New York Times best-selling author and comic book legend NEIL GAIMAN's long-awaited Marvel Knights limited series 1602 is just a little more just 3 weeks away, set to debut on August 13th. Featuring art by the ORIGIN team of Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove - with cardstock covers by Scott McKowen - the 8-issue series takes place in the year 1602, in the final days of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. But if the series is set 400 years in the past, how are familiar contemporary Marvel Universe stars like Nick Fury, Daredevil, Dr. Strange and the X-Men exerting great influence over those times?
According to Gaiman, that's the question at the heart of his story...
"Although 1602 will look at first glance like a 'What If...?' story, it actually isn't," Gaiman said during a recent Marvel press conference. "If you read it much more as a puzzle and an adventure, things will become more apparent as the story goes on. We'll learn how the world got this way, whether we can get it back, and what it means."
But in addition to being tremendously satisfying for long-time fans of the Marvel Universe, Gaiman also wrote the series as a fun, all-ages romp - created to be highly accessible and appeal to Marvel fans as well as those who don't know a Spider-Man from a Black Widow.
The 40-page Marvel 1602 #1 ($3.50) goes on sale 8/13.
