CATALOG RECORD
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #8
origin of the symbiote (black costume, later Venom), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
origin of the symbiote (black costume, later Venom), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
- Venom (as symbiote or unknown host) — first appearance of the Venom symbiote
Dates
- Cover date
- December 1984
- On sale
- August 7, 1984
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #8 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition75¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition75¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860247512 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.
Barcode 0714860247512 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Facsimile Edition (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- Invasion! · Marvel Super Heroes · 25 pages
The heroes invade the bad guys' base in retaliation for the death of the Wasp. They soundly trounce the bad guys and capture most of them. As they return to their base with a badly wounded She-Hulk, they discover that Wasp is not dead but was healed by Zsaji. When Spider-Man notices that Thor's costume has been restored, he is directed to a machine that spits out a small black ball which quickly covers him and becomes his new costume. Xavier contacts the heroes and tells them that Galactus has begun to eat Battleworld.
Characters
Reprinted in
Secret Wars (1985), Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (1992), Marvel Milestones: Venom & Hercules (2005), Secret Wars (2005), Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (2007), Secret Wars Omnibus (2008), Hasbro / Secret Wars (2009), [Marvel Super Heroes] Secret Wars (2011), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld (2015), Symbiote Spider-Man: Marvel Tales (2021), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Facsimile Edition (2024), Marvel Archive Edition: Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Gallery Edition (2025)