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Marvels (Collected Editions)
Marvels: Ruinas
Iba a ser el comienzo de una edad de héroes, de maravillas, de prodigios. Y entonces algo salió terriblemente mal. Ahora, el fotógrafo Phil Sheldon busca la elusiva verdad del mundo que podría haber sido... y nunca fue. Descubre la versión oscura de Marvels.
Contiene Ruins 1 y 2, Tales of the Marvels: Blockbuster, Inner Demons y Wonder Years 1 y 2.
Contiene Ruins 1 y 2, Tales of the Marvels: Blockbuster, Inner Demons y Wonder Years 1 y 2.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1995
About the author
Warren Ellis
1,916 books5,775 followersWarren Ellis is the award-winning writer of graphic novels like TRANSMETROPOLITAN, FELL, MINISTRY OF SPACE and PLANETARY, and the author of the NYT-bestselling GUN MACHINE and the “underground classic” novel CROOKED LITTLE VEIN, as well as the digital short-story single DEAD PIG COLLECTOR. His newest book is the novella NORMAL, from FSG Originals, listed as one of Amazon’s Best 100 Books Of 2016.
The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel having been released in summer 2013. IRON MAN 3 is based on his Marvel Comics graphic novel IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. He is currently developing his graphic novel sequence with Jason Howard, TREES, for television, in concert with HardySonBaker and NBCU, and continues to work as a screenwriter and producer in film and television, represented by Angela Cheng Caplan and Cheng Caplan Company. He is the creator, writer and co-producer of the Netflix series CASTLEVANIA, recently renewed for its third season, and of the recently-announced Netflix series HEAVEN’S FOREST.
He’s written extensively for VICE, WIRED UK and Reuters on technological and cultural matters, and given keynote speeches and lectures at events like dConstruct, ThingsCon, Improving Reality, SxSW, How The Light Gets In, Haunted Machines and Cognitive Cities.
Warren Ellis has recently developed and curated the revival of the Wildstorm creative library for DC Entertainment with the series THE WILD STORM, and is currently working on the serialising of new graphic novel works TREES: THREE FATES and INJECTION at Image Comics, and the serialised graphic novel THE BATMAN’S GRAVE for DC Comics, while working as a Consulting Producer on another television series.
A documentary about his work, CAPTURED GHOSTS, was released in 2012.
Recognitions include the NUIG Literary and Debating Society’s President’s Medal for service to freedom of speech, the EAGLE AWARDS Roll Of Honour for lifetime achievement in the field of comics & graphic novels, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2010, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History and the International Horror Guild Award for illustrated narrative. He is a Patron of Humanists UK. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex.
Warren Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.
The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel having been released in summer 2013. IRON MAN 3 is based on his Marvel Comics graphic novel IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. He is currently developing his graphic novel sequence with Jason Howard, TREES, for television, in concert with HardySonBaker and NBCU, and continues to work as a screenwriter and producer in film and television, represented by Angela Cheng Caplan and Cheng Caplan Company. He is the creator, writer and co-producer of the Netflix series CASTLEVANIA, recently renewed for its third season, and of the recently-announced Netflix series HEAVEN’S FOREST.
He’s written extensively for VICE, WIRED UK and Reuters on technological and cultural matters, and given keynote speeches and lectures at events like dConstruct, ThingsCon, Improving Reality, SxSW, How The Light Gets In, Haunted Machines and Cognitive Cities.
Warren Ellis has recently developed and curated the revival of the Wildstorm creative library for DC Entertainment with the series THE WILD STORM, and is currently working on the serialising of new graphic novel works TREES: THREE FATES and INJECTION at Image Comics, and the serialised graphic novel THE BATMAN’S GRAVE for DC Comics, while working as a Consulting Producer on another television series.
A documentary about his work, CAPTURED GHOSTS, was released in 2012.
Recognitions include the NUIG Literary and Debating Society’s President’s Medal for service to freedom of speech, the EAGLE AWARDS Roll Of Honour for lifetime achievement in the field of comics & graphic novels, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2010, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History and the International Horror Guild Award for illustrated narrative. He is a Patron of Humanists UK. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex.
Warren Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.
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April 17, 2019
I should just steer clear from bargain basement bins. Sure, this book cost me $2.99, but I would pay that to scrub some of the panels out of my brain. Six stories, all of which annoyed me for various reasons, but the last one...
The fact that this trades off Marvels, while being like the exact opposite of what that book intended is beyond me. I actually tried looking it up later to see what the hell Kurt Busiek or Alex Ross had to say about this derivative copy of their work (like the cover tries to mimic the Ross style) and came up empty. There has to be more outrage over this than me, but I am not going to waste more time on this.
But really, just edgelord sleaze for the sake of it--Jean Grey as a $20 underaged enthusiastic prostitute, a tyrannical Professor X exposing himself to Kitty Pryde, etc. etc. That, and the artwork was nowhere close to Alex Ross's.
The fact that this trades off Marvels, while being like the exact opposite of what that book intended is beyond me. I actually tried looking it up later to see what the hell Kurt Busiek or Alex Ross had to say about this derivative copy of their work (like the cover tries to mimic the Ross style) and came up empty. There has to be more outrage over this than me, but I am not going to waste more time on this.
But really, just edgelord sleaze for the sake of it--Jean Grey as a $20 underaged enthusiastic prostitute, a tyrannical Professor X exposing himself to Kitty Pryde, etc. etc. That, and the artwork was nowhere close to Alex Ross's.
January 27, 2015
What a truly depressing story to end on!
October 5, 2018
I really liked this one. Like any collection involving different writers and authors, there were stronger and weaker parts.
My surprise favorite was Wonder Years. It was an interesting story about depression, grief, friendship and finding yourself. The story was centered around a girl who was obsessed with Wonder Man (a West Coast Avenger most people barely remember.)
Other highlights include Code of Honor and Inner Demons... two stories that I believe lived up to the spirit of Busiek/Ross’s “Marvels.”
The turds were “Conspiracy” (a wtf story that ends on a wtf) and “Ruins” (look how depressing I can be!).
I’d go as far as to say you can skip those altogether. Still... 3 out of 5 stories aint bad. I would have awarded this 5 stars if it didn’t have the two duds. Even with the duds, the good stories were great enough to earn a 4 star.
Overall, I recommend it for people who liked “Marvels.”
My surprise favorite was Wonder Years. It was an interesting story about depression, grief, friendship and finding yourself. The story was centered around a girl who was obsessed with Wonder Man (a West Coast Avenger most people barely remember.)
Other highlights include Code of Honor and Inner Demons... two stories that I believe lived up to the spirit of Busiek/Ross’s “Marvels.”
The turds were “Conspiracy” (a wtf story that ends on a wtf) and “Ruins” (look how depressing I can be!).
I’d go as far as to say you can skip those altogether. Still... 3 out of 5 stories aint bad. I would have awarded this 5 stars if it didn’t have the two duds. Even with the duds, the good stories were great enough to earn a 4 star.
Overall, I recommend it for people who liked “Marvels.”
January 9, 2018
This is a collection of one shots and miniseries that are based on Marvels by Kurt Busiek. Each one varies in quality.
Inner Demons is fine but too long.
Blockbuster is a nice humanity story, but the art is very bad.
Code of Honor is a very good story about a cop dealing with his role and family in the world of superheroes.
Conspiracy is a little weak and tries to suggest that a lot of the things in the Marvel universe happened because a few bad guys wanted it to. I missed the human element in this one.
Ruins is just fun. The art is probably the worst of all of them but compliments the story? Ellis writes a mirror universe to Marvels where everything goes wrong.
Overall it was a fun read, but really all you need to read is Code of Honor and Ruins and you are good. Oh, and don’t forget to read Marvels! Very important.
Inner Demons is fine but too long.
Blockbuster is a nice humanity story, but the art is very bad.
Code of Honor is a very good story about a cop dealing with his role and family in the world of superheroes.
Conspiracy is a little weak and tries to suggest that a lot of the things in the Marvel universe happened because a few bad guys wanted it to. I missed the human element in this one.
Ruins is just fun. The art is probably the worst of all of them but compliments the story? Ellis writes a mirror universe to Marvels where everything goes wrong.
Overall it was a fun read, but really all you need to read is Code of Honor and Ruins and you are good. Oh, and don’t forget to read Marvels! Very important.
February 10, 2022
A good collection, spoiled by including a horror story at the end of a collection of superhero stories. I don't have an innate hatred of horror - in fact, I love it. This, however, was SUPPOSED to be a superhero collection, and turning superheroes into victims is a longtime pet peeve of mine, and the habit which has, in my opinion, damned DC comics to ultimate failure.
August 28, 2020
Experience the history of the Marvel Universe through the eyes and ears of the everyday person. What a wonderful anthology! Kudos to Marvel!
Thank you for the loan Franklin Public Library!
Thank you for the loan Franklin Public Library!
July 22, 2023
Pretty Dark but Pretty good
August 1, 2023
A revista é bem impactante, mostra um mundo em ruínas mesmo. Chega a chocar, ver os personagens marvel em total auto-destruição. É quase um universo paralelo onde tudo deu errado.
March 19, 2015
Info
Book: Marvels Companion
Author: Marvel Comics
Series: None
Awards: None
Summary
Six stories, about the marvels, the heroes.. from the ordinary person's standpoint.
Can the amnesiac the Sub-Mariner regain his memories? What happens to those who are caught in a battle of the marvels? Wonderfans, and Wonder Man, from the viewpoint of his biggest fan! The hidden conspiracy of everything marvel, uncovered by an reporter.
And, the age of marvels, gone wrong.
Review
An okay book, generally. However the end story is just so depressing, that it lowered my rating. If it had been more positive, if it hadn't been there at all, then maybe I would have rated this book 2 stars.
Unfortunately for this book's ratings, it was there, and lo, 1 stars.
The other stories weren't that good too.
This review was made with help from the Review writing topic from the Challenge Factory group. Thanks!
Book: Marvels Companion
Author: Marvel Comics
Series: None
Awards: None
Summary
Six stories, about the marvels, the heroes.. from the ordinary person's standpoint.
Can the amnesiac the Sub-Mariner regain his memories? What happens to those who are caught in a battle of the marvels? Wonderfans, and Wonder Man, from the viewpoint of his biggest fan! The hidden conspiracy of everything marvel, uncovered by an reporter.
And, the age of marvels, gone wrong.
Review
An okay book, generally. However the end story is just so depressing, that it lowered my rating. If it had been more positive, if it hadn't been there at all, then maybe I would have rated this book 2 stars.
Unfortunately for this book's ratings, it was there, and lo, 1 stars.
The other stories weren't that good too.
This review was made with help from the Review writing topic from the Challenge Factory group. Thanks!
November 17, 2015
I first read Marvels about a decade ago now, and had heard about various related one-shots and minis, but never bothered to read them because they hadn't been written by Kurt Busiek. I was wrong.
The Marvels Companion stories follow the same format as Marvels, with a regular unpowered protagonist(s) giving readers a ground-level view of the Marvel Universe: homeless men palling around with Namor when he was an amnesiac; people at the epicenter of a Silver Surfer battle that wrecked their lives; a New York City police officer trying to make sense of all the crazy super-powered stuff; Wonder Man's biggest fan; a reporter on the trail of a conspiracy; and an alternate universe Phil Sheldon where everything has gone horribly wrong.
Every story is pretty good, but the best is far and away Warren Ellis' Ruins. It is ridiculously harsh, and the horrible things he thinks up to do to all the heroes and villains in this world shows what a horrendously sick mind he has. A Jean Grey that prostitutes herself; a Hulk in constant agony from the enormous tumors that grow and explode inside and out; and a Johnny Blaze who lights his head on fire and rides a motorcycle at a desert freak show.
The Marvels Companion stories follow the same format as Marvels, with a regular unpowered protagonist(s) giving readers a ground-level view of the Marvel Universe: homeless men palling around with Namor when he was an amnesiac; people at the epicenter of a Silver Surfer battle that wrecked their lives; a New York City police officer trying to make sense of all the crazy super-powered stuff; Wonder Man's biggest fan; a reporter on the trail of a conspiracy; and an alternate universe Phil Sheldon where everything has gone horribly wrong.
Every story is pretty good, but the best is far and away Warren Ellis' Ruins. It is ridiculously harsh, and the horrible things he thinks up to do to all the heroes and villains in this world shows what a horrendously sick mind he has. A Jean Grey that prostitutes herself; a Hulk in constant agony from the enormous tumors that grow and explode inside and out; and a Johnny Blaze who lights his head on fire and rides a motorcycle at a desert freak show.
September 24, 2023
Esta muy bueno pero si me quede un poco traumatizada, es un cómic fuerte pero de verdad es una joya.
May 23, 2018
This feels an awful lot like Astro City. In one way, it's more jnteresting than Astro City: it cam play off existing events rather than rely on a retroactively established pastiche.
But, on the other hand, only one or two of these stories seems to be about more than a mood. The endings seemed abrupt or copouts.
I didn't realize this book would contain Ruins, which is tonally radically different from many of the stories (except maybr Conspiracy? ) It didn't get better. it's more mean than cutting.
But, on the other hand, only one or two of these stories seems to be about more than a mood. The endings seemed abrupt or copouts.
I didn't realize this book would contain Ruins, which is tonally radically different from many of the stories (except maybr Conspiracy? ) It didn't get better. it's more mean than cutting.
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