The reason that this is almost complete is because it doesn’t include the Marvel Classics issue that adapts the Sinbad stories from Arabian Nights. I don’t really know why I’ve chosen not to include that issue, it just didn’t seem to fit with the others.
Here’s what it does include, in order of release date:
Worlds Unknown 7 & 8. These two issues adapt the film “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad” and they are my favourite Marvel Sinbad comics. The story was adapted by Len Wein with the art of George Tuska. I remember, as a kid, going to a comic mart and picking up some Thor issues by Wein and some Iron Man by Tuska, I fell in love with them instantly so this is a great combination of talent for me. Well paced over the two issues. An all round good egg.
Marvel Spotlight 25. One issue adaptation of “The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad” film by John Warner and Sonny Trinidad. This one’s not so good. The story is told in about 18 pages and it’s a hell of condensed tale. Warner & Trinidad use illustrated text panel to cram as much as possible into the low page count, but I found their choices of what to include as text rather than standard story panels odd. It’s difficult to lay the blame at the feet of the creative team because of the restricted number of pages, but it was still no as good as I’d hoped for.
Finally there’s The Fantastic 4th Voyage of Sinbad. An original story by Chris Claremont & Pascal Ferry. I was expecting a reasonably straight forward time travel story, something comparable to Fantastic Four #5, where Ben gets to be a pirate. I was way off the mark with this one. Claremont & Ferry present us with a dimension hopping caper, with Ben reminiscing about his childhood heroes, but there’s not a great deal of Sinbad featured. Still, Sinbad is in it and it’s a pretty good read.
So, there you go. A lightning quick appraisal of The (Almost) Complete Marvel Sinbad.
Gotta Have It.
Mad Thinker.
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