Essential Marvel Saga - Volume 2 (v. 2) [Paperback]

Peter Sanderson (Author), Stan Lee (Author), Frank Miller (Author), Roy Thomas (Author), Jack Kirby (Author), Keith Pollard (Illustrator), Steve Ditko (Illustrator), Don Heck (Illustrator)

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up | Series: Essential

Nick Fury's first mission with S.H.I.E.L.D.! Kang's first invasion! Doctor Strange's first battle with Dormammu! The Trial of the Gods! The Coming of Galactus! And those are only a few of the earth-shaking adventures from the second installment of the Marvel Universe's most formative years! The origin of the Green Goblin and the death of Baron Zemo! The Inhumans' Great Refuge and the Savage Land! Spider-Man vs. Daredevil, the Avengers vs. the X-Men and six, count 'em, SIX Avengers who started out on the wrong side of the law! Plus: the Juggernaut and the Scorpion! The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Frightful Four, the Masters of Evil, and so much more! Collects Marvel Saga #13-25.

Product Details

• Paperback: 472 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (December 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785127283
• ISBN-13: 978-0785127284
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #608,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Finishing the series, January 10, 2011

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Daniel J. Mooney "Going Blind from Reading." (Columbia, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Marvel Saga - Volume 2 (v. 2) (Paperback)

This was an attempt by Marvel, in the late 80s, to allow new readers to get up to speed on all of the character's origins and major events. The series started off by trying to put everything together in chronological order, which ended up with a lot of pages containg a hodgepodge of various art styles. As it went on the series tended to focus one one character or group at a time, and recalled their entire history up to that point. It ended after 25 issues, but managed to cover all of the major events in the Marvel Universe, at that time.

The problem is, of course, that events in the Marvel Universe have been retconned so much that a lot of the material is out of date. So if you're going to buy the book in order to have a history of the Marvel Universe, you might want to pass. If you're into nostaligia, or looking at the vision of the Marvel Universe proir to 1990, or a fanatic Marvel Essentials collector then this is the book for you.