The New Warriors is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . They traditionally consisted of teenage and young adult heroes, and were often seen to serve as a junior counterpart to The Avengers in much the same way that the New Mutants / X-Force did with the X-Men . They made a cameo appearance in The Mighty Thor #411 (December 1989) and made their full debut in The Mighty Thor #412. Over the years, the New Warriors, in their various incarnations, have been featured in five different volumes of the title The New Warriors .
149-630: The New Warriors team was created by editor Tom DeFalco , who brought together existing Marvel characters Firestar , Marvel Boy , Namorita , Nova , and Speedball , and added the newly created Night Thrasher . Through the 75-issue comic series, the team fought adversaries, including the second Sphinx , the Folding Circle, and even the Fantastic Four . Over time, the team was joined by Silhouette , Rage , Hindsight Lad , Bandit , Timeslip , Dagger , Darkhawk , Powerpax , Turbo , and
298-501: A Cain story in House of Mystery #258 (May–June 1978). DeFalco then moved to Marvel, where he would spend the next twenty years of his career. There he wrote two issues of The Avengers and the final five issues of Machine Man plus a Machine Man issue of Marvel Team-Up , before launching Dazzler in March 1981. DeFalco wrote Marvel Two-In-One stories featuring team ups with
447-475: A Guardsman -guarded prison van. Namorita, Nova, and Firestar try to free him from the van, but he refuses, determined to serve his sentence. Firestar and Marvel Boy share one last moment and declare their love for one another. Night Thrasher leaves the team to put the Taylor Foundation in order, and Namorita assumes leadership. The team meet Turbo (Michiko "Mickey" Musashi), and get involved in
596-524: A one-night stand with Kimeiko Ashu, a former adversary of Night Thrasher (unknown to her at that time). Ashu steals Namorita's address book, discovers the secret identities of the Warriors and kidnaps their families. Rage 's grandmother, the last member of his family, accidentally dies. In retaliation, Rage kills Ashu. Night Thrasher justifies Rage's actions in court and the judge rules in Rage's favor and he
745-606: A clone. They next involve themselves in a gang war, at the behest of Aegis. This leads to their headquarters being destroyed and the team being ambushed by Heavy Mettle . This group of villains had been hired by Joe Silvermane, the former Blackwing . They move into a new headquarters, a firehouse supplied by a firefighter named Dalton Beck (who is actually the villain Firestrike) as a ploy by Silvermane so that he can attain Turbo's suit. They also team up with Generation X to stop
894-493: A clone. They next involve themselves in a gang war, at the behest of Aegis. This leads to their headquarters being destroyed and the team being ambushed by Heavy Mettle . This group of villains had been hired by Joe Silvermane, the former Blackwing . They move into a new headquarters, a firehouse supplied by a firefighter named Dalton Beck (who is actually the villain Firestrike) as a ploy by Silvermane so that he can attain Turbo's suit. They also team up with Generation X to stop
1043-538: A few Psionex members, the Fantastic Four , and the Silver Surfer , fight a revitalized Terrax sometime after. Around this time, Silhouette joins, and the New Warriors meet Avenger Rage and solo hero Darkhawk . The Left Hand has also begun collecting random superpowered individuals for a team he names the Folding Circle, one member being Silhouette's brother Midnight's Fire . The Warriors also fought
1192-484: A few local newspapers, a weekly comic strip and did a few short stories", and after graduation "got in touch with the various comic book companies", which led to him beginning his comics career as an editorial assistant with Archie Comics in mid-1972. During his tenure with Archie Comics, he "initiated and developed the Archie Comics Digest Series , which is still being produced today and remains
1341-429: A former adversary of Night Thrasher (unknown to her at that time). Ashu steals Namorita's address book, discovers the secret identities of the Warriors and kidnaps their families. Rage 's grandmother, the last member of his family, accidentally dies. In retaliation, Rage kills Ashu. Night Thrasher justifies Rage's actions in court and the judge rules in Rage's favor and he is released into Chord 's custody. Namorita leaves
1490-458: A former herald of Galactus , they are joined by Robbie Baldwin ( Speedball ) and Namorita . They defeat Terrax, but the Avengers unintentionally end up taking the credit. The team decides to stay together and Speedball dubs them the New Warriors after a news report he had seen on the battle. The newly created team gets involved in a fight between Thor and Juggernaut , helping Thor to send
1639-595: A four-part storyline, "The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.", beginning with Archie Comics issue #610. DeFalco would return to DC Comics in August 2011 with the plot for a Superman one-shot , Superman Beyond, and in 2012 as guest writer on Nightwing and helping on the Ravagers for DC's The New 52 line. DeFalco began scripting the Superboy series over Scott Lobdell 's plots with issue #6 (April 2012) and became
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#17327658078401788-510: A member. Having taken the road again after renouncing their teacher jobs at Avengers Academy , Speedball and Justice find themselves in the town of New Salem, Colorado, where they get into a little fight with the Salem's Seven , but quickly patch things up after it is clear it was nothing more than a misunderstanding; their leader, Vertigo, explains later to Justice that the place is a haven for all people "born of magic" with Salem's Seven acting as
1937-459: A member. Having taken the road again after renouncing their teacher jobs at Avengers Academy , Speedball and Justice find themselves in the town of New Salem, Colorado, where they get into a little fight with the Salem's Seven , but quickly patch things up after it is clear it was nothing more than a misunderstanding; their leader, Vertigo, explains later to Justice that the place is a haven for all people "born of magic" with Salem's Seven acting as
2086-571: A moral crossroads in a mission involving cocaine traffickers, and Thrasher leaves the team. Night Thrasher then comes into contact with the Folding Circle. Returning home after the confrontation with Gideon, Marvel Boy accidentally kills his father when his father attacks him (as he has done in the past). Marvel Boy is arrested and found guilty of negligent homicide , while Firestar reveals her love for him. With previously unrevealed abilities, Tai (Thrasher's surrogate mother) confronts and seemingly kills Silhouette . Silhouette survives and assembles
2235-399: A new Zodiac . Longstrike is killed when she tries to take on this incarnation's version of Cancer . In issue #6, the team reveals each of their identities to the rest of the team. This is the first time Ripcord is clearly identified as Stacy X. Night Thrasher does not reveal his identity to the team, but it is revealed to the readers at the end of the issue. Night Thrasher announces that he
2384-413: A new Zodiac . Longstrike is killed when she tries to take on this incarnation's version of Cancer . In issue #6, the team reveals each of their identities to the rest of the team. This is the first time Ripcord is clearly identified as Stacy X. Night Thrasher does not reveal his identity to the team, but it is revealed to the readers at the end of the issue. Night Thrasher announces that he is breaking up
2533-472: A new comic book written by DeFalco with pencils by Ron Frenz and inks by Sal Buscema. For Marvel Comics, DeFalco wrote the limited series Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battle World in 2023, drawn by Pat Oliffe, a sequel to Marvel's Secret Wars from the 1980s. Bob Budiansky , Spider-Man titles; Bobbie Chase , Marvel Edge titles; Mark Gruenwald , Heroes & Cosmic titles; Bob Harras , X-Men titles; Star Thief The New Warriors
2682-692: A part in Marvel's Annihilation storyline), take part in a televised fight with a group of supervillains. During the fight, one of the supervillains, Nitro , explodes, killing 612 people, including most of the New Warriors. This serves as the start of the Civil War story arc. Throughout the story arc, five former New Warriors ( Dagger , Debrii , Justice , Silhouette , and Ultra Girl ) join Captain America 's Secret Avengers , an underground coalition of anti-registration superheroes. A listing of
2831-520: A part in Marvel's Annihilation storyline), take part in a televised fight with a group of supervillains. During the fight, one of the supervillains, Nitro , explodes, killing 612 people, including most of the New Warriors. This serves as the start of the Civil War story arc. Throughout the story arc, five former New Warriors ( Dagger , Debrii , Justice , Silhouette , and Ultra Girl ) join Captain America 's Secret Avengers , an underground coalition of anti-registration superheroes. A listing of
2980-530: A part of the 142 registered superheroes. Justice has a prominent role in this series as trainer to the recruits. Turbo is a member of the Loners and a student at the Avengers Academy . Darkhawk has his amulet ripped off at Murderworld and Bolt dies at the hands of his former mentor Agent Zero . In vol. 4, #2 of New Warriors, Night Thrasher tries to talk the depowered Sofia Mantega into joining
3129-407: A part of the 142 registered superheroes. Justice has a prominent role in this series as trainer to the recruits. Turbo is a member of the Loners and a student at the Avengers Academy . Darkhawk has his amulet ripped off at Murderworld and Bolt dies at the hands of his former mentor Agent Zero . In vol. 4, #2 of New Warriors, Night Thrasher tries to talk the depowered Sofia Mantega into joining
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#17327658078403278-737: A superhuman named Star Thief that is destroying space launches, with Firestar, Marvel Boy and Namorita ending up on the Moon with the Inhumans . The Team minus Night Thrasher travels to Brazil to rescue Speedball's mother from an environmental terrorist group and battle the Force of Nature . Night Thrasher stays behind to patch things up with Silhouette and confronts the Punisher . Upon the Warriors return to New York, their headquarters (the Ambrose building)
3427-552: A team he names the Folding Circle, one member being Silhouette's brother Midnight's Fire . The Warriors also fought the Fantastic Four when Marvel Boy, who was under the Puppet Master's control, kidnapped the Puppet Master's daughter Alicia Masters . The Puppet Master knew something was wrong with her. It was later revealed that a Skrull, Lyja had been impersonating Alicia. Night Thrasher discovers his company,
3576-750: A third teenager named Aja is introduced as part of the support staff. He is another technological expert, specializing in computers. Later in the series the team is apprehending another new supervillain team, the Dread Dealers, when they are attacked by the New Warriors Task Force, led in part by Detective Bev Sykes. During the battle, Ripcord and Skybolt are apparently killed (Stacy X shows up later with her powers in Vengeance #1). The team finds out that Night Thrasher has been manipulating them all while finding artifacts necessary to make
3725-554: A third teenager named Aja is introduced as part of the support staff. He is another technological expert, specializing in computers. Later in the series the team is apprehending another new supervillain team, the Dread Dealers, when they are attacked by the New Warriors Task Force, led in part by Detective Bev Sykes. During the battle, Ripcord and Skybolt are apparently killed (Stacy X shows up later with her powers in Vengeance #1). The team finds out that Night Thrasher has been manipulating them all while finding artifacts necessary to make
3874-402: A time anomaly, before they disappear again. The original Sphinx returns, citing the same reasons, and kills Speedball. Another player, Advent, comes into play, killing all of the Warriors but Timeslip . Advent is a time-traveler, trying to alter time so that the future will be molded to his own wish. His son, Darrion Grobe seeks to stop him, and creates a duplicate of Speedball's body from when he
4023-402: A time anomaly, before they disappear again. The original Sphinx returns, citing the same reasons, and kills Speedball. Another player, Advent, comes into play, killing all of the Warriors but Timeslip . Advent is a time-traveler, trying to alter time so that the future will be molded to his own wish. His son, Darrion Grobe seeks to stop him, and creates a duplicate of Speedball's body from when he
4172-494: A time machine. His plan is to go back in time to stop the Stamford accident and keep his brother from dying. Instead, the team ends up in a future in which the country is run by Iron Man (who in this reality is a resurrected Dwayne Taylor) and Night Thrasher is Tony Stark. Taylor kills the defenseless Stark simply because he is an "enemy of the state". Donyell ends up having to kill the brother he traveled through time to save. Once
4321-437: A time machine. His plan is to go back in time to stop the Stamford accident and keep his brother from dying. Instead, the team ends up in a future in which the country is run by Iron Man (who in this reality is a resurrected Dwayne Taylor) and Night Thrasher is Tony Stark. Taylor kills the defenseless Stark simply because he is an "enemy of the state". Donyell ends up having to kill the brother he traveled through time to save. Once
4470-517: A war on crime. They are Vance Astrovik ( Marvel Boy ), Angelica Jones ( Firestar ) and Richard Rider , who at that time believed he had been depowered after quitting the Nova Corps. During their first battle with Terrax , a former herald of Galactus , they are joined by Robbie Baldwin ( Speedball ) and Namorita . They defeat Terrax, but the Avengers unintentionally end up taking the credit. The team decides to stay together and Speedball dubs them
4619-622: A young girl, Rina Patel , who has seen a vision of the future in which Speedball dies. Speedball has had trouble controlling his powers. They are almost able to retrieve Kymaera from the Soldiers of Misfortune, but fail. The team next deal with an impostor Scarlet Spider after the real Scarlet Spider replaces Spider-Man . Eventually, the team comes into contact with the Guardians of the Galaxy , who are searching for Speedball , calling him
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4768-453: A young girl, Rina Patel , who has seen a vision of the future in which Speedball dies. Speedball has had trouble controlling his powers. They are almost able to retrieve Kymaera from the Soldiers of Misfortune, but fail. The team next deal with an impostor Scarlet Spider after the real Scarlet Spider replaces Spider-Man . Eventually, the team comes into contact with the Guardians of the Galaxy , who are searching for Speedball , calling him
4917-732: Is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . They traditionally consisted of teenage and young adult heroes, and were often seen to serve as a junior counterpart to The Avengers in much the same way that the New Mutants / X-Force did with the X-Men . They made a cameo appearance in The Mighty Thor #411 (December 1989) and made their full debut in The Mighty Thor #412. Over
5066-464: Is able to kidnap Iron Fist. Night Thrasher calls in the Warriors to help him. They are able to find Iron Fist and their opponent Junzo Muto , but the ritual of stealing Iron Fist's powers has already been completed. Junzo initially defeats them thanks to their lack of teamwork, but finds his match in Night Thrasher. Fatigue strikes however, and the Warriors are forced to retreat. They next face
5215-399: Is able to kidnap Iron Fist. Night Thrasher calls in the Warriors to help him. They are able to find Iron Fist and their opponent Junzo Muto , but the ritual of stealing Iron Fist's powers has already been completed. Junzo initially defeats them thanks to their lack of teamwork, but finds his match in Night Thrasher. Fatigue strikes however, and the Warriors are forced to retreat. They next face
5364-439: Is breaking up the team. Sofia comes to their headquarters and joins the team after making an impassioned speech about why they should stay together. She becomes Renascence . Renascence uses six metallic tentacles that can fire energy blasts. She also uses technology that creates a force field around her. Several new characters are introduced during the series' run. They include a team of supervillains named Alphaclan. In issue #10,
5513-531: Is captured. Her body is undergoing a cellular change, as a result of her being a clone, into a blue-skinned Atlantean. After a conversation with Namor , she renames herself Kymaera and decides to rejoin the New Warriors. Later, Marvel Boy is released on parole, but after anti-mutant attacks on his mother, decides not to rejoin the New Warriors, instead joining Shinobi Shaw and the Upstarts (as planned by him and Thrasher) and renaming himself Justice. Soon after,
5662-490: Is no point trying to talk as "judgement is coming", to later teleport out of town. Armed with the scant facts they learned of their aggressors, Justice uses his telekinetic powers to propel himself and Speedball to Avengers Tower at a vertiginous velocity. They are met by an empty place with the exception of Edwin Jarvis , the tower's resident butler, who informs them that the Avengers are busy elsewhere and conducts them to
5811-436: Is no point trying to talk as "judgement is coming", to later teleport out of town. Armed with the scant facts they learned of their aggressors, Justice uses his telekinetic powers to propel himself and Speedball to Avengers Tower at a vertiginous velocity. They are met by an empty place with the exception of Edwin Jarvis , the tower's resident butler, who informs them that the Avengers are busy elsewhere and conducts them to
5960-488: Is released into Chord 's custody. Namorita leaves the team, feeling guilty. Nova is attacked by Garthan Saal , a Nova centurion, and after a conflict between the Warriors, Saal, Firelord , Air-Walker , and a power-mad Nova, Xandar is restored. Nova is promoted to the rank of Centurion Prime and allowed to return to Earth to continue his activities as a superhero. Meanwhile, Namorita faces trouble in Atlantis , and
6109-604: Is suspected of the crime. In Avengers: The Initiative #10 (May 2008) Justice forms a team including former New Warriors Debrii , Rage, Slapstick and Ultra Girl . In Avengers: The Initiative #12, Justice's team of New Warriors joins forces with the MVP clone and the surviving Scarlet Spiders as a Counter Force of underground registered heroes intent on monitoring the actions of the Fifty State Initiative . Ultra Girl decides to leave Counter Force to stay with
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6258-481: Is suspected of the crime. In Avengers: The Initiative #10 (May 2008) Justice forms a team including former New Warriors Debrii , Rage, Slapstick and Ultra Girl . In Avengers: The Initiative #12, Justice's team of New Warriors joins forces with the MVP clone and the surviving Scarlet Spiders as a Counter Force of underground registered heroes intent on monitoring the actions of the Fifty State Initiative . Ultra Girl decides to leave Counter Force to stay with
6407-525: Is tainted" and all must be burned down. In the ensuing fight, these three strange individuals tell Justice of how they once tried to help mutantkind but were instead betrayed by the X-Men . Eventually, Speedball and the rest of the Salem's Seven are drawn into the combat, but that is still not enough to halt the mysterious assailants who declare that Robbie is also "corrupted" – "altered by an other-dimensional energy". The strangers knock out Brutacus , one of
6556-472: Is tainted" and all must be burned down. In the ensuing fight, these three strange individuals tell Justice of how they once tried to help mutantkind but were instead betrayed by the X-Men . Eventually, Speedball and the rest of the Salem's Seven are drawn into the combat, but that is still not enough to halt the mysterious assailants who declare that Robbie is also "corrupted" – "altered by an other-dimensional energy". The strangers knock out Brutacus , one of
6705-532: Is the author of over a dozen graphic novels , several hundred comic book stories, several dozen cyber-comics, three novels and six children's books, including the best-selling Dorling Kindersley guides to Marvel comics characters. These include: Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide , Avengers: The Ultimate Guide , Fantastic Four: The Ultimate Guide and Hulk : The Incredible Guide . For Titan Books he has compiled three volumes in their "Comic Creators On..." series of essays and thoughts on Marvel characters (Spider-Man,
6854-622: Is trashed in a battle with the Hellions for the claim of Firestar. Their next adventure involves the transforming of the world into an alternate one at the whim of Meryet Karim , the second Sphinx as seen in the Forever Yesterday storyline. This alternate world involved Egypt becoming a super-power and the formation of the United States of Assyria where that reality's Avengers served as Meryet's government task force. This
7003-453: Is undergoing a cellular change, as a result of her being a clone, into a blue-skinned Atlantean. After a conversation with Namor , she renames herself Kymaera and decides to rejoin the New Warriors. Later, Marvel Boy is released on parole, but after anti-mutant attacks on his mother, decides not to rejoin the New Warriors, instead joining Shinobi Shaw and the Upstarts (as planned by him and Thrasher) and renaming himself Justice. Soon after,
7152-557: Is undone by the New Warriors Nova, Marvel Man (Marvel Boy's alternate counterpart), Firestar, and Dwayne Taylor (who is not Night Thrasher in this reality). The New Warriors, together with a few Psionex members, the Fantastic Four , and the Silver Surfer , fight a revitalized Terrax sometime after. Around this time, Silhouette joins, and the New Warriors meet Avenger Rage and solo hero Darkhawk . The Left Hand has also begun collecting random superpowered individuals for
7301-455: Is unmade and stop Advent. Meanwhile, the Sphinx takes care of Advent in 1996, thereby stopping Advent in 2092 as well. The New Warriors are led into the kinetic dimension by a hologram of Darrion Grobe, and with the help of Timeslip and the real Speedball, are able to return to their proper time. Later, a rogue faction of HYDRA reveals that it has been living in the team's basement even before
7450-401: Is unmade and stop Advent. Meanwhile, the Sphinx takes care of Advent in 1996, thereby stopping Advent in 2092 as well. The New Warriors are led into the kinetic dimension by a hologram of Darrion Grobe, and with the help of Timeslip and the real Speedball, are able to return to their proper time. Later, a rogue faction of HYDRA reveals that it has been living in the team's basement even before
7599-542: The Fantastic Four when Marvel Boy, who was under the Puppet Master's control, kidnapped the Puppet Master's daughter Alicia Masters . The Puppet Master knew something was wrong with her. It was later revealed that a Skrull, Lyja had been impersonating Alicia. Night Thrasher discovers his company, the Taylor Foundation, is involved in illegal dealings and sets out to find the truth. In the process, he discovers that his legal guardian, Andrew Chord , has been betraying him for an unidentified period of time. The team confronts
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#17327658078407748-411: The Force of Nature . Night Thrasher stays behind to patch things up with Silhouette and confronts the Punisher . Upon the Warriors return to New York, their headquarters (the Ambrose building) is trashed in a battle with the Hellions for the claim of Firestar. Their next adventure involves the transforming of the world into an alternate one at the whim of Meryet Karim , the second Sphinx as seen in
7897-412: The Forever Yesterday storyline. This alternate world involved Egypt becoming a super-power and the formation of the United States of Assyria where that reality's Avengers served as Meryet's government task force. This is undone by the New Warriors Nova, Marvel Man (Marvel Boy's alternate counterpart), Firestar, and Dwayne Taylor (who is not Night Thrasher in this reality). The New Warriors, together with
8046-535: The New Warriors was a six-issue mini-series that sees the superhero team cast as the stars of their own reality TV show. Night Thrasher, Nova, and Speedball were joined by Microbe and Debrii . The New Warriors are at the center of a televised fight against a number of super villains in Stamford, Connecticut , where Nitro explodes, killing 612 people including several members of the New Warriors. The incident
8195-579: The New Warriors with artist Ron Frenz and the spin-off Thunderstrike , as well as Fantastic Four with artist Paul Ryan , and comics for Marvel children's imprint Star Comics . Defalco was one of the writers on the " Maximum Carnage " storyline in 1993. His resignation as editor-in-chief coincided with a run on The Spectacular Spider-Man (#215–229 Aug. 1994 – Oct. 1995), after which he returned to The Amazing Spider-Man in January 1996 for issues #407–439. During this time he helped co-write
8344-501: The Scarlet Spider . The second volume of New Warriors was published in 1999–2000 and this team consisted of Namorita, Nova, Speedball, and Turbo, joined by new members Bolt and Aegis . The third volume of the New Warriors was a six-issue mini-series that sees the superhero team cast as the stars of their own reality TV show. Night Thrasher, Nova, and Speedball were joined by Microbe and Debrii . The New Warriors are at
8493-625: The " Child's Play " arc begins, with the Upstarts going on what is called the Younghunt, a mission to capture all of the surviving New Mutants (who are by then called X-Force ) and Hellions . This competition brings the Upstarts into conflict with the Warriors ( Firestar is a former Hellion) and X-Force. The Upstarts capture most of their targets, but Paige Guthrie convinces the Gamesmaster to play another game: instead of killing mutants,
8642-453: The " Child's Play " arc begins, with the Upstarts going on what is called the Younghunt, a mission to capture all of the surviving New Mutants (who are by then called X-Force ) and Hellions . This competition brings the Upstarts into conflict with the Warriors ( Firestar is a former Hellion) and X-Force. The Upstarts capture most of their targets, but Paige Guthrie convinces the Gamesmaster to play another game: instead of killing mutants,
8791-410: The " Clone Saga " which revealed (temporarily, at least) that Peter Parker was a clone of the original that had been active since 1975. Peter would be replaced by the original Spider-Man under the alias " Ben Reilly ". Following several changes of creators and fan reaction, this was soon reversed. DeFalco created Spider-Girl , who first appeared in an issue of What If? which led to him writing
8940-468: The Army. In this new team, Justice and Speedball are returning Warriors, while Nova (Sam Alexander), Scarlet Spider (Kaine), Hummingbird (Aracely Penalba), Sun Girl (Selah Burke), an Inhuman named Haechi (Mark Sim), and an Atlantean Water Snake (Faira Sar Namora) are among the new members. Later issues added two New Men (Jack Waffles and Mr. Whiskers) as supporting cast and Silhouette as
9089-415: The Army. In this new team, Justice and Speedball are returning Warriors, while Nova (Sam Alexander), Scarlet Spider (Kaine), Hummingbird (Aracely Penalba), Sun Girl (Selah Burke), an Inhuman named Haechi (Mark Sim), and an Atlantean Water Snake (Faira Sar Namora) are among the new members. Later issues added two New Men (Jack Waffles and Mr. Whiskers) as supporting cast and Silhouette as
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#17327658078409238-632: The Avengers's database. There they discover a video file made by Cyclops that reveals the identity of the town attackers: the Evolutionaries , a group of pre-homo sapiens that had been transformed in the ancient past by Phastos of the Eternals , who gave them advanced intelligence, armor and power, and assigned them the mission to protect the most advanced human subspecies from the others; at that time, homo sapiens. But left to their own devices,
9387-458: The Avengers's database. There they discover a video file made by Cyclops that reveals the identity of the town attackers: the Evolutionaries , a group of pre-homo sapiens that had been transformed in the ancient past by Phastos of the Eternals , who gave them advanced intelligence, armor and power, and assigned them the mission to protect the most advanced human subspecies from the others; at that time, homo sapiens. But left to their own devices,
9536-604: The Evolutionaries had decided that the most advanced subspecies in the present were the mutants and that the best way to protect them was to annihilate the rest of humanity, a situation that the X-Men stopped. Tom DeFalco Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950) is an American comic book writer and editor well known for his association with Marvel Comics , with long runs on Amazing Spider-Man , Thor , and Fantastic Four . While in college, DeFalco "wrote for
9685-463: The Fantastic Four and the X-Men, between 2004 and 2006). DeFalco has personally created and developed over three dozen characters that have all been licensed for television, toys, T-shirts, posters, trading cards and other merchandise, and has written Khan and The Phantom for Moonstone Books . In April 2010, Archie Comics announced DeFalco would be returning to his roots, to write
9834-585: The Folding Circle) fight Tai, who reveals her plans for world domination. Tai is defeated and sacrificed in a mystical well along with the Left Hand. In the end, Thrasher rejoins the Warriors. After the adventure, Rage is kicked out of the Avengers and Speedball invites him to join the New Warriors. Meanwhile, just having been convicted of his father's murder, Marvel Boy is being escorted to the Vault via
9983-571: The Initiative, telling Vance that she still believes in the Initiative. The team later partners with Night Thrasher 's new team of Warriors to uncover the truth about the Stamford Incident and the original Night Thrasher's death. Following the disbandment of the last team of Warriors, Counter Force has reclaimed the New Warriors name and they have added the new Night Thrasher to their ranks. With Norman Osborn taking control of
10132-443: The Initiative, telling Vance that she still believes in the Initiative. The team later partners with Night Thrasher 's new team of Warriors to uncover the truth about the Stamford Incident and the original Night Thrasher's death. Following the disbandment of the last team of Warriors, Counter Force has reclaimed the New Warriors name and they have added the new Night Thrasher to their ranks. With Norman Osborn taking control of
10281-561: The Initiative, the New Warriors return to Camp Hammond to reveal the truth of MVP's death, but they find themselves forced to defend the Initiative from the reactivated Thor clone (now called Ragnarok ). During the battle, the Warriors suffer another casualty when Ragnarok kills one of the Scarlet Spiders. The new New Warriors now call themselves the Avengers Resistance and are fugitives, being accused of releasing
10430-424: The Initiative, the New Warriors return to Camp Hammond to reveal the truth of MVP's death, but they find themselves forced to defend the Initiative from the reactivated Thor clone (now called Ragnarok ). During the battle, the Warriors suffer another casualty when Ragnarok kills one of the Scarlet Spiders. The new New Warriors now call themselves the Avengers Resistance and are fugitives, being accused of releasing
10579-553: The Juggernaut to another dimension. In the team's second issue Night Thrasher's past comes back to haunt him as the brother and sister team of Midnight's Fire and Silhouette is introduced. Next, the corporation Genetech hires the Mad Thinker to gather information on the New Warriors in order to create their own superhumans, resulting in their battle with Genetech's team of superhumans, Psionex . The Warriors travel to stop
10728-680: The MC2 line launched in 1998 including the Spider-Girl ongoing series which ran for 100 issues. Spider-Girl went on to star in Amazing Spider-Girl (30 issues) and the most recent volume, The Spectacular Spider-Girl , making her Marvel's longest-running female star of a solo series. The character also made appearances in Amazing Spider-Man Family #5–8 and Web of Spider-Man vol. 2 #1–7. In early 2009, as
10877-441: The New Warriors after a news report he had seen on the battle. The newly created team gets involved in a fight between Thor and Juggernaut , helping Thor to send the Juggernaut to another dimension. In the team's second issue Night Thrasher's past comes back to haunt him as the brother and sister team of Midnight's Fire and Silhouette is introduced. Next, the corporation Genetech hires the Mad Thinker to gather information on
11026-435: The New Warriors in order to create their own superhumans, resulting in their battle with Genetech's team of superhumans, Psionex . The Warriors travel to stop a superhuman named Star Thief that is destroying space launches, with Firestar, Marvel Boy and Namorita ending up on the Moon with the Inhumans . The Team minus Night Thrasher travels to Brazil to rescue Speedball's mother from an environmental terrorist group and battle
11175-633: The New Warriors. The team faces the new villain Darkling and meet Cloak and Dagger and a second Turbo (Michael Jeffries). Marvel Boy adapts to prison life and becomes good friends with the guards, most notably the man who would become Hybrid . Marvel Boy helps find a compromise between the inmates and the Vault staff, quelling an inmate uprising. Meanwhile, Carlton LaFroyge ( Hindsight Lad ), Speedball's new neighbor, blackmails him into giving him Warriors membership after Carlton discovers Speedball's secret identity. Some time afterward, Namorita has
11324-497: The Spider-Girl series was drawing to a close, DeFalco said it might be some of his last work for Marvel as he was in danger of being typecast because of his long run with the characters. The bad news about working on the same thing for that many years is that editors start to believe that it is the only thing you can do. So the only way I can get non-Spider-related work is to work for other companies. The Spider-Girl series
11473-589: The Spider-Man titles, which he edited throughout the early 1980s. DeFalco worked closely with toy manufacturer Hasbro in the early 1980s, heading the creative team that "produced the backstory and dossiers that served as the basis for the relaunch of the phenomenally successful G.I. Joe toy line and animated television show ", in 1985. As part of this relaunch, Marvel produced a comic titled G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero in June 1982. DeFalco personally edited
11622-415: The Taylor Foundation, is involved in illegal dealings and sets out to find the truth. In the process, he discovers that his legal guardian, Andrew Chord , has been betraying him for an unidentified period of time. The team confronts the mutant immortal Gideon concerning his involvement and he handily defeats and tortures them before giving them the information they seek. Shortly thereafter, the team comes to
11771-663: The Thing from 1981-1982. DeFalco later wrote a Machine Man limited series in 1984, with art by Herb Trimpe and Barry Windsor-Smith . DeFalco was the chief designer and author for Dazzler , and later became one of the writers for the Spider-Man comic book series while at the same time rising through the editorial ranks. While writing Dazzler , he wrote a couple of issues of Marvel Team-Up , before taking over from Dennis O'Neil as editor of that title, as well as assuming editorial duties on Ghost Rider , What If...? and
11920-553: The Thinker. Garthan Saal sacrifices himself against Volx, transferring his powers to Nova . Eventually, the reunited New Warriors defeat Volx, at the cost of Timeslip 's powers. Timeslip sabotages the power neutralizer Volx meant to use to rid every superhuman on Earth of their powers. Turbo decides to use the suit to continue on in Mike's honor, and offers Hindsight the chance to share it with her as Mike did. Alex Power decides to leave
12069-447: The Thinker. Garthan Saal sacrifices himself against Volx, transferring his powers to Nova . Eventually, the reunited New Warriors defeat Volx, at the cost of Timeslip 's powers. Timeslip sabotages the power neutralizer Volx meant to use to rid every superhuman on Earth of their powers. Turbo decides to use the suit to continue on in Mike's honor, and offers Hindsight the chance to share it with her as Mike did. Alex Power decides to leave
12218-514: The Upstarts should try to find and train young mutants like her. The Gamesmaster is intrigued and cancels the competition. Shortly thereafter, the original Sphinx returns, stealing a portion of the power held by Meryet Karim. New Warriors had earlier encountered her in New Warriors #10–13. Anath-Na Mut plans his revenge against the Warriors, transporting away its eight active members ( Firestar , Justice , Kymaera , Night Thrasher , Nova , Rage , Silhouette and Speedball ) to different places in
12367-513: The Upstarts should try to find and train young mutants like her. The Gamesmaster is intrigued and cancels the competition. Shortly thereafter, the original Sphinx returns, stealing a portion of the power held by Meryet Karim. New Warriors had earlier encountered her in New Warriors #10–13. Anath-Na Mut plans his revenge against the Warriors, transporting away its eight active members ( Firestar , Justice , Kymaera , Night Thrasher , Nova , Rage , Silhouette and Speedball ) to different places in
12516-423: The Warriors on DestroyAllWarriors.com, a fictional anti-Warriors website created by Hindsight , indicates that all of the Warriors involved in the Stamford incident have been killed. Cameraman John Fernandez is listed as well. The explosion throws Speedball hundreds of miles into Upstate New York. Although he survived the blast, he was depowered due to a kinetic overload. Two unfortunate men who found his body after
12665-421: The Warriors on DestroyAllWarriors.com, a fictional anti-Warriors website created by Hindsight , indicates that all of the Warriors involved in the Stamford incident have been killed. Cameraman John Fernandez is listed as well. The explosion throws Speedball hundreds of miles into Upstate New York. Although he survived the blast, he was depowered due to a kinetic overload. Two unfortunate men who found his body after
12814-462: The blast are accidentally killed when his body releases its stored kinetic energy. Speedball seems to be depowered, and is imprisoned, facing criminal charges for the Stamford disaster. However, he regains his powers, which are now activated whenever he experiences pain. Feeling guilty for his role in the deaths of so many people, Speedball takes on the new identity of Penance and joins the government-funded Thunderbolts . Firestar decides to retire from
12963-462: The blast are accidentally killed when his body releases its stored kinetic energy. Speedball seems to be depowered, and is imprisoned, facing criminal charges for the Stamford disaster. However, he regains his powers, which are now activated whenever he experiences pain. Feeling guilty for his role in the deaths of so many people, Speedball takes on the new identity of Penance and joins the government-funded Thunderbolts . Firestar decides to retire from
13112-436: The center of a televised fight against a number of super villains in Stamford, Connecticut , where Nitro explodes, killing 612 people including several members of the New Warriors. The incident was one of the sparks that led to Marvel's Civil War crossover in 2006 and 2007. The fourth New Warriors series saw Night Thrasher gather a group of former mutants and replace their lost superpowers with technology. The comic book
13261-489: The civil war in the country Trans-Sabal. Although they eventually retreat, the actions of the Warriors (most notably Namorita) have not helped the country. Meanwhile, Silhouette has gone missing and Speedball 's parents split up. Speedball moves to New York with his mother to be closer to the New Warriors. The team faces the new villain Darkling and meet Cloak and Dagger and a second Turbo (Michael Jeffries). Marvel Boy adapts to prison life and becomes good friends with
13410-404: The clone of Thor. They work alongside Gauntlet and Tigra . The Avengers Resistance later help the Initiative team called Heavy Hitters to secede from the program. Later, Night Thrasher is captured and Debrii resigns from the group. After the events of " Siege ", the Avengers Resistance becomes obsolete. Justice and Tigra become staff members of Avengers Academy , while Gauntlet returns to
13559-401: The clone of Thor. They work alongside Gauntlet and Tigra . The Avengers Resistance later help the Initiative team called Heavy Hitters to secede from the program. Later, Night Thrasher is captured and Debrii resigns from the group. After the events of " Siege ", the Avengers Resistance becomes obsolete. Justice and Tigra become staff members of Avengers Academy , while Gauntlet returns to
13708-535: The company's most profitable publishing series". Learning fast, DeFalco was soon writing for the flagship title Archie as well as for other titles including Scooby-Doo and Josie and the Pussycats . DeFalco briefly wrote for DC Comics in the late 1970s. He scripted several Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane stories for the Superman Family title; the final issue of Starfire (Oct.–Nov. 1977); and
13857-516: The end, Thrasher rejoins the Warriors. After the adventure, Rage is kicked out of the Avengers and Speedball invites him to join the New Warriors. Meanwhile, just having been convicted of his father's murder, Marvel Boy is being escorted to the Vault via a Guardsman -guarded prison van. Namorita, Nova, and Firestar try to free him from the van, but he refuses, determined to serve his sentence. Firestar and Marvel Boy share one last moment and declare their love for one another. Night Thrasher leaves
14006-533: The events at Stamford that killed his brother. When they try to travel back in time, the team ends up in a dystopic future where the original Night Thrasher is a ruthless dictator. The New Warriors return to their own time and disband. The fifth New Warriors series was launched as part of the All-New Marvel NOW! initiative in 2014. The story saw original New Warriors members Justice (formerly Marvel Boy), Speedball, and Silhouette return to team up with
14155-482: The first and second volume), but initially fails. Namorita and Nova arrive to cheer him up when they are called in to fight Blastaar , and they are quickly aided by Bolt , Firestar , Justice , Turbo , and new hero Aegis . Although Justice and Firestar decline to rejoin the team, the other heroes agree to reform the New Warriors. Shortly thereafter, they fight the Eugenix group, who try to kill Namorita for being
14304-426: The first and second volume), but initially fails. Namorita and Nova arrive to cheer him up when they are called in to fight Blastaar , and they are quickly aided by Bolt , Firestar , Justice , Turbo , and new hero Aegis . Although Justice and Firestar decline to rejoin the team, the other heroes agree to reform the New Warriors. Shortly thereafter, they fight the Eugenix group, who try to kill Namorita for being
14453-526: The first six issues (handing over to Denny O'Neil in January 1983), as well as assorted issues of the G.I. Joe series' throughout the 1980s. The core G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series would run for 155 issues over the next 12 years. DeFalco was "part of the creative team that introduced the Transformers to the American public" in 1984. In August 1983, DeFalco wrote the first four issues of
14602-512: The following battle with Hercules, Aegis proves his worth and he is accepted by both Hercules and Zeus. Bolt also decides to reveal that he is sick with the Legacy Virus to the team. In the last pages, Night Thrasher, seeing the good the Warriors having been doing lately, decides to return to the team. He is happily accepted. The New Warriors, including Microbe , Namorita , Night Thrasher and Speedball ( Nova had gone into space to play
14751-452: The following battle with Hercules, Aegis proves his worth and he is accepted by both Hercules and Zeus. Bolt also decides to reveal that he is sick with the Legacy Virus to the team. In the last pages, Night Thrasher, seeing the good the Warriors having been doing lately, decides to return to the team. He is happily accepted. The New Warriors, including Microbe , Namorita , Night Thrasher and Speedball ( Nova had gone into space to play
14900-439: The full writer with issue #12 (October 2012). His Superboy run ended with #18, which was co-scripted by Tony Lee. He also wrote Legion Lost #0 and 6–18 and the final four issues (#17–20) of Savage Hawkman . In December 2016, Archie Comics launched a new ongoing Reggie & Me series by DeFalco and artist Sandy Jarrell. In 2021, Apex Comics Group launched a successful crowdfunding campaign for The R.I.G.H.T. Project ,
15049-418: The guards, most notably the man who would become Hybrid . Marvel Boy helps find a compromise between the inmates and the Vault staff, quelling an inmate uprising. Meanwhile, Carlton LaFroyge ( Hindsight Lad ), Speedball's new neighbor, blackmails him into giving him Warriors membership after Carlton discovers Speedball's secret identity. Some time afterward, Namorita has a one-night stand with Kimeiko Ashu,
15198-735: The longest serving individuals to hold that post. The only Editors-in-Chief with longer service than him were Stan Lee (1941–1942, 1944–1972), Shooter (1978–1987), and Joe Quesada (2000–2011). Early in DeFalco's run as editor-in-chief, executive editor Mark Gruenwald remarked, "Tom does not seem to have as strong a personal vision for Marvel [as Shooter], and as a result he's more open to other people's visions. It remains to be seen if that's good or bad." In an interview with The Comic Book Gazette , DeFalco described his experiences as editor-in-chief as being "A lot like those old Bullpen Bulletins comic strips, but with significantly more yelling!" He
15347-479: The mutant immortal Gideon concerning his involvement and he handily defeats and tortures them before giving them the information they seek. Shortly thereafter, the team comes to a moral crossroads in a mission involving cocaine traffickers, and Thrasher leaves the team. Night Thrasher then comes into contact with the Folding Circle. Returning home after the confrontation with Gideon, Marvel Boy accidentally kills his father when his father attacks him (as he has done in
15496-431: The new Nova , Scarlet Spider , Hummingbird , Sun Girl , Haechi and Water Snake. Dwayne Taylor, the vigilante known as Night Thrasher meticulously researches a group of young heroes to help him wage a war on crime. They are Vance Astrovik ( Marvel Boy ), Angelica Jones ( Firestar ) and Richard Rider , who at that time believed he had been depowered after quitting the Nova Corps. During their first battle with Terrax ,
15645-632: The new villain Biohazard. After an adventure in the subway, Turbo decides to trust Dalton with her secret identity, and Firestrike hesitates, but eventually decides to not kill Turbo. She uncovers his identity as Firestrike accidentally, but he surrenders and assists the Warriors in apprehending Silvermane. However, the two lovers are forced to split up as Beck enters the Federal Witness Protection Program. In Seattle, Night Thrasher and Iron Fist fight The Hand , which
15794-482: The new villain Biohazard. After an adventure in the subway, Turbo decides to trust Dalton with her secret identity, and Firestrike hesitates, but eventually decides to not kill Turbo. She uncovers his identity as Firestrike accidentally, but he surrenders and assists the Warriors in apprehending Silvermane. However, the two lovers are forced to split up as Beck enters the Federal Witness Protection Program. In Seattle, Night Thrasher and Iron Fist fight The Hand , which
15943-576: The pages of Amazing . DeFalco co-created the Rose , Black Fox , and Silver Sable during his tenure on the series. DeFalco and Frenz were both removed from The Amazing Spider-Man by then Spider-editor Jim Owsley , who stated that they had chronically failed to meet deadlines. DeFalco and Frenz both state they met their deadlines more diligently than any other Marvel creative team at the time, and that Owsley caused them to miss deadlines by repeatedly changing his production schedules. Issue #285 (Feb 1987)
16092-572: The past). Marvel Boy is arrested and found guilty of negligent homicide , while Firestar reveals her love for him. With previously unrevealed abilities, Tai (Thrasher's surrogate mother) confronts and seemingly kills Silhouette . Silhouette survives and assembles the remaining New Warriors. They learn from Chord of a mystical plot to take control of the world in Cambodia, and they recruit Rage and Darkhawk to help them. The Folding Circle also travels to Cambodia. The New Warriors (with later help of
16241-399: The remaining New Warriors. They learn from Chord of a mystical plot to take control of the world in Cambodia, and they recruit Rage and Darkhawk to help them. The Folding Circle also travels to Cambodia. The New Warriors (with later help of the Folding Circle) fight Tai, who reveals her plans for world domination. Tai is defeated and sacrificed in a mystical well along with the Left Hand. In
16390-411: The rogue sentient Iron Man armor and are promptly defeated, before it sacrifices its existence to save Tony Stark from dying. In the last issue of the series ( New Warriors vol. 2, #10) the team (minus Nova and Speedball) travels to Olympus , brought there by Hercules , and meets Zeus . Aegis is accused of stealing his magical breastplate by Hercules, but it was in fact a gift from Athena . During
16539-410: The rogue sentient Iron Man armor and are promptly defeated, before it sacrifices its existence to save Tony Stark from dying. In the last issue of the series ( New Warriors vol. 2, #10) the team (minus Nova and Speedball) travels to Olympus , brought there by Hercules , and meets Zeus . Aegis is accused of stealing his magical breastplate by Hercules, but it was in fact a gift from Athena . During
16688-429: The second Sphinx , the Folding Circle, and even the Fantastic Four . Over time, the team was joined by Silhouette , Rage , Hindsight Lad , Bandit , Timeslip , Dagger , Darkhawk , Powerpax , Turbo , and the Scarlet Spider . The second volume of New Warriors was published in 1999–2000 and this team consisted of Namorita, Nova, Speedball, and Turbo, joined by new members Bolt and Aegis . The third volume of
16837-672: The suit and kidnaps Friday (the Kymellian spaceship which is not only an ally of Power Pack , but also of the Warriors). With the help of the Thinker , Night Thrasher and Rage rescue Namorita from the Soldiers of Misfortune, while the Warriors join forces with Garthan Saal to stop Volx, almost leading to the death of Friday. During the adventure, Firestar asks Justice to marry her, to which he happily agrees. Night Thrasher, Rage, and Namorita join their former teammates, thanks to
16986-505: The suit and kidnaps Friday (the Kymellian spaceship which is not only an ally of Power Pack , but also of the Warriors). With the help of the Thinker , Night Thrasher and Rage rescue Namorita from the Soldiers of Misfortune, while the Warriors join forces with Garthan Saal to stop Volx, almost leading to the death of Friday. During the adventure, Firestar asks Justice to marry her, to which he happily agrees. Night Thrasher, Rage, and Namorita join their former teammates, thanks to
17135-500: The superhero business altogether, although she later appears as a member of Young Allies Former New Warrior Aegis appears in X-Factor #9, escaping from S.H.I.E.L.D. 's Superhuman Restraint Unit with the help of Jamie Madrox . He later dies after jumping out a window expecting his armor to protect him. Justice, Silhouette, Debrii, Rage , Timeslip , Zero-G and Aegis all appear on the cover of Avengers: The Initiative #1 as
17284-442: The superhero business altogether, although she later appears as a member of Young Allies Former New Warrior Aegis appears in X-Factor #9, escaping from S.H.I.E.L.D. 's Superhuman Restraint Unit with the help of Jamie Madrox . He later dies after jumping out a window expecting his armor to protect him. Justice, Silhouette, Debrii, Rage , Timeslip , Zero-G and Aegis all appear on the cover of Avengers: The Initiative #1 as
17433-564: The team in their search for Kymeara. The Warriors help out with a UN peace conference, assisted by Sabra . Nova loses his powers and Turbo and Alex Power become full members while Hindsight Lad becomes simply Hindsight. Night Thrasher and Rage decide to train Psionex. Next, the team involves themselves into " Maximum Clonage ", fighting and capturing Helix . The Scarlet Spider joins the team afterwards. The team faces Psionex again, now led by former Warrior Night Thrasher, and also deal with
17582-506: The team in their search for Kymeara. The Warriors help out with a UN peace conference, assisted by Sabra . Nova loses his powers and Turbo and Alex Power become full members while Hindsight Lad becomes simply Hindsight. Night Thrasher and Rage decide to train Psionex. Next, the team involves themselves into " Maximum Clonage ", fighting and capturing Helix . The Scarlet Spider joins the team afterwards. The team faces Psionex again, now led by former Warrior Night Thrasher, and also deal with
17731-422: The team is back in their own time, they agree to disband. In the pages of Avengers: The Initiative #6 (January 2008), the team's drill instructor Gauntlet is left battered with 'NW' (the New Warriors tag) sprayed on him. It is revealed that former New Warrior Slapstick attacked Gauntlet out of revenge for the man's comments about his dead friends while drilling the Initiative recruits. Unfortunately, Rage
17880-420: The team is back in their own time, they agree to disband. In the pages of Avengers: The Initiative #6 (January 2008), the team's drill instructor Gauntlet is left battered with 'NW' (the New Warriors tag) sprayed on him. It is revealed that former New Warrior Slapstick attacked Gauntlet out of revenge for the man's comments about his dead friends while drilling the Initiative recruits. Unfortunately, Rage
18029-514: The team moved in, but they are stopped by the combined actions of the Warriors and the Avengers . Helix and Turbo (Michiko) both decide to leave, but Turbo is confronted by a man called Dan Jones, who has come to reclaim the Torpedo suit the Turbos wear. Dan Jones is in fact the last Dire Wraith Volx, an enemy the Warriors fought against before and who killed the other Turbo (Mike). Volx claims
18178-405: The team moved in, but they are stopped by the combined actions of the Warriors and the Avengers . Helix and Turbo (Michiko) both decide to leave, but Turbo is confronted by a man called Dan Jones, who has come to reclaim the Torpedo suit the Turbos wear. Dan Jones is in fact the last Dire Wraith Volx, an enemy the Warriors fought against before and who killed the other Turbo (Mike). Volx claims
18327-448: The team to put the Taylor Foundation in order, and Namorita assumes leadership. The team meet Turbo (Michiko "Mickey" Musashi), and get involved in the civil war in the country Trans-Sabal. Although they eventually retreat, the actions of the Warriors (most notably Namorita) have not helped the country. Meanwhile, Silhouette has gone missing and Speedball 's parents split up. Speedball moves to New York with his mother to be closer to
18476-416: The team, believing that Power Pack could've defeated Volx without nearly destroying Friday. Night Thrasher, Namorita, and Rage rejoin the Warriors as old grudges are mended and the team comes full circle. During a mission involving a Badoon invasion sometime later, Ultra Girl and Slapstick help out the Warriors and are made members. Speedball tries to assemble a new team after they disbanded (between
18625-414: The team, believing that Power Pack could've defeated Volx without nearly destroying Friday. Night Thrasher, Namorita, and Rage rejoin the Warriors as old grudges are mended and the team comes full circle. During a mission involving a Badoon invasion sometime later, Ultra Girl and Slapstick help out the Warriors and are made members. Speedball tries to assemble a new team after they disbanded (between
18774-401: The team, feeling guilty. Nova is attacked by Garthan Saal , a Nova centurion, and after a conflict between the Warriors, Saal, Firelord , Air-Walker , and a power-mad Nova, Xandar is restored. Nova is promoted to the rank of Centurion Prime and allowed to return to Earth to continue his activities as a superhero. Meanwhile, Namorita faces trouble in Atlantis , and is captured. Her body
18923-481: The team. Later, they face the Psionex team again and travel to the country of Zaire, where the team is captured by the Soldiers of Misfortune. At the end of the battle Kymeara is brainwashed and teleports away along with the villains. Night Thrasher and Rage leave the team after a falling out over their absence on the team's previous mission, and the team also fights an enraged Namor , who eventually decides to help
19072-425: The team. Later, they face the Psionex team again and travel to the country of Zaire, where the team is captured by the Soldiers of Misfortune. At the end of the battle Kymeara is brainwashed and teleports away along with the villains. Night Thrasher and Rage leave the team after a falling out over their absence on the team's previous mission, and the team also fights an enraged Namor , who eventually decides to help
19221-415: The team. She refuses him and the rest of the team is seen in the shadows watching the exchange. In the next issue the team is revealed, though not all of their identities. The team is shown to be: Grace and Kaz are also introduced in the third issue. Grace is a teenager who has a natural talent with technology. Kaz builds the weapons that Night Thrasher designs. On their first mission the team goes up against
19370-415: The team. She refuses him and the rest of the team is seen in the shadows watching the exchange. In the next issue the team is revealed, though not all of their identities. The team is shown to be: Grace and Kaz are also introduced in the third issue. Grace is a teenager who has a natural talent with technology. Kaz builds the weapons that Night Thrasher designs. On their first mission the team goes up against
19519-422: The team. Sofia comes to their headquarters and joins the team after making an impassioned speech about why they should stay together. She becomes Renascence . Renascence uses six metallic tentacles that can fire energy blasts. She also uses technology that creates a force field around her. Several new characters are introduced during the series' run. They include a team of supervillains named Alphaclan. In issue #10,
19668-540: The third series of Red Sonja and after shedding his Spider-Man editorial duties to Danny Fingeroth , he took over from Roger Stern as writer of The Amazing Spider-Man . The two collaborated on April–May's #251–252 (the Secret Wars crossover issues), before DeFalco took over fully with #253, for a two-year run, chiefly in collaboration with artist Ron Frenz . Concurrent with editing Jim Shooter 's Secret Wars , DeFalco introduced Spider-Man's "black costume" in
19817-430: The time-stream to begin their life together anew. In New Warriors #51 the team is restructured as the Mad Thinker again advises the team, especially on the difficulties of growing up as individuals as a team. The main team is made up of the six original founders (Firestar, Justice, Kymaera, Night Thrasher, Nova, and Speedball). Rage. Hindsight Lad, Dagger and Alex Power become reserve members. Bandit and Silhouette leave
19966-429: The time-stream to begin their life together anew. In New Warriors #51 the team is restructured as the Mad Thinker again advises the team, especially on the difficulties of growing up as individuals as a team. The main team is made up of the six original founders (Firestar, Justice, Kymaera, Night Thrasher, Nova, and Speedball). Rage. Hindsight Lad, Dagger and Alex Power become reserve members. Bandit and Silhouette leave
20115-416: The time-stream. In response, Hindsight Lad and Bandit gather a new team of Warriors ( Dagger , Darkhawk , Powerpax and Turbo ) to go and rescue the others with the aid of Meryet. They succeed and the two teams of Warriors combat the Sphinx together, who surrenders after learning of his own true nature and finally accepts Meryet's ages-old offer of love. They merge into one composite being and depart into
20264-416: The time-stream. In response, Hindsight Lad and Bandit gather a new team of Warriors ( Dagger , Darkhawk , Powerpax and Turbo ) to go and rescue the others with the aid of Meryet. They succeed and the two teams of Warriors combat the Sphinx together, who surrenders after learning of his own true nature and finally accepts Meryet's ages-old offer of love. They merge into one composite being and depart into
20413-422: The town protectors, to later take a gene sample of him "as requested by their lord". Taking advantage of their enemies' distraction, Justice manages to land a telekinetic blow on the face of the trio's leader and crack his armor, revealing him to be a hairy humanoid. As Vance tries to parley with them, the enigmatic attackers simply continue their proclamations against the town's inhabitants and mutants, arguing there
20562-422: The town protectors, to later take a gene sample of him "as requested by their lord". Taking advantage of their enemies' distraction, Justice manages to land a telekinetic blow on the face of the trio's leader and crack his armor, revealing him to be a hairy humanoid. As Vance tries to parley with them, the enigmatic attackers simply continue their proclamations against the town's inhabitants and mutants, arguing there
20711-485: The town's resident protectors. While the conversation deviates to Justice's and Speedball's intention of reforming the New Warriors and the difficulties that that will probably bring due the team's persisting bad reputation for their involvement in the Civil War events, they notice the teleportation arrival into the town of a trio of enigmatic figures clad in advanced armor. One of these beings declares that "the blood here
20860-428: The town's resident protectors. While the conversation deviates to Justice's and Speedball's intention of reforming the New Warriors and the difficulties that that will probably bring due the team's persisting bad reputation for their involvement in the Civil War events, they notice the teleportation arrival into the town of a trio of enigmatic figures clad in advanced armor. One of these beings declares that "the blood here
21009-431: The years, the New Warriors, in their various incarnations, have been featured in five different volumes of the title The New Warriors . The New Warriors team was created by editor Tom DeFalco , who brought together existing Marvel characters Firestar , Marvel Boy , Namorita , Nova , and Speedball , and added the newly created Night Thrasher . Through the 75-issue comic series, the team fought adversaries, including
21158-557: Was a key member of the management team that took Marvel public , and under his leadership, Marvel's net profits from publishing rose by over 500%. Under DeFalco's guidance, Marvel entered a phase of expansion that provided an opportunity for "new talent" to enter the comic book industry, and released a number of new titles with original characters. After clashing with the company's upper management, DeFalco resigned in 1994. During his tenure as editor-in-chief, DeFalco had continued to write as well, with noted runs on Thor where he created
21307-468: Was cancelled in 2010. In 2009, DeFalco revisited the "Clone Saga" with the six-part mini series Spider-Man: The Clone Saga , based on the original outline of this controversial storyline. As guest writer he contributed two issues to Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2 in 2012, as well as stories for Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special #1 (2010), Spider-Verse Team-Up #3 (2015) and the one-shot Sensational Spider-Man: Self-Improvement in 2019. DeFalco
21456-402: Was launched as part of the All-New Marvel NOW! initiative in 2014. The story saw original New Warriors members Justice (formerly Marvel Boy), Speedball, and Silhouette return to team up with the new Nova , Scarlet Spider , Hummingbird , Sun Girl , Haechi and Water Snake. Dwayne Taylor, the vigilante known as Night Thrasher meticulously researches a group of young heroes to help him wage
21605-421: Was one of the sparks that led to Marvel's Civil War crossover in 2006 and 2007. The fourth New Warriors series saw Night Thrasher gather a group of former mutants and replace their lost superpowers with technology. The comic book was published from 2007 to 2009. The story reveals that Night Thrasher is the original Night Thrasher's brother, formerly known as Bandit, who wants to travel back in time and change
21754-453: Was published from 2007 to 2009. The story reveals that Night Thrasher is the original Night Thrasher's brother, formerly known as Bandit, who wants to travel back in time and change the events at Stamford that killed his brother. When they try to travel back in time, the team ends up in a dystopic future where the original Night Thrasher is a ruthless dictator. The New Warriors return to their own time and disband. The fifth New Warriors series
21903-514: Was their final issue, after which Owsley assumed writing duties. While writing Amazing , DeFalco continued editing various comics. After co-writing two issues of Fantastic Four (#301–302; April–May 1987), DeFalco took over writing duties on Thor with #383 in September. DeFalco became Marvel's tenth editor-in-chief on April 15, 1987. This change was effective in comics cover-dated November 1987. He served from 1987 to 1994, making him one of
22052-399: Was trapped in the kinetic dimension during "Time And Time Again", so that he can travel to the first alteration point, leaving the actual Speedball in the kinetic dimension, meaning that Darrion Grobe replaced Speedball from New Warriors (vol. 1) #50 and onwards. Instead of dying, the New Warriors are transported to the year 2092, where they have seven minutes to save themselves before reality
22201-399: Was trapped in the kinetic dimension during "Time And Time Again", so that he can travel to the first alteration point, leaving the actual Speedball in the kinetic dimension, meaning that Darrion Grobe replaced Speedball from New Warriors (vol. 1) #50 and onwards. Instead of dying, the New Warriors are transported to the year 2092, where they have seven minutes to save themselves before reality
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