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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published May 1984
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Tom DeFalco
Notes 2nd Printing with black Spider-Man face in the lower corner box exists; The heroes leave for Secret Wars in Amazing Spider-Man #251, Avengers #242, Captain America #292, Fantastic Four #264, Incredible Hulk #294, Iron Man #181 and Uncanny X-Men #180.

Cover Details

Characters Hulk; Thing; Human Torch; Storm; Captain America; Wasp; Cyclops; Wolverine; Spider-Man; Rogue; She-Hulk; Hawkeye; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Iron Man [James Rhodes]; Captain Marvel II
Genre Superhero
Pencils Michael Zeck
Inks John Beatty ?
Letters Typeset
Notes 2nd Printing with black Spider-Man face in the lower corner box exists; The heroes leave for Secret Wars in Amazing Spider-Man #251, Avengers #242, Captain America #292, Fantastic Four #264, Incredible Hulk #294, Iron Man #181 and Uncanny X-Men #180.

23 page Marvel Super Heroes story "The War Begins"

Characters HEROES: Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch; The Thing; Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Rogue; Nightcrawler; Captain America; Iron Man [James Rhodes]; She-Hulk; Wasp; Thor; Hawkeye; Captain Marvel II; Hulk; Spider-Man; Lockheed; VILLAINS: Dr. Doom; Galactus; Magneto; Dr. Octopus; Kang; Enchantress; Molecule Man; Abomination; Lizard; Wrecker; Thunderball; Piledriver; Bulldozer
Synopsis Our cast of heroes and villains each find themselves in their respective gigantic space ships trying to figure out how they got there and what is going on; They witness the end of a galaxy and the creation of Battleworld; Ultron attacks the other baddies and is snuffed out by Galactus; The voice of the otherworldy Beyonder tells them that their goal is to defeat their enemies and their wildest dreams will come true; Galactus and Doom immediately fly off to confront the Beyonder but are repulsed as if they were no more than gnats; The heroes are transported to the planet and immediately turn on Magneto who has been inexplicably counted among their number; They choose Cap to lead them; The villains are also moved to Battleworld and Doom tries to reason with them concerning the Beyonder's wishes; When no one is willing to listen, he flies off to talk to Reed but is shot down by Kang; The heroes reach Doom but mistrust him and get blasted; The rest of the villains arrive and the Secret War begins.
Genre Superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Michael Zeck
Inks John Beatty
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Joe Rosen