In CrossGen Comics Atlantis is set as the primary point of origin for the narrative events that unfold in the Sigilverse

Sigilverse

The Sigilverse, also known as the CrossGen Universe, is a fictional shared universe which served as a setting for most titles published by CrossGen Comics. Except for El Cazador, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and a handful of flashbacks, all CrossGen Universe titles are set in the future...

. Many of the popular ideas and beliefs that are associated with Atlantis are used in this iteration such as being an advanced culture and sinking beneath the sea. In the Sigilverse Atlantis was a great civilization that existed roughly 100, 000 years ago. After a period where they were at the height of their civilization many chose to ascended and thus become beings of pure energy. This setting bares many similarities to that of the later Stargate: Atlantis

Stargate

Stargate is a adventure military science fiction franchise, initially conceived by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Stargate. It was originally released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco, and became a hit, grossing nearly...

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Sigilverse

The Sigilverse Atlantis is an important factor in the construction of the universe's history. Many events that took place thousands of years ago in Atlantis had an impact hundreds of years later. Many of these impacts take place in Sigil

Sigil (comics)

Sigil is an American comic book series published by CrossGen Entertainment from July 2000 to December 2003, ending at issue forty-two. Sigil was one of the publisher's first four titles , a science fiction space opera, originally created by Mark Alessi and Gina M. Villa...

and Crux

Crux (comics)

Crux is an American comic book published by CrossGen Entertainment from May 2001 to February 2004. It was cancelled due to bankruptcy in 2004. Crux was one of the later titles that came first in a sort of second wave of Crossgen titles which included Sojourn and Brath...

with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (comics)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is an American comic book series published by CrossGen Entertainment from February to June 2004. It ran for five issues before it was forced to end by the bankruptcy of CrossGen in 2004....

telling the story of an Atlantean in the 1960s.