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Title: The " Amalgam" Age of Comics: the DC Collection by John Byrne, D. G. Chichester, Ron Marz, et al, Kevin Nowlan, Dave Gibbons ISBN: 1-85286-751-5 Publisher: Titan Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 Format: Paperback |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Unique but strangly comforting
Comment: The most interesting thing about these stories to me was that unlike the "Marvel verses DC" story where characters were matched up to fight based on the similarity of their strenghts and powers (ie Hulk vs Superman, Sub-mariner vs Aquaman, Batman vs Captain America), characters in this book were matched up based on their personalites. For instances, Wolverine and Batman were combined into a charater called Dark Claw. Despite their differences both Wolverine and Batman are dark characters, loners. Superman and Captain America were combined into Super Soliders. Both of these characters are role models and heros in every sense of the word. The orgin of the Amalgam character is a mixture of the two characters he os she is based on and usually were combined in interesting and unique ways. There were exceptions to this story formula, such as "Bruce Wayne: Agent of SHEILD". This story tells how Bruce Wayne's parents were spys killed by Hydra and Bruce has entered Sheild and used his power and money to turn it into his own private army. The issue opens with Bruce launching an attack on Hydra island in a personal war he has started. We can see a corruption here that has never really been used in the Batman stories, this gives a chance to redo certin characters in a new way, areas that fans won't allow writers to take with tried and true characters. My only complaint would be how many different stoies were combined. There are a few stories in the book everyone will enjoy, a true Marvel and DC fan will enjoy most of them, but only the most diehard fan be familar with all the characters. But this slight flaw is compentsated for by the fact that the stories themselves are interesting without knowing the characters behind them. All and all a great read.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Journey to Another Universe
Comment: If you are a fan of Marvel and DC superhero material; this one is for you. Especially the Wolverine Batman combination in this volume! This is where the comic companies should be expending their efforts. It's experimental mini-series titles like this that make the genre interesting again. Another I loved was Dave Gibbons Captain America/Superman hero the Super-Soldier. There should be a sequel to this series! It's too good to pass up!
Rating: 3
Summary: A Crazy but good mix
Comment: DC I now , Marvel I Know , but this mix with Amalgam Age is very hard to swallow , though the story line are very good & the details is as amazing as can be , but its all very new , its almost as writers cram each two charicters together in one side & their enemies in the other and make a manulel or a summory of them and start with 4 stories here & other stories in the other book . but let me say this Batman + wolfrain character is the top story if it was in all the comic book it would worth at least 5 stars , but since not 3 all the book worth
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