Bullet Points

Bullents Points #1, written by Joe M Straczynski (Or JMS as he is often called) and drawn by Tommy Lee Edwards.

I don't recall it getting much buzz when it came out in 2007, but having just read this recently, I was throughly impressed. (I some how managed to grab 2 copies when buying a pile of comics, so I am keeping one and selling the other)

The basic story is how 1 bullet could change the entirety of the marvel Universe. I hate spoilers but there is a minor one in the next line, so skip to the next paragraph if you don't want to know anything else. On page three JMS presents the change: What if Dr. Erskine (the guy that made Steve Rogers Captain America) was shot 24 hours earlier?

The story is a really, really good What If tale. Where one relatively minor change has a huge impact on a lot of key characters from Marvel. The ripple effect is surprisingly well thought out and a great read. The art a pretty good mix of modern day storytelling with a 1960's feel (as the story seems to take place in the 60's, which makes sense as that is when most of the Marvel universe came into existence)

The only negative I can really give this comic, is to truly appreciate it, you need to be familair with the comic book origins of the big Marvel comics (If you have only seen the movies, this probably won't have as big an impact on you) I'm a big fan of JMS' run on The Amazing Spider-man, which is why I grabbed this in the first place. So if you liked those comics, you'll probably like this one.