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Tobias March · 10-15-2009, 03:04 PM

Just got off the phone with Mister John, advocate of all things good and nice culturally and he was raving about the Mighty.

Now I haven't seen it myself, nor heard of it, but a rave is a rave and it sounds like Tomasi and Champagne have themselves something special.

The plot is apparently a real slow burn, the premise similar to Mark Waid's Irredeemable, but this is more of a murder mystery/conspiracy thriller.

I'm intrigued.

bert · 10-15-2009, 03:50 PM

Yep, one of the best books DC is putting out right now.

reads REALLY well in "chunks" tho. . .

Linkara · 10-15-2009, 04:32 PM

Reading and enjoying. ^^ I tried to guess to Keith last weekend what Alpha-One's plan is but he didn't even flinch at any of my suggestions. Well met!

carabas · 10-15-2009, 05:59 PM

One of the best books DC has put out in a good long while.
It differs from Irredeemable in that spoilers:

the Superman analogue doesn't just go nuts after a long carreer of herioism, but that it turns out that he always was a rotten bastard and that the heroic deeds were just a facade, and that he's been killing witnesses, staging disasters etcetera for a long time.

end of spoilers

And yes, it is real slow burn. You find out the spoilers above very slowly. The main protagonist is not Alpha One, but the guy in charge of his relief organisation/private police force. We follow him and his wife as he slowly finds out just what he has been a part of for most of his life.

KevinTBrown · 10-15-2009, 08:20 PM

I gave it 3 issues..... Once Snejbjerg left, I dropped it. The writing, to me, felt too watered down.

10-15-2009, 03:04 PM	#1
Tobias March Born under a wandrin Star Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dublin Posts: 11,059	So has anyone read the Mighty? Just got off the phone with Mister John, advocate of all things good and nice culturally and he was raving about the Mighty. Now I haven't seen it myself, nor heard of it, but a rave is a rave and it sounds like Tomasi and Champagne have themselves something special. The plot is apparently a real slow burn, the premise similar to Mark Waid's Irredeemable, but this is more of a murder mystery/conspiracy thriller. I'm intrigued. __________________ My facebook Blog Twitter

10-15-2009, 03:50 PM	#2
bert resident freak Join Date: May 2004 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 7,445	Yep, one of the best books DC is putting out right now. reads REALLY well in "chunks" tho. . . __________________ "do what bert says" - Flamestar (c/o Ouzo Man) A sandwich is a sandwich, but a Manwich is a meal "Evil people can do some non-evil things, and most of them do. That doesn't mean they aren't evil." -- JeffereyWKramer

10-15-2009, 04:32 PM	#3
Linkara I'm the wind, baby. Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3,077	Reading and enjoying. ^^ I tried to guess to Keith last weekend what Alpha-One's plan is but he didn't even flinch at any of my suggestions. Well met! __________________ Lightbringer - The World's First Superhero Long Live the Revolution! Revolution of the Mask - Issue 2 Now Available! Let's set bad comics on fire from Atop the Fourth Wall

10-15-2009, 08:20 PM	#5
KevinTBrown My give a damn's busted. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chicagoland! Posts: 8,209	I gave it 3 issues..... Once Snejbjerg left, I dropped it. The writing, to me, felt too watered down. __________________ The floggings will continue until morale improves. ~ anonymous Everybody has a right to have an opinion, no matter how wrong they might be. Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. ~ John Stuart Mill

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