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Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar

Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar

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  • Author：Kieron Gillen
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The saga of WARHAMMER 40，000 comes to Marvel Comics！ In the grim darkness of the far future， there is only war。 Marneus Calgar， the legendary Chapter Master of the Ultramarines， leads his elite Space Marines against humanity's greatest threats in a galaxy engulfed in endless war。 Writer Kieron Gillen （UNCANNY X-MEN， JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY， The Wicked + The Divine） spearheads a new publishing initiative with Marneus Calgar's never-before-told origin story - from his beginnings on Nova Thulium and his campaigns in the Black Crusades， to the unfolding mystery of the Black Altar， as a deadly threat from Calgar's past reemerges to threaten the present of the Ultramar system！ It's essential reading for 40K aficionados - and the perfect primer for those new to the universe of WARHAMMER 40，000！ Be prepared！

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Richard ，

I read this as individual issues prior to it being collected。 The art nails the setting's aesthetic and there are plenty of cool Space Marine moments。 This collection is also supposed to be a sort of primer to the 40K universe （though almost exclusively from the perspective of the Space Marines/Ultramarines and the forces of Chaos） and it serves well enough for that tiny corner of the universe。There are some fun one liners and dialog， particularly between Marneus and his Mechanicus pal， but the I read this as individual issues prior to it being collected。 The art nails the setting's aesthetic and there are plenty of cool Space Marine moments。 This collection is also supposed to be a sort of primer to the 40K universe （though almost exclusively from the perspective of the Space Marines/Ultramarines and the forces of Chaos） and it serves well enough for that tiny corner of the universe。There are some fun one liners and dialog， particularly between Marneus and his Mechanicus pal， but the story itself isn't terribly stand out。 That said， it's also a very typically 40K story， so it does what it set out to do！ This is a fine start and I'm hopeful Marvel does some interesting stuff with the license as time goes on。 。。。more

Sam Quixote ，

Marvel acquires yet another licence: Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40，000， and I HAD to check this one out because it was pushing my nostalgia buttons hard - I was a huge fan of all things GW when I was a teen。 I spent wayyyy too much money on the severely overpriced tiny models and spent hours， sometimes entire weekends， painting them and even playing the actual games with them on occasion。 Also Kieron Gillen sometimes writes a good comic and Jacen Burrows’ art is always good。 So was Marneus Calga Marvel acquires yet another licence: Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40，000， and I HAD to check this one out because it was pushing my nostalgia buttons hard - I was a huge fan of all things GW when I was a teen。 I spent wayyyy too much money on the severely overpriced tiny models and spent hours， sometimes entire weekends， painting them and even playing the actual games with them on occasion。 Also Kieron Gillen sometimes writes a good comic and Jacen Burrows’ art is always good。 So was Marneus Calgar good？ Unfortunately not。 To be fair to Gillen， Warhammer 40k （and every GW franchise） is a board game about war: two or more armies battle and that’s it。 Fight fight fight - it’s like the Itchy & Scratchy Show！ Whenever anyone tries to adapt a game into a proper story， the results are always bad: from board games like Battleship or Clue， to video games like Plants vs Zombies， Tomb Raider， and so on - mostly because you don’t need a story to play them as the appeal lies elsewhere。 “In this grim darkness of the far future， there is only war” reads the tagline - too right！ In the present， Marneus， head of the Ultramarines， fights heretics; in the past （because b-story）， kid Marneus fights heretics。 Hmm。 Quite limited， isn’t it？ And he’s unstoppable too - ol’ Marneus is a killing machine， literally！ Where’s the excitement supposed to come from when he effortlessly mows down everything in his way？ I would’ve liked to have seen more of the other types of armies that make up the Warhammer 40k universe: the Tyranids， the Eldar， the Orcs， even some of the different marine factions （I always thought the Ultramarines were a bland bunch - go Dark Angels！）。 Some Chaos Marines show up but it was still a poor showing for what could’ve been。 Gillen’s story is just plain boring。 The training that goes into becoming an Ultramarine was uninteresting and the characters were so unimpressive that when a bad guy shows up at the end， I wasn’t sure if he was significant to Marneus’ past or not。 It’s unengaging， one-note， dreary sci-fi from start to finish。 Still， Jacen Burrows’ art is fantabulous。 Calgar and the Ultramarines look damn cool， and the action is beautifully detailed and coloured so well。 It was nice to see so much familiar stuff from my yoof （chainswords！） and the James Stokoe covers were a welcome surprise too。 An inauspicious start to Marvel’s Warhammer line then， unfortunately。 Next is something called The Black Altar that I can only hope isn’t also being written by Gillen and features a wider selection of characters from the 40k universe， but we’ll see。 It’s a feast for the eyes but don’t expect to be gripped reading the snore-y of Warhammer 40，000: Marneus Calgar。 。。。more

Tiag⊗ ，

This was my introduction to the world of Warhammer 40，000 and I really liked it， I always loved the militaristic aesthetics of the franchise， but I was never much of a fan of miniature games， so I'm very glad Marvel decided to publish this， hopefully this will be the first book of many。 Jacen Burrows is a famous name， so you probably already know what to expect from his art， it looks awesome， and Kieron Gillen's writing was really good too， this is the origin story of Marneus Calgar， with plenty This was my introduction to the world of Warhammer 40，000 and I really liked it， I always loved the militaristic aesthetics of the franchise， but I was never much of a fan of miniature games， so I'm very glad Marvel decided to publish this， hopefully this will be the first book of many。 Jacen Burrows is a famous name， so you probably already know what to expect from his art， it looks awesome， and Kieron Gillen's writing was really good too， this is the origin story of Marneus Calgar， with plenty of flashbacks and world building that will help new readers like myself get right into the world of 40K， bare in mind though， this is not for the faint of heart， it is gruesome， violent， and has plenty of pre-teen boys engaging in battle， to put it mildly。 Rated M for mature and totally recommended。 。。。more

Alex Sarll ，

Yes， he's got the mostly brilliant creator-owned stuff， and he's already written everyone from the X-Men to Darth Vader and James Bond， but I suspect this is the gig which would most impress Kieron Gillen's younger self – not just the first Warhammer 40K comic from Marvel*， but one given enough leeway to make significant decisions about a major character's backstory。 Which， if you look closely， do feel a little like the twist from another Marvel exploration of a different hero's long-hidden back Yes， he's got the mostly brilliant creator-owned stuff， and he's already written everyone from the X-Men to Darth Vader and James Bond， but I suspect this is the gig which would most impress Kieron Gillen's younger self – not just the first Warhammer 40K comic from Marvel*， but one given enough leeway to make significant decisions about a major character's backstory。 Which， if you look closely， do feel a little like the twist from another Marvel exploration of a different hero's long-hidden backstory， but never mind， because it reads a lot better here。 The choice of starting point is in some ways obvious， because the Ultramarines are both the default 40K faction， and the closest thing the setting has to good guys: their home system， as a data page reminds/informs us， "is one of the relative bastions of stability in a universe of horror。 Until the recent disasters， the average human life expectancy even managed to reach the mid-thirties。" We follow Calgar， ruler of this idyll， on a visit to his ancestral estates， accompanied by a not-quite-biographer – which provides the perfect excuse for a parallel strand flashing back to the Chapter Master's youth， his training and initiation into the Space Marines， and the hideous remaking that entails。 It's hardly a spoiler to say that the two will ultimately dovetail。 Throughout， there are lovely little ideas， like the boy's tutor， a double-hard bastard who was nonetheless rejected as unworthy of recruitment – which is a great way to establish just how impressive the Marines proper must be。 Woven around these is a love of the game's lore， tech and toys – when the classic bastion makes an appearance， I got the exact same buzz as I did when The Mandalorian gave us the old transporter toy on screen。 And that's probably a pretty good reference point here， as another SF series designed to work as an introduction， while also using familiar elements to tickle the hindbrain of those already familiar with the setting。 I'd been sceptical of Burrows as the artist， thinking the look of his stuff a little clean for the baroque gloom of the 40K world， but as applied specifically to the almost-heroic Ultramarines， he does work – though I still want to see cover artist James Stokoe on interiors for a subsequent Orks or Tyranids project。 But fuck it， there's a scene here in which the protagonist punches right through an opponent， complete with a cool sound effect， and while the snobs and dullards witter about Chris Ware， any real comics fan knows that this represents the true pinnacle of the form。 And as well as being good comics， it's good 40K; unlike another recent outreach project， the misbegotten children's books， it has more sense than to fuck around much with one of the best introductory rubrics for any setting ever - "In the grim darkness of the far future， there is only war" - but set against that， it's also shot through with the vein of gallows humour which the game itself has sometimes seemed to lose in recent years。*The fruits of a licensing deal with Games Workshop， rather than a full buy-out， but as far as I'm concerned， that's still enough to qualify Lelith Hesperax as a Disney princess。 。。。more

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