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Secrets Of The Battleworld – Getting The Period Right

bwBack before the Earths died… Black Widow shows a remarkably odd approach to fire safety. Surely they were all getting onto a ship to rush out of the flames? Oh it's probably symbolic or somesuch….

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Meanwhile back in the eighties on the original Secret Wars, Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars continues to rewrite Jim Shooter in a most entertaining fashion.

But to the Battleworld! What is going on there this week? Well, it's all about period accuracy.

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Age Of Ultron Vs Marvel Zombies gives us a Punisher who looks as if he may have landed from 1602… and full of Steve Pugh's layered inks. These original art boards can be hard to stack…

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The seventeenth century also brings us the 1602 version of Guardians Of The Galaxy, there to meet with Witch Hunter Angela…

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Whilst in another domain the Thor Angela is being hit on by MODOK as she wonders why the other Thors aren't attending to her needs…

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Maybe they're a but busy attending the funeral of Beta Ray Bill, on the Thors force for 32 years, again in strange contradiction to the eight year lifespan of the Battleworld so far….

 

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While X-Men 92 gives us shoulder pads, goggles, pouches and over the top exposition. Well, it was the nineties after all, and you have to get these things accurate…




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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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