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''newuniversal'' is a comic book series by writer Warren Ellis, artist Salvador Larroca and colorist Jason Keith, published by Marvel Comics. The series is a re-imagining of Marvel's New Universe concepts, launched to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the New Universe's creation in 1986. As with the original New Universe, ''newuniversal'' is set in a world where a number of people suddenly develop superhuman abilities. However, where the New Universe began with the 'real' world as its starting point, the world of ''newuniversal'' is already markedly different. ==Publication history== ''newuniversal'' re-imagines concepts and characters originally introduced as part of Marvel's New Universe line in the 1980s. The New Universe was a set of eight linked titles launched in 1986 to celebrate Marvel's 25th anniversary, championed by Marvel's editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. However, the New Universe comics were not a long-term success, with four titles canceled after a year and the entire line canceled by the end of 1989. The original New Universe initially had no links to the Marvel Universe shared setting and did not present traditional superheroes—instead, it offered "the world outside your window," a world that was identical to the real world in every respect until it was suddenly changed by the mysterious White Event, an incident which gifted some humans with inexplicable powers. Ellis has stated that "I don't think the original creators and editors realized until it was too late—it was all a single story. It shouldn't have been eight books (or whatever) that were eventually consolidated into ensemble miniseries. It was a single story that should have spun new series and serials off of it." Ellis has taken this approach to ''newuniversal'', with his first storyline intentionally revolving around the four "lead" books of the original New Universe〔—''Justice'', ''Nightmask'', ''Star Brand'' and ''Spitfire and the Troubleshooters''. Among the many changes that ''newuniversal'' presents, is that the four main characters all possess extra-dimensional glyphs or tattoos that grant them their power. Also, the character Spitfire (Professor Jenny Swensen, later known as Chrome), becomes Cipher (Dr. Jennifer Swann). Artist Salvador Larroca has stated that he "wasn't a big fan" of the original New Universe, while Ellis has mentioned that he "paid little or no attention"〔 to the New Universe books when they were first published. On December 14, 2006, Marvel announced that ''newuniversal'' #1 had sold out through Diamond Comic Distributors and that a second printing would be released, with a new variant cover by artist Esad Ribic. Marvel later reported that ''newuniversal'' #2 had sold out and would also be reissued as a second printing—again, with a variant cover by Esad Ribic. After issue #6, ''newuniversal'' went on hiatus and Salvador Larroca left the project. In 2008, the story was continued with a mini-series written by Ellis, ''newuniversal: shockfront'', which was illustrated by Steve Kurth (penciller) and Andrew Hennessy (inker). The ''shockfront'' series was accompanied by two one-shot stories exploring the past of the ''newuniversal'' universe: ''newuniversal: conqueror'' and ''newuniversal: 1959''. From the first issue of ''newuniversal: shockfront'' onwards, all ''newuniversal'' comics have included a statement acknowledging that the series is based on original concepts by Jim Shooter, Archie Goodwin, Eliot R. Brown, John Morelli, Mark Gruenwald and Tom DeFalco, creators who worked on the original New Universe comics. In 2009, Warren Ellis lost his story files in a computer accident; he subsequently announced that the project is "basically dead".〔http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7158&page=1〕 In 2013, concepts introduced in ''newuniversal'' (a white event, a superflow, and the Starbrand symbol, among others) were used in Jonathan Hickman's work on the re-launched Avengers series, indicating that the ''newuniversal'' may become incorporated into the main Marvel universe in some fashion. 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「Newuniversal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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