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Captain America Returns to Secret Wars with New Secret Wars Figure
Captain America has been summoned to Battleworld as Hasbro celebrates the 40th anniversary of Marvel Comics Secret Wars This new line of figures pays homage to the classic line of figures from the 80s with some fun retro-inspired accessories as well as some updated additions Leading the fight against some of Marvel's biggest bads is[...]
Secret Wars Wolverine Slices and Dices with New Marvel Legends
Inspired by the classic Secret Wars figures from the 80s, this figure will feature swappable hands and a sweet lenticular shield Vintage card back packaging is also featured here, and he will join Captain America, Spider-Man, and Iron Man in this wave Pre-orders are already live and selling out pretty fast for $24.99 and are[...]
The Black Suit Returns with New Spider-Man Secret Wars Marvel Legends
The Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars arrived in 1984-1985 and was a groundbreaking 12-issue crossover event that brought together heroes and villains from across the Marvel Universe The comic was a way to sell a new assortment of Marvel Comics action figures while bringing all of the best heroes and villains to one spot Now,[...]
Marvel's Titania Joins Battleworld with Marvel Legends Secret Wars 
Hasbro is taking collectors back to the 80s as they are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Marvel Comics Secret Wars This new wave of figures will consist of six figures with heroes and villains returning once again to Battleworld One of these was the creation of a brand new figure, Titania, who made her debut[...]
The Beyonder Arrives for Hasbro’s New Secret Wars Marvel Legends Wave
The Beyonder was a cosmic entity with unimaginable power that was the force behind the hit Marvel Comics Secret Wars event in the 80s He was the man behind the curtain who transported legendary heroes and villains to a new world, Battleworld He would offer them a single and simple proposition: "Slay your enemies, and[...]
Marvel Gives Gallery Editions To Secret Wars and Wolverine & Gambit
And we now have 2025 listings for the next collections in this rather tall and wide category… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ MARVEL MASTERPIECES: MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS GALLERY EDITION Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, Bob Layton July 8, 2025 $100 480[...]
Interior preview page from MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS: BATLEWORLD #4 GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI COVER
Marvel is throwing another nostalgia uppercut with Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Batleworld #4, promising a showdown that's been cooking longer than some of you have been alive This classic scrap hits comic book shops on Wednesday, February 21st, and we've got the synopsis right here, freshly plucked from the tree of predictable plot contrivances. FALCON,[...]
Interior preview page from MARVEL SUPER HEROES: SECRET WARS - BATTLEWORLD #3 GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI COVER
Prepare yourselves for Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars – Battleworld #3, where the odds are about as stable as the Marvel cinematic release schedule Slated to wreak havoc on your wallet this Wednesday, January 31st, it seems this little gem just can't wait to show us the 'earth-shattering' consequences of superheroes duking it out –[...]
First Spider-Man Black Costume Appearance, Comics Journal #85 at $300
Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars is being referred to here as The Secret War And that the original title of the series was Cosmic Champions There is also mention of a Rom crossover with the series and across all titles by Bill Mantlo that either wasn't true or just never happened. Comics Journal #85 from eBay There is[...]
Interior preview page from MARVEL SUPER HEROES: SECRET WARS - BATTLEWORLD #2 GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI COVER
This time they've scooped up Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars – Battleworld #2, coming to your local comic shop on Wednesday Let's see what kind of tangled webs they're weaving for good ol' Spidey and his freshly donned alien costume, shall we? BRING ON THE BAD GUYS! SPIDER-MAN, freshly attired in his new ALIEN COSTUME, is[...]
The Secret Wars Awaits with Marvel Legends Doctor Doom & Photon 
Up first is a return to the 80s with Marvel Comics Secret Wars, a massive Marvel crossover event from 1984 to 1985 Written by Jim Shooter and illustrated by Mike Zeck, this story brought some of Marvel's iconic heroes together for one big story to battle an assortment of iconic villains From the X-Men and[...]
PrintWatch: Second Prints For Venom, White Widow, Carnage, Secret Wars
PrintWatch: Just Marvel this week, second printings for Venom #27 and White Widow #1 for the 10th of January, and for Secret Wars: Battleworld #1, Carnage #1, Black Panther #6 and Daredevil: Black Armor #1 for the 17th of January. VENOM #27 2ND PTG CAFU VAR MARVEL COMICS OCT238397 (W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Julius Ohta (CA) CAFU THE VENOM OF[...]
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Today, Marvel Comics publishes Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld #1 from former Marvel EIC Tom DeFalco and Pat Olliffe, set during the events of the original Secret Wars crossover event from 1984. Secret Wars Battleworld Which saw villains and heroes pitted against each other on a patchwork planet by an omnipotent being called The Beyonder But[...]
Interior preview page from MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS: BATTLEWORLD #1 GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI COVER
Well, it looks like Marvel couldn't resist digging through their old toy chest for another nostalgia cash grab, and they've cooked up a fresh batch of retro antics in Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld #1 Hitting the shelves on the ever auspicious date of November 22nd, this comic promises to unleash the kind of[...]
Marvel To Recreate First Year of Secret Wars & Spider-Man's Black Costume
And every month, they will publish a facsimile copy of an issue of Secret Wars and of Amazing Spider-Man, in which that black costume first appeared, long before there were any thought of Venoms of Kings In Black. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see[...]
Tom DeFalco & Pat Oliffe's Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Battleworld
Such as a return by Tom DeFalco and Pat Oliffe to Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars with Battleworld How this will tie in withDeadpool's Secret Secret Wars has yet to be decided. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ In 1984, Marvel's[...]
Secret Wars: Battleworld From Marvel Comics For 40th Anniversary
Coming out of the Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch, which Marvel Comics is still invited to, we get the news that Marvel has Secret Wars 40th anniversary events coming up, to celebrate forty years of the series created by Jim Shooter, Bob Layton and Mike Zeck that basically began the event-obsessed comic book industry we live in[...]
The Hulk and Bruce Banner Smash Into Hasbro’s Marvel Legends 
Back in 1984, Marvel Comics debuted their impressive crossover comic book event, Secret Wars This story brought some of Marvel's most popular superheroes together to team up and take on some of their biggest enemies The idea behind the event was to sell toys as Marvel teamed up with Mattel to release all of your[...]
Marvel Comics
As he says in his newsletter today, "In some ways, I'm probably trying to follow in the footsteps of Marvel writers before me – my very first taste of Marvel was Secret Wars, immediately followed in UK reprints by Secret Wars II – Jim Shooter's attempt to take in heady concepts of desire, godhood and humanity[...]
How Marvel's First Secret Wars Ended
Marvel Studios has announced an Avengers: Secret Wars to follow Avengers: The Kang Dynasty to conclude Marvel's Phase Six in the years to come, to follow The Fantastic Four As a result, an eye has been passed over those original Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars comic books from 1985 by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck, and[...]
Defenders Lay Out Entirety Of Marvel History Like Never Before
And so it is with Iteration of reality number two… Defenders Beyond #3 But the Celestials survive and continue through iteration after iteration… Defenders Beyond #3 And it's all being observed and puppeted by The Beyonders, of Secret Wars fame, but who also have played a role in so much else. Defenders Beyond #3 And yes, the one with with the[...]
Secret Wars #1, #3, #4 and #6, at Auction For $216 So Far
The recent announcement from Marvel Studios at San Diego Comic-Con's Hall H for an Avengers: Secret Wars movie has put a fire under back issues for both of the Marvel Secret Wars series, from the eighties and from the teens And Heritage Art Auctions has a listing for CGC slabbed copies of issues Secret Wars[...]
Secret Wars Sales Explode With MCU Phase 6 SDCC Announcement
Yesterday, amid their Phase 5 and Phase 6 announcements, Marvel Studios announced Avengers: Secret Wars for November 2025 Quite a way away but eBay noticed Secret Wars usually refers to a number of Marvel series, the original comic book series from 1985 by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck in which the heroes and villains of the[...]
Ghost Samurai Avengers
And yes, that was also reflected in the recent Loki TV series. So today sees the publication of Defenders Beyond #1, revisit the Eternity Mask which has been filling Al Ewing's comic books of late… With Blue Marvel batting with fate and destiny courtesy of a few cosmic tarot cards. Time for a card to open the door[...]
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Marvel has announced a new cover for their upcoming Fortnite X Marvel: Zero War #1 comic book out next week.  "AMID THE ZERO WAR… Spider-Man scores a new suit in the Zero War – both in Fortnite and on the page! All will be revealed soon in a new cover inspired by Secret Wars #8." It[...]
Secret Wars Debut Of Julia Carpenter On Auction At Heritage
Secret Wars is suddenly one of the hottest Marvel series on the aftermarket, and not just because of #8 and the debut of the Black Suit for Spider-Man No, multiple issues from the series are hot right now, as many try to figure out where the MCU is heading at the moment Issue seven, the[...]
First Appearance Of Titania At Auction, Ahead Of She-Hulk TV Show
The character created by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck first appeared in Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3 in 1984, alongside Marsha Rosenberg, Volcana Two characters who weren't chosen by The Beyonder to fight, but had their neighbourhood transported by the Beyonder to make up the Patchworld Planet, and who are experimented on by Doctor[...]
The Beyonder Returns To A New Defenders Seris (Mullet Included)
And not just any old Beyonder but the Beyonder with a mullet from Secret Wars II… while also sporting an Omega symbol on a visor between his massive shoulder pads Saying "AN UNEXPECTED FOE FOR THE DEFENDERS ARRIVES FROM BEYOND! The DEFENDERS return this June Stay tuned tomorrow to learn more." With art from Ron[...]
Secret Wars #1 CGC 9.8 Taking Bids At Heritage Auctions Today
Secret Wars used to only be about one book for the longest time, and that was #8 and the debut of the black suit for Spider-Man That has changed over the last few years, as there is now a huge demand for the series overall And it is not like they aren't out there; there[...]