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Albion (Paperback)

by Alan Moore (Author), Leah Moore (Author), John Reppion (Author), Shane Oakley (Author)
2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Titan Books Ltd (26 Jan 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1845763513
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845763510
  • Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 16.6 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 255,272 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"* "This is The X-Files, except the government isn't covering up an alien invasion but a colourful and dangerous world of heroes and villains." - TheFourthRail.com * "A whole generation grew up relishing the adventures of IPC's fantastically macabre superheroes and the cultural significance of their comeback is enormous." - Andrew Sumner, IPC"


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For decades, children all across the British Isles thrilled to the comic-strip exploits of their favourite heroes - The Spider, The Steel Claw, Captain Hurricane and more. But the comics, and their heroes, disappeared...Now Danny, a young student, and Penny, who claims to be the daughter of a forgotten hero, are investigating the disappearances. Meanwhile, in an isolated castle, a group of jailers watch over "criminals" with peculiar pasts and bizarre names and abilities. Is it all real? Are Danny and Penny delusional? Who has all the answers? From the mind of British comics legend Alan Moore, and featuring a brand new introduction by Neil Gaiman, comes the return of the heroes that made Britain great!
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars It's interesting but..., 1 Mar 2007
By J. Hobbs (UK) - See all my reviews
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It's the same kind of thing which turned Batman into a schizo and Superman into a US government lackey...this time it's the re-invention of classic British comic characters like Captain Hurricane and Grimley Feendish into, in these cases, a psychotic super-soldier experiment and a psychotic child-abusing criminal mastermind...ho hum, see it all before.

Moore has created some absolutely incredible work over the years but trades on the readers familiarity with the setting or the characters themselves, LOEG being the classic example. However, LOEG worked (more or less) within the basic framework of the originals (Nemo as a Hindu? Hmmmm...) This doesn't, which one would think would make it interesting. Unfortunately, it fails because, far from being a true re-invention, it instead relies on clichéd devices and the story consequently suffers.

It's Moore so people will probably buy it, it's a touch of nostalgia which is why I bought it, but it's also a (to my mind, needless) corruption of other peoples characters, which seems to me a disservice to the artists, the writers and the people who read and enjoyed these characters first time around.

Overall, reasonably enjoyable, but severely lacking in imagination, originality and cohesion.
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23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A slight misrepresentation, 12 April 2007
By Mr. D. Harris "duncle" (Bath, England) - See all my reviews
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While Alan Moore is listed as the author here it is, in fact, his daughter Leah who actually scripts this obscure and referential amalgam, along with her partner John Rennion. It is NOT "by Alan Moore". He merely plotted the outline. That's the sum total of his involvement.

Leah has obviously studied her father's style (ironic dialogue commenting upon the pictures in an unrandom way) and has a reasonable grasp of speech. Unfortunately, this is very much an early effort and, as a writer, she needs to be allowed to grow up in private. 'Albion' is too public a stage at present. Apart from some clunky plot manoeuvering there are also a few crude pieces of explanation/exposition and dialogue that need further polishing.

Great art, characters that are too unknown to really gain the audiences' sympathy and a novice author add up to a disappointing work that could have been so much better. There are glimmers of hope, however, that this will be the start of a greater career.
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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly a thrill a minute, 11 Mar 2007
By Grev (Brighton) - See all my reviews
  
Tragically, given all the fanfare surrounding it's original publication - not to mention that it was touted as supposedly the great Alan Moore's final ever comic (Lost Girls, when it's eventually published in the UK, may or may not prove to be that) - Albion turned out to be one tenth Alan Moore and and nine tenths Leigh Moore. You can't blame him for attempting to give his daughter's writing career a boost, but sadly on this evidence she's no great shakes as a writer. Albion is dull, hackneyed, often confusingly writen, and instead of introducing old British comics characters to an eager American audience (which was it's other main selling point) proved more likely to put them off British comics for ever... not that you'd ever know any of this from reading Neil Gaiman's glowing introduction. Did he even read this rubbish before he wrote it?
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