Crossgenesis (Vol. 1)

### **Artist**

Rotating (MIKE CAREY, NOELLE STEVENSON, TINI HOWARD, VITA AYALA, RYAN NORTH, MARKISAN NASO)

### **Writer**

Rotating (JORGE JIMÉNEZ, AUDREY MOK, MARCUS TO, HAEMI JANG, JACOB PHILLIPS, JASON MUHR)

### **Publisher**

Age of Marvels: the New Universe

CROSSGENESIS

Plotter: H-E-D

Writer: Rotating (MIKE CAREY, NOELLE STEVENSON, TINI HOWARD, VITA AYALA, RYAN NORTH, MARKISAN NASO)

Artist: Rotating (JORGE JIMÉNEZ, AUDREY MOK, MARCUS TO, HAEMI JANG, JACOB PHILLIPS, JASON MUHR)

Location: South Carolina, Earth; Atlantis, Earth; Partington, England; Arcadia; Avalon, Otherworld; Quin; CIress

Concept: Anthology about Sigil-Bearers across generations!

Starring:

1. Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie)

2. Giselle Villard

3. Dark Angel (Shevaun Haldane)

4. Captain Britain (Betsy Braddock)

5. Omniversal Majestrix (Opal Luna Saturnyne)

6. The Crux

7. Prince Ethan of Heron

8. Mordath

9. Arwyn

10. Sam Andahl-Rey

11. Simon Archard

12. Emma Bishop

13. Miranda Cross

## Issues

### #1

CROSSGENESIS #1

Written by MIKE CAREY, NOELLE STEVENSON, TINI HOWARD, VITA AYALA, RYAN NORTH, MARKISAN NASO

Plot by H-E-D

Art by JORGE JIMÉNEZ, AUDREY MOK, MARCUS TO, HAEMI JANG, JACOB PHILLIPS, JASON MUHR

By Solusandra’s light (see NEGATION #4!), the world has changed!

But... what does that mean?

This proemial entity’s energy has chosen hosts. These beings are marked by SIGILS. Thus, they are SIGIL-BEARERS.

While Solusandra’s herald has found some of them, many others know nothing of the truth. Only that as they slept, their life changed.

Charon’s malignancy haunts the universe still... but more pressing is the avalanche of crises emerging in the wake of the Sigil-Bearers.

SIGIL (by Mike Carey & Jorge Jiménez)

In South Carolina, a young girl reckons with her newfound power!

MYSTIC (by Noelle Stevenson & Audrey Mok)

Far away on Ciress, a wealthy socialite is suddenly a font of magic!

SCION (by Tini Howard & Marcus To)

In Otherworld, two vassals of Avalon teeter on the brink of war!

CRUX (by Vita Ayala & Haemi Jang)

On the bottom of the ocean, pre-Cataclysm Atlanteans awake!

RUSE (by Ryan North & Jacob Phillips)

Over a hundred years ago, in the Victorian era, the English township of Partington is rocked by mysterious murders most foul… and magical!

SOJOURN (by Markisan Naso & Jason Muhr)

On the planet Quin, an ancient tyrant rises from the grave!

A NEW UNIVERSE

Welcome to the new anthology that will span the Marvel Universe, crossing space, crossing time, crossing generations! Welcome to CROSSGENESIS!

72 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

### Scion (Vol. 1)

SCION #1

(CROSSGENESIS #2)

Written by TINI HOWARD

Plot by H-E-D

Art by MARCUS TO

Sevelith. Hothive. The Crooked Market. Otherworld has many kingdoms. But when it comes to Earthly affairs, none are more involved than Avalon.

Despite what the many famous tales of Avalon would have you think, this realm is not just King Arthur and the Court of Camelot.

For untold aeons, the Raven Court and the Heron Court have warred with each other, a bloody carnage that even Camelot could not solve.

A generation ago, the Starlight Citadel — with one Opal Luna Saturnyne as chief negotiator — managed to negotiate a ceasefire that, however tenuous, has lasted until the present day.

Now Omniversal Majestrix, Saturnyne would see her accomplishment preserved. The recent CROSSGENESIS event threatens to undo that peace: And so she sends forth her champion: Betsy Braddock, aka CAPTAIN BRITAIN!

Betsy isn’t going alone. Accompanying her is Shevaun Haldane, aka DARK ANGEL.

Betsy would welcome the backup... if not for the fact that she and Shevaun dated back at university. It was messy.

But as an agent of the Fabric of the Universe, Shevaun has her own reasons to investigate the SIGILS. And a Sigil is at the heart of the turmoil embroiling Avalon!

It seems that the young HERON PRINCE has become one of the SIGIL-BEAERS. The Raven Court, both covetous and fearful of this power, views this endowment as a violation of the terms of armistice.

Betsy attempts to maintain the peace between the Herons and the Ravens... but can she even keep the peace between herself and Shevaun?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SCION #2

(CROSSGENESIS #8)

Written by TINI HOWARD

Plot by H-E-D

Art by MARCUS TO

The Raven Court seethes at the arrival of representatives of the Starlight Citadel to the Heron Court!

CAPTAIN BRITAIN and DARK ANGEL soon discover Saturnyne left out a key facet of the peace treaty she’d negotiated.

To assure the security of the arrangement, there was a hostage exchange: the Heron and Raven Courts swapped princes!

This means the HERON PRINCE, is actually a Raven by blood.

Now that he is a SIGIL-BEARER, the Raven Court wants him back!

But the Heron Prince is loyal to the family that raised him, not the one that bore him.

Betsy and Shevaun debate ways to ameliorate the situation, but they’re wasting their time.

It’s all hands on deck as the Raven Court attacks!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

### Mystic (Vol. 1)

MYSTIC #1

(CROSSGENESIS #3)

Written by NOELLE STEVENSON

Plot by H-E-D

Art by AUDREY MOK

Giselle Villard was perfectly happy with her life as it was.

Was she any good at magic? No. Not at all. Was that a little awkward considering her status as heir to one of the most influential guilds on Ciress? Perhaps for her sister. Definitely for her parents.

But Giselle was never bothered. Magic was fussy. Magic was difficult. Magic meant long hours studying inside and lots of official things to attend to, all of them boring. The only fun sorcerer she’d ever met was Peter Quill, and dating Star-Lord turned out to be a disaster. And then he ended up becoming the stuffy new Master of the Sun anyway.

Giselle more than satisfied by her life of travel, parties, and generally just having fun. Leave the magic to Genevieve, she thought.

But that was before the CROSSGENESIS changed everything!

Now, a SIGIL imbuing her with Energy Transcendent has been inscribed on her hand. It was fun, at first. She helped make a big shield over Ciress. Thought it would be a one-time thing.

But now people have started expect great, complicated feats from her. Especially because suddenly it seems like the magic is starting to get drained out of Ciress.

Giselle is really going to be in trouble if people find out the reason the magic is disappearing is because she’s absorbing it into her Sigil. And doesn’t know how to stop it.

Good news: there is one person she can trust to help her figure it out, in secret.

Bad news: it’s her sister, Genevieve. Perfect.

32 Pgs./ Rated T...$3.99

MYSTIC #2

(CROSSGENESIS #9)

Written by ND Stevenson

Plot by H-E-D

Art by Audrey Mok

Giselle Villard is having a GREAT time training with Genevieve, her sister.

She LOVES being stuck in the library for hours, reading the densest books one could imagine.

She ADORES practicing the same techniques over, and over, and over, and over.

NOTHING could be better than having to endure the passive-aggressive snark of her sibling all day.

And of course the STRESS from her Sigil steadily draining the planet’s magic dry is a delight.

HOW COULD THINGS POSSIBLY GET BETTER?

..Ahem.

Forgive the sarcasm. It’s simply been a… difficult time.

So when Genevieve discovers a ritual that seems poised to set everything right, one can imagine Giselle’s excitement.

Only, Genevieve doesn’t think her sister is ready. The ritual done wrong is a recipe for disaster.

Giselle isn’t thinking about that.

Will the Villard sisters come together, or fall even further apart than before?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

### Sojourn (Vol. 1)

SOJOURN #1

(CROSSGENESIS #4)

Written by Markisan Naso

Plot by H-E-D

Art by Jason Mohr

War has consumed the world of Quin!

Centuries ago, the warlord known as Mordath started a war the spanned five continents.

A desperate assassination mission, against all odds, succeeded. With Mordath dead, his empire shattered.

Now… he’s back.

Imbued with the Energy Transcendent, Mordath lives once more. Why was he chosen for the Sigil that now marks his forehead? None can say.

Using his Sigil, he has imbued his army with power beyond reason.

Already, he has brought the continent of Grinbor under his heel. Skarnhime will soon follow… and his armies already terrorize Middelyn, Oudubai and Ankhara.

But when Mordath’s armies massacre the home village of a huntress named Arwyn, they risk creating the most dangerous thing to a tyrant: a hero.

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SOJOURN #2

(CROSSGENESIS #10)

Written by MARKISAN NASO

Plot by H-E-D

Art by JASON MOHR

Rebellion!

The world of Quin has been conquered by the Sigil-bearing tyrant Mordath.

But he’s made a lot of enemies along the way.

The huntress ARWYN, who lost her family to Mordath’s evil, has become the unlikely hero of the cause.

She aims to reassemble the quintipartite Bow of Ayden, the weapon used to slay Mordath at the height of his prior reign of terror.

She’ll need to unite the people of Quin in the process – or die trying!

32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99

### Crux (Vol. 1)

CRUX #1 (CROSSGENESIS #5)

Written by Vita Ayala

Plot by H-E-D

Art by Haemi Jang

Part One – “UNDER THE TIDE”

Back in Negation: the Home Front, Jennifer Kale and Namor the Sub-Mariner journeyed to the depths of the seas, to a ruin so ancient as to be forgotten. Only the faint emanations of Energy Transcendent revealed its location to them.

What they found shocked them: the last temple of Zhered-Na.

Now, awakened by their Sigils, six mysterious figures emerge from the ruin. The lost disciples of Zhered-Na herself, Paragons of the Zheredian principles of Empathy, Passion, Mind, Spirit, and Body: the Crux!

When their mistress foresaw the Great Cataclysm that would destroy Atlantis, the Crux were chosen to be put into a magical stasis. Upon waking, they were to be caretakers of the survivors of Atlantis. They expected the sleep to last a few years, a decade or two at most.

20,000 years later, the Crux was finally awoken. A phantom of their old ally Dakimh the Enchanter, also known as Solusandra’s Herald Danik, endowed each member with a Sigil, a mark made of Energy Transcendent, before vanishing.

Now they awake to an unexpected world. They were meant to safeguard a people, but the Atlantis they knew died while they slept.

As you might imagine, they take the news… poorly.

Can Jennifer and Namor convince these pre-Cataclysmic throwbacks that the modern Atlanteans aren’t just a bunch of blue-skinned amphibious graverobbers?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

CRUX #2

(CROSSGENESIS #11)

Written by Vita Ayala

Plot by H-E-D

Art by Haemi Jang

WE SINK

Imagine, if you will, slumber. Pure, dreamless, uninterrupted. Imagine waking from that slumber to a world changed.

Before the cataclysm, the Crux were the acolytes of Zhered-Na, keepers of Atlantis’ traditions!

Now, their home has sunk beneath the waves, transformed beyond recognition.

Last issue, Jennifer Kale and Namor did their best to calm down the awakened ancients, though more than a few blows were exchanged.

Will the Crux find a new home in this new Atlantis?

And what ancient enemy has followed them from the past?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

### Ruse (Vol. 1)

RUSE #1

(CROSSGENESIS #6)

Written by RYAN NORTH

Plot by H-E-D

Art by JACOB PHILLIPS

Simon Archard WAS… Victorian England’s worst detective!

But then he was granted a mysterious Sigil, granting him enhanced cognition.

So now Simon Archard is England’s greatest detective!

He’s arrived in the township of Partington to investigate foul murders, accompanied by his overqualified assistant Emma Bishop.

Simon’s Sigil-enhanced senses tell him that the culprit of these murders is similarly supernatural.

Partington is rocked by mysterious murders most foul… and magical!

His investigations lead them to the palatial estate of the wealthy and powerful Miranda Cross… what secret does the beautiful baroness hold?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

RUSE #2

(CROSSGENESIS #12)

Written by RYAN NORTH

Plot by H-E-D

Art by Jacob Phillips

Simon Archard, formerly England’s worst detective, is on the trail of the most dangerous murderer the Partington township has ever seen!

Empowered by a supernatural Sigil, and assisted by Emma “formerly England’s best detective” Bishop, Archard’s search has lead him to one suspect: Miranda Cross, wealthy baroness.

Only problem: turns out, Miranda Cross is actually a LAWBRINGER named MRDX.

Lawbringers are horrific monsters from another universe.

So why is one hiding in the form of a beautiful heiress?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

### Sigil (Vol. 1)

SIGIL #1

(CROSSGENESIS #7)

Written by MIKE CAREY

Plot by H-E-D

Art by JORGE JIMÉNEZ

Sam Andahl-Rey was just a normal girl from South Carolina.

Then, one day, bugs rained from the sky, and a magic mark attached itself to her.

Now this SIGIL dictates the course of her life.

So, when she wakes up to find her on a pirate ship in the year 1695, she’s not surprised. Maybe a little annoyed. Okay, very annoyed.

One thing that does surprise her, though, is the fact that the pirates are also fighting alien lizards called the Saurian.

To get home, she’ll have to swashbuckle her way to the Saurian’s treasure!

And maybe also solve the mystery of why the Saurians are fighting pirates three hundred years in the past!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SIGIL #2

(CROSSGENESIS #13)

Written by MIKE CAREY

Plot by H-E-D

Art by JORGE JIMÉNEZ

Sam Andahl-Rey, a normal teenage girl bonded with a magical Sigil, has found herself thrust into a war across time!

First, she found herself fighting alongside pirates in 1695 against alien lizards called Saurians!

After stealing the Saurian’s treasure, she’s found herself transported to the year 2195.

Now she’s part of a rag-tag rebellion fighting against, you guessed it, the Saurians!

What is happening?!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99