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Marvel 1985 #6

Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Tommy Lee Edwards Publisher: Marvel Comics Release Date: October 29, 2008 Cover Price: $3.99 Critic Reviews: 3 User Reviews: 3
5.7Critic Rating
7.0User Rating

  • 8.0
    Comics Bulletin - David Wallace Oct 28, 2008

    Marvel 1985 #6 is a surprisingly strong final chapter for a series that has felt at times a little padded and insubstantial, but which is brought to a close here with a certain amount of style and class. It's perhaps still not as coherent a story as it set out to be (I still can't work out where that anachronistic H.E.R.B.I.E. toy from issue #1 came from, or why the Hulk appeared in the "real" world to fight the villains when the other heroes didn't), but it has provided a nostalgic, optimistic yarn that accurately captures the joy of superheroes as viewed from a child's perspective, and which has been infused with a charming fairy-tale quality that has helped to compensate for its shortcomings. Read Full Review

  • 7.0
    IGN - Jesse Schedeen Oct 29, 2008

    Even if the majority of the issue played to convention, I can honestly say I loved the ending. Millar comes ever closer to breaking the fourth wall in his wrap-up, and the ultimate fate of Toby and his family left a big smile on my face. It's a shame the series as a whole couldn't do that more often. Read Full Review

  • 2.0
    The Weekly Crisis - Kirk Warren Oct 30, 2008

    As I said, it's contrived and rushed and wholly forgettable and I'm fairly disappointed with the whole storyline after reading this socalled conclusion. Read Full Review

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