
Here's hoping that this concept is one that continues to work in the long run. Between Busiek's fun writing, Cinar and Richard Isanove's art, and covers by Alex Ross, The Marvels has the potential to be something special. Set in the 1939 to 1974 time period, the series examines the Marvel Universe, the collective setting of most of Marvel's superhero series, from the perspective of an Everyman. It was published by Marvel Comics in 1994. It remains to be seen where The Marvels goes from here, but this opening issue has-at the very least-sold me on the idea Busiek and company are pitching. Marvels is a four-issue miniseries comic book written by Kurt Busiek, painted by Alex Ross and edited by Marcus McLaurin. If you're looking for an event-style comic that uses a ton of different characters but doesn't come with any of the required backlog reading, this series is what you're looking for. I've spent literally months trying to catch up on everything important that has happened at Marvel and DC since I last ingrained myself in weekly comic book reading. As someone who has been largely out of the loop in comics for the past few years, this is such a breath of fresh air.

Simply having a general knowledge of the superheroes within the Marvel universe is enough to allow you to pick the book up and begin reading. So far, what I have liked most about The Marvels is how low the barrier of entry has been. Written by Kurt Busiek with art from Yildiray Cinar and covers from Alex Ross, The Marvels will tell superheroic stories from across Marvel's 80+plus years of continuity including the.
