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Summary: what a disaster
Review: how horrible, as if japanese culture hasn't hijacked our comics enough now they want to make them as cheesy as the massive flux of manga that is invading america. keep this crap away from real comics.
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Summary: Mangaverse rocks
Review: I don't care what anyone else says about this book. I love it, heck I own the first three trades in the series. All of the Marvel characters got done over and most of them look great except for a select few. Thor's look was one of my favorite designs, his costume resembled the old Thor costume crossed with Iron Man and Captain Universe's costumes plus he was enormous! I have never seen Thor that large before he was alomost as tall as a Celestial! I also liked the What If Bruce Banner became Thor and The Hulk thing that was neat. Dr. Strange was also one of the better redesigned characters he looks like a wuss in the normal Marvel Universe. Over all this was one of the better Marvel Alterniverse realitites.
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Summary: Succesful Experiment
Review: I think I decided in 1996 that everything that could be done in comics had been done and I stopped collecting everything but Cerebus, and I stuck around to see that Aardvark die in issue 300. It turns out I was wrong and am now just realizing a Renaissance has been going on and I've missed the first half. Thanks to these collected volumes, I'm getting back into the pool fast. This was a nice collection to stumble across.
With absolutely no rules to define how they structure their histories or adventures, a cross section of the Mighty Marvel family are given a shot at plying their advenures in Manga style storytelling. Some characters are exact transpostions. The Fantastic Four story is lifted directly from Evangelion, and the Avengers are the Power Rangers, right down to having vehicles that form into an Uber Iron Man.
Bruce Banner is the main protaganist, the unleashing of a Godzilla sized Hulk is the core story that combines most of these one-shots (although the X-Men connection was pretty weak, and so were the X-Men). Spider man and Ghost Rider were cool, I can see them doing more with them. The Punisher was funny. I wound up liking the Manga Dr. Strange more than the "Real" one.
A lot of time has passed since Wolverine got his adamantium back and Bruce Wayne's broken spine was healed with mystic energies, I'm glad to see that comics are fun to read again.
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Summary: Succesful Experiment
Review: I think I decided in 1996 that everything that could be done in comics had been done and I stopped collecting everything but Cerebus, and I stuck around to see that Aardvark die in issue 300. It turns out I was wrong and am now just realizing a Renaissance has been going on and I've missed the first half. Thanks to these collected volumes, I'm getting back into the pool fast. This was a nice collection to stumble across.
With absolutely no rules to define how they structure their histories or adventures, a cross section of the Mighty Marvel family are given a shot at plying their advenures in Manga style storytelling. Some characters are exact transpostions. The Fantastic Four story is lifted directly from Evangelion, and the Avengers are the Power Rangers, right down to having vehicles that form into an Uber Iron Man.
Bruce Banner is the main protaganist, the unleashing of a Godzilla sized Hulk is the core story that combines most of these one-shots (although the X-Men connection was pretty weak, and so were the X-Men). Spider man and Ghost Rider were cool, I can see them doing more with them. The Punisher was funny. I wound up liking the Manga Dr. Strange more than the "Real" one.
A lot of time has passed since Wolverine got his adamantium back and Bruce Wayne's broken spine was healed with mystic energies, I'm glad to see that comics are fun to read again.
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Summary: overall pretty good
Review: Just when you thought you had seen it all, Marvel does this. They've taken some of our favorite characters and turned magna on them. And you've got some of the best here. The Hulk has one of the more interesting changes--he's become a huge Godzilla-like creature, and he is what threads the stories together. The Spider-Man story is a good one. Keeps the basics and turns it samuri like. Really well done. Everyone's favorite, the X-Men are here. They are real uneven. I think a better job could have been done on them (Their Wolverine is really weak). Iron Man has recieved an update and is inhabited by Ms. Stark. And Stark Industries threads some minor Marvel characters into the story. Dr. Strange has been turned into a much cooler character than he ever has been before. The Avengers have become the Iron Avengers (a Power Ranger type team) consisting of Captain, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, and Vision. They combine to become Ultimate Iron Man. And they battle Apocalypse (who has a much better look) and his Horsemen: Sinister, Juggernaut, White QUeen, and Archangel, and theirs is a good transformation. America, Nemo is an megalomaniac leader of Atlantis bent on taking over the surface world. The Fantastic Four have been given a real interesting change, one that I'm not quite sure how to describe. Ghost Rider, who I normally don't like, gets an interesting theological bent and turns into a good story. The Punisher is weak. Real weak. I won't even go into her other than this: S&M. And even Thor, mostly unchanged, makes a brief appearance. I'll say this, it was interesting, and as a whole, quite enjoyable.
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Summary: Marvel gets "manga-fied".
Review: MARVEL MANGAVERSE is a collection of one-shot specials showing an alternative anime-styled version of the Marvel Universe. These 8 issues paved the way for the Marvel Mangaverse comic book series and the new comic, Spider Man-Legend Of The Spider Clan. It starts off with the Mangaverse version of the Avengers lead by Irongirl testing a new technology that attracts the attention of the criminal orginization Hydra and the rebellious forces of the underwater nation of Atlantis lead by Prince Namor. This causes the arrivial of the gigantic Godzilla-like Hulk to go on a rampage in New York. The Avengers assemble their giant robot, Iron Man, to stop it, while keeping it out of the clutches of the evil mutant, Apocalypse. Then, the meta-altered Fantastic Four tangles with the interdimensional menace, Annihilus. Ghost Rider roles in next to try and take the monsterous Hulk on his own. A Kabuki version of Punisher is introdueced next. Plus, Spider Man is redone as a ninja kid. The X-Men lead by Storm bring up the rear. Finally, all the heroes combine their efforts along with Dr. Strange and a very anime catgirl version of Tigra to stop The Hulk, Hydra, and Namor to save the world. But thanks to the hammer of Thor, the day is saved, but only at the cost of two of Marvel's greatest heroes(who never would've ended up together like THAT in the regular comics!). Definately check this graphic novel out! It features the talents of Ben Dunn, Lea Hernandez, Adam Warren, and Udon Studios. A must for all anime and comic book fans!
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Summary: Better than volume 1 but not by much
Review: Not the greates story ever told. Some what interesting though. Secrets at the end are very interesting. Results of the action seem quite definitive and without thought for future creativity.
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Summary: The Saga Begins
Review: The most innovative Marvel Comic i have read in years. Entertaining and colorful I cant wait until it is made into a Cartoon show
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Summary: the good review for the right place
Review: The upper review was for the vol 1 of mangaverse....
this one is for the vol 2. On the second volume is 2 story. 1rst story: you meet Marvin Elwood, a teenager who will became captain Marvel and who have to save heart from galatus. Seconde story is about Dr Doom who try to conquer the world. All the graphic are made by Ben Dunn and are really great... IF YOU LIKE MANGA OR MARVEL COMICS THIS A MUST HAVE
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Summary: Incredibly mixed bag
Review: While there was some excitement about this series, things just didn't go right for most of these. The Ben Dunn penned and illustrated "bookend" stories are lacking in any real imagination in the manga-fication of the Marvel Universe. Plus, the introduction of the ideas is handled in such a rushed fashion that you never get to stop and like a character or absorb the concepts. Some of the individual things worked alright. Lea Hernandez and Peter David score with a fun, kabuki-sytle Punisher. Kaare Andrews' take on Spider-Man is... okay, really. Udon does nifty art for Avengers Assemble, but the story isn't up to much. Same with most of the others. Frankly, there are great Manga and superhero books out there. May I point you to the work of Miyazaki or Mark Millar's Ultimates for entertaining Manga or pure superhero reimagining? This book, overall, is decidedly average.
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