History of the Marvel Universe
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It’s the greatest tale ever told — and you’ve never seen it like this！ Writer Mark Waid and artist Javier Rodríguez weave together a sprawling， interconnected web of stories into one seamless narrative that takes you from the dawn of the Marvel Universe all the way to its end！ Far more than a collection of moments you may already know， this is a new tale featuring previously unknown secrets and shocking revelations， connecting dozens of threads from Marvel’s past and present！ From the Big Bang to the twilight of existence， this sweeping saga covers every significant Marvel event， providing fresh looks at characters of all eras！
COLLECTING: History of the Marvel Universe （2019） 1-6
COLLECTING: History of the Marvel Universe （2019） 1-6
Reviews
Andrew
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Extremely sprawling and mildly cohesive history of the （Marvel） universe。Not having read Marvel comics consistently since the 80s， most of this was new to me; but the glimpses of stories， in some cases trying to distill a couple of years of comics into a compelling sentence， didn't inspire me to go see what the full story was。 And when they get to the modern era's multiple-title crossover events that last for a couple of years， which happen one after the other， it just gets repetitions。When DC d Extremely sprawling and mildly cohesive history of the （Marvel） universe。Not having read Marvel comics consistently since the 80s， most of this was new to me; but the glimpses of stories， in some cases trying to distill a couple of years of comics into a compelling sentence， didn't inspire me to go see what the full story was。 And when they get to the modern era's multiple-title crossover events that last for a couple of years， which happen one after the other， it just gets repetitions。When DC did this same thing back in the 80s， they kept the brush-strokes broad enough that it talked more about the eras and characters instead of individual storylines， which was more palatable IMO。Truthfully， I found the annotations in the back more interesting than the story （which is Galactus telling Franklin Richards of the history of the universe at the end of time before he passes on the mantle of Galactus。。？ I would think there could be a more compelling story hook。。。）， and potentially the reason I would want to keep this book。 。。。more
Olivia Rose
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the art is super cool but if i’m being real this is just a list
Dan
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https://youtu。be/l4jxvkfi2vY https://youtu。be/l4jxvkfi2vY 。。。more
Pete
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If you're a fan of Marvel comics this is an absolute must have。Huge props to Mark Waid for managing to take 80 years of comics and condense it into 6 issues and still make it so compelling！And each of Javier Rodriguez's pages is an absolute delight。I loved this。 If you're a fan of Marvel comics this is an absolute must have。Huge props to Mark Waid for managing to take 80 years of comics and condense it into 6 issues and still make it so compelling！And each of Javier Rodriguez's pages is an absolute delight。I loved this。 。。。more
Fresno Bob
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kind of a mess， but so is the Marvel Universe/Multiverse
gabyspages
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This was so great！ As a Marvel fan， who hasn't read many comics， this was the perfect way to get all the background on all the characters and all the history！ I can now become that annoying Marvel fan that says ''actually in the comics。。。'' This was so great！ As a Marvel fan， who hasn't read many comics， this was the perfect way to get all the background on all the characters and all the history！ I can now become that annoying Marvel fan that says ''actually in the comics。。。'' 。。。more
Colin Oaten
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Excellent series from Waid exploring the entire history of the Universe in great detail ，told as a conversation at the end of time between Galactus and Franklin Richards。 Especially impressive is the annotations section at the back of the volume， fleshing out even more detail。
Clint
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This is immensely successful at what it sets out to be: a spectacularly illustrated， exhaustively comprehensive organization of decades of Marvel comics into a timeline summary。 I’m impressed more than moved by what is essentially a very pretty long-form wiki entry， but it’s still very pretty and very impressively collected in one place。 The summaries of decades of comics I’ve mostly heard of but rarely read had some interesting context and neat reveals I’d otherwise never know。 Like， Spider-Man This is immensely successful at what it sets out to be: a spectacularly illustrated， exhaustively comprehensive organization of decades of Marvel comics into a timeline summary。 I’m impressed more than moved by what is essentially a very pretty long-form wiki entry， but it’s still very pretty and very impressively collected in one place。 The summaries of decades of comics I’ve mostly heard of but rarely read had some interesting context and neat reveals I’d otherwise never know。 Like， Spider-Man’s birth parents were CIA agents killed in a plane crash orchestrated by Red Skull when he realized they were working undercover against him？ Ok！ The last 2-3 issues covered more modern comics I’d actually caught up with in recent years; it was neat to see how each of those were covered in a page or two and I got a nostalgic thrill from all the subtle visual references scattered around but not explicitly called out。 I imagine that’s how every page feels for readers who’ve read way more Marvel comics than I have。 I also appreciated the extra 10-15 pages at the end of every issue devoted to copious notes showing the original published comic source for each page， usually with a panel from the original comic for good measure。 。。。more
Alfit0
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Una enciclopedia dibujada que es mitad comic， mitas referencias。Todo comienza con galactus en el fin de los tiempos contando la historia del universo marvel， al principio fluye de buena manera， pero a medida que se adentra en los tiempos más actuales， solo es un listado de los eventos de Marvel， funciona para ponerse al día con lo que ha pasado， pero más allá de eso no hay mucho que rescatar。Si no fuera por el dibujo de Rodriguez， mi valoración sería más baja。
Di Toledo
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É maravilhoso ver como esse quadrinho é uma estrutura linear e organizada de tudo que acontece no Universo 616 da Marvel。 Obviamente， por ser muita informação， acaba por não dar mais detalhes e tudo passa muito rápido， rápido demais。 É um excelente manual para saber onde sua história favorita se encaixa ou onde você vai encontrar （seja na linha temporal， seja nas anotações do final） aquilo que procura do Universo。Vale também como marcador histórico e dá aquele gostinho de quero mais para conhece É maravilhoso ver como esse quadrinho é uma estrutura linear e organizada de tudo que acontece no Universo 616 da Marvel。 Obviamente， por ser muita informação， acaba por não dar mais detalhes e tudo passa muito rápido， rápido demais。 É um excelente manual para saber onde sua história favorita se encaixa ou onde você vai encontrar （seja na linha temporal， seja nas anotações do final） aquilo que procura do Universo。Vale também como marcador histórico e dá aquele gostinho de quero mais para conhecer os detalhes das múltiplas histórias。 。。。more
Sevia
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Mám pocit， že se mi v hlavě pospojovala spousta náhodných faktů do ucelenějšího příběhu a ještě jsem se přitom dobře bavila。 Všichni， kdo na tomhle pracovali mají můj upřímný obdiv。 Vřele doporučuju。
ik。ben。henri
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Nice comic to get up to speed with the marvel history， but a little bit boring。But to be honest， it's just panels of action with a narrator saying: "then this happened"， "then hero x was born"， "then this celestial came to earth"， etc etc。。。Only for the Marvel fans who don't want to read a Wikipedia page。 Nice comic to get up to speed with the marvel history， but a little bit boring。But to be honest， it's just panels of action with a narrator saying: "then this happened"， "then hero x was born"， "then this celestial came to earth"， etc etc。。。Only for the Marvel fans who don't want to read a Wikipedia page。 。。。more
Graham
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Very Good and very info heavy， I especially enjoyed the loose narrative in which the history was delivered to the reader。 The art is great and the writing incredibly informative， great for figuring out which parts of the Marvel universe you want to read。
César Rodríguez Cuenda
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Pues muchísimo texto。 Es increíblemente vago lo que han hecho， literalmente son cajas de texto sobre dibujos de lo que ha ido pasando， que entiendo que es más entretenido que un libro de texto sobre historia， pero pa hacerme algo sin alma me veo un vídeo de Youtube explicándome lo mismo。 Se salva de tener una sola estrella porque el dibujo me ha gustado。 Medio libro es la historia y otro medio son datos curiosos y cosas más específicas， me los iré leyendo pa convertirme en el friki máximo。
Fizzgig76
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Reprints History of the Marvel Universe #1-6 （September 2019-February 2020）。 The universe is ending and only Franklin Richards and Galactus remain。 In a desperate attempt to recall the world he came from， Franklin asks Galactus to relay the history of the universe he has lived to see the birth and death of。 Galactus tells of the Big Bang， the rise of heroes， and the galactic challenges that faced the Earth， the universe， and its protectors。 Time is running out， and the history of the world is lo Reprints History of the Marvel Universe #1-6 （September 2019-February 2020）。 The universe is ending and only Franklin Richards and Galactus remain。 In a desperate attempt to recall the world he came from， Franklin asks Galactus to relay the history of the universe he has lived to see the birth and death of。 Galactus tells of the Big Bang， the rise of heroes， and the galactic challenges that faced the Earth， the universe， and its protectors。 Time is running out， and the history of the world is long…Written by Mark Waid， History of the Marvel Universe is a Marvel Comics limited series。 The series features art by Javier Rodriguez and was released in a treasury edition。Comic book “worlds” are really tricky。 Like a soap opera， time sometimes stands still and sometimes time passes in a flash。 Alternate worlds form and cataclysmic events are erased a couple years after they occur。 Trying to get a handle on events like this and streamline them is impossible…but Waid attempts it to moderate success。Marvel has done similar “events” in the past but generally they aren’t done in story form。 Comics like Marvel Saga and smaller takes like Wolverine Saga tries to chronicle events and put them in order。 Here， Waid is trying to do it while telling a story of the end of the universe…but there is so much to cover。 Events that were massive get half a page or are skimmed over entirely。 Characters that aren’t as significant receive more time than more significant characters。 It also seems a little back-heavy since a lot of the early stuff was already streamlined with more emphasis on continuity between series…it is by no means perfect， but it is also an impossible task （do like how they skirt the issue of what happened in the present day to the future）。What is great is Javier Rodriguez’s art。 Like other artists who almost simplify the characters， it adds a wholesome nature to the comics…something that History of Marvel Universe is kind of expounding upon。 Comic books started out as a kids’ medium and as they got darker and darker， there were less young readers。 Rodriguez’s art levels the playing field by creating a unified vision of the Marvel Universe that even the “kid” issues match the more modern issues。History of the Marvel Universe is one of those is-what-it-is comics。 Though it is loosely wrapped in a story， it largely feels like a listing of even with good art as part of the telling。 It would have been impossible to do it in another means， but it doesn’t always make for great reading （especially if you’ve heard some of the stories told time and time again）。 I actually kind of liked the last few issues of History of the Marvel Universe because I was more unfamiliar with it due to the ever expanding and contracting number of comics put out today。 In general， it is a decent primer for readers who might not have a handle on all-things-Marvel beyond the movies （and helpful appendixes help track down some of the storylines）。 Now DC needs to do a modern take…Make Mine Marvel！ 。。。more
Trike
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Basically the Marvel Handbook in story form， and it’s amazingly cohesive for such a sprawling， messy， often contradictory universe created by dozens of people over almost 75 years。 It’s a nearly impossible task， but Waid mostly pulls it off。 I say “mostly” only because he had to leave several things out， but they’re all included in the extensive appendix that’s nearly as long as the main story。
Mr。 Wright
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If you need a book to catch you up on the Marvel Universe， this is it。If you like the MCU or any of the superhero movies， but you don't know where to begin， you should read this。The basic gist of the story is the universe is ending and the person overseeing it "remembers" the history of it。It takes you all the way up to present day。 If you need a book to catch you up on the Marvel Universe， this is it。If you like the MCU or any of the superhero movies， but you don't know where to begin， you should read this。The basic gist of the story is the universe is ending and the person overseeing it "remembers" the history of it。It takes you all the way up to present day。 。。。more
Raj Bowers-Racine
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I truly impressive achievement。 Boiling 80 years of published storied and several eons of in-universe （multiverse？） continuity into one treasury edition。 The framing narrative is sweet and the readability is far FAR better than I had any reason to expect。 As intended， this is great way for Marvel newbies to catch up on approximately 200，000 pages of comics without actually slogging through。 It also serves as nice way for old heads to reminisce and/or straighten out all the beloved stories that w I truly impressive achievement。 Boiling 80 years of published storied and several eons of in-universe （multiverse？） continuity into one treasury edition。 The framing narrative is sweet and the readability is far FAR better than I had any reason to expect。 As intended， this is great way for Marvel newbies to catch up on approximately 200，000 pages of comics without actually slogging through。 It also serves as nice way for old heads to reminisce and/or straighten out all the beloved stories that we half-remember reading。 。。。more
Christopher Tosh
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Great summary。The Marvel Universe/multiverse up to now。 Great read， also some nice previews of things to come。 Always love Galactus too。
Jason
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This is a comprehensive history of the Marvel Universe， told by Galactus to his herald Franklin Richards， during the final moments of the universe eons into the future （conveniently， our narrator is slowly fading away as he recounts this history， and happens to disintegrate just as he gets up to our current modern era of tales）。 This was much more entertaining than reading an encyclopedia format， and the artwork by Javier Rodríguez is phenomenal。 He expertly captures the likeness of so many stra This is a comprehensive history of the Marvel Universe， told by Galactus to his herald Franklin Richards， during the final moments of the universe eons into the future （conveniently， our narrator is slowly fading away as he recounts this history， and happens to disintegrate just as he gets up to our current modern era of tales）。 This was much more entertaining than reading an encyclopedia format， and the artwork by Javier Rodríguez is phenomenal。 He expertly captures the likeness of so many strange and unique characters throughout all of Marvel's history。 Though this was a truly enjoyable read and a must-have for any fan of the Marvel Universe who wants to have a solid understanding of its history but might not have the time， universal interest， or money to have explored all of the events via the original stories in which they appeared， there are a couple of minor strikes against it。 The first issue mostly sets up the overall Marvel cosmology， and those abstract "characters" such as Eternity， Infinity， the Living Tribunal， and so forth don't interest me much， and have always struck me as entirely too cheesy。 As such， the first issue is significantly less enjoyable than those that follow。 And secondly， the book gives far too much weight to the last five years worth of stories。 Given that the Marvel Universe spans 80 years worth of stories， perhaps they should have extended this to 8 issues （or 9， with the cosmic setup taking the first one）， spending a full issue on each decade。 Instead， they gloss over entire decades in half an issue， while the last issue （of 6） is solely devoted to the last five years。 This gives the whole book an unbalanced feeling， and I'd have preferred they spent more time on some of the classic stories that the modern reader may be less familiar with。 Any large volume like this is going to leave things out （for example， I don't believe the Punisher is ever mentioned， and the murder of his family is a pretty important Marvel event）， but overall writer Mark Waid did a good job of including most of the seminal events that continue to affect the stories of today。 Despite its minor shortcomings， this is a fantastic experience and one I'd highly recommend， particularly to someone who's only experienced Marvel from the MCU films and wants to learn more about the comics but doesn't know where to start。 Each event mentioned has detailed annotations in the back that provide more detail and lay out exactly what issues they're contained in， so if something in particular sparks your interest it's very easy to know exactly where to go to find the original stories。 4。 5 STARS 。。。more
Matt
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COLLECTS HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE ISSUES #1-6I love this miniseries which chronicled the complete history of the Marvel comic book Universe。The first issue in this collection gives readers a telling of the early history of the Marvel universe in the typical comic book style。 It is the mythology that has been built over the years。 After that， the book gives readers a telling of the early history of the Marvel universe （pre-Fantastic Four）。 From there it moves to the birth of the Fantastic F COLLECTS HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE ISSUES #1-6I love this miniseries which chronicled the complete history of the Marvel comic book Universe。The first issue in this collection gives readers a telling of the early history of the Marvel universe in the typical comic book style。 It is the mythology that has been built over the years。 After that， the book gives readers a telling of the early history of the Marvel universe （pre-Fantastic Four）。 From there it moves to the birth of the Fantastic Four， and the modern era of Marvel Comics。I'm impressed with the way that Mark Waid wrote this history book so that we see events that were published 50 years ago， but if subsequent issues retconned anything from those early issues， he takes those retcons under advisement， and puts everything together in a way that makes sense。 Also， let's say， for example， that a comic book that was just published in the last few years had told a story that happened a long time ago， maybe pre-Fantastic Four。 If the story is significant enough， Waid included this very new update to Marvel history in its correct spot chronologically。 With all of that in mind， I can see how this was a huge undertaking。I read every word of the early issues， but when it got to the material I was familiar， I felt the urge to skim certain sections because I knew some stories so well。This collection also contains a reference guide， retelling the same history previously outlined in graphic form， but now with the comic book series and issue numbers that the information was gathered from。 Along the way， there are panels from those original comics in the back section。 SPOILERS:Waid created a framing device for telling this history in which the end of the universe is fast approaching， and only Franklin Richards and Galactus are left。 In this future， they are established as opposites that need each other， and exist because of each other。 Galactus is a world destroyer， and Franklin is a world creator。 And yet， they have a sort of friendship because their nature is out of their control。 Galactus didn't choose to be a destroyer anymore than Franklin chose to be a creator。 。。。more
Ryan Can't Read
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An awesome comprehension of Marvel comics。 Every major and note worthy event is summarizes and recreated in amazing art。 A super fun read if you're familiar with comics。 An awesome comprehension of Marvel comics。 Every major and note worthy event is summarizes and recreated in amazing art。 A super fun read if you're familiar with comics。 。。。more
B
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It's clear a lot of work went into this and Waid is one of the masters。 I see a lot of the other reviews here compared this to the Grand Design books。 But it doesn't work in any real sense as a story。 It feels like an echo of Marvel Comics #1000 where it's one darned thing after another。 In Marvel Comics #1000， Ewing forced it into a story by adding his own story of a Captain-Universe-type mask。 Here， the framing device is one I feel was not too surprising。 One of the more notable things here is It's clear a lot of work went into this and Waid is one of the masters。 I see a lot of the other reviews here compared this to the Grand Design books。 But it doesn't work in any real sense as a story。 It feels like an echo of Marvel Comics #1000 where it's one darned thing after another。 In Marvel Comics #1000， Ewing forced it into a story by adding his own story of a Captain-Universe-type mask。 Here， the framing device is one I feel was not too surprising。 One of the more notable things here is how the book really slows down at the end beginning roughly with Bendis's big events。 I wonder if Waid likes those or merely thought they were all necesary。 。。。more
Julio RGuez
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Pues es un repaso a la historia del universo Marvel， quién se lo podría imaginar？En una conversación en el fin del universo， una conversación entre Franklin Richards y Galactus repasa el universo Marvel desde el Big Ban hasta la actualidad y con un breve vistazo a lo que vendrá y a historias futuras ya contadas en el pasado。He de reconocer que hay un momento en que se hace pesado la lectura del cómic。 Digo el cómic porque esto tiene una parte de cómic que son seis capítulos y luego todo un glosa Pues es un repaso a la historia del universo Marvel， quién se lo podría imaginar？En una conversación en el fin del universo， una conversación entre Franklin Richards y Galactus repasa el universo Marvel desde el Big Ban hasta la actualidad y con un breve vistazo a lo que vendrá y a historias futuras ya contadas en el pasado。He de reconocer que hay un momento en que se hace pesado la lectura del cómic。 Digo el cómic porque esto tiene una parte de cómic que son seis capítulos y luego todo un glosario enciclopédico de personajes y eventos que han ido ocurriendo。 Esta parte no la he leído con todo el detenimiento del mundo， pero ahí está para consultar cuando haga falta。 。。。more
Adan
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This was a pretty good recounting of Universe-616 history （with a few other realities thrown in for good measure） that incorporated a lot of the various retcons that have popped over the decades。 I do wish it had more of a cohesive narrative to it as opposed to simply rattling off various seemingly unconnected events in mostly chronological order。 Still， I learned a great deal I didn’t know before， and was reminded of even more I had forgotten before。Also， Javier Rodríguez and Álvaro López’s art This was a pretty good recounting of Universe-616 history （with a few other realities thrown in for good measure） that incorporated a lot of the various retcons that have popped over the decades。 I do wish it had more of a cohesive narrative to it as opposed to simply rattling off various seemingly unconnected events in mostly chronological order。 Still， I learned a great deal I didn’t know before， and was reminded of even more I had forgotten before。Also， Javier Rodríguez and Álvaro López’s art is fantastic all the way through！ Keep an eye on the backgrounds for various Easter eggs！ 。。。more
Rory Toohey
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It's impressive art， and an impressive endeavor to try to make sense of 80 years of random publishing， and I do hope in the future some civilization finds a copy of this and builds a religion based on it。 But comic books about comic books aren't really my jam。 Also， it didn't provide a definitive answer whether Lockjaw is a dog， or an Inhuman mutated into a dog。 It's impressive art， and an impressive endeavor to try to make sense of 80 years of random publishing， and I do hope in the future some civilization finds a copy of this and builds a religion based on it。 But comic books about comic books aren't really my jam。 Also， it didn't provide a definitive answer whether Lockjaw is a dog， or an Inhuman mutated into a dog。 。。。more
Phylicia
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This information is different than the info on the movies。Weird。
Michael
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Fun stuff。 The overarching narrative is that， at the heat death of the universe， Galactus is telling the story of all that he had seen and experienced since the beginning of it all。 I enjoyed this。
T-cup
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A SYNOPSIS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE WITHOUT HAVING TO SUFFER READING THROUGH THE EVENTS THAT SUCKED！！！How does one sum up 60 years of Marvel's spandex soap opera？ With six issues of large， sprawling， sometimes overlapping scenes that couldn't possibly fit on one page， bound in one book that's too big to fit on the shelf with everything else。 Who the hell uses legal-sized paper anyway？This was done as a personal dialogue between Galactus and Franklin Richards as they witness the destruction of the A SYNOPSIS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE WITHOUT HAVING TO SUFFER READING THROUGH THE EVENTS THAT SUCKED！！！How does one sum up 60 years of Marvel's spandex soap opera？ With six issues of large， sprawling， sometimes overlapping scenes that couldn't possibly fit on one page， bound in one book that's too big to fit on the shelf with everything else。 Who the hell uses legal-sized paper anyway？This was done as a personal dialogue between Galactus and Franklin Richards as they witness the destruction of the universe at the end of time。 There are even hints to some future events （some of which have since come to pass）。 The annotations section in the back has mostly text about each event covered in the comic pages with references to individual issues。 VERY USEFUL。 。。。more
Armando Wyoming
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