Secret Wars Battleworld Omnibus 2

The massive event SECRET WARS brought about the end of the Marvel Multiverse - and the birth of a volatile patchwork of realities known as Battleworld, which replaced the standard comics Marvel was releasing at the time with a calvacade of wild alternate takes and universes!

In SECRET WARS, the Marvel Multiverse as you know it is gone — and all that remains is Battleworld! Featuring rival domains torn from the fragments of destroyed realities, all living under Doctor Doom’s iron fist, it’s the perfect setting for conflict — as depicted in these shocking tie-ins! The Maestro rules Dystopia with a Gamma fist! The Ghost Races rage in a blazing arena of horror! Knowhere is the single moon orbiting Battleworld, and it needs Guardians! Hydra has created a beautiful Utopia, but Nomad is far from at home there! Medusa faces rebellion in Attilan! Lord Michael Korvac governs the Forest Hills! M.O.D.O.K. is the (oversized) head of Killville! The blockbuster Marvel Comics events HOUSE OF M, INFERNO and INFINITY GAUNTLET live on in their own domains! And Skottie Young’s adorable Avengers and X-Men go to war! But are you ready to meet Howard the…Human?!

COLLECTING: Future Imperfect (2015) 1-5; Ghost Racers (2015) 1-4; Giant-Size Little Marvel: AvX (2015) 1-4; Guardians of Knowhere (2015) 1-4; Hail Hydra (2015) 1-4; Hank Johnson, Agent of Hydra (2015) 1; House of M (2015) 1-4; Howard the Human (2015) 1; Inferno (2015) 1-5; Infinity Gauntlet (2015) 1-5; Inhumans: Attilan Rising (2015) 1-5; Korvac Saga (2015) 1-4; M.O.D.O.K.: Assassin (2015) 1-5

Peter David is one of the industry’s most prolific and versatile writers whose record-breaking stint on Incredible Hulk remains a fan-favorite to this day. His similarly long-running — and critically acclaimed — association with X-Factor began in the early 1990s and continued in 2005. His other Marvel work includes Captain Marvel, two lengthy stints on Spider-Man 2099, Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider and the smash-hit Symbiote Spider-Man limited series with artist Greg Land. David is also a novelist and screenwriter. Among his credits are some forty Star Trek tie-ins; original novels such as Sir Apropos of Nothing, Howling Mad and Knight Life; movies Trancers 4 and Trancers 5; and episodes of Babylon 5 and Crusade. He also co-created the TV show Space Cases with actor-writer Bill Mumy.

Ohio-born, Buenos Aires-raised writer/artist Felipe Smith began his career began with the graphic-novel series MBQ. He moved from Los Angeles to Tokyo to publish his second series, PEEPO CHOO, initially serialized by Kodansha for a Japanese audience and subsequently released in English by Vertical Inc. Smith returned to Los Angeles to join Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series as a character designer and later helped launch Marvel's All-New Ghost Rider.

Skottie Young has worked in both comics and animation for Warner Bros., Universal, Spike TV, Mattel, Fisher Price, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image and more. His distinctively stylized artwork graced runs on Human Torch, Venom, Spider-Man: Legend of the Spider-Clan and a revamp of New Warriors. He also drew the X-Men/Runaways team-up for Free Comic Book Day 2006 and a run of New X-Men. Young won acclaim from fans and critics alike with Marvel’s series of New York Times-bestselling and Eisner Award-winning adaptations of L. Frank Baum’s Oz novels with writer Eric Shanower. His Young Marvel variant covers became a sensation, leading to their own Secret Wars limited series, Giant-Size Little Marvel: AVX. Also a flourishing writer, Young brought his flair for madcap antics delivered in his trademark kinetic style to Marvel’s Rocket Raccoon and Deadpool, as well as acclaimed creator-owned series I Hate Fairyland, Middlewest and The Me You Love In The Dark. He lives in Kansas with his wife, two sons, and two dogs.

Artist Greg Land first gained notice with his work on DC’s Batman-family titles Nightwing and Birds of Prey. Moving to Marvel after illustrating CrossGen’s Sojourn, he drew Phoenix: Endsong. Next up was a run on Ultimate Fantastic Four that included the first rendering of the Marvel Zombies. Subsequently, Land penciled the blockbuster limited series Ultimate Power before becoming a regular artist on Uncanny X-Men. He subsequently drew a trilogy of Symbiote Spider-Man limited series with writer Peter David.

Artist Mike Deodato Jr. was already a renowned illustrator in his native Brazil when he got his big break in American comics in 1994, illustrating DC’s Wonder Woman. For Marvel, he drew such series as Avengers, Elektra, Spider-Man and Incredible Hulk. After refining his inimitable style on the creator-owned Jade Warriors, he returned to Marvel for a second turn on Incredible Hulk, with writer Bruce Jones, and a stint on J. Michael Straczynski’s Amazing Spider-Man. Deodato has forged an association with the Avengers on various titles — including collaborations with Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker and Jonathan Hickman — and demonstrated his superstar status on the event book Original Sin. Deodato joined writer Jeff Lemire in exploring one of Marvel's greatest villains in Thanos.

Roland Boschi — pronounced “BOH-skee” — first collaborated with Jason Aaron in the pages of Ghost Rider and Ghost Rider: Heaven’s On Fire. He teamed with writer Rick Remender on Punisher and follow-up series Punisher: In the Blood, and drew Marvel’s most popular mutant in three very different series: Wolverine & the X-Men: Alpha and Omega, Fear Itself: Wolverine and Wolverine MAX. His credits also include X-Men and Untold Tales of PunisherMAX. As part of All-New Marvel NOW!, Boschi reunited with Remender on a limited series featuring Marvel’s latest cinematic star, Winter Soldier.