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Chris Claremont,
John Byrne,
Marv Wolfman,
Tom DeFalco,
Danny Fingeroth,
Keith Pollard,
Mike Esposito,
John Romita Jr.,
Walt Simonson,
Alan Kupperberg,
Frank Springer,
Vince Colletta
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9780785126959
ISBN number: 0785126953
Label: Marvel Comics
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 552
Printing Date: September 05, 2007
Publishing house: Marvel Comics
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 696311
Studio: Marvel Comics
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Disco may be dead, but Marvel's dynamic diva never says 'die!' Beginning as a co-star with the X-Men and Spider-Man, Alison Blaire moved into a world of villains new and old, facing gangsters, gods and Galactus without skipping a beat! Plus: the Inhumans, the Hellfire Club and Project: PEGASUS! World saving, space travel, intrigue and romance in the ultimate disco mix! Guest-starring most of Marvel's heroes, including Spider-Woman and She-Hulk! Collects Dazzler #1-21, Uncanny X-Men #130-131 and Amazing Spider-Man #203
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Do you other reviewers work for Marvel or something? Dazzler's superpower is all based on displays of colored light, and this book is all in grey and white! This is not the Far Side or something; the character requires color. Stripping the colour off of old comics and selling them like phonebooks is typical Marvel ripoff marketing. Wait for something in colour and avoid the Marvel Essentials in general and this grey and white Dazzler in particular.
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An entertaining gathering of stories about the shapely mutant skating soundwave zapping songstress.
The best parts are at the start, where she crosses over into the X-Men's Dark Phoenix saga, and hence has Claremont and Byrne, and some a little after that with John Romita Jr.
Later on some pretty average talent in the art department means the only thing that is consistent is prominent cleavage, but the romantic misadventures and scuzziness of the music industry remain a feature throughout.
Through in Doctor Doom, the Hulk, singing battles with the Enchantress judged in Asgard, not to mention Galactus, gives an outlandish collection of fun that is probably more entertaining than you would think, if most definitely on the silly side.
3.5 out of 5
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"Essential Dazzler"? Isn't that an oxymoron? In any case, this very first Essential collection for the much maligned mutant disco diva is surprisingly good. Essential Dazzler re-prints her very first appearances in X-Men and Spider-Man, as well as the very first 21 issues of her solo series. However, when you very first open this book up, you may be turned off by what you read. First introduced during Chris Claremont and John Byrne's iconic run on Uncanny X-Men in the midst of the landmark Dark Phoenix Saga, Dazzler was introduced with some laughable powers, i.e., she shoots disco lights. After you get past the very first few issues collected here, we end up getting some surprisingly compelling adventures as Dazzler tangles with all kinds of classic Marvel characters (from the Hulk to Galactus) and really comes into her own during the last few issues of her solo series here, and there's a bevy of talent behind it all as well, including Marv Wolfman, John Romita Jr., and Walter Simonson. Though Dazzler is one of the few Marvel characters who hasn't stood the test of time too well, don't let that put you off from checking this out. All in all, Essential Dazzler is a surprisingly good installment in Marvel's Essential line, and is definitely worth checking out or picking up.
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I have every issue of the comic and was hoping to see this book come out and now here it is. Dazzler is my favorite Marvel character and it is so exciting to see her getting such an awesome treatment! This book is a must have for anyone who is vaugely interested in great stories and art-Dazzler has an unique perspective in the Marvel universe and is highly reccommended to all. A must buy! I order all the time from Amazon but have yet to put up a review-but my unyielding love for this character has sprung me to action. Here's hoping for volume 2!
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I found this essential to be quite an enjoyable read. It was like one of 'In the day of...' stories we got in other bigger comics ala X-Men and Teen Titans, but that was the main focus of her overall story. Sure, she was a herald of Galactus for a minute, but she also had trouble getting stable work as a sessions singer, and often had to eat peanut butter and jelly for dinner.
It was also quite enjoyable because, even though she was a mutant who was just trying to make it in the entertainment industry, when she did face a super-villain, it was a more mainstream villain from the Fantastic Four, or the Avengers, rather than being battling Magneto every weekend, or a human who wanted to destroy all the mutants in the world.
The costume(if you can call it a costume) fits in so well to not only back then, during the disco days, but if you look at a lot of pop stars ala Jennifer Lopez, and Kylie Minogue they often wear outfits very similar to her original costume.
BTW, if you're a fan of Oz, you will LOL @ the prison issue! Overall, I would say buy the issue if you're interested in learning about a very interesting, and different hero for the the new 'modern' woman from the 80's, I say pick up the book!
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