false <![CDATA[Marvels]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166775014m/16982.jpg 16982 10 Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross' fully-painted re-telling of key moments in the Marvel Universe (as seen through the eyes of an innocent bystander) is presented in this collected edition. 265304 book 1 10 2003 Marvels total:697|5:263|4:276|3:124|2:27|1:7| 697 2852 815 77 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 19:34:26 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 11:41:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 12:44:04 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:44:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 23:25:44 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 23:28:44 -0800 2009
Busiek carves out a spot for himse...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 13 18:28:19 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 18:31:03 -0800 2009
That's not to say the story is a slouch. Its actually a really fun idea. Its a retelling / look back at the emergence of superheroes onto the world scene, from the eyes of a reporter in ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 12 02:21:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 04:11:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 09:15:14 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 09:29:09 -0700 2008
A superhero story in wh...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 10 22:24:58 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 22:25:52 -0700 2008 Marvels is a look at the early years of the Marvel Universe from the viewpoint of normal folks. Our everyman is Phil Sheldon, a news photographer. As the events of various Marvel comics occur in the background, Phil observes and reacts to them. The original series had four issues. The first deals wi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 22:09:40 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 22:10:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 05 19:08:21 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 13 18:30:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 10:25:09 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 10:30:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 19 07:14:01 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 07:19:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 12:14:40 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 12:23:05 -0700 2008
And holy shit. This book reads like a punch to the gut, and in a seriously good way -- it constantly had me on the verge of t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 18:37:44 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 18:53:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 21:56:59 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 19:26:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Feb 09 14:47:15 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 14:51:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 28 08:23:09 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 08:29:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 20:13:56 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 20:19:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 07:27:40 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 12:10:15 -0700 2008
So while all those big superhero battles were going on, what was the rest of the population thinking? Kurt Busiek gives us one answer to that question in Marvels, a story that touches on a large number of the stories battles in the Marvel universe, givi...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 07:49:32 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 07:55:17 -0700 2008
The principle of this book, er sorry graphic novel, is ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 12:14:10 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 12:15:44 -0700 2009 life, as far as I'm concerned. It would be so much more interesting that way.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=16982