Zenith Book Four: War In Heaven Part 1

Zenith #4

by Grant Morrison, Steve Yeowell (Illustrator)

Zenith was a story about a British superhero, which appeared in the science fiction comic 2000 AD. Created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Steve Yeowell, with original character designs by Brendan McCarthy, it first appeared in 2000 AD #535 (22 August 1987)

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Science Fiction, Fiction

80 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1990

About the author

Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.

In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.

Reviews

[Emilio Arias H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Otra vez el cómic se puso bueno. Como lectores, seguimos estando algo lejanos a los acontecimientos a raíz de los personajes nuevos que entran y salen (porque mueren), sin mucha historia previa para poder empatizar con ellos. Pero la trama se vuelve épica, con violencia seca, donde decenas de superhéroes de mundos alternativos se juntan para salvar al universo de las fuerzas oscuras.
Como algo negativo, se pueden mencionar varios detalles que apenas están esbozados, sobre todo la subtrama del rejuvenecimiento del personaje de Ruby, que está metida con calzador. Calculo que en el quinto y último tomo se ahonda más en ella. Por suerte, a diferencia de tomos anteriores, las referencias literarias escasean.
El dibujo continúa en un gran nivel, aunque la única oposición que le pongo a Steve Yeowell, si bien el ritmo narrativo es impecable, es que en las partes de acción no se entiende bien qué es lo que sucede. Es evidente que no es un dibujante de acción, sino contemplativo, pausado.

[Camilo Guerra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zenith en lugar de irse a promocionar su álbum y a darle un vuelco a su carrera, decide ir a pelear por el destino de todos los universos, si te digo, estos popstars no son como los de antes.


LO BUENO: La serie se vuelve épica, y sientes que cada pagina esta escrita a sangre y fuego, con muertes cósmicas, peleas callejeras, heroes poseídos, y Morrison hace todo genial y Yeowelll dibuja de una manera increíble.

-Tienes que ir a un programa de tv, ¿recuerdas?
-¡Venga, Eddie! ¿Qué es un estúpido programa infantil comparado con el fin del universo?

LO MALO: En ocasiones, me perdí entre los personajes, y...no tengo en este momento el 05 y ultimo tomo.

[Anthea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good grief, isn’t this meant to be a kids comic?! Not that I’m complaining. This is an epic tragedy of horrendous world-destroying and noble self-sacrifice. The Mamba tape is heart-wrenching and the whole thing frankly leaves me a blubbering mess. Thank god for Zenith’s snarkiness to lighten the tone. Points to Morrison.

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was great. Now, if only someone can scan and post book 5, or gimme the $75-$400 it'll take to buy book 5, and then if that same or different someone can lend Morrison & Yeowell a hand in fighting the assorted legal hang-ups stopping this book from being finished/affordably reprinted, that would be just that much greater.

The point is, this is my favorite volume so far, and it ends on a cliffhanger, which is a total bummer. I got the first 4 books for about a total of $20, and like I said above, It could've cost me almost 100 times that much. It was my first foray into the 2000AD world of weekly, 2-6 pg episodes, but I thought it worked well. Super-cool. What was going on in the second half of the 1980's that made comics so incredible?

[Oliver Hodson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best volume so far, maximan had this galactus like size and unpredictability and it will be until book 5 to find out if he is a world eater or a world saver. So creepy with the blindness and the bigmind, possibly lliogor hosting presence, and obvious omnipotence brooding below the surface. This is all cast in relation to zenith's own characterisation- is it heroism hidden beneath layers of douchebaggery, or douchebaggery hidden under a layer of douchebaggery. Finally understand a way in which zenith works as a critique in relation to superhumans like maggie t and morrissey

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mi tomo favorito de la serie, creo. Hay que ver cómo cae parado cuando toque relectura.