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A review by unladylike
Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four by Pascal Alixe, Peter David
4.0
I apparently enjoy Marvel characters much more in their 1602 context. Having concluded that a comic book or graphic novel is only as good as its writer, I assumed the two spin-off volumes to Neil Gaiman's version of 1602 would be gimmicky and lack in actual historical knowledge. But guess what. They don't suck. Page one of Peter David's Fantastick Four TPB starts off rough, and I held my breath in hopes that it would evolve beyond a mockery of Gaiman's way with mythology.
In fact, several of Gaiman's favourite ideas - that belief gives things, gods, and ideas power; that the worlds of science and the supernatural must recognise one another and coexist; and that men have a long history of crowning ourselves with titles and power, admiring our ability to confront problems and reason through them, while women often carry a more lucid perception of the true heart of the matter, only to have that very perception swept aside - are covered very well in the book's dialogues.
It is a well-told adventure story with conversations about and instances of humankind's best and worst tendencies. The cover art on several of the issues was among the best Marvel paintings I've seen. Each is worth beholding for at least a minute.
In fact, several of Gaiman's favourite ideas - that belief gives things, gods, and ideas power; that the worlds of science and the supernatural must recognise one another and coexist; and that men have a long history of crowning ourselves with titles and power, admiring our ability to confront problems and reason through them, while women often carry a more lucid perception of the true heart of the matter, only to have that very perception swept aside - are covered very well in the book's dialogues.
It is a well-told adventure story with conversations about and instances of humankind's best and worst tendencies. The cover art on several of the issues was among the best Marvel paintings I've seen. Each is worth beholding for at least a minute.