direstraits
Well-Known Member
This is something that Gaiman hasn't done in a while, which are superhero stories. And this one promised to be oh so good.
Gaiman reimagines a big group of stalwart Marvel characters and places them in 17th Century England, when Queen Elizabeth I ruled England, and the subsequent monarch James of Scotland took over. The story is a mixture of fiction with real historical events (Queen E, James, Virginia Dare, who was the first person born in the English colony in America).
What's amazing about this story is he manages to fit in Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Spider-man, X-Men, the Watcher, Magneto, Nick Fury, Dr Strange, Dr Doom, Captain America, Hulk, Thor and a few other Avengers members into a single continuum, without appearing too convoluted. Only just, though.
Andy Kubert does competent pencils, and the colours are brilliant.
The story is huge and satisfying, but I have to say the main selling point for this project is Gaiman's take on Marvel's superheroes more than anything else. It's not as good as his other works where he controls every element of the story, unlike this one where each Marvel character is a gigantic franchise that cannot bear huge changes.
But that said, Gaiman belongs to those select group of people and things: George RR Martin, Guy Gavriel Kay, pizza and sex: Even when it's not great, it's still pretty good.
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Gaiman reimagines a big group of stalwart Marvel characters and places them in 17th Century England, when Queen Elizabeth I ruled England, and the subsequent monarch James of Scotland took over. The story is a mixture of fiction with real historical events (Queen E, James, Virginia Dare, who was the first person born in the English colony in America).
What's amazing about this story is he manages to fit in Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Spider-man, X-Men, the Watcher, Magneto, Nick Fury, Dr Strange, Dr Doom, Captain America, Hulk, Thor and a few other Avengers members into a single continuum, without appearing too convoluted. Only just, though.
Andy Kubert does competent pencils, and the colours are brilliant.
The story is huge and satisfying, but I have to say the main selling point for this project is Gaiman's take on Marvel's superheroes more than anything else. It's not as good as his other works where he controls every element of the story, unlike this one where each Marvel character is a gigantic franchise that cannot bear huge changes.
But that said, Gaiman belongs to those select group of people and things: George RR Martin, Guy Gavriel Kay, pizza and sex: Even when it's not great, it's still pretty good.
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