This leaves the powerless populace feeling threatened from all angles by these seemingly alien beings with amazing abilities.īusiek has done a fair job of creating a realistic playground for the superpowers to do their stuff in, but it raises as many questions as it answers. The back-stories of the heroes, that provided them with their human characteristics, are largely ignored in this version, presumed to take place behind closed doors (except for a celebrity romance or two). This inevitably causes frictions with the civilian populace, who prefer their buildings the way they were. A superhero is never going to be too far away - they'll fight, a few buildings might get flattened, and it's all over. Imagine going about your everyday business when a supervillain turns up and starts creating havoc. The story, written by Kurt Busiek, takes you through Marvel's history from a very human perspective. Trying to create a realistic looking Thing, who has a rocky outer skin, was obviously tricky and might be better left to the traditional comics style that requires more suspension of disbelief. It seemed to us that he was more comfortable with the human characters than some of the more exotic ones though. Yet it's simultaneously unorthodox in that its main protagonist is not a costumed hero but a photojournalist, covering the actions of these Marvels (as he calls them) for newspapers like the Daily Bugle.Īlex Ross' painted artwork is a phenomenal achievement, refreshing Marvel's characters and history with a sweep of colour and realism.
The tradition comes from the fact that it celebrates the history of Marvel Comics' superhero universe in an ultra-faithful manner, spanning its major events from the formation of the Fantastic Four to the death of Spider-Man's first girlfriend, many years later. Marvels Marvels is a superhero comic with an intelligent edge, managing to embrace the genre and come up with a story that is simultaneously original and traditional. Graphic novel review - Marvels - Busiek, Ross
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