Marvel Graphic Novel Collection
So, if you live in the UK and watch television you may have seen adverts for a collection of graphic novels being sold on a fortnightly basis, I for one love this idea and will be getting this collection in its entirety.
I thought I would create a new feature, where every fortnight I would review the book that is being sold. As the idea is to create the “Ultimate Graphic Novel Collection” many of the books should be stories that are considered classics or must reads. The other cool thing is that when the collection is complete, you will end up with a nice spine image that spreads across the books.
Before I go any further I must warn you all that if you chose to join me in buying these books then your going to be spending a lot of cash, early guesses put the collection at somewhere between 50 and 60 books. At £10 (£9.99) a book, as I said that’s a lot of cash.
The other minor complaint is that the books given are not in the order of the issues printed, by this I mean issue one of the collection comes with book 21, which continues in book 22. This means that when you first start the spine image isn’t in any order at all.
The books are all hardbacks, and look beautiful, they are black with a central image of the story that you’re going to read. The books start with a “previously in….” section that tells you what you really need to know prior to reading the tale. In the back of the books there are character, writer and artist biographies. The final page of each book gives suggested reading titles, either according to the artist/writer or the characters portrayed in the book. In addition, little bit of a hint is given to upcoming books in this section, as titles appearing in the collection are highlighted yellow. In addition to the reviews, I will be letting you know which books will be coming out according to this page, and from what I’ve seen so far, we are in for some treats.
Issue one came out two weeks ago, so you may still be able to get it in either, your local newsagent or local comic book store, Issue two came out today (11/1/12).
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Oh man, i loved marvel comics back in the days when i was a child. This brings back memories.
While I think it’s an awesome collection, I can’t help but think I’ll also already have a lot of the stories collected. So, not for me. Still, a very cool way to get more people reading comics!
A provisional list of all 60 books has been appearing in forums after the publishers provided it in response to a reader’s enquiry. Here it is:
The Amazing Spider-Man: Coming Home
The Uncanny X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Iron Man: Extremis
The Ultimates: Super-Human
The Amazing Spider-Man: Birth of Venom
Thor: Reborn
Captain America: Winter Soldier
The Incredible Hulk: Silent Screams
Wolverine
Astonishing X-Men: Gifted
Captain Britain: A Crooked World
Avengers: Forever Pt 1
The Amazing Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt
Captain America: The New Deal
Marvels
Avengers: Disassembled
New X-Men: E is for Extinction
Secret War
Avengers: Forever Pt 2
Daredevil: Born Again
She Hulk: Single White Female
Marvel Zombies
The Incredible Hulk – Planet Hulk Pt 1
Punisher: Welcome back Frank Pt 1
Ultimate Spider-Man: Power and Responsibility
Marvel Super Heroes SECRET WARS Pt 1
The Mighty Thor: In Search of Gods
Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous
Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle
The Incredible Hulk – Planet Hulk Pt 2
Captain America: The Chosen
New Avengers: Break Out
Spider-Man: Blue
New X-Men: Imperial
House of M
Wolverine: Origin
Fantastic Four: Unthinkable
Thor: The Last Viking
Civil War
Marvel Super Heroes SECRET WARS Pt 2
Fantastic Four: Authoritative Action
Fallen Son: Death of Captain America
Punisher: Welcome back Frank Pt 2
The Ultimates: Homeland Security
Wolverine: Weapon X
1602
Daredevil: Guardian Devil
The Amazing Spider-Man: Revelations (sequel to Coming Home, not the end of the Clone Saga)
Eternals
Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther
World War Hulk
Fantastic Four: The End
Captain Britain and MI13: Vampire State
Wolverine: Old Man Logan
Secret Invasion
Doctor Strange: The Oath
Thunderbolts: Faith in Monsters
Ghost Rider: Road to Damnation
Son Of M
Siege
i think that these comics is an awsome idea
It’s a good idea I just wish I had the cash to buy them all £600 is alot to shell out but I’ll buy the odd issue and at the end of the run I may order a load of back issues. Damn money
£20 every 4 weeks.
£10 a fortnight.
£5 a week.
71p a day….. you can’t afford NOT to by them.
Awesome collection I was hoping to see blade make an appearance though either way I’m collecting the lot