The Press Release:
The Marvel Universe is a sprawling, interconnected web of rich history, dating back to its very beginnings…and now, it’s all coming together in a huge new story! This July, Marvel invites readers to join legendary writer Mark Waid (Avengers No Road Home) and Exiles artists Javier Rodriguez and Alvaro Lopez for a brand-new tale in what is destined to become the DEFINITIVE history of the Marvel Universe!
HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE will reveal previously unknown secrets and shocking revelations, connecting all threads of the past and present from the Marvel Universe! From the Big Bang to the twilight of existence, this sweeping story covers every significant event and provides fresh looks at the origins of every fan’s favorite Marvel stories!
“We’ve seen Marvel histories and Marvel encyclopedias and Marvel handbooks, and I love that stuff. I absorb them like Galactus absorbs planets,” Waid told Marvel. “This is not that. There’s information here, but there’s also a story. The Marvel Universe is a living thing, it is its own story, and we’re trying to approach it with some degree of heart to find the heart in that story so it doesn’t read like 120 pages of Wikipedia.”
It’s a story you’ve never seen before…and it all starts this July with HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!
HISTORY OF THR MARVEL UNIVERSE #1 (of 6): Written by MARK WAID; Art by JAVIER RODRIGUEZ; Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: Truth be told I have always enjoyed those “history of” types of releases and while its not exactly related, I used to love the “Marvel Universe” character biographies that came out many years ago. They also did a handbook series that you could place in binders but I didn’t collect that one for too long and just didn’t want to have 25 comic book binders on my bookshelf. This was great though if you were one of those comic book historian types since they were loaded with amazing information. I’ll be picking this one up for sure and hoping it also gets collected into a single volume on the quick. I like what they’ve revealed as the cover and some of the interior pages and am very excited. Of course I still have some lead time in asking my local comic book shop to add this to my pull list. What about you out there in the readership? Chime in down below in the comments with your own thoughts about it and I will see you again soon. Thanks for reading.
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