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The last New Universe miniseries, THE WAR, began the same month as
the other New Universe titles ended their runs. It featured Jack
Magniconte, Pit Bull, the Blur, Blowout, Metallurgist, Nightmask and
other paranormals fighting World War Three in South Africa against
the supposed paranormal force which caused the Pitt.
The truth, however, was that one man, Lieutenant Oort, had plotted
to start the third World War and blame it all on the paranormals.
The war involved the U.S.S.R. and Cuba, both Communist nations, and
on the other side were the United States and South Africa.
Nuclear missiles were sent to South Africa and to the White House,
but what no one had known at the time was that the Star Child (in an
appearance clearly before STAR BRAND #19) had disabled all nuclear
weapons. Soon afterward he put an end to World War III almost
singlehandedly.
One could tell that Marvel did not put much faith in the New
Universe by this point: The first three volumes of THE WAR were
released monthly; however, the final issue of THE WAR did not appear
in stores until 6 months after Book Three.
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