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The Middleman #6
The Middleman - Volume 5: The Pan-Universal Parental Reconciliation
Can the universe handle two Wendy Watsons?
As a nefarious power beyond all logic and imagination gathers strength in the darkest corners of reality, The Middleman - most inscrutable agent of the planet's most absurdly secretive organization - must find the answers behind a freak convergence of parallel universes that has brought together two very similar, but also very different, versions of his sidekick, Wendy Watson.
Saddle up with The Middleman and Wendy Watson - and Wendy Watson - as two realities collide, three Middlemen collude, and four heroes connect in a wild adventure that not only spans the galaxy but also promises to answer the most burning of all questions in the story of The Middleman…
…where in space, time and dimension is Wendy Watson's missing father?
As a nefarious power beyond all logic and imagination gathers strength in the darkest corners of reality, The Middleman - most inscrutable agent of the planet's most absurdly secretive organization - must find the answers behind a freak convergence of parallel universes that has brought together two very similar, but also very different, versions of his sidekick, Wendy Watson.
Saddle up with The Middleman and Wendy Watson - and Wendy Watson - as two realities collide, three Middlemen collude, and four heroes connect in a wild adventure that not only spans the galaxy but also promises to answer the most burning of all questions in the story of The Middleman…
…where in space, time and dimension is Wendy Watson's missing father?
105 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2014
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February 1, 2021
After so many years of wondering about Dubbie's dad, I now know.
The art was fantastic and the different styles within this volume helped with telling who was from where, which I thought was neat. The Middleman still makes me smile with the alliteration and action and dramatics.
If you just need something that makes you smile, laugh, and sit on the edge of your seat, definitely give this series (the comics and the show) a try.
The art was fantastic and the different styles within this volume helped with telling who was from where, which I thought was neat. The Middleman still makes me smile with the alliteration and action and dramatics.
If you just need something that makes you smile, laugh, and sit on the edge of your seat, definitely give this series (the comics and the show) a try.
November 15, 2014
It is impossible for me to be completely objective about this book because I'm a huge Middleman fan, I contributed so much to the crowdfunding campaign that I am in the book and I participated in the live reading, and also one time Javi bought me a burrito. I still owe him a burrito.
That being said, this book is as awesome as a marmoset on crack. A wild adventure starring comic AND TV versions of Wendy Watson, PLUS Wendy's father, who had disappeared under mysterious-and-now-finally-explained circumstances? It's as gloriously fun as you'd expect, with the chyron humor, pop culture references (annotated in the back!), and pulpy, larger-than-life dialogue that only Javier Grillo-Marxuach (and his Middlewriters) can write. It's lovely to see Les McClaine's art for a little bit, but Armando Zanker takes center stage, bringing back his character designs from The Middleman: The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse (but this time Wendy is colored darker, which is nice).
This book is a gift to Middlefans, a must-own.
That being said, this book is as awesome as a marmoset on crack. A wild adventure starring comic AND TV versions of Wendy Watson, PLUS Wendy's father, who had disappeared under mysterious-and-now-finally-explained circumstances? It's as gloriously fun as you'd expect, with the chyron humor, pop culture references (annotated in the back!), and pulpy, larger-than-life dialogue that only Javier Grillo-Marxuach (and his Middlewriters) can write. It's lovely to see Les McClaine's art for a little bit, but Armando Zanker takes center stage, bringing back his character designs from The Middleman: The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse (but this time Wendy is colored darker, which is nice).
This book is a gift to Middlefans, a must-own.
October 24, 2018
The final volume of the Middleman series to date brings together the indie comics book version (the "creator owned universe")with their parallel-Earth counterparts on the TV series ("corporate owned universe"). Following the Middleman's death in the creator-verse, Wendy Watson finally discovers what happened to her long-lost father. Their next adventure drops them in the corporate-verse where the two Wendys size each other up and the world's most efficient vacuum cleaner proves a deadly menace.
This was tremendous fun, and resolves the one mystery left hanging from the series. I'm not entirely sure I like the idea Wendy was always destined to be a Middleman, though, and I never thought MM saw himself as a father-figure to her. Definitely worth reading if you like the series as much as I do though.
This was tremendous fun, and resolves the one mystery left hanging from the series. I'm not entirely sure I like the idea Wendy was always destined to be a Middleman, though, and I never thought MM saw himself as a father-figure to her. Definitely worth reading if you like the series as much as I do though.
August 17, 2022
LOVE the tv show. The B&W comic, no. This color version just ok. I read it while watching/listening to the 2014 ComicCon panel read of the same script. Fun to see the actors having fun. Sorry, it's ok. Would have been a fun TV show. But this is only good for nostalgia.
December 5, 2024
I enjoyed this. But, if you can. try to re-watch the show and read the previous comics to get the most out of it.
December 8, 2014
I backed this, and then my copy was delayed for months by a postal strike, so I've been waiting for this for ages! But ultimately, it didn't blow me away. I found it pretty confusing and hard to follow (although I'll read it again at some point and maybe it'll make more sense), and it lacked a lot of the charm of the original comics and the show for me. As with The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse, I also found it a bit sad and dark. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I watch the show because it makes me happy, so it's not really what I love about it.
I'm glad I own this, and glad I backed it and so get to feel like I helped bring it into the world. It does have a lot of the characteristic humour and references, and I liked the ending.
I'll give it another chance some time, but right now it just wasn't quite what I was hoping for.
I'm glad I own this, and glad I backed it and so get to feel like I helped bring it into the world. It does have a lot of the characteristic humour and references, and I liked the ending.
I'll give it another chance some time, but right now it just wasn't quite what I was hoping for.
October 4, 2014
As a fan of the TV show The Middleman, and a new fan of the comic on which the tv show was based, this was pure joy. As I hoped knew it would be since I helped contribute to it!
It was great to have some closure, but, naturally, I would love to see the series continue. The Middleman is sorely needed in this world.
It was great to have some closure, but, naturally, I would love to see the series continue. The Middleman is sorely needed in this world.
October 4, 2014
Anything Middleman-related gets an automatic five stars from me, especially when the franchise gets a fresh kickstart after being seemingly dead after the last few years!
October 6, 2014
Five stars entirely for being More Middleman. Anything else would feel sad and quibble-y.
October 8, 2014
Back and good as ever
October 15, 2014
I didn't love it as much as I'd hoped. I feel like it was somehow meaner than the show, though it's possible those edges are softened in the table read, which I haven't watched yet.
January 18, 2015
This was fun; I loved the easter eggs (and the guide to references at the back), and it was lovely to get one more taste of the Middleman -- the blend of the two universes was done very nicely.
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