New Statesmen (comic)

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New Statesmen was a "political superhero series"^[1] featured in British comic Crisis, created by John Smith and Jim Baikie, which lasted for fourteen episodes from 1998 to 1999.

Set in America in 2047, the series told the story of a number of genetically modified "optimen", created with superhuman 'hard' and 'soft' talents, who were essentially biological weapons. The series asked what 'superheroes' would be like if they were far more human than traditional heroes.

The series depicted a dystopian future in which Britain had become the 51st state of America and the world is in the grip of fear of genetic engineering and political warmongering.

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1. List of creators of 2000AD series