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The Adventures of Max Faraday, Issue No. 2
- GenresGraphic NovelsComics
192 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2002
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Scott Lobdell
1,624 books230 followersScott Lobdell (born 1960) is an American comic book writer.
He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
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November 21, 2022
Book two of two, set in DC's Wildstorm universe.
The titular Max Faraday was an ordinary man working in pizza delivery until he accidentally uploaded the Creation Equation into his mind, giving him the potential for god-like power. He undertakes to rescue his beloved girlfriend Suzie from forces trying to seize control of the power of Creation, but as his own power increases so does the distance between what he is becoming and the man he was. Max eventually reaches such levels of power that both the WildCATS and Gen13 are called in to try to stop him.
This is only my third outing with a story from the Wildstorm Universe and it did a great job of hooking me really fast, despite not having read Book One. The concept is a simple one; absolute power corrupts absolutely, and whilst it might not be entirely new ground to tread, it's handled really well here. To use another cliche; the path to Hell is paved with good intentions, and here we see that play out as Max tries to remake the world into a utopia, only to find that those close to him are not happy to have been forced to fit into this new world.
I'm a sucker for a bit of romance too, so having Max's primary driving force (and remaining link to his humanity) be his love for Suzie was a really engaging element for me.
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The titular Max Faraday was an ordinary man working in pizza delivery until he accidentally uploaded the Creation Equation into his mind, giving him the potential for god-like power. He undertakes to rescue his beloved girlfriend Suzie from forces trying to seize control of the power of Creation, but as his own power increases so does the distance between what he is becoming and the man he was. Max eventually reaches such levels of power that both the WildCATS and Gen13 are called in to try to stop him.
This is only my third outing with a story from the Wildstorm Universe and it did a great job of hooking me really fast, despite not having read Book One. The concept is a simple one; absolute power corrupts absolutely, and whilst it might not be entirely new ground to tread, it's handled really well here. To use another cliche; the path to Hell is paved with good intentions, and here we see that play out as Max tries to remake the world into a utopia, only to find that those close to him are not happy to have been forced to fit into this new world.
I'm a sucker for a bit of romance too, so having Max's primary driving force (and remaining link to his humanity) be his love for Suzie was a really engaging element for me.
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January 2, 2012
Let me start off by saying that I love Jim Lee's pencils in pretty much any book that he draws. The guy knows how to tell a story with just pictures alone. And that's where the fan-boy worshiping ends. This book is awful. The characters, story and dialogue is downright horrible. The entire book is one big giant cliché after another. Jim is an amazing artist and that's all Divine Right has going for it. I think the problem with most artist that suddenly think they can write a book is they have told countless stories with pictures and then say..."how hard can it be to write dialogue?" The problem is that they are only pulling from the comic book world and nothing else..or so it seems. So, those cliché plot points are just going to be rehashed over and over, not giving the reader anything new, exciting or original.
Why is it necessary to create the same Alien Characters over and over and give them the dumbest names possible? They all look alike save for the new costume designs. Why must they go to the same well over and over and give us Alien Invasion stories? Is it really that hard to sit down and do some research from other source material that isn't comic book related? Personally, I think the entire book would have been so much better if Jim had stuck to just Max and his online relationship with Suzanne and his relationship with Dev and his sister Jenn. It was far more engaging and compelling than any of the stuff that came after. But even this was botched as well. It's not until issue #7 before we even get to really see their relationship in full and how they bonded over the internet. If you want to give the reader something to hold onto and make us care about what happens to the characters, especially when she is kidnapped....set up the chemistry between the two leads first. Otherwise it's just a waste of time because there is no urgency when she gets kidnapped at the beginning of the story arc. I couldn't have cared less. The reader is just left with assuming they have a "connection". Not a good way to start of a book.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. It's got your classic Jim Lee art, but even that fades at the end when they bring in other artist to finish what he started. So, you're not even getting an entire series of Jim Lee pencils. I'm being very generous with the 2 Star rating here.
This is definitely a Skip.
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Why is it necessary to create the same Alien Characters over and over and give them the dumbest names possible? They all look alike save for the new costume designs. Why must they go to the same well over and over and give us Alien Invasion stories? Is it really that hard to sit down and do some research from other source material that isn't comic book related? Personally, I think the entire book would have been so much better if Jim had stuck to just Max and his online relationship with Suzanne and his relationship with Dev and his sister Jenn. It was far more engaging and compelling than any of the stuff that came after. But even this was botched as well. It's not until issue #7 before we even get to really see their relationship in full and how they bonded over the internet. If you want to give the reader something to hold onto and make us care about what happens to the characters, especially when she is kidnapped....set up the chemistry between the two leads first. Otherwise it's just a waste of time because there is no urgency when she gets kidnapped at the beginning of the story arc. I couldn't have cared less. The reader is just left with assuming they have a "connection". Not a good way to start of a book.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. It's got your classic Jim Lee art, but even that fades at the end when they bring in other artist to finish what he started. So, you're not even getting an entire series of Jim Lee pencils. I'm being very generous with the 2 Star rating here.
This is definitely a Skip.
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