![]() ![]() However, it’s easy to overlook those bits when the series also contains moments like Hulk lifting an entire mountain, or Spider-Man getting his Symbiote costume for the first time. There’s even a brief romance between Magneto and the Wasp, of all people. The X-Men are treated with an inexplicable amount of hostility from their fellow heroes, while the Human Torch and Colossus compete for the affections of an alien girl. Granted, the 1984 Secret Wars has its fair share of odd creative choices. A massive clash between good and evil ensues, with participants including the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Magneto Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Ultron, Galactus, and Kang the Conqueror - plus a few more obscure villains like Absorbing Man, Titania, and Molecule Man. ![]() The Beyonder proclaims that the two factions will wage war, and the winners shall have their hearts’ desires granted. The original 1984 miniseries Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars begins with a seemingly omnipotent cosmic being called the Beyonder selecting a group of Earth’s greatest heroes and villains to participate in a great contest on Battleworld: a patchwork planet built from pieces of other worlds, including Earth. ![]()
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