The Rise and Fall of Marvel's NEW UNIVERSE

In this video, Owen explains the history of Jim Shooter’s New Universe, how it popularised the concept of secondary universes and the shocking legacy of this ill-fated imprint.

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▶ Further Reading:
Comic Book Resources, ‘Jim Shooter Interview: Part 1’
https://www.cbr.com/jim-shooter-inter...
Eric Diaz, ‘HOW THE YEAR 1986 CHANGED COMIC BOOKS FOREVER’
https://nerdist.com/article/year-1986...
Jason Heller, ‘How Marvel’s New Universe holds up—or not—three decades later’
https://www.avclub.com/how-marvel-s-n...
Sean Howe, Marvel Comics: The Untold Story
Steve Kurth, ‘Warren Ellis' Newuniversal Shockfront, unpublished issue #3’
https://stevekurth.blogspot.com/2014/...
Brandon Masters, ‘Marvel at 80: The New Universe’.
https://www.youdontreadcomics.com/art...
Stephan Roget, ‘Marvel Tried To Make A New Universe In 1986, And It Couldn't Even Last Three Years’
https://www.ranker.com/list/marvel-ne...
Douglas Wolk, All of the Marvels: An Amazing Voyage into Marvel’s Universe and 27,000 Superhero Comics

▶ Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:34 - Rise of Jim Shooter
9:44 - Support Me on Patreon
10:38 - A Universe is Born
17:15 - Damage Limitations
20:12 - Significance & Legacy
28:15 - Outro

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Ouska, Slipfunc, Anetta Morozova - Maybe She
ØDYSSEE, Ruck P - Lost Memories, ft. Bastien Brison
Arbour - Resilience
Sugi.wa - Memories
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