Did Anyone Ever Read Marvel's "Nth Man: The Utlimate Ninja"?

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

Wondering if it's any good. The premise seems cool --

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Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja is a comic book about an American ninja set in an unspecified near future where World War III has started. Using TV news commentary as a plot exposition device, it is revealed that the war was caused by Alfie O'Meagan, using his psychic abilities to neutralize all nuclear weapons on the planet, upsetting the balance of power. When the Soviet Union launches biological weapons, Alfie's attempt to turn them harmless backfires.

Using a narrative jump of one year (which was forced upon writer Larry Hama in order to wrap up the story, due to the cancellation of the series), we see that the biological weapons were turned into a mutagenic virus, and millions are transformed into psychotic, cannibalistic "moots".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nth_Man:_T ... mate_Ninja

Rafael · 03 Dec 2006

Wayne Osborne · 02 Sep 2004

I started it but remember nothing about it.

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

Rafael wrote:

No.

You've read it or just rejecting the whole thing?

Rafael · 03 Dec 2006

I didn't read it. But Larry Hama wrote a good G.I. Joe comic, so it may be OK.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:10 pm

They're not zombies, they're moots, so it's completely different from the more recent stories you might have read which involve psychotic, cannibalistic characters in a post-apocalyptic environment.

Joe Mayer · 21 Jun 2006

I remember enjoying it. But I was 15. I can't remember why I enjoyed it.

Fraxon! · **Joined:** 22 Aug 2004 **Posts:** 40603

Hanzo the Razor wrote:

Wondering if it's any good. The premise seems cool --

Quote:

Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja is a comic book about an American ninja set in an unspecified near future where World War III has started. Using TV news commentary as a plot exposition device, it is revealed that the war was caused by Alfie O'Meagan, using his psychic abilities to neutralize all nuclear weapons on the planet, upsetting the balance of power. When the Soviet Union launches biological weapons, Alfie's attempt to turn them harmless backfires.

Using a narrative jump of one year (which was forced upon writer Larry Hama in order to wrap up the story, due to the cancellation of the series), we see that the biological weapons were turned into a mutagenic virus, and millions are transformed into psychotic, cannibalistic "moots".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nth_Man:_T ... mate_Ninja

I enjoyed it.

Ocean Doot · 25 Oct 2007

Larry Hama is great.

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59406

Linda wrote:

They're not zombies, they're moots, so it's completely different from the more recent stories you might have read which involve psychotic, cannibalistic characters in a post-apocalyptic environment.

World War Moot?

The Mooting Dead?

I cannot recall Nth Man, but it does sound like fun.

Bobson Dugnutt · 31 Jan 2005

Quote:

...it is revealed that the war was caused by Alfie O'Meagan, using his psychic abilities to neutralize all nuclear weapons on the planet...

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

Boy, that takes me back.

Paulo · 29 May 2012

Looked this up on Wikipedia where they have the first issue cover:

Is he supposed to be spinning that katana?

Bobson Dugnutt · 31 Jan 2005

Thanks to the cover, now I remember that comic. I never bought it, but I remember the ads, and seeing it in the store. It seemed like the Ninja fad had come and gone at that point. I was surprised that was still a thing.

Tommy Tomorrow · 13 Jun 2006

NO. That book cost a whole dollar!
Back when I started collecting comics I could get 8 books for a dollar,
or go to the second hand store and get 50 books for a dollar.
One dollar for one comic?!? humph!!! :luddite:

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59406

Dammit....now I want to read this. That cover image rang some kind of bell - I'd read this and love it, I can tell just from that one picture.

I demand an Omnibus version!

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