(Mobile book) Marvel 1602: New World TPB

Marvel 1602: New World TPB

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#2161706 in Books 2006-01-18Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.25 x .25 x 6.75l, #File Name: 0785114947120 pages | File size: 76.Mb

Greg Pak : Marvel 1602: New World TPB before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Marvel 1602: New World TPB:

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Not nearly as good as the original 1602By Jorge A. TorresWhen I first read marvel 1602 it blew me away! I've reread it several times and the stroy never gets tired. Too see some of my favorite Marvel characters in the 1600's setting was colossal! The story was very well written and the mystery of Rhojaz was well played until the end. Dr. Strange rocked and was awesome!! I had high expectations for this new incarnation of 1602 being that Spiderman, and were the main charcaters along with Virginia Dare. Unfortunately, the story falls flat and the art is simply horrible. The plot was confusing and non-existent, the Hulk's character wasn't developed fully even though it had possibilities, Peter Parker was so so and Iron Man was just a little eye candy thrown in for good measure. It's a good thing the book only cost me a fraction of the original price so it wasn't a total waste, if not I would have been really upset. Marvel should have avoided squeezing the original concept with three more books Spiderman 1602, Fantastik and New World. Marvel 1602 should have stood alone as a great masterpiece and not insulted with what they came up next. But, hey, anything to make a couple extra dollars.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy JW AppelGreat stuff. Wis Green Goblin 1602 appeared though.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A tasty treatBy Alan GratzMarvel 1602: The New World is the second collection of stories in a world developed by master Neil Gaiman. I can't really say "created," because what Gaiman did was take a bunch of heroes and re-cast them in England, circa 1602, as pilgrims and adventurers were just beginning to explore the New World. (And yes, there are dinosaurs, like on the cover there. It would take too long to explain, but it makes a kind of sense in the story.)The first volume, by Gaiman and penciler Andy Kubert, was fantastic. This new collection of comics, from writer Greg Pak and penciler Greg Tocchini, is also very good, but where the Gaiman/Kubert book felt like a scrumptious four-course meal, this one felt more like a tasty candy desert.But it's unfair to compare other writers to Gaiman, and doesn't do justice to the efforts of this creative team, who do a nice job taking over the reins. The story moves at a brisk, action-oriented pace, and involves new characters like the reimagined Iron Man (now Lord Iron, a sort of behemoth Conquistador in a suit of iron armor) and old friends who played minor roles in collection the first but come into their own here like The Hulk and The Spider (young lad Peter Parquagh.) Occasionally the action was a little hard to follow, but this was forgivable. And the storytellers really had a nice flair for surprise and suspense, which is always welcome in any genre.I should also say, for the sake of journalistic integrity, that I'm a much greater fan of DC Comics than I am Marvel. For some reason, the Marvel universe has never appealed to me as much as the DC universe - perhaps because I came on board with comics fairly late, in college. (My parents did not think comics were suitable reading material when I was a boy, and it wasn't until college that my new comics-loving college friends got me hooked.) Marvel has always had its eye on the youth of America - after all, what is The Uncanny X-Men but the ultimate fantasy of disaffected, disenfranchised kids who dream of blossoming into something special and powerful? But that's not to say that I'm wholly unfamiliar with the Marvel universe - I'm too much of a geek wannabe to deliberately stay in the dark, and I pick up the odd collection here and there to stay somewhat current.In some ways, this collection felt like a Greg Keyes novel, with many players coming together for a monumental fracas at the end. And when you're dealing with the likes of the Hulk and Iron Man, a monumental fracas is always a good thing. This book is a keeper, and I'll look for more collections if Marvel publishes more.

Return to the world of 1602! Rising stars Greg Pak (X-Men: Phoenix -- Endsong) and Greg Tocchini (Thor: Son Of Asgard) pick up where the best-selling story by Neil Gaiman left off: America, the New World! When Captain America was thrust back in time, it changed reality as we know it. Dinosaurs still roam the earth, and the Marvel super heroes we know came to exist 500 years early. Witness David Bruce Banner and Peter Parquagh become the Hulk and Spider-Man in the most eagerly-awaited event of the year! Collects 1602: New World #1-5.