Written by Neil Gaiman, this interesting miniseries introduces a world where familiar Marvel characters (Doctor Strange, Nick Fury, several X-Men) are reimagined and placed in a historical setting.

The plot itself was mostly standard fare--time-travel has led to a disruption that threatens to destroy the universe--but it was very interesting to see the Elizabethan depictions of the characters. Part of this was the fun of catching the various references to modern day characters--some more subtle than others--but much of the appeal was seeing how the various characters were interpreted. Nicholas Fury as Queen Elizabeth's spymaster and the monastic X-men worked particularly well, but the Peter Parker and Bruce Banner equivalents (at least in this series; it looks like they're brought back in the spin-offs) seemed like they were mostly around for the "hey, it's that guy!" factor.

All-in-all, this was a fresh take on the Marvel Universe, and I look forward to reading the 1602 spin-offs.