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** In the New Universe, Dr. Karl Swensen was a benevolent engineer who was insistent that his M.A.X. armor was only for peaceful purposes. In ''newuniversal'' his equivalent, Dr. Joe Swann, is a [=CIA=] agent who helped to kill the superhumans of the 1950s, and the powered armor he was working on is to help kill their successors.
** The New Universe's Troubleshooters were engineering students and pranksters who helped Jenny confront her father's killers. The ''newuniversal'' Troubleshooters are Voight's [=CIA=] teams, who monitor and murder superhumans.
** In the New Universe, Dr. Karl Swensen was a benevolent engineer who was insistent that his M.A.X. armor was only for peaceful purposes. In ''newuniversal'' his equivalent, Dr. Joe Swann, is a [=CIA=] agent who helped to kill the superhumans of the 1950s, and the powered armor he was working on is to help kill their successors.
** The New Universe's Troubleshooters were engineering students and pranksters who helped Jenny confront her father's killers. The ''newuniversal'' Troubleshooters are Voight's [=CIA=] teams, who monitor and murder superhumans.
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* AdaptationalOriginConnection: In the original New Universe, Jenny initially had no superpowers and her father's powered armor was unrelated to the White Event. In ''newuniversal'' Jenny's empowered as the new Cipher and the H.E.X. armor is based on a 1950s suit designed by the ''previous'' Cipher, [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]].
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* MetaOrigin: This was always intended to be part of the New Universe concept, but some titles didn't follow this rule, or were only connected by a {{Retcon}}. ''Newuniversal'' sticks to this rule from the start, with all superhumans empowered by the White Event or its predecessors.
** In the original New Universe, Jenny initially had no superpowers and her father's powered armor was unrelated to the White Event. In ''newuniversal'' Jenny's empowered as the new Cipher and the H.E.X. armor is based on a 1950s suit designed by the ''previous'' Cipher, [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]].
** Starr and Trull were originally a barbarian and wizard from a fantasy story. In ''newuniversal'' Starr's might comes from the Starbrand and Trull's dark wizardry is because he's a Nightmask.
** In the original New Universe, Jenny initially had no superpowers and her father's powered armor was unrelated to the White Event. In ''newuniversal'' Jenny's empowered as the new Cipher and the H.E.X. armor is based on a 1950s suit designed by the ''previous'' Cipher, [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]].
** Starr and Trull were originally a barbarian and wizard from a fantasy story. In ''newuniversal'' Starr's might comes from the Starbrand and Trull's dark wizardry is because he's a Nightmask.
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* AdaptationalOriginConnection: In the original New Universe, Jenny initially had no superpowers and her father's powered armor was unrelated to the White Event. In ''newuniversal'' Jenny's empowered as the new Cipher and the H.E.X. armor is based on a 1950s suit designed by the ''previous'' Cipher, [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]].
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* AdaptationNameChange: Jennifer Swensen of the New Universe's ''Codename: Spitfire'' becomes ''newuniversal'''s Jennifer Swann, as Warren Ellis felt that the original comics had too many similar surnames: Swensen, Tensen (Justice) and Remsen (the original Nightmask, replaced by Izanami Randall for ''newuniversal'').
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* AdaptationNameChange: Jennifer AdaptationNameChange:
** Jenny Swensen of the New Universe's''Codename: Spitfire'' ''ComicBook/CodenameSpitfire'' becomes ''newuniversal'''s Jennifer Jenny Swann, as Warren Ellis felt that the original comics had too many similar surnames: Swensen, Tensen (Justice) and Remsen (the original Nightmask, replaced by Izanami Randall for ''newuniversal'').''newuniversal'').
** Jenny's father, Dr. Karl Swensen, becomes Dr. Joe Swann - and his M.A.X. armor becomes the H.E.X. suit.
** Jenny Swensen of the New Universe's
** Jenny's father, Dr. Karl Swensen, becomes Dr. Joe Swann - and his M.A.X. armor becomes the H.E.X. suit.
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* AbortedArc: Many of them, due to the CutShort nature of the series.
** Jenny knows she's superhuman, and she's fixed the H.E.X. suit, but when we last see her she's not yet contacted the other superhumans or defected from Project Spitfire.
** The ruins of Zardath have been uncovered, but we don't know what's setting off Braddock's geiger counter. Or why the ruins were suddenly uncovered when the White Event took place. The end of the ''conqueror'' one-off also leaves the city's final fate unrevealed, although it wasn't looking good.
** The implication that this ''isn't'' a StableTimeLoop is never followed up on.
** John Tensen is still a superhuman spree killer and vigilante who thinks he's dead and in hell, and hasn't yet encountered any other superhumans.
** Ken and Izzy are heading to meet Magniconte, but Magniconte's just been blown up by Project Spitfire.
** Ken and Izzy are also starting to track the explosive teleporter who caused havoc in San Francisco, but haven't found him yet.
** Charlotte Beck is mapping out the alternate history of the world, but not yet in touch with other superhumans.
** Dr. Emmett Proudhawk is now superhuman, can interact with the superflow, and has used his CIA connections to start tracking other superhumans, but hasn't heard anything back yet.
** Jenny knows she's superhuman, and she's fixed the H.E.X. suit, but when we last see her she's not yet contacted the other superhumans or defected from Project Spitfire.
** The ruins of Zardath have been uncovered, but we don't know what's setting off Braddock's geiger counter. Or why the ruins were suddenly uncovered when the White Event took place. The end of the ''conqueror'' one-off also leaves the city's final fate unrevealed, although it wasn't looking good.
** The implication that this ''isn't'' a StableTimeLoop is never followed up on.
** John Tensen is still a superhuman spree killer and vigilante who thinks he's dead and in hell, and hasn't yet encountered any other superhumans.
** Ken and Izzy are heading to meet Magniconte, but Magniconte's just been blown up by Project Spitfire.
** Ken and Izzy are also starting to track the explosive teleporter who caused havoc in San Francisco, but haven't found him yet.
** Charlotte Beck is mapping out the alternate history of the world, but not yet in touch with other superhumans.
** Dr. Emmett Proudhawk is now superhuman, can interact with the superflow, and has used his CIA connections to start tracking other superhumans, but hasn't heard anything back yet.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Voight's preferred tactic, although in practice he relies on bombs more than once.
-->'''Phillip Voight:''' We had a saying, in the original Project Spitfire: "''Bombs cause wars. Accidents cause funerals.''"
-->'''Phillip Voight:''' We had a saying, in the original Project Spitfire: "''Bombs cause wars. Accidents cause funerals.''"
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* BenevolentBoss: Voight is a cold-blooded WellIntentionedExtremist who WouldHurtAChild (and did), but he won't ask his team to do anything he wouldn't do himself. He insists on personally assassinating Magniconte to demonstrate this point - which means he walks into a room with a superhuman with SuperStrength, who’s just [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe torn someone in half]], and hopes his cover holds up. And he does all of this knowing that one of Magniconte's predecessors could read minds.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: As with the AbortedArc list, the CutShort nature of the aeries left a couple of these behind.
** Although the two one-offs do show the ancient city of Zardath and the 1950s, Voight also mentions that the NSA was aware of one superhuman created in 1888, who apparently died in UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne. We don't get any further details about them.
** Jim Braddock is the dig leader in Latvia, uncovering the ruins of Zardath. It’s mentioned that he lost his son at a dig in England the previous year, but this isn't followed up on. In the main Marvel universe, James Braddock Sr. is also the father of Brian Braddock, the original ComicBook/CaptainBritain.
** Although the two one-offs do show the ancient city of Zardath and the 1950s, Voight also mentions that the NSA was aware of one superhuman created in 1888, who apparently died in UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne. We don't get any further details about them.
** Jim Braddock is the dig leader in Latvia, uncovering the ruins of Zardath. It’s mentioned that he lost his son at a dig in England the previous year, but this isn't followed up on. In the main Marvel universe, James Braddock Sr. is also the father of Brian Braddock, the original ComicBook/CaptainBritain.
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* BewareTheSuperman: Played with. The events of the 1950s have left the NSA's Project Spitfire with some of these assumptions about superhumans, which may or may not be true. Either way, they are determined to kill superhumans to ''stop'' it becoming true.
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* AlternateUniverse: The series is explicitly set in one of the many alternate worlds linked to the Marvel Universe. The usual Earth ID numbers are quoted in-universe at one point, and several supporting characters are variants of existing characters. Additionally, two of the extra Starbrands at the end of the first arc are said to be visiting fro, alternate worlds.
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* AlternateUniverse: The series is explicitly set in one of the many alternate worlds linked to the Marvel Universe. The Marvel's usual Earth ID numbers are quoted in-universe at one point, and several supporting characters are variants of existing characters. Additionally, two of the extra Starbrands at the end of the first arc are said to be visiting fro, from alternate worlds.
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* LaserBlade: Part of the Justice power set. Tensen manifests them as pure white blades with a bluish edge, either used as a sword or cast as a missile. Kelly, the 1959 Justice, manifested them as knives and scissors sculpted from light blue energy.
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* LaserBlade: Part of the Justice power set. Tensen manifests them as pure white blades with a bluish edge, either used as a sword or cast as a missile. Kelly, the 1959 1950s Justice, manifested them as knives and scissors sculpted from light blue energy.
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* StableTimeLoop: Played with. When the four Starbrands meet in the Wichita mountains, two of the visitors are from alternate universes and the third is an older version of Ken, from fifty years in the future. All three of them ''believe'' it's a stable loop. But then Nightmask teleports the younger Ken away, and his older self certainly doesn't remember ''that''.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: This seems to be part of Charlotte Beck's powers. When she first appears in ''shockfront'' she's spent two weeks mapping out the history of the ''newuniversal’’ Earth and how it differs from the "real" one she remembers.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: This seems to be part of Charlotte Beck's powers. When she first appears in ''shockfront'' she's spent two weeks mapping out the history of the ''newuniversal’’ ''newuniversal'' Earth and how it differs from the "real" one she remembers.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: This seems to be part of Charlotte Beck's powers. When she first appears in ''shockfront'' she's spent two weeks mapping out the history of the ''newuniversal’’ Earth and how it differs from the "real" one she remembers.
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* ThePoorlyChosenOne:
** Trull, the Nightmask of ancient Zardath, as seen in ''conqueror''. He's an EvilChancellor who's more interested in stealing power from his fellow superhumans than fulfilling his role. It gets to the point where the system that empowered him is actively trying to warn Starr about what he's doing.
** Arguably, John Tensen. Under normal circumstances he might be an effective Justice, but when he was chosen he was in a coma with a bullet in his brain. When he wakes up with his new powers he's not entirely rational, not least because he's convinced that he's died and gone to hell.
** Trull, the Nightmask of ancient Zardath, as seen in ''conqueror''. He's an EvilChancellor who's more interested in stealing power from his fellow superhumans than fulfilling his role. It gets to the point where the system that empowered him is actively trying to warn Starr about what he's doing.
** Arguably, John Tensen. Under normal circumstances he might be an effective Justice, but when he was chosen he was in a coma with a bullet in his brain. When he wakes up with his new powers he's not entirely rational, not least because he's convinced that he's died and gone to hell.
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* EvilChancellor: Trull, the Nightmask of ancient Zardath, holds this role in the ''Conqueror'' one-off. He's been mutating and murdering other superhumans, but until the start of the story Starr is oblivious to this.
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* EvilChancellor: Trull, the Nightmask of ancient Zardath, holds this role in the ''Conqueror'' ''conqueror'' one-off. He's been mutating and murdering other superhumans, but until the start of the story Starr is oblivious to this.
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** ''Conqueror'' ends with Starr and Baneth discovering Trull's treachery and murder, with the framing text suggesting that he must flee or face Starr's wrath. It doesn't reveal what happened next, though.
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** ''Conqueror'' ''conqueror'' ends with Starr and Baneth discovering Trull's treachery and murder, with the framing text suggesting that he must flee or face Starr's wrath. It doesn't reveal what happened next, though.
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* EvilChancellor: Trull, the Nightmask of ancient Zardath, holds this role in the ''Conqueror'' one-off. He's been mutating and murdering other superhumans, but until the start of the story Starr is oblivious to this.
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** ‘’Conqueror'' ends with Starr and Baneth discovering Trull's treachery and murder, with the framing text suggesting that he must flee or face Starr's wrath. It doesn't reveal what happened next, though.
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** ‘’Conqueror'' ''Conqueror'' ends with Starr and Baneth discovering Trull's treachery and murder, with the framing text suggesting that he must flee or face Starr's wrath. It doesn't reveal what happened next, though.
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* UncertainDoom: The last published issue of ''shockfront'' ends with Magniconte in a room with a briefcase bomb - which detonates and does major damage to the building. Unless he was teleported out, or has a ''significant'' level of invulnerability (both of which are entirely possible, in this context) he's likely to be dead. But it's never confirmed.
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* UncertainDoom: UncertainDoom:
** ‘’Conqueror'' ends with Starr and Baneth discovering Trull's treachery and murder, with the framing text suggesting that he must flee or face Starr's wrath. It doesn't reveal what happened next, though.
** The last published issue of ''shockfront'' ends with Magniconte in a room with a briefcase bomb - which detonates and does major damage to the building. Unless he was teleported out, or has a ''significant'' level of invulnerability (both of which are entirely possible, in this context) he's likely to be dead. But it's never confirmed.
** ‘’Conqueror'' ends with Starr and Baneth discovering Trull's treachery and murder, with the framing text suggesting that he must flee or face Starr's wrath. It doesn't reveal what happened next, though.
** The last published issue of ''shockfront'' ends with Magniconte in a room with a briefcase bomb - which detonates and does major damage to the building. Unless he was teleported out, or has a ''significant'' level of invulnerability (both of which are entirely possible, in this context) he's likely to be dead. But it's never confirmed.
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* CanonWelding: Starr the Slayer and Len Carson were characters from a one-off fantasy story in ''Chamber of Darkness'' with no clear connection to the shared Marvel Universe, unlike the ''newuniversal'' versions.
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* HerosEvilPredecessor: As seen in ''Conquerer'', Trull, the Nightmask of ancient Zardath, conspired against Starr, destroyed most of Ukru the Justice's mind and experimented on other superhumans until they degenerated into monsters.
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* BarrierWarrior: Part of the Justice power set. Tensen can create force shields to block attacks, or in mid air to use as stepping stones. He can also project them for a ShieldBash that's far less lethal than his usual LaserBlade.
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Unlike the original New Universe, the ''newuniversal'' story is immediately connected to the main Franchise/MarvelUniverse, positioned as an alternate world with versions of existing Marvel characters as some of the supporting cast. It also introduces new versions of characters from "''The Sword and the Sorcerers!''", a stand-alone 1970 story in the ''Chamber of Darkness'' AnthologyComic, linking them to the New Universe concepts.
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Unlike the original New Universe, the ''newuniversal'' story is immediately connected to the main Franchise/MarvelUniverse, positioned as an alternate world with versions of existing Marvel characters as some of the supporting cast. It also introduces new versions of characters from "''The Sword and the Sorcerers!''", a stand-alone 1970 story in the Marvel's ''Chamber of Darkness'' AnthologyComic, linking them to the New Universe concepts.
concepts and the wider Marvel Universe.
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Unlike the original New Universe, the ''newuniversal'' story is immediately connected to the main Franchise/MarvelUniverse, positioned as an alternate world with versions of existing Marvel characters as some of the supporting cast.
cast. It also introduces new versions of characters from "''The Sword and the Sorcerers!''", a stand-alone 1970 story in the ''Chamber of Darkness'' AnthologyComic, linking them to the New Universe concepts.
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''Newuniversal'' (usually styled as ''newuniversal'') is a science fiction comic series published by Creator/MarvelComics and primarily written by Creator/WarrenEllis, a single-series reboot of Marvel's previous [[ComicBook/TheNewUniverse New Universe]] concept. The series was CutShort, abruptly ending shortly into its second arc.
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''Newuniversal'' (usually styled as ''newuniversal'') is a 2006 science fiction comic series published by Creator/MarvelComics and primarily written by Creator/WarrenEllis, a single-series reboot of Marvel's previous [[ComicBook/TheNewUniverse New Universe]] concept. The series was CutShort, abruptly ending shortly into its second arc.
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** A silhouette suggests this is the fate of the last surviving member of the gang who shot Tensen prior to the White Event. Tensen uses his Justice powers to cut them all to pieces with [[LightBlade LightBlades]].
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** A silhouette suggests this is the fate of the last surviving member of the gang who shot Tensen prior to the White Event. Tensen uses his Justice powers to cut them all to pieces with [[LightBlade LightBlades]].[[LaserBlade Laser Blades]].
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Jack Magniconte, who doesn't realise that he now has SuperStrength, accidentally tears an opponent in half during a charity football game.
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** A silhouette suggests this is the fate of the last surviving member of the gang who shot Tensen prior to the White Event. Tensen uses his Justice powers to cut them all to pieces with [[LightBlade LightBlades]].
** Veronica Kelly, the previous (1950s) Justice, seems to have done this to some of her targets during her career as a vigilante. And the ''1959'' special also shows her cutting two NSA agents in half after they poison her.
** Jack Magniconte, who doesn't realise that he now has SuperStrength, accidentally tears an opponent in half during a charity football game.
** A silhouette suggests this is the fate of the last surviving member of the gang who shot Tensen prior to the White Event. Tensen uses his Justice powers to cut them all to pieces with [[LightBlade LightBlades]].
** Veronica Kelly, the previous (1950s) Justice, seems to have done this to some of her targets during her career as a vigilante. And the ''1959'' special also shows her cutting two NSA agents in half after they poison her.
** Jack Magniconte, who doesn't realise that he now has SuperStrength, accidentally tears an opponent in half during a charity football game.
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* LaserBlade: Part of the Justice power set. Tensen manifests them as pure white blades with a bluish edge, either used as a sword or cast as a missile. Kelly, the 1959 Justice, manifested them as knives and scissors sculpted from light blue energy.
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* VengefulWidow: In the ''1959'' one-off, Veronica Kelly is the widow of a police officer who was murdered by a crooked colleague. Once she gets the Justice powers she can see the crime in the culprit's mind. And she can cut him to pieces with energy blades.
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* VengefulWidow: In the ''1959'' one-off, Veronica Kelly is the widow of a police officer who was secretly murdered by a crooked colleague. Once she gets the Justice powers she can see the crime in the culprit's mind. And she can cut him to pieces with energy blades.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Given Veronica Kelly's abilities, the NSA decides that the best way to kill her is by poisoning a meal when she eats at a local restaurant. It works.
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