FOUR DECADES AFTER editing the original series, Tom DeFalco is returning to Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars, scripting Battleworld, a new miniseries that fits directly into the continuity of the 1984 12-parter.
“Editor Mark Basso asked me if I would be interested in doing a direct sequel – a sort writer Jim Shooter as Marvel Editor-in-Chief in 1987. “The challenge of crafting a tale that is directly tied into a story that is 40 years old and also relevant for today’s reader – who may have heard of, but not read, the original – was too great to pass up.