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Shooterverses
I'm getting back into thinking about Shooterverses. That's a word I coined that refers to the comic book universes that Shooter either conceived or had a heavy hand during the conceptualization and launch phase of. It's my contention these universes are all related. Here is a list of the Shooterverses in order of appearance:
Marvel's New Universe
Valiant
Defiant
Broadway
Dark-key
Marvel's New Universe
Valiant
Defiant
Broadway
Dark-key
Valiant is the son of the New Universe.
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I would love to do a reading project wherein I read these all in order. That's likely not possible, as I don't have most of the Valiants, but maybe I'll eventually read the others in order of launch. 
Valiant is the son of the New Universe.
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Absolutely. I'm reading now. It strikes me the difference between the prototype New Universe - and its re-creation at Valiant.BruceReville wrote:New Universe is the Prototype
Something interesting about reading it alongside the Valiant origins - and comparing them.
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valiant = secret wars
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Might as well throw Seven in there, between Broadway and Dark-Key.
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Been looking for a Defiant universe set. Anyone selling? A read-able copy?
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I have a majority of NU runs that I've picked up on the cheap...and have yet to read...might have to pull them out of storage and give them a try...print quality looks kind of half as$edkevinbastos wrote:Absolutely. I'm reading now. It strikes me the difference between the prototype New Universe - and its re-creation at Valiant.BruceReville wrote:New Universe is the Prototype
Something interesting about reading it alongside the Valiant origins - and comparing them.
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Agreed - I love the old NU books [well, most of 'em. Everyone should just skip out on reading Kickers Inc. Seriously, don't do that to yourself].kevinbastos wrote:Absolutely. I'm reading now. It strikes me the difference between the prototype New Universe - and its re-creation at Valiant.BruceReville wrote:New Universe is the Prototype
Something interesting about reading it alongside the Valiant origins - and comparing them.
I started collecting comics the summer they all started, and they had a huge impact/influence on me.
DP7 is a very similar concept to Harbinger... strong parallels between the Harbinger Foundation & 'The Clinic for Paranormal Research', as well as Toyo Harada & Philip Nolan Voigt. Really cool handling of the various powers people had, the side effects of abilities that weren't all convenient standard super powers - kind of like what Grant Morrison did during his run on New X-Men. Still an enjoyable read if you ask me, but then I am biased by childhood memories.
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I also recommend reading the 'New Universal' tpb by Warren Ellis... I nearly crapped my pants when I heard he was doing a revamp of the whole NU in one series... drawn by Salvador Larroca... so very, very good. A terrible shame the man lost all of his working scripts in a computer crash and never revisited his plans to do more NU stories... it'll go down in comics history as a great tragedy that most people will never even know about
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