Title: Secret Wars II
Issue Number: 7
Release Date: January 1986
Highlights
- First appearance of the Legion Accursed, which consists of Juggernaut, Electro, Baron Mordo, Absorbing Man, Titania, Abomination, Doc Ock, Rhino, Vanisher, Dr. Doom, White Queen, Kraven the Hunter, Silver Samurai, Vulture, Hobgoblin, Wizard, Ultron, Wrecker, Kang, Anaconda, Batroc, Crimson Dynamo, Diablo, Graviton, Living Laser, Mole Man, Blastaar, and Ringmaster
- Also the first appearance of Judy, Allen, and Mephisto's demon, Bitterhorn
- First appearance of Chelsea, New York, and Boulder, Colorado
- Mephisto has created a machine that intercepted the power Beyonder drained in doing away with Death in the previous issue
- Reference is made to Marvel Super Hero Secret Wars, and "recent issues" of The Thing
- Mephisto looks to drain Beyonder's power, much like Dr. Doom did during the events of Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars, and in doing so, weaken him enough to destroy him
- Death tells Mephisto the death of a God is sweet, and he ponders if she means his death or Beyonders
- Beyonder sits on an island, doing nothing more than thinking when he's met by a boater named Ed Strunk
- Ben Grimm is also on an island working on a film, when his pilot, "Hopper" Hertneky arrives with a case of beer
- After drinking, the subject of Beyonder is brought up, which sets Ben off
- Ed tells other people about Beyonder just sitting there thinking, and they too want to do that, so he brings them to the island
- Bitterhorn is sent by Mephisto to gather up villains willing to go up against Beyonder in exchange for whatever they ask
- Unknown to the villains, with each agreeing handshake with Bitterhorn, he's imprinting them with an invisible sign which will absorb all energy from Beyonder if they touch into the beyondersbane, and surge it back into him, ideally to kill him
- If Mephisto's plan works, not only will Beyonder be destroyed, but the entire Earth, and 1/3 of the universe
- Spider-Man contemplates trying Beyonder's think system
- As Mephisto's plan goes into its final stages underneath the island, up top Beyonder decides it's too crowded, and will leave
- Mephisto panics at the thought of Beyonder leaving before they can strike, and sets a diversion in place to keep him there by way of manipulating Ben Grimm with disguises of multiple people from his past to goad him into attacking Beyonder
- Mephisto also gets Ben to sign a contract that grants him increased power, but costs him his soul
- With Beyonder distracted long enough by Ben, Mephisto sends his army of villains in to attack
- Coming to his senses, Ben turns his attention to the villains instead of Beyonder
- Seeing Ben use his increased strength to defeat all the villains, Mephisto panics, and rips up the contract
- With his plan failed, the beyondersbane explodes, and seeing his failure, Death leaves Mephisto by himself
- Beyonder decides that his role may be to show people what their true role in their existence is
- The story continues in New Mutants 36, The Amazing Spider-Man 273, X-Men 202, Peter Parker, and The Spectacular Spider-Man 111 before coming back to Secret Wars II 8
Oddities
- None
Rating (based on a 1 through 5 Stans grading system)
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