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Five Fists Of Science (Paperback)

by Steven Sanders (Artist), Matt Fraction (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Image Comics; 1 edition (31 May 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1582406057
  • ISBN-13: 978-1582406053
  • Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 16.5 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 404,083 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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True story: in 1899, Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla decided to end war forever. With Twain's connections and Tesla's inventions, they went into business selling world peace. So, what happened? Only now can the tale be told - in which Twain and Tesla collided with Edison and Morgan, an evil science cabal merging the Black Arts and the Industrial Age. Turn of the century New York City sets the stage for a titanic battle over the very fate of mankind.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Fists, 30 Sep 2006
By M. R. Peyton - See all my reviews
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This graphic novel from Fraction and Sanders, originally coming from Planetlar/AIT and now published through Image, is irreverent historical adventure with cast members ranging from Mark Twain to Thomas Edison with Marconi thrown in for good measure.

The most obvious thing to compare this to is The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen because that is the book or film that most people associate with Steampunk/Victoriana. However all the characters in this book were real. The book starts with character histories, which helps establish who these people really were, but also includes apologies for how they are portrayed in the story. This works well as not only is it informative, but also endears the reader to the whole concept so you are much more likely to enjoy the ride.

Fraction describes the story thus: "The Five Fists of Science is the story of Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla teaming up to bring about world peace by compulsion- and how that peace will interfere with the plans of an evil science cabal led by Thomas Edison. An all-out war between magic and science is fought on the streets of New York City in 1899, and it is an absolutely true story, up to a point."

Up to a point is generous to a fault, but you will not mind at all. Twain is our focus character and he's charming, witty and a lying b*st*rd, but at no point in the proceedings will you not want to spend time with him. Tesla is wonderfully strange and it's brilliant that his idiosyncrasies were real - this guy was weirder than Bruce Wayne would be if he was real.

The book would not be half as successful without Steven Sanders' artwork. He effortlessly portrays urban cityscapes and snow covered mountains, switching between bombastic action sequences and intimate character moments without any problems of flow. I had not encountered his work before, but based on this I will be looking at picking up everything he does.

If there is a fault with the book it is that a sequel looks unlikely. You still want to spend more time with these characters at the end and based on his portrayal in this I am looking for biographies and other books on Tesla. I cannot stress how good this book is and what a joy it was to read.
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2.0 out of 5 stars limp, 8 Sep 2006
By A. Given (Ballymoney, N.I) - See all my reviews
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picked this up hopeing it would be another "league of extraordinary gentlemen" but unfortunatly it didn't come close. "Five Fists" is a short story about Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla going head to head with Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi. The art by Steven Sanders is very nice but the writing by the great Matt Fraction is sluggish.
The novel starts off very well and shows promise and doesn't really seem to go anywhere. Don't bother with this one unless your a hardcore Fraction fan.
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