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Los Doce 1. Despertares (2009)

by J. Michael Straczynski(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Panini Comics España (Marvel Comics)

series

The Twelve

review 1: With this book, J. Michael Straczynski takes the interesting idea of bringing back twelve Golden Age characters from the past, and placing them in the "present" time. What we get is a combination of Avengers #4 (the Silver Age return of Captain America) and the Watchmen. Sadly, the first volume doesn't equal either of the aforementioned storylines. While the Watchmen-like similarities run rampant, the differences between the time periods are not as developed as I would have liked. I'm also a bit surprised that none of the contemporary characters have made an appearance. We'll have to see how volume 2 turns out...
review 2: Superheroes from the '40s waking up in the the current Marvel continuity. It's been done before with Captain America, except this time... more it's a lot more "real". From the eyes of the Phantom Reporter, we get to see what it might be like to wake up in a new world that nobody expected. The way JMS plays all the personalities off each other and the world are so nuanced and beautiful that this book really could become a modern graphic classic. less

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