Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar

Warhammer 40,000 (Marvel Comics)

by Kieron Gillen, Jacen Burrows (Illustrator), Guillermo Ortego (Illustrator)

Collects Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar (2020) #1-5.

The saga of WARHAMMER 40,000 comes to Marvel Comics! In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. Marneus Calgar, the legendary Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, leads his elite Space Marines against humanity’s greatest threats in a galaxy engulfed in endless war. Writer Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, The Wicked + The Divine) spearheads a new publishing initiative with Marneus Calgar’s never-before-told origin story — from his beginnings on Nova Thulium and his campaigns in the Black Crusades, to the unfolding mystery of the Black Altar, as a deadly threat from Calgar’s past re-emerges to threaten the present of the Ultramar system! It’s essential reading for 40K afficionados — and the perfect primer for those new to the universe of WARHAMMER 40,000! Be prepared!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Marvel, 40k, War, Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 7, 2021

About the author

Kieron Gillen is a comic book writer and former media journalist.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

I knew nothing about Warhammer 40K going into this other than it's a table top game with cool figures you can paint. This was a decent introduction. The story is solid. Their is a lot of meaningless history thrown at you though through infographics (The most boring way to portray that information.). Jacen Burrows is the person you call when you want to illustrate people being cut in half, having worked on Crossed with Garth Ennis. He does a very good job of illustrating bloody, graphic battles.

[Sam Quixote · Rating 2 out of 5]

Marvel acquires yet another licence: Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000, and I HAD to check this one out because it was pushing my nostalgia buttons hard - I was a huge fan of all things GW when I was a teen. I spent wayyyy too much money on the severely overpriced tiny models and spent hours, sometimes entire weekends, painting them and even playing the actual games with them on occasion. Also Kieron Gillen sometimes writes a good comic and Jacen Burrows’ art is always good. So was Marneus Calgar good? Unfortunately not.

To be fair to Gillen, Warhammer 40k (and every GW franchise) is a board game about war: two or more armies battle and that’s it. Fight fight fight - it’s like the Itchy & Scratchy Show! Whenever anyone tries to adapt a game into a proper story, the results are always bad: from board games like Battleship or Clue, to video games like Plants vs Zombies, Tomb Raider, and so on - mostly because you don’t need a story to play them as the appeal lies elsewhere.

“In this grim darkness of the far future, there is only war” reads the tagline - too right! In the present, Marneus, head of the Ultramarines, fights heretics; in the past (because b-story), kid Marneus fights heretics. Hmm. Quite limited, isn’t it? And he’s unstoppable too - ol’ Marneus is a killing machine, literally! Where’s the excitement supposed to come from when he effortlessly mows down everything in his way?

I would’ve liked to have seen more of the other types of armies that make up the Warhammer 40k universe: the Tyranids, the Eldar, the Orcs, even some of the different marine factions (I always thought the Ultramarines were a bland bunch - go Dark Angels!). Some Chaos Marines show up but it was still a poor showing for what could’ve been.

Gillen’s story is just plain boring. The training that goes into becoming an Ultramarine was uninteresting and the characters were so unimpressive that when a bad guy shows up at the end, I wasn’t sure if he was significant to Marneus’ past or not. It’s unengaging, one-note, dreary sci-fi from start to finish.

Still, Jacen Burrows’ art is fantabulous. Calgar and the Ultramarines look damn cool, and the action is beautifully detailed and coloured so well. It was nice to see so much familiar stuff from my yoof (chainswords!) and the James Stokoe covers were a welcome surprise too.

An inauspicious start to Marvel’s Warhammer line then, unfortunately. Next is something called The Black Altar that I can only hope isn’t also being written by Gillen and features a wider selection of characters from the 40k universe, but we’ll see. It’s a feast for the eyes but don’t expect to be gripped reading the snore-y of Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar.

[Alexander Peterhans · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gillen knows how to write W40k. That said, the plot feels a bit disjointed, and has an open ending.

Still, very good.

[Gianfranco Mancini · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quando lessi a suo tempo che, dopo le licenze di Star Wars e Conan il barbaro, la Marvel aveva siglato una collaborazione con la Games Workshop per la realizzazione di una o più serie a fumetti ispirate agli universi di Warhammer 40000 e Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, evoluzione dello storico Warhammer Fantasy Battle, accolsi la notizia con una certa trepidazione ritenendo la Casa delle Idee ed un universo narrativo come quello di W40K, il cui iconico slogan "In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war" ispirò la genesi del termine grimdark per indicare un certo sottogenere di letteratura fantastica, a dir poco incompatibili tra loro.



Fortunatamente i miei timori si sono rivelati infondati: Kieron Gillen sembra conoscere a menadito la tematica trattata, infondendo a questa prima miniserie che narra le origini del Maestro Capitolare degli Ultramarines quell’umorismo nero e sopra le righe che caratterizzava i vecchi manuali di Warhammer e relative serie a fumetti serializzate sulle vecchie antologie Inferno! e Warhammer Monthly, di cui custodisco gelosamente alcune manciate di numeri comprati per un tozzo di pane qualche anno fa in una fumetteria romana.



Per non parlare poi degli strepitosi disegni di Jacen Burrows che, pur non essendo estremi e disturbanti come quelli realizzati precedentemente dall’artista americano per la Avatar Press (Crossed, Providence), centrano perfettamente l'obiettivo di visualizzare su carta l’universo ultraviolento del “tetro futuro in cui vi è solo guerra”, con i proiettili requiem che esplodono facendo scempio di cultisti umani e la viscerale trasformazione di Calgar in Space Marine che, insieme ad un paio di altre scene, rasenta quasi il body horror.



Questo debutto ha comunque qualche difettuccio, gli antagonisti non mi sono sembrati proprio una degna minaccia per i difensori di Ultramar ed avrei preferito una conclusione come si deve piuttosto che un finale quasi aperto, ma in fin dei conti questo primo fumetto di Warhammer 40000 realizzato dalla Marvel è stato una gran bella sorpresa, perfettamente godibile sia dai vecchi appassionati del suo universo, che da lettori occasionali in cerca di un perfetto punto di inizio per entrarvi.



Raccomandato di cuore, e le splendide copertine interne realizzate da James Stokoe mi hanno fatto davvero voglia di leggere in futuro qualche fumetto di W40K disegnato da lui, magari dedicato ad Orki e Tiranidi.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being a lifelong Warhammer fan, I approached this book with a certain amount of trepidation. Are Marvel Comics and the Warhammer universe really compatible?

Turns out, they did a pretty good job.

To start with, Jacen Burrows’ artwork is truly majestic. I was overjoyed with his work on this book! Perfection. Take a bow, sir.

As for the story, well, Kieron Gillen clearly knows his stuff when it comes to Warhammer and we all know the guy can write. I wasn’t completely convinced how well this book introduces newbies to the Warhammer universe and it was plagued by the same sort of info-dump text pages that I hate so much in Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men books, so it loses points for that.

Overall, though, despite my reservations, I enjoyed this book quite a bit.

I don’t know what this bullshit is with the Ultramarines winning at the end, though, when everyone knows Khorne’s forces would have wiped the floor with them! Not that I’m biased at all...

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!

My next book: Poetical Sketches

[Tiag⊗ the Mutant · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my introduction to the world of Warhammer 40,000 and I really liked it, I always loved the militaristic aesthetics of the franchise, but I was never much of a fan of miniature games, so I'm very glad Marvel decided to publish this, hopefully this will be the first book of many. Jacen Burrows is a famous name, so you probably already know what to expect from his art, it looks awesome, and Kieron Gillen's writing was really good too, this is the origin story of Marneus Calgar, with plenty of flashbacks and world building that will help new readers like myself get right into the world of 40K, bare in mind though, this is not for the faint of heart, it is gruesome, violent, and has plenty of pre-teen boys engaging in battle, to put it mildly. Rated M for mature and totally recommended.

[Alex Sarll]

Yes, he's got the mostly brilliant creator-owned stuff, and he's already written everyone from the X-Men to Darth Vader and James Bond, but I suspect this is the gig which would most impress Kieron Gillen's younger self – not just the first Warhammer 40K comic from Marvel*, but one given enough leeway to make significant decisions about a major character's backstory. Which, if you look closely, do feel a little like the twist from another Marvel exploration of a different hero's long-hidden backstory, but never mind, because it reads a lot better here. The choice of starting point is in some ways obvious, because the Ultramarines are both the default 40K faction, and the closest thing the setting has to good guys: their home system, as a data page reminds/informs us, "is one of the relative bastions of stability in a universe of horror. Until the recent disasters, the average human life expectancy even managed to reach the mid-thirties." We follow Calgar, ruler of this idyll, on a visit to his ancestral estates, accompanied by a not-quite-biographer – which provides the perfect excuse for a parallel strand flashing back to the Chapter Master's youth, his training and initiation into the Space Marines, and the hideous remaking that entails. It's hardly a spoiler to say that the two will ultimately dovetail. Throughout, there are lovely little ideas, like the boy's tutor, a double-hard bastard who was nonetheless rejected as unworthy of recruitment – which is a great way to establish just how impressive the Marines proper must be. Woven around these is a love of the game's lore, tech and toys – when the classic bastion makes an appearance, I got the exact same buzz as I did when The Mandalorian gave us the old transporter toy on screen. And that's probably a pretty good reference point here, as another SF series designed to work as an introduction, while also using familiar elements to tickle the hindbrain of those already familiar with the setting. I'd been sceptical of Burrows as the artist, thinking the look of his stuff a little clean for the baroque gloom of the 40K world, but as applied specifically to the almost-heroic Ultramarines, he does work – though I still want to see cover artist James Stokoe on interiors for a subsequent Orks or Tyranids project. But fuck it, there's a scene here in which the protagonist punches right through an opponent, complete with a cool sound effect, and while the snobs and dullards witter about Chris Ware, any real comics fan knows that this represents the true pinnacle of the form. And as well as being good comics, it's good 40K; unlike another recent outreach project, the misbegotten children's books, it has more sense than to fuck around much with one of the best introductory rubrics for any setting ever - "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war" - but set against that, it's also shot through with the vein of gallows humour which the game itself has sometimes seemed to lose in recent years.

*The fruits of a licensing deal with Games Workshop, rather than a full buy-out, but as far as I'm concerned, that's still enough to qualify Lelith Hesperax as a Disney princess.

[Mitch Kukulka · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Duty does not care what weapon it has. If not bolts, blades. If not blades, fists. Duty is a weapon that does not break."

Coming into this with next to no prior knowledge of the Warhammer universe, Gillen's expert world-building and simple-but-effective prose already turned me into a fan overnight.

[Jake · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Quicknotes History Lesson

I enjoy a good look into streamlined content of Warhammer's complexities. Admittedly I enjoyed the story of Marneus Calgar the most, and how his character is presented. The monologs not so much. But at least most characters felt distinct. Gotta give credit to the abridged history too.

[Kevin Carlsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a short but fun story that really brings all the misery and fun of Warhammer to the table! I’m surprised we haven’t gotten more comics out of the universe given how well this translated.

[Joe Deangelo · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Justin Partridge · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Yes, the sword has burst my heart. Luckily, The Emperor gave me two.”

Somewhat a double-edged chainsword here.

On one hand, finally getting around to this in a full collection and knowing just how much Gillen loves and has invested a lot of his life in this nonsense is just as great as I hoped it would be. It has a lot subtle, but not overwhelmingly “in-jokey” to hold it apart from newcomers. (Though shoutout to the Badab War Easter egg).

Plus it’s GORGEOUSLY Goregeous. I know Burrows gets the rep as the “violence guy” but there is a real operatic and high-octane eye at work here that people might overlook just because it’s him. This is heresy. Especially when Java Tartaglia’s colors just make this thing SCREAM at times. It’s so bright and sheeny, giving that fresh on the table feel you want from your little plastic men.

I think the thing that keeps me from fully loving it though, despite all the brand new context and handling of the whole property and where it’s at now, it just feels kinda slight. Like it’s just the opening of a much grander thing, even with all the huge chunks of actual answers Gillen and company drop here. I can imagine an Imperium where this and the Sisters of Battle mini maybe sold a bit better and we got another arc or another mini focused on another faction. Hell, that might still happen eventually. Marvel still has this license, yes?

The Emperor Protects but the House of Ideas Protect That IP Even Harder.

[Iri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Velká cílevědomost, oddanost i jatka aneb Kterak Papa Smurf ke své úderné "I cast fist" charizmatičnosti přišel – sbírka analogových piktů, M3, kolorováno.

Bylo to boží! Tedy, to hlavně díky působení Císaře, samozřejmě. A teď k těm dalším dispozicím této publikace.

Podotýkám, že nejsem zrovna milovníkem komiksového formátu, byť k němu mám respekt, a za sebou stovky hodin s nosem zabořeným v mangách. Mám totiž takovou superschopnost nerozklíčovat, co vlastně v obrázcích vidím, kterážto mi tak zážitek z komiksů trošičku kazí. Ale v tomto případě zůstala abilita u ledu. Možná to mělo co dělat s tím, že jsem měla možnost zahledět se do krásně přehledného vyprávění, s přesně takovou dávkou grimdarkové atmošky, jakou by každý fanda od osudů ze vzdálené budoucnosti čekal. (A když navíc od sebe rozeznáte jednotlivé typy mariňáckých jednotek, neznamená to jen, že jste nerd, ale že si dali kreslíři opravdu záležet na každém detailu.)

Příběh fajn, kresba super, překlad cajk. A já mám teď sto chutí běžet pro komiks o bolter děv dámách, který u nás taky vyšel.

Nicméně jak nad tím vším přemýšlím, mám k Marneovi jednu takovou kacířskou myšlenku: Co by se asi stalo, kdyby měl jako mladík za zády někoho, jako je Leandros? Ta inkvizitorka by se asi stala inventářem kapituly z Macragge, což?

[Kirk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this on Marvel Unlimited, so I’m a bit behind.

When I was in undergrad I was a big fan of Warhammer 40k.

My army of choice was Space Marines.

So I was excited to read this.

It was a bit corny, but reminded me of my early years in college.

The ending was particularly anti-climactic and that last image . . . so over the top.

The thing I appreciate about 40k is that there really doesn’t seem to be a clear cut good or bad. The Empire sucks. Chaos Marines suck too. It’s a terrifying world where everyone is expendable, and everyone is proud of the world’s cruelty. The parallels with out own modern society are a bit frightening, and really makes it harder for me to enjoy this, because I see where the roots of the empire’s ideology stem from, and I just think, “yeah this is the future if the worst of us end up thriving.”

[Frédéric · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've heard in a podcast Kieron Gillen is a huge fan of WH40K. Well, it shows in this book on Ultramarines Chapter's Master Marneus Calgar.

Gillen knows the lore and aptly diffuses it by small touches or whole pages, in coherence with his story. A pleasure for both fans and newbies like meself I expect.

The story is very typical considering the theme- a runt goes through the crucible and gets out stronger- but Gillen can make it more interesting than it should honestly be. And he adds this so-british touch of deadpan humour I like so much.

The book certainly does not shy from gore and violence- if you've ever seen an illustration of Calgar in full armor you understand why it can't be not so- and Jacen Burrows perfectly illustrates it. When a power glove hits, it hurts. Bad. Calgar's power is clear for everybody to see as well as the Chaos' abominations.

Highly recommended for WH40K fans- like they'd need my advice- and military sci-fi buffs.

[OmniBen · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Zero spoiler review) 2.5/5
I loved 40K as a teenager. And whilst the proceeding twenty years (ugh), has seen little 40K come into my life, of late, nostalgia has dictated a resurgence of interest in said IP. And what better way to combine my love of both 40K and comics, than with... a 40K comic. It's just a shame that said 40K comic isn't very good.
I do not like Kieron Gillen as a writer, nor would I have picked him to write of the grim dark future where there is only war in my wildest fever dream. Perhaps a My Little Pony comic instead. Despite his 'voice' being wholly unsuited to this universe, his narrative was weak and unsatisfying. The B story flashback was clunky and unsatisfying, and had me shifting uncomfortably in my seat trying to force the pages to turn. An endeavor I ultimately failed at, given I shitcanned this three issues in. It wasn't offensively terrible, I just really couldn't bother my ass reading such middling storytelling on what was a lovely Saturday afternoon. Apparently others like it more than I did, and I will leave them to enjoy their mediocrity.
Jacen Burrows turns in some of his best work here. I would never have picked him for a book like this, given his usual horror leanings, although he does commendably well here. I've often criticised his art for being too stagnant and lacking in dynamism, and that's certainly true here as well. He, like Gillen, wouldn't have been my choice for the book, but he acquits himself better than the writer does. There are far better 40K stories out there. Don't waste your time with this. 2.5/5


OmniBen.

[Tanner · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up because it was quite literally the only 40K material my library had. The art is great. But there were so many moments where I found myself nitpicking the lore.

For example:

“I have often thought honor is merely duty with a few purity seals.”

Ouch. Calgar said this! Five minutes in, and my interest was already circling the drain. It feels like the writer is trying to sound Warhammer-y but doesn’t quite grasp how Space Marines think about honor and duty—or what purity seals even are.

This is just completely out of step with how Space Marines, especially someone like Marneus Calgar, would see it. Their philosophy isn’t modern or cynical; it’s rigid, medieval, and steeped in martial tradition. Honor isn’t a marketing gimmick; it’s the bedrock of their existence. And also, there are no good guys in 40k.

Moreover, purity seals aren’t just wax and parchment. They’re sacred relics, consecrated by Chaplains or the Ecclesiarchy to ward off corruption and strengthen resolve. Each one carries a litany of righteousness, a prayer to the Emperor, or an oath of duty. Some are personal vows sworn before battle; others are marks of distinction bestowed by superiors. They’re not just decoration, they’re spiritual armor.

Reducing all of that to a few scraps of paper stuck onto duty like post-it notes? Weird.

Overall, I was hooked cause it’s Warhammer. But some character flaws and watered down lore left me bleh.

[Pinkerton · Rating 4 out of 5]

WOW, we can see how a Space Marine legend born, without omissions...

Stop complaining. No one is a warrior without a fetching scar. You’re just getting yours a little early.


...I really love the story about "Marnus Calgar" and the way it’s told to us.
It's a shame that after he becomes an Aspirant the tale starts to go too fast and clearly less accurate.
Marvel + WH40K show us they have a lot of potential together which, however, still needs some fine tuning - and I pray to the Emperor everyday that they never let them meet superheroes in some goddamn crossover ^^'

[James Wetherill · Rating 5 out of 5]

5* - Marneus Calgar js a super badass!
If you are a fan of space marines/ Ultramarines I think you’ll love this

[Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice introduction to Warhammer 40,000 universe. Cool graphics, vibrant colors, reminds me somewhat of Judg Dredd.

[Bingus Boingus · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Lucy Batson · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent introduction to the "grim, dark" world of Warhammer 40K that has lots of interesting details about the universe, and about the Space Marines (and how a man becomes one) in particular. Jacen Burrows's lighter art offsets the heavy setting nicely, and Kieron Gillen shows the same deft touch that he's displayed in other works like Phonogram and Dath Vader.

[Marek Osvald · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting introduction to the world of Warhammer 40k for comic book enthusiasts. Graphically pleasant gore-fest with a fairly simple story containing a twist or two. As a licensed comic, this hardly can be judged as thoroughly as "proper" graphic novels but, as a quick action-packed fun read, this definitely hits the spot.

[Brad Hardman · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great intro to Warhammer 40K!

This book was a lot of fun to read. The story is entertaining and the art is great. This will please established fans of 40k as well as serve as an excellent introduction to newcomers looking to learn about this Warhammer thing they keep hearing about.

This is for mature readers! Those who already know, will find lots of the violent deaths that they would come to expect from 40K. For the unfamiliar, know this: "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.'

[Morgan Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have each of these comics as individual releases and as the collection and as a 40K fan this excited me quite a bit, I did really enjoy it and ng only real complaint was that it wasn't long enough, some parts just sort of mashed together and ended abruptly but it is still well worth reading if you're into 40K.

[Jesse · Rating 4 out of 5]

I honestly really liked it. They made Marneus really sympathetic, and had an interesting story framework for giving us both his backstory and a lot of information about the world of Warhammer. The art was good, if not overly flashy. Occasional snarky Kieron-isms. Good stuff.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quintus and Marneus are in love your honor

All in all a very fun read would read again

[Jayme · Rating 5 out of 5]

Forget all the rest — THIS should be the recommendation for a first entry into the 40k series.

I think. My lore understanding is still limited. But this was peeeeerfect as far as a comic goes 🤌🤌🤌

[Dogfood · Rating 2 out of 5]

Warhammer 40,000 ist eine Science Fiction-Variante der Warhammer-Tabletop-Spiele mit kleinen Miniaturen auf einem Spielfeld für taktische Kämpfe. Nach dem Erfolg der Spiele wurden fleißig Lizenzen zur weiteren Verwertung in der Medienlandschaft verkauft. Seit 2019 liegt die Lizenz für die Comics bei Marvel. „Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar“ stellt Marvels Entrée dar, geschrieben von Kieron Gillen.

Warhammers 40k besitzt ein wenig subtiles Setting: im 42ten Jahrhundert geht es exzessiv düster, gewalttätig und blutig zu, gemäß dem Slogan: „In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war.“. Es ist halt „grimdark“.

Die Menschen leben in einem großen Imperium, einer Mischung aus Theokratie und Militärstaat. Die Titelfigur von Gillens fünf Hefte umfassenden Mini-Serie ist Marneus Calgar, der Ordensmeister der Ultramarines, eine der zahlreichen militärischen Fraktionen. Die Serie erzählt von Calgars Rückkehr auf seinem Geburtsplaneten und in Rückblenden von seiner Ausbildung auf dem Mond des Planetens.

Das Trade Paperback ist nicht wirklich schlecht, aber einfach komplett bedeutungslos und das ist für etwas, wo der Name Gillen drauf steht, enttäuschend. Gillen schafft es eigentlich meistens, einen Spin rein zu bekommen, der Stories über den Durchschnitt hebt. Hier haut es nicht hin. Der Plottwist der etliche Seiten später zum Finale führt, ist bereits nach dem zweiten Heft vorherzusehen. Dieses Amalgam aus Militarismus, Faschismus und Theokratie schreit nach einer Story mit Punch. Man liest sich aber durch die 128 Seiten so durch und es kommt nix.

Zeichner Jacen Burrows macht noch das Beste aus Welt & Vorlage. Seine an Geof Darrow erinnernde Kleinteiligkeit macht Zerstörung und Gewalt noch eindringlicher. Der Darrow in Burrows kommt vor allem in den ersten beiden Heften rüber, als er noch selber das Inking besorgt, bevor Guillermo Ortego übernimmt und einen langweiligen Strich ohne jedwede Dynamik auftischt.

Am Ende sind es nicht mehr als 2 von 5 Sternen, für etwas, was handwerklich sauber und schnell weggelesen, aber doch underwhelming war.

[Dávid Novotný · Rating 4 out of 5]

As somebody who knows almost nothing about W40k universe I really enjoyed it. Book serves as introduction for potential new fans and brings origin of the one of the main characters of the universe. Besides that, it introduces most important milestones of the universe and gives some background to the marines faction. So even if you are new, or totally unaware of this universe you'll be able to catch up quite fast.

Story is quite simple with nothing exceptional, but it works fine. We have current line, and line from the past that provides little twist. Dialogues are quite cheesy with lot of pathos and some funny lines, but given the circumstances it suites whole tone of the universe and the book very well. Whole thing is gory and bloody, which is quite uncommon for MARVEL. You must accept whole 'game' that this is dark universe, based on 'toys for big boys' and you will enjoy it even more. Just don't think to much.

Art is quite detailed, (bloody and gory as I mentioned before) and reminds Geof Darrow's work, although it is not as much detailed as his.