Ruins [Regular Cover]

(2009)

Ruins #1 (Table of Contents: 1)

Ruins / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Inks

Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Colors

Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Letters

Typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phil Sheldon; Captain America; Spider-Man; Iron Man; Hulk; Jean Grey; Scarlet Witch

Reprints

• from Ruins (Marvel, 1995 series) #1 (August 1995)

[Credits] (Table of Contents: 2)

Ruins / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Inks

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Letters

Typeset

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Ruins (Marvel, 1995 series) #1 (August 1995)

Ruins Book One: Men on Fire (Table of Contents: 3)

Ruins / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis

Pencils

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Inks

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Colors

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Letters

Jon Babcock

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phil Sheldon; Wolverine; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Kree; Nick Fury (Death); Jean Grey (Death); Rick Jones; Marlo Chandler; Bruce Banner [Hulk; flashback]; CAMEOS: Iron Man; Matt Murdock [Daredevil]; Black Panther; Hawkeye (Death); Scarlet Witch; Silver Surfer (Death); President X [Professor X]; Angel; Aurora; Northstar; Galactus; Punisher (Death)

Synopsis

With little time left to live, Phil Sheldon researches the story of how a world full of super powered beings became a radioactive mutated hell rather than a marvelous universe. He interviews Kree prisoner of war Mar-Vell, failed soldier Fury and conspiracy theorist Rick Jones.

Reprints

• from Ruins (Marvel, 1995 series) #1 (August 1995)

Indexer Notes

Ruins is a deconstructionist spin on the Marvels (Marvel, 1994 series) limited series where everything that should have gone right turns out very wrong.

[Pin-Up] (Table of Contents: 4)

Ruins / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Inks

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Colors

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phil Sheldon; Nick Fury

Reprints

• from Ruins (Marvel, 1995 series) #1 (August 1995) [from back cover]

Ruins #2 (Table of Contents: 5)

Ruins / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Cliff Nielsen (Painted)

Inks

Cliff Nielsen (Painted)

Colors

Cliff Nielsen (Painted)

Letters

Typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Magneto

Reprints

• from Ruins (Marvel, 1995 series) #2 (September 1995)

[Credits] (Table of Contents: 6)

Ruins / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Inks

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Letters

Typeset

Genre

superhero

Ruins Book Two: Women in Flight (Table of Contents: 7)

Ruins / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Warren Ellis

Pencils

Cliff Nielsen (Painted, pages 1-15); Terese Nielsen (Painted, pages 1-15); Chris Moeller (Painted, pages 16-32)

Inks

Cliff Nielsen (Painted, pages 1-15); Terese Nielsen (Painted, pages 1-15); Chris Moeller (Painted, pages 16-32)

Colors

Cliff Nielsen (Painted, pages 1-15); Terese Nielsen (Painted, pages 1-15); Chris Moeller (Painted, pages 16-32)

Letters

Jon Babcock

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phil Sheldon (Death); Raven Darkholme [Mystique; Death]; Magneto; Kingpin; Johnny Blaze [Ghost Rider; Death]; Ben Grimm [The Thing]; Reed Richards [Mr. Fantastic; Death in flashback]; Peter Parker [Spider-Man; flashback]; CAMEOS: Scott Summers [Cyclops]; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde; Quicksilver; Donald Blake [Thor]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Princess Python; Captain America; Iron Man; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Bucky Barnes; Jack Monroe [Nomad]; Victor Creed [Sabretooth]; Johnny Storm [Human Torch; Death in flashback]; Susan Storm [Invisible Woman; Death in flashback]

Synopsis

Phil continues to research his book on how the universe that should be full of marvels has instead fallen into ruins. He visits a mutant prison run by the Kingpin for President X, he watches stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze go down in flames and he interviews Ben Grimm who lost his closest friends in a space shuttle flight which he refused to pilot. As Phil worries about how much time he has left to write his book, the radiation he absorbed from news photographer Peter Parker kills him.

Reprints

• from Ruins (Marvel, 1995 series) #2 (September 1995)

[Pin-Up] (Table of Contents: 8)

Ruins / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Inks

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Colors

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phil Sheldon; Quicksilver; Valkyrie

Reprints

• from Ruins (Marvel, 1995 series) #2 (September 1995) [from back cover]

Ruins #1-2 Covers with Acetate Overlay (Table of Contents: 9)

Ruins / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Inks

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Colors

Cliff Nielsen (Painted); Terese Nielsen (Painted)

Letters

Joe Kaufman

Genre

superhero

Characters

Phil Sheldon; Captain America; Spider-Man; Iron Man; Hulk; Jean Grey; Scarlet Witch; Magneto; Nick Fury; Quicksilver

Reprints

• from Ruins (Marvel, 1995 series) #1 (August 1995), #1 (August 1995) [from back cover], #2 (September 1995), #2 (September 1995) [from back cover]

Indexer Notes

The original Ruins limited series had a clear acetate overlay (much like the Marvels limited series did) with the logo on the front cover part of the acetate and copy about the issue on the back cover part of the acetate; This page shows what the covers looked like with the original overlays over the art.