false 15719 15 All's not well in the Marvel Universe in the year 1602 as strange storms are brewing and strange new powers are emerging! Spider-Man, the X-Men, Nick Fury, Dr. Strange, Daredevil, Dr. Doom, Black Widow, Captain America, and more appear in the waning days of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. As the world begins to change and enter into a new age, Gaiman weaves a thrilling mystery. How and why are these Marvel stars appearing nearly 400 years before they're supposed to? Collects Marvel 1602 #1-8. 2371238 book 2004 Marvel 1602 (Quill Award Edition) total:3055|5:19|4:35|3:28|2:7|1:0| 3055 11622 3749 212 3 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Aug 20 00:22:03 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 09:40:28 -0700 2007 British comics, on the other hand, often tend to lean more towards addressing alternate pasts - something I...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 00:04:45 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 10:22:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 13:15:23 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 15:59:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 19:59:25 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 20:09:03 -0700 2007 Marvel 1602 is a fun, engaging bit of pulp comic work. Neil Gaiman re-imagines the classic Marvel heroes and villains as having appeared 400 years earlier, and it's pretty effective. As for as writing and content go, the vast majority of the joy in this book - which is far from trivial - comes from...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jan 30 21:03:23 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 21:07:09 -0800 2009 2 0 false true Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 07:36:19 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 09:37:16 -0800 2009 1 Neil Gaiman ventures into Alan Moore territory for Marvel. Oddly, it's not a very exciting expedition.

Gaiman may be the victim of expectations. I was a huge fan of Sandman and The Books of Magic. Frankly, nothing he's done since has impressed me half as much.

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Even though I'm of the opinion that DC is superior to Marvel, I have to say that I liked the story that the Marvel universe started 500 years too early... It was really inventive and the plot was fast paced and kept you with it.

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Not being a Marvel junky, many of these charac...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 08:26:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 07:47:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 07 19:25:11 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 15:03:49 -0800 2009 Neil Gaiman, j'attendais beaucoup de ce livre, avec un scénario vraiment alléchant.
Au final c'est pas mal, mais pas transcendant non plus. Certains pans de l'histoire sont vraiment trop survolés, et la fin est vraiment bâclée. De plu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 15:11:23 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 08:54:50 -0800 2009 1 Neil Gaiman graphic novel, and the art is excellent and interesting. But I've never read the original comics where these characters appeared, so I was a little vague on tho...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 16 02:32:30 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 02:36:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 19:40:34 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 19:45:19 -0800 2009 more...]]>