Five Years: Omnibus

by Terry Moore, Steve Hamaker (Colorist)

The world's nuclear powers are in a five year race to build the Phi bomb, an apocalyptic weapon that can destroy the planet. Determined to stop them, Tambi sends Rachel and Zoe to Moscow to find and recruit their top physicist. But the pair are met with deadly force, leaving Tambi no choice but to convince Katchoo to leave her wife and children for one last job. All of Terry Moore's series unite as one epic saga in Five Years. At the center of it all is Katchoo, the haunted woman with a wild past who would do anything for the love of her life, Francine, including leave their island paradise to stop the doomsday device hailed as The Last Bomb.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Urban Fantasy, Thriller, Suspense, Lesbian, Romance

236 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 9, 2020

About the author

Following the examples of independent comic creators such as Dave Sim and Jeff Smith, he decided to publish Strangers in Paradise himself through his own Houston-based "Abstract Studios" imprint, and has frequently mentioned a desire to do a syndicated cartoon strip in the authors notes at the back of the Strangers in Paradise collection books. He has also mentioned his greatest career influence is Peanuts' Charles Schulz.[1] Some of Moore's strip work can additionally be found in his Paradise, Too! publications.

His work has won him recognition in the comics industry, including receiving the Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story in 1996 for Strangers in Paradise #1-8, which was collected in the trade paperback "I Dream of You".

It was announced on June 15th, 2007 that Moore would be taking over for Sean McKeever as writer of Marvel Comics's Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane series starting with a new issue #1. On July 27th, Marvel announced that Moore would also take over for Joss Whedon as writer of Marvel's Runaways.[2]

On November 19th, 2007 Terry Moore announced in his blog that his new self-published series would be named Echo and its first issue would appear on March 5th, 2008.[3]

Reviews

[Sapphir · Rating 5 out of 5]

Together with Strangers In Paradise XXV, this graphic novel is supposed to tie up loose ends and develop the storylines of several comic series further. It’s a complex, brutal, funny, sad, philosophical adventure story for fans again, where most of the smart, strong women (and one girl :-)) from the Terry Moore Universe have to join forces to save the whole world, which is endangered by power-thirsty men, from total destruction. Will they succeed? ;-)
5 stars.

[Jutta Swietlinski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding!

[Lukasz · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

It's still Terry Moore's book so it's worth trying. That said, as most BIG EVENTS and TEAM-UPS, it suffers from a few issues (who gets the most screen-time, how to balance plot-progression with fan-service, how to end the damn thing). The end result is uneven. But it's Terry's work, so it's worth a read, especially if you've read his other works.

[Highland G · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story was ok.
Some characters worked better together than others.
Zoe is awesome as always and for that alone this is at least a 4. I laughed out loud several times and will read again.

[Alejandro Orradre · Rating 5 out of 5]

ES-PEC-TA-CU-LAR.

[Wouter Dhondt · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars, but increased to 4 cause it's still Terry Moore. Probably my least favorite work from him though.

I guess I'm just not into these kind of "big events" and team-ups. Somehow it always seems a little forced with lots of characters wanting their "screentime". (yeah, I don't like Marvel's Avengers either, might just be me though). Lots of exposition for people who haven't read his previous stuff and the story still feels rushed. Maybe I should've reread echo and strangers XXV before diving into this book.

Still looking forward to Terry's new stuff.

[Gonzalo Oyanedel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aunque la premisa termina siendo una excusa para reunir a varios de sus personajes - amenaza nuclear de alcances inimaginables -, Terry Moore la hace disfrutable mediante su destreza gráfica y buen oficio narrativo. Y ciertamente esta miniserie podría quedar en la anécdota de no ser por cierto giro tan inesperado como desagradable... Pero el fan agradece que el reencuentro con ciertos rostros tenga al menos un sustento decente.

[Trinity9bi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Todos los personajes de Terry Moore reunidos en una misma historia, pero unos más que otros. Es decir, si, salen todos, pero algunos están metidos con calzador. Y la historia no termina de avanzar fluida. Lo mejor de todo y de todos los personajes: Zoe.

[Caleb Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good but rushed. Missing the days of his bigger/longer stories like Rachel Rising and SiP. This story needed room to breathe.

[Robert Bussie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent story about the Parker Girls trying to stop nuclear oblivion. It has morality, adventure, intrigue, politics, action, and sentimental moments. The characters are very likable with distinct personalities and relationships. Plus we get to see a funny and softer side of Zoe. As I have pointed out in my other reviews Terry Moore is a master at writing conversations between the characters that feel natural and not forced.

There is a lot going on in this story with a bunch of characters. However, it is not hard to follow. Some characters pop in making the reader wonder who that person is and then they show up later in pivotal story moments. These characters keep the reader on their toes waiting to find out how they relate to the overall plot.

It will help new readers to seek out previous works like the Excellent "Rachel Rising" and "Strangers in Paradise" to understand and appreciate these characters and this story more.

The art, as with other book I have read by Terry Moore, is beautiful with clean simple lines expressing a lot of facial emotions. The backgrounds vary from simple to complex, but is very easy to follow.

[Sheila Moreno Moreno · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dudo entre ponerle 3 o 4 estrellas. Así que digamos que es 3.5.
Para poder leer este cómic has tenido que leer todo lo de Terry Moore antes o sino, no te vas a enterar de nada. Es una especie de fanfic uniendo todas sus obras, algunos personajes tienen más peso, otros son puramente anécdoticos. ¿Es necesario leer este cómic? Pues no, ha mezclado demasiadas cosas y pues bueno, ahí está. Peeeero lo positivo
: Sus personajes femeninos haciendo cosas maravillosas como siempre, su dibujo precioso, esos 5 segundos de pensar en David... En fin. Es un cómic solo para fans del autor y su obra. En especial habría que leerse Rachel Rising y Strangers in Paradise, pero si te has leído todo mejor que mejor. También cierra un par de tramas... Pero vaya, no pasa nada tampoco si no lo lees. Estoy con las dudas. De ahí mi 3.5 redondeado a la baja.

[Chris Everson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This picks up from Strangers in Paradise XV, and is roughly the same standard. So 3 stars. No rounding up for sentimentality this time.

Again, it was great seeing all the guys, but some parts of the story just do not work. What happened to Zoe in Russia? How did she escape? What happend to glasses/cigarette guy? It seemed there was little explanation for really big scenes. There was often a slow build up and then suddenly something off-script happened. Lots of Deus et Machinas.

The saving grace is Zoe. I think she is marvellous. The characters and repartee are great, which is why it gets 3 stars. But the plot, I feel, is quite poor. A first for me with Terry Moore. :(

[Tee Cee · Rating 5 out of 5]

A slow start, but....

I had a little trouble getting into this, but that's on me. I read "Echo" too early (even before SiP), so I had a little trouble keeping up with who was whom. But it all worked out, and I got to enjoy another brilliant read. The entire SiP-verse has proven to be made up of wonderful characters, terrific art and a fabulous plot that keeps me guessing. The narrative has these unexpected bumps and turns in it that surprise me, mislead me (in the sense that I'll think "we're going to go down a weird path," but then we don't), all the while tugging and firing off my heart and my soul.

[Edith Campo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un tomo recopilatorio en el que todos los personajes de Terry Moore intentan detener la fabricación de la bomba phi y salvar al mundo. Todas esas chicas (y algún chico) que tan buenos ratos me han hecho pasar, intentando que reflexionemos sobre qué es lo importante (Algunas personas de las que manejan las cosas deberían leérselo)

[Óli Sóleyjarson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stjörnugjöf er alltaf heimskuleg. Þessi nær kannski þremur af því að ég sá glytta í áhugaverðar hugmyndir. Samt varla. Á ég frekar að kíkja á eldri verk höfundarins?

[Saunter Saunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terry Moore at his finest

Nuff said. Read this now. Its a colliding of all his work. I can't wait to see what comes next.

[Jenn The Unicorn · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

[Howell Murray · Rating 4 out of 5]

A continuation of events in previous More books, but stands well on its own. Our heroes try to save the universe from destruction!

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

After all the build up, it felt like a rush to a pretty weak and inconclusive finish. This was the kind of story that needed to be as long SiP to tell well and this was only about 1/10th as long. There were some fun moments in there but there was no character build, just a bunch of run here/do that scenes with a car chase tossed in for good measure and one really random Lilith scene that didn't seem particularly connected to anything. Bang-Bang/Zoom-zoom/Whoosh that was a close call/Zoom-zoom/Bang bang/Everyone rides off into the sunset/Roll credits/The End

And what about the whole plotline with Malus and Zoe and her being the mother of the anti-Christ... I thought that was what the five years was leading us into?

[Bookworm Erica · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's Terry moore. Always 5 stars....but I do wonder about the antichrist baby

[Bookworm Erica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sigh. They all met up