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María Tifoidea #3
Marvel Edge: Typhoid
Traduce los números 1 al 4 de Typhoid #1 , del sello Marvel Edge.
- GenresMarvel
136 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Ann Nocenti
737 books117 followersAnn Nocenti is most noted as an editor for Marvel Comics, for whom she edited New Mutants and The Uncanny X-Men. She made her comics writing debut on a brief run of Spider-Woman (#47-50) and subsequently wrote a long run of Daredevil (1st series) #236-291 (minus #237) from 1986 to 1991, directly following on from Frank Miller's definitive Born Again storyline. She also wrote the 1986 Longshot limited series for Marvel, and in the same year produced the Someplace Strange graphic novel in collaboration with artist John Bolton. She wrote "the Inhumans Graphic Novel" in 1988. In 1993, she wrote the 16-issue run of Kid Eternity for the DC Comics imprint Vertigo.
In Incredible Hulk #291, published in September 1983 (cover date January 1984), Ann Nocenti made a cameo appearance, talking to Dr. Bruce Banner, in a history written by Bill Mantlo, drawn by Sal Buscema and inked by Carlos Garzón and Joe Sinnot. That time Ann Nocenti was Assistant Editor for Larry Hama on Incredible Hulk and X-Men.
She is noted for her left-wing political views which, particularly during her run on Daredevil, caused some controversy among some fans who didn't agree with her politics.
She created several popular characters, including Typhoid Mary, Blackheart, Longshot and Mojo, and wrote the 1998 X-Men novel Prisoner X.
Although Nocenti left comic books in the '90s after the industry sales collapsed, she later returned to the field, penning stories such as 2004's Batman & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows.
In Ultimate X-Men, a reimagination of the X-Men comic, the character Longshot, who was invented by her, has the civil name Arthur Centino. His last name, Centino, is an anagram of Nocenti and a homage to Nocenti. The name Arthur is for the co-creator of Longshot Arthur Adams who was Ann Nocenti's artist on the Longshot Mini Series.
She edited High Times magazine for one year (2004) under the name Annie Nocenti and is the former editor of the screenwriting magazine Scenario.
In Incredible Hulk #291, published in September 1983 (cover date January 1984), Ann Nocenti made a cameo appearance, talking to Dr. Bruce Banner, in a history written by Bill Mantlo, drawn by Sal Buscema and inked by Carlos Garzón and Joe Sinnot. That time Ann Nocenti was Assistant Editor for Larry Hama on Incredible Hulk and X-Men.
She is noted for her left-wing political views which, particularly during her run on Daredevil, caused some controversy among some fans who didn't agree with her politics.
She created several popular characters, including Typhoid Mary, Blackheart, Longshot and Mojo, and wrote the 1998 X-Men novel Prisoner X.
Although Nocenti left comic books in the '90s after the industry sales collapsed, she later returned to the field, penning stories such as 2004's Batman & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows.
In Ultimate X-Men, a reimagination of the X-Men comic, the character Longshot, who was invented by her, has the civil name Arthur Centino. His last name, Centino, is an anagram of Nocenti and a homage to Nocenti. The name Arthur is for the co-creator of Longshot Arthur Adams who was Ann Nocenti's artist on the Longshot Mini Series.
She edited High Times magazine for one year (2004) under the name Annie Nocenti and is the former editor of the screenwriting magazine Scenario.
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November 7, 2022
A great capstone to Nocenti's Daredevil run, even though he doesn't appear.
July 26, 2024
MY OFFICIAL REVIEW OF THIS BOOK IS A 2.5 but we can’t give half stars so just pretend I gave it half of a third star.
Also I have no previous experience of this book, or knowledge of the characters or really how they fit into the marvel universe which might have done me a disservice because marvel comics tend to be so interconnected that even though this is the first book in the series it’s possible this character is a spine off from another series I’m not familiar with.
Apparently she’s the lover of daredevil but listen I’m not up to date on my daredevil lore so I don’t know and honestly this comic does nothing to clue me on lore. Also the comic is from 1995, so it’s vintage. (Not hella vintage but vintage none the less.)
Now onto a review of the comic.
It’s an ok comic, but I think it’s one of those comics that suffers from having a better aesthetic artistically than it does a good plot. The aesthetic of the comic is that of a DARK grunge, gothic punk or alt 90s vibe with an art style that looks totally gothic and is drawn in a minimalistic painting style almost like the whole comic is done in a gothic graffiti or watercolor style. At points the art works and really fits for the the aesthetic, but at other points I felt the painting style was so rough that the art felt hard to read, like watercolor paintings where the paint kinda melds into itself obscure some details. This happens often when the harsh black shadows in the art seem to basically obscure the facial expressions. And sometimes they draw characters in silhouettes but the silhouettes have too many overlapping features making the characters poses hard to make out. So well aesthetically the book is cool to look at when analyzed for readability which is important for comic book art to be, it’s not always the best, which plays into the comics larger issue of not having great storytelling with words or art.
The plot kinda jumps around between these two characters filming a movie about a psychopath girl with multiple personality disorder and someone (I think it’s the same girl Mary with MPD maybe this story makes it hard to tell wtfs happening sometimes.) investigating the death of a prostitute. And on the surfaced this may sound interesting but honestly, the comic does so little to bother introducing these characters for their own comic series outside of daredevil that I was just left confused and like I needed context. Other then Mary typhoid having MPD and being insane and a killer we get no explanation of other character and things just jump around happening for the sake of bam bam bam alt gore and violence.
Also I’m torn with how to feel about the tone of this comic. Since it’s from the 1995 it has some em, outdated view points like that people with MPD are all psychopathic killers and deserve to be locked away, which is a horrible dated stereotype, and beyond that a writing cliché. Then there’s all the sex, this was clearly written by a man because it’s so misogynistic to men, going as far as to claim prostitutes can’t get raped, and having the boys doing a film on Mary lust for her for at least three pages, which borders on them taking advantage of her disability or sexualizing it in objectifying ways. The book is self aware many of the men in it are misogynistic and sexist but still…the book is treading a fine line between ok and not, it wants to say claiming prostitutes can’t get rapped is wrong but also kinda treats the fact the boys filming Marry are getting a hard on from her problems as a joke so it wants to have its cake and eat it too. Saying sexism is wrong but being sexist narratively anyway.
And if you couldn’t tell by my review THIS BOOK IS R RATED, so much so that some copies (not mine tho, but some copies…) literally have a warning for mature content at the front of this book, and this is like one of few IF THE ONLY marvel comic series to include a content warning bc the graphic material in this goes beyond just blood and gore to rape, uses of the word slut BDMS iconography and more.
Overall, I’m not a fan of the story nor would I avidly seek out more from this series but I think I will keep the first volume in my comic collection just bc it’s a kinda less talked about 90s comic and it does have a cool aesthetic making it a fun book to flip through but not as fun to read.
I’d recommend this to anyone who’s hella into the whole alt aesthetic if they can manage to look aside from the books outdated sexist views and taboo themes then it’s kinda a bop alt vibe art wise.
Also I have no previous experience of this book, or knowledge of the characters or really how they fit into the marvel universe which might have done me a disservice because marvel comics tend to be so interconnected that even though this is the first book in the series it’s possible this character is a spine off from another series I’m not familiar with.
Apparently she’s the lover of daredevil but listen I’m not up to date on my daredevil lore so I don’t know and honestly this comic does nothing to clue me on lore. Also the comic is from 1995, so it’s vintage. (Not hella vintage but vintage none the less.)
Now onto a review of the comic.
It’s an ok comic, but I think it’s one of those comics that suffers from having a better aesthetic artistically than it does a good plot. The aesthetic of the comic is that of a DARK grunge, gothic punk or alt 90s vibe with an art style that looks totally gothic and is drawn in a minimalistic painting style almost like the whole comic is done in a gothic graffiti or watercolor style. At points the art works and really fits for the the aesthetic, but at other points I felt the painting style was so rough that the art felt hard to read, like watercolor paintings where the paint kinda melds into itself obscure some details. This happens often when the harsh black shadows in the art seem to basically obscure the facial expressions. And sometimes they draw characters in silhouettes but the silhouettes have too many overlapping features making the characters poses hard to make out. So well aesthetically the book is cool to look at when analyzed for readability which is important for comic book art to be, it’s not always the best, which plays into the comics larger issue of not having great storytelling with words or art.
The plot kinda jumps around between these two characters filming a movie about a psychopath girl with multiple personality disorder and someone (I think it’s the same girl Mary with MPD maybe this story makes it hard to tell wtfs happening sometimes.) investigating the death of a prostitute. And on the surfaced this may sound interesting but honestly, the comic does so little to bother introducing these characters for their own comic series outside of daredevil that I was just left confused and like I needed context. Other then Mary typhoid having MPD and being insane and a killer we get no explanation of other character and things just jump around happening for the sake of bam bam bam alt gore and violence.
Also I’m torn with how to feel about the tone of this comic. Since it’s from the 1995 it has some em, outdated view points like that people with MPD are all psychopathic killers and deserve to be locked away, which is a horrible dated stereotype, and beyond that a writing cliché. Then there’s all the sex, this was clearly written by a man because it’s so misogynistic to men, going as far as to claim prostitutes can’t get raped, and having the boys doing a film on Mary lust for her for at least three pages, which borders on them taking advantage of her disability or sexualizing it in objectifying ways. The book is self aware many of the men in it are misogynistic and sexist but still…the book is treading a fine line between ok and not, it wants to say claiming prostitutes can’t get rapped is wrong but also kinda treats the fact the boys filming Marry are getting a hard on from her problems as a joke so it wants to have its cake and eat it too. Saying sexism is wrong but being sexist narratively anyway.
And if you couldn’t tell by my review THIS BOOK IS R RATED, so much so that some copies (not mine tho, but some copies…) literally have a warning for mature content at the front of this book, and this is like one of few IF THE ONLY marvel comic series to include a content warning bc the graphic material in this goes beyond just blood and gore to rape, uses of the word slut BDMS iconography and more.
Overall, I’m not a fan of the story nor would I avidly seek out more from this series but I think I will keep the first volume in my comic collection just bc it’s a kinda less talked about 90s comic and it does have a cool aesthetic making it a fun book to flip through but not as fun to read.
I’d recommend this to anyone who’s hella into the whole alt aesthetic if they can manage to look aside from the books outdated sexist views and taboo themes then it’s kinda a bop alt vibe art wise.
January 17, 2025
La femme fatale que Ann Nocenti añadió al universo de Daredevil no siempre ha encajado entre los superhéroes de Marvel. Por fortuna, la orientación más adulta del subsello Edge es bien sada por la autora para servir una historia 100% hard-boiled, sin disfraces ni poderes absurdos para descender a los bajos fondos sin adornos. Ayuda bastante el aporte de John Van Fleet, artista esencialmente pictórico que se aproxima al personaje desde una perspectiva callejera, oscura y sórdida.
January 2, 2026
I love how dark and disturbing, yet grounded this was. Often times, when a villian gets their own series, they're portrayed as almost heroic... This mini series didn't have that problem, Typhoid Mary was just as creepy here as she always is.
August 10, 2024
Libro de historietas con ISBN propio. Se recopiló antes en castellano.
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April 28, 2013¡Otra autora grosa en un tomo descatalogado a buen precio!
Me lo compré junto a ADN. Linda manera de arrancar un paseo, sí señor.
Me lo compré junto a ADN. Linda manera de arrancar un paseo, sí señor.
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August 18, 2016Edición española, tomo unitario. ¿Tercera? historia dedicada a Typhoid Mary.
March 2, 2024
Especial Marvel Edge español que podría considerarse el tercer tomo dedicado a María Tifoidea.
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