SET TO BE THE BASIS of 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars, Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars made comic book history when it was first published in 1984.
Written by Marvel’s then editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and illustrated by Mike Zeck and Bob Layton, the 12-issue maxi-series was the first universe-wide superhero crossover, predating DC Comics’ Crisis On Infinite Earths by almost a year.
However, it was actually conceived as a tie-in with Mattel’s new line of action figures and playsets, which didn’t find favour with Marvel’s
