SECRET WARS II #2 – I’LL TAKE MANHATTAN – JIM SHOOTER – AL MILGROM – DIRECT – 1985

SECRET WARS II #2 – I’LL TAKE MANHATTAN – JIM SHOOTER – AL MILGROM – DIRECT

AUGUST 1985

DEATH of HATE-MONGER III (H. M. UNGER)

1^ST APPEARANCES – ELSIE GERTZ

CHARACTERS – Beyonder, Fantastic Four, Hate-Monger III (H.M. Unger), Human Torch II (Johnny Storm), Invisible Girl (Sue Richards), Iron Fist (Daniel Rand), Malice (Susan Richards), Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), Power Man (Luke Cage), Psycho-Man, She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters), Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

STORYLINE – I’ll Take Manhattan…

Cloning himself into the body of Steve Rogers, the Beyonder experiences humanity for the first time. New York City looks quite different through alien eyes, as Beyonder discovers the challenges Earth’s heroes face.

The Beyonder appears in Manhattan. He decides to take on a more permanent human form and uses Captain America’s body as his model. He feels that to understand people, he must be one of them. He steps off a building and falls toward the earth. Realizing that this would negatively impact his new body, he temporarily changes back to energy before he hits the ground. It hurts; this is another example of an “intense experience” like when Wolverine cut him. He walks around New York, observing human habits like clothes and eating, making naive and humorous attempts to copy them.

PUBLISHER – MARVEL COMICS

WRITER – Jim Shooter

INTERIOR ART – Al Milgrom

COVER ART – Al Milgrom