Pokémon Ultraviolet

 is an American comic book series, being based on  by, and  being published by Eclipse View Comics since June 16th, 2013.

Synopsis
The series follows multiple arcs as the main focus is on Violet, a traveling trainer who decides to try and become the best, traveling across the regions to become the best Pokémon trainer around, facing numerous friends, rivals and enemies on the way.

Simple Beginnings Arc
Violet is a thirteen-year-old who lives in Kanto as she is given a Charmander as a starter as she decides to beat the eight gym leaders of Kanto while dealing with a bunch of random trainers and Pokémon as well as a conspiracy involving the gym leader Giovanni and the mafia known as Team Rocket.

Main

 * Violet - a somewhat aggressive and overexcited preteen who decides to become the best Pokémon trainer around, traveling through multiple regions as she slowly becomes more and more powerful through training her Pokémon team.
 * Blue - an egotistical and somewhat snarky but friendly at heart teenager who becomes Violet's rival as he decides to join her on her journey, claiming so he can be stronger than her but turns out he actually has grown a bond with her and believes that she makes him stronger like how he makes her stronger.
 * Green - a studious female trainer who doesn't want to become a Pokémon trainer to be a champion but instead wants to study all Pokémon and see what they like and dislike, joining Violet and Blue as she can sometimes be naggy and controlling but means well.

Simple Beginnings Arc

 * Professor Oak - the professor of Kanto's Pokémon as he oversees both Violet and Blue's process as well as Green's as he is quite fascinated by their goal, keeping his eyes closely on them while sometimes giving them advice through their Pokedex.
 * Nurse Joy - a wise and sweet-natured nurse who treats Pokémon of their injuries as there are multiple Nurse Joys all over Kanto as they all seem to be relatives although none of them really comment on it.
 * Brock - the somewhat cold yet intelligent rock type Gym Leader of Pewter City known for his love for training Pokémon, being the first gym leader that Violet and Blue faces against, as Brock is a fair player, willing to admit when he loses.

Simple Beginnings Arc

 * Team Rocket, consisting of:
 * Giovanni - Viridian City's gym leader who is extremely mysterious and treats gym battles as a secondary goal, enjoying watching trainers cry at losing. It is revealed that he is the leader of Team Rocket as he wants full control over all of Kanto, wanting to become heralded as a god.
 * Doctor Gideon - a sadistic scientist working for Team Rocket who views Pokémon as weapons and expendable tools, and not living companions, being loyal to Giovanni as he has begun quite a few experiments on Pokémon to create the perfect Pokémon.
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Simple Beginnings Arc

 * 1) I Choose You! - It is Violet's first day as a Pokémon trainer as she picks Charmander as her starter due to her believing it can be the most powerful. She soon has to prove it by dueling her rival Blue, soon learning that he wants to join her on her quest to become the best.
 * 2) A Journey's Beginning - Earning Blue's respect and loyalty, Violet begins her journey as a Pokémon training as they encounter a Pokémon studier known as Green and convince her to join them. Soon, they discover a small forest area home to numerous Pokémon as they have to fight against grunts working for Team Rocket as they have to defeat them, only using their starters.
 * 3) An Ease of Eevee - Violet, Blue and Green stumble upon a stray Eevee alone by itself as Green decides to try and figure out who is cruel enough to abandon an Eevee. Soon they learn a trainer abandoned the Eevee due to seeing it as weak as Violet, in a fit of anger and for Green's sake, decides to challenge this trainer to a duel.
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Annuals

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Pokémon teams
See /Pokémon Teams/.

Trivia

 * The comic is designed as an alternate take on the anime, following a similar primary protagonist and changing regions.
 * Pokémon from outside of Kanto show up in the first arc, with the exception of starters, legendaries, psuedo-legendaries and mythicals.