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W0rldtr33 #6-11
W0RLDTR33 Volume 2: Network
Multiple Eisner Award-winning writer JAMES TYNION IV (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH, The Nice House on the Lake) and FERNANDO BLANCO (Detective Comics) continue their horror epic...and no one is safe.
With the press of a button, Gabriel Winter changed the world. As his closest friends reckon with the consequences, Special Agent Siobhan Silk must unravel what set all of this in motion 25 years ago in Palo Alto...and attempt to uncover the origin of PH34R.
Collects W0RLDTR33 #6-11
With the press of a button, Gabriel Winter changed the world. As his closest friends reckon with the consequences, Special Agent Siobhan Silk must unravel what set all of this in motion 25 years ago in Palo Alto...and attempt to uncover the origin of PH34R.
Collects W0RLDTR33 #6-11
176 pages, Paperback
First published October 8, 2024
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James Tynion IV
1,692 books2,095 followersPrior to his first professional work, Tynion was a student of Scott Snyder's at Sarah Lawrence College. A few years later, he worked as for Vertigo as Fables editor Shelly Bond's intern. In late 2011, with DC deciding to give Batman (written by Snyder) a back up feature, Tynion was brought in by request of Snyder to script the back ups he had plotted. Tynion would later do the same with the Batman Annual #1, which was also co-plotted by Snyder. Beginning in September 2012, with DC's 0 issue month for the New 52, Tynion will be writing Talon, with art by Guillem March. In early 2013 it was announced that he'd take over writing duties for Red Hood and the Outlaws in April.
Tynion is also currently one of the writers in a rotating team in the weekly Batman Eternal series.
Tynion is also currently one of the writers in a rotating team in the weekly Batman Eternal series.
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December 11, 2024
The Undernet fights back.
So even though Gabriel Winters shut down the entire internet to save the world in the last volume, there are government entities that don't understand (or care to understand) what is going on. Gabriel's ex-business partner and lover is however, well aware of the ramifications of turning it all back on, but he is still willing to work with the powers that be to get everyone back online. But why? Can he truly not understand what he saw decades ago when he entered the Undernet?
Meanwhile, PH3AR is still loose, killing anyone who happens along and trying to get the acolytes reconnected with their god to bring on theapocalypse.com. Because, you know, she's a crazy naked chick with tats and that's how they roll.
We still don't find out exactly what happened to Gabriel's little sister that made her into this or why no one from the original group has tried to stop her in a permanent kind of way. It now seems she's human enough, but I guess that's a mystery for another volume.
The flashbacks are more fun and interesting than they have any right to be, and I suppose that's down to Tynion's skill as a storyteller. And the cast of characters is somewhat large (and getting larger), but they are all fairly distinct, so it's still manageable.
Overall, I'm still digging this story.
Recommended.
So even though Gabriel Winters shut down the entire internet to save the world in the last volume, there are government entities that don't understand (or care to understand) what is going on. Gabriel's ex-business partner and lover is however, well aware of the ramifications of turning it all back on, but he is still willing to work with the powers that be to get everyone back online. But why? Can he truly not understand what he saw decades ago when he entered the Undernet?
Meanwhile, PH3AR is still loose, killing anyone who happens along and trying to get the acolytes reconnected with their god to bring on theapocalypse.com. Because, you know, she's a crazy naked chick with tats and that's how they roll.
We still don't find out exactly what happened to Gabriel's little sister that made her into this or why no one from the original group has tried to stop her in a permanent kind of way. It now seems she's human enough, but I guess that's a mystery for another volume.
The flashbacks are more fun and interesting than they have any right to be, and I suppose that's down to Tynion's skill as a storyteller. And the cast of characters is somewhat large (and getting larger), but they are all fairly distinct, so it's still manageable.
Overall, I'm still digging this story.
Recommended.
October 26, 2024
Great series!
November 13, 2024
I hate the Internet and social media. (he said glibly as he typed away on his Goodreads account...)
Okay, so I'm like everyone else in the world, who is tethered to his devices. But I don't have to like it, dammit. The truth is: the Internet scares me.
It scares James Tynion IV, too. His second volume of his cyberpunk/horror graphic novel series "W0rldtr33" continues the nightmare started in the first volume, where a group of super-smart computer nerds in the '90s discovered an Intenet beneath the Internet, which they dubbed the Undernet. Let's just say the Undernet wasn't created by any human hands.
In this volume, Gabriel was able to shut the Internet down completely, but not before lots of bloodshed, including his own death. Now, the federal government wants it back and running. Unfortunately, doing so may be extraordinarily bad, as the Undernet may be inadvertently taking its place, and that would spell doom for all of humanity.
I'm hooked on this series, just as I am with anything that damned Tynion writes.
Okay, so I'm like everyone else in the world, who is tethered to his devices. But I don't have to like it, dammit. The truth is: the Internet scares me.
It scares James Tynion IV, too. His second volume of his cyberpunk/horror graphic novel series "W0rldtr33" continues the nightmare started in the first volume, where a group of super-smart computer nerds in the '90s discovered an Intenet beneath the Internet, which they dubbed the Undernet. Let's just say the Undernet wasn't created by any human hands.
In this volume, Gabriel was able to shut the Internet down completely, but not before lots of bloodshed, including his own death. Now, the federal government wants it back and running. Unfortunately, doing so may be extraordinarily bad, as the Undernet may be inadvertently taking its place, and that would spell doom for all of humanity.
I'm hooked on this series, just as I am with anything that damned Tynion writes.
January 14, 2025
6.4/10
Not as exciting as the first volume but still good.
This focuses more to the group that will try to stop the Undernet from brining chaos to the world.
We jump between present and past and see a bit of what Winter did and what he is planning going forward. But like the rest of the group everything is still quite cryptic.
This felt a bit like reading The nice house on the lake. A group of people, everyone is a bit damaged. Tynion gives to a lot of his characters the same personalities. Which is not bad but it feels monotonous.
Going forward i hope we see more actions towards bringing the Undernet down.
Not as exciting as the first volume but still good.
This focuses more to the group that will try to stop the Undernet from brining chaos to the world.
We jump between present and past and see a bit of what Winter did and what he is planning going forward. But like the rest of the group everything is still quite cryptic.
This felt a bit like reading The nice house on the lake. A group of people, everyone is a bit damaged. Tynion gives to a lot of his characters the same personalities. Which is not bad but it feels monotonous.
Going forward i hope we see more actions towards bringing the Undernet down.
October 23, 2025
PT James Tynion IV é sempre um bocado hit or miss para mim.
Não há dúvida de que ele escreve muito bem e conta sempre com artistas extremamente competentes a colaborar consigo. O meu problema é a forma como gosta de contar histórias — por vezes tende a exagerar no mistério, e, como leitor, sinto falta de algo mais palpável, em vez de a narrativa estar constantemente envolta num véu de enigmas.
É um bocado isso que acontece aqui: demasiadas perguntas e poucas respostas. Tudo demasiado abstracto e pouco concreto — e isso, às vezes, acaba por me aborrecer.
A sorte dele é que, apesar de tudo isso, estou a gostar bastante da história. A cenourinha que o Tynion insiste em pôr à minha frente continua a ser apetecível, e por isso vou continuar… mas caraças, dá-me qualquer coisa! *risos*
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EN James Tynion IV is always a bit hit or miss for me.
There’s no doubt he’s a great writer and always works with highly skilled artists. My issue is with the way he tells stories — he sometimes tends to overdo the mystery, and as a reader, I feel like I need something more tangible instead of the story constantly being wrapped in a veil of enigmas.
That’s kind of what happens here: too many questions and too few answers. Everything feels too abstract and not concrete enough — and that can get a bit tiresome at times.
Luckily for him, despite all that, I’m still really enjoying the story. The carrot Tynion keeps dangling in front of me is still tempting enough, so I’ll keep going… but damn it, give me something! *laughs*
Não há dúvida de que ele escreve muito bem e conta sempre com artistas extremamente competentes a colaborar consigo. O meu problema é a forma como gosta de contar histórias — por vezes tende a exagerar no mistério, e, como leitor, sinto falta de algo mais palpável, em vez de a narrativa estar constantemente envolta num véu de enigmas.
É um bocado isso que acontece aqui: demasiadas perguntas e poucas respostas. Tudo demasiado abstracto e pouco concreto — e isso, às vezes, acaba por me aborrecer.
A sorte dele é que, apesar de tudo isso, estou a gostar bastante da história. A cenourinha que o Tynion insiste em pôr à minha frente continua a ser apetecível, e por isso vou continuar… mas caraças, dá-me qualquer coisa! *risos*
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EN James Tynion IV is always a bit hit or miss for me.
There’s no doubt he’s a great writer and always works with highly skilled artists. My issue is with the way he tells stories — he sometimes tends to overdo the mystery, and as a reader, I feel like I need something more tangible instead of the story constantly being wrapped in a veil of enigmas.
That’s kind of what happens here: too many questions and too few answers. Everything feels too abstract and not concrete enough — and that can get a bit tiresome at times.
Luckily for him, despite all that, I’m still really enjoying the story. The carrot Tynion keeps dangling in front of me is still tempting enough, so I’ll keep going… but damn it, give me something! *laughs*
January 11, 2026
After Gabriel Winter killed the entire internet to slow the Undernet’s progress, and then died at the hands of his own younger sister, Samara(Ph34r), who is completely under the Undernet’s control. We see how Gabriel and his friends initially sealed off the Undernet back in the past: they approached billionaire Gregory Bell, the maker of Angel, the biggest search engine in the world. They showed him the Undernet’s contents, and convinced him to purchase and destroy the server farms it has already affected. Gregory helps them, falls for Gabriel, and offers him a job at Angel.
In the present (2024), Gregory Bell works with Madeline Snow, a high-ranking FBI spook. He tells her everything about Gabriel, his friends, the Undernet, and promises to help get the internet back up and running. FBI Agent Silk, who works for Snow and has been investigating Ph34r for the past 3 years, meets a friend of her recently deceased partner, whom Ph3ar killed. Ellison (the brother of the Undernet’s first victim since 2024) and Fausta, Elison’s “not girlfriend” meet up with his three older sisters, who had helped Gabriel safeguard the internet from the Undernet while working for him at Angel, and now think Gabriel is responsible for the Undernet’s mass Killings
Gabriel’s friends meet up with his lawyer, who reveals that Gabriel had left them each $100 million and had put things in place, enacting a plan to use his appropriately qualified friends to stop Ph34r and the unknown people who helped her create a new way to access the Undernet. Silk, still trying to find Ph34r, interrogates the most recent Undernet victim, who had just killed 17 people and is now being held in a police station. Ph3ar pulls up to the station, restrains Silk, and shows her the Undernet, putting her in a trance. Ph34r turns the boy who killed 17 people into some kind of digital demon dog to hunt down anyone in the station.
Silk’s former partner's friend, whom she met earlier, had been tailing her all along. He follows her into the station, kills the demon dog, which turns back into the boy, and wakes Silk up from her trance, pulling her mind from the Undernet back into reality. Silk and the friend both duke it out with Ph3ar, but she manages to escape after Silk shoots her in the shoulder. Gregory, now working with the FBI, sends teams after all of Gabriel’s friends, and Ellison and Fausta. It’s then revealed that Gregory is the person who has been working with Ph34r as she returns to him wounded, and her promises to patch her up and reassures her of their plans Success.
I love this story so much. The writing is so good, everything just clicks, and the plot twists are gnarly. Still not fawning over the art, but I’m not mad at it as it fits this kind of story quite well. A Netflix adaptation was just announced, and I think this would make a great show if it’s properly executed. I wonder how many more volumes this story will go on for.
In the present (2024), Gregory Bell works with Madeline Snow, a high-ranking FBI spook. He tells her everything about Gabriel, his friends, the Undernet, and promises to help get the internet back up and running. FBI Agent Silk, who works for Snow and has been investigating Ph34r for the past 3 years, meets a friend of her recently deceased partner, whom Ph3ar killed. Ellison (the brother of the Undernet’s first victim since 2024) and Fausta, Elison’s “not girlfriend” meet up with his three older sisters, who had helped Gabriel safeguard the internet from the Undernet while working for him at Angel, and now think Gabriel is responsible for the Undernet’s mass Killings
Gabriel’s friends meet up with his lawyer, who reveals that Gabriel had left them each $100 million and had put things in place, enacting a plan to use his appropriately qualified friends to stop Ph34r and the unknown people who helped her create a new way to access the Undernet. Silk, still trying to find Ph34r, interrogates the most recent Undernet victim, who had just killed 17 people and is now being held in a police station. Ph3ar pulls up to the station, restrains Silk, and shows her the Undernet, putting her in a trance. Ph34r turns the boy who killed 17 people into some kind of digital demon dog to hunt down anyone in the station.
Silk’s former partner's friend, whom she met earlier, had been tailing her all along. He follows her into the station, kills the demon dog, which turns back into the boy, and wakes Silk up from her trance, pulling her mind from the Undernet back into reality. Silk and the friend both duke it out with Ph3ar, but she manages to escape after Silk shoots her in the shoulder. Gregory, now working with the FBI, sends teams after all of Gabriel’s friends, and Ellison and Fausta. It’s then revealed that Gregory is the person who has been working with Ph34r as she returns to him wounded, and her promises to patch her up and reassures her of their plans Success.
I love this story so much. The writing is so good, everything just clicks, and the plot twists are gnarly. Still not fawning over the art, but I’m not mad at it as it fits this kind of story quite well. A Netflix adaptation was just announced, and I think this would make a great show if it’s properly executed. I wonder how many more volumes this story will go on for.
February 14, 2026
W0rldtr33 Vol. 2: Network is outstanding — tense, unsettling, and relentlessly gripping. Tynion continues to build a horror story that feels chillingly modern, tapping into paranoia, connectivity, and the way technology amplifies fear.The story tightens the screws in all the right ways. Stakes escalate, mysteries deepen, and the sense of dread never lets up. It’s smart horror that trusts the reader and rewards attention.The art is a perfect match for the material — moody, controlled, and quietly disturbing. Every page reinforces the atmosphere, making the book feel oppressive in the best possible way.This series continues to be one of the strongest horror books on the stands. Absolutely lives up to its reputation.
October 16, 2024
I truly think this is one of Tynion best works. The tense feeling of the entire world losing internet, everything keeps twisty turny, the brief glimpse into the past to get more background on everyone, and the nice zinger at the last few pages really helps build up all these characters for a big final showdown. I love this.
January 4, 2026
This series continues to be compelling, and, like much of James Tynion’s work, it scratches that Vertigo itch like few other current books do. But, like his Last House On the Lake/Ocean books, there are too many characters here for a monthly series. It will be easier to follow once the whole thing is out, but I find it impossible to keep up with the majority of this cast between issues; between trades is even worse. At least I don’t mind rereading each trade when the next one comes out. And it is a bit easier with this series than I was with the Lake/Ocean books, because the character designs are more distinct and memorable.
December 11, 2025
Me gusta la progresión con, por fin, los retazos de lo que hay en esa Undernet que mueve a los diferentes grupos en conflicto. Bien las conexiones con nuestro mundo y el dibujo de Fernando Blanco. Me sigue pareciendo que en muchas páginas hay viñetas de más, pero sabe explotar su capacidad para la caracterización de personajes y la interacción.
April 3, 2025
I am a huge fan of Tynion IV and his work, especially his original series' stuff.
But I think a large part of this got away from me. The cast is getting huge and it's been too long since I read Volume 1.
I recommend this.... but need to probably wait till it's done and read it in one go.
But I think a large part of this got away from me. The cast is getting huge and it's been too long since I read Volume 1.
I recommend this.... but need to probably wait till it's done and read it in one go.
March 13, 2026
omg what an ending….
they are fighting back!
they are fighting back!
May 5, 2026
In WORLDTR33 Volume 2: Network the disturbing consequences of a hidden digital network continue to unfold, pushing deeper into psychological and technological horror.
Loved this. So dark, so twisted, exactly what you want from it. The art is genuinely fantastic and carries a lot of the atmosphere. Tynion just keeps delivering weird, unsettling stuff and I am fully on board.
Loved this. So dark, so twisted, exactly what you want from it. The art is genuinely fantastic and carries a lot of the atmosphere. Tynion just keeps delivering weird, unsettling stuff and I am fully on board.
September 29, 2024
This book jumps around quite a bit and has you following different storylines that all funnel into one overarching story about what is probably the end of the world. Normally, this kind of storytelling would be sometimes confusing and a bit harder to follow, but Tynion tells this one excellently. Excellent art, as well!
January 3, 2025
3.5/5
April 27, 2025
The continuing intrigue may save this book from the sins of Vol 1 (thematic and structural similarity to Nice House on the Lake -- a mastermind dies/abandons his friends, the main characters have to deal with some sort of isolation, and the world is ending). Now there's so many shifting layers of loyalty that it's certainly moving away from such similarity. I think the best part was the discussion of the social cost of abruptly losing the internet. In my review of Vol 1 I mentioned how it was certainly fucked up but not especially scary, but the few pages discussing blowing the internet up moved this volume into scary territory.
June 24, 2025
I had just said the other week how nothing has scared me in a long time.
Reading this at night did the trick.
The meta horror of this series feels so real and just around the corner it really gets me.
Blanco, Bellaire, and Bidikar make the glitchy imagery absolutely terrifying.
Took awhile to get back into at first, was wishing there was a recap.
But the story does a great job of seemlessly reminding you what happened as it goes.
Everyone is fascinating, Im progressively on edge, the further I read into the volume.
Fantastic!
Reading this at night did the trick.
The meta horror of this series feels so real and just around the corner it really gets me.
Blanco, Bellaire, and Bidikar make the glitchy imagery absolutely terrifying.
Took awhile to get back into at first, was wishing there was a recap.
But the story does a great job of seemlessly reminding you what happened as it goes.
Everyone is fascinating, Im progressively on edge, the further I read into the volume.
Fantastic!
October 20, 2024
This is such a great story...I love how complex it is without it being difficult to keep track of the characters and what is happening. I can't wait to see where the story goes from here...but...well...I kind of have to since the rest isn't out yet. So glad I randomly grabbed the first volume at the library because this is one of my favorite reads of the month so far.
January 20, 2025
Reading this during the day time didn’t make it less terrifying. Also some interesting parallels (although a stretch) to the TikTok ban, and what would happen if the internet was shut down. Curious to see where this goes!
May 23, 2025
A compelling story with a lot of twists and turns but also easy enough to follow along with. I'm enjoying all of the characters too. That twist at the end was nice and has me intrigued to read more.
December 3, 2025
Not as much progress in this one as I was hoping but we get to know our characters more and the intrigue definitely continues.
July 25, 2025
4/5
The fuck is happening? Love it
The fuck is happening? Love it
January 18, 2026
Nuevos personajes, nuevos misterios y un final que te deja tieso con una revelación inesperada.
June 22, 2025
Fantastic follow up from the first volume!
December 11, 2025
No do píči....
February 27, 2026
Not quite as consistent as the first volume, but still super great stuff
January 28, 2025
Still a highly engaging story but this is clearly the build section, it’s not as exciting as the introduction or the (hopefully epic) conclusion. We learn more about the undernet leaving just enough mystery for it to be interesting and SPOOKY, the gang of hackers/coders is interesting and I can’t wait to see what they actually do to combat this, and the family dynamic of the first spree killers is very interesting.
JT4 always has a good mix of characters from men and women of color and orientation- a great sci-fi writer.
Is this story still going on? I want to see the finish!
JT4 always has a good mix of characters from men and women of color and orientation- a great sci-fi writer.
Is this story still going on? I want to see the finish!
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July 11, 2024It probably hasn't been long since you saw someone suggest, and not without reason, that maybe we should just turn the internet off - though they more than likely said it on the internet. This is a series about how they speak truer than they know, and the secret plan that was always built in to do just that. And in this volume we see how it doesn't help as much as you might hope.
November 21, 2024
A solid volume 2 for the freaky techno thriller world tree. We get some flashbacks on the crew that fill us in on story. The plan is to fight back and Gabriel left them a plan. Fear has a cool reveal at the end that makes for a good twist. Vicky and silk is a damn good team, funny and deadly. Art is super solid and vibrant I’m ready for vol3
April 12, 2026
Tynions techno thriller is getting better and better.
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