Origin

Nextwave is a group of minor Marvel Superheroes. The comic was intended to be a comedy with a sloppy plot. Nextwave was created by H.A.T.E (Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort). They are used to fight against "Unusual Weapons of Mass Destruction." Nextwave usually battles H.A.T.E's main enemy, S.I.L.E.N.T. which is a terrorist organization.

Real or Unreal?

''Civil War: Damage Report'' implies that the members of Nextwave had their "memories and/or personalities" altered by H.A.T.E., which may account for the bizzare out-of-character behavior, and might mean that in mainstream continuity, the events of entire series itself never happened, or happened very differently from the way they were portrayed.

Warren Ellis initially said the entire series was set in an alternate universe, but the cast later showed up in various other comics in ther Nextwave costumes. Joe Quesada finally confirmed that it was set in Earth-616.

Official Theme Song

Nextwave has an official theme song.

NEXT WAVE

Alternate Realities

Earth-2149

The Nextwave squad existed in the Marvel Zombies reality with the same lineup as in the main universe (Elsa Bloodstone, Machine Man, Monica Rambeaux, The Captain and Tabitha Smith). They were all destroyed or turned into zombies.