Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2555014 in Books
• Published on: 1990-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 80 pages

Customer Reviews

1982 - a vintage year
Although I have very little good to say about the eighties, the lack of morality, the 'fashion', terrible music, yuppies and the complete destruction of Dr Who, one phenominal thing happened in this sorry, failed decade.

Alan Moore.

This story started within the pages of Warrior, a professional fanzine, basically. Moore started his finest work within those pages, revitilising a British born superhero stolen from Superman. Marvelman as it was originally known had to change it's name to Miracleman after the Johnny-come-lately US comic publisher Marvel comics objected. As one who has never liked or really bothered with superheroes, I was astonished when I first read this. The grim reworking of this 1950's boys comic is powerful, dramatic and unique. There have been plenty of copies of Moore's style (i.e. Zenith in 2000AD) but no-one will ever recapture the first moment when the box was opened and we encountered the unthinkable. The art is exceptional, far better than when it was bought by American firm Eclipse with the resulting downturn in quality. Whilst not as good as Watchmen (what is?) this remains one of those unique stories that should never be made into a film.