The Official Marvel Graphic Novel Collection 1

by J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr ; Marvel Comics, Hachette

Tony Keen — 13-Jan-12

Any series that only covers the last thirty years can’t really claim to be ‘the best of Marvel’. But this isn’t a bad way to acquire handsomely-bound versions of these stories at reasonable prices.

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Tags: Hachette, J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr, Marvel, Official Marvel Graphic Novel Collection, Spider-Man

Avengers 7

by Brian Michael Bendis, John Romita Jr, Klaus Janson ; Marvel Comics

Martin Skidmore — 24-Nov-10

You can’t deny that at times Bendis is keen on LONG conversations with very little happening. He defines the tendency towards ‘decompression’ – which means telling stories that in years past would have taken one issue over six issues.

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Tags: Avengers, Brian Michael Bendis, John Romita Jr, Klaus Janson