Marvel Mangaverse

The Marvel Mangaverse is a series of comic books published by Marvel Comics from 2000 to 2002, with a sequel, New Mangaverse, released in 2006.[1]

The series is set in an alternate universe to the Marvel universe, where its characters are portrayed in a manga-like style. Four volumes were published, with Volumes 1 and 2 being connected by a story arc featuring multiple Marvel characters and Volumes 3 and 4 having stories focusing on Spider-Man and an alternate version of Jean Grey, respectively.

The 2005 edition of Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe designates Marvel Mangaverse as Earth-2301 in the Marvel multiverse. Most of the artwork for Volume 1 was shared between different artists, each of whom contributed to one issue, with book-ends by Ben Dunn, who also did artwork for Volume 2. The artwork for the miniseries New Mangaverse: The Rings of Fate was done by Tom Hanks.

Volume 1

Three years prior to the story's events, Bruce Banner discovered the Negative Zone, a dimension containing vast amounts of energy, and was tricked by the terrorist organization

Characters

Iron Maiden (Antoinette "Toni" Stark) - A former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, sister of Tony Stark, and current owner of Stark Industries. Unlike her brother, Toni has made her identity public and opened defense contracts with the U.S. military. She is revealed in the final issue of Volume 1 to be in love with Bruce Banner, and ascends to another plane of existence with him.

Bruce Banner - A physicist who built the Energy Well, a portal to the Negative Zone, and was possessed by the Hulk after it malfunctioned. He is in love with Toni Stark, which she reciprocates, and, along with her, ascends to another plane of existence at the conclusion.[2]

Wasp - An employee of Stark Industries and the creator of W.A.S.P. (Winged Amplification Surge Plasma), which allows her to fly.

Hank Pym - A boy genius and rock star who helped Bruce Banner construct the Energy Well. He can control ants with his guitar.[2]

Black Panther - The king of Wakanda, and a shaman who uses mystic arts to transform into various animal forms.[2] Tigra is in love with him. In New Mangaverse: The Rings of Fate, he is implied to have been killed by the villains.

Storm - A weather-manipulating witch and leader of the X-Men. The villainous mutant Amanda Sefton was her friend until she attempted to resurrect the evil spirit Magnus. In X-Men: Ronin, she is briefly in a relationship with Forge, who is killed by Jean Grey. In New Mangaverse: The Rings of Fate, she and all other mutants, except for Wolverine, are implied to have been killed.

Doctor Strange - The Master of the Mystic Arts, whose assistant is Tigra. He watches over the world while researching new spells and has a rivalry with Baron Mordo. He is killed in New Mangaverse: The Rings of Fate.

Tigra - Doctor Strange's assistant, who was cursed into the form of a were-tiger and must perform a thousand good deeds for the curse to be broken. She is killed in New Mangaverse: The Rings of Fate.

The Hulk - Unlike other incarnations, where he is an alternate personality of Bruce Banner, he is a mystical spirit and servant of Dormammu who possessed Banner via the Energy Well. He is based on Godzilla.

The Megascale Metatalent Response Team - A team based on the Fantastic Four who deal with supernatural threats.[2]

Daimon Hellstrom and Johnny Blaze - Brothers who are Ghost Riders and sons of Satan. They become monster hunters and battle their evil sister Satana.

Omar Medina - A creation of Doctor Doom whose primary purpose was to assassinate Doctor Strange and bring his body to Alpha Labs.

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Volume 1

Characters

Volume 2

Spider-Man Mangaverse

X-Men Mangaverse

X-Men: Ronin

The Punisher Mangaverse

New Mangaverse: The Rings of Fate

See also

External links

References