Untold Tales Of The First Comics Event — ‘Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld’
by Tony Thornley
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars is a mouthful, but it’s also a pioneer. When it debuted, the miniseries from Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck was the first major crossover event in comics. Now, two Marvel Comics legends are reunited to give us some untold tales of that original event.
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld will reunite legendary Spider-Girl creative team Tom DeFalco and Pat Olliffe in an in-continuity four-issue flashback series . The series will follow Peter Parker and Johnny Storm as we see adventures that happened between pages, see heroes we didn’t know were there, and reveal new secrets about the Beyonder’s plans!
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars set the standard for Marvel Comics events (as well as action figures and the characters existing at the forefront of pop culture), and this new story will at last reveal some secret connections and missing characters going back to the original series! What secret test are the Beyonders conducting…and how will Spider-Man, the Human Torch and the whole cast determine the fate of the universe? (PLUS: Surprise super villain appearances inside!)
“Pat Olliffe and I were handed a daunting creative challenge,” DeFalco said. “We were asked to do a sequel/new tale of a classic Marvel story that first saw print 40 years ago and created ripples that are still felt throughout the universe today. Since we share a kinship with a certain web-swinger (and his family), we were also compelled to do a story that ripped to his core and defined his unique place in the Marvel Universe while examining the budding relationship with his new black costume. With the aid of editors Mark Basso and Drew Baumgartner, Pat and I constructed a tale that we believe has repercussions for today’s readers and creative ripples that we hope will still be felt 40 years from now.”
“The original Secret Wars was so multi-dimensional, it’s been thrilling to add new dimensions to the saga!” Editor Mark Basso added. “While the new story fully stands alone, I can tease that the connection to the original Secret Wars goes even further than just the comics pages…Old-school fans will know what I’m talking about…!”
Check out the covers for the first issue of the series from Olliffe, Ryan Stegman, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Francesco Mobili, and Todd Nauck, and be sure to pick up Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld starting in November!
