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Marvels Snapshots #1-8
Marvels: Retratos, Vol. 1
Celebre a história da Casa das Ideias! O curador Kurt Busiek e uma fantástica equipe de artistas talentosos trazem uma série de histórias estrelando alguns dos maiores heróis da Marvel, da forma como são vistos pelos olhos das pessoas comuns de seu mundo! Neste volume, testemunhe as vidas, os amores e as perdas das pessoas normais pegas no meio das aventuras do Namor, Quarteto Fantástico, Capitão América e dos X-Men!
Marvels Snapshots: Sub-Mariner (2020) 1, Marvels Snapshots: Fantastic Four (2020) 1, Marvels Snapshots: Captain America (2020) 1, Marvels Snapshots: X-Men (2020) 1
Marvels Snapshots: Sub-Mariner (2020) 1, Marvels Snapshots: Fantastic Four (2020) 1, Marvels Snapshots: Captain America (2020) 1, Marvels Snapshots: X-Men (2020) 1
136 pages, Hardcover
Published May 1, 2021
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Kurt Busiek
1,859 books626 followersKurt Busiek is an American comic book writer notable for his work on the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and his four-year run on Avengers.
Busiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc; Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series. Throughout high school and college, he and future writer Scott McCloud practiced making comics. During this time, Busiek also had many letters published in comic book letter columns, and originated the theory that the Phoenix was a separate being who had impersonated Jean Grey, and that therefore Grey had not died—a premise which made its way from freelancer to freelancer, and which was eventually used in the comics.
During the last semester of his senior year, Busiek submitted some sample scripts to editor Dick Giordano at DC Comics. None of them sold, but they did get him invitations to pitch other material to DC editors, which led to his first professional work, a back-up story in Green Lantern #162 (Mar. 1983).
Busiek has worked on a number of different titles in his career, including Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Iron Man, The Liberty Project, Ninjak, The Power Company, Red Tornado, Shockrockets, Superman: Secret Identity, Thunderbolts, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, JLA, and the award-winning Marvels and the Homage Comics title Kurt Busiek's Astro City.
In 1997, Busiek began a stint as writer of Avengers alongside artist George Pérez. Pérez departed from the series in 2000, but Busiek continued as writer for two more years, collaborating with artists Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer and others. Busiek's tenure culminated with the "Kang Dynasty" storyline. In 2003, Busiek re-teamed with Perez to create the JLA/Avengers limited series.
In 2003, Busiek began a new Conan series for Dark Horse Comics, which he wrote for four years.
In December 2005 Busiek signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. During DC's Infinite Crisis event, he teamed with Geoff Johns on a "One Year Later" eight-part story arc (called Up, Up and Away) that encompassed both Superman titles. In addition, he began writing the DC title Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis from issues 40-49. Busiek was the writer of Superman for two years, before followed by James Robinson starting from Superman #677. Busiek wrote a 52-issue weekly DC miniseries called Trinity, starring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Each issue (except for issue #1) featured a 12-page main story by Busiek, with art by Mark Bagley, and a ten-page backup story co-written by Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, with art from various artists, including Tom Derenick, Mike Norton and Scott McDaniel.
Busiek's work has won him numerous awards in the comics industry, including the Harvey Award for Best Writer in 1998 and the Eisner Award for Best Writer in 1999. In 1994, with Marvels, he won Best Finite Series/Limited Series Eisner Award and the Best Continuing or Limited Series Harvey Award; as well as the Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story (for Marvels #4) in 1995. In 1996, with Astro City, Busiek won both the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best New Series. He won the Best Single Issue/Single Story Eisner three years in a row from 1996–1998, as well as in 2004. Busiek won the Best Continuing Series Eisner Award in 1997–1998, as well as the Best Serialized Story award in 1998. In addition, Astro City was awarded the 1996 Best Single Issue or Story Harvey Award, and the 1998 Harvey Award for Best Continuing or Limited Series.
Busiek was given the 1998 and 1999 Comics Buyer's Guide Awards for Favorite Writer, with additional nominations in 1997 and every year from 2000 to 2004. He has also received numerous Squiddy Awards, having been selected as favorite writer four years in a row from 1995 to 1998,
Busiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. He began to read them regularly around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of Daredevil #120. This was the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc; Busiek was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series. Throughout high school and college, he and future writer Scott McCloud practiced making comics. During this time, Busiek also had many letters published in comic book letter columns, and originated the theory that the Phoenix was a separate being who had impersonated Jean Grey, and that therefore Grey had not died—a premise which made its way from freelancer to freelancer, and which was eventually used in the comics.
During the last semester of his senior year, Busiek submitted some sample scripts to editor Dick Giordano at DC Comics. None of them sold, but they did get him invitations to pitch other material to DC editors, which led to his first professional work, a back-up story in Green Lantern #162 (Mar. 1983).
Busiek has worked on a number of different titles in his career, including Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Iron Man, The Liberty Project, Ninjak, The Power Company, Red Tornado, Shockrockets, Superman: Secret Identity, Thunderbolts, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, JLA, and the award-winning Marvels and the Homage Comics title Kurt Busiek's Astro City.
In 1997, Busiek began a stint as writer of Avengers alongside artist George Pérez. Pérez departed from the series in 2000, but Busiek continued as writer for two more years, collaborating with artists Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer and others. Busiek's tenure culminated with the "Kang Dynasty" storyline. In 2003, Busiek re-teamed with Perez to create the JLA/Avengers limited series.
In 2003, Busiek began a new Conan series for Dark Horse Comics, which he wrote for four years.
In December 2005 Busiek signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC Comics. During DC's Infinite Crisis event, he teamed with Geoff Johns on a "One Year Later" eight-part story arc (called Up, Up and Away) that encompassed both Superman titles. In addition, he began writing the DC title Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis from issues 40-49. Busiek was the writer of Superman for two years, before followed by James Robinson starting from Superman #677. Busiek wrote a 52-issue weekly DC miniseries called Trinity, starring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Each issue (except for issue #1) featured a 12-page main story by Busiek, with art by Mark Bagley, and a ten-page backup story co-written by Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, with art from various artists, including Tom Derenick, Mike Norton and Scott McDaniel.
Busiek's work has won him numerous awards in the comics industry, including the Harvey Award for Best Writer in 1998 and the Eisner Award for Best Writer in 1999. In 1994, with Marvels, he won Best Finite Series/Limited Series Eisner Award and the Best Continuing or Limited Series Harvey Award; as well as the Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story (for Marvels #4) in 1995. In 1996, with Astro City, Busiek won both the Eisner and Harvey awards for Best New Series. He won the Best Single Issue/Single Story Eisner three years in a row from 1996–1998, as well as in 2004. Busiek won the Best Continuing Series Eisner Award in 1997–1998, as well as the Best Serialized Story award in 1998. In addition, Astro City was awarded the 1996 Best Single Issue or Story Harvey Award, and the 1998 Harvey Award for Best Continuing or Limited Series.
Busiek was given the 1998 and 1999 Comics Buyer's Guide Awards for Favorite Writer, with additional nominations in 1997 and every year from 2000 to 2004. He has also received numerous Squiddy Awards, having been selected as favorite writer four years in a row from 1995 to 1998,
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August 28, 2021
Vamos lá, apesar de o quadrinho estar aqui creditado a Kurt Busiek ele não se envolveu diretamente com Marvels: Retratos, ele organizou as equipes criativas e as histórias mas não se envolveu com os roteiros como de costume. A ideia aqui é resgatar alguns sentidos da produção da cultuada HQ Marvels em seus 30 anos de publicação. Marvels: Retratos traz o olhar das pessoas comuns sobre os super-heróis, assim como Busiek fez na sua obra ao lado de Alex Ross. O resultado é misto. As duas primeiras histórias, de Namor, com desenhos do veterano Jerry Ordway e do Tocha Humana são muito boas, mostrando o impacto dos heróis na vida de suas ex-namoradas. As duas outras histórias enfocam no Capitão América e no Ciclope e não são tão boas quanto as duas primeiras. Essa última fica um tanto distante da proposta do compilado porque enfoca em Ciclope como a tal pessoa comum das histórias de Busiek e, como sabemos, ele é um super-herói. Outro ponto fraco é que a Panini deveria ter trazido essas histórias em um só volume, como na edição americana original, até porque foi publicada em capa dura, faria mais sentido na minha mera e reles opinião.
August 27, 2021
I'm a big fan of "Marvels" and the whole "man on the street" perspective of it all (Astro City is similar and excellent as well.) While at first I was disappointed at Busiek not writing it, I did warm up to the idea of letting other writers take the same idea and see what they could do.
In short, the first four are outstanding. The other four go from terrible to average.
Sub-Mariner: The art matches the time period and seeing how Namor acts around "normal" people was curious but as expected.
Fantastic Four: Similarly, this gives readers a peek into Johnny Storm's life and how things are not always as they seem.
Captain America: I like when the stories are tied to a specific event and this was tied to the MadBomb plot. It has pathos and I really felt for the main character.
X-Men: Cyclops centric, who I always felt had an outstanding origin. It examines his attitude and motivations during the early years that he was in an orphanage.
Spider-Man: Being one of my favorite characters, I thought this was going to be my most-liked. Instead, he's only in about 4 panels and doesn't speak. The rest is about these two guys who dabble in being criminals. Who cares?!? I didn't feel for them in any way. It's also drawn by Chaykin and I've never cared for his art style.
Avengers: It's not bad, just feels run-of-the-mill.
Civil War: Reexamines the idea behind the original conflict but also about treatment of prisoners. Ultimately it's a good morality tale about standing up to do what is right. Probably my favorite out of the second half of the book.
Captain Marvel: meh. Written more for teens who are searching for their identity and self-worth, the reader also gets the origin stories behind Captain Marvel (Danvers) as well as Ms. Marvel (Kahn).
If this was only the first four issues, I'd probably give it 4 stars, but since the second half wasn't the same level of quality (in writing or art), I'm dropping it to 3 stars.
In short, the first four are outstanding. The other four go from terrible to average.
Sub-Mariner: The art matches the time period and seeing how Namor acts around "normal" people was curious but as expected.
Fantastic Four: Similarly, this gives readers a peek into Johnny Storm's life and how things are not always as they seem.
Captain America: I like when the stories are tied to a specific event and this was tied to the MadBomb plot. It has pathos and I really felt for the main character.
X-Men: Cyclops centric, who I always felt had an outstanding origin. It examines his attitude and motivations during the early years that he was in an orphanage.
Spider-Man: Being one of my favorite characters, I thought this was going to be my most-liked. Instead, he's only in about 4 panels and doesn't speak. The rest is about these two guys who dabble in being criminals. Who cares?!? I didn't feel for them in any way. It's also drawn by Chaykin and I've never cared for his art style.
Avengers: It's not bad, just feels run-of-the-mill.
Civil War: Reexamines the idea behind the original conflict but also about treatment of prisoners. Ultimately it's a good morality tale about standing up to do what is right. Probably my favorite out of the second half of the book.
Captain Marvel: meh. Written more for teens who are searching for their identity and self-worth, the reader also gets the origin stories behind Captain Marvel (Danvers) as well as Ms. Marvel (Kahn).
If this was only the first four issues, I'd probably give it 4 stars, but since the second half wasn't the same level of quality (in writing or art), I'm dropping it to 3 stars.
April 27, 2021
With it being the 25th Anniversary of the Marvels, the House of Ideas did a revisit to the evergreen book with an epilogue book, a Busiek-curated project, a Ross-curated project and a bridge book between Marvels and Earth X.
This is the Busiek-project curated. Snapshots is less art focused and more intimate glimpses of some overlooked characters or points in history. It's more easter egg and ebb then spectacle It's the parts that the camera would probably miss.
This is the Busiek-project curated. Snapshots is less art focused and more intimate glimpses of some overlooked characters or points in history. It's more easter egg and ebb then spectacle It's the parts that the camera would probably miss.
February 25, 2022
A great variety of stories told from the ground level of the MU, in a bunch of eras by a spectrum of creators. Check it out, it’s a delight.
August 6, 2025
3.5 stars
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December 13, 2021Kurt Busiek curates* a project marking 25 years since Marvels, the series he wrote which gave Marvel a shot in the arm by showing us how its world of gods and monsters looked to the man in the street. Where that book had a unified creative team and a single protagonist, photographer Phil Sheldon, this time around we get a different team and a different lead each issue. That decision makes perfect sense, but what felt a little like cheating is that at least for the first couple of issues, the stories are told from the point of view of people who were already established, if forgotten, supporting characters. Sheldon had been at most a face in the crowd of the original comics we saw retold from his street-level viewpoint; here, though, we're revisiting Namor's wartime squeeze, or the town where Johnny Storm made quixotic attempts to play the regular high school student. This is somewhat redressed in the third issue, told in the margins of Madbomb, and all about the areas of the city that the superheroes tend to forget – though if writer Mark Russell's social conscience is no surprise, he normally uses a lot more savage wit as a delivery mechanism. Similarly, you'd be hard-pressed to guess that the Human Torch issue had come from the same creators as Beasts Of Burden, and an uninitiated reader could take at face value Busiek's introductory claim that "Evan's Eltingville Club shows a great love of deep-dive comics history". And so it continues, back and forth, from stories which feel like they'd have fit better in another project altogether (a prequel in which a character who will soon become a familiar superhero longs to be a superhero like the characters who already are superheroes) to ones which, while not slavishly following the Marvels template, feel absolutely in accord with its shifts in perspective: Chaykin doing the sort of idiot chancer Chaykin does so well, but really using them more to show us what an absolute faff it would be living in Marvel New York, with superhuman battles forever mucking up the traffic and blowing up the attractions; Barbara Kesel and Staz Johnson doing something similar, but considerably more wholesome, a romance in the face of superhuman craziness which recalls the best of the very much Marvels-adjacent Astro City.
*And, in his introduction, is entertainingly self-deprecating about what that term entails.
*And, in his introduction, is entertainingly self-deprecating about what that term entails.
June 20, 2021
A lot of moments of pure beauty in this collection. Everyone involved swung for the fences and it showed.
November 10, 2022
An anthology that is nominally set in the same reality as Marvels, or is at least inspired by Marvels. There are a couple of stories I really liked, and the rest are mostly fine. The Namor story is surprisingly good, and deals with combat trauma in a way that makes sense for the character. This isn't the first time I've seen a story that positions Namor as deeply traumatized by his World War II experience. The Fantastic Four story focuses on Johnny, which isn't exactly a selling point for me. Still, it has a fun ending and it makes him more human and rounded than a lot of his stories do. The Avengers story is another really good one, and probably the one that most felt like it fit the spirit of Marvels. The X-Men story, on the other hand, was a bit of a disappointment. It's entirely from the point of view of a young Scott Summers, which feels entirely contrary to the point, and it's much more about how great Reed Richards is than anything to do with the X-Men. The Spider-Man story is basically a dull slog about a couple of low rent crooks, so nothing to recommend there. The Civil War story is another surprisingly good one, because I think it does a fine job of explaining the different points of view that formed the event. And finally, the Captain Marvel story. Another disappointment, because this one also spends too much time concentrating on established heroes and their backstories. Overall, a handful of good stories, but nothing that really lives up to the original.
April 19, 2024
The Kurk Busiek/Alex Ross "Marvels" looked at what the MU would feel like to the ordinary people who live there. This Busiek-edited anthology includes a variety of creators taking the same approach. A rom-com set in the middle of the Bronze Age Avengers' battle with Red Ronin. Two small time hoods feeling increasingly out of their depth in a superhuman world. Johnny Storm attends his high-school reunion. A kid in a black neighborhood wonders if the post-epic battle rebuilding will ever reach his neighborhood.
Excellent.
Excellent.
June 19, 2023
I was so disappointed by this. Seeing regular folks around the Marvel Universe deal with superheroes and their shenanigans is a fine idea but this was extremely boring. I assumed the heroes would be apart of this collection and they were so unimportant here. The eight different stories had nothing in common and almost every one felt like a complete waste of time. I enjoyed the art in almost every story (Howard Chaykin's is terrible). Overall, this is a complete snooze fest.
February 27, 2022
If you read comics long enough, you're stuck wondering how the average person feels about them. This collection, inspired by Kurt Busiek's classic series, tackles that with delight, care, and even a little grace. The Captain Marvel story, in particular, stands out for calling out cruelty without being cartoonish.
December 27, 2021
This is painful. Marvels was a stunning accomplishment, one of my all-time favorites. So, like a moth to the flame, I was drawn to this. Rather than expand upon the greatness that came before, Marvel —-fully embracing wokeism—-feels the need to deconstruct and correct. Alex Ross’s art, so central to the original, is reduced to primitive clickbait. And once in, what do we get? You guessed it: wobbly scribbles that muddle the human form, especially any hints of sexuality and backdrops that look like thumb smudges. Why? Because we are supposed to focus on the text, which spews THE MESSAGE (any Critical Drinker fans?) all woke disciples preach.
Namor must be turned into a PTSD wreck so his love interest can have her feminist epiphany. Captain America and Iron Man get another Falcon/Winter Soldier lecture on “doing better”, since saving an entire city now also requires one to be a warrior for social justice. Human Torch’s cockiness, central to his character for over 50 years, is now toxic masculinity, so it becomes an elaborate act he stages. And both Marvel females (at least I think they are) make sure to inspire a confused young girl that she must challenge authority, not better herself through education or have a dialogue with the opposing side. So disappointing. Shame on you, Marvel. Go woke, go broke.
Namor must be turned into a PTSD wreck so his love interest can have her feminist epiphany. Captain America and Iron Man get another Falcon/Winter Soldier lecture on “doing better”, since saving an entire city now also requires one to be a warrior for social justice. Human Torch’s cockiness, central to his character for over 50 years, is now toxic masculinity, so it becomes an elaborate act he stages. And both Marvel females (at least I think they are) make sure to inspire a confused young girl that she must challenge authority, not better herself through education or have a dialogue with the opposing side. So disappointing. Shame on you, Marvel. Go woke, go broke.
April 21, 2021
Agradable lectura del lado humano vinculado a los superhéroes. Recomendado para leer con tiempo.
December 30, 2021
Sub-Mariner, ☆☆☆
Fantastic Four, ☆☆☆☆
Captain America, ☆☆☆☆☆
X-Men, ☆☆☆☆☆
Spider-Man, ☆☆☆☆
Avengers, ☆☆☆☆
Civil War, ☆☆☆☆
Captain Marvel, ☆☆☆☆
Fantastic Four, ☆☆☆☆
Captain America, ☆☆☆☆☆
X-Men, ☆☆☆☆☆
Spider-Man, ☆☆☆☆
Avengers, ☆☆☆☆
Civil War, ☆☆☆☆
Captain Marvel, ☆☆☆☆
August 29, 2022
Some standalone anthology stories that tell well-tread themes in a (minutely) different way.
May 23, 2023
A brilliant look into the human experience of living in a world as insane as the Marvel Universe. Bar maybe one story, all of these stories are brilliant short tales that tap into the concepts that make us human
February 19, 2024
Tries to be 'Marvels'
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Look! It even has the name.
It. Is. Not.
would work better as a digital miniseries or as a marketing experience (i.e. a 99 cent comic)
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Look! It even has the name.
It. Is. Not.
would work better as a digital miniseries or as a marketing experience (i.e. a 99 cent comic)
March 31, 2024
It's an interesting enough premise, how do 'regular people' feel in a world with superheroes? Some of these are better than others, but that's to be expected in a collection.
June 15, 2024
Focusing on several different heroes, a lot of these take a "man on the street" perspective of superheroes, which is really fun. I really liked the Iron Man and Captain Marvel ones.
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