Luciano Vecchio

The short stories up front provide a quick and enjoyable run-through of Marvel's LGBTQIA+ characters, but mostly left me wanting more and longer stories instead of some of the questionable reprints that fill out the book. The Northstar coming out story from Alpha Flight #106 is a milestone, sure, but boy is it dreadfully drawn and written. The other reprints are better, but I had read most of them before, and they are from the middle or start of longer stories so they don't exactly satisfy on their own. Throw in the essays and there are enough good things to rate a thumbs up.

FOR REFERENCE:


Contents:

Introduction / Steve Orlando

Marvel's Voices Pride (2021) #1
• Introduction / Luciano Vecchio, writer, artist, colorist; Mike O'Sullivan, research
• The Vows / Allan Heinberg, writer; Jim Cheung, artist; Marcelo Maiolo, colorist
• Under the Stars / Mariko Tamaki, writer; Kris Anka, artist; Tamra Bonvillain, colorist
• Something New Everyday / Lilah Sturges, writer; Derek Charm, artist; Brittany Peer, colorist
• When a Black Cat Crosses Your Path, You Give Them the Right-of-way / Leah Williams, writer; Jan Bazaldua, artist; Erick Arciniega, colorist
• Totally Invulnerable / Crystal Frasier, writer; Jethro Morales, artist; Rachelle Rosenberg, colorist
• Colossus / Kieron Gillen, writer; Rye Hickman, artist; Brittany Peer, colorist
• Good Luck / Terry Blas, writer; Paulina Ganucheau, artist; Kendall Goode, colorist
• Early Thaw / Anthony Oliveira, writer; Javier Garron, artist; David Curiel, colorist
• The Man I Know / J.J. Kirby, writer, artist & colorist
• The Grey Ladies / Tini Howard, writer; Samantha Dodge, artist; Brittany Peer, colorist
• You Deserve / Vita Ayala, writer; Brittany L. Williams, Layouts; Joanna Estep, artist; Brittany Peer, colorist
• A Man of His Dreams / Steve Orlando, writer; Claudia Aguirre, artist, colorist; Luciano Vecchio, Somnus Character Design
• Love Is Love / Jacopo Camagni, writer, artist, colorist
• An Interview With Former Associate Editor Chris Cooper / Angélique Roché
• Big Gay Moments

Alpha Flight #106
• Excerpt From Alpha Flight #106 / Scott Lobdell, writer; Mark Pacella, Penciller; Dan Panosian, Inker; Bob Sharen, colorist; Janice Chiang, letterer

Marvel's Voices #1
• Assemble / Luciano Vecchio, writer, artist, colorist; VC's Travis Lanham, letterer

Incredible Hulk (1968) #420
• Lest Darkness Come / Peter David, writers; Gary Frank, Penciler; Cam Smith, Inker; Glynis Oliver, colorist; Joe Rosen, letterer
• Green Mail / Michael Kraiger, Nicholas J. Vance, Barbara Slate, Fred Burke, Jeph Loeb, Joe Rubinstein, Mindy Newell, Chris Cooper, Gary Guzzo, Don H. DeBrandt, Tom A. Tenney, Kelly Corvese, writers

Astonishing X-Men (2004) #51
• [Untitled] / Marjorie Liu, writer; Mike Perkins, Penciler; Mike Perkins, Andrew Hennessy, Inkers; Andy Troy, Jim Charalampidis, Rachelle Rosenberg, colorist; VC's Joe Caramagna, Cory Petit, Clayton Cowles, letterer

King in Black: Wiccan and Hulkling
• In the Name of the Honeymoon / Tini Howard, writer; Luciano Vecchio, artist; Espen Grundetjerm, colorist; VC's Ariana Maher, letterer

America Chavez: Made in the USA #1
• Made in the U.S.A., Part 1 / Kalinda Vazquez, writer; Carlos Gomez, artist; Jesus Aburtov, colorist; VC's Travis Lanham, letterer

The United States of Captain America #1
• Excerpt featuring Aaron Fischer, the Captain America of the Railways / Josh Trujillo, writer, Jan Bazaldua, artist; Matt Milla, colorist; VC's Joe Caramagna, letterer

Marvel's Voices Essays
• Marvel's Voices: Essay / Chris Cooper, writer
• Marvel's Voices: Essay / Terry Blas, writer
• Even an Android Can Cry: Essay / Jasmine Estrada, writer
• Finding Ourselves in the Subtext: Essay / Conner Goldsmith, writer
• Afterword: Ever Forward / Danny Lore, writer

Covers, Variant Covers, and Cover Gallery / Olivier Coipel, Luciano Vecchio, Mark Pacella, Gary Frank, Dustin Weaver & Rachelle Rosenberg, Jim Cheung & Alejandro Sanchez Rodriguez, Sara Pichelli & Tamra Bonvillain, Alex Ross, Paulina Ganucheau, Kris Anka, Russell Dauterman & Matthew Wilson, Enanda Souza, Jeffrey Veregge, Phil Jimenez & Marte Gracia, Phil Jimenez & Federico Blee, artists… (mehr)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i feel so bad abt this rating :(

i love eve ewing, but i still cant get w the genre of superhero comics :/

the bit of character-building we get is great, and so far i like riri more than almost all the other marvel/dc superheros ive encountered, but so much abt this genre/format is awkward, stilted, rushed, cramped

im glad that eve ewing is writing for such a big publisher, that her writing is getting out there, and that readers of marvel will see better heroes as a results. but god i just DO NOT like superhero comics :/… (mehr)

Summary: The book starts off with the story of Bruce Wayne, Batman, as a child and how he became and orphan and how that experience made him want to protect the city in which he grew up. It is then described the preparations he made to be Batman. It also described his allies and the villains that are his main enemies.

Reflection: The story gives some good background on the character, and it is an enjoyable story, but it does not have much of a story aspect after the initial origin segment of the book like other stories in this series have.… (mehr)