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Dustin Carson on the issue

This book gets better every month. Ed Brubaker is pulp, and what better story to tell than one set during WWII and the dawn of pulp heroes. From Captain America to Namor, to The Human Torch and Toro, to Nick Fury's Howling Commandos and The Red Skull's Third Reich, to Timely Comics and Marvel Comics, Brubaker captures The Golden Age stories that birthed modern age comics. The beauty of this book is that Brubaker doesn't change the mythology or origins of these characters as occurs in the Ultimate books; Brubaker simply gives us a more in depth look at the rise of the first superheroes.

Issue seven brings us the origins of Brian Falsworth, the second Union Jack, who dawns the mantle of The Destroyer and fights the Nazi front. We see the legendary John Steele as he infiltrates the Red Skull's liar and learns of the plots against Washington D.C. and Hawaii. The orphaned Toro discovers his flame powers and is befriended by The Human Torch. Bucky takes his place by Cap's side while The Angel, Timely Comics most popular detective, stumbles upon Nazi spies welcoming mysterious guests off the shores of The United States. These guests turn out to be Atlantians who have united with the Axis front in hopes of killing the humans who are destroying their undersea world. Now that the Atlantians have joined the war, Cap hopes their involvement will sway Namor into joining forces with the Allies.

The Marvels Project takes us back to the days of tommy guns and espionage, private detectives and distressed dames, crumb-bums and gee willikers. It also reminds us of the terrors of war and the race for arms that spawned paranoia in our burgeoning global conscience. Just as the allied countries joined forces to fight evil, so are the heroes of The Marvels Project and issue seven gives us the events that will lead to the creation of The Invaders. The art is easily Steve Epting's best work and Dave Stewart's colors really set the mood of the era-dark and dangerous.

Writer: Ed Brubaker
Art: Steve Epting
Colors: Dave Stewart
Letters: VC's Chris Eliopoulos
Covers: Steve Epting; Gerald Parel; Steve McNiven & Justin Ponsor
Publisher: Marvel Comics

Cap meets Bucky! The origin of the Destroyer! The interrogation of the Sub-Mariner! And it's all leading up to the Nazis' conspiracy to bring the US into World War Two!

Rated T

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IN STORES: March 24, 2010