MARVEL May to August Spring 2013

AUGUST
MARVEL 1602: 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION HC
AUTHOR: NEIL GAIMAN
ARTIST: ANDY KUBERT
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5368-9
PUB MONTH: AUGUST
PRICE: $29.99 US / $32.99 CAN
SUBJECT CATEGORY: OVERSIZED
Award-winning writer Neil Gaiman presents a unique vision of the Marvel Universe…set four hundred years in the
past! Classic Marvel icons such as the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and Daredevil are re-imagined in this
intriguing world of 17th-century science and sorcery — instantly familiar to readers, yet subtly different in this new
time. Marvel 1602 combines classic Marvel action and adventure with the historically accurate setting of Queen
Elizabeth’s reign, to create a unique series unlike any other published by Marvel Comics. Neil Gaiman’s daringly
different Marvel tale has stood the test of time and spawned an entire universe of sequels — and now, celebrate
the 10th anniversary of the story that started it all with this lush oversized hardcover! Featuring an all-new cover by
original series cover artist Scott McKowen!
COLLECTING: Marvel 1602 1-8
Comp Title: MARVEL 1602 TPB (NEW PRINTING)
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4134-1 - Feb-10
Comp Title: CIVIL WAR HC
ISBN:978-0-7851-2178-7 - Oct-08
As the creator of The Sandman for DC Comics,
writer Neil Gaiman has won every major award in
the comics industry, as well as the prestigious 1991
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story, the only
comic-book writer ever to be awarded this literary
honor. Cited by the LA Times as “the greatest epic in
the history of comic books,” the ten Sandman collections
have sold several million copies and remain in
print to this day. Having thus made his mark, Gaiman
wrote another highly regarded series for DC with
Books of Magic. Also noteworthy was his work on
Eclipse Comics’ Miracleman, which he picked up
after close friend Alan Moore left the book. In addition,
Gaiman collaborated with Terry Pratchett on the
wistful apocalypse novel Good Omens and in 1997
wrote the BBC teleplay Neverwhere, a story he later
adapted into a novel. Gaiman’s other novels, American
Gods and his children’s book Coraline, garnered
New York Times best-selling status and international
acclaim including the Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker
Awards. In 2001, Gaiman made his first foray into
Marvel Comics with his series Marvel 1602, a series
in which Gaiman took the core cast of Marvel’s Silver
Age comics, placed them 400 years in the past and
retold their stories in his own inimitable way.
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RATING: RATED T+
TRIM SIZE: 7-1/4 X 10-7/8
PAGE COUNT: 264
TYPES OF ILLUSTRATION: COLOR
After an artistic apprenticeship under famed father
Joe Kubert, Andy Kubert got his start on DC’s
space-opera variations Adam Strange and Warlord,
as well as the best-selling crossover Batman
vs. Predator in collaboration with brother Adam.
Kubert’s Marvel career began with a six-year stint on
X-Men — continuing into Thor, Ka-Zar, Ghost Rider
and others. He collaborated with Orson Scott Card
on Ultimate Iron Man, Neil Gaiman on Marvel 1602
and Paul Jenkins on Wolverine: Origin. Upon his
return to DC, he contributed to the Blackest Night
and Flashpoint events.