Marvel: The Lost Generation

Marvel: The Lost Generation
Cover of Marvel: The Lost Generation, vol. 1, #12 (March 2000), art by John Byrne and Allen Milgrom.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatLimited series
Genre
Publication dateMarch 2000 – February 2001
No. of issues12
Main character(s)First Line
Creative team
Created byRoger Stern
John Byrne
Written byRoger Stern
John Byrne
Penciller(s)John Byrne
Inker(s)Al Milgrom
Letterer(s)James Novak
John Morelli
Colorist(s)Glynis Oliver
Editor(s)Ralph Macchio

Marvel: The Lost Generation is a twelve-issue comic book miniseries published by Marvel Comics in 2000 and 2001. The series was scripted by Roger Stern and drawn by John Byrne with both as co-plotters. Numbered in reverse order, it began with issue #12 (March 2000) and finished with issue #1 (Feb. 2001).

Marvel: The Lost Generation tells the story of superheroes active after World War II but before the debut of the Fantastic Four, which is considered to be the start of the "modern age" of heroes within the Marvel Universe. Although the Fantastic Four first appeared in comics in 1961, Marvel Comics uses a sliding timescale. The Lost Generation explored events in the gap between the retirement/disappearance of superheroes active during World War II and the emergence of the modern generation of heroes.