Marvels

by Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross

Overview

Welcome to New York. Here, burning figures roam the streets, men in brightly colored costumes scale the glass and concrete walls, and creatures from space threaten to devour our world. This is the Marvel Universe, where the ordinary and fantastic interact daily. This is the world of MARVELS. Collecting Marvels (1994) #0-4.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780785170761
Publisher:	Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
Publication date:	10/25/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	790,449
File size:	90 MB
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Table of Contents

	Introduction	4
	Marvels Book Zero	6
	Marvel Age #130 Cover	19
Marvels Book 1	A Time of Marvels	20
Marvels Book 2	Monsters Among Us	66
Marvels Book 3	Judgment Day	112
Marvels Book 4	The Day She Died	158
	Marvels--The Proposals	205
	Marvels--The Scripts	229
	Commentary	260
	Commentary	294
	Commentary	321
	Understanding Marvels	358
	Sources	359
	Marvels--The Articles	360
	Marvels TPB Cover, 2nd Printing	373
	Marvels HC Cover	374
	Marvels TPB Cover	376
	Classic Covers	378
	Marvels--The Artistic Process	386
	Marvels--Behind the Scenes	394
	Acknowledgements	400

Editorial Reviews

Ten years ago, Marvels was the breakthrough work for both of its creators: a worm's-eye view of the spectacle of Marvel comics history-35 years of glorious superheroes and terrifying super-disasters, told from the perspective of Phil Sheldon, a newspaper photographer who's experienced "the marvels" from ground level. Renowned artist Ross's rich, lush, nearly photorealistic style (he painted all the major characters from photographs of models) made his reputation-and the book-a landmark. The story, too, suggests a sort of grandeur that had largely slipped away from superhero comics by the early '90s, even as it describes the helplessness that normal people might feel in the presence of angel-winged mutants and rapacious gods from outer space. There are plenty of Easter eggs in Marvels for longtime comics buffs, although the book is structured so that new readers won't be lost, either. The level of detail goes much deeper than what's visible on the page, but its creators' command of that unseen background gives the story itself force and resilience. This new edition augments the original with over 200 pages of extras: four drafts of Busiek's original proposal for the series, all of his scripts, a short bonus story, dozens of Ross's sketches and related artwork, and a guide to the many celebrity cameo appearances Ross drew into the original. (May) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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