Product Description

The Illuminati is a secret organization comprised of several of the world's most powerful heroes: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme; Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans, Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men and mutant-rights activist; Reed Richards, founding member of the Fantastic Four; Namor the Sub-Mariner, king of Atlantis; and Iron Man (Tony Stark), founding member of the Avengers. These six men have worked together to mold and shape the status of the superhuman world and the world around it. How and what they have done together has remained a mystery...until now! Writers Brian Michael Bendis (Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man) and Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel) have joined together with Jim Cheung (Young Avengers) to reveal this untold story of the Marvel Universe and how the Illuminati's actions affect today! Collects New Avengers: Illuminati #1-5.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #186691 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Great concept
This is a collection of short stories exploring the concept of earth's genuinely mightiest heroes.

The first story is one of the best I've ever read in the Marvel Universe and probably could have warranted a whole graphic novel on its own.

It goes down hill a little after this but then a back beat story starts to emerge across the various episodes and I guess there must be a volume 2 in the offing somewhere.

One other thing I would say is that the art work is exquisite and joy to behold even when a couple of the stories flag a little.