- White Event
The White Event was a
fiction al occurrence which played a key role inMarvel Comics 'New Universe line.New Universe
The White Event was the name given to a mysterious blinding flash of light which bathed the Earth on
July 22 ,1986 . In the wake of this strange event many people began to developparanormal powers, and some also mutated physically, in ways which seemed to defy medical science.It was later revealed that The Old Man, one of the wielders of the immensely powerful cosmic artifact known as the
Star Brand , had attempted to rid himself of his unwanted power by transferring the Star Brand onto anasteroid near Earth. However, the Brand required a living being's will in order to control it, and when placed in an inanimate object, a flood of power was released, infusing many human beings with a fraction of the Star Brand's energies. A similar accident called the "Black Event" would occur onDecember 19 ,1988 when Star Brand wielder Ken Connell tried to get rid of the Brand by placing it onto afree weight , resulting in a massive blast of energy which totally destroys the city of Pittsburgh.newuniversal
In the new
Warren Ellis seriesnewuniversal , a reboot of the New Universe, the White Event is the largest and most recent of four similar events (the previous three have been described as "failed White Events"Comic book reference | Writer =Warren Ellis | Penciller =Steve Kurth | Inker=Andrew Hennessy | Story = Tumble | Title = newuniversal: shockfront | Issue = 1 | Date = July 2008| Publisher =Marvel Comics | ] ) and occurs at 06.49 UTC,March 2 2006 Comic book reference | Writer =Warren Ellis | Artist =Salvador Larroca | Story = Enter | Title = newuniversal | Issue = 1 | Date = 2007| Publisher =Marvel Comics | ] . Unlike the New Universe version, the effects of the White Event are initially felt mostly on the side of the Earth that was bathed in its light.Another such event, the Fireworks, took place on April 26th 1953 at 9:00 EST. The Fireworks created three known superhumans, all North American. It appears that none of the them possessed the power of the Star Brand. All three superhumans were killed in 1959 by agents of the US government's
Project Spitfire Comic book reference | Writer =Kieron Gillen | Artist =Greg Scott ,Kody Chamberlain | Title = newuniversal: 1959 | Issue = 1 | Date = September 2008| Publisher =Marvel Comics | ] .Project Spitfire believes that a third event took place in 1888, but only created a single superhuman, who later died in World War One. No further details about this event have been revealed.Comic book reference | Writer =
Warren Ellis | Artist =Salvador Larroca | Story = Mathematics | Title = newuniversal | Issue = 3 | Date = 2007| Publisher =Marvel Comics | ]Notes
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