Marvel Comics Presents
Comic Summary: Written by Marc Guggenheim, STUART & KATHYRN IMMONEN, STUART MOORE, RICH KOSLOWSKI Penciled by STUART IMMONEN, CLAYTON HENRY & DAVE WILKINS Wraparound Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL Classic heroes! Top talent! All-new stories! Jump on board the landmark first issue of MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS! 4-count 'em 4-brand new stories with a landmark wrap-around cover by J. Scott Campbell! Inside, you'll find these incredible mysteries: Who is DAMIEN CROSS? Why will his murder shake the very foundations of the Marvel Universe? Why is SPIDER-MAN needed in outer space? Patsy Walker is HELLCAT. But then who's the other HELLCAT? What is the SYSTEM? And what does it mean for the future of super heroes? Extra-sized first issue!
Codes: 75960606010800111 JUL072177
- Price:
$3.99$3.19- Penciller:
- Stuart Immonen
- Penciller:
- Clayton Henry
- Penciller:
- Dave Wilkins
- Author:
- Marc Guggenheim
- Author:
- Stuart Immonen
- Author:
- Kathyrn Immonen
- Author:
- Stuart Moore
- Author:
- Rich Koslowski
- Cover Artist:
- J. Scott Campbell
- Release Date:
- September 19, 2007
- In Stock?
- Not currently available
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Pages:
- 32
- Colouring:
- FC
- Lists:
- Not on any lists. Start your own!
Customer Reviews
For my money, I'm closer to the "hate" side of the camp than the "love" side. No matter how good the stories are, I know that I'll have to keep suffering through consuming the tale in little bite-sized increments, instead of the more meaty full-issue installments I'm used to. I also know I'll have to wait a full month between those bite-size increments, which only adds to the frustration. And in the age of waiting for the trade, is there any doubt that most of these tales will be wrapped together and released in a collected edition eventually, making for a more satisfying, complete reading experience?
So, yeah. In general, not the biggest fan of anthologies. As anthologies go, however, you could do worse than Marvel Comics Presents 1.
The highlight of this issue for me was the stand-alone Spider-Man story, a goofy comic lark by Stuart Moore and Clayton Henry that involves (seriously) an intergalactic council of Spider-Men. It's light, it's incredible fun, and it's over before it can wear out its welcome.
Also fun was the Hellcat story by Stuart and Kathryn Immonen, and the other stand-alone tale, a Thing story narrated by Alicia Masters, written and drawn by Nelson.
The other stuff...eh. Very much trade-wait material. In the lead story, Marc Guggenheim has concocted a procedural superhero hook so brilliant, it's amazing it hasn't been done before...but with only eight pages, the story barely has a chance to get close to started. It feels more like the first eight pages of a full issue than a full story on its own. And the promised twelve-part Weapon Omega story seems as though it would only hold real interest for a fan of Omega Flight and/or Alpha Flight and/or Canada.
Anthology fans will find lots to like here...but the rest of us might want to wait till the whole story is available in one easy spot.
2 pts.