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meanor is very gruff and rude and extremely physical. He’s constantly shown as having weapons of all sorts around him, even wearing a grenade as a lapel pin. cinating as the real life events. The scientists behind the Manhattan Project are the closest thing the real world has had to Marvel Comics’ Illuminati, and the comic versions of these scientists are even more spectacular and flawed. It’s this strange take on an already storied event that makes this story a perfect melding of history and fiction. For more information about the real world Manhattan Project, you can start with the following resources: • Britannica.com • Atomic Archive • Wikipedia The Manhattan Projects is an ongoing comic series published by Image Comics. The series was created by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Nick Pitarra.

Image © Image Comics, 2012

Leo Johnson
Image © Image Comics, 2012

In the descriptions, Groves is described as “not a genius”. Even so, he’s managed to not only assemble a team of super geniuses that he somehow keeps in line and commands completely, but also has maneuvered himself into a position of near limitless power and near limitless funding. As is said in the ninth issue “The General plays a pretty good game of poker.” While many of the comic adaptations are a bit of a stretch, there seems to be a bit of truth to each adaptation, tapping into some facet or idea surrounding the person. The overall alternate take on history is at least every bit as fas27