Jun 6, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 11 segments
Join us for episode 7 of Crashout Comics (a true comic book podcast) as the guys take a look at Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross’ Iconic Marvel Comic, Marvels. Released in 1994, Marvels is a four-issue…
This is a four-issue miniseries written by Kurt Busiek with some incredible artwork by the now industry titan Alex Ross.
This book first came out in 1994.
It was a really impactful book when it came out, but today it's...
One of, if not, you know, maybe the best and most important pieces of Marvel history for a lot of different reasons, which we'll get into later.
I reread this book.
David reread this book.
Chris reread this book.
So before we kind of dive into it and analyze it, I'm kind of curious, Brendan.
how do you feel about this book you know
this is your first time reading it i didn't really expect a lot i knew nothing about the plot going in like for those who haven't read it the story basically is uh following an average human person who is a photographer for the newspapers and it follows them throughout the different eras of marvel um you start off with you know like the very beginnings where you have like the human torch and namor and then you also get into like captain america era And it was a really interesting take on like how would if these superheroes, these marvels were real, how would that feel? How how would that impact the average human being? So I really enjoyed that exploration.
However, I will say in terms of falling short and we'll talk about this a little bit.
I feel like the ending fell short.
I'm not going to lie.
It was probably one of my my least favorite issues.
I think issue two is without a doubt the best one.
And I think it definitely like explores how easy it is for a misinformed person to fall into this space of just fear and hatred by retrospect of that fear and how easy it is to fall into those biases when you're so misinformed.
So afraid.
That's interesting.
This is a four-issue miniseries written by Kurt Busiek with some incredible artwork by the now industry titan Alex Ross.
This book first came out in 1994.
It was a really impactful book when it came out, but today it's...
One of, if not, you know, maybe the best and most important pieces of Marvel history for a lot of different reasons, which we'll get into later.
I reread this book.
David reread this book.
Chris reread this book.
So before we kind of dive into it and analyze it, I'm kind of curious, Brendan.
how do you feel about this book you know
this is your first time reading it i didn't really expect a lot i knew nothing about the plot going in like for those who haven't read it the story basically is uh following an average human person who is a photographer for the newspapers and it follows them throughout the different eras of marvel um you start off with you know like the very beginnings where you have like the human torch and namor and then you also get into like captain america era And it was a really interesting take on like how would if these superheroes, these marvels were real, how would that feel? How how would that impact the average human being? So I really enjoyed that exploration.
However, I will say in terms of falling short and we'll talk about this a little bit.
I feel like the ending fell short.
I'm not going to lie.
It was probably one of my my least favorite issues.
I think issue two is without a doubt the best one.
And I think it definitely like explores how easy it is for a misinformed person to fall into this space of just fear and hatred by retrospect of that fear and how easy it is to fall into those biases when you're so misinformed.
So afraid.
That's interesting.
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