Marsha's Reviews > Marvel Mangaverse, Volume 1

It can be truly startling to see foreigners interpreting and re-inventing our own popular culture. Peter Parker is now a boy avenging his sensei’s death by a rival clan while Venom is a ronin assassin. Doctor Strange is a bespectacled blonde who can levitate his enemy into outer space in order to avoid a battle that will harm civilians. (Good for him. Why don’t more of them do that?!) The Some women bear the usual midriff-bearing outfits with boob windows. But the boobs are truly spectacular, with teasing near-nudity that will make your eyes pop out of your skull.

Surprisingly short on gore, the stories often tip over into sly humor, such as when a son of Satan bears his chest to his brother, who averts his eyes and tells him to cover up. The Hulk becomes a kaiju who you realize is butt naked! A were-tiger is seriously turned on by a Black Panther who resembles an Egyptian god. Dormammu is both frightening and disturbing at the same time.

For those who like their Marvel mania manga style, try this volume on for size.