Rising Stars
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Rising Stars is a comic book series created by J. Michael Straczynski that follows a group of superpowered individuals whose abilities and lives are mysteriously interconnected.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rising Stars canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | comic book series ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Rising Stars: Compendium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | J. Michael Straczynski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| format | limited series ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction comic
ⓘ
superhero comic ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationAttempt | optioned for film or television development ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Chandra
NERFINISHED
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Critical Maas NERFINISHED ⓘ John Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ Joshua Kane NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurel Darkhaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Bright NERFINISHED ⓘ Poet ⓘ Randy Fisk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCollectedEdition |
Rising Stars: Volume 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rising Stars: Volume 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rising Stars: Volume 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Rising Stars: Act One
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rising Stars: Act Three NERFINISHED ⓘ Rising Stars: Act Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff |
Rising Stars: Bright
NERFINISHED
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Rising Stars: Untouchable NERFINISHED ⓘ Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprint | Image Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | television series Heroes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inUniverseEvent | Pederson blast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | The Specials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print comic ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | lifelong consequences of a single empowering event ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration by John Simon (Poet) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early deconstructionist take on superheroes
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long-form, finite superhero narrative ⓘ |
| numberOfIssues | 24 ⓘ |
| premise | Follows 113 people granted superhuman abilities by a mysterious event in the town of Pederson, Illinois ⓘ |
| publisher | Top Cow Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightsHolder | Top Cow Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Pederson, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyStructure | three-act structure ⓘ |
| theme |
government control and surveillance
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interconnected destinies of superpowered individuals ⓘ political impact of superheroes ⓘ responsibility of power ⓘ |
| typeOfSuperpoweredGroup | government-monitored superhumans ⓘ |
| writer | J. Michael Straczynski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.