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''Void Indigo'' was a short-lived and controversial comic book series written by Steve Gerber and drawn by Val Mayerik. It was published by Epic Comics from 1983 to 1984. ''Void Indigo'' focuses on an alien named Jaghur from a peaceful extraterrestrial race (he is known on Earth as "Mick Jagger"). Jaghur had been a human on Earth in his previous incarnation, and he returns to Earth with a spirit of vengeance against the seven demons who had tortured and killed him in his previous life. He comes to Los Angeles at the end of the graphic novel. ==Publishing history== Gerber initially shopped the story to independent publishers as well as DC Comics, but could not come to an agreement. So, he brought it to Marvel Comics, a company he had recently quit.〔 Originally a pitch for revamping DC Comics' Hawkman, Gerber reworked the story into one of the first graphic novels (''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #11) published by Epic Comics in 1983. It was then meant to spin out into a six-issue limited series by Epic. There were minor references implying that the story was set in the Marvel Universe in spite of it being a creator-owned title. Due to the comic's extreme (for the time) portrayal of violence, however, distributor reaction to the first issue of the limited series was negative. Critical reaction was harsh for the same reason: in his ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' column, "The Law is a Ass," Bob Ingersoll cited the book as being a "crime against humanity." In revisiting his columns a decade later, Ingersoll edited his criticism to take out "very inappropriate" assumptions about Gerber, although he still found the series to be "pustulate". Orders for the second issue dropped due to negative reviews, and Epic's editor-in-chief Archie Goodwin considered it not worth publishing the rest of the series due to the pressures he and the company were under.〔"Marvel Axes Indigo Void after 2 Issues," ''The Comics Journal'' #95 (Feb. 1985), pp. 11-12.〕 Issues 3-6 were never completed, although the synopsis was later leaked onto the Internet,〔(VOID INDIGO, Storyline Synopsis - Issues 3-6 (November 8, 1984). )〕 providing an idea as to how the series would have finished. 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「Void Indigo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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