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ClanDestine #2
ClanDestine: Blood Relative
Alan Davis' freaky family returns They've existed, hidden among mankind for centuries, a mysterious bloodline of superhumans, eternal and apart. And all they've desired is to be left alone, to pursue their individual interests in peace. But now, the existence of their hidden clan is threatened with exposure by the activities of one of their youngest siblings, Rory Destine, who aspires to be the costumed crimefighter called the Crimson Crusader And now that the cat's been let out of the bag, who or what is going to come calling at the Destine family's Ravenscroft doorway? Collects ClanDestine #1-5.
120 pages, Hardcover
First published September 17, 2008
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Alan Davis
1,026 books68 followersAlan Davis is an English writer and artist of comic books, known for his work on titles such as Captain Britain, The Uncanny X-Men, ClanDestine, Excalibur, JLA: The Nail and JLA: Another Nail and others.
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March 24, 2015
The ClanDestine returns!
I got this miniseries on its single issues, but I am using this TPB edition to make a better overall review.
Creative Team:
Creator, Writer & Illustrator: Alan Davis
Inker: Mark Farmer
THOSE GOOD OLD TIMES
I believe in fate. We are all where we are meant to be and wishing otherwise is a waste.
After like ten years, the creative team of Alan Davis & Mark Farmer return to make the second series about the ClanDestine.
Honestly, with ten years for thinking about how to engage the story, I expected something more unusual, more inspiring.
The flashbacks about the rich history of the family Destine are awesome, and I would be delightful to read more about them.
It’s the story developed in “present time” that it’s nothing out of cliché super-hero team stuff. Also, you hardly have the entire family together at the same time. There are like 3 or 4 sub-stories involving 2 or 3 members of the family, and all sub-stories didn’t do much to add value to any main story (if there is one).
Also, while there are ten years between the original story and this second miniseries, there isn’t any advance in the dynamics of the group or advance in any main storyline. It’s just like “time freezes” between both series and very likely this is an effort to give the proper ending that Davis & Farmer wanted to give to the original story ten years ago before lefting the title (for unknown reasons).
So, you have truly great characters with a rich past, but with no “present” story at the same level to balance the interest in knowing the past of the characters.
HOW MANY TIMES A CAMEO IS STILL SOMETHING GOOD?
We’re from an earth too. From which earth did you originate – the number?
They have numbers?
In the original series, there were a lot of cameos, where certainy the one of Spider-Man was the best of all of them. But still, I understand that some of the idea was to make feeling to readers that this “new team” was indeed part of the oficial Marvel Universe, so having some key cameos here and there, it was useful.
However, we are now in the second miniseries, the group is hardly unknowns anymore to readers, and it’s expected to exploit all the potential of the title’s characters in some adventure of their own against their own enemies.
However, you have a whole team, Excalibur, making a long appearance in 3 of the 5 comic book issues of this miniseries, and the members of ClanDestine getting along with them will have to face a familiar menace, not something original (not really, since there is some twist but still not good enough).
Always a brief cameo of a popular character helps to boost the sales of any new comic book title, but I think that you have to limit those cameos to the minimum, since after all, you want to read about the new characters as much as possible.
So, again, you have really great characters that you want to know about them and their past lives, but you only get some glimpses of that, and also, after 17 comic book issues (12, in the original run, and 5 in this miniseries) you begin to wonder how many more issues need the creative team to present a real progress in the storyline and reaching somewhere.
I got this miniseries on its single issues, but I am using this TPB edition to make a better overall review.
Creative Team:
Creator, Writer & Illustrator: Alan Davis
Inker: Mark Farmer
THOSE GOOD OLD TIMES
I believe in fate. We are all where we are meant to be and wishing otherwise is a waste.
After like ten years, the creative team of Alan Davis & Mark Farmer return to make the second series about the ClanDestine.
Honestly, with ten years for thinking about how to engage the story, I expected something more unusual, more inspiring.
The flashbacks about the rich history of the family Destine are awesome, and I would be delightful to read more about them.
It’s the story developed in “present time” that it’s nothing out of cliché super-hero team stuff. Also, you hardly have the entire family together at the same time. There are like 3 or 4 sub-stories involving 2 or 3 members of the family, and all sub-stories didn’t do much to add value to any main story (if there is one).
Also, while there are ten years between the original story and this second miniseries, there isn’t any advance in the dynamics of the group or advance in any main storyline. It’s just like “time freezes” between both series and very likely this is an effort to give the proper ending that Davis & Farmer wanted to give to the original story ten years ago before lefting the title (for unknown reasons).
So, you have truly great characters with a rich past, but with no “present” story at the same level to balance the interest in knowing the past of the characters.
HOW MANY TIMES A CAMEO IS STILL SOMETHING GOOD?
We’re from an earth too. From which earth did you originate – the number?
They have numbers?
In the original series, there were a lot of cameos, where certainy the one of Spider-Man was the best of all of them. But still, I understand that some of the idea was to make feeling to readers that this “new team” was indeed part of the oficial Marvel Universe, so having some key cameos here and there, it was useful.
However, we are now in the second miniseries, the group is hardly unknowns anymore to readers, and it’s expected to exploit all the potential of the title’s characters in some adventure of their own against their own enemies.
However, you have a whole team, Excalibur, making a long appearance in 3 of the 5 comic book issues of this miniseries, and the members of ClanDestine getting along with them will have to face a familiar menace, not something original (not really, since there is some twist but still not good enough).
Always a brief cameo of a popular character helps to boost the sales of any new comic book title, but I think that you have to limit those cameos to the minimum, since after all, you want to read about the new characters as much as possible.
So, again, you have really great characters that you want to know about them and their past lives, but you only get some glimpses of that, and also, after 17 comic book issues (12, in the original run, and 5 in this miniseries) you begin to wonder how many more issues need the creative team to present a real progress in the storyline and reaching somewhere.
November 20, 2016
I love just about everything Alan Davis does, and this was no exception. I bought this as single issues when it first came out, and it's been sitting in my 'to be read' pile for a long time. It's nice to see the ClanDestine family again. Their first book only had a short run, and beyond that, they've only showed up sporadically. This mini-series isn't long (five issues), but it has a lot packed into it, including guest appearances by Excalibur and the Inhumans. It's a lot of fun, and jumps around a lot, but it comes together in the end.
July 23, 2024
Another solid batch of tales of the Destine family and their adventures. Alan Davis' warm writing and artwork make this an enjoyable read. I dislike how the covers are collected in a gallery in the back of the book rather than their proper location as chapter markers. This whole thing reads like one giant story, so maybe that was the point. Who knows?
July 9, 2019
Mi è sempre piaciuta e sempre mi piacerà la strana famiglia disfunzionale anglosassone che Alan Davies ha creato. L'importante è che sia sempre lui a scriverne le storie però. Se poi le disegna è anche meglio.
Peccato che il Clan Destine non abbia avuto il successo che meritava.
Peccato che il Clan Destine non abbia avuto il successo che meritava.
August 9, 2022
Stars for the displaced time Excalibur appearance and the vampires
March 20, 2023
3,5 estrelas
October 4, 2014
I wanted to like this because it's Alan Davis, but even favorite creators get it wrong sometimes. The art is gorgeous as always, but the plot is a haphazard collection of random elements that aren't fully developed and never really go deeper into character. I have a feeling what happened here was that after the comic was cancelled, Davis crammed all the ideas he would have wanted to explore over a multi-year run into 120 pages. Much as I love his tying in Excalibur's Cross-Time Caper, nothing here fully gels.
October 27, 2009
Sequel to the original ClanDestine series has the various family members bouncing around time, space and all kinds of little corners of the Marvel Universe.
Nice mix of adventure, little bits of marvel comics history and wrap up of loose story threads from the original series all done in beautiful Alan Davis art.
Great last page too.
Nice mix of adventure, little bits of marvel comics history and wrap up of loose story threads from the original series all done in beautiful Alan Davis art.
Great last page too.
August 2, 2011
Another great Clandestine offering from Alan Davis. This continues nicely where the last book finished. Still leaves you wanting more.
August 31, 2011
Here's hoping that the story will continue...
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