Marvels New Universe?

[Agentum]

When you buy collection here and there you get those 80s books from marvel that was the new universe.

I have never bother to read them but i have alot of them.

But recently i thought i should read them, so i did.

Most is average material i think like Justice or Merc, not really anything to remember but ok.

Downright awful is Kickers inc., i don't understand how anybody could ok that comic.

BUT one comic that really hooked me to read every book i had in that series is D.P7, very interesting consept and good characters.
That one should have deserved to go on even after the rest on the books was cancelled.

Was it bad sales that killed New Universe?
The idea of a world more like or own is not bad, but i guess people still wanted Spiderman and X-men.

And Marvel themself seems not understand what comics that was good, i saw that they had some new books that celebrated 20 years since New Universe but that was from series that i don't think was much to remember.

[Perry Holley]

BUT one comic that really hooked me to read every book i had in that series is D.P7, very interesting consept and good characters.
That one should have deserved to go on even after the rest on the books was cancelled.DP 7 was a great book IMO, the best of the New Universe. FabNic's run on Psi-Force was pretty good, as well, and some of the issue of Star Brand were interesting.

Was it bad sales that killed New Universe?It's always sales that cancels a series/line, no matter what editorial may say otherwise at the time.

The idea of a world more like or own is not bad, but i guess people still wanted Spiderman and X-men.It was partially the lack of four-color superheroics, and partially the entire line being weighed down by turkeys like Kickers Inc and Spitfire And The Troubleshooters.

[Graham Vingoe]

And Marvel themself seems not understand what comics that was good, i saw that they had some new books that celebrated 20 years since New Universe but that was from series that i don't think was much to remember.

these titles were apparently designed to celebrate the 20 years of the New Universe, but also give long time fans one last look at the universe the way it was.
I don't know if many people are aware that Marvel are rebooting the New Universe starting in December in a new title written by Warren Ellis called newuniversal. Effectively its the same characters as before but modernised and in the same title.

[Agentum]

It's always sales that cancels a series/line, no matter what editorial may say otherwise at the time.
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I guess so but i remember that Marvel (i think) had a new line of books that was canceled when some important creators quit (i think somebody was sacked first and the other creators left in protest), that killed the books.

[pmpknface]

I guess so but i remember that Marvel (i think) had a new line of books that was canceled when some important creators quit (i think somebody was sacked first and the other creators left in protest), that killed the books.
Are you thinking of EPIC?

And I've heard good things about DP7 too. Probably the only NU book I'd consider getting.

[Agentum]

Well i don't know what i'm talking about, i remeber the whole story but what books it was:D

[Ryan K]

I loved DP7. When I first started getting into comic books all the New Universe stuf was in the quarter bins and DP7 was the first book I actively looked for every issue of. I still go back and read it every now and then and its always one of the books I mention when people talk about underrated or under the radar books.

There was a new oneshot a couple months back that was really pretty poor about the team as soon as they break out of the clinic.

[swinebread]

I have to say the D.P.7 was fun as well. The rest of New Universe was meh for me. I also liked how J. Michael Stracynski used the Blur as the template for Whizzer in the new Supreme Power/Squadron Supreme. He didn't/couldn't use the Whizzer name, so he tipped his hat to the New Universe and brought in the Blur. It was a nice touch for a more diverse team.

[pmpknface]

That's cool - I didn't know that! I did however like all the Bill Sienkiewicz promo posters and covers to the NU line. ;)