronauts #16; Power Pack #18; Power Man and Iron Fist #121; Thor #363

Jan. 1986:

Amazing Spider-Man #273; New Defenders #152; New Mutants #36; Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #111; Uncanny X-Men #202

Feb. 1986:

Amazing Spider-Man #274; Avengers #265; Fantastic Four #288; New Mutants #37; Uncanny X-Men #203

Mar. 1986:

Avengers #266

Mar. 1990:

Quasar #8

Dec. 1998:

Deadpool Team Up #1

Collected edition

Secret Wars II (paperback), ISBN 9780785158301

Notes

↑ Avengers #266 (Apr. 1986)
↑ Fantastic Four #319 (Oct. 1988)

References

Marvel Comics crossover event publication history

1980s	Contest of Champions (June 1982) Secret Wars (May 1984) Secret Wars II (July 1985) Mutant Massacre (October 1986) Fall of the Mutants (January 1988) The Evolutionary War (1988) Inferno (October 1988) Atlantis Attacks (1989) Acts of Vengeance (December 1989)

1990s	The Infinity Gauntlet (July 1991) Operation: Galactic Storm (March 1992) Infinity War (June 1992) Infinity Crusade (June 1993) Age of Apocalypse (January 1995) DC vs. Marvel (April 1996) Onslaught (May 1996) Heroes Reborn (1996) Contest of Champions II (September 1999)

2000s	Maximum Security (December 2000) Secret War (February 2004) Avengers Disassembled (August 2004) House of M (August 2005) Annihilation (March 2006) Civil War (July 2006) World War Hulk (July 2007) Annihilation: Conquest (August 2007) Secret Invasion (June 2008) Dark Reign (December 2008) Ultimatum (January 2009) War of Kings (March 2009) Fall of the Hulks (March 2009)

2010s	Realm of Kings (January 2010) Siege (January 2010) World War Hulks (February 2010) The Thanos Imperative (July 2010) Shadowland (September 2010) Chaos War (October 2010) Age of X (January 2011) Fear Itself (March 2011) Spider-Island (June 2011) Ultimate Fallout (July 2011) Avengers vs. X-Men (April 2012) Age of Ultron (March 2013) Infinity (August 2013) Inhumanity (December 2013) Original Sin (May 2014) Avengers & X-Men: AXIS (October 2014) Spider-Verse (November 2014) The Black Vortex (February 2015) Secret Wars (May 2015) Avengers: Standoff! (March 2016) Civil War II (June 2016) Monsters Unleashed (2017)

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