Marvel Romance Redux (Marvel Comics) [Paperback]

Jeff Parker (Author), Justin Lustig (Author), Keith Giffen (Author), Jimmy Palmiotti (Author), Patrick Langridge (Author), Kyle Baker (Author), Fred Van Lente (Author), Robert Fleming (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 7, 2007

Continuing the noble pursuit of taking funny old pictures and putting funny words on top of them! We've asked some of the funniest writers in comics today to look at the romance comics of yesteryear and put in some new dialogue that'll make us laugh! Unfortunately, the funniest writers were busy, so we had to settle on these guys. Hey, you get what you pay for! Collects Marvel Romance Redux: But He Said He Loved Me!, I Should Have Been a Blonde, Love is a Four-Letter Word, Restraining Orders are for Other Girls and Guys & Dolls.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (February 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785120904
• ISBN-13: 978-0785120902
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #753,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

FRED VAN LENTE is the New York Times bestselling author of Incredible Hercules (with Greg Pak) and Marvel Zombies 3 & 4, as well as the American Library Association award-winning Action Philosophers. His original graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens (written with Andrew Foley) is about to become a major motion picture starring Daniel Craig and directed by Jon Favreau. His other comics include Comic Book Comics, MODOK's 11, X Men Noir and Amazing Spider-Man.

Wizard magazine nominated him for 2008 Breakout Talent (Writer). Comics Should Be Good named Fred one of the 365 Reasons to Love Comics. He's been called "one of the most idiosyncratic and insightful new voices in comics."

Fred loves hearing from readers at [e-mail].

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4.0 out of 5 stars Romance Re-Done, September 13, 2010

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Alexandra Cenni "Poisoned Rationality" (hamilton, nj USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marvel Romance Redux (Marvel Comics) (Paperback)

You can accurately say that this is either a hit or miss sort of comic collection. The art itself is from the old Marvel Romance comics line and the dialogue is what has been rewritten often to an outlandish degree (such as in the story "They Said I was...Insane!" in which the heroine of the story is dead certain all the women she sees are dating aliens, instead of what I'm assuming was originally a story about a woman in love with her boss).

This is basically what would happen if the Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys decided to re-write Harlequin romances. There's an entertaining value to the comics--not just for the dialogue but also in the artwork and the scenes of a 'daily life' back in the 1950's/1960's. The fact the nurses wore outfits more akin to a Playboy pin-up spread then anything remotely serviceable, smoking being allowed EVERYWHERE (hospitals, offices, diners, department stores) or even the obvious objectification of women...that's all amusing to see.

Is this the funniest thing ever? Not really, but it was a pleasant diversion and an interesting way to revisit old comics that, if published now would probably cause most feminist groups heart attacks.