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Marvel Mystery Comics #1000-1001
Marvel Comics #1000
Eighty years! Eighty creators! An army of legendary creators! All in one sensational hardcover! In celebration of Marvel's 80th anniversary, we gathered together the greatest array of talent ever to be assembled between two covers! Names from the past, from the present and even the future! Every page is filled with all-new work from this cavalcade of comic book luminaries! A mystery threads throughout the Marvel Universe - one that began in MARVEL COMICS #1 and unites a disparate array of heroes and villains throughout the decades! What is the Eternity Mask? And who is responsible for the conspiracy to keep it hidden? As secrets are peeled away, answers await the entirety of the Marvel Universe! The landmark event is collected together with an awesome assortment of bonus features!
COLLECTING: MARVEL COMICS 1000-1001, TBD
COLLECTING: MARVEL COMICS 1000-1001, TBD
144 pages, Hardcover
First published March 17, 2020
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April 10, 2024
"What the hell are you doing?" -- Frank Castle, a.k.a 'The Punisher'
"Clearing my mind. Helps me focus. You should try it." -- a meditating Logan, a.k.a 'Wolverine'
"The sights on the rifle help me focus." -- Castle, loading a fresh magazine into his Ruger Mini-14
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Marvel Comics - also formerly known as Timely and/or Atlas prior to 1961 - the one-shot special Marvel Comics 1000 features eighty single-page stories that were contributed by a stellar list of graphic novel writers and illustrators. It's no doubt a novel idea, although the execution resulted in a good but not necessarily great book. Things didn't start clicking until twenty pages in when known quantities like the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man - all among the early 60's vanguard that helped usher in the 'Silver Age' AND solidified Marvel as a comics publishing force to be reckoned with - start popping up in alternately amusing or dramatic pieces. Not quite a 'must read,' but occasionally entertaining for the fans.
"Clearing my mind. Helps me focus. You should try it." -- a meditating Logan, a.k.a 'Wolverine'
"The sights on the rifle help me focus." -- Castle, loading a fresh magazine into his Ruger Mini-14
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Marvel Comics - also formerly known as Timely and/or Atlas prior to 1961 - the one-shot special Marvel Comics 1000 features eighty single-page stories that were contributed by a stellar list of graphic novel writers and illustrators. It's no doubt a novel idea, although the execution resulted in a good but not necessarily great book. Things didn't start clicking until twenty pages in when known quantities like the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man - all among the early 60's vanguard that helped usher in the 'Silver Age' AND solidified Marvel as a comics publishing force to be reckoned with - start popping up in alternately amusing or dramatic pieces. Not quite a 'must read,' but occasionally entertaining for the fans.
August 12, 2020
To celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics Marvel put together Marvel Comics #1000 and Marvel Comics #1001. It is comprise of over 110 single page stories by numerous creative teams (100+!). There are three main themes, an ongoing mystery spanning the 80 years of the Marvel universe, mostly written by Al Ewing but with numerous individual creators, centred around the Eternity Mask.
This story, that attempts to create a conspiracy that is rooted in the birth of the Marvel universe and has continued to this very day, is an OK read, but one that I feel would have been better if told in serial form with a set creative team.
There's a number of stories where a Marvel characters is essentially asked why they do what they do; some stories are just spoofs or satire (think Deadpool); some stories promote an individual character or team. Overall too many of these stories were pointless or predictable. What I did like was that for the first stories, each one was linked to a big moment from that year, starting from 1939 and the creation of the Original Human Torch!
My favourite story by a long way was a She Hulk one-pager by... Rainbow Rowell! Overall though this only gets a 5 out of 12, although I accept single page storytelling can be very hit and miss.
This story, that attempts to create a conspiracy that is rooted in the birth of the Marvel universe and has continued to this very day, is an OK read, but one that I feel would have been better if told in serial form with a set creative team.
There's a number of stories where a Marvel characters is essentially asked why they do what they do; some stories are just spoofs or satire (think Deadpool); some stories promote an individual character or team. Overall too many of these stories were pointless or predictable. What I did like was that for the first stories, each one was linked to a big moment from that year, starting from 1939 and the creation of the Original Human Torch!
My favourite story by a long way was a She Hulk one-pager by... Rainbow Rowell! Overall though this only gets a 5 out of 12, although I accept single page storytelling can be very hit and miss.
April 9, 2020
I really, really enjoyed this enormous collection of single-page stories from the entire eighty year history of the Marvel Universe. It really is incredible what some creators can do in just a single page; some of them even made me shed a wee tear (that's 'wee' in the Scottish sense, you sickos).
The only reason I'm not giving this the full 5 stars is because, well, in any anthology there are going to be the occasional pieces that don't quite live up to the standard of the rest. Also, I can't bring myself to give any book Rob Liefeld was involved in 5 stars, even if he did only do one page... :-D
I'm really looking forward to seeing where Al Ewing's Eternity Mask story goes; the teasers in this book have me salivating! I think the concept of a mask that makes the wearer an even match to any opponent is a fantastic one.
The only reason I'm not giving this the full 5 stars is because, well, in any anthology there are going to be the occasional pieces that don't quite live up to the standard of the rest. Also, I can't bring myself to give any book Rob Liefeld was involved in 5 stars, even if he did only do one page... :-D
I'm really looking forward to seeing where Al Ewing's Eternity Mask story goes; the teasers in this book have me salivating! I think the concept of a mask that makes the wearer an even match to any opponent is a fantastic one.
April 27, 2021
Alcune delle storie brevi da una pagina contenute in questo volumetto che celebra 80 anni di fumetti Marvel sono da 10 stelle, le migliori secondo me tutte quelle con protagonisti Spider-Man e Mary Jane: quella di Gerry Conway su Gwen (l'assassino torna sempre sul luogo del delitto...) mi ha quasi fatto piangere, quella della telefonata a Doc Ock mi ha fatto invece sbellicare dalle risate.
Purtroppo la sotto-trama portante del Masked Rider è praticamente un promo per l'ennesimo nuovo blando evento-crossover in arrivo, le storie omaggio ai fumetti di Conan e Star Wars appena decenti, e parecchie altre sono basate più sul Marvel Cinematic Universe invece che su quello fumettistico, le altre oscillano tra il buono ed il mediocre.
Così così.
September 25, 2021
This was a neat idea for a comic. 80 one-page comics. One for each year, all by different creative teams. Although this was completely abandoned for the #1001 issue which is just a bunch of random one-page comics. Of course, it's difficult to write a great one-page comic so most of these are middling at best. Al Ewing writes a bunch of the comics. Those all have a story running through them about this secret Enclave and a mask with some kind of powers called the Eternity Mask. It wasn't all that clear. I do wonder if Ewing picked up this story in any of his other books, because it remains unfinished here.
October 28, 2019
So this is an anthology full of a big pile of creators doing one page stories of various Marvel stuff to celebrate 80 years of Marvel. I was lucky enough to get the Skottie Young variant (been meaning to add at least one to my comic collection) and read this fun comic!
There’s a lot here and to do something different I’ll discuss just the parts I love and the parts I hate, I can’t go over all of the book because that review would be way too long.
LOVE:
8 Bells by Al Ewing, Steve Epting, Frank D’armata, VC’s Clayton Cowles- Perfect way to begin this, very well written and of course great art from Epting.
Fight For Love by Jeremy Whitley, Kene Koh, Felipe Sobreiro, VC’s Clayton Cowles- I don’t know much about this America character but this is a fun story that approaches a commonly poorly executed message very well. Good job there!
Return of Not Brand Echh by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale- Love this. It’s a hilarious cartoony page of Marvel picking on themselves.
Last Word by Alex Ross, John Johnson- A little silly? Sure but mostly laugh out loud humorous and Alex Ross art.
Stan’s Soapbox- Not a story but cool that they included this. RIP Stan Lee.
Professor Cold Call by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Javier Rodriguez, VC’s Travis Lanham- Funny tale that both captures the spirit and points out the ridiculousness of Spider-Man.
Seven Things You Can Always Count On by Kelly Sue DeConnick, David Lopez, Matthew Fairbairn, VC’s Travis Lanham- Fun, exciting and adorable one page Captain Marvel adventure! Sorta funny how I tried a volume of this writer’s Captain Marvel and was sorta meh but loved this one page story.
Blade Week by Jim Zub, Nick Bradshaw, John Rauch, VC’s Cory Petit- A wordless short story that still managed to be intense, a complete story and captured the character perfectly. Even has a cute and funny ending.
We Are What We Are by Matthew Rosenburg, Leinil Francis Yu, Sunny Gho, VC’s Cory Petit- Damn, in one page these guys tell a gripping, bad-ass and gritty Punisher tale. Nice!
Glory Days by Patrick Gleason, Marte Gracia, VC’s Joe Sabino- Really well done and fittingly patriotic Captain America page.
Turkey Soup For The Deadpool Soul by Gail Simone, David Baldeon, Jesus Aburtov, VC’s Joe Sabino- I didn’t ever think that Gail Simone would be a Deadpool kinda author (though admittedly I’ve only read a bit of her work) but she does a pretty damn great job at writing Deadpool here and the art is also great.
Monsters by Kelly Thompson, Pepe Laraz, David Curiel, VC’s Joe Sabino- I don’t know much about the main character (Bloodstone or something) but it includes an adorable land-shark puppy thing so I like it a lot!
Gridlocked by Derek Candy, Paco Medina, Jesus Aburtov, VC’s Joe C- Deadpool parodies Tom King in a way only Deadpool could. Very funny stuff!
In Memoriam- Not a story but very nice that they included a little RIP for Marvel comic creators that aren’t around anymore and it includes a very fitting image.
HATE:
Six Tips For Selfie Success by Kathryn Immonen, Stuart Immonen, VC’s Clayton Cowles- No... just no. This is a cheesy attempt at humor in a “fellow kids” type story, it’s just so cringe. Stuart Immonen’s art isn’t as good as usual in it either.
The Membrane by Al Ewing, Cory Smith, Laura Martin, VC’s Clayton Cowles- Professor MonkeyHead (I don’t remember the character’s actual name) babbles for a page about... I don’t remember. It’s very boring and bland though.
Of Kings and Sinners by Ralph Macchino, Marc Checcheto, VC’s Clayton Cowles- The opportunity for a bad-ass one page Conan The Barbarian story is wasted on other Conan world characters blabbing and being boring.
Invisible No More by Jimmy “Taboo” Gomez, Benjamin Jackendoff, Jeffery Veregge, VC’s Travis Lanham- A colorful background of... something doesn’t excuse the boring wall of text seen on that page.
The McDuffie Device by Adam F Goldberg, Adam Riches- Damage Control story is cheesy with awful artwork, weak humor and bad dialogue.
How To Save A Set of Keys by Jason Reynolds, Patrick O’Keefe, VC’s Joe Carmagna- Yay, a poorly written and boring as shit Miles Morales story by Jason Reynolds, exactly what we needed, not like there’s an entire fucking novel of that... I was hoping after that mentioned novel was slammed by several comic fans Reynolds would have done something better in this but no. Sure the illustration background is good but the wall of text is fucking awful.
The Choice by Charles Soule, Steve Mcnivven, VC’s Cory Petit- A boring Silver Surfer story with ugly art. No thanks.
Overall:
Those are just my favorites and least favorites, there are several more in this creator filled anthology.
While there are a lot of meh parts and even a few bad parts, I would say it’s mostly good and I had a lot of fun with it.
This anthology despite it’s long list of creators involved will probably only be fun if you’re a Marvel fan however. There’s a lot about the Marvel characters and universe that would be hard to understand if you aren’t already into it. That being said if you enjoy Marvel comics you’ll probably enjoy reading this anthology and I’m someone who (when they’re good) enjoys Marvel comics.
4/5
There’s a lot here and to do something different I’ll discuss just the parts I love and the parts I hate, I can’t go over all of the book because that review would be way too long.
LOVE:
8 Bells by Al Ewing, Steve Epting, Frank D’armata, VC’s Clayton Cowles- Perfect way to begin this, very well written and of course great art from Epting.
Fight For Love by Jeremy Whitley, Kene Koh, Felipe Sobreiro, VC’s Clayton Cowles- I don’t know much about this America character but this is a fun story that approaches a commonly poorly executed message very well. Good job there!
Return of Not Brand Echh by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale- Love this. It’s a hilarious cartoony page of Marvel picking on themselves.
Last Word by Alex Ross, John Johnson- A little silly? Sure but mostly laugh out loud humorous and Alex Ross art.
Stan’s Soapbox- Not a story but cool that they included this. RIP Stan Lee.
Professor Cold Call by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Javier Rodriguez, VC’s Travis Lanham- Funny tale that both captures the spirit and points out the ridiculousness of Spider-Man.
Seven Things You Can Always Count On by Kelly Sue DeConnick, David Lopez, Matthew Fairbairn, VC’s Travis Lanham- Fun, exciting and adorable one page Captain Marvel adventure! Sorta funny how I tried a volume of this writer’s Captain Marvel and was sorta meh but loved this one page story.
Blade Week by Jim Zub, Nick Bradshaw, John Rauch, VC’s Cory Petit- A wordless short story that still managed to be intense, a complete story and captured the character perfectly. Even has a cute and funny ending.
We Are What We Are by Matthew Rosenburg, Leinil Francis Yu, Sunny Gho, VC’s Cory Petit- Damn, in one page these guys tell a gripping, bad-ass and gritty Punisher tale. Nice!
Glory Days by Patrick Gleason, Marte Gracia, VC’s Joe Sabino- Really well done and fittingly patriotic Captain America page.
Turkey Soup For The Deadpool Soul by Gail Simone, David Baldeon, Jesus Aburtov, VC’s Joe Sabino- I didn’t ever think that Gail Simone would be a Deadpool kinda author (though admittedly I’ve only read a bit of her work) but she does a pretty damn great job at writing Deadpool here and the art is also great.
Monsters by Kelly Thompson, Pepe Laraz, David Curiel, VC’s Joe Sabino- I don’t know much about the main character (Bloodstone or something) but it includes an adorable land-shark puppy thing so I like it a lot!
Gridlocked by Derek Candy, Paco Medina, Jesus Aburtov, VC’s Joe C- Deadpool parodies Tom King in a way only Deadpool could. Very funny stuff!
In Memoriam- Not a story but very nice that they included a little RIP for Marvel comic creators that aren’t around anymore and it includes a very fitting image.
HATE:
Six Tips For Selfie Success by Kathryn Immonen, Stuart Immonen, VC’s Clayton Cowles- No... just no. This is a cheesy attempt at humor in a “fellow kids” type story, it’s just so cringe. Stuart Immonen’s art isn’t as good as usual in it either.
The Membrane by Al Ewing, Cory Smith, Laura Martin, VC’s Clayton Cowles- Professor MonkeyHead (I don’t remember the character’s actual name) babbles for a page about... I don’t remember. It’s very boring and bland though.
Of Kings and Sinners by Ralph Macchino, Marc Checcheto, VC’s Clayton Cowles- The opportunity for a bad-ass one page Conan The Barbarian story is wasted on other Conan world characters blabbing and being boring.
Invisible No More by Jimmy “Taboo” Gomez, Benjamin Jackendoff, Jeffery Veregge, VC’s Travis Lanham- A colorful background of... something doesn’t excuse the boring wall of text seen on that page.
The McDuffie Device by Adam F Goldberg, Adam Riches- Damage Control story is cheesy with awful artwork, weak humor and bad dialogue.
How To Save A Set of Keys by Jason Reynolds, Patrick O’Keefe, VC’s Joe Carmagna- Yay, a poorly written and boring as shit Miles Morales story by Jason Reynolds, exactly what we needed, not like there’s an entire fucking novel of that... I was hoping after that mentioned novel was slammed by several comic fans Reynolds would have done something better in this but no. Sure the illustration background is good but the wall of text is fucking awful.
The Choice by Charles Soule, Steve Mcnivven, VC’s Cory Petit- A boring Silver Surfer story with ugly art. No thanks.
Overall:
Those are just my favorites and least favorites, there are several more in this creator filled anthology.
While there are a lot of meh parts and even a few bad parts, I would say it’s mostly good and I had a lot of fun with it.
This anthology despite it’s long list of creators involved will probably only be fun if you’re a Marvel fan however. There’s a lot about the Marvel characters and universe that would be hard to understand if you aren’t already into it. That being said if you enjoy Marvel comics you’ll probably enjoy reading this anthology and I’m someone who (when they’re good) enjoys Marvel comics.
4/5
September 12, 2019
This was a mix bag. Some fun stories, especially the Spider-man stuff. I liked almost all the stories in there for him. There's also one shots here and there that worked really well. Then some that were dull and did nothing for me. All mattered which story. Either way worth reading for the accomplishment of getting to 1,000!
September 27, 2020
Very cool collection with some of my favourite creators in marvel history for sure. Basically each creator/ creative team gets one page to Focus on 1 year in marvel history. Obviously some of the picks can't be memorable for everyone, and everything pre 90's for me was a history lesson of course. Still it's a fun concept and a great way to celebrate marvel's 80th b-day.
I feel like this would be better to read in small doses like the daily newspaper funnies. It's a barrage on the senses to read one after the other. As a collection we get a nice hardcover, and lots of variant covers. I would of liked to see some sort of interview or Q and A in here to see the process of how it all came together
I feel like this would be better to read in small doses like the daily newspaper funnies. It's a barrage on the senses to read one after the other. As a collection we get a nice hardcover, and lots of variant covers. I would of liked to see some sort of interview or Q and A in here to see the process of how it all came together
September 5, 2019
Like most jam issues that have a bunch of writers and artists involved, this is a mix bag, with some good and bad stuff.
The Al Ewing story that runs throughout is pretty good. I like how they’ve started a thread with the original human torch and managed to bring it into the modern day.
Some of the other highlights are also the Spider-man page by Slott and Marcos Martin, the Hulk page by Alex Ross and even the Daredevil page by Quesada is good.
But there’s other stuff here that just lands flat and is boring to read.
I think I’d have preferred an issue that’s just the Al Ewing story, but that wouldn’t have been able to sell as many variants
The Al Ewing story that runs throughout is pretty good. I like how they’ve started a thread with the original human torch and managed to bring it into the modern day.
Some of the other highlights are also the Spider-man page by Slott and Marcos Martin, the Hulk page by Alex Ross and even the Daredevil page by Quesada is good.
But there’s other stuff here that just lands flat and is boring to read.
I think I’d have preferred an issue that’s just the Al Ewing story, but that wouldn’t have been able to sell as many variants
August 26, 2020
Uma incrivelmente bela homenagem aos oitenta anos da Casa das Ideias feito por diversos talentos da escrita e da arte da Marvel Comics. Al Ewing orquestra duas belas edições que fazem reverência aos mais maravilhosos personagens da Marvel por grandes e inovadores criadores, pessoas da velha guarda e a nova geração. Personagens clássicos e criações deste último século. O mote de Marvel 1000 é trazer 80 anos em 80 páginas, ou seja, cada página dessas oito décadas estão contemplando um ano desse aniversário, fazendo menção a um acontecimento memorável que compreende aquele ciclo. Essa colcha de retalhos bem cerzida é um deleite para os fãs mais antigos que veem os anos de leitura que viveram e para os leitores mais novos é uma chance de conhecer essa história recheada de cronologia inalterada que é a história da Marvel Comics. O encadernado também vem, além de Marvel Comics 1000, com Marvel Comics 1001, que repete a estratégia de uma história por página, só que sem fazer referência a um ano. Mas o melhor de tudo é que existe um propósito para essas páginas estarem ordenadas assim: o surgimento de um novo personagem e de uma nova associação de investigadores do Universo Marvel! Uma ótima história-homenagem para verdadeiros "true belivers" da Marvel!
September 5, 2019
On the one hand, this was extremely pretentious. Marvel decided to put together an 80-page work for their 80-year anniversary, and used 80 different creative teams for each individual page. This made each page vary wildly in terms of tone and quality.
On the other hand, is Marvel being pretentious if their own accolades are deserved?
Marvel is a phenomenon. Millions of people have been affected by the comic book titan, many of whom are like me and have had their entire personalities shaped by comic book superheroes. So, sure, the House of Ideas receives a certain amount of hero worship that it has actually earned.
Still, I didn't need a page dedicated to Hercules where the whole point was that Hercules wasted the page. Or an entire page dedicated to Deadpool using up the page. Or an entire page of Dr. Strange getting into a fight with his cloak of levitation and laundering it.
On the other hand, is Marvel being pretentious if their own accolades are deserved?
Marvel is a phenomenon. Millions of people have been affected by the comic book titan, many of whom are like me and have had their entire personalities shaped by comic book superheroes. So, sure, the House of Ideas receives a certain amount of hero worship that it has actually earned.
Still, I didn't need a page dedicated to Hercules where the whole point was that Hercules wasted the page. Or an entire page dedicated to Deadpool using up the page. Or an entire page of Dr. Strange getting into a fight with his cloak of levitation and laundering it.
January 4, 2020
Ідея чудова, хоча й дуже проста й очевидна: показати еволюцію всесвіту Марвел від початку до минулого року. Кожен рік асоціюється із важливою подією, як-от поява якогось героя, переломна битва чи смерть когось вз персонажів (зрозуміло кого). Більшість історій пише Ел Евінг, який написав чи не найкращий комікс минулого року про Галка (до речі, про нього історія чи радше замальовка тут найбільш сподобалось), відродивши давню традицію горрору й трилеру. Однак коли його змінюють інші автори, то стає нудно й не цікаво. Багато просто тексту ні про що, який в якийсь момент просто перетворюється у білий шум. Зміна стилю малюнку з кожним роком теж не рівна, що цілком очевидно для такої кількості років. Вже писав раніше, що не люблю і не сприймаю антології, але такі ювілейні випуски, як не крути, все ж робляться більше для прибутку (просто подивіться на кількість варіанток), аніж для естетики.
September 16, 2019
This almost got a 2.5 star rating but some cool stories popped up toward the end. The coolest part of this was the mystical mask story running thru the issue. The rest is as most have said here, a mixed bag. I mean you have one page to tell some kind of story. Some were useless, some were just Ok and some were actually pretty cool.
March 29, 2021
A nice anthology celebrating Marvel’s long history. I like how creative both the writers and artists were able to get only having a page to tell a story. I also like how each story correlated to something that happened that year.
August 29, 2019
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April 21, 2020
A veces me convierto en Fanboy, no lo puedo evitar. Hay páginas que están simplemente porque se lo merecen, sin añadir nada a la historia. Pero a la vez hay historia, añade algo al universo Marvel (aunque se centra casi al 100% en la tierra). Lo que más me ha gustado es aprender un poco más sobre el mundo. Hay datos que casi cualquier aficionado del cómic y ya sabe, pero hay otros que son pequeñas sorpresas y están muy bien.
October 14, 2020
a fine tribute to marvel with a new(?) story intertwined called the masked raider. The new story is cool, has a Brubaker vibe which I liked. The tribute stories are just 1 page but are fun, some better than others. The art is really awesome, so many artists and styles. A good book to have sitting on a coffee table.
November 20, 2019
It’s like a fancy stack of postcards disguised in the form of a comic
October 6, 2019
Any anthology series is going to be a mixed bag, and this certainly was that. Unfortunately for every good one-page story, there were three mediocre (or just plain bad ones). 80 years of publishing comics is certainly an accomplishment worth celebrating, and this was a neat idea that just didn't really come together in the execution.
The first issue, Marvel Comics # 1000, devotes one page to each of Marvel's 80 years of publishing, and while it's a neat tour through Marvel's history, I found some of the events they chose to highlight for a particular year to be baffling. For example, you might have expected them to highlight Giant Size X-Men # 1 for the year 1975, the issue that revitalized the X-Men by introducing the team consisting of Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, etc.--and easily one of the most important Marvel Comics issues ever published. But instead they devoted that year's page to the reveal of the Punisher's origin (not the introduction of the Punisher, mind you--but just the telling of his origin). These events are hardly equal in their overall impact to the history of Marvel Comics.
You might also have expected 2013's page to be about the introduction of Kamala Khan, who, along with Miles Morales, is one of the two most successful Marvel characters introduced in the last decade. Instead they spent that page on Cable returning to lead X-Force. Seriously? That's what you're going to focus on for all of 2013? A number of other years were similarly disappointing--I flipped the page numerous times with an expectation of what it might be about (1984 must surely be about Secret Wars, right? No, instead it's about the debut of Spider-Man's black costume in his own title, something that actually happened for the first time in Secret Wars. So it's weird that they choose to highlight a specific thing that happened during an event rather than the event itself).
For a lot of the earlier years of Marvel there apparently weren't many interesting things to highlight, so writer Al Ewing puts together a narrative that loosely threads its way through the book about three mysterious scientists calling themselves the Three Xs and the Eternity Mask, an artifact that makes its wearer the equal to any opponent, regardless of their power level. While I applaud the effort to put together a new narrative thread and make something out of very little, unfortunately it's just not that interesting. And it's completely uneven in its presentation, really only coming up in years where there was nothing much else to focus on. As a result, it's heavily featured in the early years, and then only shows up very sporadically after the 1960s, when all of the Stan Lee characters first showed up and Marvel's shared universe started getting more interesting. It shows up again a few more times toward the end, hinting that this will be the focus of some upcoming Ewing story, but nothing about it is compelling enough for me to currently have any interest in following the story where it goes next.
Marvel Comics # 1001 drops the "each page devoted to a single year" conceit entirely, and just becomes a completely unfocused anthology, where each writer just devotes one page to a character that they wanted to highlight. It's extremely uneven in quality, with maybe only 25% of it actually generating any joy or interest from me as a reader. The result is that while the 1000 issue felt like a genuine attempt to celebrate 80 years of publishing, 1001 just feels like a blatant money-grab that was completely unnecessary. And the Eternity Mask story line is nearly absent altogether from this issue, apart from two bookend pages by Ewing that were nearly identical to each other.
Nothing about this book will be remembered five years from now.
The first issue, Marvel Comics # 1000, devotes one page to each of Marvel's 80 years of publishing, and while it's a neat tour through Marvel's history, I found some of the events they chose to highlight for a particular year to be baffling. For example, you might have expected them to highlight Giant Size X-Men # 1 for the year 1975, the issue that revitalized the X-Men by introducing the team consisting of Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, etc.--and easily one of the most important Marvel Comics issues ever published. But instead they devoted that year's page to the reveal of the Punisher's origin (not the introduction of the Punisher, mind you--but just the telling of his origin). These events are hardly equal in their overall impact to the history of Marvel Comics.
You might also have expected 2013's page to be about the introduction of Kamala Khan, who, along with Miles Morales, is one of the two most successful Marvel characters introduced in the last decade. Instead they spent that page on Cable returning to lead X-Force. Seriously? That's what you're going to focus on for all of 2013? A number of other years were similarly disappointing--I flipped the page numerous times with an expectation of what it might be about (1984 must surely be about Secret Wars, right? No, instead it's about the debut of Spider-Man's black costume in his own title, something that actually happened for the first time in Secret Wars. So it's weird that they choose to highlight a specific thing that happened during an event rather than the event itself).
For a lot of the earlier years of Marvel there apparently weren't many interesting things to highlight, so writer Al Ewing puts together a narrative that loosely threads its way through the book about three mysterious scientists calling themselves the Three Xs and the Eternity Mask, an artifact that makes its wearer the equal to any opponent, regardless of their power level. While I applaud the effort to put together a new narrative thread and make something out of very little, unfortunately it's just not that interesting. And it's completely uneven in its presentation, really only coming up in years where there was nothing much else to focus on. As a result, it's heavily featured in the early years, and then only shows up very sporadically after the 1960s, when all of the Stan Lee characters first showed up and Marvel's shared universe started getting more interesting. It shows up again a few more times toward the end, hinting that this will be the focus of some upcoming Ewing story, but nothing about it is compelling enough for me to currently have any interest in following the story where it goes next.
Marvel Comics # 1001 drops the "each page devoted to a single year" conceit entirely, and just becomes a completely unfocused anthology, where each writer just devotes one page to a character that they wanted to highlight. It's extremely uneven in quality, with maybe only 25% of it actually generating any joy or interest from me as a reader. The result is that while the 1000 issue felt like a genuine attempt to celebrate 80 years of publishing, 1001 just feels like a blatant money-grab that was completely unnecessary. And the Eternity Mask story line is nearly absent altogether from this issue, apart from two bookend pages by Ewing that were nearly identical to each other.
Nothing about this book will be remembered five years from now.
January 16, 2020
Interesting tribute that is both pushing forward a story I would like to see with tributes mixed in.
I have no idea way the 1001 material wasn’t just worked into 1000. It would have made more sense.
I have no idea way the 1001 material wasn’t just worked into 1000. It would have made more sense.
February 18, 2021
would've been real cool to see founding avenger janet van dyne on any of the 89 pages of marvel retrospective
65/100
65/100
September 8, 2019
Ridiculously long... took almost a month to get through. A semi-coherent story mixed in with fun weird little whimsys. The Nemo in Slumberland was my favorite.
September 15, 2019
This issue was a hot mess. The stories were mostly uninteresting, and I thought the main thread was hard to follow. I wish I had skipped this one altogether.
February 11, 2020
Fan servicezinho com algumas coisas legais.
July 22, 2021
So many amazing things in this. I love it.
November 23, 2020
This hardcover contains issue #1000 and #1001.
For someone who's been reading Marvel Comics for decades, this was a fun trip down memory lane. Each page marks a significant "event" in Marvel Comics, for example: First appearance of a particular character, first Iron Man movie, etc. That page is usually reverential to whatever significance that event had. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's an epilogue. For the most part, they are really well done, both writing and art, able to fit an idea or emotion on a single page. A few of the event choices are questionable though, leaving the reader to ask "why is that so important to be included" or "why didn't they include xyz"?
Mixed in are bits and pieces of the origin of a "new" character and the cosmic prop that he uses. It's one of those where the character has been around this whole time, but nobody really knew about them. I won't give it a way, but it's sort of weaved in and out of Marvel history, presumably to have an important part of some current or future storyline.
Issue #1001 is also included in this book. It uses the same format but it drops the significant event and largely has one-page per character, with only a few pages written and/or drawn by well-known creators, while the majority of them are by either-up and coming or lesser known professionals. Also, most of the character selections are on the lower end of the popularity scale. It doesn't have anywhere near the charm or nostalgia the first issue had and when you are finished it just feels like a quick cash grab. I would have much preferred a second issue that touched on many of the other events that weren't included, even if they weren't in chronological order.
For someone who's been reading Marvel Comics for decades, this was a fun trip down memory lane. Each page marks a significant "event" in Marvel Comics, for example: First appearance of a particular character, first Iron Man movie, etc. That page is usually reverential to whatever significance that event had. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's an epilogue. For the most part, they are really well done, both writing and art, able to fit an idea or emotion on a single page. A few of the event choices are questionable though, leaving the reader to ask "why is that so important to be included" or "why didn't they include xyz"?
Mixed in are bits and pieces of the origin of a "new" character and the cosmic prop that he uses. It's one of those where the character has been around this whole time, but nobody really knew about them. I won't give it a way, but it's sort of weaved in and out of Marvel history, presumably to have an important part of some current or future storyline.
Issue #1001 is also included in this book. It uses the same format but it drops the significant event and largely has one-page per character, with only a few pages written and/or drawn by well-known creators, while the majority of them are by either-up and coming or lesser known professionals. Also, most of the character selections are on the lower end of the popularity scale. It doesn't have anywhere near the charm or nostalgia the first issue had and when you are finished it just feels like a quick cash grab. I would have much preferred a second issue that touched on many of the other events that weren't included, even if they weren't in chronological order.
March 3, 2020
¿Qué es? Pues es una celebración de los 80 años de Marvel,a través de una historia nueva y de homenajes. Cada página es un año y en cada año resaltan un acontecimiento, como el primer cómic o la creación de ciertos personajes o eventos.
¿Está bien? Si que lo está PERO... Como digo es una celebración y en esta celebración se echa en falta determinados hitos y personajes a los que no se les ha prestado atención. Por ejemplo, dónde está Namor? Y la Secret War original? Y Civil War?
La historia que máquina Al Ewing mola para revisitar la vida de Marvel, y las páginas cada una tiene un equipo creativos distinto detrás de ellas, con lo cual hay 80 estilos distintos y también esto deja hueco a cosas que no me gustan pero pa gustos sabores de helados.
En definitiva me ha gustado, voy a ver si me pillo el 1001 cuando vaya a por el número 2 de la Patrulla X de Hickman, pero me ha dejado regustillos desagradables.
¿Está bien? Si que lo está PERO... Como digo es una celebración y en esta celebración se echa en falta determinados hitos y personajes a los que no se les ha prestado atención. Por ejemplo, dónde está Namor? Y la Secret War original? Y Civil War?
La historia que máquina Al Ewing mola para revisitar la vida de Marvel, y las páginas cada una tiene un equipo creativos distinto detrás de ellas, con lo cual hay 80 estilos distintos y también esto deja hueco a cosas que no me gustan pero pa gustos sabores de helados.
En definitiva me ha gustado, voy a ver si me pillo el 1001 cuando vaya a por el número 2 de la Patrulla X de Hickman, pero me ha dejado regustillos desagradables.
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August 27, 2022This was... something.
I wasn't very lucky with the appearances of my favorite characters, but that's fine, I wasn't counting on it all that much.
I did hope for Kamala to be in more than one page in the 1001 part, since she's on the cover.
Anyway, this was an interesting way to celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics.
I wasn't very lucky with the appearances of my favorite characters, but that's fine, I wasn't counting on it all that much.
I did hope for Kamala to be in more than one page in the 1001 part, since she's on the cover.
Anyway, this was an interesting way to celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics.
September 25, 2025
some decent fun to be had with this, mixed bag for sure but I think it has more to enjoy about it than what falls flat and I'm glad I got/read it.
September 25, 2021
I'm not a Marvel guy. I'm a DC guy. Generally speaking, I think Marvel is what fans in general think of when they think of superhero comics, what they expect. DC tends to be where the more interesting things actually happen. I think it's true of the movies, too, by the way. But I'm not averse to enjoying Marvel when there's something really worth enjoying. Marvel Comics #1000 is one of those things.
Strictly speaking, this is a gimmick book that's playing off the legitimate, historic thousandth issues of Action Comics (last year) and Detective Comics (earlier this year). Marvel likes to do that sort of thing, sort of fake a milestone just because it's been good business at the competition. But this one is not just a gimmick. Marvel put real effort into it, and it's probably somewhat instantly one of the best things it ever did.
The main writer is Al Ewing, part of the more or less uncelebrated modern creative generation at Marvel. He weaves a sporadic narrative introducing the concept of the Eternity Mask, which goes all the way back to the beginning, linked to the debut of the original Human Torch (who along with Namor established Marvel's superhero credentials). Marvel's periodically mined its early years for new material, most famously when Captain America was defrosted in the '60s to help assemble the Avengers, but more recently in the underrated Twelve that was sort of half Captain America and half Watchmen. But this time I think the trick was really nailed in an ingenious way. Ewing weaves a secret history while bringing up a series of forgotten heroes, all while discussing the idea that it's the rebels who've forged American history, free from the tyranny of kings.
Every page revisits a milestone for all eighty years of Marvel lore, and each is a master class in creativity, from a host of famous writers and showcasing the stellar art the company is still capable of even in an era that has more often been derided on that score than celebrated (seriously; known and unknown artists alike combine to fill every page with works of technical achievement).
Since there are so many creators, each working a single page (with a few exceptions, including Ewing), I don't want to bog down the review referencing individual talent (though there are some surprises, such as Patrick Gleason, who until this celebration has long been associated with DC). Suffice to say, you won't be disappointed with the turnout.
The whole thing is a playful examination of the mounting legacy of the company, without leaning heavily on anything (which is something Marvel, or its fans, often can be guilty of), letting the characters speak for themselves. Maybe it's that very element that lets a DC guy appreciate a Marvel comic, since as far as I'm concerned, Marvel doesn't stop and smell the roses nearly often enough, too busy throwing itself into another wild adventure to let things sink in a little, or conversely, taking itself too seriously (as I noted above; that's part of why I never got into Marvels and instead admired that other Alex Ross-painted epic, Kingdom Come).
This is a comic that'll be very easy to revisit in years to come, regardless of how significant the Eternity Mask thing becomes. It's also something that would be very easy to recommend to fans who really only know Marvel from the movies. Not only will they get an idea or two about what could come next to the big screen, they'll see just how much there has always been, and will be for a long time to come.
Strictly speaking, this is a gimmick book that's playing off the legitimate, historic thousandth issues of Action Comics (last year) and Detective Comics (earlier this year). Marvel likes to do that sort of thing, sort of fake a milestone just because it's been good business at the competition. But this one is not just a gimmick. Marvel put real effort into it, and it's probably somewhat instantly one of the best things it ever did.
The main writer is Al Ewing, part of the more or less uncelebrated modern creative generation at Marvel. He weaves a sporadic narrative introducing the concept of the Eternity Mask, which goes all the way back to the beginning, linked to the debut of the original Human Torch (who along with Namor established Marvel's superhero credentials). Marvel's periodically mined its early years for new material, most famously when Captain America was defrosted in the '60s to help assemble the Avengers, but more recently in the underrated Twelve that was sort of half Captain America and half Watchmen. But this time I think the trick was really nailed in an ingenious way. Ewing weaves a secret history while bringing up a series of forgotten heroes, all while discussing the idea that it's the rebels who've forged American history, free from the tyranny of kings.
Every page revisits a milestone for all eighty years of Marvel lore, and each is a master class in creativity, from a host of famous writers and showcasing the stellar art the company is still capable of even in an era that has more often been derided on that score than celebrated (seriously; known and unknown artists alike combine to fill every page with works of technical achievement).
Since there are so many creators, each working a single page (with a few exceptions, including Ewing), I don't want to bog down the review referencing individual talent (though there are some surprises, such as Patrick Gleason, who until this celebration has long been associated with DC). Suffice to say, you won't be disappointed with the turnout.
The whole thing is a playful examination of the mounting legacy of the company, without leaning heavily on anything (which is something Marvel, or its fans, often can be guilty of), letting the characters speak for themselves. Maybe it's that very element that lets a DC guy appreciate a Marvel comic, since as far as I'm concerned, Marvel doesn't stop and smell the roses nearly often enough, too busy throwing itself into another wild adventure to let things sink in a little, or conversely, taking itself too seriously (as I noted above; that's part of why I never got into Marvels and instead admired that other Alex Ross-painted epic, Kingdom Come).
This is a comic that'll be very easy to revisit in years to come, regardless of how significant the Eternity Mask thing becomes. It's also something that would be very easy to recommend to fans who really only know Marvel from the movies. Not only will they get an idea or two about what could come next to the big screen, they'll see just how much there has always been, and will be for a long time to come.
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