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Seven Soldiers of Victory #3
Seven Soldiers of Victory, Volume 3
The brilliant mind of Grant Morrison (JLA, New X-Men) is showcased once again as his most groundbreaking and ambitious project yet continues! Independently, each of these characters is featured in a story arc of their own that redefines their purpose in the DCU. But their stories also interweave with the other Soldiers' tales, telling a grander story of a devastating global threat to mankind. Together these reluctant champions must arise and somehow work together to save the world...without ever meeting one another!
Collecting: Mister Miracle 1-2, Zatanna 4, Klarion, the Witchboy 4, Bulleteer 1-2, Frankenstein 1
Collecting: Mister Miracle 1-2, Zatanna 4, Klarion, the Witchboy 4, Bulleteer 1-2, Frankenstein 1
176 pages, Paperback
First published May 31, 2006
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Grant Morrison
1,510 books4,570 followersGrant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
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August 20, 2024
I read the first two parts in a Deluxe Edition, thus this 2nd book is actually Vol 3 of this publishing norm but it happens to be the next part of the story.
Morrison's fascinating story of Seven Soldiers who each have their own story, but the issues are in chronological order, so you can see how the stories intersect, is a fun read. I am enjoying the idea behind seven different heroes each fighting the same evil but none of them know they are working together.
This volume covers the Sheeda's continued attempt to enter our dimension so that they can enact a harrowing. This volume introduces the final three players of the Seven Soldiers and we meet Frankenstein, Mister Miracle, and Bulleteer.
One of the more unique comic stories out there. I will certainly find the next volume of this cool story.
Morrison's fascinating story of Seven Soldiers who each have their own story, but the issues are in chronological order, so you can see how the stories intersect, is a fun read. I am enjoying the idea behind seven different heroes each fighting the same evil but none of them know they are working together.
This volume covers the Sheeda's continued attempt to enter our dimension so that they can enact a harrowing. This volume introduces the final three players of the Seven Soldiers and we meet Frankenstein, Mister Miracle, and Bulleteer.
One of the more unique comic stories out there. I will certainly find the next volume of this cool story.
December 23, 2017
Este tercer tomo cierra algunos arcos y presenta los restantes de los siete personajes. Sigue en la linea de entretenimiento por separado pero en conjunto la motivación y subtrama que liga todo resulta muy difusa. Me hubiese gustado mayor coherencia en la excusa que los enfrenta al mismo enemigo. Lo destacable aparte del arte, variado y de gran calidad, es como cada trama a su manera, se enfrenta a la amenaza latente de los Sheeda. Cada una de las siete lineas tiene su estilo visual y narrativo y es muy loable.
May 28, 2020
El tomo evita la reiteración haciendo debutar un par de series nuevas, de las cuales Frankenstein es la mejorcita (la de la mujer plateada no me termina de interesar), mientras en las otras va avanzando la trama medio lentamente.
A destacar las revistas de Mister Miracle y toda la presencia de los New Gods que adelanta lo visto luego en Final Crisis y su incursión en nuestro mundo.
En definitiva, un tercer tomo divertido pero que recién puede juzgarse una vez leído el 4to porque ahí explotará todo lo que se ha estado desarrollando. Veremosss.
A destacar las revistas de Mister Miracle y toda la presencia de los New Gods que adelanta lo visto luego en Final Crisis y su incursión en nuestro mundo.
En definitiva, un tercer tomo divertido pero que recién puede juzgarse una vez leído el 4to porque ahí explotará todo lo que se ha estado desarrollando. Veremosss.
April 17, 2012
Klarion finds trying to warn his people of impending doom is a Chicken Little problem; Zatanna goes very spacey while battling the evil magician Zor and finds out where her father's books of magic are kept; the remaining 3 of the 7 soldiers are introduced. The origin stories of Mr Miracle, Bulleteer, and Frankenstein are given, and all are pretty awesome. Mr Miracle's especially has great art and a great story of inter-dimensional hopping through extreme escapist stunts.
The third volume continues the high quality weirdness of the series as the 7 soldiers are now all introduced and are slowly making their way towards the goal of defeating the evil Faery Queen. Excellent writing from Grant Morrison and equally fantastic artwork all round by all artists, "Seven Soldiers" is an excellent series of minor superheroes doing major things. Great reading for all comics fans.
The third volume continues the high quality weirdness of the series as the 7 soldiers are now all introduced and are slowly making their way towards the goal of defeating the evil Faery Queen. Excellent writing from Grant Morrison and equally fantastic artwork all round by all artists, "Seven Soldiers" is an excellent series of minor superheroes doing major things. Great reading for all comics fans.
March 18, 2020
Bulleteer, hyper-sexualized like her husband wanted. Why is she giving in to his dead wishes?
Frankenstein treats us to some wonderful spreads. The art is detailed, gory. There's so much texture to it all. I can't stop looking.
Frankenstein treats us to some wonderful spreads. The art is detailed, gory. There's so much texture to it all. I can't stop looking.
March 23, 2018
Overall, I liked it. I was, frankly, somewhat underwhelmed by the experience, as I think I expected more from the individual miniseries than I got. I like how Morrison wove different supporting characters through the various miniseries, but I never quite felt any danger from the Sheeda. It became more an experiment in putting together a puzzle than a fun story.
I thought that the individual series were somewhat mixed - Guardian was terrific, as was Bulleteer. Zatanna - despite being a character I typically loathe - worked well in her story. Mister Miracle was fun, but I felt like it was only vaguely tied to the Seven Soldiers storyline. Klarion wasn't clicking for me - he never seemed to have much direction, going from the "wow wow wow" excitement of the outside world to... well, whatever he did in the final chapter.
Frankenstein was the series I expected the most from and wound up being the most letdown by. Everyone described it as fun, one-liner-heavy good stuff. I didn't see that. Mahnke drew some great alien landscapes, but it was just Frank showing up somewhere and shooting something, while talking to S.H.A.D.E. I was expecting some more excitement. Shining Knight was solid too. I liked Bianchi's linework and gorgeous shading, but was confused by some of his page layouts.
I guess I enjoyed it, but I felt that most of the miniseries weren't exceptional. They were merely good, with the connections between them being the main "plus" quality of the entire Seven Soldiers super-story.
I didn't feel disappointed by the final issue at all. It was rushed, but I didn't feel that it was necessarily less clear than the rest of the series. Noteworthy: A few Soldiers did meet in the finale! It was fun. I probably need to read it again with the hype and expectations stripped away though. I'm sure that there were themes and connections that I didn't get from the first read anyway.
I thought that the individual series were somewhat mixed - Guardian was terrific, as was Bulleteer. Zatanna - despite being a character I typically loathe - worked well in her story. Mister Miracle was fun, but I felt like it was only vaguely tied to the Seven Soldiers storyline. Klarion wasn't clicking for me - he never seemed to have much direction, going from the "wow wow wow" excitement of the outside world to... well, whatever he did in the final chapter.
Frankenstein was the series I expected the most from and wound up being the most letdown by. Everyone described it as fun, one-liner-heavy good stuff. I didn't see that. Mahnke drew some great alien landscapes, but it was just Frank showing up somewhere and shooting something, while talking to S.H.A.D.E. I was expecting some more excitement. Shining Knight was solid too. I liked Bianchi's linework and gorgeous shading, but was confused by some of his page layouts.
I guess I enjoyed it, but I felt that most of the miniseries weren't exceptional. They were merely good, with the connections between them being the main "plus" quality of the entire Seven Soldiers super-story.
I didn't feel disappointed by the final issue at all. It was rushed, but I didn't feel that it was necessarily less clear than the rest of the series. Noteworthy: A few Soldiers did meet in the finale! It was fun. I probably need to read it again with the hype and expectations stripped away though. I'm sure that there were themes and connections that I didn't get from the first read anyway.
June 1, 2017
Ironically, I think, my favorite act in Seven Soldiers is Bulleteer, in a lot of ways the most straightforward storytelling in the whole project, and what best sells the concept. The character, certainly in the chapter that ends this volume, even helps explain it as a kind of follow-up to Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol, a series that famously built on the legacy of that team and the condition in which he found it, in ways his New X-Men tried perhaps too hard to replicate.
Here, though, using new characters, mostly, he was able to explore legacy and the odd quirks of the superhero community in ways he was able to make fresh again, which was the whole point of the project. Bulleteer, though, looks like a supermodel, so she sort of turned off fans who are self-conscious of their hobby, desperate to justify its legitimacy and therefore keen to reject anything they think outsiders might misinterpret. Which is funny when you think how revered Alan Moore is, the guy who takes misogyny as a kind of selling point in his stories, always claiming "it exists in the real world, innit?" as good enough...
So anyway, her debut kind of helps round out this volume. So does Frankenstein's, but I promise he's much more awesome in the next one.
Here, though, using new characters, mostly, he was able to explore legacy and the odd quirks of the superhero community in ways he was able to make fresh again, which was the whole point of the project. Bulleteer, though, looks like a supermodel, so she sort of turned off fans who are self-conscious of their hobby, desperate to justify its legitimacy and therefore keen to reject anything they think outsiders might misinterpret. Which is funny when you think how revered Alan Moore is, the guy who takes misogyny as a kind of selling point in his stories, always claiming "it exists in the real world, innit?" as good enough...
So anyway, her debut kind of helps round out this volume. So does Frankenstein's, but I promise he's much more awesome in the next one.
November 3, 2021
Morrison's saga continues, but unfortunately, it doesn't rise back to the heights of the opener.
What started off as a sterling grab-bag of different genres appears to have devolved into some rather rote and formulaic origin stories.
Fortunately, Morrison's strength lies in the smaller moments, where he drops a very casual detail and it feels so much grander and exciting than the surrounding text.
What started off as a sterling grab-bag of different genres appears to have devolved into some rather rote and formulaic origin stories.
Fortunately, Morrison's strength lies in the smaller moments, where he drops a very casual detail and it feels so much grander and exciting than the surrounding text.
September 21, 2025
Re-reading the individual comics I bought back in the day. Things are getting weird now. Klarion was a far-out story and Mister Miracle introduces the New Gods, hiding in a singularity and as a bunch of down-and-outs in the big city. In Bulleteer the threads of the Seven Soldiers past and present start to mesh together, heading for the inevitable conclusion in the last volume.
October 2, 2017
So many great plot points coupled with a heaping helping of WTF moments. This penultimate volume has it all looking to end nicely.
March 11, 2018
Yohzah!
August 27, 2018
Jak mně přišly první dvě části na Morrisona dost civilní, tak ve třetí si to vynahrazuje s Mister Miracle. Jeho linka jde hodně mimo mě.
January 10, 2019
Ok...starting to see how everything is tying together.
May 31, 2019
Such unique characters, and I am a big fan of the layered asynchronous storytelling.
November 10, 2021
Inician las tres series faltantes pero el ritmo y las conexiones de las historias baja un poco en este volumen: Sin embargo, el trabajo de Morrison sigue en buen nivel.
October 10, 2016
Bulleteer <3
March 7, 2008
The four trade volumes that make up this story were originally put out as a 30 issue series, and in reprinting them the story is presented chronologically, in the order that it's suggested you should read them. But the brilliant thing about Seven Soldiers - and, to an extent, comics in general - is that you don't have to read them that way, and in fact, the series invites you to read the books in almost any order you'd like.
To elaborate: there are 7, four-issue stories that all interlock, and are bookended by a pair of individual comics that kick-start and wrap-up the entire affair. DC is very good at "event" publishing, where different titles all cross-over into a continuous story that, in order to follow, you have to read all the cross-overs. The hope is that they'll gain new readers when a Superman Fan has to buy Wonder Woman to find out what happens, and gets hooked.
However, this story takes the form of event publishing, but instead introduces 8 new, limited-series titles to readers. The interlocking nature of the different series creates a very unique reading experience. While the trades present the series in single, forward-moving narrative, the single-issue presentations offer readers a chance to "dip in" to the series where ever they would like. You could read each mini-series separately; you could read all the first issues, then the second issues, etc. In many ways, it mimics the way fans pick up comics; many get new issues as they are published, but others pick up a few things here and a few things there, and aren't always able to read through things chronologically. In Seven Soldiers, how you read it is up to you.
Seven Soldiers is presented as a microcosm of the DC Universe; all the characters involved exist within the same world, but this fact doesn't necessarily affect each person individually. Most of the time, you can read Hellblazer and you don't have to read Justice League, but the two stories happen in the same world. Seven Soldiers takes this idea to the nth degree; all seven characters are each inside the same story, only none of them are fully cognizant of how they interconnect. This nuance, in many ways, is a means of amplifying the very essence of comics. The stuff that fans like about the medium as a whole is distilled and brought to the foreground.
If the metatextual elements aren't quite your cup of tea, there is plenty of knock-down, drag-out story to keep you going. All seven of the main characters have self-contained stories, and they all fit a certain type or genre. Looking for someone without powers, but brings the good fight to the streets with strength, courage, and quick-thinking? Check out The Manhattan Guardian. Like sexy bombshell characters in skimpy costumes who then struggle with the perceived role of women in the world of superheroes? You need Bulleteer. Etc., etc. Grant Morrison uses some of these stereotypes and stock characters to offer up something that is familiar, but then manipulates those ideas to serve his own twisted goals.
But if you want to ignore all that hifalutin rigmarole, and just get down to something fun, Seven Soldiers has that, too. It's too easy to get lost in the minutia of comics, and with a series like this (which brings back many B- and C-List characters that have been out-of-circulation for years), it wouldn't be hard to alienate new readers by only offering something that continuity watch-dogs and druggy-minded academics can enjoy. Fortunately, Seven Soldiers focuses on a good story first, with lots of action and twists and turns that make up good storytelling. How much further beyond that you go is entirely up to you.
To elaborate: there are 7, four-issue stories that all interlock, and are bookended by a pair of individual comics that kick-start and wrap-up the entire affair. DC is very good at "event" publishing, where different titles all cross-over into a continuous story that, in order to follow, you have to read all the cross-overs. The hope is that they'll gain new readers when a Superman Fan has to buy Wonder Woman to find out what happens, and gets hooked.
However, this story takes the form of event publishing, but instead introduces 8 new, limited-series titles to readers. The interlocking nature of the different series creates a very unique reading experience. While the trades present the series in single, forward-moving narrative, the single-issue presentations offer readers a chance to "dip in" to the series where ever they would like. You could read each mini-series separately; you could read all the first issues, then the second issues, etc. In many ways, it mimics the way fans pick up comics; many get new issues as they are published, but others pick up a few things here and a few things there, and aren't always able to read through things chronologically. In Seven Soldiers, how you read it is up to you.
Seven Soldiers is presented as a microcosm of the DC Universe; all the characters involved exist within the same world, but this fact doesn't necessarily affect each person individually. Most of the time, you can read Hellblazer and you don't have to read Justice League, but the two stories happen in the same world. Seven Soldiers takes this idea to the nth degree; all seven characters are each inside the same story, only none of them are fully cognizant of how they interconnect. This nuance, in many ways, is a means of amplifying the very essence of comics. The stuff that fans like about the medium as a whole is distilled and brought to the foreground.
If the metatextual elements aren't quite your cup of tea, there is plenty of knock-down, drag-out story to keep you going. All seven of the main characters have self-contained stories, and they all fit a certain type or genre. Looking for someone without powers, but brings the good fight to the streets with strength, courage, and quick-thinking? Check out The Manhattan Guardian. Like sexy bombshell characters in skimpy costumes who then struggle with the perceived role of women in the world of superheroes? You need Bulleteer. Etc., etc. Grant Morrison uses some of these stereotypes and stock characters to offer up something that is familiar, but then manipulates those ideas to serve his own twisted goals.
But if you want to ignore all that hifalutin rigmarole, and just get down to something fun, Seven Soldiers has that, too. It's too easy to get lost in the minutia of comics, and with a series like this (which brings back many B- and C-List characters that have been out-of-circulation for years), it wouldn't be hard to alienate new readers by only offering something that continuity watch-dogs and druggy-minded academics can enjoy. Fortunately, Seven Soldiers focuses on a good story first, with lots of action and twists and turns that make up good storytelling. How much further beyond that you go is entirely up to you.
May 27, 2009
Alright...
Finally, this series comes with a volume that I can really say that I at least liked with no reservations.
Mister Miracle's story develops here with a reality vs. perception motif that I can always get behind. Grant Morrison did enough with the character here to make me want to read New Gods. (No, I'm not converting to a new religion. Jack Kirby's New Gods from the 1970's were the first team that Mister Miracle was a part of.)
The Bulleteer story explores sexual fantasy in a way that uniquely entwines that concept with mortality. I don't know how else to explain it. Read it.
The first chapter of the Frankenstein story brings us to a young boy (not so) affectionately called "Uglyhead". He's a character that we begin to feel sorry for (especially us geeks), but then see that it's absolutely necessary for Frankenstein to show up and put the beat down on.
Bottom line: This third volume (of four) of Seven Soldiers of Victory had more interesting characters, more appealing and intriguing stories and FEELS more like Grant Morrison... There's never anything wrong with that.
Finally, this series comes with a volume that I can really say that I at least liked with no reservations.
Mister Miracle's story develops here with a reality vs. perception motif that I can always get behind. Grant Morrison did enough with the character here to make me want to read New Gods. (No, I'm not converting to a new religion. Jack Kirby's New Gods from the 1970's were the first team that Mister Miracle was a part of.)
The Bulleteer story explores sexual fantasy in a way that uniquely entwines that concept with mortality. I don't know how else to explain it. Read it.
The first chapter of the Frankenstein story brings us to a young boy (not so) affectionately called "Uglyhead". He's a character that we begin to feel sorry for (especially us geeks), but then see that it's absolutely necessary for Frankenstein to show up and put the beat down on.
Bottom line: This third volume (of four) of Seven Soldiers of Victory had more interesting characters, more appealing and intriguing stories and FEELS more like Grant Morrison... There's never anything wrong with that.
January 28, 2011
This collection certainly spared the best for first... with the exception of a good Klarion storyline, and the adamantly creepy origin of the Buleteer, this part isn't nearly as interesting or entertaining as the earlier parts... Frankenstein, despite having the best artwork, in particular is far too involved in the overall story arch to feel a real character and comes off more as a Dues Ex Machina... the Miracle Man stories, however, are the worst. The art is horrible and the storyline incomprehensible. I suppose I can appreciate Morrison's attempts to show the incomprehensible time flux of a black hole, and I suppose bums really being the guises of the New Gods is interesting, but there is not enough composition or exposition to make any of it at all interesting... this whole part is missing a lot of exposition and insight: interesting topics or personalities are introduced but not enough or nothing is done with them... also by this point the overall plot arch is spinning its wheels. Perhaps this whole thing would have worked better as as the Four soldiers of victory?
April 3, 2012
I have to say I'm usually not smart enough to read Grant Morrison. This series started out linear enough and was actually quite fun.
But, I have absolutely no idea how it ended--I wasn't smart enough and quite frankly, my personal view, is that a mainstream comic book shouldn't require that much work. (that's not saying that I don't like books where each time you read it, you appreciate it more (like Watchman) but my personal feeling is that you should also enjoy the first reading.)
This was originally 30 issues, so I was a little perturbed that after 29 issues of mostly linear stories (except Frankenstein) you end up with a medium breaking existential romp that makes your brain bleed. (I'm also not sure how this fits in with the DCU, Countdown, or Final Crisis. But, since Countdown to Fibal Crisis and Final Crisis don't fit, it's a minor complaint).
Don't get me wrong, Grant Morrison is a genius. I'm smart enough to recognize that, I'm just not smart enough to enjoy his genius.
But, I have absolutely no idea how it ended--I wasn't smart enough and quite frankly, my personal view, is that a mainstream comic book shouldn't require that much work. (that's not saying that I don't like books where each time you read it, you appreciate it more (like Watchman) but my personal feeling is that you should also enjoy the first reading.)
This was originally 30 issues, so I was a little perturbed that after 29 issues of mostly linear stories (except Frankenstein) you end up with a medium breaking existential romp that makes your brain bleed. (I'm also not sure how this fits in with the DCU, Countdown, or Final Crisis. But, since Countdown to Fibal Crisis and Final Crisis don't fit, it's a minor complaint).
Don't get me wrong, Grant Morrison is a genius. I'm smart enough to recognize that, I'm just not smart enough to enjoy his genius.
August 16, 2019
Basic Plot: Seven unlikely heroes are drawn together to defeat a new enemy to the DC universe: the Sheeda.
Each of 7 characters got a 4-issue miniseries as part of this run and had a unique part to play in the overall plot. While many readers may be familiar with the character Zatanna, she was probably the best known of the characters in the series. The series was also bookended with an introduction and conclusion issue. Overall, the art for the series was good and the stories were interesting. The connections weren't obvious at the beginning of each character's story, but they became more apparent as the plots developed. An ambitious project, to be sure.
While it was interesting, it never fully connected to me. It was enjoyable while reading, but fairly forgettable to me afterwards.
Each of 7 characters got a 4-issue miniseries as part of this run and had a unique part to play in the overall plot. While many readers may be familiar with the character Zatanna, she was probably the best known of the characters in the series. The series was also bookended with an introduction and conclusion issue. Overall, the art for the series was good and the stories were interesting. The connections weren't obvious at the beginning of each character's story, but they became more apparent as the plots developed. An ambitious project, to be sure.
While it was interesting, it never fully connected to me. It was enjoyable while reading, but fairly forgettable to me afterwards.
February 1, 2010
More little stories introducing new versions of old DC characters that then build into a giant puzzle of a story.
Klarion reads like a very dark twisted fairy tale and Frankenstien was a brilliant bit of surreal pulp action.
Zatanna is a waste that waters down the character, Bulleteer is an interesting character, but all Grant does is use her to snicker at the 'sexual subtext' of super heroes and go on about how absurd super heroes are.
Way to shoot yourself in the foot, Grant.
The individual stories are hit and miss, about 50% to 50% crap, but it's an interesting expieriment and in this day and age any writer willing to try something different ( besides seeing how grim and gritty we can make an established hero) is worth my money.
Klarion reads like a very dark twisted fairy tale and Frankenstien was a brilliant bit of surreal pulp action.
Zatanna is a waste that waters down the character, Bulleteer is an interesting character, but all Grant does is use her to snicker at the 'sexual subtext' of super heroes and go on about how absurd super heroes are.
Way to shoot yourself in the foot, Grant.
The individual stories are hit and miss, about 50% to 50% crap, but it's an interesting expieriment and in this day and age any writer willing to try something different ( besides seeing how grim and gritty we can make an established hero) is worth my money.
January 11, 2010
Reprints Klarion the Witchboy #4, Mister Miracle #1-2, Zatanna #4, Bulleteer #1-2, and Frankenstein #1. Klarion, Mister Miracle, Zatanna, the Bulleteer, and Frankenstein battle the Sheeda and continue to work to a common goal. This is probably the best of the Seven Soldiers collection because it has the most working series. Klarion and Zatanna wrap-up their mini-series while Mister Miracle, the Bulleteer, and Frankenstein begin their arcs. Mister Miracle is one of the weakest of the Seven Soldiers series while the Bulleteer and Frankenstein are one of the strongest. Must like all of the Seven Soldiers series, there is good and bad but in this book a majority are good.
July 19, 2016
Like a freight train without brakes screaming down a hill, the story gets more and more intense as it heads towards its conclusion. Can't wait to read volume four! I was not looking forward to starting with three new characters since the first volume took a bit of work to get through, but their stories fit in well here with the tone and urgency that the other stories have reached. I'm enjoying this series immensely at this point but am glad I wasn't trying to read it as it came out in single issues...
February 22, 2016
Story is coming together. Frankenstein rules. THe art in bulleteer and zatanna is too much. Like way too much. This one isn't the best. Idk. I honestly don't like this series very much. The art is very exploitative and in spite of the large creative teams
There are no women. Idk. I'll finish it because the story is good but the characterization is lacking. If the art was slightly less cheese cakey then I would actually like it s lot. But it isn't.
There are no women. Idk. I'll finish it because the story is good but the characterization is lacking. If the art was slightly less cheese cakey then I would actually like it s lot. But it isn't.
March 21, 2016
Intense. And kind of still too separate. This might have been better if all books were 1-4. Like this is just the Klarion and Frankenstein book or whatever.
One thing you can't help but notice after reading this and Grant's X-Men run and his autobiography about comics is contempt for a certain kind of person who reads comics . . . . .
One thing you can't help but notice after reading this and Grant's X-Men run and his autobiography about comics is contempt for a certain kind of person who reads comics . . . . .
July 12, 2008
Wow, this series really takes a dip in quality in this volume with the introduction of the awful Mister Miracle and Bulleteer segments. Given how strong the first volumes were, it's a shame, and I hope the fourth can bring it back together.
I did like the Frankenstein guy, though.
I did like the Frankenstein guy, though.
July 1, 2025
Jamás leí esta serie en estos recopilatorios grandotes pero creo que sí hice caso al orden de lectura original. Aunque lo tengo en tomos de Planeta que recopilaban por personaje, salvo que lo consiga en inglés a muy buen precio supongo que le va a tocar relectura.
March 5, 2012
This volume creates more crossover between the seven story lines. That keeps this series engaging and the fresh influx of three new characters. The Klarion installment has been my favorite thus far, and it will be interesting to see how seven characters will unite, or if they actually will.
September 3, 2013
I found Vol. 3 a little more interesting than Vol. 2. The introduction of some new characters with compelling origin stories helped. I feel like I can't give a full impression of this project until I finish reading Vol. 4 and see the entire plan laid out.
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