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Justice (John Roger Tensen) is a character from the New Universe imprint of Marvel Comics, the protagonist of a 32-issue comic book series of the same name published from 1986 to 1989. Most of its run was written by Peter David and penciled by Lee Weeks, though it also featured rare 1980s Marvel work from Keith Giffen. David later reintroduced Justice as a supporting character in Spider-Man 2099, a series with a very different setting. This version of the character, also known as the Net Prophet, was older and had different powers. In 2007, the New Universe concepts were also revived, in a modified form, as a single-title ongoing series, ''newuniversal''. A new version of John Tensen is one of the main characters featured in that series and two other characters with 'Justice' powers have also appeared. This is a different character than the Justice of Marvel's standard Marvel Universe continuity, belonging instead as per the ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005'' to Earth-148611 (the New Universe). ==Publication history== Justice was one of four New Universe titles created by Archie Goodwin, who also wrote the first issue of the series. The original premise didn't fit well with the central concept of the New Universe: as a visitor from another dimension, Justice contradicted the rule that there had been no superhumans before the White Event, and the fact that this other dimension was peopled by a race biologically identical to humans, who all spoke English, and who lived in a society closely resembling a romanticized Medieval Europe, overrode the New Universe's advertised basis in realism. The first regular creative team on ''Justice'' consisted of Steve Englehart (writer), Geoff Isherwood (penciler, occasional writer), and Vincent Colletta (inker). Isherwood had been suggested for the series by editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. However, only Colletta stayed on past issue #8, with Gerry Conway taking on writing chores and Keith Giffen becoming the penciler. This team lasted only three issues, and was unable to finish the story arc begun back in issue #1. With no new creative team ready, the series went over to fill-in issues for the next three months. Despite this, ''Justice'' was one of four New Universe titles (along with ''Psi-Force'', ''D.P. 7'' and ''Star Brand'') to survive beyond the line's first year. Issue #15 introduced the new creative team of Peter David and Lee Weeks, and presented a wholesale retcon which revealed that almost all of the events of the past 14 issues had been a hallucination created by a comatose paranormal, and that Justice was actually a normal human, not from another dimension. This retcon, which was conceived by ''D.P. 7'' writer Mark Gruenwald in order to bring ''Justice'' into line with the New Universe concept, allowed David to introduce an entirely new cast of characters in issue #16, along with a new costume for Justice. Only the title character's "sword" and "shield" powers and general likeness were retained from the series' first 14 issues. In issue #22 John Tensen joins the National Security Council, and ''Justice'' became essentially a team book, with the title character working alongside paranormals such as Playback and Kleenex. For the last year that they were published, the New Universe comics switched to direct sales format only. ''Justice'' was cancelled with issue #32. Justice later appeared (in his original costume) in ''Quasar'' and ''Starblast''. In March 2006, Marvel Comics released a ''Justice'' special as part of the "Untold Tales of the New Universe" event. This issue, written by David, ostensibly takes place between ''Justice'' #16 and 18, but is inconsistent with the series canon. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Justice (New Universe)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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