History ComicBook / NextMen

* WritingAroundTrademarks - Byrne intended to have a character named Dreadface appear in the ''Next Men'' as an exaggeration of the type of name MarvelComics gave characters. A few months before the character was due to make his first appearance, an issue of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' came out featuring a character called Dreadface. The ''Next Men'' character was hurriedly renamed, becoming Lord Trogg.

The original run of the series ended with a cliffhanger in #30. Byrne had intended to conclude the story in a second series, but [[TheGreatComicsCrashOf1996 the collapse of the American comic book industry in the mid-1990s]] made it financially unfeasible for him to do so at the time, and he returned to working for hire at DCComics and MarvelComics. He eventually restarted the series at Creator/IDWPublishing, leading to a more satisfying (if not absolutely final) conclusion.

The original run of the series ended with a cliffhanger in #30. Byrne had intended to conclude the story in a second series, but [[TheGreatComicsCrashOf1996 the collapse of the American comic book industry in the mid-1990s]] made it financially unfeasible for him to do so at the time, and he returned to working for hire at DCComics and MarvelComics. He eventually restarted the series at IDWPublishing, leading to a more satisfying (if not absolutely final) conclusion.

* {{Crossover}} - One of the earliest appearances of ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} was in this series. Also featured in the series are guest appearances by Concrete, Monkeyman and O'Brien, and characters from ElfQuest.

The series ended with a cliffhanger in #30. Byrne had intended to conclude the story in a second series, but the collapse of the American comic book industry in the mid-1990s made it financially unfeasible for him to do so at the time, and he returned to working for hire at DCComics and MarvelComics. He recently restarted the series at IDWPublishing, however.

* BigBad - Aldus Hiltop appears to be this, but the true Big Bad is [[spoiler: Sathanas]].

* WhatsUpKingDude - After Murcheson is thrown through time and ends up in the AmericanCivilWar, she is startled to learn how easy it is for her to walk into the White House and meet with Abraham Lincoln.

* DoesNotLikeShoes - Justified for Danny. Shoes tend to wear out quickly or burn his feet as a result of his running. So he toughens up his feet on rocks and gravel, etc, until he's able to run barefoot anywhere.

''John Byrne's Next Men'' (also known as ''Next Men'' or JBNM) is a comic book series written and drawn by John Byrne. It ran 31 issues plus a standalone prequel ''2112''. The series was published between 1991 and 1995 by Creator/DarkHorseComics.

* WritingAroundTrademarks - Byrne intended to have a character named Dreadface appear in the ''Next Men'' as an exaggeration of the type of name MarvelComics gave characters. A few months before the character was due to make his first appearance, an issue of ''FantasticFour'' came out featuring a character called Dreadface. The ''Next Men'' character was hurriedly renamed, becoming Lord Trogg.

* WhatsUpKingDude - After Murcheson is thrown through time and ends up in the AmericanCivilWar, she is startled to learn how easy it is for to walk into the White House and meet with Abraham Lincoln.

* {{Crossover}}: One of the earliest appearances of ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} was in this series. Also featured in the series are guest appearances by Concrete, Monkeyman and O'Brien, and characters from ElfQuest.

* TokenMinority: Intentionally averted. The Next Men were the result of a white supremacist project, so they're all caucasian. One of the reasons Byrne did this, [[WordOfGod he admits]], was to avoid dealing with various controversial race issues that might have interferred with the story.

''John Byrne's Next Men'' (also known as ''Next Men'' or JBNM) is a comic book series written and drawn by John Byrne. It ran 31 issues plus a standalone prequel ''2112''. The series was published between 1991 and 1995 by DarkHorseComics.

Five of these Next Men manage to escape from confinement, but once free they find that their powers are very different than they were in their virtual world.

* Nathan, whose mutated eyes are large and black and allow him to see a wide spectrum of light.
* Jasmine, a young super-acrobat.
* Jack, who is super-strong but cannot control his strength.
* Bethany, who is invulnerable to harm, but who loses physical sensation and whose skin bleaches white.
* Danny, who can run at superhuman speeds.

* FiveManBand

* TokenMinority: Intentionally averted. The Next Men were the result of a white supremacist project, so they're all caucasian. One of the reasons Byrne did this, [[WordOfGod he admits]], was to avoid dealing with various controversial race issues that might have interferred with the story.

In 1955, an explosion in Antarctica draws the attention of a group of scientists. There they discover dozens of charred bodies and one live one in a mechanical exoskeleton. The survivor, Sathanas, kills all but one scientist, whom he uses to meet Senator Aldus Hilltop. Together, with Sathanas existence kept secret, the three construct Project Next Men, which creates batches of superhumans who are raised in a virtual reality.

The Next Men are eventually rescued by a man called Control and his secret government organization, even as Hilltop rises to the Vice Presidency and then the Presidency. The Next Men explore the ramifications of their existence even as they turn out to be cogs in Sathanas? decades-long master plan involving time travel, eugenics, and doppelgängers.

In 1955, an explosion in Antarctica draws the attention of a group of scientists. There they discover dozens of charred bodies and one live one in a mechanical exoskeleton. The survivor, Sathanas, kills all but one scientist, whom he uses to meet Senator Aldus Hilltop. Together, with Sathanas? existence kept secret, the three construct Project Next Men, which creates batches of superhumans who are raised in a virtual reality.

In 1955, an explosion in Antarctica draws the attention of a group of scientists. There they discover dozens of charred bodies?and one live one in a mechanical exoskeleton. The survivor, Sathanas, kills all but one scientist, whom he uses to meet Senator Aldus Hilltop. Together, with Sathanas? existence kept secret, the three construct Project Next Men, which creates batches of superhumans who are raised in a virtual reality.

* {{Crossover}}: One of the earliest appearances of HellBoy was in this series. Also featured in the series are guest appearances by Concrete, Monkeyman and O'Brien, and characters from ElfQuest.

* {{Crossover}}: One of the earliest appearances of HellBoy was in this series.
** Also featured in the series are guest appearances by Concrete, Monkeyman and O'Brien, and characters from ElfQuest.

* {{Nakama}} - The Next Men start off like this, [[spoiler: but then the two couples that make up four fifths of the group grow further apart once they are in the real world,]] and the group begins to operate less like a family and more like a unit of soldiers.

* TokenMinority / FiveTokenBand: Intentionally averted. The Next Men were the result of a white supremacist project, so they're all caucasian. One of the reasons Byrne did this, [[WordOfGod he admits]], was to avoid dealing with various controversial race issues that might have interferred with the story.

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''John Byrne?s Next Men'' (also known as ''Next Men'' or JBNM) is a comic book series written and drawn by John Byrne. It ran 31 issues plus a standalone prequel ''2112''. The series was published between 1991 and 1995 by DarkHorseComics.

Five of these Next Men manage to escape from confinement, but once free they find that their powers are very different than they were in their virtual world. The Next Men are:

The series contains examples of:

The series ended with a cliffhanger in #30. Byrne had intended to conclude the story in a second series, but the collapse of the American comic book industry in the mid-1990s made it financially unfeasible for him to do so, and he returned to working for hire at DCComics and MarvelComics.