The Rook Archives Volume 2

W.B. Dubay's the Rook Archives

by Bill DuBay, Jim Stenstrum (Illustrations)

From the pages of Warren Publishing's Eerie magazine, The Rook returns in new archival editions, bringing you the best of the time-travelling swash-buckler. Written by William B. Dubay and drawn by Jim Stenstrum, with covers by Paul Gulacy, The Rook follows scientist and adventurer Restin Dane as he travels through history righting wrongs and saving those in need, while investigating the mysteries of his own family history. Joined by robots he created, and traveling via his invention The Time Castle, the Rook takes readers on a journey through time they'll never forget.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Classics, Science Fiction

152 pages, Hardcover

Published July 18, 2017

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy some humor with my time travel and I like me heroes to be as fractured as they are mighty. Warren accomplished all this with great art added when they published the adventures of the Rook. Very nice reads that were ahead of their time but then that was what Warren did when it unleashed it's talent. Recommended

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The great comic magazine Eerie had tons of good stories and reoccurring characters but I think one of my favorites was the Rook. If you like time traveling adventure with some humor added in then the Rook is the hero for ya to try out. nice art and writing make these a great adventure read. Recommended

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is probably the best reoccurring character from the old Warren magazines. The art is fantastic. It's all in black and white with grey tones. The various chapters are organized in the order that the Eerie issues were released. One thing I think is a little strange about these early stories is that they didn't seem to know whether to settle on Restin Dane or his great great grandfather Bishop Dane as the main characters. And a confusing thing that DuBay did was mostly feature the old man in the very first story while maintaining that Restin was our hero. Would he want to feature the main protagonist in the first story? Oh well, just a minor gripe.

[Fraser Sherman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Restin Dane is a time traveler, known as the Rook because his time machine resembles a giant chess castle. In this first collection he travels back to the Alamo and the Old West to save his ancestors, makes an enemy of outlaw Gat Hawkins, discovers an alien base under his lab and travels into the future when humanity is gone.
I was always curious about the Rook — buying Warren magazines was outside my budget — and now that I've read him, I'm not sure what to think. The story is very odd and disjointed and I'm not sure yet if it pays off.

[Egghead · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not know The Rook
was a time travel story.
Not wholly thrilling.

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing but great Warren artists working on this volume. But none of DuBay's stories were very interesting. The last story in the book had an interesting setup involving a primitive man that had been evolved by aliens and could live forever. He meets up with our protagonists, but they never really did anything with it. It ended with some jokes. Too bad because the story seemed to have potential.