It's much better, than it has any right to be! I thought I will sleep reading this, but no! All five stories were either interesting or at least funny a bit. The art was a big surprise for me as well. I thought it would be meh, because it has no real ink and colors at all, but it just made it even better somehow... You see the vision of the greatest classic Marvel artists as it is, without anything that may make it worse (as inkers often did)... Reading this I almost forgot it missed colors!

Honestly, I came here only for Man-Thing, but stayed for everything else. The Man-Thing story was cool, nice origin. A bit simple and short, but working. It was expanded later with retcons, but the core is okay. Also all five stories in the book are basically about women ruining lives of men (or at least trying to do so). It just can't be a coincidence... It feels kinda repetitive.

Conan's story was okay, but I didn't like the writing. It was WAAAAY to hard to read for me. But I learned 2 new synonyms of the word "whore". And there were even more I knew. I really think the writer just decided to hide the simplicity of his story behind all these pretty words. And you understand it's not a good thing, when it reads harder, than Stan Lee's writing... I mean, you, the native speakers, may value such literature, but for me it's like a kick in my balls.

The comic also features a story of the Thundra's world. It's funny, that it was Stan who created it. The man just was soooo ahead of his time... That story wasn't that elaborate, but still nice to read.

And I thought something called "Black Brother" would be either racist, or... let's say... not for me. But surprisingly not a bad story too. A wife destroyed the life of her husband. Because of money. The same was for Man-Thing. That's why I thought it's repetitive. Also it looks like there could be a continuation of this story, but no. The author just ruined this man's life and that's it, at least there's only one Black Brother appearance on Marvel Wiki. A simple, but relatable story.

The last story was about Ka-Zar and oh man... I'm so terribly sorry I mocked Ka-Zar when I was a kid... I thought it's just some boring Tarzan or Mowgli. But looks like I really love the savage prehistoric dinosaur aesthetics in Marvel comics... And Ka-Zar is a super chad! I mean, the husband of that woman, who tried to seduce him, is definitely a omega in a nutshell, not masculine at all. Many based things were said by Ka-Zar in this story. About civilization, women, love. I really didn't expect anything quite like this here. And seeing Ka-Zar killing some dino was a cool bonus too.

I don't know, I might be overrating it, but it was really a surprise. I spend 2 hours of my evening reading classical stories with an astonishing art... And I wasn't bored! Comics like this make me want to read old Marvel more and more... And then I remember how bad it often is... I mean, these stories are a bit cheezy and simple too, but at least enjoyable. Plus it's not the same as some typical stories like "wow, a hero now fights some new villain, the hardest battle of them all, booo-hooo". Meh, I think the next time I'm reading something from old Marvel - it'll be pre-Spider-Man Amazing Fantasy or pre-superheroic Tales to Astonish, Tales of Suspense or Strange Tales. more