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http://www.themarysue.com/wtf-comics-club-reads-marvels/
>In the four-issue series Marvels, published in 1994 by—you guessed it—Marvel Comics, two of the great rock stars of comics creation, Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross, bring us a street-level view of moments that not only defined the Marvel Universe but still influence comics to this day. It looks really great on paper.
>In scope, Marvels first appears daunting. Told from the perspective of a photographer named Phil, it offers a street-level narrative of every major event in Marvel continuity from the appearance of the first Human Torch in 1939 to the shocking death of Gwen Stacy, a period of almost 40 years. Alongside the mayhem and periodic destruction of Manhattan, Phil carries out his life in the shadow of heroes; he pursues his career, gets married, has kids, accidentally rescues a mutant child from an angry mob, and eventually publishes his fan fiction a coffee table book about superheroes in New York.
>In the four-issue series Marvels, published in 1994 by—you guessed it—Marvel Comics, two of the great rock stars of comics creation, Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross, bring us a street-level view of moments that not only defined the Marvel Universe but still influence comics to this day. It looks really great on paper.
>In scope, Marvels first appears daunting. Told from the perspective of a photographer named Phil, it offers a street-level narrative of every major event in Marvel continuity from the appearance of the first Human Torch in 1939 to the shocking death of Gwen Stacy, a period of almost 40 years. Alongside the mayhem and periodic destruction of Manhattan, Phil carries out his life in the shadow of heroes; he pursues his career, gets married, has kids, accidentally rescues a mutant child from an angry mob, and eventually publishes his fan fiction a coffee table book about superheroes in New York.
