10 Facts About New Universe

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New Universe is an imprint from Marvel Comics that was published in its original incarnation from 1986 to 1989.

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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", which was the series catchphrase.

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One of the founding ideas of the New Universe was that the existence of paranormals would have real and lasting consequences, but so far these had been few and on the personal level.

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Readers often assumed that the New Universe had suffered from poor sales, but in fact, all four series were solidly profitable right up until their cancellation; the actual reason for discontinuing the line was that, with Marvel Comics in one of its most successful eras, it was felt that staff and production resources would be better used on new, more promising series.

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New Universe eventually revealed that Net Prophet was actually the New Universe character Justice, who slowly regained his memories during the course of the storyline.

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New Universe later incorporated them into the Marvel Multiverse, allowing crossovers with other Marvel titles, in the "Starblast" storyline:.

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The New Universe's Earth is quarantined and surrounded by an impenetrable energy barrier so that no one can enter or leave it, and none of the greater powers are ever allowed to observe it again.

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8.

New Universe remains on the New Universe Earth after it is moved into the Marvel Universe and cut off from the rest of that universe.

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9.

In 2007, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the New Universe, Marvel launched newuniversal - a mini-series re-imagining of the New Universe concepts by writer Warren Ellis, artist Salvador Larroca and color artist Jason Keith.

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However, where the New Universe began with the 'real' world as its starting point, the world of newuniversal is already markedly different.

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