Secret Wars Prelude

Marvel's Secret Wars Prelude is a single-issue 2015 guidebook that sets the stage for the sprawling Secret Wars event, collecting key story beats and character histories from the publisher's multiversal saga. Written by a team of Marvel's top architects, this issue serves as a concise primer for readers jumping into the crossover, distilling years of cosmic and interdimensional conflicts into a digestible roadmap. It matters as an essential entry point for one of Marvel's most ambitious narrative crossovers, offering clarity amid the chaos of collapsing universes.