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The Dark Age: Grim, Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics

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An overview of when comics went "dark." 4 out of 5 stars.
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In the mid 80's there was a drastic change in the world of comics. Books like WATCHMAN, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, and CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS came on the scene and industry took a turn. No longer were comics aimed at a young audience, superheroes were now "dark avengers" now inhabiting worlds where death and violence were commonplace. Mark Voger does a fine job of presenting an overview of this period in this book. The book itself is a potpourri; it sacrifices order for a scattershot mix of interviews, synopses, and commentaries. Exceptionally well-illustrated and with tongue firmly planted in cheek on many occasions, Voger keeps things moving and the book never gets boring. While the obvious candidates for inclusion are here (Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Todd McFarlane) are all included; it's nice to see creators like Doug Murray (THE NAM) and Dave Lapham (STRAY BULLETS) getting a few pages as well. THE DARK AGE really captures both the grand and the goofy with aplomb; from Spiegelman's incredible MAUS to the ridiculous poly bagged, multiple cover, sales ploys that eventually crippled the industry. It's all here; not an in depth examination, but rather a reader friendly overview of the last big change in comics.

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Do you remember The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen? The “polybagged premium” craze? The death of Superman? Renegade superheroes Spawn, Pitt, Bloodshot and Cyberforce? When vigilantes spilled blood by the gallon — and those were the good guys? If you love the comic books of the ’80s, ’90s and ’00s, read all about the sometimes glorious, sometimes gory era of comics known as The Dark Age)! Featuring interviews with Dark Age greats Todd McFarlane (Spawn), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Jim Lee (X-Men), Kevin Smith (Clerks), Alex Ross (Kingdom Come), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), J. O’Barr (The Crow), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Joe Quesada (Daredevil), Mike Allred (Madman), Dennis O’Neil (Batman: Knightfall) and others! With a color section spotlighting highlights — and lowlights – of The Dark Age! Written by Mark Voger, with photos by Kathy Voglelsong.

Martha Washington Saves the World (Martha Washington)

Frank Miller, Dave Gibbons

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another libertaran graphic novel from Miller 4 out of 5 stars.
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Frank Miller has always been skeptical about paternalistic ideologies of left and right and shows it again in this graphic novel. Martha Washington is forced to confront a virtually human super computer which simply wants to perfect what it perceives to be a flaw humanity. Its utopia would,of course, reduce people into soulless robots who have no free will and Martha, long an independently minded sort, leads the fight. It is quality entertainment from Miller and Gibbons.

Pure power 5 out of 5 stars.
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Mr Miller at his best, this is one of the best comics i ever read. Ok, get a copy, and you would think just like me.

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Venus, a global computer intelligence gone mad, is a heartbeat away from enslaving every mind on Earth. But Venus hasn't counted on her mortal enemy, Martha Washington, who captains a mission to observe the collision with a massive asteroid whose secrets may provide the key to Venus' destruction --- and the very key to Creation itself! Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons, along with Angus McKie, have produced another science-fiction tour-de-force of epic magnitude.

Daredevil MAN Without Fear (1993) 1-5 Complete Story

Frank Miller

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*** Contains Issue #'s 1-5 *** Frank Miller, writer/(artist) extraordinaire, returns to the Daredevil character in this 5-part special mini-series to tell the "definitive" origin of 'the man without fear'.... ETCHED EMBOSSED COVERS - COMPLETE 5-ISSUE MINI-SERIES!

Daredevil by Frank Miller Omnibus Companion

Frank Miller

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Deluxe collection of some of the greatest Daredevil comics ever! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I didn't bother with the first Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Omnibus, since I had previously purchased the Graphitti Designs Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller hardcover set. Sure it would have been nice to have them all in one big volume, but I couldn't justify the hefty price tag. Anyway, the first Omnibus might have been unnecessary, but the Daredevil Omnibus Companion was an absolute must-have.

This monster hardcover collects two of the absolute finest storylines in Daredevil history, at least one of which has to be considered one of the all time best comics stories - ever. Of course I'm talking about the Born Again saga, which ran through Daredevil 226-233. The story, which was written by Frank Miller with artwork by David Mazzucchelli (the team behind the equally impressive Batman: Year One), starts when a down and out (and I mean really down and out) Karen Page sells Daredevil's secret identity to the Kingpin's agents. The Kingpin uses this information to systematically destroy every aspect of Matt Murdock's life. Unfortunately for the Kingpin, when Murdock is at rock bottom he truly becomes a Man Without Fear. This really is the best Daredevil story you'll ever hope to read, and is one of those rare comics stories that never seems dated, no matter how many years (and readings) go by.

The second major storyline collected in this hardcover is Frank Miller's 1993 return to Daredevil - the Daredevil: Man Without Fear 5-issue limited series. Miller, ably aided by John Romita Jr. serves up a dramatic and definitive retelling of Daredevil's origin, including his early encounters with the Kingpin and Elektra. This was the series that made me a Daredevil fan, so it's nice to see it collected in such a deluxe format.

Also included is a pair of Spectacular Spider-Man issues with Miller artwork, Daredevil #219 (another Miller issue), and the Daredevil: Love and War graphic novel by Miller and Bill Sienkewicz.

The quality of this hardcover is quite impressive. I had a much older trade paperback of the Born Again saga, and it pales in comparison to what is collected here. The pages are thicker, the whites are whiter, and the colors - dear God, the originals never looked this good! You also get a nice assortment of sketches, scripts, interviews, and other bonus material. This really is a must have for all serious Daredevil fans, as well as those who follow Frank Miller or just have an appreciation for the best examples of what comic books can be.

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The Man Without Fear is born and reborn in this collection of Frank Miller's finest! Follow the fledgling Daredevil through his earliest adventures and errors at the dawn of the Age of Marvels, then into the depths of desperation and back again after being cut down by the Kingpin! Guest-starring the Avengers and Nuke, later of Wolverine: Origins! Plus: a seldom-seen saga by Millar and artist extraordinaire Bill Sienkiewicz! Collects Daredevil: Love & War GN, Daredevil #227-233, Daredevil: Man Without Fear #1-5.

Daredevil Vs. Bullseye Volume 1 TPB

Marv Wolfman, Archie Goodwin, Jim Shooter, Denny O'Neil, Bob Brown, Gil Kane, Frank Miller

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Not entirely necessary 3 out of 5 stars.
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Every superhero has their one top nemesis that always seems to be on the edge of getting the better of them. Batman has the Joker, Captain America has the Red Skull, and Superman has Lex Luthor. For Daredevil though, many automatically assume that it's the Kingpin, and they may be right to a point, but who has had a more direct impact than Bullseye? The insane assassin for hire has his first meeting with Daredevil in this collection, which concludes with issues from Frank Miller's monolithic first run on the series, which also includes the classic #181 where Bullseye kills Elektra. The Miller issues have already been available in previous collections, so whether or not this volume is worth picking up is entirely up to you. Also, it's worth noting that this TPB states "Vol. 1", which means that future volumes could be on the horizon, including the more recent smackdown between Daredevil and Bullseye from Brian Michael Bendis' Hardcore storyline, which is undoubtedly one of the best fights you'll read in a mainstream comic. All in all, there's nothing bad to be found in this collection that features work from Miller, Marv Wolfman, and Archie Goodwin among others, but whether or not it's worth owning is entirely up to you.

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The devil and the death-dealer. Enmity towards each other casts a shadow across the bodies of Matt Murdock's loved ones, all the way to the big screen. Now, see how the first target was drawn in this collection of the earliest battles between Bullseye, Marvel's deadliest assassin, and Daredevil, the Man Without Fear!

Hardboiled

Frank Miller

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Highly recommended 5 out of 5 stars.
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First, a note to the parents and easily offended: This is NOT the book for you, or children younger than 17. It puts the ultra in ultraviolent, and has depictions of nudity and gross consumerism. Buy this for a relative at your own risk. And now,
onward.

You know, when a graphic novel merits a mention in an Andrew Vachss novel, it's quality. It is a very simple noirish tale, set in a an ugly future Amerika. Hopeless urban sprawl, violent crime, gun-toting citzenry. Everyone walks around tattooed with brand-names and eating irradiated cheeseburgers. Corporate masters set killer robots on their competitors, and get away with it. The stuff of crappy cyberpunk, in other words.
What elevates this, however, is the wonderful, fantastically intricate art. "Vibrates like liquid poetry", I believe the Vachss novel said.
And it's true. Everything, from the skin folds of the characters, to the grafitti on the wall in the far background, is fully realized in great detail. I could go on in this vein for a while, but why bother? Buy it. It's worth every penny.

Elektra Lives Again

Frank Miller

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A non-continuity exercise in self-indulgence. 3 out of 5 stars.
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I don't know if Miller intended this as a story in which Elektra would actually be revived--if he did, he mucked with Marvel continuity way too much to make it work.

For me, the book gets 3 stars because of Miller's excellent draftsmanship and storytelling, and Varley's dynamic colors. Miller's work didn't look this good again until 300 was released.

But the story is just not there, for me. Miller indulges himself in a personal exploration of isolation and despair with Matt Murdock (Daredevil) spending an enormous amount of time watching and waiting for an outside force (Elektra) to show up and make him whole again.

Now while I've always liked Murdock's particular flavor of angst--more than anyone in the Marvel Universe, the blind guy in the too-loud world should be entitled to brood--he just comes off as thoroughly helpless in this story. Maybe that's what Miller wanted, that sort of flailing desperation, but it didn't play for me. I've read the story a number of times, hoping to "get it," but it always comes up short for me.

04/22/02 - I just reread this yesterday, and my opinion is unchanged. The last 20+ seem to lose track of what the first 40+ pages are about. The action is striking, but only the most obvious of story's questions are answered. Ths story yearns to be substantial but ends up superficial, and some of us prefer SOLID chocolate bunnies at Easter.

This one's good for Miller completists, but if you want a really ripping Frank Miller Elektra story, I recommend Elektra: Assassin, his brilliant, funny collaboration with Bill Sienkiewicz.

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Despite the fact that Elektra died in his arms, Daredevil is plagued by recurring nightmares and terrible premonitions that his former lover and world's top assassin-for-hire is not only alive, but active once more.

The Elektra Saga (Marvel comics) (Daredevil)

Klaus Janson

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Elektra Stories Cut Up And Pasted Back Together Again 3 out of 5 stars.
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This is the Elektra saga excerpted from the Daredevil comics. They took bits and pieces of the original stories and tried to put it together in a book that emphasized Elektra. Not a good idea as a lot of the origianl storytelling elements were lost in the transition. Hopefully Marvel will rerelease the original Frank Miller Daredevil series in their complete form.

Dame to Kill for Tale From Sin City

Frank Miller

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The story of how Dwight ended up with a new mug in Sin City 4 out of 5 stars.
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"A Dame to Kill For," which is Book 2 in Frank Miller's "Sin City" series, is now going to be known as the only one of the first four books that was not part of the "Sin City" movie. Given the options it was a smart move because this one tells the story of what happened that made Dwight get a new mug and "The Big Fat Kill" is the better tale of the two if you are going to do one Dwight story and if you want to do a story in two parts "That Yellow Bastard" is a better choice as well.

Dwight is reduced by circumstances, most notably an attempt to stay sober, to spying on men cheating on their wives with prostitutes so that he can take their photographs. What he desperately wants is one clear chance to wipe the slate clean and get his life together. Four years earlier Ava left Dwight for another man and he knows that seeing her again is nothing but bad news above the fold even without the banner headline. He should just kill her or at least walk away, but when she begs him for help none of the cold harsh realities of what she has done and what sort of woman she really is matters to Dwight. He is going to need all the help he can get to deal with Ava, because being sober is not making Dwight smart enough to avoid making one big mistake.

In terms of the "Sin City" chronology, "A Dame to Kill For" comes before "The Hard Goodbye." We know because Marv is not only in the bar where Nancy is dancing as Dwight comes by for a visit, he helps his pal out when the hero of this story finds the man mountain named Manute to be insurmountable. This ends up working against this story in a couple of ways. You had to agree that it is hard to think of Marv as just a sidekick given how strong of a character that he is, and the fact that Dwight cannot handle Manute makes him a lesser hero. After all, it is Marv who labels Ava with the titular appellation. I knew that he was going to get his act together in the end, given what happens in the next book, but for most of this one Dwight is getting beat up, thrown through a window, and shot a whole bunch of times. Clearly Miller is making a point about the healing power of a burning desire for revenge

Overall, the black & white artwork (or, I should say, white on black artwork) is less experimental in Book 2 and if anything looks like it was drawn with white ink on black paper rather than the other way around. For me the sequence that stands out is in Chapter 2 when Dwight heads to a bar to meet with Ava and all of the panels have smoke drifting through them, although some of Miller's panels where the blinds on the windows make for alternative parallel lines of light and darkness are interesting (there are others that are just overkill). For the most part Miller is laying out the story so that it looks more like a conventional comic book than Book 1, so there is not the sense of boldness from before. But then the story is less ambitious as Dwight comes across as just another guy who made the mistake of thinking with some other part of his anatomy besides what is between his ears.

In 1995 "A Dame to Kill For" won Will Eisner's Best Limited Series Award so it is not like it is a book to skip. If you make it to Book 2 in the "Sin City" series you should be in for the long haul and more of those hot nights, dry and windless, that are the kind that make people do sweaty, secret things.

Sin City: Alcohol, chicas y balas/ Sin City: Booze, Broads & Bullets (Sin City)/ Spanish Edition

Frank Miller

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Sin City: Booze, Broads and Bullets (alcohol, chicas y balas) is the latest Sin City collection from comics master Frank Miller. This new book features never-before-collected stories in Miller's harsh, dramatic black-and-white style, with some highlighted in a special color. This volume also features new art by Miller created especially for this collection. Collects The Babe Wore Red; Silent Night; Lost, Lonely, & Lethal; Sex & Violence; Just Another Saturday Night; and more.