Secret Wars Explained: How Doctor Doom Became God (Part 1)

Every universe Marvel ever made dies in the first issue of this comic. What's left gets stitched together into one world, Battleworld, and the man holding it together is Doctor Doom. Who is now its God. The heroes knew the end was coming. Earths from different universes kept crashing into each other, and the smartest people alive tried everything to stop it. So every side made a plan for not losing: the Fantastic Four built a life raft, the Maker built a better one, and three men stood in the light at the end of everything. In between: a war over Manhattan, the Punisher at the Kingpin's end-of-the-world party, a boy pulling a hammer out of a stone, Mister Sinister's trial by combat, and Sue Storm sitting next to God's throne. Marvel's next Avengers movie is Avengers: Doomsday, with Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom. The one after it is called Avengers: Secret Wars. This is the comic that name comes from. Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic's Secret Wars (2015) #0 to #2, told page by page. Part 1 of 3. Three plans for not losing. Which one would you have picked? Tell me in the comments. 0:00 Doom is God 0:30 What Secret Wars is 0:51 The countdown 1:31 What the Illuminati tried 2:05 Not losing 2:21 The light 2:46 The last day 3:28 The Maker's lie 4:06 The war over Manhattan 4:50 The Punisher's party 5:05 Plan two 5:57 Five seconds 6:40 The end of everything 7:23 Worthy 7:59 Battleworld 8:42 The court of Doom 9:26 Trial by combat 10:07 Mercy 10:32 The Shield 11:07 Quarantine 11:38 The raft opens 12:09 Three plans Part 2 is out Thursday: the heroes wake up on Battleworld, and God Doom finds out who they are. Secret Wars (2015) #0-2 Written by Jonathan Hickman. Art by Esad Ribic, colors by Ive Svorcina. #0 prologue art by Paul Renaud. Covers by Alex Ross. All characters and artwork are the property of Marvel Comics.