Prima raccolta dei fumetti su Back in the Future. Bob Gale nell'introduzione spiega che proprio perché coi viaggi nel tempo si può fare di tutto occorre porre dei limiti molto stretti: nei film si aveva fondamentalmente uno one-shot, mentre in questi fumetti si è scelto di raccontare parti della storia (delle storie?) che non sono state trattate nei film. A parte il numero enorme di copertine - venticinque? - al termine del libro che servono solo a riempire pagine - ma questo mi sa sia abbastanza comune in questo tipo di graphic novel - la qualità delle storie è mediamente bassa. Si salvano giusto "When Marty met Emmett", in parte "Looking for a few good scientist" ambientato ai tempi della seconda guerra mondiale, la prima parte di "Clara's Story" (appunto, la storia di Clara prima di conoscere Doc) e soprattutto "In search of Calvin Marty Klein", che a parte la scena da Rocky Horror Picture Show fa tornare alla memoria il primo film. Personalmente mi pare un po' poco. La grafica è naturalmente anch'essa molto diversa tra i vari autori, ma apprezzarla o meno è troppo soggettivo per poter dare un giudizio. ( )

I loved this! I loved how it didn't try to retell the stories that we already know and love and it stayed true to the characters as we all know them. This is exactly what it says it is. It is untold stories and alternate timelines. We get to see things like how Marty and Doc first met, what happened to mess up the delorean when Biff stole it, what doc did to get the delorean flying. It was great and I highly recommend! ( )

This graphic novel is mostly focused on Doc but it also has Marty, Clara, Biff and many others from the movies. It's a collection of scenes that weren't in the movies. Some are an alternate or add in and others feel like explanations or behind the scenes extras. The reader gets to see Marty and Doc's first meeting, Doc's younger days and new adventures in time travel. Many of the stories are relayed by Doc to his and Clara's children Jules and Verne.

Back to the Future fans are sure to love these tales. It's also family-friendly, great for all ages.


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This graphic novel is mostly focused on Doc but it also has Marty, Clara, Biff and many others from the movies. It's a collection of scenes that weren't in the movies. Some are an alternate or add in and others feel like explanations or behind the scenes extras. The reader gets to see Marty and Doc's first meeting, Doc's younger days and new adventures in time travel. Many of the stories are relayed by Doc to his and Clara's children Jules and Verne.

Back to the Future fans are sure to love these tales. It's also family-friendly, great for all ages.


***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***

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While Back To The Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines is probably not very interesting to anyone unfamiliar with the films, very few people fall into that category. The films have endured and BTTF has a strong fan base. That fan base, as well as the casual fan of the films, will enjoy these stories.

Framed as Doc telling these tales to his kids, the stories provide additional information as well as other (relatively small scale) adventures. The stories are good and you will recognize the characters from the film portrayals.

I think anyone familiar with the films will enjoy this volume, so it should make a nice gift for yourself or any BTTF fan you know.

Reviewed from an ARC made available by the publisher via NetGalley. ( )