My October haul with quick reviews for some of the books included. Happy Halloween r/graphicnovels!
Posted Oct 31, 2022, 3:03 PM UTC
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I've read Follow Me Down and the Miracleman series, both good as you stated. I've yet to check out Black Hammer and some of the others. Baltimore sounded good. Thanks.
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Isn't there a main series that's just "Black Hammer"? Would you be able to say if there's any significant difference between that and "World of Black Hammer"? Sorry to bother.
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Not a bother at all!
Yeah there was an original Black Hammer series (13 issues + an annual) which was collected in the first Black Hammer Library Edition. Then there were some follow up series and spin-offs that were collected in the second Library Edition and the first World of Black Hammer Library Edition. There have been even more spin-off since that have been collected in World of Black Hammer Library Edition Vol. 2-4 (with a fifth volume solicited for next year).
The spin-offs are purely supplemental, so you could just read the original series and enjoy it on its own. I've enjoyed most of what I've read so far, so I figured I'd continue picking these up but I wouldn't say they are essential.
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Thank you so much for the response. I read the first HC Library edition and loved it but haven't continued cause I kept meaning to look up the deal with all the collections. But I also keep trying other books which has kept me busy. Thank again for explaining. I REALLY appreciate it.
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Surprised he didn't actually explain it, but you want to read World of Black Hammer 1 after "Black Hammer" Library volume 1.
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Oh! Ok thank you.
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That Miracleman Omni is huge! I was initially put off by the price, but finally came to my senses and ordered one. It should get here by the end of the week.
As for the recolouring, I'm definitely glad to have it for the early issues; the original Eclipse colouring of the B&W stories from Warrior Magazine was garbage. It looked like it had been done by the work experience kid using Magic Markers. A real shame, as Garry Leach's B&W art on those stories is glorious.
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There's a ton of extras in the omnibus including some of the black & white pages from Leach, Davis and others. It would have been nice to get full black & white for certain sections for sure though.
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I'm looking forward to checking out the extras!
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I didn't realize World of Black Hammer vol 4 was out yet, thank you for your service!
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It was released early with certain distributors, but Amazon has the release date set for Nov 15. But glad I could remind you to pick up Vol. 4!
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The books I purchased (from top to bottom), with quick reviews for the ones I’ve read already. Feel free to ask questions or chime in on books you’ve already read!
Thanks for the reviews as I'm looking at alot of these like slash them all, ms tree and one beautiful spring day(possibly tpb)
love these reviews! bummer about Night Eaters, Monstress is one of my favorite ongoing series so I had high hopes — I’ll still check it out tho. and you’re the first person I’ve seen who read Acid Nun! I’ve been meaning to pick it up. I tend to like Silver Sprockets stuff and I want to support more indie pubs
I think if you like Monstress there's a good chance you'll enjoy The Night Eaters too, so definitely pick it up if it interests you.
And yeah, I like delving into smaller publishers and self-published stuff. Acid Nun was definitely a very unique type of comic and I enjoyed it a ton. It probably won't be for everyone because of the very heavy themes and how overtly perverse it gets at times, but it was a nice thought provoking comic for me. Would recommend if you're into that kind of stuff.
I didn't realize Miracleman had been recolored. Is it bad? Do you know if it's the same coloring as the smaller hardcover volumes that were available before?
It's not as garish of a recolor as the ones for Moore's Swamp Thing run or The Killing Joke, but it is noticeable if you have seen the original issues. There are definitely times where I think the recoloring is an actual improvement, though personally I prefer the original colors overall. That said, I did read it originally with the new colors since I read the reprints put out by Marvel. Here is a thread from a long time ago showing some comparisons.
If you are referring to the hardcover volumes published by Marvel a decade ago, then yes those had the new colors. I think only the Eclipse hardcovers and trades had the original colors.