In 1985, Marvel Comics jumped on the popularity of their 12-issue Secret Wars series from the previous year, with Secret Wars II. This would be the first true event-level Marvel crossover with issues directly tying in to the main nine-issue series and ‘Secret Wars II’ appearing in the top right corner of their covers to denote the connection to that series.
The SECRET WARS (1984-1985) introduced the primary heroes and villains of Earth to the all-powerful Beyonder who summoned them to Battleworld – a planet he constructed before their very eyes – to fight for that which they most desire. Rather than following that up by transporting different heroes and villains to another Battleworld or devising some new way for them to fight away from the prying eyes of the population of our world, the Beyonder makes his way to Earth and takes human form, attempting to learn the nature of desire more directly. Now, his existence and his interactions with the heroes are anything but secret (though the average person was unaware of the true nature and power of the Beyonder). Despite having created a world that catered to their every need not long ago, the Beyonder is now unable to understand basic human functions. Eventually he goes from gangster to super-hero to the greatest threat reality has ever faced.
Secret Wars II didn’t tie in to an action figure line like the first series. While the Beyonder carries out an almost childlike examination of the human condition, the story often focuses on adult themes. The stronger chapters are the tie-ins, which largely continue to tell the tales they would have told anyway but with the Beyonder thrown in.
You can head to the Fallout section below for the fate of the Beyonder after ‘Secret Wars II’ which just ends up being even stranger. He goes on to merge with the Molecule Man to become a new Cosmic Cube, takes on other godlike forms and finally meet his/her fate off-panel thanks to the machinations of Thanos. But even that wouldn’t be the end of the story…
Major Event: With a primary mini-series and numerous related tie-ins, Secret Wars II is considered to be a major event; unlike most major events, Secret Wars II takes place over an extended period of time, as the major players weave in and out of the Beyonder’s story in their own titles as things move forward.
Must-Reads: Issues in bold in the Core List or marked with a ✔ in the Full Reading Order are must-read stories from this event; in the Fallout section, issues marked with a ✔ are the stories that are most heavily impacted by this event.
Marvel Age: While the Beyonder does appear in Marvel Age Annual #1, the continuity makes little sense and the stories are largely parodies and teasers for what’s to come in Marvel’s ongoing titles.
Spoilers: The issue descriptions and fallout section contain spoilers, so be warned!
Previous events that directly impact this story:
- THE TRIAL OF REED RICHARDS (1983-1984) – The death of Doctor Doom
- SECRET WARS (1984-1985) – Heroes versus villains on Battleworld
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the chronological reading order without story descriptions, or spoilers:
- Uncanny X-Men #195 (tie-in)
- Secret Wars II #1
- New Mutants #29 (tie-in)
- New Mutants #30
- Iron Man #197
- Captain America #308
- Uncanny X-Men #196
- Secret Wars II #2
- Web of Spider-Man #6
- Fantastic Four #282
- Amazing Spider-Man #268
- Secret Wars II #3
- Avengers #260
- Daredevil #223
- Avengers #261
- Secret Wars II #4
- Alpha Flight #28
- Dazzler #40
- Incredible Hulk #312
- Rom #72
- Secret Wars II #5
- Thing #30
- Doctor Strange #74
- Fantastic Four #285
- Secret Wars II #6
- Power Pack #18
- Thor #363
- Power Man and Iron Fist #121
- Cloak and Dagger #4
- Micronauts #16
- Secret Wars II #7
- New Mutants #36
- Amazing Spider-Man #273
- Uncanny X-Men #202
- New Defenders #152
- Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111
- Secret Wars II #8
- New Mutants #37
- Amazing Spider-Man #274
- Fantastic Four #288
- Avengers #265
- Uncanny X-Men #203
- Secret Wars II #9
- Avengers #266
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| New Mutants #29 (pp.1-11) (tie-in) When Sunspot and Magma are kidnapped, Cannonball and Magik take one of the kidnappers to Limbo to question him. They turn to teleporting rockstar mutant Lila Cheney for help and she brings her new vocalist Dazzler who’s had past dealings with their new nemesis… Also see UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE 1st appearance: Guido Carosella (surname unrevealed) | |
| Uncanny X-Men #195 (pp.1-10) (tie-in) The Power family are woken by a thunderstorm, but James & Margaret Power don’t recognise their own children. And there’s no evidence of the four kids having ever been in the house. They figure the Morlock called Beautiful Dreamer must have changed their parents memories and, taking a trip back into the sewers, they quickly realise they’re right! Power Pack are captured by the Morlocks again, all except for Energizer whose face is warped by Masque as she makes her escape. She’s found on the surface by police… Also see PROBLEMS UNDERGROUND | |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #1 (pp.1-6) The Beyonder travels to Earth and visits Owen Reece and Marsha Rosenberg – the former-Molecule Man and his girlfriend Volcana) near Denver as he begins the next phase of his quest to understand and experience existence. Sensing the Beyonder’s arrival, Professor X telepathically alerts Captain America who’s on a flight from the UK to America… Also see UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE |
| New Mutants #29 (pp.12-18) (tie-in) Alexander Flynn runs the Los Angeles-based Underground Mutant Theatre where he drugs his mutant victims and forces them to fight as Gladiators in an arena in the name of entertainment. He threatens to kill kidnapped children if Magma and Sunspot refuse to fight. Magneto continues to recover from his recent injuries on his island base in the Bermuda Triangle. His intimate moment with his human companion Lee Forrester is interrupted by a warning from Professor X that the Beyonder is on Earth. And he wants Magneto to lead the X-Men in his place… Also see UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE 1st appearance: Ray | |
| Uncanny X-Men #195 (pp.10-22) (tie-in) Watching news coverage of an unidentified girl, Shadowcat recognises Enegizer’s costume. She rescues Energizer from hospital and leads Rogue, Rachel Summers and Wolverine into the sewers. They come under attack from Annalee‘s rogue Morlocks and three mutated, brainwashed members of Power Pack. Callisto arrives and puts a stop to the carnage. Energizer makes Annalee see the error of her ways and the team are restored to their normal selves. Then, Rachel gets a psychic alert from the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. But it’s coming from Magneto… Also see PROBLEMS UNDERGROUND | |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #1 (pp.7-13) On the flight to LA, Captain America recalls the heroes’ time on Battleworld during the SECRET WARS (1984-1985). Near Denver, the Beyonder has taken the form of a patchwork super-human. Marsha Rosenberg advises him to head to Los Angeles to gain experience. In Westechester, Magneto convinces the X-Men to come with him to LA. The Beyonder arrives in Hollywood, taking the form of the Molecule Man and appearing before screenwriter Stewart Cadwall in search of understanding… Also see UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE 1st appearance: Thundersword/Stewart Cadwell |
| New Mutants #29 (pp.19-23) (tie-in) Cannonball, Magik, Lila and Dazzler infiltrate the Underground Mutant Theatre. But their rescue attempt is interrupted when Magneto arrives… Also see UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE | |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #1 (p.13) Having ripped the ceiling off the Underground Mutant Theatre, Magneto announces his arrival… Also see UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE |
| New Mutants #29 (p.24) (tie-in) Magneto explains that the Beyonder has arrived on planet Earth. Despite the threat, Sunspot and Magma refuse to help, but Cannonball, Dazzler and Lila Cheney agree against their better judgment… Also see UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE | |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #1 (p.13-25) The Beyonder accepts Cadwall’s request for power and transforms him into the armoured Thundersword and grants him a flying horse called Boromir! The X-Men, New Mutants and Dazzler confront the rampaging Thundersword who uses his new powers for revenge against the studios who made him rewrite his scripts. They’re soon backed up by Captain America and the current Iron Man (James Rhodes). Rachel Summers locates the Beyonder who transforms Magik into her Darkchilde form. Shamed by her appearance, she teleports herself, Shadowcat and the New Mutants away. Wolverine slices the Beyonder with his claws, before the panicked Lila Cheney teleports the X-Men away to avoid his wrath. Iron Man and Captain America remove the source of Thundersword’s powers, transforming him back to human form. Iron Man takes Caldwell into custody. The Beyonder makes himself invisible and secretly follows Captain America as he departs… Also see UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| New Mutants #30 (pp.1-9) In Limbo, Shadowcat takes the Soulsword from Magik and uses it to turn her back to human form. Shadowcat is concerned that the sword now has a hold on her. The New Mutants, Dazzler and Shadowcat return to their mission to free Sunspot and Magma from the Underground Mutant Theatre, unaware they the Beyonder is watching them. Dazzler infiltrates the Theatre’s Gladiators, pretending to return as one of them… Also see UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE | |
| Iron Man #197 Iron Man takes Stewart Cadwall to a Los Angeles Jail, but Cadwall rewrites his weakness out of his power to transform into Thundersword. Changing back, he summons Boromir and makes his escape. Iron Man is completely unable to stop him. James Rhodes offers the Iron Man armour back to Tony Stark. Instead, Tony dons his original armour and heads off to rescue Bethany Cabe when she’s kidnapped by masked assailants, only to find the suit can’t keep up with their jet-powered helicopter. Tony uses the interface on the new Iron Man armour he’s working on to link to a nuclear reactor and power up Rhodey’s Iron Man armour, giving him enough power to defeat Thundersword who disappears without a trace. | |
| New Mutants #30 (pp.9-21) Shadowcat passes herself off as a technician to get a job in the arena, but is quickly discovered by the true mastermind. The appeal of the arena is too strong for Dazzler who soon inspires real violence in the competitors. Magik discovers the Beyonder’s presence and Rachel Summers psychically confronts him, which almost kills her until Cannonball drags her to safety. Sunspot and Magma soon return to the arena where they face a monstrous creature, unaware that Shadowcat is trapped inside… Also see UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE 1st appearance: Lexi, Shellbot | |
| ✔ | Captain America #308 Captain America heads to the new Avengers Compound in Los Angeles to borrow a Quinjet after giving up his search for the Beyonder. He’s soon faced with the gigantic Armadillo who’s been ordered to retrieve the fallen Goliath who lies unconscious at the new West Coast Avengers HQ. Cap uses the Compound’s security measures to trap the Armadillo who reveals made a deal with Dr Karl Malus, allowing the geneticist to transform him from Antonio Rodriguez into this new hulking form. Armadillo agreed to work for Malus in exchange for curing his wife Maria Rodriguez of a paralysing disease. Cap allows Armadillo to go free who, unable to carry the 50 foot Goliath, heads back to Malus empty-handed. Cap follows him but decides against apprehending the doctor as he’s the only one who can help Armadillo’s wife. The Beyonder observes Captain America through the entire ordeal and decides to replicate his physical form, transforming himself into a copy of Steve Rogers… 1st appearance: Armadillo/Antonio Rodriguez, Maria Rodriguez |
| ✔ | Uncanny X-Men #196 Despite suppressing his powers to allow himself time to heal after he was recently assaulted, Professor X picks up a flash-thought that a murder is being planned at Columbia University. He calls on the X-Men and his new ally, Magneto, to investigate. The killers are the students who tried to beat up the Professor, believing him to be a mutant. The X-Men foil the plot, but are almost killed by the bomb the students plant in the Professor’s office. Rachel Summers shows her true appearance and almost kills the attackers, instead opting to wipe their memories. The Beyonder observes, sensing Rachel is holding back her true power levels. Elsewhere, Nightcrawler has a crisis of faith due to his encounter with the Beyonder. In Africa, Storm is shot by hunters. |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #2 With violence spreading across Manhattan due to the actions of the Hate-Monger (see WITH MALICE TOWARDS ALL, 1985), the Beyonder commits to his new human form and finds himself among the riots. In order to understand the purpose of food and clothes, the Beyonder finds a familiar face, tracking Spider-Man to his apartment and using his toilet. Spidey then directs him towards Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four who he approaches in the middle of their final fight with the Hate-Monger. The Scourge of the Underworld kills the Hate-Monger, leaving Mister Fantastic to turn his attention to the Beyonder only for him to teleport away. After getting himself a suit, the Beyonder is beaten up by a gang and steered towards the Heroes for Hire for protection. Transporting the absent Power Man and Iron Fist from the past to their office building in the present, he briefly fights them both believing this to be the standard greeting on Earth. Power Man explains to the Beyonder that he needs money in order to get what he wants. Spider-Man arrives as the Beyonder transforms the Heroes for Hire’s office building into gold to pay for their services and teleports away, returning them to the past. The building collapses under its own weight and Spider-Man wonders what to do next… Also see WITH MALICE TOWARDS ALL |
| ✔ | Web of Spider-Man #6 Hearing about the building-sized amount of gold that’s appeared in Manhattan, the Kingpin makes a deal with the government to make it disappear and prevent it from throwing the economy out of whack. Spider-Man makes efforts to save people from the sunken building, despite Agent Charles Anderson warning him to leave them. Spidey saves as many survivors as he can, but is dismayed when he finds out the US Government is working for the Kingpin. Resenting the crime lord profiting while his aunt struggles to pay for her own home, Spider-Man takes a gold notepad from the building, waving it in Anderson’s face as he leaves. Elsewhere, Mary Jane Watson struggles with her feelings for Peter Parker, unsure she could marry someone who lives such a dangerous double-life… 1st appearance: Agent Charles Anderson |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #268 (pp.1-10) Peter Parker watches the news coverage of the gold in Manhattan and wonders how far the city’s corruption goes. Meanwhile, Agent Anderson arranges for the gold to be dumped in the ocean to avoid disrupting to the economy, but the Arranger finds out where it’s being dumped and informs the Kingpin… |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #3 (pp.1-9) Gangster Vinnie Corbo takes the Beyonder under his wing and teaches him the ways of the world when he realises he’s so powerful and easy to influence… 1st appearance: Vinnie Corbo, Beyond |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #268 (pp.11-13) Peter Parker didn’t get any photos to prove what the army are up to in Manhattan as they secretly scurry the tonnes of gold into the sea. J Jonah Jameson sends Peter back to the scene to grab some shots for the Daily Bugle. |
| Fantastic Four #282 (pp.1-17) Franklin Richards experiences another of his intensely real (and possibly prophetic) dreams in which he witnesses two alien spaceships battling it out over Manhattan, encounters their strange pilots and is rescued by a quartet of super-powered children. The Invisible Girl isn’t her usual, understanding self. She dismisses Franklin’s dream as well as Mister Fantastic’s concerns about the Beyonder. Understandable as she just had her soul turned inside out by the Psycho-Man and wants revenge. Finally accepting the trauma she’s been through, Mister Fantastic shrinks the FF down in the rebuilt Reducto-Craft and takes the team to the Microverse… Also see… THE KID WHO FELL TO EARTH WITH MALICE TOWARDS ALL | |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #3 (p.9) Vinnie talks the Beyonder out of having hotdogs. |
| Fantastic Four #282 (pp.18-23) Vinnie takes the Beyonder to a fancy restaurant. In the Microverse, the Fantastic Four are immediately captured by a giant-sized Psycho-Man. Also see… THE KID WHO FELL TO EARTH WITH MALICE TOWARDS ALL | |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #3 (p.10) Vinnie Corbo takes the Beyonder under his wing and teaches him the ways of the world, introducing him to good food, women and fancy clothes. |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #268 (pp.14-23) Despairing over the government’s deal with the Kingpin, Spider-Man discovers Wilson Fisk has set up a double-cross so he can claim the gold for himself. Spidey’s intervention thwarts the Kingpin’s plans and the gold finds its way to the bottom of the ocean, keeping the world’s economy in place. |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #3 (pp.11-23) Vinnie Corbo teaches the Beyonder about money, gambling and drug-running. They both become rich over the course of just a couple of weeks. Corbo encourages the Beyonder to find his own place in the world, which he does by taking over the minds of everyone on the planet so they worship him. Only Owen Reese and Marsha Rosenberg are free of his control. An interaction with the robot-hunting Circuit Breaker makes him realise that humanity aren’t worshipping him of their own free will, making their fealty meaningless… |
| ✔ | Avengers #260 (pp.1-10) Nebula lays waste to Xandar as part of her plan to take over the Skrull Empire, inspiring Firelord to side with the Avengers and the Skrulls against her. When their combined might eventually break through her forces… Also see THE WAR TO END ALL SKRULLS |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #3 (pp.24-25) The Beyonder visits Avengers Mansion and learns from Edwin Jarvis that they’re currently in the Skrull Galaxy. Wanting to do something selfless with his abilities, the Beyonder transports himself through space in the hope of assisting them… |
| ✔ | Avengers #260 (pp.11-22) Starfox confronts Nebula who reveals herself to be the granddaughter of Thanos. Having donned what he understands to be an appropriate superhero costume, the Beyonder arrives and teleports Nebula and her crew to the other side of the galaxy. Starfox’s outburst makes it clear to the Beyonder that his actions were unappreciated, so he teleports away… Also see THE WAR TO END ALL SKRULLS |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #3 (p.25) The Beyonder returns to Earth dejected and decides to go in search of a lawyer and choose Matt Murdock… |
| ✔ | Daredevil #223 The Beyonder turns to Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson when he decides he wants to become the legal owner of planet Earth and pays them a fortune in lost gold as a retainer. Foggy accepts the job, but Matt refuses. The Beyonder gives Matt a more physical retainer by restoring his lost eyesight, but allows him to keep the radar sense that he utilises as the crime-fighting Daredevil. Matt spends the evening with his girlfriend Glorianna O’Breen and takes in the sights of New York City. Despite what he’s seen, Daredevil demands that the Beyonder take his ‘gift’ back as he doesn’t want to compromise his ethics. Later, Daredevil recovers Glorianna’s stolen camera, understanding now why it means so much to her. |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| Fantastic Four #285 (pp.1-9) The Human Torch‘s biggest fan – young Tommy Hanson – pours rocket fuel on himself and lights a match in an effort to emulate his hero. 1st appearance: Tommy Hanson | |
| ✔ | Avengers #261 Having recovered after the war with Nebula and their clash with the Skrull warrior Zabyk (see THE WAR TO END ALL SKRULLS, 1985), the Avengers head back home. Starfox announces his departure from the Avengers, opting to pursue Nebula instead. The Beyonder interrupts the Wasp and Captain America’s meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and leads them on a playful chase through Washington. He continues to taunt them at Project PEGASUS and back at Avengers Mansion where their clash ignites the jet fuel reserves, proving the FAA’s worst fears. The Wasp surprises her teammates by offering the Beyonder membership in the Avengers. He declines, undoes all the damage he’s caused and teleports elsewhere to experience existence away from their watchful eyes. Captain America fears what the Beyonder may decide to do with all that power… Also see THE WAR TO END ALL SKRULLS |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #4 (pp.1-14) The Beyonder restores the dying Algrim the Elf, making him more powerful and monitoring him as he goes in search of Thor (in search of revenge after their deadly battle during THE SURTUR SAGA, 1984-1985). He turns to Owen Reece for advice on love and goes in search of it himself, selecting Dazzler as the focus of his affections. Snatching her from bounty hunter OZ Chase (who captured her during THE CHASE, 1985-1986), the Beyonder tries to impress Dazzler by transporting her to numerous romantic locations in rapid succession. As she begins to fall for him, he teleports away to find her a gift… Also see… AND GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD THE CHASE New identity: Algrim the Elf as Kurse |
| ✔ | Alpha Flight #28 (pp.1-9) Madison Jeffries blocks Omega Flight‘s escape from West Edmonton Mall and uses his powers to tear their robotic leader Delphine Courtney – currently disguised as Guardian – inside out. He goes on to enter the mall… Also see AND GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #4 (pp.15-16) The Beyonder transports himself to Canada to take a ring from Shaman‘s medicine pouch, only to clash with the rest of Alpha Flight… Also see… AND GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD THE CHASE |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #4 (p.17) / Alpha Flight #28 (pp.10-11) The Beyonder pulls the trapped team member Talisman out of the medicine pouch to prove his worth to Shaman, then takes a ring from the pouch before teleporting away… Also see… AND GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD THE CHASE |
| ✔ | Alpha Flight #28 (pp.12-15) Talisman immediately punches Shaman out for choosing to save Snowbird over her. Her rage unleashes new powers, allowing her to cast Alpha Flight and Madison Jeffries back to their base. Also see AND GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #4 (pp.19-29) When the Beyonder returns to Dazzler and presents the ring, she rejects it and demands to be left alone. He tries to earn her sympathy by creating facsimile Avengers to attack him, then grants her some of his power to make Dazzler his equal. She forces the power from her body while floating above Dallas and crashes to the ground. The Beyonder resurrects her with unquestioning affection for him. Knowing her emotions aren’t real, he decides to go on one last adventure with her until the effect fades… Also see… AND GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD THE CHASE |
| ✔ | Dazzler #40 With Dazzler gone and his truck broken down, bounty hunter OZ Chase heads into the nearest town where he clashes with psychic bikers sent by Dust to find Dazzler. The Beyonder drops Dazzler off, but senses the threat of these Outriders and returns to her side. When they’re defeated, the Beyonder powers them up so they become more of a threat and more of a thrill to battle. Dazzler walks away from the fight when she realises what the Beyonder is doing. To make amends, he undoes the damage caused to the town and depowers the Outriders, remarking to Dazzler that their initial increase in power came from exposure to her light-casting before the Beyonder departs from her life… Also see THE CHASE 1st appearance: Outriders, Silence |
| Incredible Hulk #312 The Beyonder journeys to the other-dimensional Crossroads where the exiled Hulk finally recalls the memories of his childhood that were locked down inside Bruce Banner‘s mind. When he was young, Bruce’s father resented the affection his mother bestowed upon him. Brian Banner eventually beat Rebecca Banner to death in front of their young son. Brian beat the adult Bruce Banner again when they met by Rebecca’s graveside. When Bruce landed a job testing the Gamma Bomb, he transposed his affection for his mother to Betty Ross and his contempt for his father to the aggressive General ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross. The Triad who have been accompanying the Hulk are revealed to have been aspects of his subconscious all along (Glow is his curiosity, Goblin his rage and Guardian his survival instinct). The Hulk transforms back to Bruce Banner at the Crossroads where the Beyonder observes him. Confused by his misery and wanting to help him, the Beyonder steers an energy stream from the Earthly plane towards Banner… Also see AND GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD | |
| ✔ | Alpha Flight #28 (pp.15-22) Walter Langkowski, Roger Bochs and Madison Jeffries have fired an energy stream into an interdimensional portal to claim a new body for Langkowski whose spirit currently resides in the Box robot suit. But they soon realise they’ve pulled the Hulk from the other-dimensional Crossroads… and he’s angry! Also see AND GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| Rom #72 The Beyonder senses the turmoil and desire in the emotions of Rom‘s friends. He cures Rick Jones‘ cancer, removes the Dire Wraith mind-infection from Cindy Adams and transforms Brandy Clark back into Starshine. The trio realise what the Beyonder is capable of and begin to feel guilty for their gifts from him. So the Beyonder grants Rick Jones super-powers, allowing him and Starshine to rescue Cindy’s parents from Limbo. Rick gives up his powers but remains cancer-free. Finally, the Beyonder hurls Brandy through space towards Galador to reconcile with Rom. | |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #5 The Beyonder’s lack of answers and purpose leads him toward a depressive state. He meets a young runaway mutant who calls herself Time Bomb, though her friends all call her Boom-Boom. He returns to his own universe, but a bomb left in his pocket by Boom-Boom encourages him to go back to Earth. He takes her to the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, but she decides not to join when the X-Men and New Mutants attack the Beyonder. Instead, he takes her to the depths of space to watch him defeat the Celestials in battle. Freaked out, Boom-Boom demands he sends her back to Earth. When she returns, she calls the Avengers. Boom-Boom betrays the Beyonder’s trust to lure him to a spot where the Avengers, Fantastic Four and Doctor Strange all attack him and tell him to go back where he came from. Instead, he walks away, depressed… 1st appearance: Boom-Boom/Time Bomb/Tabitha Smith Note: Numerous continuity issues and uncharacteristic behaviours suggest that the X-Men, New Mutants, Avengers, Doctor Strange, Fantastic Four and the Celestials in this story are facsimiles created by the Beyonder. |
| ✔ | Thing #30 Wrestling manager Ethan Thurm finds the Beyonder drinking heavily in a bar in Brooklyn and convinces him to join the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation (UCWF). The Thing recently joined the UCWF and demands a bout with the Beyonder so he can have his revenge for the downward turn his life has taken since his time on Battleworld (beginning with SECRET WARS, 1984-1985). The depressed Beyonder depowers and encourages the Thing to kill him. The murder-fuelled Thing is horrified when he realises the fight is being watched by Sharon Ventura, the woman he loves. Sharon and the Thing are reunited and the Beyonder survives, returning to the bar in Brooklyn. 1st appearance: Ethan Thurm |
| ✔ | Doctor Strange #74 Clea and Doctor Strange have triumphed over Umar and Prince Orini, with Clea now taking the throne as ruler of the Dark Dimension. Her attempt to convince Strange to stay with her is interrupted by the spying Beyonder. Strange returns to Earth to investigate and meets the Beyonder for the first time, as he drowns his sorrows in a bar. Desperate to convince the Beyonder of the value of life, Doctor Strange shares his origins with him in the hope it will talk him out of wiping out all existence. The Beyonder departs, promising he will try to seek happiness and enlightenment… |
| Fantastic Four #285 (pp.10-22) The Human Torch visits Tommy Hanson in hospital just as he breathes his last, completely breaking the spirit of the usually carefree hero. For reasons of his own, the Beyonder takes the Human Torch into the past to show him that the otherwise-lonely Tommy Hanson lived his life through his obsession with the Torch, which was when he was his happiest. This convinces the Human Torch not to walk away from the Fantastic Four. | |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #6 The Beyonder decides to become a ‘champion of life’ and builds himself a headquarters in Sparta, Illinois. This attracts the attention of local journalist Dave Shooter who decides to dedicate his life to the Beyonder’s mission. In his new role, the Beyonder saves Power Pack from a gang using a lost Snark weapon (retrieved following THE KID WHO FELL TO EARTH, 1985), stops a tidal wave from hitting Australia, saves the life of a baby with a rare disease and solves an alien race’s energy problems. He observes as Algrim the Elf (now called Kurse) attacks Beta Ray Bill, mistaking him for Thor. Dave accidentally inspires the Beyonder to kill the physical embodiment of Death, upsetting the cosmic balance. Dave convinces the Beyonder to restore Death by killing him. Disillusioned, the Beyonder dismantles his headquarters and leaves Illinois… |
| ✔ | Power Pack #18 Kurse’s armour continues to mutate as he tears up Manhattan in search of Thor, injuring Margaret Power in the process. Monitoring his actions, the Beyonder swoops in and takes Mrs Power to hospital before alerting her children who just happen to be the superpowered kids called Power Pack. The foursome drop a partially constructed building on Kurse, trapping him below ground once more. |
| ✔ | Thor #363 Kurse soon emerges from the wreckage, still hungry for revenge on Thor. The Thunder God returns to Earth after a harrowing mission to Hel, his face now scarred by Hela‘s claws. Angered by the judgement passed on him by some homeless people, Thor soon comes under attack from Kurse and dons Megingjord – the belt of strength – to temporarily double his power. The Beyonder increases Kurse’s strength beyond even that and Thor finds himself on the ropes. Power Pack reunite with Tattletale (new Power Pack member Franklin Richards) and find the defeated Beta Ray Bill has changed back to his true form to escape Kurse. They combine their powers with Thor’s to blast Kurse into unconsciousness. The Beyonder arrives and teleports Kurse to Hel to face the true source of his woes, Malekith the Accursed. Franklin reveals to Power Pack that the Beyonder empowered Kurse, changing their opinion of him before he teleports away. Alone again, Thor is kissed by a woman ensorcelled by Loki, thus transforming him into a frog… |
| Power Man and Iron Fist #121 The Beyonder teleport Power Man, Iron Fist and the Falcon to his new headquarters in the ocean to show it off. Concerned that the Beyonder is monitoring everyone on Earth from this station, the Falcon alerts Nick Fury and SHIELD who decide to blow it up. Power Man distracts the Beyonder by taking him to lunch. Things go awry when a panicked SHIELD agent launches missiles at the base while Iron Fist, Captain Hero and the SHIELD agents are still aboard. The Beyonder holds back the explosion, but gets the heroes to safety before destroying his base anyway, explaining that they could have just talked to him first. Later, Iron Fist calls Misty Knight before being propositioned by his boss, Maxine Walters. But it turns out Misty has a new love interest of her own in the form of Tyrone King… | |
| Cloak and Dagger #4 Cloak & Dagger observe the Beyonder as he’s approached by drug dealers in Manhattan, promising him happiness. They inject him with an overdose in the hope of robbing him. Cloak & Dagger teleport in and subdue the dealers, confusing the Beyonder who punishes them by removing their powers. When they explain the dealers’ intentions to the Beyonder, he allows himself to feel the full force of the overdose. Pushed to the edge, he restores Cloak & Dagger’s powers against their wishes and wills all drug dealers in the area to die. The duo convince the Beyonder to restore the dealers to life to allow them a shot at redemption. | |
| Micronauts #16 The Beyonder begins exploring other dimensions in an effort to understand the layers of existence. When he arrives in the Microverse he restores life to all of those accidentally killed by Bug in a massive explosion during the Micronauts‘ latest mission. Under Scion‘s guidance, the Beyonder starts setting various things right in the broken Microverse, heals Marionette‘s legs and allows Huntarr to change back to his original form at will. But Acroyear worries that all of this ‘good’ must be coming at a hefty price. Scion instructs the Beyonder to destroy three worlds – Darijan, Athaurus and Hythras – to stop the spread of the Pain Wave emanating from the Worldmind‘s damaged soul (caused by Baron Karza‘s genocidal rampage during MICRONAUTS TRIUMPHANT, 1984). Acroyear kills Scion in retaliation. When the Micronauts depart, the Beyonder resurrects Scion in a new form. |
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| ✔ | Secret Wars II #7 Mephisto uses a fraction of the power the Beyonder spent killing Death to create Beyondersbane – the only power that can kill the Beyonder – then makes deals with a number of superhuman criminals who agree to attack him en masse on Mephisto’s behalf. Some of the most powerful beings in the multiverse agree to assist Mephisto, including Eternity. The Thing has found work as a film star, but soon learns the Beyonder is pondering existence on a nearby island. Mephisto powers up the Thing and manipulates him into attacking the Beyonder first to keep him distracted long enough for the villains to arrive. Instead, the Thing ends up using his amplified power to defend the Beyonder when he refuses to fight back against the army of villains – Mephisto’s Legion Accursed. The Beyondersbane dissipates before it can be used. The Beyonder decides to help others figure out their true purpose, seeing as he can’t figure out his own… |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #273 (pp.1-21) The Puma‘s tribe send him out to meet his destiny to save Earth from the ‘One From Beyond’, passing up an important business meeting in Japan. He begins by investigating the rise of the new cult called the Cosmic Oneness and offers to pay Spider-Man for his help in locating their leader. Together, they break into the Cosmic Oneness’ base of operations and the Puma comes close to killing their Executive Director Barry Foxxe who explains that the Beyonder is across town. Having almost become an accomplice to the murder of an innocent man, Spider-Man departs. The Beyonder appears to the Puma, explains he doesn’t have the power to kill him and teleports him to Japan for his business meeting… |
| ✔ | New Mutants #36 Sunspot quits the New Mutants due to his feelings of helplessness after meeting the Beyonder. Meanwhile, the Beyonder removes the evil Darkchilde persona from Magik. Her Soulsword and Beatrix Medallion seek out Shadowcat as a new host and she immediately comes under attack from demons attempting an escape from Limbo. Magik becomes entranced by the Beyonder and tries to convince the New Mutants to worship him as their god so they, too, can be healed. A huge demon attacks the Xavier School while wearing the defeated Shadowcat as his prize. The New Mutants convince Magik to snap out of it to save her best friend. She allows the Darkchilde back, giving her the means to defeat the demon and save Shadowcat’s soul. Also see LIMBO TAKES MANHATTAN |
| ✔ | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111 (pp.1-12) Still in Japan, the Puma pays a visit to Muramoto – the man who trained him – to ask his advice on how to deal with the Beyonder. Puma is shocked to find the Beyonder had already befriended Muramoto and advised him to become a rock star. Despite this, the Puma promises to kill the Beyonder. In America, Spider-Man ponders his recent problems. He tries to stop an out of control car from hitting pedestrians, but is unaware the passenger – the driver’s wife – has been killed in the process… |
| ✔ | Uncanny X-Men #202 Having fully accepted her powerful heritage, Rachel Summers has become the Phoenix (during THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO, 1985-1986) and flies to the west coast where she confronts the Beyonder. Her attempt to kill him has no effect, but he gives her enough of his power to allow her to carry out the job. He transports the X-Men to San Francisco and recreates the Omega Class Sentinels from Rachel’s future timeline to pursue them, making her choose between killing him or saving them. Rachel uses up the Beyonder’s power boost to save the X-Men. The Beyonder happily tries to convince her that she made the right choice, but she slaps him and tells him all he ever does is harm as she takes her leave… |
| New Defenders #152 Under the influence of the Dragon of the Moon, Moondragon confronts the Defenders in the ruins of their home, fully intending to kill them all for never trusting her. Manslaughter messes with Moondragon’s mind by kissing her, but the Beyonder arrives and decides to grant her additional power if she agrees to act as his disciple. He then disappears. Moondragon uses her new powers to transform Gargoyle‘s body into a huge creature capable of killing the Defenders. She restores Angel‘s’ lost sight and sets him, Beast and Iceman up to choose between saving loved ones or stopping her. Interloper combines his power with Manslaughter, Andromeda and Valkyrie. The four of them sacrifice themselves to kill Moondragon and Gargoyle, turning their bodies to ash. Also see THIRD GENESIS | |
| ✔ | Amazing Spider-Man #273 (pp.21-23) / Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111 (p.12) The Puma approaches Spider-Man again and offers him one hundred thousand dollars for help in killing the Beyonder. Proving how hard it is to sneak up on an omniscient being, Spider-Man simply says ‘hey, Beyonder’ and he appears above them… |
| ✔ | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111 (pp.13-25) The Beyonder tries to convince the Puma to be more like Spider-Man. Now, the Puma attends Muramoto’s first live performance where a member of the Cosmic Oneness cult – the driver who lost his wife – tries to assassinate the Beyonder, blaming him for his wife’s death. Muramoto takes the bullet, ‘saving’ the Beyonder. Enraged, the Puma goes for the kill and the power he was destined to wield enters his body and makes him grow in size. Spider-Man instils the Puma with a seed of doubt, causing him to lose his power and fail his assassination attempt. The Beyonder had hoped to allow the Puma to live out his purpose, but both of them have failed. |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #8 (pp.1-26) Owen Reece tries to talk the Beyonder down when his frustration gives way to anger over his inability to find purpose and his power begins to wreak havoc. The Beyonder takes Owen back to his own universe where he discovers the birth of his Molecule Man powers was the cause of the pinhole that allowed the Beyonder to peer into our universe. They return to Earth where Owen tries to convince the Beyonder to take on a mortal form, but the Beyonder thinks the Molecule Man intends on killing him. The Beyonder manipulates a woman into sleeping with him, then threatens to destroy San Francisco. The X-Men attack the Beyonder and Phoenix tries and fails to kill him once more. Fearing the Beyonder will try to kill him, the Molecule Man puts up a barrier around Denver but the Beyonder destroys it. The Beyonder seeks out the Hulk to learn more about Bruce Banner’s recent attempt to commit suicide at the Crossroads, but Banner is no longer a part of the Hulk. He visits Spider-Man who only irritates him further. Then the New Mutants attack him, so the Beyonder hurls them aside. Deciding to give mortality a try, the Beyonder returns to the Molecule Man who immediately attacks him. Marsha throws herself at the Beyonder’s mercy and leaves, weakening the Molecule Man’s resolve. The Beyonder finds him too pitiful to kill… |
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| ✔ | New Mutants #37 In Manhattan, Sunspot’s last attempt to be a hero fails when She-Hulk steps in to save the person he was rescuing. Convinced the life of a hero isn’t for him, he heads to Kennedy Airport to leave for Rio. At the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, Mirage‘s new Valkyrie powers reveal to her that death is coming for the New Mutants. The Beyonder arrives, looking to punish them for refusing his ‘gift’. Magik offers herself up to save her friends. The Beyonder kills her and the rest of the New Mutants as well. He then erases all memory of their existence. |
| Amazing Spider-Man #274 The Beyonder warns Mephisto not to stop him from erasing the multiverse, but the lord of lies offers a wager to buy existence more time. The Beyonder chooses Spider-Man to prove humanity may be worthy of life, while being faced by the demon Zarathos who fights for his own freedom from Mephisto’s domain. Zarathos taunts Spider-Man with visions of those he’s failed to save over the years – including Ben Parker, the Green Goblin, George Stacy and Gwen Stacy – while his skin comes out in boils. Spider-Man’s determination and sense of responsibility shines through as he defeats Zarathos and foils an assassination attempt on the Kingpin. The Beyonder promises to give the multiverse another 24 hours… 1st appearance: Century Club | |
| ✔ | Fantastic Four #288 The Human Torch and Mister Fantastic answer the Invisible Woman’s distress call at the Latverian Embassy where the new Invincible Man has ‘unmasked’ as Doctor Doom. After subduing the FF, Doom reveals how he transferred his consciousness into the mind of innocent bystander Norman McArthur when the clash between the Silver Surfer and Tyros destroyed his body (during THE TRIAL OF REED RICHARDS, 1983-1984). He uses magic to summon a power great enough to reconstitute his original body, which turns out to be the Beyonder. Mister Fantastic explains that the Doom who fought on Battleworld must’ve been one plucked from the future and destroying this one would play havoc with time itself, potentially threatening the existence of one as powerful as the Beyonder. With that, the Beyonder restores Doctor Doom to his true body and Norman McArthur to his. He erases Doom’s memory of this confrontation and sends him back to fight in the original SECRET WARS, 1984-1985. The FF leaves as the present day Doom begins to materialise following his defeat at the hands of Earth’s heroes on Battleworld. |
| Secret Wars II #8 (pp.26-27) Above the Rocky Mountains, the Beyonder expels deadly energies out of pure rage and frustration. The Avengers confront the Beyonder, hoping to stop him from destroying the multiverse… | |
| ✔ | Avengers #265 Captain Marvel stops Hercules and Namor the Sub-Mariner from pummelling each other so that they can rally their forces and save Captain America from the Beyonder. The Avengers come up with a plan to trick the Beyonder and free Cap, but he’s clearly gone beyond reason. He defeats the Avengers and leaves them unconscious while he moves his plan to destroy all existence another step forward… |
| ✔ | Uncanny X-Men #203 Phoenix still holds the fraction of the Beyonder’s power and decides to wipe out all existence to kill the Beyonder in the hope that whatever follows won’t have to deal with him. She takes the life forces of her fellow X-Men – some willingly, some not – as well as those of the Starjammers before entering the M’Kraan Crystal that will allow her to carry out her mission. But her link to all life in the universe via the Crystal changes her mind. Suddenly alive and back in San Francisco, the X-Men are confronted by the Beyonder. As the only one who remembers the New Mutants due to her link with Magik, Shadowcat stands up to him. Phoenix returns his power along with her link to all the souls in existence. This new understanding of life overwhelms the Beyonder and gives him much to ponder, leaving the X-Men wondering if their actions have made a difference. |
| ✔ | Secret Wars II #9 Phoenix uses the last remnant of the Beyonder’s power to transport Alpha Flight, the Avengers (from the east and west coasts), Cloak & Dagger, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Power Man, Iron Fist, Spider-Man, Thor (though it’s more likely the disguised Harokin), the Silver Surfer, the Vision, Scarlet Witch and her fellow X-Men to the Rocky Mountains to decide what to do about the Beyonder’s plan to erase the multiverse. The Beyonder creates a new underground headquarters and a device that will remove and store his cosmic power, allowing him to be reborn as a human. He tests it by recreating the New Mutants, then uses it on himself. Mephisto takes the opportunity to try to kill the Beyonder, but has no direct power over humans on the Earthly plane. The Beyonder reclaims his power, causing Mephisto to depart. The Molecule Man joins the heroes and leads them to the Beyonder. The clash tears a fissure across the Rocky Mountains. The Beyonder forces the heroes away and attempts to use the machine once more with the aim of coming back as a superhuman with limited powers. The heroes regroup and the Molecule Man blasts the device, killing the infant Beyonder. He transports the Beyonder’s power back through the pinhole to his own universe, spawning a new universe in the Beyond. |
| ✔ | Avengers #266 The damage to the Earth caused by the fissure is so severe that Mister Fantastic calculates the Earth has just hours until its destruction. The Avengers and Fantastic Four call upon the Silver Surfer to heal the fissure, but his power is not enough. After an initial clash with the Molecule Man’s protective girlfriend, Volcana, Owen Reece agrees to abandon his plan to leave the planet and combine his powers with the Silver Surfer’s in an attempt to save the world. They’re successful, but the Molecule Man loses his powers. The Avengers allow Owen to return home with Marsha where he reveals he has actually retained his powers. The Silver Surfer agrees to keep his secret. |
See how this story fits into the wider Marvel Universe continuity with these reading orders:
- DAREDEVIL, 1977-1986 – The Elektra Saga/Born Again
- DOCTOR DOOM, 1982-1991 – The Doom/Kristoff War
- ROM, 1979-1994 – Spaceknight of Galador
- SPIDER-MAN, 1984-1985 – Saga of the Alien Costume
- SPIDER-MAN, 1986-1987 – Fearful Symmetry
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| New Mutants #31 (1985) The New Mutants conclude their fight with the Gladiators and discover their former member Karma is their true foe, not realising she’s been possessed. | UNDERGROUND MUTANT THEATRE | |
| Captain America #309 (1985) Nomad goes his own way, turning his back on his partnership with Captain America; Steve Rogers is reunited with Bernie Rosenthal. | ||
| Uncanny X-Men #197-198 (1985) Storm survives her encounter with Fenris in Africa. | ||
| Iron Man #198-200 (1985) Bethany Cabe is revealed to have been kidnapped by Obadiah Stane; Tony Stark completes the Silver Centurion armour and reclaims the role of Iron Man from James Rhodes. | ||
| ✔ | Deadpool Team-Up #1 (1998) A flashback reveals the Kingpin hired Deadpool to kill his competitor, the Beyonder, while he was allied with Vinnie Corbo. | |
| Fantastic Four #283-284 (1985) The Fantastic Four ultimately defeat the Psycho-Man; the Invisible Girl changes her codename to the Invisible Woman as a mark of her recent experiences. | WITH MALICE TOWARDS ALL | |
| Power Pack #15-17 (1985) Franklin Richards experiences another prophetic dream about Power Pack; when he finds himself caught up in their clash with the Snark assassin Jakal, Franklin ends up joining the team as Tattletale. | THE KID WHO FELL TO EARTH | |
| Captain America #310 (1985) Sidewinder forms the Serpent Society, a team made up of snake-themed villains. | ||
| West Coast Avengers #1-2 (1985) Goliath is awakened by Man-Ape and recruited into the Lethal Legion. | FAMILY TIES | |
| Transformers #9 (1985) Josie Beller of Earth-616 never appears again and we never learn the identities of the robots who caused her to take on the Circuit Breaker identity; the Josie Beller of Earth-91274 uses technology to transform herself into Circuit Breaker to counter the state of paralysis the Cybertronian called Shockwave left her in. | ||
| ✔ | Alpha Flight #29 (1985) The Beyonder’s interference in Alpha Flight’s search for a new body for Walter Langkoski results in the Hulk’s return to the Earthly plane; Alpha Flight try to contain the Hulk before he can destroy Vancouver. | AND GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD |
| ✔ | New Avengers: Illuminati #3 (2007) The Illuminati approach the Beyonder, mistakenly believing him to be a mutant member of the Inhumans; it’s more likely that the Beyonder led them to believe this while experimenting with his own identity or just to mess with them. | |
| Rom #73-75 (1985-1986) Brady Clark’s life is endangered when she arrives on Galador and is terrorised by the second generation of Spaceknights; Rom defeats the new Spaceknights and is restored to human form; Brandy and Rom remain on Galador to live out their lives together. | ||
| New Mutants #32-34 (1985) The New Mutants pursue Karma across the planet and learn she’s been possessed by the Shadow King who has allowed her body to become obese; they successfully free her from the Shadow King’s control with help from Storm. | ||
| Uncanny X-Men #199 (1885) Rachel Summers unleashes her full power for the first time, taking the mantle of Phoenix from her mother. | THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO | |
| ✔ | Avengers #262 (1985) The Avengers get permission to launch their Quinjets from Hydrobase; Namor the Sub-Mariner joins the Avengers for the first time, filling a gap in the team’s roster. | |
| Iron Man #203-204 (1986) Iron Man learns Obadiah Stane had Madame Masque and Bethany Cabe’s minds switched; Iron Man and his team return the right minds to the right bodies. | ||
| Uncanny X-Men #200 (1985) Wolverine’s suspicions that Professor X is unwell prove to be right; the X-Men’s mentor is taken into space by Lilandra Neramani to save his life; the Professor leaves the X-Men and New Mutants in the stewardship of Magneto ; the two hunters in Africa are revealed to be Andrea & Andreas von Strucker aka Fenris, the mutant twins of Baron Wolfgang von Strucker. | THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO | |
| Power Pack #19 (1986) Power Pack’s super-powered friends turn up for Thanksgiving. | ||
| Marvel Age Annual #1 (1986) The Beyonder of an undesignated alternate timeline speaks with Marvel Comics Editor Jim Salicrup. | ||
| Micronauts #17-20 (1986) Marionette regains the use of her legs; Scion is revealed to be the offspring of the Makers and transforms into a Prime Being; Scion and the Micronauts sacrifice themselves to end the threat of the Pain Wave. | ||
| Daredevil #227 (1986) Glorianna O’Breen breaks up with Matt Murdock. | BORN AGAIN | |
| Alpha Flight #30 (1986) The origin of Madison Jeffries is revealed when Alpha Flight face his insane brother Lionel Jeffries, aka Scramble; Heather Hudson learns Madison has salvaged Delphine Courtney’s ‘Dark Guardian’ suit and begun to repair it. | ||
| Alpha Flight #32-33 (1986) Heather Hudson dons the ‘Dark Guardian’ suit and becomes the new Vindicator; Nightcrawler returns to the X-Men. | ||
| ✔ | Power Pack #20 (1986) Mirage or the New Mutants stabilises Margaret Power’s condition after the injuries inflicted on her by Kurse; the New Mutants and Power Pack deal with more escaped demons. | LIMBO TAKES MANHATTAN |
| ✔ | New Mutants #38-40 (1986) Magneto turns to Emma Frost to find a way to help the New Mutants through the trauma of dying and being reborn. | |
| ✔ | Dazzler #41-42 (1986) Bounty hunter OZ Chase turns against his employer Dust to help save Dazzler when he learns why he really wants her; the Outriders’ leader Stomper is murdered by Dust who then inhabits his body; Dazzler, OZ Chase and Beast defeat Dust, his partner Silence and the remaining Outriders. | THE CHASE |
| ✔ | Thor #365-367 (1986) The ‘Thor’ summoned to battle the Beyonder is more likely to be Harokin disguised as Thor by Loki as part of his plot to steal the throne of Asgard; Thor was still trapped in the form of a frog while the heroes faced the Beyonder and returns to Asgard to reveal an impostor in his place; Thor learns Loki was draining energy from the Twilight Sword to trap him in frog form; restored, Thor ends Loki’s plan to take the throne; Kurse is revealed to be tearing up Hel in search of Malekith who is no longer there; Kurse finally catches up with (the disguised) Malekith and snaps his neck. | |
| Thor #371 (1986) In the absence of Odin, Balder agrees to take the throne (though he has his own built, rather than try to fill his father’s seat). | ||
| Thing #35-36 (1986) The Thing discovers many of the wrestlers in the UCWF are gaining power augmentation from the Power Broker; Sharon Ventura goes through the augmentation process, becoming the new Ms Marvel; the Thing begins to mutate further so he turns his back on Sharon and the UCWF and goes into hiding. | THE SEARCH FOR THE THING |
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| Incredible Hulk #323-325 (1986) The Hulk and Bruce Banner are merged again, restoring the Hulk to his original grey form; Rick Jones ends up with Gamma powers again when the process that merges Banner and the Hulk turns Rick into a Hulk, too. | ||
| Power Man and Iron Fist #125 (1986) Hank Pym and ‘Iron Fist’ create bands that subdue the illness that’s ravaging Captain Hero’s body, but the bands drive him mad and he kills Iron Fist; Captain Hero disintegrates, so ‘Tyrone King’ makes Power Man (Luke Cage) the prime suspect, forcing him to go on the run; Maxine Walters is killed by a car bomb. | ||
| ✔ | Captain America #316 (1986) The Avengers are revealed to have ‘encouraged’ Dr Karl Malus to cure Maria Rodriguez; her husband, the Armadillo, takes a job with the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Armadillo throws this opportunity away when he learns his wife is having an affair; his reaction brands him a criminal. | |
| Captain America #318-320 (1986) “Justice is served” is revealed to be the cry of the Scourge of the Underworld who proclaims that same phrase every time he kills a costumed criminal; Captain America defeats the Scourge but discovers he’s part of a larger conspiracy. | SCOURGE OF THE UNDERWORLD | |
| New Mutants #43 (1986) Sunspot returns from Brazil to rejoin the new Mutants. | ||
| Alpha Flight #36-38 (1986) Talisman battles Pestilence in the hope of showing up her father, Shaman, but Pestilence rips the Coronet of Enchantment from her forehead; Shaman defeats Pestilence and becomes the new Talisman when he retrieves the Coronet of Enchantment and puts it on. Avengers #272 (1986) Despite receiving assistance from the Avengers and Alpha Flight, Namor passes up the opportunity to reclaim his throne in favour of being reunited with Marrina. | ASSAULT ON ATLANTIS | |
| Uncanny X-Men #208-209 (1986) Nimrod catches up with the X-Men again, this time confronting Phoenix/Rachel Summers who he classifies as an Omega Level mutant; the X-Men and Hellfire Club manage to repel Nimrod together, but Phoenix leaves the X-Men in shame. | ||
| Fantastic Four #293 (1986) Four Freedoms Plaza is officially completed, with the Fantastic Four moving out of Avengers Mansion. | ||
| Vision and the Scarlet Witch #12 (1986) The Scarlet Witch gives birth to twin sons. | ||
| Star Brand #1 (1986) Some comics fans theorise that the white flashover and the creation of a ‘new universe’ following the final battle between the Beyonder and the Molecule Man is meant to be the White Event that takes place on Earth-148611 (aka the New Universe), empowering humans from that reality, although this is unlikely. | ||
| Power Pack #23-26 (1986) Power Pack are caught up in Maraud‘s bid for the Snark throne; Kofi faces his father’s wrath; Margaret Power is finally discharged from hospital. | ||
| Uncanny X-Men #211 (1986) Annalee and Piper are killed by the Marauders. Power Pack #27 (1986) Power Pack visit the Morlocks again, only to find they’re being mercilessly slaughtered. | MUTANT MASSACRE | |
| ✔ | X-Factor #11 (1986) Boom-Boom returns and is revealed to be stealing purses for the Vanisher. | MUTANT MASSACRE |
| ✔ | X-Factor #12 (1987) Boom-Boom turns against the Vanisher and is taken in by X-Factor, joining their trainee mutants. | |
| Cloak and Dagger #11 (1987) Having travelled across the world to find the source of the drugs hitting the streets in New York, Cloak and Dagger find the source in Cambodia where an ex-US Special Forces soldier called Warlord was driven mad by the horrors of war and turned against his country. | ||
| ✔ | Strange Tales #3 (1987) Doctor Strange fakes his own death, making the world believe he died in the final battle with the Beyonder. | THE TONGUES OF MEN AND ANGELS |
| Fallen Angels #3 (1987) Boom-Boom briefly ditches X-Factor and joins the Fallen Angels, running into the Vanisher once again. | FALLEN ANGELS | |
| Silver Surfer #1 (1987) The Silver Surfer finally escapes the barrier that’s kept him stranded on planet Earth. | WAR OF THE ELDERS OF THE UNIVERSE | |
| Strange Tales #5-7 (1987) Doctor Strange briefly gains the ability to summon the souls of the Interloper, Andromeda, Valkyrie and Manslaughter; Strange allows the four dead Defenders to return to death after a battle with Nightmare. | ||
| Alpha Flight #44-45 (1987) Walter Langkowski is revealed to have been living in Smart Alec’s body; following the death of Snowbird in Sasquatch form at the hands of Pestilence, Walter jumps into her Sasquatch body; when he tries to turn back to human form, he finds he’s now a woman; Walter changes his name to Wanda Langkowski. | ||
| Alpha Flight #48-49 (1987) Lionel Jeffries returns as Omega, having given Roger Bochs new legs and a new body created using dead tissue; Madison Jeffries takes over the Box robot and identity, using it to kill both Omega and Roger Bochs. | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man #289 (1987) Ned Leeds is behaving strangely because he’s being manipulated by the Hobgoblin; when Ned is murdered by assassins, the public are led to believe he had been the Hobgoblin the whole time. | THE HOBGOBLIN REVEALED | |
| X-Men vs the Avengers #1-4 (1987) The Avengers clash with the X-Men over their allegiance to Magneto when they apprehend him for past crimes. | ||
| Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 (1987) Electro is revealed to have escaped Project: PEGASUS; Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker do end up getting married. | THE WEDDING | |
| ✔ | Fantastic Four Annual #20 (1987) Kristoff Vernard escapes captivity and convinces the Doombots that he is Doctor Doom, dethroning the true Doctor Doom and beginning the Doom-Kristoff War. | |
| Fantastic Four #306 (1987) The Thing invites Ms Marvel (Sharon Ventura) to join the Fantastic Four. | ALL IN THE FAMILY | |
| Thor #386 (1987) The beard Thor grows to hide the scars caused by Hela is finally shaved off, revealing his face has fully healed. | ||
| Fantastic Four #310 (1988) While battling Fasaud in space, Ms Marvel (Sharon Ventura) finally begins to return the Thing’s affections when they’re both bombarded with Cosmic Rays, mutating the Thing further and turning Sharon into a She-Thing. | ||
| Alpha Flight #68 (1989) Snowbird returns to life and takes her essence from Sasquatch’s form, returning the creature’s orange fur and allowing him to become Walter Langkowski again; the Coronet of Enchantment is returned to Elizabeth Twoyoungmen, turning her into Talisman once again. |
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| Fantastic Four #317 (1988) The Thing and Ms Marvel/Sharon Ventura/She-Thing finally share their affection for one another having both accepted themselves and each other as mutated Things. | SECRET WARS III | |
| ✔ | Fantastic Four #318-319 (1988) Doctor Doom tries to kill the Molecule Man, ruining his and Volcana’s chance of living a normal life in New York City; Doom and the Fantastic Four travel to the Beyond where they find the Beyonder alive; Doom demands the Beyonder restore the memories he took away of his time in Norman McArthur’s body; the Beyonder is attacked by Kubik (an evolved Cosmic Cube) and the Shaper of Worlds (an evolved Skrull Cosmic Cube) who reveal the Beyonder was once the energy from a cosmic cube created by the alien Beyonders, while the Molecule Man received the remainder of that energy; the Beyonder merges with the Molecule Man to become a new Cosmic Cube; Doom uses the new Cube to restore his lost memories; Volcana mourns the loss of the Molecule Man. | SECRET WARS III |
| Thor #398-400 (1988-1989) Thor learns Odin is being held prisoner by Set and fights to free him. | ||
| X-Terminators #2 (1989) X-Factor’s young trainees – including Boom-Boom – form their own team, becoming the X-Terminators. New Mutants #72 (1989) Magik’s Darkchylde persona sacrifices itself to draw all the invading demons back into Limbo, restoring Illyana Rasputin to the form of a powerless six-year-old. Excalibur #7 (1989) With Magik now powerless and the Darkchylde gone, the Soulsword transfers to Shadowcat once again. | INFERNO | |
| ✔ | Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #3-4 (1989) Interloper, Andromeda, Valkyrie and Manslaughter are resurrected by the Vishanti after a battle against the restored Dragon of the Moon. | |
| ✔ | Solo Avengers #16, 18 (1989) Moondragon and Gargoyle are resurrected with the help of Moondragon’s cousin, Sundragon. | |
| New Mutants #76 (1989) The X-Terminators – including Boom-Boom – officially become members of the New Mutants. | ||
| ✔ | Solo Avengers #20 (1989) Moondragon frees herself of the Dragon of the Moon’s control and redeems herself. | |
| ✔ | Avengers #301-303 (1989) Starfox and Firelord’s pursuit of Nebula is interrupted when Garthan Saal, the last survivor of Xandar, assaults them both; Starfox resumes his search, but Firelord does not. | |
| Alpha Flight #73 (1989) Diamond Lil joins Alpha Flight. | ||
| Alpha Flight #76 (1989) The Canadian Government creates Gamma Flight to replace Alpha Flight who they deem to be too hard to control; ironically, Wild Child is selected as a member. | ||
| Cloak and Dagger #12 (1990) Cloak and Dagger’s arrangement with Father Francis Delgado ends when he’s murdered by Mister Jip for annoying him and having served his purpose in locating Cloak and Dagger. | ||
| ✔ | Fantastic Four Annual #23 (1990) Rachel Summers’ life in the future and her relationship with the older Franklin Richards of Earth-811 is explored; future Franklin manifests on present day Earth-616. | DAYS OF FUTURE PRESENT |
| Fantastic Four #342 (1990) A flashback story reveals how Human Torch super-fan Theodore Bannion tried to turn himself into a Torch; this inspired Bannion’s uncle to join the hero-hunting Seekers. | ||
| Alpha Flight #87-90 (1990) Gamma Flight battle Alpha Flight, pitting Wild Child against the team again; the real James MacDonald Hudson returns, taking the on the codename Vindicator again; Heather Hudson becomes Guardian; Heather Hudson and Madison Jeffries’ relationship comes to an end when James Hudson returns, ending their romance and engagement. | ||
| ✔ | Avengers #314-318 (1990) Having located Nebula, Starfox alerts the Avengers to her bid to gain incredible cosmic power to rival Thanos; she’s ultimately defeated by the Avengers and the Stranger. | |
| ✔ | Fantastic Four Annual #23 (1990) Volcana adjusts to life without the Molecule Man; Doom surmises that the Molecule Man left her with a fraction of his power; the Cosmic Cube that was once the Beyonder and Molecule Man evolves to become the female Kosmos. | |
| Silver Surfer #34 (1990) The real Thanos is resurrected by Death. | REBIRTH OF THANOS | |
| ✔ | Silver Surfer #38 (1990) Nebula somehow gains control of Sanctuary III; Thanos confronts Nebula over her claims that she’s his granddaughter, proclaiming that one who worships death would never spawn progeny. | REBIRTH OF THANOS |
| Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #21-24 (1990) Clea loses the throne of the Dark Dimension to Dormammu once again; Dormammu frees Umar from her capsule prison, but sends the one containing Orini into another dimension. | ||
| Uncanny X-Men #269 (1990) A trip through the Siege Perilous is revealed to have freed Rogue from her Carol Danvers persona. | ||
| X-Factor #60 (1990) Boom-Boom’s father Marty Smith disowns his mutant daughter when he learns she’s being detained on Genosha. | X-TINCTION AGENDA | |
| Incredible Hulk #377 (1991) Bruce Banner’s relationship with his father is explored again; the various Hulk personas are revealed to be aspects of Bruce Banner’s suppressed trauma; Doc Samson seemingly merges the green Hulk, grey Hulk and Bruce Banner personas, resulting in a combined Hulk (sometimes dubbed the ‘Smart Hulk’ or ‘Professor Hulk’, though this is later revealed to be the Hulk that Banner aspires to be). | ||
| ✔ | Fantastic Four #350, 352-254 (1991) Ms Marvel (Sharon Ventura) betrays the Fantastic Four to Doctor Doom when he offers to transform her back from She-Thing into human form, ending her time with the team and her relationship with the Thing; Doctor Doom reclaims the Latverian throne from Kristoff Vernard, ending the Doom-Kristoff War. | |
| Marvel Comics Presents #82 (1991) Power Man (Luke Cage) continues to come out of hiding to help people, despite being a wanted man. | ||
| Namor the Sub-Mariner #14-18 (1991) ‘Iron Fist’ returns, though is soon revealed to be a disguised Super-Skrull. | ||
| Namor the Sub-Mariner #21-25 (1991-1992) The ‘Iron Fist’ who returned to New York and faced the Beyonder before being killed by ‘Captain Hero’ is revealed to have been a H’ylthri impostor when the real Iron Fist is discovered in stasis; Master Khan reveals he was posing as ‘Tyrone King’ and made the Super-Skrull believe he was ‘Bobby Wright’/’Captain Hero’ in exchange for curing his cancer; this eventually clears Luke Cage of any wrongdoing. | ||
| Incredible Hulk #393 (1992) The Hulk confronts Igor Drenkov over his involvement in his transformation; Drenkov is revealed to have been besieged by nightmares ever since the incident. | ||
| ✔ | Silver Surfer Annual #5 (1992) Following the Infinity Gauntlet incident, Nebula is revealed to have been imprisoned on Titan by Starfox; Firelord confronts Nebula over the death of his people on Xandar; Starfox leaves Nebula in a vegetative state. | |
| Alpha Flight #104-105 (1992) Diamond Lil and Madison Jeffries get married. | ||
| ✔ | New Warriors #41-42 (1993) Nova (Richard Rider) reboots the Xandarian Worldmind, initiating its cloning technology and resurrecting Queen Adora and her fellow Xandarians. | THE STARLOST |
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event/ Crossover |
| ✔ | Guardians of the Galaxy #38 (1993) The Beyonder of Earth-691 is revealed to have survived into the year 3000. | |
| Excalibur #66-67 (1993) Rachel Summers/Phoenix transports the mutant team Excalibur to her future timeline (Earth-811) to free it from the Sentinels’ control; Kate Pryde of Earth-811 is revealed to have survived having had her consciousness transferred to the robotic Widget. | ||
| Ghost Rider #43 (1993) Zarathos finally escapes imprisonment in Mephisto’ realm. | ROAD TO VENGEANCE: THE MISSING LINK | |
| ✔ | Guardians of the Galaxy #44-50 (1994) The Beyonder of Earth-691 begins to interfere in events in that reality until he’s put on trial for threatening the cosmic order. | THE DAGGER OF THE MIND |
| ✔ | Fantastic Four Annual #27 (1994) The Molecule Man seeks revenge on the Beyonder for the loss of his relationship with Volcana; he pulls the Beyonder out of Kosmos and the two of them fight; their battle begins to threaten all of space and time, so the Molecule Man returns the Beyonder to the Kosmos body. | |
| Excalibur #83-85 (1994-1995) Shadowcat’s link to the Soulsword is finally broken when Margali Szardos obtains it. | ||
| Thor #486-489 (1995) Malekith uses Kurse as a pawn to his regret (despite this, it’s something Malekith ends up doing repeatedly). | ||
| Daredevil #340 (1995) Glorianna O’Breen is murdered by Kruel. | ||
| Peter Parker, Spider-Man #75 (1996) Spider-Man learns the original Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) didn’t die in their last confrontation. | REVELATIONS | |
| Incredible Hulk #-1 (1997) Bruce Banner’s relationship with his father is explored at greater length; it’s revealed that Bruce retaliated against his father during their dispute at his mother’s grave, killing him. | FLASHBACK | |
| X-Force #87 (1999) Boom-Boom’s father, Marty Smith, is revealed to have had a change of heart about his daughter being a mutant and turned over a new leaf after joining the Triune Understanding. | ||
| Spaceknights #1-5 (2000-2001) Rom and Brandy Clark are revealed to have had two sons who have gone on to become Spaceknights themselves; following Rom’s disappearance, Brandy is made Prime Director of Galador. | ||
| ✔ | Mutant X Annual 2001 (2001) Mutant X #32 (2001) The Beyonder of Earth-1298 was left in a sleep-state by the heroes and imprisoned at the Earth’s core; the Beyonder’s body becomes the host form of the Goblin Queen who uses its power to kill most of Earth’s heroes; the Beyonder-powered Goblin Queen has her final showdown with Havok of Earth-616. | THE HUNTED |
| Defenders #1-4 (2001) After a few brief alliances that proved their continued gatherings would lead to the destruction of the Earth ended up being a hoax, the original Defenders make a lengthier return; Valkyrie rejoins. | ||
| Black Panther #38-40 (2002) Due to Iron Fist’s apparent death and subsequent return as well as his own, Chiantang/Black Dragon finally gets his shot at revenge on Iron Fist. | ||
| New X-Men #116 (2001) Professor X is finally exposed to the world as a mutant. | ||
| She-Hulk #1 (2004) She-Hulk regains the ability to transform back into Jennifer Walters. | ||
| ✔ | Thanos #8-10 (2004) Kosmos reinvents herself as the Maker, seemingly without any memory of her life as the Beyonder; the Maker is defeated by Thanos and kept in a catatonic state to prevent the Beyonder’s return. | |
| Captain Universe/Daredevil #1 (2006) Daredevil’s sight is briefly restored once again when he gains the power of Captain Universe. | UNIVERSAL HEROES | |
| Annihilation Prologue #1 (2006) Annihilation: Silver Surfer #3 (2006) The Maker is killed when the Kyln that contains her catatonic form is destroyed by the Annihilation Wave, seemingly ending the life and evolution of the Beyonder off-panel. | ANNIHILATION | |
| Amazing Spider-Man #545 (2008) To save the life of May Parker, Peter & Mary-Jane Parker make a deal with Mephisto to erase their marriage from history. | ONE MORE DAY | |
| Secret Invasion: X-Men #1 (2008) Despite believing it would never happen, Sunspot finally becomes a fully-fledged member of the X-Men. | SECRET INVASION | |
| Dark Avengers #8 (2009) Boom-Boom is revealed to finally have joined the X-Men. | UTOPIA | |
| X-Force #23 (2010) Diamond Lil is killed during Selene‘s attack on the mutant island Utopia. | NECROSHA | |
| Hulk: Winter Guard #1 (2009) The Presence transforms Igor Drenkov into a gamma-monster; Darkstar kills Drenkov after he eats the Crimson Dynamo. | ||
| ✔ | Fall of the Hulks: Alpha #1 (2010) It’s revealed that the actions of the Intelligencia (a band of the smartest villains in the world) attracted the attention of the Beyonder, resulting in the first ‘Secret Wars’. | FALL OF THE HULKS |
| ✔ | What If: Iron Man – Demon in an Armor #1 (2011) On Earth-90211, Galactus empowers Deadpool and sends him to kill the Beyonder. | WHAT IF VENOM POSSESSED DEADPOOL? |
| Superior Iron Man #2-3 (2015) Daredevil temporarily regains his sight again when an inverted Tony Stark gives him a dose of Extremis. | AXIS | |
| ✔ | New Avengers #24-33 (2015) Doctor Doom allies with the Molecule Man in an attempt to save Earth-616 from the Incursions that are destroying universes, only to discover they had in fact caused the Incursions in the first place; the alien Beyonders who granted the Molecule Man his powers intended for him to become a bomb that destroys his home reality when he dies; Doom begins killing the various versions of the Molecule Man throughout the multiverse; the Beyonder is revealed to be a ‘child unit’ of the Beyonders. | TIME RUNS OUT |
| Secret Wars #1-9 (2015-2016) Doctor Doom uses the Molecule’s Man’s power to save the remnants of destroyed universes as his Battleworld with himself as God Emperor Doom; Molecule Man eventually gives his power to Mister Fantastic, allowing him to restore Earth-616 and rebuild the multiverse. | SECRET WARS | |
| ✔ | Captain Marvel #8-10 (2016-2017) Stewart Cadwall is revealed to have left prison, started a family and lived a peaceful life until he’s arrested by Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) and the interstellar defence team Alpha Flight for keeping the trophy that turned him into Thundersword; the Master of the World steals the trophy and powers himself up with it; Cadwall removes the sword’s power and proves his good intentions. | CIVIL WAR II |
| ✔ | Avengers Beyond #1-5 (2023) The Beyonder tries to trap the Lost One (who allegedly owns all the Beyonders’ powers) on Earth; the Lost One strips the Beyonder of his memories. | AVENGERS BEYOND |
| ✔ | Defenders Beyond #1-5 (2022-2023) Having somehow regained his memories, the Beyonder explains to the Defenders how he was reborn following his death in the Annihilation Wave; the Beyonder promises to return. | DEFENDERS BEYOND |
| Collected Edition Title | Collects… |
| Secret Wars II Omnibus | Alpha Flight #28 Amazing Spider-Man #268, 273-274 Avengers #260-261, 265-266 Captain America #308 Cloak and Dagger #4 Daredevil #223 Dazzler #40 Deadpool Team-Up #1 Doctor Strange #74 Fantastic Four #282, 285, 288, 316-319 Incredible Hulk #312 Iron Man #197 New Defenders #152 New Mutants #30, 36-37 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111 Power Man and Iron Fist #121 Power Pack #18 Quasar #8 Secret Wars II #1-9 Thing #30 Thor #363 Uncanny X-Men #196, 202-203 Web of Spider-Man #6 |
| Secret Wars II | Secret Wars II #1-9 |
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| Secret Wars Battleworld Box Set | Alpha Flight #28 Amazing Spider-Man #268, 273-274 Avengers #260-261, 265-266 Captain America #308 Cloak and Dagger #4 Daredevil #223 Dazzler #40 Doctor Strange #74 Fantastic Four #282, 285, 288 Incredible Hulk #312 Iron Man #197 New Defenders #152 New Mutants #30, 36-37 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111 Power Man and Iron Fist #121 Power Pack #18 Secret Wars II #1-9 Thing #30 Thor #363 Uncanny X-Men #196, 202-203 Web of Spider-Man #6 |
| Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus Alpha Flight Classic vol.3 | Alpha Flight #28 |
| Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Ghosts of the Past (vol.15) | Amazing Spider-Man #268 Web of Spider-Man #6 |
| Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man vol.25 | Amazing Spider-Man #273-274 Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111 Web of Spider-Man #6 |
| Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos | Avengers #260-261 |
| Avengers Epic Collection: Under Siege (vol.16) Avengers: The Once and Future Kang | Avengers #265-266 |
| Captain America by Mark Gruenwald vol.1 Captain America Epic Collection: Society of Serpents (vol.12) | Captain America #308 |
| Cloak & Dagger: Lost and Found Cloak & Dagger Omnibus vol.1 | Cloak and Dagger #4 |
| Dazzler Omnibus Marvel Masterworks: Dazzler vol.4 | Dazzler #40 |
| Doctor Strange: Into the Dark Dimension Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange vol.11 | Doctor Strange #74 |
| Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus vol.2 | Fantastic Four #282, 285, 288 |
| Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne vol.6 | Fantastic Four #282 |
| Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne vol.7 | Fantastic Four #285 |
| Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne vol.8 | Fantastic Four #288 |
| Immortal Hulk vol.11 Incredible Hulk: Crossroads Incredible Hulk vol.3: World War Hulks Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Crossroads (vol.13) Incredible Hulks: World War Hulks | Incredible Hulk #312 |
| Iron Man: Iron Monger | Iron Man #197 |
| Micronauts: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus vol.3 | Micronauts #16 |
| Defenders Epic Collection: The End of All Songs (vol.9) | New Defenders #152 |
| New Mutants Omnibus vol.1 | New Mutants #29-30, 36-37 |
| New Mutants Classic vol.4 New Mutants Epic Collection: The Demon Bear Saga (vol.2) | New Mutants #29-30 |
| New Mutants Classic vol.5 New Mutants Epic Collection: Asgardian Wars (vol.3) | New Mutants #36-37 |
| Power Man and Iron Fist Epic Collection: Hardball (vol.4) | Power Man and Iron Fist #121 |
| Power Pack Classic vol.3 | Power Pack #18 Thor #363 |
| Power Pack Classic Omnibus vol.1 | Power Pack #18 Thor #363 Uncanny X-Men #195 |
| Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus vol.3 | Rom #72 |
| The Thing Omnibus | Thing #30 |
| Thor by Walter Simonson vol.3 Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus Thor Visionaries: Walt Simonson | Thor #363 |
| Uncanny X-Men Omnibus vol.5 X-Men Omnibus: Mutant Massacre Prelude | Uncanny X-Men #195-196, 202-203 |
| Power Pack Classic vol.2 | Uncanny X-Men #195 |
| Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men vol.12 Uncanny X-Men Epic Collection: The Gift (vol.12) | Uncanny X-Men #195-196 |
| Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men vol.13 Phoenix Omnibus vol.2 X-Men: Ghosts | Uncanny X-Men #202-203 |
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