Marvel Comics, 2007
For the uninitiated, Warren Ellis is one of the top writers in the graphic novel landscapes. One of his greatest strengths is his ability to blow the reader away with his story telling that often pushes the boundaries and inspires the imagination.
newuniversal is not a new story. The basic premise is this: In a world of normal human beings, how do we react when super-powered individuals appear on the horizon?
Ellis has this ability to take a typical story and look at it from a fresh perspective. At the same time, he somehow manages to intertwine the ordinary and the everyday mundane with the fantastic without either seeming out of place. All this, he does while exploring the next step in human evolution -
and raises the question of whether mankind is fearful of new things and change.
References to real world individuals such as Aaron Kwok and Hillary Clinton will leave some tickled. But this re-imagining of an old Marvel Comics concept rom from the 1980s is probably one of the best sci-fi super human thriller dramas published in graphic novels today.
The only pity is this volume leaves you wanting for more, but the next volume in this continuing story does not look likely to see print in the near future.
P.S. If you enjoyed this, check out Supreme Power (by J. Michael Straczynski & Gary Frank) and Warren Ellis's magnificent space operas Ocean (with Chris Sprouse) and Orbiter (with Colleen Doran)
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