Characters: Spider-Man (Peter Parker) | Captain America (Steve Rogers) | The Thing (Benjamin J. Grimm) | Creators: Jim Shooter | Mike Zeck | Mike Esposito | Key Reason: Origin of the Alien Symbiote, Iconic cover art by Mike Zeck | Plot: Marvel's monthly celebration of the finest super-hero crossover of them all continues with Battleworld about to be consumed by Galactus! Spider-Man is back in action and learning all the fresh tricks at his disposal courtesy of his new black costume - but his excitement might be short-lived as the assembled heroes, reunited with the X-Men, must mount an assault on the World-Eater with everything at stake! But is stopping Galactus even the right thing to do? Reed Richards isn't certain - and if he doesn't know what to do, what chance does anyone else have? It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all!
Reprinting MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS #8. RATED T