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Marvel 1602: New World TPB
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Book Description
Return to the world of 1602! Rising stars Greg Pak (X-Men: Phoenix -- Endsong) and Greg Tocchini (Thor: Son Of Asgard) pick up where the best-selling story by Neil Gaiman left off: America, the New World! When Captain America was thrust back in time, it changed reality as we know it. Dinosaurs still roam the earth, and the Marvel super heroes we know came to exist 500 years early. Witness David Bruce Banner and Peter Parquagh become the Hulk and Spider-Man in the most eagerly-awaited event of the year! Collects 1602: New World #1-5.
Customer Reviews:
A Great Read For Marvel Fans.......2006-08-29
After reading the first Marvel 1602, I knew that I had to pick this one up as well. If you enjoyed Marvel 1602, read this one as soon as you can!
A tasty treat.......2006-05-15
Marvel 1602: The New World is the second collection of stories in a world developed by master Neil Gaiman. I can't really say "created," because what Gaiman did was take a bunch of Marvel Comics heroes and re-cast them in England, circa 1602, as pilgrims and adventurers were just beginning to explore the New World. (And yes, there are dinosaurs, like on the cover there. It would take too long to explain, but it makes a kind of sense in the story.)
The first volume, by Gaiman and penciler Andy Kubert, was fantastic. This new collection of comics, from writer Greg Pak and penciler Greg Tocchini, is also very good, but where the Gaiman/Kubert book felt like a scrumptious four-course meal, this one felt more like a tasty candy desert.
But it's unfair to compare other writers to Gaiman, and doesn't do justice to the efforts of this creative team, who do a nice job taking over the reins. The story moves at a brisk, action-oriented pace, and involves new characters like the reimagined Iron Man (now Lord Iron, a sort of behemoth Conquistador in a suit of iron armor) and old friends who played minor roles in collection the first but come into their own here like The Hulk and The Spider (young lad Peter Parquagh.) Occasionally the action was a little hard to follow, but this was forgivable. And the storytellers really had a nice flair for surprise and suspense, which is always welcome in any genre.
I should also say, for the sake of journalistic integrity, that I'm a much greater fan of DC Comics than I am Marvel. For some reason, the Marvel universe has never appealed to me as much as the DC universe - perhaps because I came on board with comics fairly late, in college. (My parents did not think comics were suitable reading material when I was a boy, and it wasn't until college that my new comics-loving college friends got me hooked.) Marvel has always had its eye on the youth of America - after all, what is The Uncanny X-Men but the ultimate fantasy of disaffected, disenfranchised kids who dream of blossoming into something special and powerful? But that's not to say that I'm wholly unfamiliar with the Marvel universe - I'm too much of a geek wannabe to deliberately stay in the dark, and I pick up the odd collection here and there to stay somewhat current.
In some ways, this collection felt like a Greg Keyes novel, with many players coming together for a monumental fracas at the end. And when you're dealing with the likes of the Hulk and Iron Man, a monumental fracas is always a good thing. This book is a keeper, and I'll look for more collections if Marvel publishes more.
A Mediocre Sequel to 1602.......2006-04-25
It is shame that Marvel did not take a bit more time with this book as it could have been good with some more thought. Unlike what some would say, there was nothing wrong with following up Gaiman's wonderful 1602. The reason this is not a strong follow-up is because the new team did not really play by the alternative history rules Gaiman set up and did not add anything to the 1602 concept by doing so. Most of the characters from 1602 are gone and the New World 1602 incarnations of characters from the Hulk, Spider-Man, and Iron Man are barely developed and sometimes just don't make sense (Green Goblin did not become an Elizabethan Green Goblin, just Osbourne).
The artwork is not stunning either. The Spider-Man concept looks silly. Iron Man could have been better too. This again could have been drastically improved with some more thought on the part of Marvel.
Dismal unhistoric sequel.......2006-03-22
1602 opened a new idea for the Marvel universe and re-examined a set of familiar characters in light of the end of the Elizabethan era.
1604 sets up a comedy romp involving the Hulk, some dinosaurs and Iron Man as a steam engine. This is very silly and rather poor.
Great on its own, but no one can top Neil Gaiman.......2006-02-09
The world of Marvel 1602 returns, this time the focus is on the "New World" (the Americas) and not Europe. The majority of the heroes from the first volume are gone, but here we see the rise of the likes of Spiderman, the Hulk and Ironman.
Synopsis: The Hulk stalks the New World to bring King James the head of Nick Fury, but hits a road block in the form of pack of titanic dinosaurs which for some reason stalk the Americas. Spiderman's powers develop and he gets a job working a printing press... just in time to battle the Hulk and his dinosaur buddies; good thing (Snowbird) is there to help him...
Meanwhile King James, now allied with Spain, sends his technologically adept ally to check up on the Hulk in the Americas. Back in the "New World" Osborne (the Green Goblin, but not in 1602) schemes against the Native Americans and tries to pit the colonists against them.
What ensues is a series of skirmishes and a clash of titans as Spiderman, Ironman and the Hulk all buttheads with giant lizards, angry colonists, the enforcers of King James and one another.
Pros: The 1602 world is just cool... if you love history and comics or comics set in alternate worlds, you should check this out. The art is creative and the writing, although not as spectacular as Gaiman's in the first volume, is equally inspired. Also, Ironman has such a cool design that this alone makes the book worth taking a gander at.
Cons: The story is not very complex and took me about 15 min.s to speed through and the majority of characters from the first 1602 book are gone. These two factors rob the New World volume of 1602 from the epic feel of the first.
Overall: I liked the book quite a bit, it was fun and unlike any other comic out there, except for the first volume of course... but in the end it was a bit light and breezy in terms of story, yet worth giving a chance.
This one will be a tough sell for Marvel... most people who will even bother to look at this book will do so because of its predecessor, Marvel 1602 by the sublime Neil Gaiman (written to help fund the liberation of the rites to Miracle Man from the unworthy clutches of Todd McFarlane). And here is where the problem lies: people will either just pan it straight up because Gaiman did not write it, or they will love it regardless because of their appreciation for the Marvel 1602 world Gaiman created in the first volume. If you have not read the first volume, I STRONGLY suggest that you do, even if you read this already and hated it, go read the first one and then re-read the second. It's worth it, in my opinion.
Book Description
All's not well in the Marvel Universe in the year 1602 as strange storms are brewing and strange new powers are emerging! Spider-Man, the X-Men, Nick Fury, Dr. Strange, Daredevil, Dr. Doom, Black Widow, Captain America, and more appear in the waning days of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. As the world begins to change and enter into a new age, Gaiman weaves a thrilling mystery. How and why are these Marvel stars appearing nearly 400 years before they're supposed to? Collects Marvel 1602 #1-8.
Customer Reviews:
A Match Made in Heaven.......2007-09-06
Famed comic writer and Hugo winning novelist Neil Gaiman gets the opportunity to use 40 plus years of Marvel Comic's history to "re-create" Marvel's universe in, that's right, 1602. What more could you want?
Apparently nothing. Mr. Gaiman brings to bear the wit, wisdom and genius he applied to the creation of American Gods and Sandman. Conversely, he has the whole Marvel Universe to pick and choose elements from! Not a bad sandbox.
There is nothing amiss here: great storytelling, beautiful art and immense respect for what has gone before (or comes after, rather), 1602 deserves that over-worn phrase, tour-de-force.
In true collaboration with the artist Andy Kubert, Mr. Gaiman does not retell a displaced story but rather sets the beginnings 4 centuries into the past and tells his own story. The characters are familiar to Marvel fans, and yet they are quite different.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the cover/color work of Richard Isanove; it sets the mood for the entire story.
I apologize if you were expecting details but I won't spoil the read. Suffice it to say that if you love Marvel and you love Mr. Gaiman, you will love this book!
One of the finest graphic novels created.......2007-09-04
Neil Gaiman, masterful creator of the Sandman graphic novels and one of the preeminent comic book and urban fantasy writers alive. This is a hardbound compilation of his award winning 1602 comic book series for Marvel. It takes some of Marvel's inconic superheroes and reimagines them (or transposes them) in an alternate reality in which the heroes of Marvel exist in the melieu of Queen Elizabeth I.
It is one of the best graphic novels written and holds a place of honor among other greats such as League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Dark Night Returns, From Hell and of course, the Sandman.
If you are a Neil Gaiman fan this is a MUST have.
The Marvel Universe Enters 1602 - Excellent Twist Of Comic Book Genius!.......2007-07-17
Author Neil Gaiman (Sandman) takes the Marvel Universe and sets it in England in the year 1602 and the first thing you notice is that even with the twist of character and composition, all the Marvel icons stand tall in their new guises. Redefining. With all of the Marvel tie-in, upheaval, alternate universe attempts (Age Of Apocalypse, House Of M, Days Of Future Past, Civil War) to get people to buy more titles to see their favorite characters in different situations, 1602 is one of the better storylines, if not the actual best. Gaiman knows how to weave a coherent, thought-provoking story and that counts for a lot. Nicolas Fury is the Queen's Protector and Doctor Stephen Strange is her Court Physician in this tale of deceit and betrayal. Strange weather is happening all over the world. The end times seem near. A secret treasure (weapon?) is being sent from Jerusalem to England by the Templars to help save the world. Suddenly the Queen is assassinated by a contraption devised by Count Otto Von Doom and everything is thrown into chaos as the King James of Scotland marches forward to caputre the empty throne and to add the crown of England to his own. Determined to cast out or destroy the Witchbreed (Mutantkind), James conspires with the mysterious Grand Inquisitor in Spain (Magneto) to bring about his new reign with absolute domination. Meanwhile, Count Otto Von Doom is toying around with the captured Templar treasure in an attempt to rule the world. Filled with such characters as the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Peter Parker (Parquagh) Matthew Murdock (Daredevil) and a host of others, 1602 is an eloquent, refreshing rendering of the same old characters. Riveting. One that I would definitely read again.
Dig it!
Fun story, beautiful art.......2007-06-08
Marvel 1602 was originally released as an 8 issue mini-series. This book collects those issues into a beautifully bound hardcover edition with a very nice cover. In addition, it contains some bonus material including a note by Neil Gaiman in which he reflects on what he wanted to accomplish with the story and how the book came into being. On top of that, notes from the production of each issue are also included.
As far as the story goes, it's a fun tale that imagines what if the Marvel superheroes came into being in the world of 1602. Gaiman does a really nice job of keeping the characters true to who they are, while putting them into the earlier time period. I especially liked his take on Peter Parker, who we see before his transformation into Spider-Man as the shy and frightened young man. I also liked what Gaiman did with Daredevil, who was much more playful than he has become since Frank Miller reimagined the character.
The artwork is absolutely beautiful. There are no throwaway panels to be found. Each panel is painstakingly detailed and maintains the story nicely. The printing in his hardcover edition is also excellent. Really, it's just a pleasure to have this in my collection. I love it!
sincerely,
R.C.
Good history tie-in.......2007-05-08
This story is a triumph by Neil Gaiman. He does an excellent job translating Marvel characters into a time in the past. I use this novel to teach students about character traits and development.
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Australian Film: A Bibliography (Cassell Film Studies)
Brian Reis
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This digital document is an article from The Australian Library Journal, published by Australian Library and Information Association on November 1, 2002. The length of the article is 823 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Good, but US-centric.('Television and Film: An Annotated Bibliography of Research Materials')(Book Review)
Author: Lyn Gorman
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The Australian Library Journal (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2002
Publisher: Australian Library and Information Association
Volume: 51
Issue: 4
Page: 379(3)
Article Type: Book Review
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This digital document is an article from The Australian Library Journal, published by Australian Library and Information Association on February 1, 2003. The length of the article is 821 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: The reel thing.(Television and Film: An Annotated Bibliography of Research Materials)(Product/Service Evaluation)
Author: Lyn Gorman
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The Australian Library Journal (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2003
Publisher: Australian Library and Information Association
Volume: 52
Issue: 1
Page: 94(2)
Article Type: Product/Service Evaluation
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In this study of a television institution--the first to draw extensively on the full riches of the BBC Written Archives--James Chapman explores the history of Doctor Who from its origins to the present day. He shows how the series has evolved to meet changing institutional and cultural contexts, while retaining its quirky, eccentric and distinctively British characteristics. And he demonstrates how the production history of the series has allowed it to renew and refresh its format in response to developments in the wider world of science fiction.
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Best selling author Bruce Eckel has joined forces with Chuck Allison to write Thinking in C++, Volume 2, the sequel to the highly received and best selling Thinking in C++, Volume 1. Eckel is the master of teaching professional programmers how to quickly learn cutting edge topics in C++ that are glossed over in other C++ books. In Thinking in C++, Volume 2, the authors cover the finer points of exception handling, defensive programming and string and stream processing that every C++ programmer needs to know. Special attention is given to generic programming where the authors reveal little known techniques for effectively using the Standard Template Library. In addition, Eckel and Allison demonstrate how to apply RTTI, design patterns and concurrent programming techniques to improve the quality of industrial strength C++ applications. This book is targeted at programmers of all levels of experience who want to master C++.
Customer Reviews:
More of a reference than the first one........2007-07-05
Bruce Eckel, Thinking in C++, vol. 2 (Mindview, 2004)
I was a big, big fan of Volume I of this two-volume set. I first read it four or five years ago, and it was a big part of the foundation that helped me to understand why some of the newer pieces of the C++ architecture are useful (read "newer" as "when I was your age, boy, we had to walk to school, `cause we didn't have none of them new-fangled templates to ride on!"). It took me a while to get round to reading the second volume. It's more of the same, but different. Volume 2 seems more like a reference book, and far more of it is devoted to bleeding-edge (at the time) concepts than was vol. 1--design patterns, threading, that sort of thing. Of course, these days, they're all relatively common (thanks in no small part to Microsoft having already implemented most of this stuff in .NET), so this one's better thought of as a refresher course, or a book for people like me who are hopelessly backed up trying to keep pace with the Joneses (or the Redmonds). ***
useful to know the standard library.......2007-03-31
In this book i found everything about the standard c++ library.
Recommended if you wanna do something serous with c++
As essential as the first volume.......2007-02-20
After introducing the core of C++ in volume 1, this books covers the rest, including IO streams, exceptions, multiple inheritance, and runtime type inference (although C++'s capabilities are rather puny in the latter regard).
However, the real meat of the book are the chapters on templates and the Standard Template Library. The authors have shown great skill in taking in the voluminous literature of C++ templates and boiling it down into comprehensive yet comprehensible coverage. As you get further into the C++ literature, you will keep on finding stuff that you first saw covered in this book, even in material aimed squarely at the advanced practitioner. Starting from using templates as simple type safe containers, they demystify the angle bracket syntax, and even have a section on the current C++ bleeding edge: template metaprogramming. They do a pretty good job at demystifying and motivating it, too.
The authors then introduce the STL, that particular application of templates that provides a wide ranging set of containers that any modern language is expected to provide. Containers are only half the story with the STL, though, and the authors also cover the algorithms that give the STL its unique generic flavour and which facilitate a quintessentially C++ish (i.e. a bit verbose, ugly and scary-looking) form of functional programming.
There's also substantial coverage of threading, a subject that gets very little play in most of the C++ canon, and is well worth a look, although it's very similar to that found in Thinking in Java.
Also, the authors introduce design patterns. I have to say that, like every book that wants to teach you a programming language and design patterns between two covers, the design patterns section is not as successful as it could be and I did not find much new insight or pedagogical inspiration. Buy this book for its coverage of templates and the STL, then get a book devoted to design patterns - Head First Design Patterns and Design Patterns Explained are the ones I normally recommended.
All told, I felt the writing was marginally less good than in volume 1. I don't know what the division of labour was between Bruce Eckel and co-author Chuck Allison, but the writing is not quite as clear as in the previous volume. There were a couple of 'huh?' moments for me, where the authors skirt around complicated issues, involving function name mangling, and where the word 'template' is necessary. Fortunately, there are other books that can clear this sort of thing up.
That's a minor quibble, though. For most of the 800 pages, this is as good as the first volume, and that's very good indeed.
A great book for programmers.......2006-07-01
If you have programming experience, the Thinking in C++ series is a great way to learn C++.
Excellent Book on C++.......2006-03-16
A very nice coverage of various topics in C++ are presented in this
book. The chapter on templates could be best described as a summary
for Josuttis and Vandervoorde book on C++ Templates and Aexanderscu
Modern C++ design with enough practical examples. Templates could be a
complicated topic in C++, but Eckle and Alison present the topic in an
easy to understand manner.
The coverage of design patterns is also very interesting and loaded
with very useful examples. Of course not all patterns are covered, but
those which the authors cover do so excellently. Covered patterns
include Command, Strategy, Visitory, Singleton (very clever
implementations), Observer, Visitor, Proxy, and perhaps more.
No C++ programmer should discard this book. It's really very rich in
examples, unusual advanced techniques, and plenty of wisdom. The
advanced C++ programmer does not need Volume 1 of the book to enjoy
this one.
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