Marvel 1602
by:
Andy Kubert (author)
Neil Gaiman (author)
Neil Gaiman's vision of the Marvel Universe in the year 1602! The year is 1602, and strange things are stirring in England. In the service of Queen Elizabeth, court magician Dr. Stephen Strange senses that the bizarre weather plaguing the skies above is not of natural origin. Her majesty's...
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Neil Gaiman's vision of the Marvel Universe in the year 1602! The year is 1602, and strange things are stirring in England. In the service of Queen Elizabeth, court magician Dr. Stephen Strange senses that the bizarre weather plaguing the skies above is not of natural origin. Her majesty's premier spy, Sir Nicholas Fury, fends off an assassination attempt on the Queen by winged warriors rumored to be in service to a mad despot named Doom. News is spreading of "witchbreed" sightings - young men bearing fantastic superhuman powers and abilities. And in the center of the rising chaos is Virginia Dare, a young girl newly arrived from the New World, guarded by a towering Indian warrior. Can Fury and his allies find a connection to these unusual happenings before the whole world ends? Collects Marvel 1602 #1-8.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780785141341 (0785141340)
Publish date: February 24th 2010
Publisher: Marvel
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
Series: Marvel 1602
Gaiman's reimaging of Marvel in 1602 does show a quite a bit of knowledge about the real 1602. The use of Daredevil is very cool. But considering the recent issue of Marvel's Darth Vader comic, I'm now back to not picking up any more Marvel comics, even if they are free as this one was.
I'm not the greatest fan of Gaiman's work. That's not shade, I have a huge amount of respect for him, and I can read his writing and appreciate how much talent he naturally has, as well as a keen tongue and glib, poetic but economical prose. I just don't gel with his sensibility about 80% of the tim...
The mind of Gaiman gives an interesting twist on the Marvel Universe.
A temporal anomaly causes many Marvel mutants to be born hundreds of years earlier (so they are actually inhabitants of the Elizabethan era, not time-travellers). They must save the world (natch) despite the Inquisition, political intrigues, and supervillains. The suppositions "Church = bad, Queen...
Because it was the end of the semester, it took me forever to realize Native American Rohjaz was Steve Rogers. Steeped in the myths. Made me want to read up on Dr. Strange.
10 years ago
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