9/4/2023 0 Comments Peter still from typ oMost of the New Universe books didn’t last more than a year, but it was definitely a cool concept, one that Marvel has tried to revive. Created by editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and a lot of others as part of Marvel’s 25th anniversary, the books were intended to be darker, more interconnected, and more realistic, which was highlighted by having time pass in real time-meaning each issue involved one month of time past. But unlike almost any alternate universes of any canon, the New Universe included none of the characters or organizations from Marvel-616. A successful invasion? More like a 4-issue miniseries that spins off into some cool new 2099 books.ģ0 years before the Ultimate Universe, Marvel launched its first all-new, all-different Marvel universe. But honestly, it’s always seemed like it’s just one good pitch away from becoming something pretty interesting.ĬHANCES OF A SUCCESSFUL INVASION: An invasion, sure. With the exception of Spider-Man 2099 Miguel O’Hara, who has popped up often in the present-day Spider-Man, the rest have never really gone too far beyond their initial runs. The Marvel-2099 universe started way back in 1992 as a futuristic take on contemporary characters, including Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Hulk and the X-Men. The series introduced a number of other cool characters, most especially Old Man Hawkeye, and has since led to a number of other heroes with books written in that universe, including Old Man Quill, Old Man Doom and Old Lady Black Widow.ĬHANCES OF A SUCCESSFUL INVASION: Totally depends on how much sleep they get the night before.Ħ. Decades later, a now “Old Man Logan” scrapes together a living with his two kids and red-headed wife Maureen (oh, Logan…), and refuses to pop his claws and kill again, no matter how much the horrible progeny of Bruce Banner deserve it. Originally seen in Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s fantastic 8-issue run on Wolverine, Earth-807128 (seriously Marvel? It needs six numbers?) is a postapocalyptic Earth in which the villains banded together and pretty much killed everyone, using a brain-washed Wolverine as their grenade. This universe, in which the characters from Marvel, DC, and any other company that has ever done a crossover with a Marvel comic reside, is obviously the product of continuity and handbook heads out there, and I say that with great rejoicing, because who doesn’t want to imagine that they could some day read a book where Wolverine, Damian Wayne, Sara Pezzini and Betty & Veronica team up?ĬHANCES OF AN SUCCESSFUL INVASION: Slimmer than Chip Zdarsky declaring himself Sabretooth and the Zdarskyverse his version of the Pit (which is also a comic I would definitely read). But if the universes did cross over, watch out, 19529 will drown 616 in tears. (And yes, I did dub this the Zdarskyverse because I also love the idea of Chip Zdarsky getting his own twisted Marvel universe where Howard the Duck is the Kingpin, there I said it.)ĬHANCES OF A SUCCESSFUL INVASION: Slim to none. But it was also interesting and beautiful, and honestly Marvel should set more stories there, because watching heroes age in real time is real cool. At times it got real dark-I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed, but Peter Parker has been through some STUFF. In 2019 Chip Zdarksy did a six-issue mini, Spider-Man: Life Story, in which Peter Parker aged in real time and each issue represented a decade of his life. The recent news that Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch will be returning to the Ultimate Universe with the upcoming Ultimate Invasion miniseries makes for a great time to think about all the other very cool alternate universes out there that might someday invade Marvel-616.Ĭounting down, here are the Top Ten Alternate Universes in that Merry Mixed-Up Madness that is the Marvel Multiverse.
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