Marvel Mangaverse, Volume 2

Marvel Mangaverse #2

by Ben Dunn

To combat a plant-devouring virus, and a monarch who has power to back up dreams of domination, these new heroes and some old friends will have to give their all. Alliances are forged, dreams are shattered, and lives are put on the line in the name of freedom.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Marvel, Comics, Manga

144 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Ben Dunn is an American comic book artist. Although born in Taiwan, he grew up in Kentucky, Taiwan and San Antonio, Texas. It was in Taiwan that he was first exposed to Japanese manga. In 1984 he founded Antarctic Press, an American comic book company specializing in Manga-style titles. In 2003, he sold Antarctic to start his own development company, Sentai Studios.

Dunn was also one of the primary artists involved in the short-lived Marvel Mangaverse project.

Reviews

[Easton Ly]

Marvel Mangaverse Volume 2
by Ben Dunn
Do you like comic books? This story is about Marvel superheroes fighting super villains and saving the world. It is about a kid with superpowers who has to save the planet. There is superheroes fighting Dr. Doom. There are stories about your favorite Marvel characters. I think it is one of the best Marvel stories and it has good details. Marvin is a kid who lives with his mom and he does not know he has superpowers. He gets taken by the Fantastic four and they tell him what he must do. Dr Doom is trying to take over the world and the heroes must stop Dr. Doom. It has nice artwork and they use a lot of dialogue.

[Ondra Král · Rating 3 out of 5]

V rámci pročítání alternativních vesmírů jsem se pustil do Marvel Mangaverse. Čekal jsem naprostou sračku a ejhle... ono mě to bavilo. Hlavním plusem Mangaverse je, že se nebere vůbec vážně. Naopak. Dělá si to prdel ze všech japonských věcí a fetišů - ať už jde o megazord, furrýky nebo velké kozaté postavy. Druhým plusem je, že tohle je opravdu ALTERNATIVNÍ vesmír. Spousta změn, postavy se chovají jinak, mají jiná pohlavá, jiné schopnosti případně stojí na na jiné straně.

První série se skládá z několika samostatných sešitů, kdy každej představuje pár postavu. Hlavní děj se pak odehrává v New Dawn a Etrnity Twilight, což jsou zároveň nejlepší sešity. Avengers a X-Meni jsou docela fajn (rubačka, nic víc), od Spideyho jsem čekal trochu víc (kung-fu či co to je), Punisher je divnost s pár dobrými nápada, Ghost Rider je šeredně nakreslenej, ale je to docela prdel a akorát FF vůbec nebavila.

Celkově hodně fajn i když nejspíš i díky malým očekáváním.

[Zac (Fellow Lord) Cooper · Rating 5 out of 5]

The unique thing is that i always choose to read comic books based on how good the drawing is on the cover. The coincedence is that I always seem to enjoy those comic books most because i always love those books. This criteria was the correct one in this case

[Jimmy Corvan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like manga and live Marvel...however, they do not blend well together. The only reason I gave this 3 stars is because of Spiderman's story. The rest are boring and visually uninspiring.