Publisher: Marvel
Release: Limited series' starting December 2008/January 2009.
Covering: Spider-man Noir, X-men Noir.
Spider-man, and the X-men have been around a very long time. Their stories have been told from different angles, different time lines, and in different mediums (from comics, to movies, to video games.) This just means Marvel has to be extra creative to give these Heroes a new type of story to captivate us. Crime Noir, the most classic form of crime fighting in fictional media, is notorious for “super heroes” such as Dick Tracy, and Roger Rabbit, but is a setting that Marvel hasn't been a part of...
Until now. Marvel has unleashed a few Noir-esque comics of the aforementioned; Spider-man, and X-men and even Daredevil (which I was unable to find much information on,) as limited releases to start off 2009 with some good old fashioned mob crime.
Set on the streets of New York City in the1930's – which are notorious for the “bad times”, when gangsters roamed the streets unchecked, prohibition has taken hold, and crime is at an all time high - Heroic private investigators are called to action to solve the most brutal crimes, and put the most vicious criminals behind bars. In this case, the heroic P.I.'s are indeed, Superheroes – and I hope to see more of them popping up in the future (Deadpool especially.)
With an established Marvel universe full of top notch villains, you can expect to see the dangerous “mob bosses” as nemesis characters of their named series (Such as Goblin in Spider-man, and The Brotherhood in X-men.) Take Spider-man in a trench coat, revolvers and tommy guns, Add a dash of mystery, mix in some illegal booze, and you have the recipe for Marvel Noir. I'm assuming, based on some random Internet searches, that the Marvel Noir series' will extend to other heroes as well. So, here's lookin' at you, kid.
3 comments:
HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME. I love the noir style.
Wow, this is... interesting. I'm not sure how the super-powered super heroes would fare, but guys like DD or Spider-man seem custom made for such a setting. They could be used to great effect.
Though I'm a growing fan of Deadpool, I don't know that his mouthy antics will set in that time line, especially if he continues breaking the fourth wall. Would still be a good read though. I have a Batman noir TBP that's excellent as it focuses on Gordon. REALLY looks like China Town.
This sounds pretty cool actually.Did you see The Spirit? It was campy good fun.
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