The Marvels Project #3 (OF 8)
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The centerpiece of Marvel's 70th anniversary celebration turns a deadly corner, as Nazi spies infiltrate the secret US government's Super-Soldier Experiment... and while the Torch learns what it means to be both human and a hero, Prince Namor arrives in New York looking for nothing more than vengeance! Things really heat up this issue as award-winning creators Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting bring you the definitive in-continuity origin of Marvel!
WRITER: Ed Brubaker
PENCILS: Steve Epting
INKS: Steve Epting
COLORED BY: Dave Stewart
LETTERED BY: VC - Chris Eliopoulos
COVER BY: Steve McNiven
Price: $3.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 2.6%
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Comments
Something about that cover rubs me the wrong way. I loved issue #1, but found #2 be a little lacking, still good, but not quite as good. It's hard for me to reconcile this with Brubaker's writing on Cap Reborn (which I'm loathing, sadly.)
Posted by PraxJarvin on 10/12/09 at 08:46 PM
NAMOR NEEDS AN ONGOING!
Posted by Fvckstick on 10/12/09 at 10:20 PM
no way, namor's the supporting character guy
Posted by edward on 10/12/09 at 10:35 PM
Looking forward to this mainly for Namor kicking some surface dweller ass.
Posted by shenanigans on 10/13/09 at 12:11 AM
@RoiVampire & PraxJarvin
I think I agree with you both. I think it's a well drawn cover and a well colored cover, but I don't know if I think the two mix perfectly together. But, the more I look at it, the more I go back and forth, so I dunno.
... F it, I like the cover a lot. It seriously looks 3D. Either way, I've been loving this series thus far.
Posted by captbastrd on 10/13/09 at 04:23 AM
The man obviously loves his ferret.
Posted by PymSlap on 10/14/09 at 08:10 PM
I want less Human Torch/Namor stuff and more Fury/Cap stuff.
Posted by ProjectX2 on 10/15/09 at 05:58 AM
I can't understand why it isn't more popular. The first issue was Ok, but the second looked like Marvel's New Frontier. Brilliant series. It is also Steve Epting's best work.
Posted by muddi900 on 10/15/09 at 09:42 AM
Oh just read this issue. Art was fantastic, but i think I am sick of narrative boxes now.
Posted by muddi900 on 10/15/09 at 09:58 AM
I was about to drop this but I'm all in after this ish
Posted by Fvckstick on 10/15/09 at 10:28 AM
I thought this was fantastic. The art was great, and I loved the nod the Namor/Torch battle. I'm really enjoying this series. Happy Birthday Marvel indeed.
Posted by DarthDuck on 10/15/09 at 09:43 PM
I like series in general, but this issue was pretty dull to me. Still love the artwork, great cover.
Posted by Toadmeister on 10/15/09 at 10:39 PM
@ProjectX2
We get Fury/Cap often enough as it is and they're surely coming soon to this. This is Namor/Torch's time in the spotlight. Patience can only benefit in reading this wonderful story.
Epting and Stewart are killing on this. Not to slight Brubaker; the story's solid, but it's the art that makes it.
Posted by ohcaroline on 10/18/09 at 01:17 PM
I agree with OhCaroline, the art is leagues ahead of the writing. I don't know, something about this book doesn't feel as fun as DC's New Frontier or the Justice Society Returns. It feels noir, but it's not noir. It feels like revisionist history, but it's fairly accurate. I can't place a finger on it. 4/5 for me.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 10/18/09 at 09:18 PM
@Fvckstick
Why not go old *and* new by having an "Marvel Comics" title with both Original Human Torch and Namor co-feautures?
Posted by PozrDu on 10/20/09 at 11:23 PM
Now that is an amazing cover, that coloring is outstanding
Posted by RoiVampire on 10/12/09 at 05:58 PM