Secret Wars

If Secret Wars has been anything, it’s been grand in scale, huge in changing the landscape of the Marvel Universe, and long in terms of the issue releases, delays, and additions. But after months of waiting, and the actual Marvel Universe already being rebooted and shown off, the final Secret Wars issue is coming next week. That being said, it may be hard to remember everything that’s happened so far. So, Marvel has released a video telling and showing exactly what has happened in Secret Wars up until the upcoming Secret Wars #9. If you need a refresher, this is the video for you:

With the fifth issue of the core Secret Wars title released last week, we’re only three issues away until the series’ conclusion, and with it will come a new Marvel Universe. It will be one that will jump eight months ahead of where the event ends, creating new and (hopefully) exciting dynamics and situations for our favorite Marvel characters. Marvel has revealed via solicitations which of its Post-Secret Wars titles will come out in October, but now November has gotten its reveal. While many series have been spotlighted in this month, there are still a few missing that we know are coming. What does Marvel have in store? We’ll have to wait and see. Here’s the full list of new series coming this November: •All-New, All-Different Avengers #1-2 •All-New Hawkeye #1 •All-New Wolverine #1-2 •All-New X-Men #1-2 •Avengers vs. Infinity #1 •Black Knight #1 •Carnage #1-2 •Deadpool #1-2 •Drax #1 •Hercules #1 •Howard the Duck #1 •Illuminati #1 •Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man: Spider-Verse #1 •Max Ride: Ultimate Flight #1 •The Mighty

It’s almost a given that when either DC or Marvel has an event, that the main title, along with the tie-ins, usually make it into the top ten in regards to sales. For July however, Marvel absolutely dominated the charts. Secret Wars (both the main book and the tie-ins) took up 8 of the top 10 spots. That’s impressive, more impressive when you realize that the tie-ins are technically either brand new stories, or re-tellings of classic Marvel stories in the new world that Secret Wars inhabits. The only two titles to not be Marvel was Batman #42, which features Jim Gordon as the new Batman, and the reboot of the Archie franchise with Archie #1. Here’s the complete top ten according to Diamond Sales Figures: 1) Secret Wars #4 (Marvel) 2) Star Wars: Lando #1 (Marvel) 3) Civil War #1 (Marvel) 4) Star Wars #7 (Marvel) 5) Batman #42 (DC) 6) Star Wars: Darth Vader #7 (Marvel) 7) Archie #1 (Archie) 8) Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #2 (Marvel)

Secret Wars is in full effect. The third issue of the main series actually releases today, with several of its spinoffs beginning as well. The question remains though, what will the Marvel universe be like after this event? Yes, they’ve said it will be “All-New” and “All-Different”, but how different will it be exactly? Well, Marvel Comics has stated that a special preview magazine coming out July 1st will show previews of what the Marvel Universe will be like after Secret Wars. This is not unlike how DC has been showing previews in its last Convergence titles showing what was coming up for them. “This is a great way to reward fans who visit their local comic shops,” said Marvel SVP Sales & Marketing David Gabriel in the press release. “The comic industry has undergone a renaissance this past year, starting with the launch of the new ‘Thor’ #1 last fall. Comic shops have reported increased traffic, new customers, and higher sales. Free Comic Book Day 2015 was the biggest

For Marvel, you could argue there has been no bigger event in recent years than the one that just recently started, Secret Wars. An event so big it actually began years ago with the relaunching of Avengers and Secret Avengers, and quite literally ended the Marvel Universe to bring the event to life. With a new Battleworld officially started, and many characters fates still up in the air, many have wondered not only how the event will end, but how the Marvel Universe will be afterwords. We know it will be reborn in some fashion, and new stories will come from it, but in what way? Well now, Marvel has shed some light on it, primarily that when the stories of the Marvel Universe “begin again” it’ll be eights months after the events of Secret Wars. “In the same way that events jumped forward in time eight months in ‘Avengers’ and ‘New Avengers’ during the lead-up to Secret Wars, so too when we enter the new Marvel Universe eight months