Marvel Exklusiv 115: Das Marvel-Universum: 100 Jahre Marvel

100th Anniversary Special

by Jen Van Meter, Andy Lanning, Ron Marz

COLLECTING: Spider-Man: 100th Anniversary Special, X-Men: 100th Anniversary Special, Avengers: 100th Anniversary Special, Fantastic Four: 100th Anniversary Special, Guardians of the Galaxy: 100th Anniversary Special

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Comic Book, Marvel, Science Fiction

132 pages, Paperback

First published October 7, 2014

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The opening chapter (Fantastic Four) and the closing chapter (Guardians of the Galaxy) are thoughtful and fun and creative. In between? Not so much. The Spider-man doesn't even belong in this collection.

[Simone · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boh

[Colin Parfitt · Rating 1 out of 5]

Utterly baffling.

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Marvel, a 100th anniversary edition is produced set 47 years in the future (!?)

FF is set in that period with suitably aged cast, Spider-Man might as well be set today but as part 8 of an imaginary story (it's not a great payoff for a 22 page story, let alone an 8 episode storyline), Cyclops is president in an alternate reality, there's a wacky Avengers story (and the only story to really grasp the 47 years in the future) and the Guardians of the Galaxy fight Galactus.

I don't really understand the point. And none of the stories are any good.

[David Edmonds · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't even know what to say about this other than it's bad. If this is where the Marvel Universe stories are heading in 25 years, I'll be passing. Maybe if there was some sort of overall arc told throughout the five titles it would have been a little better, but we're basically dropped into the middle of "existing" story arcs, and not a single one of them read as something that I wish I could read the entire arc over.

Unless you are a really hardcore Marvel reader, I'd say that this could be easily ignored.

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 1 out of 5]

As a stunt it is an interesting idea, what does Marvel look like in 2061.

But in the end it feels like another stunt, Amalgam, where readers are dropped into stories that are already started. And the Avengers story and art is totally not to my taste.

Basicaly if they had united the five issues into one story the stunt would have done a much better job succedding.

[Jandcast · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this. Random hypothetical bits of stories Marvel could have on its 100th anniversary. The stories are easier to follow if you're familiar enough with the characters and types of stories they tend to have. This seems mostly aimed at avid comic readers who might get a kick out of the what if storylines. I liked brain-in-a-jar Tony Stark, and Silver Galactus, and Kingpin symbiote, and Cyclops the President. Fun stuff. Not fully fleshed out but that's fine because these aren't supposed to be elaborate stories anyway.

[Jdetrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh. Completely pointless. These comics are mediocre when taken singly, but they serve absolutely no purpose....if Marvel was going to do something like this, they could at least have had some common thread running through all of the titles. This is just a waste of time.

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a quick look at what happens on the 100th anniversary of the marvel family of hero's once they get there. A strange combo of the old and future. Not really what I expected.

[Jeremy · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is real bad. The Avengers art was interesting, but that's about it. 1/5.

[Robert · Rating 1 out of 5]

A complete mess that doesn't explain anything but is more a "sampler platter" of various series. Meh.

[Daniel Pusztai · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Avengers part deserves 5 stars, because it is unique and innovative with full of mind-blowing ideas and a characteristic style. For the rest... well, they are okay, but nothing special, really. The whole concept of these comic issues are that they are "from the future". Yet for the other 4 comics, there is nothing that would distinguish them from the current titles, style or content. Scott Summers as the President is a fun idea, but not something that we could not read in today's comics. In fact, it is a neat idea that can be a basis of a good storyline, provided there is enough room to fully elaborate it. The others came across as weak-to-average What If? stories.

I nevertheless recommend the Avengers special, though.

[Jason · Rating 2 out of 5]

James Stokoe's trippy Avengers story rises head and shoulders above the rest in this odd experiment. On paper, jumping into the middle of a story supposedly written 45ish years in the future seems like a good idea, but in reality it's just confusing and frustrating to only get part of the story. Like when you pick up a stack of comics at a garage sale and none of them are in consecutive order.

[J.M. Giovine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Being honest, my only issue with this specials was the fact that they weren't actually series, just one-shots without and actual exposition, only conclusion, otherwise they were pretty interesting future perspective from Marvel's most popular characters.

[Mark · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have no idea what the hell it was that I just read. Fail.

[Will Cooper · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ranges from decent to utterly baffling.

[Ed · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy issues are great. The X-Men and Fantastic Four issues are okay. The Spider-Man issue is as bad as it gets.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

a what if type of book imagining what the Marvel books will be like on their 100th anniversary.