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Book Description
What if everything in your life was out of your hands and those around you propelled your fate? Your girlfriend left you for your best friend; your boss gave your job to someone better. What if then, after all this, someone gave you back total control? What if he revealed you were the next in line tContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 192 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1582404976
- ISBN-13: 9781582404974
- Publisher: Image Comics/Top Cow
- Pub date: May 11, 2005
- Dimensions: 1613 mm x 1097 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover
- In other languages: other languages
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| 9781582404974 | Paperback | $19.99 | $14.39 | bn.com |
| $19.99 | $13.49 | The Book Depository | ||
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Giaime Guidi 
Rubbish Film - Great Book
Firstly, if you are thinking about buying this only because you liked the movie - don't! They are almost completely different, and how much you enjoyed the film will have no relevance to what you think of this book. This is a book for those with an, at least basic, knowledge of the world of comic bo ... (continue)
Firstly, if you are thinking about buying this only because you liked the movie - don't! They are almost completely different, and how much you enjoyed the film will have no relevance to what you think of this book. This is a book for those with an, at least basic, knowledge of the world of comic books and the concept of Super-Villains.
The plot follows a regular guy who learns he is in fact the son of a recently killed Super-Villain and is to be inducted into their secret fraternity. At first glance the story would seem just a male adolescent fantasy with loads of swearing and gratuitous violence and, although this is true, it is actually a deceptively clever book, exploring lots of different themes. It explores what might happen if Superheroes and Villains actually existed - and the bad guys won, it references the change of tone that occurred in comic books in the mid-eighties, and has parallels to books like `Fight Club' and films like `The Matrix'.
I enjoyed it. I've seen this book described as `the Watchmen for super-villains', which might be overstating the case a bit but gives you an idea of what to expect.
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