7/6/2023 0 Comments 1602 graphic novel![]() It’s a continuing frustration with post-millennium Marvel that with a mere five chapter story readers are served two artists with differing styles. One character from the original series deemed surplus to requirement is disposed of in a startling manner. Doom is a pompous, but dangerous, buffoon, Johnny Storm drunken and impulsive, and Reed Richards inquisitive beyond all else. David’s cast throughout are exaggerated versions of their present day counterparts. The abduction of Shakespeare, though, reunites them on a rescue mission. ![]() Since the events of 1602, the Fantastick Four have separated, although all returned to England from the New World. ![]() If you can live with that, he produces an entertaining diversion, but those wanting the portentous gravitas of the parent story might not appreciate it as much. From an opening sequence where the Most Frightful Four sail off the edge of the world to Von Doom kidnapping Shakespeare to chronicle his exploits, it would appear David is unable to take the concept of Marvel heroes re-cast in the early 17 th century seriously. They spent much of the original 1602 graphic novel as prisoners of Count Otto Von Doom, no longer named Otto the Handsome after his experiences in that adventure.ĭavid stars this extrapolation by gluing his tongue into his cheek, and there it stays throughout. ![]() ![]() The 1602 Universe continues with Peter David offering his take on the Fantastick Four. ![]()
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