Editing Secret Wars (section)

==Plot==
[[File:Secret Wars 8.jpg|thumb|right|The cover of ''Secret Wars'' #8, which featured the origin of [[Spider-Man]]'s black costume, art by Mike Zeck]]
A cosmic entity, the [[Beyonder]], becomes fascinated with Earth's superheroes in the [[Earth-616|mainstream Marvel universe]]. He creates "[[Battleworld]]," a planet in a distant galaxy, and stocks it with weapons and technology. He teleports groups of heroes and supervillains against their will to Battleworld, declaring: "I am from beyond! Slay your enemies and all that you desire shall be yours! Nothing you dream of is impossible for me to accomplish!"<ref>''Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars'' #1 (May 1984). Marvel Comics.</ref>

The heroes include the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] ([[Captain America]], [[Monica Rambeau|Captain Marvel]], [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]], [[War Machine|Iron Man]], [[She-Hulk]], [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]], the [[Wasp (character)|Wasp]], and the [[Hulk]]), three members of the [[Fantastic Four]] ([[Human Torch]], [[Mister Fantastic]] and the [[Thing (comics)|Thing]]), solo heroes ([[Spider-Man]] and [[Julia Carpenter|Spider-Woman]]) and the mutant team the [[X-Men]] ([[Colossus (character)|Colossus]], [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]], [[Nightcrawler (character)|Nightcrawler]], [[Professor X]], [[Rogue (Marvel Comics)|Rogue]], [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]], [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]], and [[Lockheed (character)|Lockheed the Dragon]]). [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]] is featured as a hero, but immediately becomes non-aligned when the Avengers question his presence. In 2015, ''[[Secret Wars (2015 comic book)#Warzones|Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars]]'' revealed that [[Deadpool]] was also a chosen hero, but the Wasp accidentally caused the other characters to forget his involvement.

The villains include the [[Absorbing Man]], [[Doctor Doom]], [[Doctor Octopus]], the [[Enchantress (Marvel Comics)|Enchantress]], [[Kang the Conqueror]], [[Klaw (character)|Klaw]], the [[Lizard (character)|Lizard]], the [[Molecule Man]], [[Titania (Marvel Comics)|Titania]], [[Ultron]], [[Volcana (Marvel Comics)|Volcana]], and the [[Wrecking Crew (comics)|Wrecking Crew]]. The cosmic entity [[Galactus]] also appears as a villain who immediately becomes a non-aligned entity.

The heroes (with the X-Men choosing to remain a separate unit) and villains have several skirmishes. Ultron is drained of energy by Galactus, who then tries to confront the Beyonder while Doctor Doom observes, but both are easily defeated and sent crashing down to Battleworld. When everyone else reaches Battleworld, Magneto leaves the heroes feeling rejected and Kang blasts Doctor Doom to the heroes' base when he tries to rally the villains. The heroes win the first skirmish, causing the villains to fall back, only to be assaulted by Ultron, having been rebuilt by Doctor Doom. The heroes then attack Magneto, but he captures Wasp and takes her to his fortress where they are trapped by the weather; the X-Men decide to join Magneto. Doom creates villainesses Titania and Volcana,<ref>''Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars'' #3 (July 1984). Marvel Comics.</ref> then leads the remaining villains in a successful assault on the heroes and their base, which they bury under a mountain. After Thor and the Enchantress return from elsewhere, Thor vanishes trying to fight the villains. Doom also has Ultron kill Kang as payback.

When the X-Men arrive to fight Magneto, they form an alliance but Wasp leaves. The Hulk is revealed to have saved everyone from the mountain. Thor also returns, having hidden his escape with lightning. The heroes find a village brought to Battleworld where Galactus has summoned his ship so he can consume the planet. Everybody fights him. Doom's faction returns and attacks the heroes, while he sneaks onto Galactus' ship and persuades Klaw to join the villains. Professor X has the X-Men fall back and then attack the villains who are attacking volcanoes set off by Cyclops. Colossus falls in love with an alien healer named Zsaji. Wasp befriends the Lizard but is gravely wounded by the Wrecking Crew before being returned to the heroes. The second [[Spider-Woman]], Julia Carpenter, is introduced.<ref>''Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars'' #6 (Oct. 1984). Marvel Comics.</ref>

The X-Men win another battle against the villains. Galactus sends Doom back to his base, where he notices the volcanoes and tries to fix the planet. Professor X tells Captain America to fight the villains while they take care of Galactus. Zsaji revives Wasp. In the villain's base, Hulk and Thor show Spider-Man an alien device that they have used to recreate their clothing. Spider-Man finds and wears his black costume for the first time. Galactus begins to devour the planet. Mr. Fantastic suggests they let him, then the Beyonder will take away his eternal hunger, but Captain America and everyone else convinces him against it. Back at the heroes' base, Doctor Doom uses Klaw's body to create a machine that absorbs Galactus' power, even after he absorbs his own ship instead. With his newfound power, Doctor Doom steals the Beyonder's power.<ref>''Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars'' #10 (Feb. 1985). Marvel Comics.</ref>

Molecule Man brings the villains to Volcana's apartment on Battleworld then takes the suburb of Denver back to Earth. Doom summons the heroes to his new "Tower of Doom" where he revives Kang and sends him back to his own time in front of them and reveals that Galactus was taken away by [[Nova (Frankie Raye)|Nova]]. He kills all the heroes with a bolt when they refuse to join him and attack. Zsaji revives them at the cost of her life, and they battle Klaw and monsters he created, including Ultron, while Doom's powers go out of control thanks to Klaw convincing him to use them again. While Wasp destroys Ultron and the others take care of the rest, the Beyonder, who had possessed Klaw, takes back his powers and teleports Doom and Klaw away. After Zsaji's funeral, everyone finds out that the energy from the Beyonder that was released has turned Battleworld into a place where wishes are granted. Soon Mr. Fantastic builds a portal that can take everyone home. However, the Thing, having gained the ability to revert to his original human form of Ben Grimm at will, chooses to remain on Battleworld for a year to explore the galaxy.<ref>''Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars'' #12 (April 1985). Marvel Comics.</ref>

The next issues of series tie-ins with ''Secret Wars'' open right after the return of the Marvel combatants. Immediate developments include: She-Hulk replaced the Thing in the Fantastic Four,<ref>''Avengers'' #243 (May 1984); ''Fantastic Four'' #265 (April 1984). Marvel Comics.</ref> Spider-Man has a new costume initially unaware that it is actually an alien [[Symbiote (comics)|symbiote]] (the symbiote would subsequently bond with journalist [[Eddie Brock]], giving birth to the villain known as [[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]]),<ref>''Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars'' #8 (Dec. 1984). Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #298–300 (March–May 1988). Marvel Comics.</ref> Colossus ends his romantic relationship with a heartbroken [[Kitty Pryde]],<ref>''Uncanny X-Men'' #183 (July 1984). Marvel Comics.</ref> and the Hulk has an injured leg from Ultron in addition to the Hulk's savage side re-emerging (culminating in a totally animalistic, inarticulate, and mindless Hulk in #299–300).