Atomika: God Is Red, Book 2

Atomika #2

by Andrew Dabb, Sal Abbinanti (Illustrator)

With the entire world broken at his feet, Atomika stands at the center of a global Red Empire, loved and worshipped by billions. But danger lurks in the shadows. Some believe that Atomika has outlived his usefulness, that he's a danger to the new world order, and they will stop at nothing to destroy him. Now he faces his most dangerous enemies - those closest to him - and he is forced to wonder, is he truly a god or a monster?

Collects the final six issues.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Comics

145 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2012

Reviews

[Kris Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

After a few years, I finally got to read the second half of the first arc! It was worth the wait. (Mild spoiler-ish snippets ahead.) Atomika believes himself to be a God, and he may well be, but he was a God without wisdom or humility (if Gods can be said to have humility). He learns humility, compassion, and the wisdom that can only come by being a parent. This is both heady stuff and a fun, punch 'em up superhero-esque romp. The concept of a God growing up and maturing is interesting to say the least. I recommend Atomika to the connoisseur of fine comic books as well as the comic book layman who prefer their funny books to be more mainstream. It works as both.

This book was not released through Diamond due to their unfair, anti-competitive discrimination of small press publishers. Monopolies suck. It can be ordered online.

Not only are the covers in their 'proper' chapter marker locations, but they have the actual trade dress on them! I love it when they show the logo and cover price. In this day of digital separations, trade dress for covers are typically not shown on collections of modern comic books. Most people that I have talked to prefer the latter, but I'll take the authentic comic book look over that any day.

[Keith]

All I know is that someday I must read it because it has the best cover in the world.