New Universe

New Universe  (English, Paperback, Source Wikipedia)

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  • Language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • ISBN: 9781156854006, 1156854008
  • Edition: 2010
  • Pages: 48
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Chapters: Psi-Force, Star Brand, Newuniversal, Dp7, the Pitt, the Draft, All-American, Project Spitfire, the War, Kickers, Inc., White Event. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 79. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The New Universe is a comic book imprint from Marvel Comics that was published in its original incarnation from 1986 to 1989. It was created by Jim Shooter, Archie Goodwin, Eliot R. Brown, John Morelli, Mark Gruenwald, Tom DeFalco and edited by Michael Higgins. In 1986, in honor of Marvel Comics' 25th anniversary, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter launched the New Universe line of comics. This was to be a distinctly separate world, fully divorced from the mainstream continuity of the Marvel Universe, consisting of its own continuing characters and stories in a more realistic setting. There would be no aliens, hidden races, gods, mythological beings, magic or supertechnology. Superhuman characters and powers would be limited and thus more subdued in their activities, yet their actions would have more realistic consequences. This served to act in direct contrast to the traditional Marvel Universe, which always purported to take place in a mirror of the real world where public knowledge of superheroes, supervillains and their activities had little effect on normal "day-to-day" business. Adding to the sense of realism, the New Universe titles were designed to operate in "real-time"; roughly a year would lapse in the universe for each year that passed in reality. The limitation of fantasy elements and the low-key nature of the characters' activities in the New Universe gave the imprint verisimilitude, to seem like "the world outside your window". The New Universe was the first line produced by Marvel Comics utilizing a pre-conceived shared universe concept. The central concept tied al...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=505040
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  • Books LLC, Wiki Series
Publication Year
  • 2010
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  • The publisher of this book utilises modern printing technologies as well as photocopying processes for reprinting and preserving rare works of literature that are out-of-print or on the verge of becoming lost. This book is one such reprint.
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Width
  • 3 mm
Height
  • 246 mm
Length
  • 189 mm
Weight
  • 104 gr
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