Here's a comic that didn't receive a lot of promotion, one I didn't hear many people talking about, and when I tried to convince my buddies to buy it their disillusion with current Marvel comics kept them from committing. Nevertheless it turned out to be one of the most enjoyable reads I've had this year.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR focuses on the Marvel heroes from the United Kingdom. A little background before we continue- During the early 1990's Marvel Comics had a line of books from creators overseas. These books were all originals created by the men and women working at Marvel UK. Among the books were Death's Head II, Hell's Angel/Dark Angel, Motormouth, Warheads, and others. The books received A-list writers and some of the best artwork in the industry. Many of the books tied together plot-wise culminating in an epic showdown between the heroes and the villainous organization known as Mys-Tech.
Like many of the books during the 1990's, when the market fell, most were cancelled before their stories could be finished. 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the demise of the Marvel UK line of books.
Rev-War (as me and my buddy Clint call it) is a story that picks up where the others left off. We meet the Marvel UK heroes as they are now years later. We learn what happened to them and why they haven't been active since. Now the evil Mys-Tech organization has resurfaced. SHIELD begins tracking down all the heroes who last took down Mys-Tech- enter the UK heroes! The story takes place over 8 chapters and spins into an epic climax involving all of Marvel's heroes.
Lately it seems many publishers such as Marvel are afraid of giving their readers homework. Nowadays it seems to be the way to go to remake everything when the back issues become too extensive. Continuity and expecting something out of readers seems to be a bad thing. I couldn't disagree more. One of the strengths of this story is that it acknowledges what came before. These kinds of stories I prefer and wish Marvel would respect the history they themselves had created. Readers can get easily caught up on Wikipedia.
Writer Andy Lanning contributes a massive portion of this story and his chapters are definitely the best. He and fellow writer Dan Abnett were the men primarily responsible for the popularity of the 1990's Marvel UK. Anything these guys write is guaranteed to be awesome! They're the ones responsible Marvel making a Guardians of the Galaxy movie!
Read it, even if you don't know the heroes therein, you'll love them afterwards.
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