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Zodiac Legacy #0.2
The Zodiac Legacy: The Vanguard Archives Part 2
Part two of this top-secret account examines the ruthless villains and their new superpowers in The Zodiac Legacy. Includes an exclusive preview of Stan Lee's upcoming illustrated novel, The Zodiac Convergence!
- GenresYoung AdultFiction
92 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 7, 2014
About the author
Stan Lee
7,595 books2,406 followersStan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
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January 22, 2015
Part 2 of the The Zodiac Archives!!
Part 2 was more focused on The Vanguards aka the bad guys. Another good prequel that will leave me less confused as to the background of each character and their signs.
Part 2 was more focused on The Vanguards aka the bad guys. Another good prequel that will leave me less confused as to the background of each character and their signs.
November 8, 2014
Could Be A Solid Entry Level Superhero Series
Here's the story thus far. Stan Lee, (yes, the Marvel Stan Lee), and Stuart Moore are writing, and Andie Tong is drawing, a new graphic superhero series for young readers. (It's not in a comic book style, but rather has loads of illustrations that highlight or dramatize the written story.)
The angle is that there are twelve superpowers available, based on the twelve signs of the Chinese Zodiac. Some villains, the "Vanguard", have received powers and have formed up into a gang led by former mercenary Maxwell. Some heros-to-be have received powers, and they are forming a team to battle the Vanguard. The central hero is 13 year old Steve, who accidentally walked into a Vanguard Zodiac experiment, was unintentionally powered, and is on the run while looking for other good guys.
The first volume of the series, "The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence", won't be released until January 27, 2015. But, two "tasters" have been released as free Kindle downloads.
The first sample is "The Zodiac Archives: Part 1". It consists of brief dossiers on each of the superpowered heros, and then an extended 6 chapter preview from the to be released book. The second free taster is "The Zodiac Legacy: The Vanguard Archives". This book has brief descriptions of the Vanguard villains written by a hero who had briefly been with the Vanguard. This second sample then progresses to the same 6 chapter preview that appears in the first taster. Since they're free, they set out the characters, and they give you a sense of how "Convergence" will be written there's no downside to giving these two freebies a try if it seems you might be interested in the series.
For what it's worth, this looks like it could be fun. The characters have interesting abilities, although nothing stunningly new, (strength, speed, intuition, technical and computer skills, agility, stealth, and so on). It appears that a real effort is being made to develop strong and distinctive personalities for each figure and it would be nice if the books are more than illustrated, prose video games.
The target reading age has been described variously as starting somewhere from 8 to 12 years old and that seems about right. The writing is crisp, clear and direct but not so bare bones that it just reads like cartoon captions. There is a real effort to develop personalities for the characters and to offer realistic sounding dialogue and descriptions. There's a big cast of characters, a lot of globe-trotting, and a lot of action, which all feels like it could just be fun. I guess time will tell.
Please note that I found these books while browsing Amazon Kindle freebies. I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.
Here's the story thus far. Stan Lee, (yes, the Marvel Stan Lee), and Stuart Moore are writing, and Andie Tong is drawing, a new graphic superhero series for young readers. (It's not in a comic book style, but rather has loads of illustrations that highlight or dramatize the written story.)
The angle is that there are twelve superpowers available, based on the twelve signs of the Chinese Zodiac. Some villains, the "Vanguard", have received powers and have formed up into a gang led by former mercenary Maxwell. Some heros-to-be have received powers, and they are forming a team to battle the Vanguard. The central hero is 13 year old Steve, who accidentally walked into a Vanguard Zodiac experiment, was unintentionally powered, and is on the run while looking for other good guys.
The first volume of the series, "The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence", won't be released until January 27, 2015. But, two "tasters" have been released as free Kindle downloads.
The first sample is "The Zodiac Archives: Part 1". It consists of brief dossiers on each of the superpowered heros, and then an extended 6 chapter preview from the to be released book. The second free taster is "The Zodiac Legacy: The Vanguard Archives". This book has brief descriptions of the Vanguard villains written by a hero who had briefly been with the Vanguard. This second sample then progresses to the same 6 chapter preview that appears in the first taster. Since they're free, they set out the characters, and they give you a sense of how "Convergence" will be written there's no downside to giving these two freebies a try if it seems you might be interested in the series.
For what it's worth, this looks like it could be fun. The characters have interesting abilities, although nothing stunningly new, (strength, speed, intuition, technical and computer skills, agility, stealth, and so on). It appears that a real effort is being made to develop strong and distinctive personalities for each figure and it would be nice if the books are more than illustrated, prose video games.
The target reading age has been described variously as starting somewhere from 8 to 12 years old and that seems about right. The writing is crisp, clear and direct but not so bare bones that it just reads like cartoon captions. There is a real effort to develop personalities for the characters and to offer realistic sounding dialogue and descriptions. There's a big cast of characters, a lot of globe-trotting, and a lot of action, which all feels like it could just be fun. I guess time will tell.
Please note that I found these books while browsing Amazon Kindle freebies. I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.
December 31, 2020
Actually contains two books.
Excellent black and white illustrations. Read the second preview first. This is a good stan Lee effort. Superheroes and supervillains based off the Chinese Zodiac.
Excellent black and white illustrations. Read the second preview first. This is a good stan Lee effort. Superheroes and supervillains based off the Chinese Zodiac.
Want to Read
December 5, 2016Great follow-up to the first book.
February 4, 2018
I have pretty much the same thing to say as the first one. I liked it, but since I've already read some of the books in the series I don't think I needed to read it.
March 31, 2017
This series is amazing. Quick read, great characters and an engaging story. One of my favorite trilogies ever.
April 13, 2017
Actual rating 3.5 stars
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