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The first megacrossover of its kind, secret wars still stands as a milestone in the comicbook industry. Secret wars 1984 1985 marvels greatest heroes and villains have been brought to a mysterious planet with unlimited power promised to those who can defeat their foes. Secret wars 1984 part 1 published may 1984 by marvel. The fate of the entire marvel universe hangs in the balance as all of earths greatest super heroes face their deadliest foes on the mysterious planet known as battleworld. All item images are used solely for identification purposes. Marvel super heroes secret wars, commonly known as secret wars, is a twelve issue american comic book crossover limited series. This exciting new anthology has over a dozen original tales starring the vicious foes of marvels superheroes. As revealed in 2015s deadpools secret secret wars, deadpool originally took part in this event, though after a failed romance with wasp, she wished to forget him so strongly, everyone present did as well. This creates suspicion between the mutant and nonmutant heroes that eventually causes the xmen to form a separate division in the war, much like segregated forces in the us army. Marvel super heroes secret wars 19841985 by bob layton and jim shooter jan 1, 1984 5.
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