Nowhere Man (comics)

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Nowhere Man is a comic limited series from Virgin Comics created [1] [2]

In the field of comic books, a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is finite and determined before production, and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues. The term is often used interchangeably with miniseries (mini-series) and maxiseries (maxi-series), usually depending on the length and number of issues. In Dark Horse Comics' definition of a limited series, "This term primarily applies to a connected series of individual comic books. A limited series refers to a comic book series with a clear beginning, middle and end." Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics refer to limited series of two to eleven issues as miniseries and series of twelve issues or more as maxiseries, but other publishers alternate terms.

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The series will be an odyssey of futurist science fiction, in an epoch where man has traded privacy for safety. It will be written by Hugh Jackman and Marc Guggenheim, who wrote stories for Wolf and The Amazing Spider-Man and created Eli Stone, with art from Paul Gulacy.

Hugh Jackman Australian actor and producer

Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. He is best known for playing Wolverine in the X-Men film series from 2000 to 2017, a role for which he holds the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero". Jackman is also recognised for his lead roles in films such as the romantic comedy Kate & Leopold (2001), the action film Van Helsing (2004), the drama The Prestige (2006), the fantasy drama The Fountain (2006), the period romance Australia (2008), the film version of Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), and the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album. For playing Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Marc Guggenheim writer

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Wolf Species of mammal (canine)

The wolf, also known as the gray/grey wolf, is a canine native to the wilderness and remote areas of Eurasia and North America. It is the largest extant member of its family, with males averaging 43–45 kg (95–99 lb) and females 36–38.5 kg (79–85 lb). It is distinguished from other Canis species by its larger size and less pointed features, particularly on the ears and muzzle. Its winter fur is long and bushy and predominantly a mottled gray in color, although nearly pure white, red and brown to black also occur. Mammal Species of the World, a standard reference work in zoology, recognises 38 subspecies of C. lupus.

The Australian actor Hugh Jackman affirmed in a bulletin that he hopes that Nowhere Man should reach sufficient popularity as to turn into a movie.

Creative Team

Hugh Jackman and Marc Guggenheim: Story and Script

Paul Gulacy: Artist

Release and Hype

Nowhere Man is solicited as launching October 2008. So far, Virgin Comics has hyped the series with a contest called Be a Real Nowhere Man, where fans can win the prize of having their likeness drawn into upcoming issues of Nowhere Man. [3]

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References

  1. Hugh Jackman to Create Comic Book Property for Virgin [ permanent dead link ], press release, Newsarama, March 25, 2008
  2. "Actor Jackman to pen comic series". BBC News. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080808031149/http://www.virgincomics.com/nowheremancontest/index.html. Archived from the original on August 8, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2008.Missing or empty |title= (help)