Fantastic Four, Vol. 3
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The Unknown
 List Price: Price: $17.99 You Save: $7.00 (28%) DescriptionShe has solved every mystery known to man. But there is one mystery that remains... UNKNOWN! Revered as the smartest person alive, Catherine Allingham is the world's most famous provate investigator. Follow her adventures as she sets out to solve the one mystery she's never been able to crack-death! A new graphic novel series from Mark Waid ( KINGDOM COME) in the vein of RUSE with international superstar Minck Ooosterveer.Customer ReviewsFour issue mystery/adventure miniseries written by Mark WaidThis hardcover collects the four-issue 2009 Boom! Studios mystery/adventure miniseries from writer Mark Waid and artist Minck Oosterveer. World-famous private investigator Catherine Allingham has a brain tumor and six months to live. She hires bouncer James Doyle as her assistant (her Dr. Watson?) in pursuit of the ultimate human mystery: what happens after we die? The pair faces both man-made and supernatural challenges in their international quest. Allingham also battles disturbing hallucinations apparently brought on by her illness. Waid offers two appealing main characters, but after a strong start, the plot is eventually unsatisfying. This is the first American comic book series for Dutch artist Minck Oosterveer, whose artwork is sometimes appealing but often too cartoonish. Variant covers are included: Erik Jones' painted covers are the highlights. Boom! Studios' $24.99 is a very high list price for a 112 page hardcover (the four regular-sized individual issues were priced highly enough at $3.99 each). The Waid/Oosterveer creative team has combined for a second Unknown four-issue miniseries entitled "The Devil Made Flesh".
Fantastic Four, Vol. 1
 List Price: $29.99 DescriptionCustomer ReviewsDisapointingI was really expecting a lot more from the writer of Kingdom Come. The writing and art were both way to cartoonish for me. Fantastic! I remember when these stories came out in their original monthly format. I hadn't read the series since the eighties, but as Mark Waid had written some of my favorite comic books (Empire) of the past decade, and superhero books (JLA Vol. 7: Tower of Babel) in particular, I decided to give it a look. The stories seemed interesting but the artwork put me off at the time. Mike Wieringo's drawings struck me as cartoonish, especially compared to what I was used to seeing on the series in its heyday. It looked like a child's book. I put the issues back on the shelf, but certain elements I had glimpsed while browsing would stick in the back of my mind. More recently, a strange thing happened. I had seen the Fantastic Four movies. They weren't good, but they reignited my interest in the group anyway, perhaps by inadvertently reminding me of what it was like when they were being done well. Suddenly, I wanted to read these stories I had passed up a few years earlier. This volume is a perfect jumping on point for new readers, as the first story effectively introduces the characters while keeping things entertaining for those of us who are already familiar with them. Waid continues to take the group to exciting new heights with stories involving such imaginative concepts as an out-of-control wave of molecular instability and a sentient creature composed of pure mathematics. But the centerpiece of this collection is a multi-part storyline in which the Fantastic Four's greatest foe is frighteningly reimagined. Unfortunately, it's here where the art really lets the story down. It's a dark tale that would have been much more suited to an artist with a moodier, more realistic style. The book contains supplemental, behind-the-scenes material at the back. The most significant of these is Mark Waid's manifesto for his interpretation of the team. I always like reading these, because sometimes it's hard to get used to a new writer's style on a long-running series, and it gives insight into why he's doing things the way he is, and why it works. There are also conceptual drawings, a Fred Hembeck comic strip, and other odds and ends. In the end, I'm glad I didn't buy those original comics, because I love these big hardcover volumes that Marvel puts out, and this one is a winner. It is recommended for new readers as well as older ones looking for a fresh and exciting take on these forty-plus year-old characters. One of the best comic collections ever. Great collection of FF stories. Fun, exciting, touching, and a big battle with Victor Von Doom. What more can any FF fan ask??? Mark Waid rocks... I love the FF and I love Mark Waid, and so this title is a no brainer. Mark brings a freshness to the FF that has been missing for quite a while. He seems to bring out the best in them, and look at them in a new way. The strength of the FF has always been that they have been a family. And that is just something that allows the writers to have a different type of dynamic in a story that is something that you don't often read about no matter what sort of literature you are into. If you are a fan of Mark Waid or the FF, and you haven't read in a while, this book will not disappoint. If you are new to the FF, then this book will lure you in. It's a must buy. Not what I thought...but still a cool book I bought this book thinking that this was a complete recap of the FF4 series, from the start. After reading the first few pages, although it is mentioned how the four become the FF4, the book takes on another route. The drawings are great, and the story line fairly interesting. I am halfway through the book, and feel that the only reason I am continuing to read on is that I am a FF4 fan. If you're expecting this book to give you a complete series recap from the start, it's not it. I bought it in a store in a mall, and the employees of the store could not tell me what the book was about, it was shrink wrapped. I took a chance and am disapointed.
Incorruptible
 List Price: Price: $11.46 You Save: $5.53 (33%) DescriptionSuper villain Max Damage had an epiphany the day The Plutonian destroyed Sky City. When The Plutonian turned his back on humanity, Max Damage decided to step up. Now Max Damage has changed his name to Max Daring and turned from his formerly selfish ways to become... INCORRUPTIBLE. The flip side of BOOM! Studios' break-out smash hit, IRREDEEMABLE, examines the hard, difficult road to changing your ways and making a difference in the world...
Empire
 List Price: $14.95 DescriptionCustomer ReviewsChilling DistopiaI stayed up way to late last night because I couldn't put this down. I read the last three chapters after intending to only read one. Mark Waid is one of the great storytellers in comics and as he says in his forward he gets to construct the whole world in this story. The result is a "protagonist" who is a cross between Darth Vader and Julius Cesar. Golgoth runs a horrifying empire with an iron fist. This book really scared the hell out of me. Sloppy Construction, Maybe? I won't post any spoilers, but there were at least three completely unnecessary and occasionally detrimental tangents taken in Empire, one of them happening so late and being so inconsequential to the events of the story that it was basically a waste of paper. Also, I personally found it very hard to figure out what the story of Empire was supposed to be. Taken at its word Empire is about the stresses a supervillain has to deal with after having successfully conquered the world, however, that premise is quickly negated in the comic (turns out he's still in the process of conquering the world), and further on it's completely ignored so that a series of fruitless subplots can take place instead. These subplots focus heavily on the main character, Golgoth's, supporting cast, and in doing so serve only to turn Golgoth into little more than a bit player in his own comic. The subplots also resolve themselves quickly with little bearing on the main narrative, and do so ostensibly at the climax of Empire. This makes for a very disappointing climax, seeing as almost all of the conflicts died down rather than coming to a head. In short Empire has gorgeous art but the story felt as if Waid was attempting to reveal the links in a chain one by one, yet ultimately the links didn't seem to be, err... linked. Graphic SF Reader Waid decides to turn his hand to a villain, with th excellent Kitson doing the artwork. Here, a superhuman dictator is the protagonist. This graphic novel is all about how far will he go to maintain control of his massive, far-spanning Empire. The answer - a lot. Don't expect a lot of sweetness and light. When this man has to make ruthless decisions, he most definitely errs on the side of ruthless. Enjoyed ... but left me hanging out there Ok, I will be the first to admit that I am a sucker for a well written graphic novel ... and this is indeed one such well written graphic novel. Mark Waid has been a favorite of mine for quite some time, and so I anticipated reading this since the date I purchased it. And Kitson's art was pretty darn impressive. Yet, however interesting the story started out and continued to be as I progressed ... I just didn't feel a full "completeness" to the entire story arc ... and found too many loose threads for my taste in the end. Perhaps this feeling derives from the very core history in the story of how "Empire" came to be picked up by DC, but I would not re-read this title. Great escapist entertainment for an evening, but I am already looking to pass it on and out of my permanent collection. Thanks Mr. Waid/Mr. Kitson for the effort, just fell a little flat. Awesome, awesome (re-read 8/10) This story finally tells a superhero story from the perspective of the bad guy. Great concept, it's amazing how nobody thought of this before. Excellent execution, great story (even if you don't like superhero stuff), very unpredictable, and the ending will not let you down. I honetly feel like if this was cleaned up a little and a tad more ambitous, could have been as groundbreaking as Watchmen. Re-readability: 8/10 *I always put re-readability in my reviews for people who like to keep their TPB to re-read*
The Flash: The Wild Wests
 List Price: Price: $18.24 You Save: $6.75 (27%) DescriptionCustomer ReviewsDisappointingWally West went missing back during the Infinite Crisis, with Bart Allen eventually taking the mantle of The Flash. Well, Bart ended up biting the big one, and now Wally's back as The Flash in The Wild Wests, which also celebrates the return of writer Mark Waid at the helm. The Wild Wests finds Wally back from the future and back in the saddle with his wife Linda and his twin children, who have speed powers of their own. This new family dynamic is what really hurts The Wild Wests the most, as Wally becomes more of a supporting character most of the time and his kids take a majority of the spotlight. This may not be so bad if it weren't for the fact that Wally's kids come off as kind of annoying, and the story as a whole just doesn't take off as it feels like it should. Daniel Acuna's artwork however is quite good, even if it may be an acquired taste at first for some. All in all, The Wild Wests isn't awful, but considering the legacy that Mark Waid left during his original run on the The Flash years ago, this TPB leaves a disappointing impression. Great to have Mark Waid writing The Flash again I'm a huge Flash fan and I have Mark Waid to thank for that so it was great having him write Wally West again. After all these years, it felt like The Flash. It was also nice to see Wally and Linda as a family with kids. My only complaint was that the story centered a bit too much on kids and not enough on Wally. Almost as if he were a supporting character in his own book, but like I said I liked the family dynamic so it didn't bother me too much. I was also thrilled to see Bart Allen as Impulse in the backup story, which only reinforced the fact that he should never have been shoehorned into the Kid Flash/Flash mantles. Overall, it was a fun read and I recommend it to any Flash and Mark Waid fan. Waid Mark News
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Comic Book ResourcesA Year of Cool Comic Book Moments - Day 141Today we take a look at a great moment from early in Mark Waid's run on Flash! Flash #73, by Mark Waid and Greg Larocque, opens with Wally West spending his first Christmas with his girlfriend, Linda Park. They're spending it with Jay and Joan Garrick.
NewsaramaWAID TV: Mark SableStudios and of course a superstar comics writer in his own right, Mark Waid hosts WAID TV with guest Mark Sable, writer of the new BOOM! miniseries “Unthinkable.” In this exclusive interview filmed at CBR Studios in Los Angeles, Sable discusses with Best Shots Extra: Unthinkable #1 A couple of Boom! comics that are arriving tomorrow