About this title: Ripped from the pages of "New Avengers", the Eisner Award-winning team of Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev present an explosive hidden story of Marvel's secret past, the secret history of Marvel's most secret team - how they came together and how they are ripped apart. Plus: Spidey's got a new lease on life, new powers and a new costume, courtesy of ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785119746ISBN:0785119744
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
Date Published: 2007-02-21
ISBN-13:9780785119746ISBN:0785119744
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785119746ISBN:0785119744
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 160 pages. (160 pages) offers a collection of volumes of "new avengers: illuminati"; "amazing spider-man" (529-531); and "fantastic four" (536 and 537). chiefly col. illustrations (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS GROUP
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785119746ISBN:0785119744
Description: Ripped from the pages of New Avengers, the Eisner Award-winning team of Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev present an explosive hidden story of Marvel's secret past, the secret history of Marvel's most secret team-how they came together and how they are... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785119746ISBN:0785119744
Description: Offers a collection of volumes of "New Avengers: Illuminati"; "Amazing Spider-Man" (529-531); and "Fantastic Four" (536 and 537). read more
"This collection illustrates why you don't see Superheroes lobbying Congress, answering telephones, sending faxes, etc. It's a little dry and boring. An okay collection, though you can skip straight ahead to Civil War without missing anything."
"It's been a long time since I've read anything within the Marvel world, so all of the changes that the line has undergone in the past few years passed unnoticed by me. This 12 issue run-up to the full Civil War series provided a good primer for what's been going on in Marvel land of late and the justifications leading up to the passage of the Superhero Registration Act. Still, nothing really spectacular or gripping except for the two-issue Black Panther arc which features Black Panther on his honeymoon with Storm of the X-Men."
The Illuminati one-shot is worth the price of admission alone, but the Spider-Man comics are icing as well. I'm not sure why the FF issues are included, however.
And but so anyway, the review. In my review of the Civil War miniseries I said that Millar did not adequately explore the idea of what costumed metahumans, acting as self-proclaimed vigilantes, would mean in even a semi-realistic world. Ostensibly the driving idea of the story, it was instead relegated to the backburner for Iron Man vs. Captain America.
Bendis gets it right, just in one comic. (And what's more, that one comic sets up a larger idea (the Illuminati itself) that sets up a real change to the Marvel-verse.)
In just a few scenes scattered throughout the Marvel history from the Kree/Skrull war on, Bendis raises questions about if superheroes are a threat to regular humans, if they will always have the support and consent of the government, and to what extent they are responsible for ensuring public safety.
I honestly think that the one speech by Iron Man towards the end of Illuminati is pitch perfect, one of the best comments on the relationship of heroes and the world they inhabit I have ever seen. Likewise, the first gathering and Iron Man's insistence that the various teams and individuals consolidate their resources is an interesting take that goes beyond the usual team-ups and crossovers that we see in comics all the time.
The rest of the one-shot, the history of the Illuminati, is pretty interesting, but it's more the idea of the secret organization that makes this a good read.
Likewise, the Spider-Man arc also takes a good, solid look at the meta/civilian relationship. Iron Man again is the one at the front of the debate, arguing against the idea of registration (though he knows which way the wind is blowing). Not as heavy as Illuminati, but a good read never the less."
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