A Reader's Guide to Books and Reviews

Title: History Of The Marvel Universe (2019-) #3 (of 6)
Author: Mark Waid, Steve McNiven (Cover Art), Javier Rodriguez (Artist)
Format: Epub
Rating: 4.75/5
Status: Finished
Reading Date: September 23,2019
Book Summary: From the Fantastic Four to the Death of Phoenix, witness the awe and majesty of the beginnings of the Modern Marvel Universe!
Book Review: Once more into the realm of the history of the Marvel Universe. This time it is the Silver Age of the Marvel universe. Here we get into the storylines that continue to have an impact on the Marvel world especially those storylines that changed a character completely or caused a character to die. These storylines have helped build the Marvel universe and its characters into franchise winners.

Galactus is still our narrator, telling Franklin a bedtime story of the Marvel Universe. Okay, Franklin isn't a child in this but this could, in a way, be a bedtime story. After all, the Marvel Universe has perhaps ceased to exist and thus Galactus believes that Franklin may be the key to returning things? But first he will need Franklin to know the complex history of the characters in this universe, their stories, their heartbreaks, and their triumphs against the evils of the world.

The only grip I have is the story of the Phoenix Saga. There is so much behind the Phoenix story that is quite shortened at the end. Simply she rose from the ashes to only die to save the universe. I can only surmise the shortened version because of the extensive history already placed in X-Men Grand Design about the Phoenix history within the Marvel Universe but what if the readers whom are just coming to start looking into these worlds but haven't quite picked up the Grand Design series.

Still this is a must-have series for those whom are just starting to look into the Marvel universe. It well worth the chance to collect.

Title: History of the Marvel Universe (2019) #1
Author: Mark Waid, Javier Rodriguez (Artist), Steve McNiven (Cover Art)
Format: Epub
Rating: 4/5
Status: Finished
Reading Date: September 4, 2019
Book Summary: ALL-NEW STORY BY LEGENDARY CREATOR MARK WAID! Everything you ever wanted to know about the Marvel Universe — in one lavishly illustrated series! From the Big Bang to the twilight of existence, HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE chronicles completely, for the first time, everything that was, is or will be! Lushly illustrated text tells the complete story of the Marvel Universe, revealing previously unknown secrets and serving as the ultimate reference book for Marvel fans! Witness the greatest tale ever told — and be prepared for some shocking revelations!
Book Review: Want to know the history of the Marvel Universe but can't collect the older comics because of prices?

Well then you might want to pick up this issue as Galactus narratives the story of the Marvel Universe. In this issue, we get a glimpse of the beginning of the Marvel universe such as prehistoric version of The Avengers and goes all the way to modern heros such as Ghost Rider.

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe is gearing up to start its Phase 4, you will learn the history of the Eternals and Celestials.

All of this will be compact into the six issues and allow you to catch up on what has been going on in the Marvel Universe.

Please don't get me wrong but I really like the idea that I don't have to hunt down older issues just to catch myself up because we have Galactus as our narrator, which is really a big surprise because I would have thought one of the Watchers would have been our guide into this Universe. After all, they record the history of Earth and they pretty much tell us what has been going on. So to have it being Galactus is a big game changer to the storyline.

My beef is that we already had this done with the X-Men Grand Design series, which I was not a complete fan of the art. Still it helped to understand what exactly had happened during the earlier periods of the X-Men series.

If you are one who is interested in the history of the Marvel Universe, then this series will definitely help you come up-to-date with the universe as we prepare for Marvel's phase 4 universe.