Secret Wars - 1984 - The Original Reading List on Marvel Unlimited!

Greetings Superfriends!

Thanks for making this blog another stop on your regular web circuit! I will continue to add new reading arcs for you frequently as 2016 proceeds, so check back often for new reading arcs, links to cool products and even expansion to DC and indy publishers.

This post is about the original Secret Wars miniseries, still a classic story that impacts the entire Marvel Universe. Working with Mattel, Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter developed a series that would have a tie-in with action figures, and the writing ended up being significant for a handful of great additions to the Marvel Universe history, like the black suit of Spider-Man’s that later become… Okay, I know it is too late for spoilers, but we’ll pretend to avoid spoilers anyway!

You can see all of the Secret Wars Miniseries at a glance on Marvel Unlimited here.

1. Secret Wars (1984) #1 - Heroes and villains alike are transported across the universe by a mysterious being known as the Beyonder.
2. Secret Wars (1984) #2 - The first battle between heroes and villains begins as Galactus watches.
3. Secret Wars (1984) #3 - Doom creates new villains!!
4. Secret Wars (1984) #4 - Molecule Man drops a mountain on the heroes??
5. Secret Wars (1984) #5 - X-Men strike back!
6. Secret Wars (1984) #6 - Spider-Woman?
7. Secret Wars (1984) #7 - First full appearance new Spider-Woman
8. Secret Wars (1984) #8 - Spider-Man uses the wrong machine to rebuild his costume and ends up with the black costume!
9. Secret Wars (1984) #9 - The fight against Galactus to prevent world devouring is on!
10. Secret Wars (1984) #10 - Death to the Beyonder!
11. Secret Wars (1984) #11 - Doom kills the heroes (but they are resurrected next issue!)
12. Secret Wars (1984) #12 - The end of the miniseries, Thing stays behind because he can change into human form.

Some of the covers have been used in homages over the years since, and the black suit continues to impact Marvel stories on a monthly basis. This year-long event ran from May 1984 to April 1985 back at a time when there were not many long events, crossovers or anything like that.

As this was before decompression, the content in one regular book might exceed the story in two or three books today. Overall, a worthwhile series to check out on MU!

Check out the links below if you’d like to buy collected editions at discounted prices.

Until next time,

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Amazon has the trade paperback editions for low prices as shown below.

 

Origin - Wolverine's Story Goes On - SERIES TIME

Dearest comic book fans,

The Wolverine story continued in 2006’s series Wolverine Origins. This series continues to fill in the missing parts of Logan’s backstory.

Click here or the image below to begin this long form backstory masterpiece!

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Origin - Wolverine's Story Revealed!

Part 3 and we finally learn about the man that will become Logan AKA Wolverine.

Remember, you can buy this comic book and many more by visiting My Comic Shop online!

Until next time,

 

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Origin - Wolverine's Story Revealed!

Greetings comic book fans,

Thanks to the six-issue, instant-classic masterpiece known as Origin, the story of Wolverine’s early life in Canada (and by early, I mean 19th-century early!!!) was finally revealed to us all. When we first met Wolverine way back in the pages of the Incredible Hulk, all we knew was that this crazy guy in a mostly-yellow costume was a badass dude with metal blades that popped out of the back of his hands.

As you know, Wolverine had long since been unable to remember anything about his past life, and Origin blows the lid off!

You can start reading this classic tale on Marvel Unlimited by visiting this link to get to the first issue, and since the whole story is told in one series, you don’t need a list of links to navigate.

For those of you (like me) who want to hold this book in your hot little hands, click Wolverine: Originto purchase from Amazon. As of this posting, the price for paperback is only $11.65.

There are many other “origin” stories involving Wolverine, so you can look forward to more posts about the man with the adamantium skeleton in the future.

By the way, a version for kids is also available at Wolverine: An Origin Story (Marvel Origin Story)

Until next time,

 

Excelsior!!!