Nowhere Men #2

Nowhere Men (single issues) #2

by Eric Stephenson, Unknown Author

There are fates worse than death.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

Unknown Binding

First published December 9, 2012

About the author

As Publisher for Image Comics, Eric Stephenson has helped foster the creator-owned projects of numerous bestselling writers and artists, including Robert Kirkman, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Jonathan Hickman, Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Kelly Sue DeConnick, and Brandon Graham, as well as a well-known pair of award magnets whose names rhyme with Frian and Biona. He is also the Eisner-nominated writer and co-creator of NOWHERE MEN and THEY'RE NOT LIKE US.

Reviews

[Vittorio Rainone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entra nel vivo lo scontro fra Simon Grimshaw, Emerson Strange e il telepate Dade Ellis. E il "quid" di questo fumetto si concretizza sempre più: mutazioni, tutte avvenute partendo dal sangue di Grimshaw. C'è chi diventa una specie di Hulk, chi diventa inattaccabile, chi assume le sembianze di un fluido corrosivo, chi rallenta il tempo o causa malfunzionamenti nei macchinari. Insomma: supereroi con superpoteri e con nascite più o meno accidentali. Il tutto misto agli intrighi corporativi (per la verità, come succede di solito in questi casi, piuttosto blandi). I disegni di Bellegarde sono molto meglio di come li ricordavo, ed è molto più interessante l'impianto narrativo, che alterna a momenti a fumetti, estratti di articoli, libri, interviste o pubblicità della World Corp o dei concorrenti. Insomma: un buon fumetto, magari non eccezionale perchè appare troppo patinato e la sostanza è in fin dei conti poca (un dubbio mio: è possibile affidarsi sempre a personaggi geniali, senza gestirli in maniera geniale? purtroppo il mondo del fumetto è pieno di inventori con QI altissimi che si comportano come persone assolutamente normo dotate a livello tattico o comportamentale)

[Tiffany Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eric Stephenson and team deliver again! Nowhere Men issue 2 is a hell of a roller coaster that is one a collision course. In the previous issue you are left with the double page spread of the space station, which is where you find that a group of scientist are being quarantined due to some unknown virus. Now in this issue again we are left with the double page spread of the space station, after it's been destroyed. Things seem to be continuing to get worse for Strange and World Corp. Ellis seems to be coming out of whatever medical issues he was experiencing, and our crew on the space station seem to be not only fighting World Corp to leave, each other for survival, but also the space station itself since one of the scientist, Pierce, has taken it for granted to drain the power from the space station to make a teleportation device to allow them to leave their quarantine. Eric Stephenson, again, does an amazing job at adding in magazine covers, advertisements, magazine articles, and an excerpt from a novel, as well as a movie poster staring Michael Caine as Emerson Strange, a Stanley Kubrick Film.... I love all of the full immersion into the world of Nowhere Men and World Corp. You can not miss a single page with these issue or you will be missing a vital piece of information to what is truly going on. The artwork is fantastic, as is the writing. Just as we are getting answers with this issue, we are still given more questions. This issue reminds me of a throwback to Fantastic Four in a way. The mutations in the human characters there get hit with space rays and are affected. Here, it seems that we are given a virus or something of unknown origin, but while they are in space. Each of the group does seem to be mutating into something else, or having some kind of illness effect them. Oh and HOLY SHIT.... I just noticed a nod to Canton Jayne from Firefly/Serenity. Don't know if it was on purpose or not, but thats freaking awesome!

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

+ "Modern Scientist" cover and "Cyber Optics" advertisement within the comic is interesting
+ Craziness that ensues toward the end
- Timeline goes back and forth quite a bit...
= Overall, quite violent, kind of difficult keeping track at times, but interesting nonetheless.