Secret Wars II

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title = Secret Wars II


caption = Cover to "Secret Wars II" #3 (Sep. 1985). Art by Al Milgrom.
schedule = Monthly
format = Limited Series
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publisher = Marvel Comics
date = July 1985 - March 1986
issues = 9
main_char_team = Beyonder, various Marvel super-heroes
writers = Jim Shooter
artists = Al Milgrom
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inkers =Steve Leialoha
colorists =Christie Scheele
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creators = Jim Shooter
Al Milgrom
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"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.

Issue 5 of the miniseries is known for the introduction of Boom Boom.

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 metahumans and the cosmic entities that exist in the Marvel Universe. The Beyonder is eventually dealt with, although the heroes also have to prevent the destruction of the planet as a consequence of his actions. ["Avengers" #266 (Apr. 1986)]

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. ["Fantastic Four" #319 (Oct. 1988)]

Tie-in issues

* Jul. 1985:"Captain America" #308; "Iron Man" #197; "New Mutants" #30; "Uncanny X-Men" #196

* Aug. 1985:"Amazing Spider-Man" #268; "Fantastic Four" #282; "Web of Spider-Man" #6

*Sep. 1985:"Avengers" #260; "Daredevil" #223; "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

*Dec. 1998:"Deadpool Team Up" #1

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References

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* [http://www.chronologyproject.com/ The Marvel Chronology Project]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mbrown123/xover/marvel_secretwars2.html Mitchell Brown's The Unofficial Comics Crossover Index page on Secret Wars II]
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/ The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators]