Marvels: Eye of the Camera - Hardcover

Busiek, Kurt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0785139192 ISBN 13: 9780785139195

Publisher: Marvel Enterprises, 2010

Synopsis

Follows Marvel superhero action from the perspective of Phil Sheldon, a newspaper photographer who witnessed some of the more spectacular battles and events, from the Avengers and the X-Men to Secret Wars and Werewolf By Night.

About this title

About the Author:

Kurt Busiek has been writing comicsprofessionally since three daysbefore he graduated from college in 1982, when he sold a "Tales of theGreen Lantern Corps" backup story thatappeared in Green Lantern #162. Since then, he's worked on just about everything from Action Comicsto Zot!, including runs on Avengers, Superman, Conan and others, and has co-created Thunderbolts, The Autumnlands, Arrowsmith andmore. He's best known for his work on the multiple-award-winning Marvels and Astro City.

Roger Stern has written for radio, television, thestage,and the Internet, creatingscripts for everything from sketchcomedy to flash-animation. For tenyears, he was the senior writer of the SUPERMAN series, and has writtenhundreds of stories about suchdiverse characters as Green Lantern,Supergirl, Starman, and the Justice League for DC Comics; andSpider-Man, Captain America, the IncredibleHulk, and the Avengers forMarvel. His first prose novel, The Death and Life of Superman, was a New York Times bestseller.

Review:

"Although steeped as ever in the cozy minutiae of mainstream Marvel continuity, Busiek and Stern have performed a canny magician's trick in generalizing moments of comic-book detail until new readers can absorb and accept the events as parts of a greater narrative.  Whilst for slavish fanboys like me, offhand remarks and references have all the added weight of a shared if distanced history, like the Kennedy Shooting, Live Aid, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Who Shot JR and so much more..." -- Win Wiacek, comicsreview.co.uk

"If you liked Marvels, then Marvels Eye of the Camera is a must-read series for you." -- kayscomics.blogspot.com

"This is no typical comic where it's finished before you know you have read anything. Marvels: Eye of the Camera takes a little longer to read, while making the reader think some about what's happening in the plot, and for this reason it's why the comic is so good." -- Lee Roberts, shakefire.com

"Amazing story, stunning graphics. Ten years of Marvel history in one graphic novel! Absolutely a must have! The Marvel super-heroes seen by the eye of an reporter, reading his hopes and fears, was awesome. I've absolutely enjoyed it. Absolutely recommended." -- Mirco Parisi, goodreads.com

"Hopefully people who loved the original Marvels will read [Marvels: Eye of the Camera], too. It might not have had the publicity and buzz that the first one did, but it's an excellent and thoughtful addition to the canon. Job well done, all involved." -- Greg McElhatton

About this edition

• Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0785139192
• ISBN 13: 9780785139195
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144