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Marvels Snapshots , a new serial from comedian fable Kurt Busiek lionise the greatest second of Marvel ’s 80 - year history , kick off this workweek with World War II heroNamor , Prince of Atlantis inSub - seaman : Marvels Snapshots#1 . InSub - Mariner , best - selling writer Alan Brennert and renown artist Jerry Ordway collaborate on a Golden Age flashback - succession featuring Namor , his dear Betty Dean , and the All - success Squad in postwar drama at seaside Palisades Park . Using stylistic techniques to trance a vintage aesthetic and a narrative approach that helps contextualize the period - piece , Brennert and Ordway craft a advanced classic in “ Reunion,”Sub - gob : Marvels Snapshots#1 .
ForMarvels Snapshots , curator Kurt Busiek has brought together some of the comic Word manufacture ’s most gift writer and artists including Howard Chaykin , Mark Russell , Barbara Randall Kesel , as well as creators from television’sL.A. LawandTwilight Zonewriter Alan Brennert , Space Ghost : seashore to CoastandSuperman : The Animated Serieswriters Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer , andJay and Miles X - Plain the X - Menpodcaster , Jay Edidin . Busiek assembled these unique creative team for “ eight standalone , dual - sized issues showcasing Marvel ’s most darling characters from the Golden Age to today . ” In an approach kin to the 1994Marvelsseries from Busiek , Marvels Snapshotscapture a point of opinion from ordinary the great unwashed sweep up in the exploits of superheroes and scheming supervillains , and the series ' concealment art sport the veneration - inspiring work of painter Alex Ross .
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Novelist and entertainment writer Alan Brennert seems as at home in the pageboy of Golden Age comics as he does pitching book in the author ’ room of a programme studio . The Marvel period - piece , Sub - Mariner : Marvels Snapshotschronicles an episode in the life of newsperson Betty Dean and her brothers , all veteran of World War II , and present Betty ’s disruptive romance with Namor , thePrince of Atlantis . Betty ’s crony Lloyd , haunt by the war , fall into the depths of alcoholism and the pragmatical Betty struggles to understand this comprehend failing . Brennert examines the aftermath of conflict through the addiction of a former soldier and in the psychological psychic trauma that head to subject matter abuse , hinting that “ the war ’s not over for everyone . ”
scene of amour and domesticity are brought to life with undecorated dialogue and hick charms , particularly as Betty ’s heart - to - heart conversation with Miss America about life , love , andNamor , in Everett ’s Tavern ( a wink to the Sub - Mariner Jehovah ) . And Brennert contextualizes the era with relevant allusions to the GI Bill , state of war bonds , and in his representations of Lloyd ’s armed combat fatigue duty and emerge trends in psychiatrical maintenance at the fourth dimension . For his part , Brennert assert , “ I ’m staggeringly proud of ‘ reunification ’ and honour to be the first narration write inMarvels Snapshots . ”
Take a gradation back in time withSub - Mariner : Marvels Snapshots#1 , available now at a funny store near you .
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