1602 - Cover Artwork and Info!!! - Updated

[Room 237]

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MARVEL 1602 #1

 

COVER BY: SCOTT MCKOWEN

NEIL GAIMAN / ANDY KUBERT & RICHARD ISANOVE

 

THE STORY:

 

"It wasn't meant to be a secret?

 

"I get it all the time now. I just arrived in Portugal, in Lisbon, to promote CORALINE, and the first question I was asked, in the car from the airport to the hotel was ?So, can you tell me anything about 1602?"

 

"And I said, " It's drawn by Andy Kubert, coloured by Richard Isanove, lettered by Todd Klein, covers by Scott McKowen and I saw a photocopy of the first issue and it looks pretty good."

 

"Yes, but the story ?. What's it about?"

 

"Oh, you know," I said. "Stuff."

 

"Well, is it the Marvel characters? Or characters you invented yourself?"

 

"Yes," I said. "That's pretty much it."

 

"But how long is it?"

 

"I think it'll be eight issues. It was meant to be six, but I'm writing episode 5 right now, and there's a lot of story to tell.?

 

"So why is it such a secret...?"

 

"It got to be a secret because the idea of 1602 was fairly straightforward, and really fun, and I hated the idea of people being familiar with it, even bored of it, by the time it came out. So I asked Joe Quesada if he'd mind if we didn't make a big announcement at the start. But the more people asked me, buttonholed me, pleaded with me, the more I liked the fact that only a tiny handful of people at Marvel and I had even seen Andy's amazing pencils or Richard's colours. This was starting to be a genuinely fun secret - like not telling someone what their birthday present is until it's time to unwrap it.

 

"What am I going to tell you? It's really fun. It's set in the Marvel Universe. It looks gorgeous. You may even like it.

 

"There are sixteen hundred & two good reasons for telling you all about it, and I'm not saying a word.

 

"Think of it as your birthday present." Neil Gaiman, May 2003

 

 

MARVEL 1602 #2

 

Written by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove, cardstock cover By Scott McKowen.

 

All's not well in the Marvel Universe in the year 1602 as strange storms are brewing and strange new powers are emerging. Best-selling novelist Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove bring to life a rich new vision of the Marvel Universe that Gaiman promises is NOT a 'What If" story. But how do Spider-Man, the X-Men, Nick Fury, Dr. Strange, Daredevil, Dr. Doom, Black Widow, Captain America and more Marvel stars appear in the year 1602?

 

 

[Ares]

All's not well in the Marvel Universe in the year 1602 as strange storms are brewing and strange new powers are emerging. Best-selling novelist Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove bring to life a rich new vision of the Marvel Universe that Gaiman promises is NOT a 'What If" story. But how do Spider-Man, the X-Men, Nick Fury, Dr. Strange, Daredevil, Dr. Doom, Black Widow, Captain America and more Marvel stars appear in the year 1602?

 

 

Time Travell?

[AlexH]

Thanks for posting that. Sounds interesting. Has there been a definitive release date set for this yet?

[Room 237]

Thanks for posting that. Sounds interesting. Has there been a definitive release date set for this yet?

 

 

#1 is set for AUG 6

#2 is set for SEPT 10

 

hope that helps

 

[AlexH]

Yes, thanks 47uk