New Warriors
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The New Warriors are a Marvel Comics superhero team. It was often seen as a junior counterpart of the Avengers, though it was not composed of sidekicks of that elder team in the manner of DC Comics' Teen Titans relationship to the Justice League heroes; some members of the New Warriors also functioned as Avengers reservists. Out of the founding team members, all but Night Thrasher were already established as individual characters in the Marvel Universe, and Nova and Speedball previously had their own solo titles.
The New Warriors first appeared in issue #411 of the Marvel Comics title, Thor. The issue was written by Tom DeFalco and featured the original six members. The team subsequently spun off into their own title, written by Fabian Nicieza and drawn by Mark Bagley. This creative team remained with the title until issue 25, when Bagley left to pursue other work. He was replaced by Darick Robertson. Nicieza left shortly after #50 and was replaced by Evan Skolnik.
The title ran for 75 issues before being cancelled.
A short-lived relaunch began in 1999, and ran for 10 issues, plus a promotional issue #0 that was given away with Wizard Comics. It was written by Jay Faerber and pencilled by a variety of artists, including Steve Scott, Karl Kerschl and Jamal Igle, with which latter artist Faerber has subsequently worked on several occasions.
A Six Issue Mini-series of the title is planned for June 2005, written by Zeb Wells and pencilled by Skottie Young, and featuring the team as the stars of a reality TV show. The line-up will include previous members Night Thrasher, Speedball, Nova, and Namorita, along with two new characters, Microbe and Debrii, to be introduced.
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Team roster
Founding members
- Firestar
- Justice (aka Marvel Boy)
- Namorita (aka Kymaera)
- Night Thrasher
- Nova
- Speedball
Additional members
- Aegis
- Bolt
- Dagger
- Darkhawk
- Hindsight(Lad)
- Rage
- Scarlet Spider
- Silhouette
- Turbo
- Powerpax/Powerhouse (aka Power, Alex, see Power Pack)
Bibliography
- New Warriors #1-75 (July, 1990 – September, 1996)
- New Warriors Annual #1-4 (1994 – 1994)
- New Warriors Ashcan oneshot (1994)
- New Warriors #0-10 (October, 1999 – July, 2000)