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Secret Wars I was such a success, they began planning Secret Wars II
before they were even done with the first one. SWII began only three
months after the 12th issue of SWI was published.
They changed things up for the second Secret Wars. This time they
ran a 9-issue limited series and branched the story into all of the
other regular series. During SWI, readers only had to purchase and
read the 12 main issues to follow the story. This time, the goal
was to make readers purchase and read series they might otherwise
overlook. The entire SWII story spanned a total of 42 issues.
Many critics considered SWII to be nothing more than an attempt
to capitalize on the popularity of SWI. They called the story
completely far-fetched and the dialog painfully long-winded.
Basically they said, it was rushed and contains a lot of fluff.
Shooter once again ran the show for SWII. He wrote all 9 issues of
the self-titled limited series. Shooter also wrote Daredevil 223
which was a SWII tie-in.
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