Negation (comics)

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Negation
Publication information
Publisher CrossGen
Format Ongoing series
Publication dateJanuary 2002 – March 2004
No. of issues27 (and a prequel)
Main character(s)Obregon Kaine, Mercer Drake, Evinlea, Shassa, Charon
Creative team
Created by Mark Waid
Tony Bedard
Paul Pelletier

Negation is a comic book series published by CrossGen. Tony Bedard was the writer for the entire run. Paul Pelletier was the artist for most of the issues, with an occasional fill-in artist on some issues.

Contents

Publication history

Negation started with the Negation Prequel in December 2001, followed by 27 regular issues in the series. The story concerned a group of different alien races that had been taken prisoner and brought to the Negation universe. A number of the prisoners had innate superhuman powers while many, like Obregon Kaine, were ordinary humans. His tactical military experience made him able to lead the prisoners. He masterminded the plan that allowed a number of his fellow prisoners to escape the prison planet all of them were being held in. The series details the adventures which Kaine and the rest had in Negation space. The series ended with issue #27. CrossGen tried to wrap up all the dangling storylines in the Negation War miniseries. CrossGen had to declare bankruptcy before the series could be finished. Only two issues of Negation War were published.

In October 2004, writer Tony Bedard was quoted laying out a design for the future of the characters in an interview. [1]

CrossGen released two trade paperback books which contained the first part of the series:

Two more books were released on May 25, 2007:

CrossGen Chronicles #7, Negation: Lawbringer, and the Mark of Charon miniseries were Negation-related books that CrossGen published. All stories were written by Tony Bedard and expand the universe created in the main Negation series.

Characters

Prisoners/Fugitives

Sigil Bearers

It was revealed in the series that there were five Sigil-Bearers taken by the Negation, though apparently only four survived the "Extinction Wave", a weapon which rendered the prison planet into a burnt husk. The survivors are as follows:

  • Javi Cobian is a Sigil Bearer with the ability to empower others and repair any damage done to their bodies. Home Planet: Larrinaga in the Hatorei System. Occupation: Doctor. Cobian is a man of faith, a member of the church of Dedition. Thought to have been killed by Lawbringer QZTR, Javi later resurfaced and lead the first of Charon's inverse Sigil (LIGIS) bearers. He is killed by Gammid and Kaine working together.
  • Mercer Drake is a Sigil-bearer with the power to overcome any physical obstacle to attain a location or object. This power is immensely powerful though bizarre to contemplate. Occupation: self-proclaimed pirate. Mercer Drake is described as a "scourge of the skies... Most wanted man in the Kazrath System".
  • Westin is a Sigil-bearer with the ability to see how technology is operated. Later it is revealed that he can see backwards in time. Occupation: Thief/Con Artist. He is not the most trusted member of the group.
  • Shassa is a Sigil-bearer whose powers enable her to combat any enemy by feeding off portions of their strengths, though it only affects her and does not seem to weaken her opponents in any way. Her powers allowed her to hold her own in battle against both Evinlea and Lawbriner Qztr. Occupation: Constable

The fifth Sigil-bearer, a blue-skinned, blue-haired individual with the Sigil marked on the right side of his neck, was shown in the Negation Prequel, though his name and his abilities were never mentioned. He was apparently slain at the prison planet, possibly either by one of the warden's tests or during the deployment of the Extinction Wave weapon, which effectively annihilated the prison planet.

There was also a character in the prequel that bore a sigil on his shoulder.

Negation Military

References

  1. "Interview 2". GeoCities. October 2004. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009.