Press Release
You’ve seen Alex Ross’ spectacular promo image. You’ve seen the teasers. You’ve learned the first secrets of Battleworld, the strange, patchwork realm playing host to countless separate realities. Now, Marvel is pleased to present the first cover to next year’s game-changing SECRET WARS #1! From the chart-topping creative team of Jonathan Hickman (Avengers, New Avengers) and Esad Ribic (Thor: God of Thunder) with covers by legendary painter Alex Ross, this 8-issue event brings together a legion of Marvel super heroes for an epic story the scope of which you’ve never seen before!
Now, get a closer look at Alex Ross’ stunning cover to the explosive first issue. Gorgeously rendered by one of the most iconic figures in the industry, this spectacular cover is just the tip of the iceberg – offering fans their first exciting look behind the curtain into the world of Secret Wars!
The road to the biggest comic event of 2015 is happening right now in the pages of Avengers and New Avengers, so jump on board before TIME RUNS OUT! Be there when the Secret Wars commence this May in SECRET WARS #1!
SECRET WARS #1
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by ESAD RIBIC
Cover by ALEX ROSS
Coming May 2015!
5 Comments
If they end the Ultimate Universe I’m going to be so pissed off.
Since the original Secret Wars and Secret Wars II made absolutely no sense, I don’t hold much hope for this remake…
Secret Wars actually had a strong premise and through-line, even with it’s mandate to sell toys…
The one thing Secret Wars didn’t have was a coherent story line. It presaged the age of the Event comic by telling a lot of disjointed adventures, loosely tied together under the banner of “Secret Wars”, spread out among every Marvel Series, with the series ending with no real consequences to the Marvel universe. The only thing I remember carrying through into the regular books was that Spiderman kept his black costume for a while. In my opinion, the whole Secret Wars series was just an attempt on Marvel’s part to imitate DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earths, which sold a lot of comics. I read Secret Wars two or three times, could never make sense out of it, and threw the comics away. Nuff said.
You are incorrect. Secret Wars was 12 issues, covering one week of regular time for the characters, but a year of real-world issues. It also predates Crisis On Infinite Earths by nearly two years, and had no crossover tie-ins.