30 days of Scans Day 11: Favourite Elseworld/Alternate Universe

[uadlika]

Marvel: 1602 is one of the few comics that I found not through S_D, but through an internet search on the lost colony of Roanoke. Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World is a major character in this 8-part series, with the ability to shift into animals (based on this legend). The history nerd in me absolutely adores this. Another semi-historical tale, Superman: Red Son, is perhaps my second favorite Elseworld.

The premise of Marvel:1602 is that the heroes from the regular Marvel Universe are transplanted into the year 1602, just as Queen Elizabeth I lay dying and King James of Scotland set to take the throne. We meet familiar-yet-not characters such as Sir Nicholas Fury, the Queen's spymaster, Doctor Stephen Strange, the Queen's physician, Peter Parquagh, Carlos Javier and his school for sons of gentlefolk, the Four from the Fantastick, David Banner, Grand Inquisitor Enrique, aided by Sister Wanda and Petros, and Otto von Doom.

Here is a teaser showing us these characters from the first issue (4 pages):







Also there are dinosaurs.

Comments

[proteus_lives]

Native-Cap!

[bradhanon]

The reveal about Native-Cap was one of the most perfect revelations I've seen in comics, honestly. A shift in body language and one spoken line tells you everything, but at the same time opens up a whole new section of questions. Best of all, when you look back over it, the revelation is totally fair and even set up. It's not so much the clues Gaiman gave us as the ones he DIDN'T give us, but I was kicking myself for not seeing it coming. It was beautifully played.

[arilou_skiff]

That's the best kind of twist. It's like the one (major) one in RahXephon: You'd NEVER see it coming, but when it come you'll kick yourself for no doing so.