Marvel Legacy #1

by Jason Aaron, Joe Quesada (Cover Art), Esad Ribić (Artist)

It begins at the dawn of the human race, and ends with a child's prayer! In between, empires fall, mysteries brew, secrets are revealed, quests are undertaken and legends are forged! All leading up to the dramatic return you've been waiting for — and one you've been dreading! Jason Aaron (MIGHTY THOR) and Esad Ribic (SECRET WARS) usher in a new dawn — one whose rays will touch every corner of the Marvel Universe in the days to come! MARVEL LEGACY: It's everything you've been longing for — and more!

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Superheroes, Comics Manga, Graphic Novels Comics

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2017

About the author

Jason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.

Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.

In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.

Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.

In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.

In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.

After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.

Reviews

[Jedi JC Daquis · Rating 3 out of 5]

To give credit where credit is due, Marvel Legacy #1 is an easy and enjoyable read, keeping things on the safe side of the story and promising to bring back things that has been lost like its other brother DC in its earlier DC Universe Rebirth. But its lackluster narrative and flawed marketing make this initiative more of a cash grab lure than a genuinely empathizing comics fans desperately yearn for these recent years.

Can Marvel just let us readers breath and cherish the moment first before bombarding us with a ton of Legacy comics?

It is impossibly hard not to compare Legacy with Rebirth, for both stories aim for the same things like addressing the ramifications of the not-so-good things these two comics giants have done over the recent years and turn them all into good ones (diversity, killing-off characters, neglecting others, those types of things) that would hopefully bring old and new readers alike into believing into comics again. But if there's one thing Legacy falls short of, it is emotion. DC Rebirth is so full of it I cried the first few times reading it. Legacy on the other hand brings excitement and promise but felt bland in comparison. Sure there are things that a reader should be very, very excited about in Legacy, but that "cliffhanger" feeling is not that special, just the same with other interesting comic book teases.

It is good to see a couple of illustrators lashing out their artistic talent here, but consistency is my biggest issue. Esad Ribic's kind and subdued drawings (which I do love by the way) do not really mesh up nicely with other art styles. For an event this big, they clearly should have addressed this one.

Marvel Legacy is one big tease for what Marvel comics has to offer. This I can definitely say is not a line-wide reboot, but an initiative that makes Marvel pull itself up by its own bootstrap. But man, I don't think i can keep up with this publisher's marketing campaign. Can they just let the readers breath and cherish the moment first before bombarding them with a ton of Legacy comics? Take it easy, Marvel.

After a barrage of event misfires, Marvel Legacy finally makes their universe more interesting and engaging with promises and reveals that will hopefully turn into good stories but it does not succeed in bringing the heart and greatness in what they can truly offer.

[Chelsea 🏳️‍🌈 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

I am... cautiously optimistic about the direction of Marvel comics.

This is a little like Rebirth in that it's mainly set up for some arc that fixes Everything Wrong with Marvel Comics right now. If you think the recent comics are just a PC cash grab that shoved a bunch of diverse characters in because the world's become too liberal, here's where you should check out.

Spoilers ahead:



Now, onward:
The Good:
- Everyone is in character! That seems like a small thing but in a world where Marvel let a writer who defends Nazis on Twitter write for not one but TWO Captain Americas, I will never take good characterization for granted ever again! My Steve Rogers is back in town and I'm so happy! He looked amazing and he only had one line but I'm soooo hopeful for the future. I enjoyed the small interludes from Loki, Thor, Odinson, Riri, Sam and Robbie. This was all great!
- The plot is interesting. I don't know anything about this Starbrand guy but the plot with the Infinity Stones (?) is an interesting set up. I'm thinking Aaron will have some character (perhaps Valeria?) use them to fix the world and erase some of the recent shitty arcs
- The art's pretty cool. Loved the fold out poster!
- Steve, Logan, and the Fantastic Four are back!
- I enjoyed Valeria's narrative about legacies. It wasn't too heavy handed and it gave me hope!

The Meh:
- It jumped around a lot! This is a Rebirth type thing, in my opinion. This issue basically serves as set up for how these characters will come together to fix everything. The characters on the poster I want to see again (Tony, T'Challa, Jan) aren't in this and I can't wait to see them have more influence in the next one.

The Bad:
- Marvel continuing their trend in being more expensive than everyone else. This book was $6. It was larger than your usual issue but still. How long is this event? After like eight issues, that gets super expensive. If their digital books were cheaper than their print books (which, lets be real, they SHOULD be. If it's not in print and you're not getting the benefit of a physical copy, it should be at least a dollar cheaper) I would just buy it digitally.

That being said, there wasn't anything too bad about this. I may get the next one and see how this shakes out. I enjoy Aaron's writing and I feel confident Marvel won't use this event to just get rid of all the characters they've added recently. I greatly enjoy Riri, Lunella, Miles, Jane and Kamala. I hope they can rectify the messes made of Steve and Carol. I hope they bring back Rhodey, too. To be honest, although I’m not a fan of Amadeus, I would be just fine if they didn’t bring back Bruce as Hulk. It’s been overdone and I’m enjoying Jen’s arc a lot right now.

I am cautiously optimistic.

Edit: Apparently it’s not an event. Is this just one big issue to announce a relaunch? I don’t see upcoming issues on the wiki page?

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Editor: "Gentlemen, we need to make a one shot that will reshape our universe as we know it!".
Assistant: "You mean like DC universe Rebirth?"
Editor: "No! Well yes, but we can't let them think that! I need someone on this!"
Nick Spencer: "Can I write it?"
Editor: "Hell no Spencer, not after Secret Empire! Where's Aaron? Aaron you busy?"
Jason Aaron: "Well yes, I'm busy with the new issue of Southern Bas-"
Editor: "Forget that image book! I need you to do what Geoff Johns did for DC and write a one shot that will show the readers what we wanna do in 50+ pages!"
Jason Aaron: "Alright fine, but I get to add both Thor's and Odin!"

So ya, that's I summarise this book as. Don't let my joke fool you though, this was very good! Had some interesting reveals, including one I know everyone has been asking for forever now! But overall I do recommend picking this one up!

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first thoughts were, "Great, yet another event from Marvel. I'm fatigued already from the awfulness that was Secret Empire and now you're already starting another event." Marvel is trying really hard to give you DC Rebirth. Some elements of this were really cool, like the prehistoric Avengers and the changes with Starbrand and Ghost Rider (Finally, we're getting back to the Spirit of Vengeance, Ghost Rider!). They worked because they were focused and actually had a story to tell. The rest of the story meanders over the Marvel universe to give you little teases into future comics. I hope this is a return to the great storytelling Marvel used to be known for. My fear is that it will be another, Secret Empire, Secret Wars, Inhumans Vs. X-Men, Civil War II...

[Artemy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just like DC did last year with Rebirth, this year Marvel are trying to Make Marvel Great Again with Legacy. And just like DC’s Rebirth issue, Marvel Legacy one-shot sucks. It’s a plotless, meandering mess, and its sole point is to advertise new upcoming comics and resurrect characters that were killed off or missing. Spoiler alert, Wolverine and Fantastic Four are back. Big shocker. And you have to get through 60 tedious pages of narration and disjointed events to find that out. Jason Aaron used to be the absolute best Marvel writer, but I guess writing so many ongoing comics at once will make even the best creators lose their edge. Anyway, this comic was a disappointment, and it didn’t make me feel excited about Marvel’s future prospects. I’m happy that the Fantastic Four are back, but only time will tell if their return will result in any good stories. I guess we’ll see...

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

So this didn't hit me quite as much as DC Rebirth did, which is odd because I'm a bigger Marvel fan than DC, but it's still a good read nonetheless.

The Avengers of 1,000,000 BC are cool, and I thought we'd see more of them in this issue (and that this issue was mostly about them), but the plan seems to go back to them later in a future.

That's kind of the case with a lot of stuff that's in here, there's a lot of set up for the legacy launching titles, whereas the DC Rebirth did feel like a strong issue on its own

But hopefully this will be the turning point Marvel needs and it'll lead to improvements on a lot of their books, because we all want that. Though I'm not totally sold on the whole Legacy relaunch idea yet...

[Siona Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

This over all wasn’t as good as Rebirth. Just didn’t have the same... actual sense of return to form that Rebirth did (thi maybe it will for long time Marvel fans, I think it’s clear I’m more of a DC person). However the ending hinting at the return of the Fantastic Four really made this worth it. I hope they get an on-going series soon. Aside from the X-Men and Silver Surfer, they’re the only real Marvrel property that I really like (though recently She-Hulk has been getting up there too).

[Frédéric · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5*

Rebirth Legacy is one big advertisement one-shot of what Marvel wants to do to make itself great again.

So it's a plotless, full of blah, confused and long issue.

But.

There are promises of things to come. Cool things. I know, promises only bind those who believe them but I want to believe. If only for a moment.

Plenty of cool artists for the pleasure of your eyes.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Marvel Legacy ist der kurze Einstieg in die neue Ära der Marvel-Comicschreibung. Dieses Heft gibt verschiedene Einblicke in unterschiedliche Begebenheiten und schafft so einen tollen Rundumblick, bevor man sich mit den richtigen Heften der Legacy-Reihe beschäftigen kann. Für mich ein toller Einstieg und ein kleines Highlight ergab sich für mich schon direkt am Anfang, als Steinzeit-Avengers vorgestellt wurden. Cool, oder? Der Comic kann aber noch viel mehr! Er beinhaltet außerdem verschiedene Interviews zum Start von Legacy und eine kleine Veröffentlichungsliste mit den Heften der Reihe. Ein großer Mehrwert für alle, die sich näher mit Legacy beschäftigen wollen.

[Vinton Bayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A setup (read: tease) like this is hard to judge on it’s own, because a lot of it’s value is based on the fulfillment of promises made, or at least perceived promises, which could go many ways. Judging, on it’s own, and maybe from the potential it carries, without knowing what is actually to come, I’d say this is a solid set up. There were exciting things and things I didn’t care about, but I think this does exactly what it set out to and I enjoyed my time with it.

[Philip | Book Walk · Rating 2 out of 5]

Toller Zeichenstil aber zu viel gewollt und zu wenig gekonnt.
Ich finde, dass das absolut NICHT einsteigerfreundlich ist :-/

[Nathaniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't follow much of comics social media, cause it's mostly just people bitching, and who needs that? So I don't know all the twists and turns that brought about this particular "Event?" or One-Shot. But I think it had something to do with Thor and Iron-Man being women, and Captain America being Hydra, and the Fantastic Four being as dead as a comic book property as your 19th c. relative. In a world where Marvel, can publish as many titles as they want, its not inconceivable that they could serve both fans of Riri Williams or Tony Stark, and stopped being pissed about a terrible FF movie. They seemed to have found the will to do it with Peter Parker and Miles Morales. Maybe cut back on X-titles? How many Hulks and Wolverines are running around? They're not a technology company, where they face the question about whether the new product will be compatible with the old technology. This isn't college admissions, or jobs, or bank loans, or housing, where there is a finite number. It's the least important one on that list, comic books. It really isn't a zero-sum game. They could do both.

Serve both audiences, people who want the old characters, and be diverse. Isn't the quote attributed to Stan Lee that, "Every comic is somebody's first?" Marvel can continue to follow that quote both with Kamala Khan, Riri Willams, Steve Rogers and Tony Stark. They can publish as many titles as they want. The recent line wide events, Secret Wars and Civil War II weren't nostalgia plays as much as they were marketing bullshit? With Secret Wars being the king of marketing bullshit mountain. In an age where a #1 issue sells nearly 100,000 copies and issue #2 falls off precipitously, Marvel could have jumped on this sooner, and goosed sales by issuing a whole short box of #1 issues, with Legacy characters and charged $7 for them.

(My suspicion all along has been this has a lot to do with movie rights. But it wasn't that many years ago, (maybe even this century?) they had no female characters leading a solo title.)

Anyway, without knowing too much backstory comic book wise, I went out and bought this issue, cause its Jason Aaron, and that cover is fantastic. The reader is kind of thrown into the story, and not given much to ground them, which in the end turns out to work very very well. I found the end very affecting, but its not the least bit clear what any of it means. (Typical comics.)

Worth a read.

[Scott · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a glorified preview issue! And when did Sam Wilson become such a playa? Far too many love interests for him.

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in 1.000.000BC

*Only reading the Flashback scenes*

The First Avengers team is already formed fighting whatever threatens the earth, and what was threatening the earth a million years ago is what else but a giant Celestial, trying to tear up the earth searching for something or someone, my guess; Surtur?

"Dying? Does this look like Valhalla?" - Odin

Odin is having a conversation mid-battle with Phoenix while trying to pick Mjolnir up and we get some nice first glimpse of the team in action. A few pages of that and wish it was more. I'd gladly read an ongoing title of them fighting in 1.000.000BC. The artwork is just beautiful.

"Damn me for a fool for ever creating this realm. Place has been nothing but trouble." - Odin

*Full review of the whole issue will come once I get there chronologically in the near future*

[Patrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

For me, it was fine. Not great and not horrible. And that's a problem if the goal was to excite readers and lure them back.

The one thing that maybe should have perked me up was a little lackluster and that kind of killed the seed of hope I was holding onto. Also, this whole thing was framed by a struggle between one character I know of but not much about and a second character that I didn't even know existed before this comic was cracked open.

Legacy should have meaning and in this book, I found none.

[Mr. Cody · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel sorry for any saps who actually paid money for this. Why are the colors so muddy? Why does Jason Aaron have to write crappy dialogue? Who do all the bad guys talk in monologue? I’m getting sick of trolls speaking like Shakespearean actor! “I Bumfuk! Son of Bumfight! Will slather your loins with syrup most foul!”

[Rockito · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some things happen, and then some other things happen. It's a "Set-up" book.

[Diego Zamudio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wolverine is back!

[Anıl Serif]

Not so good

[Sans · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like just about everyone else writing reviews here, I can't help but note the comparison this draws against Rebirth. And, just like everyone else, I have to say that DC did it better.

That being said, I was excited about our original Logan coming back and even more excited about not only Johnny and Ben (and their new series) but the Val and Franklin cameo as well. Dare I hope this means the Family Fantastic is going to be reentering the broader Marvel universe?

All in all, Legacy is not the apology we were all hoping for (and that we all deserve) from Marvel. It doesn't make up for the massive months long cock up perpetrated by Nick Spencer. But it did prove that Jason Aaron knows how to write a pretty damn good story and that he should be ok in charge for a while. Despite quoting from the first episode of Buffy with that "the sleeper will wake" line. (Yes, I know it's also a reference to H.G. Wells, but let's be honest. Most folks are going to remember that as a line from BtVS.)

[Freyja (semi-hiatus) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cidden hayal kırıklığıydı. Beğenmedim. Karman çorman. Bir Avengers geliyor ama Avengers değil. Steve Rogers içli içli hamburger yiyor. Ghost Rider çıkıyor “Noluyor??” diyor. Bir ara Odin var ondan sonra o da ortadan kayboluyor. Herkes var ama kimse yok. Karakter başına ayrılan sayfa 2, cilt 60 sayfa. Nehh...

DC’nin Rebirth ile yaptığını bu sefer Marvel Legacy’yle yapmaya çalışmış ama... Tamam güzel, gelecek yeni serilerin haberini veriyor, eyvallah. Madem one-shot olacak birazcık daha uzatılabilirdi diye düşünüyorum. Ya da hurra herkesin olması gerekmiyordu. Ya da 3 fasiküllük falan bir seri yapsalardı daha güzel ve merak uyandırıcı olabilirdi. Şuanda benim için herhangi bir heyecan verici durumu bünyesinde barındırmıyor. Beni tatmin etmedi, daha iyi olabilirdi.

Çizimler ve yazarın aslında boş olmadığını bildiğim için 2 yıldız veriyorum. 3 vermeyi düşünüyordum ama sinirim bozuldu şuanda o yüzden vermeyeceğim.

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just so everyone knows, I am new to comics and new to the Marvel Universe so I am going to try to review this to the best of my abilities. I did really like this comic although there were many storylines going on there was definitely an underlying theme. I am not totally up to date on all the comics but I do know a lot of the stories going into this and I found that I really enjoyed being able to read this. I liked seeing all the characters in action in this and how the events of previous comics have affected this one. The simple fact is I didn't absolutely love it, I thought it was fun and interesting to read but this wasn't my favorite. This did peak my interest to definitely pick up more Marvel comics in the future and try to find a way into the new canon they are making as I did really enjoy this.

[Camilo Guerra · Rating 2 out of 5]

La historia con Odin peleando, peor teniendo problemas por controlar el Mjolnir, una antigua Phoenix,Agamotto !!!, el primer Gost Rider, un Starbrand cavernicola, el primer Black Panther , reunidos peleando contra un Celestial, es lo mejor de todo el especial..de resto, apenas unas paginas muy buenas, como las del capitán America por Samnee, Cheung con la antorha humana y La Mole, son para destacar...lo de Wolverine, muy meehhh.

Vamos MArvel, también me diste Moon Knight, Vision, ..Silver surfer, tu puedes, se que Cebulski puede hacer algo mas que ir a restaurantes y mostrárnoslos por Instagram.

[Tesutamento · Rating 3 out of 5]

Marvel'ın 2010'lu yıllardaki yenilenme girişimlerinden bir diğeri. Bu kez odağı yeni kahramanlar yerine çekirdek kadrolara yönlendirme çabası mevcut. Öze dönme fikri kulağa cazip gelse de sonrasında bu girişim sonucu ortaya çıkan hikayeler ne kadar başarılı olmuştur tartışılır.

Kitap anlatım tarzıyla epey DC'nin Rebirth sayısına benzemiş. Yine bir anlatıcı var ve epey bir karakter geziyoruz. Bu kitabın asıl meselesi sonrasında çıkacak olan birçok hikayeye dair küçük izlenimler vermek ve okuyucuyu meraklandırmak. Ölümden dönenleri, bir araya gelecek ekipleri ya da yaklaşan tehditleri görüyoruz. Çok özel sahneler barındırmasa da fena bir çizgi roman değildi.

[Emre Yavuz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buz devinin kaburgasında bira soğutma karesine çok güldüm.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Innanzitutto diciamo che gli Avengers 1.000.000 BC sono fighi e se avessero fatto un intero albo solo con loro sarebbe stato perfetto.
"Purtroppo" Aaron ha il compito di dare il via a questo cambiamento radicale della Marvel in sole 58 pagine per cui i nostri eroi hanno un limitato numero di pagine (comunque le migliori dell'albo).
Per il resto mi aspettavo qualcosa di diverso, credevo che fosse un manifesto programmatico, che indicasse una filosofia generale dell'operazione Legacy e invece questo aspetto, pur essendo presente, è secondario rispetto alla vera sostanza dell'albo.
Si tratta di una corsa folle sulle montagne russe della Marvel con anticipazioni, rivelazioni, ritorni eccellenti e sorprese a ogni svolta di pagina. Alcune delle quali, Deadpool e Norman Osborne ad esempio, sembrano buttate là senza molto costrutto. È un giga-trailer di quello che verrà (Spoiler/Segreto di pulcinella "Quello che verrà" è il ritorno degli eroi classici della casa editrice).
La struttura dell'albo risente un po' dei continui cambi (personaggi, scenari, disegnatori) perdendo un po' di coerenza ma Aaron riesce in qualche modo a tenere tutto legato anche grazie al monologo che percorre tutto l'albo.
Si tratta di un albo che emoziona i cuori di noi più anziani e forse può incuriosire il lettore più "fresco". C'è da vedere cosa porterà.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm often intrigued by the cyclical nature of corporate comics and the "poetry" of superhero narratives. After Civil War, there was this sort of darkening of the world; with stories like Secret Invasion, Dark Reign and then the light cracking with Siege and the "Heroic Age".

Then there was attempts to diversify and try new things--with mixed results (such as Marvel Now!). This led to more dark times such as with Fear Itself, Secret Wars, Civil War II, and Secret Empire. Now the time was to let the light in again. While some ways, this feels like perhaps a step back since it signaled the return of the classic characters (such as Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Wolverine, etc.)--Jason Aaron adds the fascinating foible of the Avengers of 1,000,000BC. It's truly a fun idea and adds a level of mythic resonance to Marvel that didn't previously exist outside of the cosmic side of things, imo.

[Stacy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art is stellar. Aaron's also one of my favourite writers. This, though, felt like it had too much going on in it in such a short span for it's intention of being meaningful and epic to come across successfully. This felt like a place-holder, setting up the Legacy stage for Marvel. In that, I think this was successful. Full disclosure, I'm writing this review a few weeks after reading Legacy and all I can remember is too much fight between new/young Ghost Rider and someone else (Ghost Rider kid yelled a lot about how he did not understand what was going on, send help) and the return of Wolverine, which was pretty cool and tantalisingly offered NO ANSWERS (stay tuned, readers). But for a big deal, that's all I retained beyond my initial impression that the read was "busy, but an okay comic."

[JeLo Guevara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of people say that this is Marvel's own "Rebirth" initiative, going back to its original form of story telling. I cannot fully attest to that since I am new in this. But somehow, I can say that there are traces of the DC Rebirth here: the presentation of a narrator that seems to be their Wally West; bringing back the dead into life (which is no surprise at all) and the return of iconic characters back into continuity. I have casual knowledge of the storyline of the preceding event in Marvel (The Secret Empire stuff) and what happened to some of its characters so it's quite easy to follow though this one shot doesn't give me much excitement. Still, I'm gonna look forward to the future of Marvel Legacy.

[Jamie Connolly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some of the other reviews in here aren't the most positive. But I loved it. I thought it was incredible. Sucked in from the first page where the Odin, Phoenix, ghost rider, sorcerer supreme, and black panther of a millennia ago take out a celestial and hide his body in the ground. Sound familiar, like Gaiman's Eternals familiar? But it was awesome. Then there were army soldiers who's name tags were nods to other authors. Then Norman Osborn tries to break into... never mind, really funny though. Just read it. No expectations of the future or sentiment for the past. Just read it objectively and you will find that it's outstanding.