Beyonder
Marvel
Jim Shooter
Jim Shooter was a Bronze Age writer and editor best known for his early Legion of Super-Heroes stories at DC and for shaping Marvel's line through the late 1970s and 1980s, including writing Secret Wars. His name is closely tied to key team and crossover books, editorial turning points in Marvel history, and creator credits that serve as reference points for collectors tracking Bronze-to-Copper era significance.
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Top Jim Shooter CPVs
Jim Shooter is credited with 31 CPVs in the guide, led by Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1-3, #6-8, and #12, with #1 introducing the Beyonder and Battleworld, #3 debuting Volcana and Titania, #7 introducing Julia Carpenter as Spider-Woman, #8 presenting the origin of the alien symbiote that eventually becomes Venom, #6 featuring the death of Wasp, and #12 marking the scarcer last Canadian Price Variant in the title. Other standouts include Heroes For Hope #1, a famine relief 52-page giant with Stephen King among the scripters, and Secret Wars II #3 for the first full appearance of the Beyonder in his preferred human form.
