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Secret Wars Omnibus

Secret Wars Omnibus

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  • Create Date：2022-03-25 10:51:47
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  • Author：Jim Shooter
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Summary

Drawn from Earth across the stars， the Marvel Universe’s greatest heroes and villains are set against one another by the mysterious and all-powerful Beyonder — with the winner promised the ultimate prize！ But as battle lines are drawn， new alliances forged and old enemies clash， one among them is not willing to settle for anything less than godhood。 Can even the combined might of the Avengers， Spider-Man， the Fantastic Four and the X-Men prevent Doctor Doom from becoming the most powerful being in the universe？ Now， the greatest super hero war of all time is collected alongside an untold chapter of Thor’s time on Battleworld， Titania’s incredible origin， and “What If？” tales that offer very different endings to the Secret Wars！

COLLECTING: Secret Wars （1984） 1-12; Thor （1966） 383; She-Hulk （2004） 10; What If？ （1989） 4， 114

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Reviews

Taylor ，

As far as these major crossover events in comics go， I understand this was the first of such an undertaking to be released and I found it to be highly enjoyable。The characters all more or less felt like themselves and each had moments to shine。 Putting aside some admittedly very strange tangents once or twice （I。 E。 Magneto seemingly forgetting what he was doing to have some smooch time with Wasp）， the storyline was exciting， suspenseful and well plotted。 As far as comics go， it was great。 There As far as these major crossover events in comics go， I understand this was the first of such an undertaking to be released and I found it to be highly enjoyable。The characters all more or less felt like themselves and each had moments to shine。 Putting aside some admittedly very strange tangents once or twice （I。 E。 Magneto seemingly forgetting what he was doing to have some smooch time with Wasp）， the storyline was exciting， suspenseful and well plotted。 As far as comics go， it was great。 There WAS still a fair bit of "let's set things back to the status quo" at the very end， but it wasn't as egregious as in other Marvel stuff I've read （and at least there were some actual consequences）。 Maybe I will start looking out for Secret Wars 2。。。 。。。more

Jordan Dams ，

Way longer than it needs to be but an interesting story nonetheless

Shannon Luchies ，

THE first mega-crossover， more or less， （I think Contest of Champions might have been first， but it's really forgettable） and it holds up ok with time。 Ironically， was created to tie into a series of toys with special 'decoder shields' hence 'secret' wars。 THE first mega-crossover， more or less， （I think Contest of Champions might have been first， but it's really forgettable） and it holds up ok with time。 Ironically， was created to tie into a series of toys with special 'decoder shields' hence 'secret' wars。 。。。more

Simon Belfast ，

Good crossover event and really interesting to read since it was one of the first ones。 Jim Shooter's writing style is timeless in some sense。 Characters shine， plot moves swiftly， and we see the glimpse of metaphisics for which Cosmo-Marvel is famouse for。 - 7/10 Good crossover event and really interesting to read since it was one of the first ones。 Jim Shooter's writing style is timeless in some sense。 Characters shine， plot moves swiftly， and we see the glimpse of metaphisics for which Cosmo-Marvel is famouse for。 - 7/10 。。。more

Adriano Barone ，

Prima mega saga Marvel。 Le conseguenze a lungo termine si sentirono solo sulle pagine dell'Uomo Ragno， e come lettura è invecchiata 。。。 quanto doveva。 Comunque un classicone， che piaccia o no， e una delle letture obbligatorie per la continuity Marvel。 ;-） Prima mega saga Marvel。 Le conseguenze a lungo termine si sentirono solo sulle pagine dell'Uomo Ragno， e come lettura è invecchiata 。。。 quanto doveva。 Comunque un classicone， che piaccia o no， e una delle letture obbligatorie per la continuity Marvel。 ;-） 。。。more

Chris Dean ，

Missed out on this the first time through in the 1980s， brought to my attention by my son。 Glad I read it。 Compelling story and liked the tie in with all of Marvel's heavy hitters。 While some of the characters were reduced to cameo appearances， it nonetheless was a fun read。 Missed out on this the first time through in the 1980s， brought to my attention by my son。 Glad I read it。 Compelling story and liked the tie in with all of Marvel's heavy hitters。 While some of the characters were reduced to cameo appearances， it nonetheless was a fun read。 。。。more

Hakim ，

Secret Wars is by no means high literature， even by comic book standards。 The dialogues are cheesier and more cringe-worthy that you'd think， some radical plot progressions are often times very confusing， and the simplistic characterization is quite laughable。。。 But that does not change how entertaining the book is and how psychedelically inspiring the ideas and concepts introduced in the plot have been for the newer generations of writers。 Moreover， the crossover events from the 80's seem lot m Secret Wars is by no means high literature， even by comic book standards。 The dialogues are cheesier and more cringe-worthy that you'd think， some radical plot progressions are often times very confusing， and the simplistic characterization is quite laughable。。。 But that does not change how entertaining the book is and how psychedelically inspiring the ideas and concepts introduced in the plot have been for the newer generations of writers。 Moreover， the crossover events from the 80's seem lot more "managed"， elabortate and relatively more coherent than the ones published these days。 The Omnibus edition of Secret Wars collects some quite interesting tie-in issues that make the overall story arc even more enjoyable。 。。。more

Neil ，

I have read this a few times before， but I read this compilation again after reading the prose novel。 I was curious as to the differences between the two narratives and how much of an impact these differences might have made to the overall story。The basic gist is this: a batch of super heroes and a batch of super villains are taken to distant part of the universe and watch as entire realms of galaxies are destroyed to 'make room' for a single patchwork planet and a single star。 They are then tol I have read this a few times before， but I read this compilation again after reading the prose novel。 I was curious as to the differences between the two narratives and how much of an impact these differences might have made to the overall story。The basic gist is this: a batch of super heroes and a batch of super villains are taken to distant part of the universe and watch as entire realms of galaxies are destroyed to 'make room' for a single patchwork planet and a single star。 They are then told that each group is to battle to the death and that the victors will receive whatever they desire from this alien being who has god-like powers。 While the heroes and most of the villains battle it out， Doctor Doom hatches a secret plan to not only absorb the power of Galactus but to seize the power of this 'Beyonder' for himself。 In the end， the heroes have to defeat Doom in order to save reality as we know it。 In my review of the prose novel， I discuss many of the differences as I remembered them after reading the book。 I am not planning on repeating what I said in that other review， but as I am human there is a chance I might repeat myself。 One big difference was that in the beginning of the book， Wasp [Janet van Dyne] is flirting with Magneto while accusing him of being a murderer。 Later on， on the book， Magneto kidnaps Janet because of her flirtations with him and attempts to seduce her in his fortress away from the others。 She willingly yields to his seduction。 In the comic series， she does NOT flirt with Magneto in the start of the series。 When she is released by Magneto in his fortress， she does not want him to seduce her。 She tells him 'no' several times， but he continues kissing her and trying to seduce her。 Perhaps 'seduce' is too kind a word， as he is essentially forcing himself upon her。 Then， after telling him 'no' several times， she gives him a corny line about how he's a great kisser and why not？ they don't know how much longer they will be alive anyway， so she might as well enjoy the moment。 Maybe in the 80s this was seen as 'appropriate behavior' [taking into consideration the number of novels that came out where it is shown as being acceptable for a male hero to force himself upon his female partner]， but in light of the numerous 'date rape' cases that have come to light over the years， Magneto forcing himself upon Wasp [Janet] while ignoring her protests before she willingly acquiesces to his request/seduction seems too close to 'date rape' to be acceptable。 Maybe that is why this seen is changed in the book。Another 'big difference' is that in the book Doom discovers a portion of the patchwork planet is from Earth; specifically， Denver， CO。 He goes to Denver to find two test subjects to provide more 'soldiers' for his army。 He finds two women who volunteer to be his subjects; he turns them into Volcana and Titania。 In the comic series， we do not find out about Denver， CO， being on the planet until later in the series。 So it is a bit of a mystery as to where Doom finds these two women。 But it is eventually explained [obviously， finding two human females would indicate that some part of this created planet had to have come from Earth]。 Another 'big difference' is that the Wasp is killed in the swamp where she finds the Lizard。 In the book， after the Wrecking Crew leaves with the Lizard， Spider-Woman finds the Wasp and takes her back to the village where the other heroes are staying via the same ship Janet used to flee Magneto's fortress。 This is how the heroes meet Spider-Woman as well as discover that Denver， CO， is a part of this crazy patchwork planet known as Battleworld。 In the comics， the Wrecking Crew drops Janet's lifeless body in the middle of the village before returning to Doombase。 Also， Janet had destroyed her ship [flying vessel] in the comics whereas in the story she merely crash-landed in the swamp。 Also， in the novel， the swamp is outside of Denver whereas in the comics the swamp is NOT near Denver。There is a portion in the comics where a human Ben Grimm and weaponless Hawkeye are facing off against Klaw and the Lizard。 Instead of engaging in violence， Ben Grimm and Hawkeye challenge the two villains to a card game。 Klaw and the Lizard agree to be their prisoners after the card game is over。 It was a humorous moment in the comic series， and I wish it had been included in the novel。What is interesting is that the scene in which She-Hulk goes after the villains by herself is essentially the same in both the comics and the novelization。 However， the omnibus has an additional comic from one of the She-Hulk series that tells more of the story behind Titania。 In that comic， it is implied that Titania squares off against the She-Hulk alone， demanding to have the satisfaction of beating the heroine up by herself。 However， she fails and soon the battle swings She-Hulk's way， causing Titania to cry out for help and the rest of the villains to gang up on Jennifer Walters [She-Hulk] before pummeling her into unconsciousness。 In the maxi-series and in the novel， the other villains join the battle against She-Hulk right away; they do not wait for Titania to cry out for help。In the comics， Lockheed returns to the group with another dragon in tow; as the X-Men return to Earth this second dragon joins their group。 This scene was left out of the novel。The scene under the mountain is different between the novel and the maxi series。 In the novel， Spider-Man starts off insulting and bickering with the Hulk to keep him angry before Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four joins Spider-Man in insulting Bruce Banner。 In the comics， it is Reed Richards alone who insults and baits the Hulk to ensure that the heroes are not crushed beneath the mountain the Molecule Man has dropped on them。It is interesting， but in the clip taken from the X-Men comic where the X-Men enter the structure in Central Park in NYC， it appears that Xavier is walking into the structure with the other X-Men。 Then， when he appears in the structure orbiting in space with the other heroes， he is sitting in his wheel chair [issue one]。 Then， in issue two [I believe it was] he is shown as standing。 In issue three， he is being carried by Captain America， and after that he is always shown as standing on his own two feet。 In the novelization， he immediately stands up and steps out of his wheel chair in the very beginning of the novel。 Kind of a big difference。 I was surprised at how much Wolverine butted heads with the other non-mutant heroes in the comic series。 I had forgotten this was the case。 He did not but heads with the others in the novel nearly as much as he did in the comics。 It was kind of amusing， but it did get kind of old after a while。 The book did a nice job of cutting out all of the bitter diatribes and internal conflicts amongst the various characters that were presented in the comics。 The author of the novelization did a nice job of selecting what was important and what was unnecessary for the novel in terms of the various 'argument scenes' amongst the heroes。It was kind of funny how much of a jerk Xavier was in this series。 I had forgotten that was the case until I reread this series。 There definitely seemed to be a cycle where he was written as a controlling jerk on a regular basis [up until he died at the hands of Cyclops]。 This was more than adequately expressed in both the novel and the comic series。It seemed like there were other numerous differences between the comic book series and the novelization， but overall they tended to be 'small' differences that did not truly detract from the story， overall。 I have mentioned the 'biggest' ones in this review; I have also mentioned others in my review of the novelization。 I think the novelization must by either based upon interviews with the original creators of the maxi-series or the author's interpretation and opinion of what was not stated in the comics。 There was a lot of explanation in the novel that just did not occur in the comics。 Perhaps other readers of the comics were able to interpolate more of the hidden context than I did， but the novelization definitely cleared the opaqueness of different situations in the comic series。I enjoyed rereading the comic book series。 I also found out in the preface to this omnibus edition that this series was written because of a toyline。 DC Comics was approached about making action figures based upon DC's characters。 A different company approached Marvel about doing the same [because the sales of the DC characters was through the roof]， but this other company wanted to have a story behind the line of figures they were going to sell。 Thus， the Secret Wars series was written to be able to help sell action figures。 It is an interesting anecdote， to be sure， but I have also read that Marvel wanted to release a maxi-series before DC released their 'Crises on Infinite Earths' and that 'Secret Wars' was Marvel's answer to DC's series。 Of course， it seems like Marvel is mimicking DC's series in the current Marve titles on the store shelves， so we shall see how well it works for them。I found the omnibus to be a fast read。 It has a nice flow to it and kept my interest。 I still enjoyed the artwork。 It was obvious some of the stuff is exceptionally dated in terms of the artwork and the ideas presented， but it was still a fun trip down memory lane while reading this compilation。 。。。more

Morbus Iff ，

This would have been an easy 5-star if the ending hadn't trailed off so abruptly。 This would have been an easy 5-star if the ending hadn't trailed off so abruptly。 。。。more

Tess ，

The Avengers， the X-Men and various other superheroes and villains get summoned onto a foreign planet by an entity called the "Beyonder"。 He promises them that when they defeat their enemies he will grant them all their wishes。 Fighting ensues。 And the rest is probably the most random series of random events I have ever seen in a plot。 Ever。This crossover is the most amusing thing I've read in a while， the dialogues are hilariously cheesy， the plot pretty much non-existing。 If you are into a bit The Avengers， the X-Men and various other superheroes and villains get summoned onto a foreign planet by an entity called the "Beyonder"。 He promises them that when they defeat their enemies he will grant them all their wishes。 Fighting ensues。 And the rest is probably the most random series of random events I have ever seen in a plot。 Ever。This crossover is the most amusing thing I've read in a while， the dialogues are hilariously cheesy， the plot pretty much non-existing。 If you are into a bit of trash and read it with some snark and irony， this is very， very entertaining， though。 。。。more

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