The Marvels Project

The Marvels Project
Cover to issue #1. Art by Steve Epting.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Publication date	October 2009 – May 2010
No. of issues	8
Main character(s)	Angel Human Torch The Sub-Mariner Captain America Nick Fury John Steele
Creative team
Written by	Ed Brubaker
Artist(s)	Steve Epting
Letterer(s)	Chris Eliopoulos
Colorist(s)	Dave Stewart
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort Joe Quesada Jeanine Schaefer

The Marvels Project is a 2009-2010 eight-issue comic book limited series written by Ed Brubaker with art by Steve Epting and published by Marvel Comics. It details the origins of Timely Comics-era superheroes in the Marvel Universe such as Captain America, Namor, the Human Torch and the Angel.

Plot

The Story: (hide) The centerpiece of Marvel's 70th Anniversary celebration! Who is the mysterious old man who lies on his deathbed in a hospital in 1939, and how does his passing mark the beginning of the first heroic age of the Marvel Universe—and signal the rise of the superhumans? Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting unveil the defining story of the origin of the Marvel Universe, revealing the hidden connections that unite the earliest costumed champions, and whose reverberations are felt dramatically into the present day! It’s a world on the brink of war, and the race is on to create the world's first super-soldier! Witness the first days of the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and many more—how they shaped the world to come, and how the future they would create in turn shaped them! The must-read event of the season for any Marvel fan from the Award-Winning creators who redefined Captain America for the modern audience! Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory .

As his status quo–obliterating run on Captain America continues to evidence, Brubaker has great interest in the star-spangled hero’s history, and in this collection of the eight-issue miniseries, he delves deeply into those roots. In 1939, doctor turned gun-toting vigilante the Angel precipitates an explosion of brightly dressed “marvels,” most significantly the android Human Torch, alienated by his inhuman construction, and the angry young Sub-Mariner, who’s got a big bone to pick with humanity. Before long Cap shows up, too, to take on some Nazis and cement the unification of the future Marvel Universe. Brubaker’s characteristically noirish writing remains sharp, and though he ends up with more of a straightforward adventure than the salient examination of heroism in a different era he might have had, the story requires no previous knowledge to enjoy. Epting’s brawny art helps things along with muscular action sequences and a gritty wartime atmosphere. For Marvel pros, this makes a fine extrapolation of Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross’s magnum opus, Marvels, whose tone and style it’s clearly meant to reflect. --Jesse Karp

Product Description

The centerpiece of Marvel's 70th Anniversary celebration! Who is the mysterious old man who lies on his deathbed in a hospital in 1939, and how does his passing mark the beginning of the first heroic age of the Marvel Universe - and signal the rise of the superhumans?The mysterious Angel must find out if the man,in the bed,claiming to be Western hero Two Gun Kid

The Marvels ProjectIn The Marvels Project, a 2009 eight-issue miniseries that explores events in the Marvel Universe leading up to the beginning of World War II and the dawn of superheroes, the Two-Gun Kid is seen as an elderly patient of Dr. Thomas Halloway. He captivates Halloway with stories of a coming "Age of Marvels," which detail the exploits of the Avengers and other modern-day Marvel heroes. Halloway believes Hawk/Liebowicz's stories are fantasies generated by his advanced age and senility. After Hawk passes away, Halloway learns Hawk bequeathed him his mask and guns, inspiring him to become the superhero the Angel.[4] In the epilogue to the final issue, Hawk - now referred to as Matt Hawkins - is seen in the present day as a young man,[clarification needed] accompanying Steve Rogers (Captain America) to the home of Halloway's grandson, Jason, to once again bequeath the mask and guns, as well as Halloway's journal, in the hopes that Jason will follow in his grandfather's footsteps

Captain America. Bucky Barnes. The Angel. Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Nick Fury. The Human Torch. Toro. The Phantom Bullet. Witness the birth of the Marvel Universe through the eyes of one of its own Golden Age heroes! As the dashing Angel fights crime in the streets of pre-wartime America of the 1930s and '40s, he witnesses the rise of an entire generation of titans - of fiery men, undersea kings and inspiring soldiers. Will these Marvels be enough to fight back the onslaught of World War II - including the Nazi's own super-soldier, the Red Skull? The beginning of the Marvel Age of Heroes is documented in this fast-moving and shocking tale

Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting unveil the defining story of the origin of the Marvel Universe, revealing the hidden connections that unite the earliest costumed champions and whose reverberations are felt dramatically into the present day! It's a world on the brink of war, and the race is on to create the world's first super-soldier! Witness the first days of the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and many more - how they shaped the world to come and how the future they would create in turn shaped them! The must-read event of the season for any Marvel fan from the award-winning creators who redefined Captain America for the modern audience! Collects The Marvels Project #1-8.

References

• The Marvels Project at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)