This is not your father's Marvel
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In Marvels the Marvel universe was shown from the perspective of news photographer Phil Sheldon. The street-level series portrayed ordinary life in a world full of costumed supermen.
Then came Ruins in 1995, Warren Ellis' alternate take on the Marvel universe where something's gone horribly, horribly wrong.
Consider it as Marvels FROM HELL.
"On another world, they might've been mankind's greatest heroes - the Marvels. But for photographer Phil Sheldon, his is an altogether different reality - a world left in ruins.
With a camera that has seen it all...Sheldon travels the world, one step ahead of death and even deeper into a nightmare. His is a story that will shock his already crumbling world.
That is, if he lives to write it."
Warning - This is very very black stuff. It's not a fun read if you take it seriously.
But, it is a damn good one.
Here's the complete first issue. I'll paste the second issue as soon as I can.
scans_dailyIn Marvels the Marvel universe was shown from the perspective of news photographer Phil Sheldon. The street-level series portrayed ordinary life in a world full of costumed supermen.
Then came Ruins in 1995, Warren Ellis' alternate take on the Marvel universe where something's gone horribly, horribly wrong.
Consider it as Marvels FROM HELL.
"On another world, they might've been mankind's greatest heroes - the Marvels. But for photographer Phil Sheldon, his is an altogether different reality - a world left in ruins.
With a camera that has seen it all...Sheldon travels the world, one step ahead of death and even deeper into a nightmare. His is a story that will shock his already crumbling world.
That is, if he lives to write it."
Warning - This is very very black stuff. It's not a fun read if you take it seriously.
But, it is a damn good one.
Here's the complete first issue. I'll paste the second issue as soon as I can.
