AI Reimagines Marvel Heroes In The American Revolutionary War (And It’s Amazing)

Since Marvel Comics doesn’t have a one-to-one equivalent of DC Elseworlds, most deviations from the norm are typically structured around time travel. For instance, “Marvel 1602,” an eight-issue limited series written by Neil Gaiman, follows the publisher’s famous heroes in the Elizabethan era. They don’t just get new costumes either; they get new names too: Sir Nicholas Fury, Matthew Murdoch, Four from the Fantastick, and Count Otto von Doom, just to name a few. Two decades later, Marvel Studios adapted Gaiman’s work in the Disney+ original series “What If…?” episode “What If… The Avengers Assembled in 1602?” Though it doesn’t follow the same narrative, it does feature the same broad conceit.

In 1949, Marvel Comics published “Captain America” #73, a self-contained story that sees the Star-Spangled Avenger thrown first into 1780 and then into 1649. It’s a short trip through history, but maybe Cap would’ve donned a more period-correct uniform had it lasted longer. Other Marvel comics that feature time travel include “Uncanny X-Men” #138–143, aka “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” and “Iron Man” #149–150 and 249–250, aka “Iron Man: Doomquest.” Movie-going audiences should be familiar with the former, but the latter sees Iron Man and Doctor Doom thrust into Arthurian legend. No, they don’t get new gear to match the Knights of the Round Table, but how cool would that have been, right?

Since Marvel Comics doesn’t have a one-to-one equivalent of DC Elseworlds, most deviations from the norm are typically structured around time travel. For instance, “Marvel 1602,” an eight-issue limited series written by Neil Gaiman, follows the publisher’s famous heroes in the Elizabethan era. They don’t just get new costumes either; they get new names too: Sir Nicholas Fury, Matthew Murdoch, Four from the Fantastick, and Count Otto von Doom, just to name a few. Two decades later, Marvel Studios adapted Gaiman’s work in the Disney+ original series “What If…?” episode “What If… The Avengers Assembled in 1602?” Though it doesn’t follow the same narrative, it does feature the same broad conceit.

In 1949, Marvel Comics published “Captain America” #73, a self-contained story that sees the Star-Spangled Avenger thrown first into 1780 and then into 1649. It’s a short trip through history, but maybe Cap would’ve donned a more period-correct uniform had it lasted longer. Other Marvel comics that feature time travel include “Uncanny X-Men” #138–143, aka “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” and “Iron Man” #149–150 and 249–250, aka “Iron Man: Doomquest.” Movie-going audiences should be familiar with the former, but the latter sees Iron Man and Doctor Doom thrust into Arthurian legend. No, they don’t get new gear to match the Knights of the Round Table, but how cool would that have been, right?