Secret Wars II #1

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

Story arc: Secret Wars II

This is part 1 of 44. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Secret Wars II (1985) #1
2. The New Mutants (1983) #30
3. Captain America (1968) #308
4. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #196
5. Iron Man (1968) #197
6. Secret Wars II (1985) #2
7. Fantastic Four (1961) #282
8. Web of Spider-Man (1985) #6
9. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #268
10. Secret Wars II (1985) #3
11. Daredevil (1964) #223
12. The Avengers (1963) #260
13. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #312
14. Secret Wars II (1985) #4
15. Alpha Flight (1983) #28
16. Dazzler (1981) #40
17. The Avengers (1963) #261
18. Rom (1979) #72
19. Secret Wars II (1985) #5
20. Fantastic Four (1961) #285
21. The Thing (1983) #30
22. Doctor Strange (1974) #74
23. Secret Wars II (1985) #6
24. Micronauts (1984) #16
25. Power Pack (1984) #18
26. Cloak and Dagger (1985) #4
27. Power Man and Iron Fist (1981) #121
28. Secret Wars II (1985) #7
29. Thor (1966) #363
30. The Defenders (1972) #152
31. The New Mutants (1983) #36
32. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #202
33. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #273
34. Secret Wars II (1985) #8
35. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #111
36. Fantastic Four (1961) #288
37. The Avengers (1963) #265
38. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #274
39. Secret Wars II (1985) #9
40. The New Mutants (1983) #37
41. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #203
42. The Avengers (1963) #266
43. Quasar (1989) #8
44. Dazzler Omnibus (2024) #nn

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.

Publisher’s description

An all-powerful being crash lands on our planet spelling disaster for Earth's Heroes. The rise of the Beyonder begins here, as the Marvel Universe unites against a cosmic foe. In this kick-off issue, the mysterious Beyonder questions the meaning of life.

Characters

Reprinted in

Secret Wars II Omnibus (2009), Secret Wars II (2011), Marvel Firsts: The 1980s (2013), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld (2015)