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Nextwave

Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. is a comedy comic book series by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen, published by Marvel Comics between 2006 and 2007. The simultaneously satirizes and celebrates Marvel's superhero comics. The series frequently uses flashback scenes in which existing Marvel characters such as Captain America, Ulysses Bloodstone and the Celestials act grossly out of character for comedic purposes. In an interview, Ellis said: "I took The Authority and I stripped out all the plots, logic, character and sanity. It's an absolute distillation of the superhero genre. No plot lines, characters, emotions, nothing whatsoever. It's people posing in the street for no good reason. It is people getting kicked, and then exploding. It is a pure comic book, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. And afterwards, they will explode." The series is also notable for featuring the first appearance of the modern redheaded version of Elsa Bloodstone, redesigning and recharacterising the blonde character concept by that name from the Bloodstone miniseries.

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Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. is a comedy comic book series by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen, published by Marvel Comics between 2006 and 2007. The simultaneously satirizes and celebrates Marvel's superhero comics. The series frequently uses flashback scenes in which existing Marvel characters such as Captain America, Ulysses Bloodstone and the Celestials act grossly out of character for comedic purposes. In an interview, Ellis said: "I took The Authority and I stripped out all the plots, logic, character and sanity. It's an absolute distillation of the superhero genre. No plot lines, characters, emotions, nothing whatsoever. It's people posing in the street for no good reason. It is people getting kicked, and then exploding. It is a pure comic book, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. And afterwards, they will explode." The series is also notable for featuring the first appearance of the modern redheaded version of Elsa Bloodstone, redesigning and recharacterising the blonde character concept by that name from the Bloodstone miniseries.

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  1. publication date: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2006". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "2006". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372826891

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