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Marvel Comics is launching an all-new Secret Wars story, ten years after Jonathan Hickman’s successful run in 2015.
The publisher has teased that a new group of heroes will prove their worth on an all-new battlefield. Marvel recently announced Battleworld, a five-issue limited series by Superior Spider-Man writer Christos Gage and X-Force artist Marcus To. Battleworld will tell the story of the Marvel Universe’s next Secret War, with Marvel’s press release teasing it will see shattered fragments of infinite worlds uniting to form a single planet that will be the host of an epic conflict. Marvel recently unveiled artwork for Battleworld, including a special series of connecting variant covers, showcasing the heroic cast. Battleworld #1 goes on sale Sept. 24.
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Written by CHRISTOS GAGE
Art by MARCUS TO
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Variant Cover by GREG LAND
Star Brand Variant Cover by MARK BAGLEY
Wraparound Connecting Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Promo Variant Cover by ROD REIS
On Sale Sept. 24
When Battleworld hits comic book stands this September, readers will get to see a variety of Marvel heroes from all across the Multiverse. Fan-favorite characters like the original Starbrand, Days of Future Past‘s Storm, Kushala the Spirit Rider and Maestro will appear alongside new versions of Wasp, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man and more. Marvel teases that the battle lines will be drawn as “a mysterious force sets this awesome assembly of heroes and villains against each other in a war for the ultimate prize!”
“Slay your enemies, prove your worth and all you desire shall be yours in the world to come!”
The Battleworld from Secret Wars returns! Heroes from across the Multiverse are thrown together on a patchwork world to engage in their own Secret Wars for the survival of their timelines! Who or what has created this Battleworld, and for what nefarious purpose? Enter Maestro. Is he friend, or foe?
The original Secret Wars was a 12-issue crossover event that launched in 1984 from Marvel Comics and saw the cosmic entity known as The Beyonder creating Battleworld, teleporting a group of heroes and villains against their will, and forcing them to fight their enemies. In 2015, a new miniseries by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic saw the Marvel Universe combining with other alternate universes to form a new Battleworld.
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“I was a rabid consumer of the original Secret Wars when it came out in 1984, so a chance to revisit the Battleworld ‘destroy your enemies’ concept was irresistible,” Battleworld author Christos Gage shared. “Then they offer me Hank Pym, one of my favorite Marvel characters to write, and the amazing Marcus To on art?!”
Gage also opened up on how he chose the cast of Battleworld. “When Wil suggested that the fragments of Battleworld could come from different timelines, I jumped at that, because Marvel has so many awesome ones, from Days of Future Past to 2099,” Gage shared.
“Using Hank gave me the idea to build a team of characters with mistakes to atone for or tragedies to overcome, so we added a very young Spider-Man whose guilt over Uncle Ben is as raw as his inexperience; a newly sober Carol Danvers; King Thor, who rules over a dead future Earth; a fugitive Luke Cage, Hero for Hire; Bucky Barnes, fresh from the front lines of WWII; and more. But then, when I thought I was already in nerd heaven, they let me have Star Brand. The ORIGINAL Star Brand, Ken Connell! […] I haven’t even mentioned our Big Bad, Korvac, and Hank Pym’s first encounter with Arcade since he kidnapped a bunch of Hank’s Avengers Academy students…”
Battleworld #1 hits shelves on Sept. 24 from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel
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