WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Thundersword (Marvel, Stewart Cadwall) — villain, introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- July 1985
- On sale
- April 16, 1985
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 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 0714860283107 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.
Barcode 0714860283107 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Earthfall! · 25 pages
The Beyonder arrives on Earth. He desires knowledge and experience. Professor X sends a distress call to all heroes. Captain America, Iron Man, the X-Men, and the New Mutants descend on L.A. The Beyonder gives a scriptwriter powers, which he uses as Thundersword. The heroes arrive and mistake Thundersword for the Beyonder and battle him. Beyonder appears in the form of the Molecule Man. He causes Magik to become Darkchilde, and the New Mutants teleport to Limbo. Lila Cheney teleports the X-Men out. Thundersword loses his powers. The Beyonder makes himself invisible and follows Captain America.
Characters
Reprinted in
Secret Wars II Omnibus (2009), Secret Wars II (2011), Marvel Firsts: The 1980s (2013), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld (2015)