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A review by crookedtreehouse
1872 by Gerry Duggan
4.0
DC used to frequently release Elseworld titles, where familiar DC characters (usually Batman) were shown in different eras. Marvel has done this a number of times, too, usually as part of a Multiverse storyline. During Secret Wars, all Marvel titles where essentially Elseworld titles (or Battleworld titles, or Warzones titles). Most of them were, at the very least, fun.
1872 is a blast. It's just the right balnce of nostalgic nods to classic Marvel stories, and a completely new story. The seldom used Red Wolf is the closest thing to a protagonist in this series, but we also check in with Wild West America versions of Captain America, Iron Man, Kingpin, Black Widow, The Hulk, Bullseye, Elektra, Ben Ulrich, and more. And each of them feel reminiscent but not beholden to their Marel 616 counterparts.
This book requires zero knoweldge of the Marvel Universe, and you certainly don't need to know anything about what's happening in the main Secret Wars title. It reads like it may have been a Western story that Duggan had in his pocket that he plugged Marvel characters into. And he did a superb job with the plugging.
I recomend it to fans of Westen comics, Western TV shows, Red Wolf, and Elseworld fans.
1872 is a blast. It's just the right balnce of nostalgic nods to classic Marvel stories, and a completely new story. The seldom used Red Wolf is the closest thing to a protagonist in this series, but we also check in with Wild West America versions of Captain America, Iron Man, Kingpin, Black Widow, The Hulk, Bullseye, Elektra, Ben Ulrich, and more. And each of them feel reminiscent but not beholden to their Marel 616 counterparts.
This book requires zero knoweldge of the Marvel Universe, and you certainly don't need to know anything about what's happening in the main Secret Wars title. It reads like it may have been a Western story that Duggan had in his pocket that he plugged Marvel characters into. And he did a superb job with the plugging.
I recomend it to fans of Westen comics, Western TV shows, Red Wolf, and Elseworld fans.