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Marvel: Mýty a legendy
Spoznajte rozprávkové mýty a epické legendy obrovského a živého Marvel vesmíru. Navštívte úsvit času a staňte sa svedkami zrodenia Nebeštanov a ich bojovných stvorení, Eternalov a Deviantov. Objavte panteóny Thora, Asgardanov a ich olympských rivalov. Žasnite nad tajomným pôvodom Doctora Strangea, Najvyššieho čarodejníka. Uzrite nových a starovekých bohov Wakandy a Black Panthera. Oslávte vzostup Atlantídy a jej kráľovského ochrancu Namora, Sub-Marinera.
216 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 2020
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February 11, 2021
Jakooo takové meh. Hodně se to zdrží v počátku věků, než se to posune k moderním Avengers a i u těch je důraz jen na některé (ze známějších jen Thor, Black Panther a trochu Doctor Strange, pak je tam kupa jiných typu Dark Knight, Captain Britain apod.) Taky mi to čtení dost drhlo, ale obrázky jsou hezký, to zas jo. Nějak mezi 2 a 3. Na listovačku dobrý, znovu už to číst nebudu.
March 12, 2023
A fascinating look at the (ret-conned) stories behind the stories of the Marvel Universe. Nicely illustrated and thoughtfully structured.
March 20, 2021
Written largely in universe, this is basically a compendium of the cosmic beings and gods and demons who make up the fabric of the Marvel Universe. It's a DK book, so of course the presentation is nice, with a lot of illustrations across decades of comics. The narrative spans the entirety of Marvel's fictional history, back to the creation of the universe and up to about 2019 or so. It can be a bit dry, and it's really only worth reading cover to cover if you want to be absolutely sure of the difference between Celestials and Eternals.
July 11, 2021
A type of encyclopedia that contains a vast amount of information about celestials, eternals and how these godly beings had a massive impact from the dawn of Marvel Universe up until some of the more recent events-stories in Marvel comics.
This book reads as if it is a fairy tale. Though there are lots of information in some events that are missing (for example from the recent War of the Realms, that I have read in its whole story-arc, only some pretty basic clues are given), the amount of info in this book is huge and I think it's a great read for comic lovers like me who haven't read a lot of older comics from Marvel and want to enrich their knowledge of Marvel's cosmos history.
The texts are accompanied with a lot of beautiful reprints of panels from both older and newer comics and creates an excellent final result.
This book reads as if it is a fairy tale. Though there are lots of information in some events that are missing (for example from the recent War of the Realms, that I have read in its whole story-arc, only some pretty basic clues are given), the amount of info in this book is huge and I think it's a great read for comic lovers like me who haven't read a lot of older comics from Marvel and want to enrich their knowledge of Marvel's cosmos history.
The texts are accompanied with a lot of beautiful reprints of panels from both older and newer comics and creates an excellent final result.
August 15, 2023
A very enjoyable and fast review of marvel history and stories of famous heroes. I would tell that it's great for newcomers but not for old timers with lots of comics already read from marvel.
January 27, 2023
A tentativa de modernização do imaginário mitológico encontra nesta obra um interessante começo, na qual as analogias com as estruturas dos mitos e lendas existentes se dão na forma e no conteúdo. A cronologia, apesar de fragilmente determinada, é fragmentada e se apresenta de forma atemporal, com eventos que se desenrolam em dimensões paralelas (multiversos) e por longuíssimos períodos, reduzidos a nada pela simultaneidade etérea dos acontecimentos.
A narrativa carece de maior cuidado, em estilo descritivo que lembra muito alguém contando um caso, ou seja, não há uma postura crítica, analítica ou explicativa contextualizando com o que está fora do universo Marvel.
Também a bibliografia merecia ser melhor apresentada, indicando o porquê das escolhas dentre as várias possíveis dentre as miríades de histórias já publicadas.
A narrativa carece de maior cuidado, em estilo descritivo que lembra muito alguém contando um caso, ou seja, não há uma postura crítica, analítica ou explicativa contextualizando com o que está fora do universo Marvel.
Também a bibliografia merecia ser melhor apresentada, indicando o porquê das escolhas dentre as várias possíveis dentre as miríades de histórias já publicadas.
September 10, 2023
A really fascinating read especially for anyone who is a huge fan of Marvel as it does a really good job of providing a good view into some of the more obscure parts of the Marvel lore stuff that only really hard core fans would know. Like the history of the Deviants and the Eternals which I knew a little bit about but his provided so much more info it also went into more obscure history like the fact that Shield started off as a cult with members like Newton and Da Vinci. Or the history of the Black Knight. It even goes over how the Black Panther and Wakanda got started with their war with the Originators. It is a great book both for Super Fans but also for those trying to get into the comics and may need a history lesson to understand some of the more complicated lore like the Celestial Hosts and the various Pantheons.
October 4, 2022
How to make something as epic and deep as the Marvel comics cosmology so boring? Easy, don't read the comics and do as if you did.
Well, being fair. It's not an easy task to take stories from a universe that has been the same since the beginnings of the brand and has had minor reboots from time to time.
That being said, that is not an excuse for this work. Marvel comics has always used myths and legends from the real world, adapting them to its stories in very interesting ways. It also has created its own myths and legends, like the Iron Fist, the Panther god or the Phenix Force.
Due to the nature of comic book storytelling, all of this is revealed slowly, since the beginnings of the universe and all those things are not really relevant when we're talking about stories that happen in the streets of New York.
The book is weak because instead of exploring all these concepts fully, it resorts to give summaries on the most recent Marvel comics.
Well, being fair. It's not an easy task to take stories from a universe that has been the same since the beginnings of the brand and has had minor reboots from time to time.
That being said, that is not an excuse for this work. Marvel comics has always used myths and legends from the real world, adapting them to its stories in very interesting ways. It also has created its own myths and legends, like the Iron Fist, the Panther god or the Phenix Force.
Due to the nature of comic book storytelling, all of this is revealed slowly, since the beginnings of the universe and all those things are not really relevant when we're talking about stories that happen in the streets of New York.
The book is weak because instead of exploring all these concepts fully, it resorts to give summaries on the most recent Marvel comics.
September 7, 2021
This book summaries and details about how the Marvel Universe came to be. There are many stories compiled within that paint the primordial existence of Superheroes and how powers on Earth came to be. I enjoyed reading and then learning the rich history behind our favorite heroes & their rivals.
The read does seem to drag on in some sections as we're told how something came to be and what conflicts are experienced by our chapter's hero.
The read does seem to drag on in some sections as we're told how something came to be and what conflicts are experienced by our chapter's hero.
September 19, 2021
A fast read through the whole Mythos of Marvel. I hoped to see some more explanation of the links to classical myths but the book itself really focuses on the explanation of the (I guess Earth 1 or whatever that is) history. Some parts seemed to me a little inconsistent (especially I found it puzzling that the there was darkness, but the original universe that created the Celestials was supposedly alone?).
October 19, 2021
Ha sido toda una aventura a traves del tiempo y el espacio del universo Marvel de los comics; y lo he disfrutado como no tienen una idea. Me ha servido para comenzar a entender un poquito donde empezar a leer y conocer más de este genial universo, ya tengo varias sagas anotadas para divertirme durante horas y horas.
Fue una muy buena inversión comprarlo.
March 1, 2021
Možno 4,5/5
Mala som trošku vyššie očakávania. Bolo to stručné, čo by mi nevadilo, ale bolo toho zároveň veľa. Veľa mien, veľa svetov, veľa veľa veľa všetkého. Zároveň to ale nebolo zlé. Je to taká povinná jazda pre fanúšikov Marvel, ale určite neočakávajte, že z toho budete úplne hotoví. Je to to fakt len taká kniha na relax a doplnenie k Marvel svetu.
Mala som trošku vyššie očakávania. Bolo to stručné, čo by mi nevadilo, ale bolo toho zároveň veľa. Veľa mien, veľa svetov, veľa veľa veľa všetkého. Zároveň to ale nebolo zlé. Je to taká povinná jazda pre fanúšikov Marvel, ale určite neočakávajte, že z toho budete úplne hotoví. Je to to fakt len taká kniha na relax a doplnenie k Marvel svetu.
June 12, 2021
Za mňa - pekne spracované, popisuje začiatky celého Marvel vesmíru. Na druhú stranu málo sa venuje tým známym hrdinom, čo som minimálne ja čakala že budú popísaní viac. Každopádne, myslím že pre pochopenie zložitých súvislostí v aktuálnom marvel vesmíre je fajn dozvedieť sa o ich histórii a o tom ako vznikli, čo kniha vysvetľuje.
November 25, 2021
Not the book I was expecting. Instead of looking at the myths in history that inspired many of the Marvel superheroes, the book explores the comic book origins of these characters. While that was interesting, especially for some of the more obscure groups like the Eternals, I think exploring the historical myths would have been more interesting.
July 5, 2022
I thought this would give me a true origins story to better understand the Marvel universe but you need a solid foundation of reading and enjoying the comics in the Marvel universe in order to read and understand it.
The visuals are phenomenal and it's so well done, but I'm not the audience for this.
The visuals are phenomenal and it's so well done, but I'm not the audience for this.
May 4, 2023
Překvapivě dost zajímavé čtení, obohacené o některé kresby z komiksů. Dozvěděla jsem se spoustu zajímavých informací a musím říct, že jako fanoušek Marvela, který ale rozhodně nesbírá a nekupuje všechny komiksy, jsem vážně ráda za tuto knihu, která tak nějak shrnuje hlavní dějové linky v Marvel Universu. Tato knížka určitě zůstane v mojí knihovně.
January 2, 2022
Brilliant synopsis of a collection of superhero’s that is pertinent to current film collections. This was exactly what I have been wanting. I like comics and superheroes but trying to find all the comics in order and read them is ridiculous. This was great. Highly recommend
November 12, 2023
Náhodně objeveno, na obálce to vypadalo jako zajímavý komiks. Obrázky tam jsou, ale jen jako ilustrace k doplnění suché historii Marvel Universe. Fajn na prolistování a zjištění, jak mohl MCU mít o něco větší smysl.
May 13, 2024
Ak ste si mysleli, že Marvel sú len Avengeri a X-meni, táto kniha vás presvedčí o opaku. Kniha je napísaná chronologicky od začiatku vesmíru a až po posledné boje. Za mňa fajn čítanie a určite som si rozšíril obzory Marvel univerza.
July 15, 2024
Marvel lore textbook for like as the title says, myths and legends. I liked the way it was formatted but a lot was hard to follow since it was just spewing names and events happening so I was struggling to keep up and just skimmed a lot.
January 28, 2021
I appreciate how this was like an encyclopedia chronicling certain parts of Marvel history, but it was way too dry for its length.
July 20, 2022
A nice twist on earths history.
A interesting read on how Marvel uses earths history to create its characters in so many comics. And then tying them together.
A interesting read on how Marvel uses earths history to create its characters in so many comics. And then tying them together.
April 7, 2023
An encyclopedia style compendium of the myths, legends, and origin stories behind the some of the key characters of the Marvel. I loved the illustrations more than anything else.
September 1, 2023
Interesting take on mythology incorporating Marvel characters into different mythologies.
October 21, 2023
Great review abou Marvel universe legends.
April 7, 2021
As a newbie to the world of Marvel I have to say this book was kinda meh. The outside is great and I appreciate the fact it shows the original comics, but the information focus on the really old myths, those new and modern ones and Avengers get minimum space in it.
It's awesome that those books are even published, I just wish that instead of a lot of books with informational holes in it there was one that will tell us everything. You know, encyclopedias are still cool!
It's awesome that those books are even published, I just wish that instead of a lot of books with informational holes in it there was one that will tell us everything. You know, encyclopedias are still cool!
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