After re-reading 1602 three or four times, I have decided that Sir Nicholas Fury is the hottest thing ever. Elizabethan intrigue is so much sexier than American military intelligence. So help me, I'm tempted to write Fury/Murdock slash after this issue.

Hmm. I'm not sure if I agree with the Alpha Flight thing. I wouldn't be surprised if Gaiman has a few twists and turns in store. In fact, I have a feeling that he's probably leading us to make any number of assumptions about the 1602 'verse.

Gah. I need to find out if there's a comic store near work. The wait is killing me.

Yeah, I thought I could wait 'til tomorrow -- nope. Going to go today.

Now I'm spoiler ho-ing for 1602. So far I've found out which Marvel characters will NOT appear, and that's it.

The characters are (spoiler-fonted) Wolverine and Iron Man. From an interview with Gaiman: "One of the greatest challenges for this project was in deciding which Marvel characters to include, and which to omit. In the end, Gaiman says he had two cardinal rules: "1) The Marvel Universe will come into existence much the same way we're used to, only 400 years earlier, and 2) Jettison anything that doesn't forward the story." Case in point: Wolverine. Also Iron Man, since no matter how you slice him "he's still just a bloke in armor."

Want more.

Anyone know what post I should go back to once I have read 1602?

Marty, start here: Holli "The Jossverse in Other Media" Aug 13, 2003 12:41:56 pm PDT and go forward.

BTW, the next issue of 1602 is due out on Sept. 10.

BTW, the next issue of 1602 is due out on Sept. 10.

Want. Now. I e-mailed my brother a link to a good Web article about it and said "Go buy this NOW. Or you are a fool."

Thanks Steph!

Bookmarked it

Also with the WANT, NOW!

I think Paul enjoyed it, and he had no idea who any of them were. Actually, he probably enjoyed it more on first read, because he wasn't going "ooo, who's X?" like I was.