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Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1: The Golden Child

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Robert Kirkman, better known as the creator of the brilliant and riveting Walking Dead for Image Comics, gets to weave some super hero shenanigans with his re-booted Marvel Team-Up. The first storyarc finds Spider-Man and Wolverine teaming up and taking on a murderous, mutant teen with some interesting abilities, and as the book goes on we get to see Mr. Fantastic and Dr. Strange team up, along with Iron Man and the Hulk to boot. Kirkman's dialogue is sometimes witty, but his stories are nothing we haven't seen a thousand times before. His use of an evil, alternate reality Iron Man is pretty nifty though, and the interplay between Spidey and Wolverine is nicely handled as well. Scott Kolins' artwork is solid throughout as well, albeit a bit too cartoony at spots. All in all, Marvel Team-Up: The Golden Child is a nice ode to the original series from the 70's, and it's worth a look for those craving safe and harmless super hero action.

This glitzy team-up series is a worthy successor to the original 1970s version... It has a lot of the same elements -- quick action, somewhat thin plots, supervillans you don't really care that much about but look forward to seeing defeated (Titannus, the mutant kid named Paul) and lots and lots of Marvel superdudes, with Spiderman as the focal point. So far so good. The artwork by Scott Kolins is nice -- realistic, but not filled with fetishistic, super-exaggerated body-builder muscles... The introduction of an evil, alternate-reality Iron Man is fun... he's the bad guy that gives this book its bite. In short, this isn't a like a great work of art or anything, but it was a fun read. I kinda wish I hadn't spent the money on it, but I enjoyed reading it... Above-average wham-bam superhero stuff.