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Hero squared #2
Hero Squared Vol. 2: Another Fine Mess
Justice League International's Giffen and DeMatteis bring you another fine mess! More critically acclaimed bwah-ha-ha hilarity from one of comics' best-selling writing teams! Captain Valor is trapped on a parallel world where his doppelganger is a slacker named Milo--and really isn't much help against the Captain's archvillian Calignous, the alternate-world version of Milo's girlfriend, Stephie, who's followed Captain Valor to this Earth to wreak havoc. Confused? It gets crazier. And deadlier. HERO SQUARED VOLUME TWO is an adventure-filled laugh fest that Giffen and DeMatteis consider their finest work together to date (their previous "finest work" involved an army of mutated penguins)!
- GenresGraphic NovelsComics
136 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2008
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Keith Giffen
1,947 books220 followersKeith Ian Giffen was an American comic book illustrator and writer. He is possibly best-known for his long runs illustrating, and later writing the Legion of Super-Heroes title in the 1980s and 1990s. He also created the alien mercenary character Lobo (with Roger Slifer), and the irreverent "want-to-be" hero, Ambush Bug. Giffen is known for having an unorthodox writing style, often using characters in ways not seen before. His dialogue is usually characterized by a biting wit that is seen as much less zany than dialogue provided by longtime collaborators DeMatteis and Robert Loren Fleming. That approach has brought him both criticism and admiration, as perhaps best illustrated by the mixed (although commercially successful) response to his work in DC Comics' Justice League International (1987-1992). He also plotted and was breakdown artist for an Aquaman limited series and one-shot special in 1989 with writer Robert Loren Fleming and artist Curt Swan for DC Comics.
Giffen's first published work was "The Sword and The Star", a black-and-white series featured in Marvel Preview, with writer Bill Mantlo. He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher (to be re-released in a collected edition by Boom! Studios)., T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Vext. He was also responsible for the English adaptation of the Battle Royale and Ikki Tousen manga, as well as creating "I Luv Halloween" for Tokyopop. He also worked for Dark Horse from 1994-95 on their Comics Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes line, as the writer of two short lived series, Division 13 and co-author, with Lovern Kindzierski, of Agents of Law. For Valiant Comics, Giffen wrote XO-Manowar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Punx and the final issue of Solar, Man of the Atom.
He took a break from the comic industry for several years, working on storyboards for television and film, including shows such as The Real Ghostbusters and Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy.
He is also the lead writer for Marvel Comics's Annihilation event, having written the one-shot prologue, the lead-in stories in Thanos and Drax, the Silver Surfer as well as the main six issues mini-series. He also wrote the Star-Lord mini-series for the follow-up story Annihilation: Conquest. He currently writes Doom Patrol for DC, and is also completing an abandoned Grant Morrison plot in The Authority: the Lost Year for Wildstorm.
Giffen's first published work was "The Sword and The Star", a black-and-white series featured in Marvel Preview, with writer Bill Mantlo. He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher (to be re-released in a collected edition by Boom! Studios)., T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Vext. He was also responsible for the English adaptation of the Battle Royale and Ikki Tousen manga, as well as creating "I Luv Halloween" for Tokyopop. He also worked for Dark Horse from 1994-95 on their Comics Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes line, as the writer of two short lived series, Division 13 and co-author, with Lovern Kindzierski, of Agents of Law. For Valiant Comics, Giffen wrote XO-Manowar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Punx and the final issue of Solar, Man of the Atom.
He took a break from the comic industry for several years, working on storyboards for television and film, including shows such as The Real Ghostbusters and Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy.
He is also the lead writer for Marvel Comics's Annihilation event, having written the one-shot prologue, the lead-in stories in Thanos and Drax, the Silver Surfer as well as the main six issues mini-series. He also wrote the Star-Lord mini-series for the follow-up story Annihilation: Conquest. He currently writes Doom Patrol for DC, and is also completing an abandoned Grant Morrison plot in The Authority: the Lost Year for Wildstorm.
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July 2, 2025
Keith Giffenin "Hero Squared Vol. 2: Another Fine Mess" (BOOM! Studios, 2008) jatkaa Milon, Stephien ja näiden rinnakkaisesta universumista saapuneiden supervoimaisten kaksoisolentojen tarinaa.
Sarjakuvan taide on edelleen keskinkertaista ja yhteen ruutuun on saatettu sijoittaa uuvuttavan paljon dialogia, mutta tarina on ihmissuhdesotkuineen sen verran toimiva, että sitä jaksaa lukea.
Supersankarigenreä piikitellään hetkittäin ihan osuvasti, myös visuaalisin viittauksin. Kapteeni Valor joutuu kantapään kautta oppimaan, että oikea maailma toimii hieman eri tavoin kuin supersankarien universumissa, jossa sankari onnistuu aina pelastamaan hätään joutuneen eivätkä viattomat sivustakatsojat koskaan joudu kärsimään.
Kaipa tälle kolme tähteä voi antaa.
Sarjakuvan taide on edelleen keskinkertaista ja yhteen ruutuun on saatettu sijoittaa uuvuttavan paljon dialogia, mutta tarina on ihmissuhdesotkuineen sen verran toimiva, että sitä jaksaa lukea.
Supersankarigenreä piikitellään hetkittäin ihan osuvasti, myös visuaalisin viittauksin. Kapteeni Valor joutuu kantapään kautta oppimaan, että oikea maailma toimii hieman eri tavoin kuin supersankarien universumissa, jossa sankari onnistuu aina pelastamaan hätään joutuneen eivätkä viattomat sivustakatsojat koskaan joudu kärsimään.
Kaipa tälle kolme tähteä voi antaa.
December 14, 2015
See my review for volume #1. This is more of the same.
January 2, 2026
Segundo tomo partido de la vieja edición española.
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