Alexandre Dumas’ brilliant follow-up to The Three Musketeers, brought to vivid life as only Roy Thomas and Hugo Petrus can! Deep inside the French prison known as the Bastille resides prisoner number 12, Philippe… who is none other than the twin brother of King Louis XIV. He was incarcerated to prevent him from setting off a civil war in his quest for the kingship itself. But there are forces who will work tirelessly to free this man in the iron mask – and put Philippe on the throne! Collects Marvel Illustrated : The Man in the Iron Mask #1-6.

One Response to “The Man in the Iron Mask (Marvel Illustrated)”

1. Derek Flint says:

   July 8, 2009 at 12:00 am

   This is an interesting adaption of what we find out to be only part of a massive work put out by Alexander Dumas. I’ve never read the original work(s) and from what I’ve read in Roy Thomas’ intro, he had quite a daunting task trying to adapt this. All that being said, I’ve grown up on seeing quite a few film versions, the most recent being with Leonardo DiCaprio in the dual roles of King Louis and his twin brother, and I find this illustrated adaption to be quite boring. Perhaps it is true to the literary works, but after you’ve seen the great film adaptions, this is kind of a snoozer. Still, the artworks very good, although half the time I couldn’t tell Athos from Aramais from D’Artagnan in the different scenes. Porthos has always been easy – he’s the fat one.

   Do I recommend it? Yes, although don’t expect something exciting like the film versions.