Marvels 2

Marvels 2

Almost every time I talk to a former comic book reader they bring up the same things, The Punisher, Kingdom Come and Marvels. Marvels was one of the most important comic books of its time. The series by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross combined their love for the Marvel Universe to show the characters that had become so familiar in a new light. Marvels depicted the birth of the age of heroes through the eyes of Daily Bugle reporter Phil Sheldon.

At a time when interest was waning in super hero comics, this was a welcome and much-needed homage to the medium that it practically started a new movement in the industry. Marvel Comics editor Tom Brevoort revealed to CBR.com that the long awaited sequel “Marvels: Eye of the Camera” is finally on its way.

“Once again, our point of view character and the guy we’re with is Phil Sheldon, and we’ll be picking him up sometime after the original ‘Marvels,’” Brevoort explained. “Along with him on this particular story over these six issues, we’ll be walking through the Marvel universe of the ‘70s and of the ‘80s and also revisiting a couple of key moments from the ‘60s that got skipped over in the original ‘Marvels’ series because they weren’t germane to that story. We’re very much of a kind in terms of the story in the original ‘Marvels’ and a direct sequel in that this is all the stuff that happens to Phil after the end of ‘Marvels’ #4.

“The comics of the ‘70s and ‘80s have a slightly different flavor, and that will impact on the story as Phil experiences the changing of the universe and the world around him. He’ll react to that and respond to that as you would expect having seen the original book. We’ll be covering everything. You’ll see the Punisher appear for the first time in Manhattan, and we’ll see the rise of monsters like Werewolf by Night and Man-Thing and Son of Satan, and we’ll see the X-Men die in Dallas during ‘Fall of the Mutants,’ and we’ll see the climax of ‘Secret Wars II’ where a huge gash is taken out of the middle of the continental U.S. and all the stuff around that.”

Many fans will be disappointed that start painter Alex Ross is not involved in the project, but the artwork shown by Jay Anacleto is superb. Designed to fit the 70’s and 80’s of Marvel Comics, this series will have a different feel than the original.

The series will hit the stands this December.