The series began with a 48-page 'zero' issue in April 2013. Gillen envisioned a series of between 30 and 60 issues, broken up into plot arcs by different phases and theatres of the fictional continued war.

I'm saying everyone's pretty awful.' Publication history Über I want to write about my opinion of the truth of the war.' and that he was 'not saying everyone's equally bad. He was sensitive to criticism that the series was overly sympathetic to Nazi characters, using a panel at the 2013 New York Comic Con to observe that Über was 'about humans doing horrible things. He also carefully gauged the powers of the Übers in order to fictionally prolong World War II rather than resolving it with a Nazi victory.įor the superhumans' Distortion Halo - a powerful eye beam - Gillen drew on a first aid course about the treatment of gunshot wounds to create a power that was 'its own thing'. Uber is the story that every single time, Galactus will kill Spider-Man' 'It doesn't matter if Spider-Man's fighting Galactus - Spider-Man will find a way to beat Galactus. In an interview with USA Today, Gillen stated: He explained the narrative was intended to function more as a 'simulation' rather than using the tropes of heroic fiction works. Other research included documentaries and the 1993 film Stalingrad. Gillen also strived to emulate the style of historical detail used in war comics by Garth Ennis, as well as other British war comics including Johnny Red and particularly Charley's War.

The writer stated the series' style was shaped 'from how much WW2 still hangs over us even now, and watching the crowds thin in veteran's reunions', and felt considerable reading was necessary to do a 'serious story' about World War II. Christensen, eventually compiling a 30,000-word 'bible' of historical research to support the project. Gillen began conducting background research for Über in 2008 after a discussion with Avatar Press publisher William A. As of 2023 no new issues have been released for 5 years. The series is notable for its extreme violence, its depiction of wartime moral ambiguity and its mixing of fictional and real historical characters. The comic depicts an alternate World War II in which the Third Reich develops powerful superhuman soldiers in 1945, preventing its imminent defeat and forcing the Allied nations to counter with superhumans of their own. It was published monthly by Avatar Press, which released the first issue in April 2013. Über is a comic book series written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Caanan White, Gabriel Andrade and Daniel Gete. Variant cover for Über #23, art by Canaan White.

Angela by Kieron Gillen