Mini-Marvels: Secret Invasion Digest

Mini-Marvels #2

by Chris Giarrusso, Sean McKeever, Paul Tobin

Book

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Coco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incredibly silly micro-stories of your favorite Marvel characters as "children". Stories are kid-friendly, but the brand of silliness is geared toward someone more mature, teens or above, without being "adult humor".

In this one: Skrulls invading the Earth, the Hulk doing haiku, the Human Torch's problems with being on fire all the time, and more.

[Randy Lander · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and fun, the highlights are the return of Thor series and most of the Giarrusso-penned strips, followed by the McKeever and Tobin strips. The multi-colored Hulk strips by Audrey Loeb, unfortunately, are disappointing, and feature a not-terribly-funny-in-the-first-place gag run into the ground, SNL-style.

[Tim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book for my three-year-old son (as an obvious "for-kids" foray into comic books) and he absolutely loves it. Thing is, I do too. It is smartly funny, and full of fantastically obscure Marvel Universe references (Devil Dinosaur, Baldur, etc). It had me chuckling aloud.

[Jdetrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not everything in here is a hit, but there's more hits then misses and some of it is laugh out loud funny.