The Godwheel is one of the main concepts of the Malibu Comics

Malibu Comics

Malibu Comics was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. The company's headquarters was in Calabasas, California. Malibu imprints included Aircel Comics and Eternity Comics...

 Ultraverse

Ultraverse

The Ultraverse was the name given to a comic book imprint published by the American company Malibu Comics. The Ultraverse was a shared universe in which a variety of characters — known within the comics as "Ultras" — acquired super-human abilities.-History:...

. While it lent its name to a 1994/1995 four-issue series, the Godwheel is actually the place of origin of quite a few Ultraverse concepts, characters and significant items that predate that series. It has even been retcon

Retcon

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ned as a place where both Rune

Rune (comics)

Rune is a fictional vampire-like being from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse imprint. He was created by Barry Windsor-Smith and Chris Ulm, and first appeared as a back-up story in Sludge #1 .-Fictional character biography:...

 of the Ultraverse and Adam Warlock

Adam Warlock

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 of the main Marvel Universe

Marvel Universe

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 lived in the distant past.

Geography

Much information about the Godwheel is detailed in the Godwheel limited series #1. It is disc-shaped, with an inner core 30000000 miles (48,280,200 km) wide. Inside this core, shielded mostly by immensely high cliffs, are two binary suns

Binary star

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 which provide a measure of heat and light to the wheel.

It is 400000000 miles (643,736,000 km) from the cliffs to the edge of the wheel. Innumerable billions of entities live on the wheel's surface, and multiple other planetary bodies are seen 'around' the Godwheel. Structurally, the wheel can be considered similar to an Alderson disk

Alderson disk

An Alderson disk is an artificial astronomical megastructure, like Niven's Ringworld, or a Dyson sphere. The disk is a giant platter with a thickness of several thousand miles. The sun rests in the hole at the center of the disk. The outer radius of an Alderson disk would be roughly equivalent...

.

Locations

It has very rarely been explored; only a few locations are seen in the Godwheel limited series, as various Earth Ultras explore it to gain powerful relics.

A rocky realm of cliffs and forests is called 'Aerwa' and is said to be the source of all magic. This is where the heroine Flygirl

Flygirl (comics)

Flygirl is a fictional character. She was introduced in Malibu Comics' Freex #10 as a member of the Academy of the New Elite, an organization created by Contrary to teach young Ultras to control their powers.-Character biography:...

 dies in battle against Lord Pumpkin

Lord Pumpkin

Lord Pumpkin is a fictional being from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse continuity. He was created and later written by Dan Danko, with additional development by Steve Gerber, Aaron Lopresti, and Gary Martin including his first published appearance, with which Danko was not involved. Lord Pumpkin first...

. Even the underside of the Godwheel is inhabited; it is called Techtopia and is filled with all manner of machinery and life. In issue #3, a spot at the base of the inner rim is seen, within which is an inhabited primitive village heated by firepits.

It was the place of origin for Lord Pumpkin

Lord Pumpkin

Lord Pumpkin is a fictional being from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse continuity. He was created and later written by Dan Danko, with additional development by Steve Gerber, Aaron Lopresti, and Gary Martin including his first published appearance, with which Danko was not involved. Lord Pumpkin first...

 and the addictive Zuke plants.

The Entity

Ultraverse Future Shock

Ultraverse Future Shock

Written by Marc Paniccia with artwork by Fabio Laguna, Kevin West and Manny Clark, Ultraverse: Future Shock was a comic book one-shot. It was the swansong of Malibu Comics' Ultraverse, attempting to tie-up any and all loose ends....

also implies that it is the origin of the spaceship that became The Entity

The Entity (comics)

The Entity was a fictional device from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse. It first appeared in The Strangers #1; its origins were detailed in Ultraverse Future Shock, Phoenix: Resurrection, Ultraverse: Year Zero, and Break-Thru.Four billion years ago, an alien spacecraft exploded in our solar system...

, thus tying together the two main sources of Ultras in the Ultraverse.

External links

• A profile on the Godwheel event