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Secret Wars

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars, commonly known as Secret Wars, is a 12-issue American comic book crossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Jim Shooter, with art by Mike Zeck, Bob Layton, and John Beatty. It was tied in with a similarly named toy line from Mattel and a role-playing game of…

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Publication date
May 1984 – Apr. 1985
Publisher
Marvel Comics
Format
Limited series
Inker
John Beatty
Main character(s)
Avengers Fantastic Four X-Men Spider-Man Hulk Magneto Doctor Doom Absorbing Man Doctor Octopus Enchantress Kang Klaw Lizard Molecule Man Ultron The Wrecking Crew Galactus Beyonder
No. of issues
12

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Secret Wars

Nodes142
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Avg. degree1.99
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related to What If? · 59
Secret Wars → Absorbing Man, Avengers, Battleworld, Beyonder, Beyonder's, Bravado, Brave New World, Bulldozer, By Bravado's, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Chokehold, Crusader, Cyclops, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Earth, Enchantress, Eventually, Firefly
related to Television · 37
Secret Wars → Additionally, After, Alistair Smythe, Amidst, Asgard, Avengers, Avengers Assemble, Battleworld, Beyonder, Bifröst, Black Cat, Canada, Captain America, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Earth, Fantastic Four, However, Hulk, In
related to history · 29
Secret Wars → Battleworld, Beyond, Captain America, Cosmic Champions, Crossover, Doctor Doom, Dwayne McDuffie, Fantastic Four, February, In, Iron Man, Iron Man's, Jim Shooter, Marvel Age, Marvel Comics, Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars, Marvel Team-Up, Mattel's, Mike Zeck, Scott Kolins
related to Reception · 20
Secret Wars → Alex Zalben, An, But, Carol Kalish, DC Comics' Crisis, Event Comics, IGN, In, Infinite Earths, Kalish, Let's, Marvel, Marvel Universe, Marvel's Direct Sales Manager, MTV News, Secret Wars II, Their, They, While, Zalben
related to Secret Wars (2015 comic book) · 19
Secret Wars → Battleworld, Brian Michael Bendis, Esad Ribić, In May, January, Jonathan Hickman, Mark Bagley, Marvel, Marvel Universe, New Avengers, One, The, The Avengers, Time Runs Out, Ultimate End, Ultimate Marvel, Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Universe, Universe
related to Spider-Man: Life Story · 16
Secret Wars → America's, Among, Battleworld, Beyonder, Earth, Earth-19529, Earth-616, In Spider-Man, Life Story, Marvel Universe, Russian War, Spider-Man, This, United States-based, Venom, World War III
related to Sequels · 11
Secret Wars → Beyonder, Earth, Fantastic Four, Keith Pollard, Marvel, October, One, Secret Wars II, Secret Wars III, September, Steve Englehart
related to Aftermath · 8
Secret Wars → Colossus, Fantastic Four, Hulk's, Kitty Pryde, She-Hulk, The, Thing, Ultron
related to Battleworld · 8
Secret Wars → Battleworld, Battleworlds, Beyonder, Beyonders, Doctor Doom, Stranger, The, There
related to Merchandise · 6
Secret Wars → An, Heritage Auctions, January, Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars, Mattel, Spider-Man

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battleworld secret wars marvel doom spider-man beyonder heroes series doctor earth hulk x-men planet villains man avengers ultron galactus 1984

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Secret WarsFormatLimited series1.00infobox
Secret WarsInkerJohn Beatty1.00infobox
Secret WarsMain character(s)Avengers Fantastic Four X-Men Spider-Man Hulk Magneto Doctor Doom Absorbing Man Doctor Octopus Enchantress Kang Klaw Lizard Molecule Man Ultron The Wrecking Crew Galactus Beyonder1.00infobox
Secret WarsNo. of issues121.00infobox
Secret WarsPenciller(s)Mike Zeck, Bob Layton1.00infobox
Secret WarsPublication dateMay 1984 – Apr. 19851.00infobox
Secret WarsPublisherMarvel Comics1.00infobox
Secret WarsScheduleMonthly1.00infobox
Secret WarsWritten byJim Shooter1.00infobox
Secret Warsrelated to AftermathThe0.60section
Secret Warsrelated to AftermathShe-Hulk0.60section
Secret Warsrelated to AftermathThing0.60section

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