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If nothing else, this issue sets the stage for some other interesting Cold War tales in the pages of D. If pop culture were a maze, Matthew would be the Minotaur at its center. Were it a mall, he'd be the Food Court. Matthew enjoys body surfing so long as the bodies are fresh , writing in the third person, and dark-eyed women.
Amongst his weaponry are such diverse elements as: An almost fanatical devotion to pop culture! And a nice red uniform. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Around that same time, this ad began appearing in New Universe titles… As a teenager, I remember seeing this ad and wondering exactly what the selling point was, but I was at least interested enough to buy New Universe titles and find out which, what and why.
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It does not go well for him… For that matter, it goes poorly for the entire convention, including Mackie and Byrne, all of whom are blown to proverbial smithereens by the conflict. He later used them in the Starblast limited series and crossover which ended when The Stranger used the Star Brand to move the Earth of the New Universe into orbit around his labworld.
The origin of the Star Brand is central to the entire New Universe re-imagining. The Star Brand was supposedly artificially created by a long-dead alien race as a tool that confers amazing powers to its wielder. Specifically, the newuniversal web causes normal humans to become superhumans, or paranormals. Ken represents an average man whose life is drastically changed, which is one of the major themes in newuniversal. Ken's life is a relatively normal one where the most dangerous thing about it is that the city's sheriff hates him because he is dating his daughter, Madeline Felix.
After a night out drinking Kenneth and Madeline fall asleep on a hillside.
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In the early hours of March 1, , while they sleep, the White Event takes place, granting him the Star Brand glyph. Ken wakes to find Madeline dead beside him, burned to death when the White Event granted him the star brand.
The energies were so strong that a symbol of the Star Brand had been scorched into the hillside around them, with Kenneth at its center. Ken spends the next two weeks in a deep depression, coming to terms with his new powers and supposed responsibilities.
Believing that Madeline's death was caused by the fact that he was asleep and therefore unable to consciously control the energies of the Star Brand not limiting the Star Brand with conscious control , he decides to "wake up" and deal with it. In Fantastic Four , one of "The Council", an interdimensional think-tank and activist group composed entirely of parallel versions of Reed Richards, wields the Star Brand. The issues depicting this story are 72 - 74, January through March of This story is set in a slightly different version of the New Universe designated as Earth , prior to the Pitt.
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It sees the Exiles join forces with D. Untold Tales of the New Universe: Star Brand briefly mentions three more alternate versions that have been investigated by Arden and her fellow Lateral Shifters:. The three Star Brand marks are also pictured - each one looks distinctly different and none of them resemble the New Universe version.
Shooter had modeled many aspects of the Connell character on himself. A brand granting the bearer infinite power, limited in application only by their imagination. Though it exists on several different worlds and takes slightly different forms on each, it always resembles a multi-point star burst. First known in the New Universe , where it was wielded for years by the mysterious figure known only as "the Old Man", who had possessed the brand since the Middle Ages. Tired of immortality, the Old Man at one point attempted to bond the brand to an asteroid, getting rid of it without passing on the burden of its awesome power.
He failed, and the energy released resulted in the White Event. Giving up, the Old Man gave the brand to Ken Connell. Ken Connell used the star brand to become a super-hero for a time, before he too grew tired of fighting off aliens, super beings, and even a now-mad Old Man, who all also wanted the brand.
He too tried to fly into space and disposing of the brand's power unaware that that's what caused the White Event , saving just a small portion of its infinite power to bring him safely home.