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Eight Billion Genies
Eight Billion Genies #1
If you had one wish…what would you wish for? Now, what if everyone else had one wish too? That’s EIGHT BILLION GENIES, the new eight-issue series from CHARLES SOULE & RYAN BROWNE (CURSE WORDS). At exactly the same moment, everyone on earth gets a genie and one wish. All hell breaks loose, in a very entertaining way…and that’s just the beginning. Buckle in for the wildest ride of the year!
29 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 11, 2022
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About the author
Charles Soule
1,519 books1,689 followersCharles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.
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June 4, 2022
Amazing premise, very nearly laid out.
Can this level of interest be maintained on an ongoing basis? Tune in next month to find out!
Can this level of interest be maintained on an ongoing basis? Tune in next month to find out!
September 1, 2022
This was quite a concept. The art was good, not my favorite, but very straightforward.
First impression: what’s going to happen with this? how can this concept thrive past the shock of it?
Final impression: I like it, I’m interested, but I’m not “need to read the next NOW” and I can kind of see the next steps.
Interested enough to continue!
First impression: what’s going to happen with this? how can this concept thrive past the shock of it?
Final impression: I like it, I’m interested, but I’m not “need to read the next NOW” and I can kind of see the next steps.
Interested enough to continue!
July 13, 2022
Might be a good one
Very intrigued by the premise. Looking forward to where this is going. I think this will be a good series. Also like the artwork
Very intrigued by the premise. Looking forward to where this is going. I think this will be a good series. Also like the artwork
June 4, 2022
One of my favourites of 2022 so far!
January 29, 2023
What a fun concept!
Also cool that it's set in Michigan.
3.5
Also cool that it's set in Michigan.
3.5
August 16, 2022
So out of nowhere, 8 billion genies show up. One for each person on earth. And everyone gets one wish. Of course, the whole damn world has gone into high levels of ridiculousness. Luckily, the bar owner where us, the readers are at, wished that no wish would affect anything or anyone inside. So now they’re safe from the mayhem going on outside. Decent first issue. If we end up getting some backstory on these genies like where they’re from or why they are doing what they are doing, this could end up being good.
September 8, 2022
Así, de la nada, ocho mil millones de genios aparecen en la Tierra ofreciendo un deseo para cada persona. Este primer tomo relata los ocho primeros minutos tras la aparición de los genios.
Supongo que en el futuro habrá una explicación de por qué Will está tan chetado, pero por ahora no tiene sentido.
Supongo que en el futuro habrá una explicación de por qué Will está tan chetado, pero por ahora no tiene sentido.
November 25, 2022
Be careful what you wish for...
Instantly everyone on Earth each gets their own genie, and each genie grants their person a single wish. This issue covers the first 8 seconds, and then the first 8 minutes, of the chaos that ensues.
We're primarily following a set of characters in the Lampwick Bar & Grill, whose quick thinking and slightly mysterious bartender immediately uses his wish to protect those within the establishment from the effects of all the other wishes outside the venue. A good call on his part, because as you can see from the crazy stuff happening in the art work, people are making some pretty unsafe wishes. We're also treated to an updated population count as the number of genies (and people) starts to drop.
Four stars for a solid start and interesting premise.
Instantly everyone on Earth each gets their own genie, and each genie grants their person a single wish. This issue covers the first 8 seconds, and then the first 8 minutes, of the chaos that ensues.
We're primarily following a set of characters in the Lampwick Bar & Grill, whose quick thinking and slightly mysterious bartender immediately uses his wish to protect those within the establishment from the effects of all the other wishes outside the venue. A good call on his part, because as you can see from the crazy stuff happening in the art work, people are making some pretty unsafe wishes. We're also treated to an updated population count as the number of genies (and people) starts to drop.
Four stars for a solid start and interesting premise.
November 12, 2022
A pretty goofy, yet brilliant concept: what if there were eight billion genies - one for every human - and they each granted us one wish? Chaos, of course! I thought the first issue was fairly juvenile, but I'll probably check the remaining issues out when I have more Hoopla credits.
March 8, 2023
Im intrigued.
February 23, 2025
Ik heb deze tip gekregen van een vriend van mij en ik heb net de eerste issue uit en nu al verkocht
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September 1, 2022the thing about reading issue by issue instead of a whole volume is you get taste and it’s done.
anyway love the premise and will cont
anyway love the premise and will cont
August 15, 2023
The first 8 minutes..
What a good start.
What a good start.
June 12, 2022
This is gonna be fun! Charles Soule is one of my favorite writers & I thought his and Ryan Browne's previous series (Curse Words) was fantastic. Like Curse Words, I suspect this will be just outrageous & funny, but also have a lot of heart & a great story. This first issue was really interesting, great writing and great artwork. This has already been solicited as an eight issue miniseries, so it's not going to have any fat on it. Looking forward to this with great enthusiasm! Highly recommend!
January 30, 2023
I'll be that guy. The one guy who isn't as in love with this series (yet) as everyone else is. I am reading it an issue at a time so I am reserving the right to like it in the future after I learn more but I am basing this off the first issue.
First - the art - it isn't bad but isn't something that grabs me. The art isn't a problem but it also isn't a selling point for me.
Second - the premise. Everyone seems to love this premise. Don't believe me - check out the other reviews. They all love the premise. But I don't. First of all - isn't this premise one of the reasons we hated Wonder Woman 1984? Also, as it stands after this first issue, it isn't very interesting as a premise to me. It is an interesting thought experiment "what would you wish for if you had one wish?" but to drive a story and characters - not so much. Maybe I am wrong - maybe it will lead somewhere. But after the first issue all it led to was chaos. An interesting premise - for me - is "all the men except one dies and we need to find out a) why this happened and b) what a world without men functions like". That premise drives an interesting story. This one...leads to chaos. So far. We'll see if it turns around.
Third - okay the premise didn't grab me but what about the characters we are focusing on? Again - nothing interesting yet. We have the bartender who seems to know way too much. He is the writer's hand of god so far. He instantly wishes to be protected from any other wish. Who does that? It is super smart but who would think to do that instantly? He might be revealed to be a god later but right now he is a bartender who seems to act for the writer. Then we have a boy and his drunk dad. Okay. And a band who has a bit of a love triangle brewing. Nothing wrong with that but so far, not interesting for me.
Okay - so it didn't grab me but I am also writing this review as a time stamp. It will be interesting - for me - to see if my first impressions are borne out as I read further or if I do a 180 and after a few issues fall in love with this comic. Time will tell.
First - the art - it isn't bad but isn't something that grabs me. The art isn't a problem but it also isn't a selling point for me.
Second - the premise. Everyone seems to love this premise. Don't believe me - check out the other reviews. They all love the premise. But I don't. First of all - isn't this premise one of the reasons we hated Wonder Woman 1984? Also, as it stands after this first issue, it isn't very interesting as a premise to me. It is an interesting thought experiment "what would you wish for if you had one wish?" but to drive a story and characters - not so much. Maybe I am wrong - maybe it will lead somewhere. But after the first issue all it led to was chaos. An interesting premise - for me - is "all the men except one dies and we need to find out a) why this happened and b) what a world without men functions like". That premise drives an interesting story. This one...leads to chaos. So far. We'll see if it turns around.
Third - okay the premise didn't grab me but what about the characters we are focusing on? Again - nothing interesting yet. We have the bartender who seems to know way too much. He is the writer's hand of god so far. He instantly wishes to be protected from any other wish. Who does that? It is super smart but who would think to do that instantly? He might be revealed to be a god later but right now he is a bartender who seems to act for the writer. Then we have a boy and his drunk dad. Okay. And a band who has a bit of a love triangle brewing. Nothing wrong with that but so far, not interesting for me.
Okay - so it didn't grab me but I am also writing this review as a time stamp. It will be interesting - for me - to see if my first impressions are borne out as I read further or if I do a 180 and after a few issues fall in love with this comic. Time will tell.
June 4, 2022
I was intrigued by the premise of this book and the first issue sure gives me hope that this series will deliver a wild, imaginative story. With the world suddenly filled with dinosaurs, giant robots, giant people, etc., it’s the sort of thing that could only really be done in a comic.
It also seems that this will be more than a mere study in hedonism, which would be fine in itself too; but it seems like Soule has interesting character work and weird sci-fi queued up in this one. The art and pacing of the story were also in good form in the first issue: turning the page to see that someone had wished the world into a cube in the first 8 minutes after the genies arrived was brilliant.
It also seems that this will be more than a mere study in hedonism, which would be fine in itself too; but it seems like Soule has interesting character work and weird sci-fi queued up in this one. The art and pacing of the story were also in good form in the first issue: turning the page to see that someone had wished the world into a cube in the first 8 minutes after the genies arrived was brilliant.
April 2, 2023
I actually read through issue 4, but I don’t want to count each book separately- I wish they were collected in a volume already.
I am absolutely LOVING this series. In a single moment, each person on Earth, gets their own personal genie, willing to grant them their own single wish. As expected, some people wish well, while others, not so much. Wishes are wasted and instantly canceled by other wishes, people die, are disappointed, and still others hold onto their genies and wishes due to uncertainty, caution, wisdom, or hope.
It’s a fascinating look at humanity, greed, fear, and bravery. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
I am absolutely LOVING this series. In a single moment, each person on Earth, gets their own personal genie, willing to grant them their own single wish. As expected, some people wish well, while others, not so much. Wishes are wasted and instantly canceled by other wishes, people die, are disappointed, and still others hold onto their genies and wishes due to uncertainty, caution, wisdom, or hope.
It’s a fascinating look at humanity, greed, fear, and bravery. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
July 17, 2024
I read all eight issues. Brilliant concept. Every human on Earth gets a genie, and with it, one wish. It didn't start the way "I would have written/conceived it", but it got better and better each issue. I think it really hit its stride in the fifth installment. This is where, (*tiny spoiler alert) for example, after a time has passed, people with a remaining wish are getting lawyers to draft up their wishes to avoid loopholes and to be uber specific--excellent!
The artwork has nice little details in the background to supplement the narrative, and there is DEFINITELY a big moral lesson to take away throughout.
The artwork has nice little details in the background to supplement the narrative, and there is DEFINITELY a big moral lesson to take away throughout.
January 14, 2024
What can I say?
Charles Soule did it again.
It is another great concept comic, very well-developed.
This is an idea that could go wrong very fast.
But he managed to control it and create a fun and dramatic adventure that ended on a high note.
And he even shows at the end his initial ideas for this story.
It is mostly there.
But, Charles, please write a spin-off about the people who time-traveled using their wishes.
That would be great to see. That is the only aspect I missed.
I recommend the reading.
Charles Soule did it again.
It is another great concept comic, very well-developed.
This is an idea that could go wrong very fast.
But he managed to control it and create a fun and dramatic adventure that ended on a high note.
And he even shows at the end his initial ideas for this story.
It is mostly there.
But, Charles, please write a spin-off about the people who time-traveled using their wishes.
That would be great to see. That is the only aspect I missed.
I recommend the reading.
September 11, 2022
Desde que era adolescente no leía comics. Tal vez este sea el que me reenganche con el género. La premisa de Eight Billion Genies es fascinente: ¿si se les parece una genio y les dice que a todas las personas del planeta se les acaba de aparecer un genio y que a cada una se le concede un deseo, qué pedirían? El primer número cuenta qué comienza a pedir la gente durante los primeros ocho minutos desde que los genios aparecen. Vamos a ver qué pasa en los números que siguen.
May 27, 2023
For unknown reasons, every person in the world suddenly has their own genie. This, of course, means chaos. An old salty bartender, a garage band, a young lad and his drunk father, and a lost Chinese couple find refuge thanks to the bartender's wish, but the worst is yet to come.
This is just the first installment, and I'm not sure what to think. However, the graphics are vivid, and the concept is thought-provoking.
This is just the first installment, and I'm not sure what to think. However, the graphics are vivid, and the concept is thought-provoking.
June 27, 2023
After just tackling the magnum opus graphic novel Shubeik Lubeik I was curious about this eight part comic series which seems to also examine the world of what if everyone got everything that they wished for. Both works place conditions on the granted wishes and then sit back to watch what happens. I liked this one so far-it had a good energy and I’m especially curious about the bartender, so I’ll be chasing down Vol. 2 for sure.
May 13, 2022
Brilliant concept: every single person on Earth gets a genie at the exact same time and one wish, anything they want. Chaos ensues.
Curious to see where this goes. Love the structure of jumping in time by eights. Eight seconds, eight minutes, and next issue eight hours. So cool.
Curious to see where this goes. Love the structure of jumping in time by eights. Eight seconds, eight minutes, and next issue eight hours. So cool.
May 16, 2022
New take on the whole "be careful what you wish for" trope. How one bartender make an unusual wish which may save the lives of his patrons in the bar. Every one on the planet gets one wish from one genie. How will that one wish affect the planet and the people.that live on it?
July 1, 2022
Eight billion genies suddenly appear on Earth.
One genie for every single person on the planet.Grab this book and find out!
Everyone gets a single wish.
What could go wrong?
November 13, 2023
If everybody on earth was given a wish what would happen? This comic delves into just that showing the chaos that ensues.
It's written, drawn, and coloured nicely and I enjoyed it. There is a nice flow to it and it's easy to follow.
It's written, drawn, and coloured nicely and I enjoyed it. There is a nice flow to it and it's easy to follow.
May 19, 2022
wild, inventive and hillarious, the sort of story only a comic book can tell!
June 29, 2022
The art is crude, but the concept is interesting.
July 1, 2022
This is such a cool idea I love this already
July 12, 2022
Short but am beyond excited to see where this series goes! The concept of be careful what you wish for in a fresh new way. Artwork is amazingly done.
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