wikipedia modern age?

[kevinbastos]

So, I'm reading through wikipedia's notation on modern age of comics, to provide some background to my crazy blog, and come across this:

In 1999, Acclaim began publishing "Unity 2000," written by a returning Shooter, that was supposed to integrate the old Valiant universe and new Acclaim Universe. However, Shooter used the high profile book as an opportunity to strike back at his former partners, creating a group of new villains who mimicked their looks and personalities.[citation needed] Additionally, Acclaim failed to market the books but, nevertheless, saw a good deal of interest on the issues that saw print. Acclaim was forced to stop the series after only three issues because of an art return fiasco with Jim Starlin (artist on the series) and a payment problem with Shooter. The company ceased all publication two months later to focus on its faltering core businesses.

What the heck? Really? Who were they?

Or, is this some wikipedia edit?

Thanks!

K

[jbtheo]

uh yeah, I'm sure you're aware, but Wikipedia can be edited by anybody and everybody, so often times a lot of the information can be hearsay and just opinions, however wrong or skewed, of those that contributed to writing the page.

The guy who wrote that sounds like a Shooter hater to me.

[greg]

That's funny, because I always thought Master Darque (circa 1993) was based on Jim Shooter.


In Unity 2000... Lucifer (the devil, Satan, etc.) was an overweight balding middle-aged guy... like Steve Massarsky.

[wrunow]

I am pretty sure Jeff Gomez touched on this subject during one of the Big Apple con panels quite thoroughly and this is pretty much in line with his comments. I believe Jeff was either the Editor or the Asst. Editor for those books.