1930

Chicago, 1930. Mobsters! Hijacked lab equipment! Mystery Men! Gunfights! Car chases! A mad scientist's machines, machinations, and the conspiracy behind it all! Tesla, too! And that's just in the first issue of Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science! --

The beginning of the third book of the acclaimed historical trilogy. The long-awaited first chapter of the final volume of Jason Lutes' epic historical series. Kurt Severing, having forsaken his career as a writer, is a lost man. He finds himself drawn to the Communist party, the only viable opposition to the National Socialists, who in the election of 1930 have gained legitimacy in the national government. Silvia Braun, bent on asserting her strength in memory of her murdered mother, comes into her own as a Communist street fighter, compromising her relationship with the Jewish family that has taken her under its wing. And the true nature of the relationship between Marthe Muller and Anna Albrecht is discovered when their landlady surprises them in bed together. --

What does a dying man in 1938 have to do with Marvel characters today? For those of us not born in the 1930's, we can find out in . This comic is the highlight of Marvel's 70th Anniversary celebration! From the bright mind of Ed Brubaker and the defining art of Steve Epting, we are given a new story revealing the birth of the super-heroes and the dramatic effect it has on the current Marvel Universe as we know it. --