My one peeve? That Wolverine was not included in the fun too.

Marvel 1602 was extremely fun to read and I enjoyed myself immensely. I realize that this review is rather choppy and cryptic – but if I said more or explained the plot better I would be robbing you of the pleasure of seeing things come into place before your eyes. (I tried to explain what was going on but only managed to get “The Look”. A couple of the superheroes or supervillains are not easily recognizable at first sight and one particular revelation had me screaming at the pages and Dear Partner rushing into the room thinking the house was on fire. Who is enemy and who is friend? And as the plot unfolds, I was so engrossed in the story, trying to figure out who is who as some of the characters are not what they seem. Collecting MARVEL 1602 #1-8.All of these seemly unrelated plotlines at first appear to concur with my first impression on how this would only be a “what if the Marvel heroes…” but soon it becomes clear to us and to the characters that the world they live in is in danger, something is causing the freaky weather and the strange happenings, the universe is about to be destroyed and all of these heroes have been somehow misplaced in time and were born 400 years earlier that they were supposed to!Īnd so they must come together to try to figure out what exactly is going on. The construction of this universe was entrusted to Neil Gaiman, the author of the Sandman comic, one of the few comics to be included in the New York Times. MARVEL 1602 combines classic Marvel action and adventure with the historically accurate setting of Queen Elizabeth's reign to create a unique series unlike any other published by Marvel Comics. Classic Marvel icons such as the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and Daredevil appear in this intriguing world of 17th- century science and sorcery, instantly familiar to readers, yet subtly different in this new time. Can Fury and his allies find a connection to these unusual happenings before the whole world ends? In MARVEL 1602, award-winning writer Neil Gaiman presents a unique vision of the Marvel Universe set four hundred years in the past. 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. News is spreading of 'witchbreed' sightings ? young men bearing fantastic superhuman powers and abilities. 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. Stephen Strange senses that the bizarre weather plaguing the skies above is not of natural origin. In the service of Queen Elizabeth, court magician Dr. Written by NEIL GAIMAN Penciled by ANDY KUBERT Cover by SCOTT MCKOWEN The year is 1602, and strange things are stirring in England. (W) Neil Gaiman (A) Andy Kubert (CA) Scott McKowen. Marvel 1602 Graphic Novel (2022 Printing) USD $ 19.99

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