- 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: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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- #27 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Authors > Moore, Alan
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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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27 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
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.
26 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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.
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.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Albion is a good bit of nostalgic comic book fun with some characters reimagined and reinterpreted using a varied set of classic comic book styles. The plot isn't particularly inspiring, but the intent is clearly to reintroduce people to a range of 50s and 60s British comic book characters.
The real problem I see is the lack of market for this comic. The majority of the people who can remember these characters will be in their forties and fifties and less likely to buy comics. People like me, who read many of the comics of their parents, aunts and uncles will be in their thirties. I can't see the generation after me (the main comic buyers) to relate to the characters, especially Captain Hurricane, which I thought was getting on a bit even when I read them 25 years ago..
If you read Victor, Valiant, Lion, Buster, Whizzer and Chips, Beano and Dandy (comics aimed at girls are poorly represented in Albion, which is a great pity) you'll probably enjoy this. If your upbringing in comics has been predominantly more modern I don't see the point.
The real problem I see is the lack of market for this comic. The majority of the people who can remember these characters will be in their forties and fifties and less likely to buy comics. People like me, who read many of the comics of their parents, aunts and uncles will be in their thirties. I can't see the generation after me (the main comic buyers) to relate to the characters, especially Captain Hurricane, which I thought was getting on a bit even when I read them 25 years ago..
If you read Victor, Valiant, Lion, Buster, Whizzer and Chips, Beano and Dandy (comics aimed at girls are poorly represented in Albion, which is a great pity) you'll probably enjoy this. If your upbringing in comics has been predominantly more modern I don't see the point.
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Alan Moore dusts off forgotten heroes of our past.
This occurs in a contemporary Britain where 1960's british comic characters(Both IPC and DC Thompson) are real people all living in the same reality. Read more
Published 14 months ago by M P Hall
Trashy, poorly written and ugly
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Published on 30 Mar 2009 by Nicholas Moran
An inventive but flawed homage to British comics.
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Published on 29 Mar 2009 by Mr. K. Cross
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Get this if you were brought up on a diet of British adventure comics in the 1960s, 'cos this is the generation that will love this book. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2008 by Siggy
What is all the moaning about?
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Published on 7 Feb 2008 by Stokie Dave
um.....wha ?
Hmmm. I may sound ungrateful, but I think you really need to be totally obsessed with some very , very old comics to appreciate this foray into the dark world of "vintage british... Read more
Published on 4 April 2007 by a reader
Not exactly a thrill a minute
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... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2007 by Grev
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