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geekwayne's review against another edition
3.0
'The Shadow: Leviathan' by Simon Spurrier and Dan Watters with art by Daniel HDR is a graphic novel about a mysterious man the world hasn't seen for a while, and the caregiver who may have found him again.
Mary Jerez was saved years ago from a school shooting by The Shadow. Later as a resident in a hospital she is there when a horribly burned man comes in. As she treats him, she starts to suspect that her patient is the mysterious man who saved her.
I liked this story of The Shadow. It manages to tie in to more modern times and not feel contrived. The art is great and there were some nice surprises along the way.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dynamite Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Mary Jerez was saved years ago from a school shooting by The Shadow. Later as a resident in a hospital she is there when a horribly burned man comes in. As she treats him, she starts to suspect that her patient is the mysterious man who saved her.
I liked this story of The Shadow. It manages to tie in to more modern times and not feel contrived. The art is great and there were some nice surprises along the way.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dynamite Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
bloodravenlib's review against another edition
1.0
Quick impressions: The story feels messy and not always coherent. If they wanted to bring The Shadow into modern times, this was too overwrought to accomplish that. As I stated, I have liked some The Shadow comics, but I am not sure what to make of this mess. The art is good enough, but the story is just incoherent. This could have had potential, but instead it falls flat.
(Full review on my blog)
(Full review on my blog)
sofrosune's review against another edition
3.0
The first comic I've read since I was a child.
I despised the references to real current united statian events, what's even the point narratively speaking? I'll tell you: there is not. It's just the writers that instead of writing by inspiration, they vent off, release their resentment, their anger at real life, like an emo kid that cuts hinself.
There is obviously Donald Trump being drawn here. THEY DRAWED HIM IN. The references to U.S.A. issues and non-issues are cringe worthy, or lazy writing, or useless, and stand in the way of what could have being a good story. It also felt like it was written by two people, because at some points the writing was amateur/cringe-like and in others it was fine and in character.
This could have been a 3.5 or 4 stars if it were done with proper writing skills, proper characterization, less abstract/figurative dialog --this is a comic goddammit, not a Tool song--, and an easier to follow narrative. I did not get what Leviathan was. And I blame the comic for that.
Since I consider that this comic has re-readability value --in part for being hard to follow-- I give it 3 stars instead of 2 and a half.
I despised the references to real current united statian events, what's even the point narratively speaking? I'll tell you: there is not. It's just the writers that instead of writing by inspiration, they vent off, release their resentment, their anger at real life, like an emo kid that cuts hinself.
There is obviously Donald Trump being drawn here. THEY DRAWED HIM IN. The references to U.S.A. issues and non-issues are cringe worthy, or lazy writing, or useless, and stand in the way of what could have being a good story. It also felt like it was written by two people, because at some points the writing was amateur/cringe-like and in others it was fine and in character.
This could have been a 3.5 or 4 stars if it were done with proper writing skills, proper characterization, less abstract/figurative dialog --this is a comic goddammit, not a Tool song--, and an easier to follow narrative. I did not get what Leviathan was. And I blame the comic for that.
Since I consider that this comic has re-readability value --in part for being hard to follow-- I give it 3 stars instead of 2 and a half.
lukeisthename34's review against another edition
1.0
I won't lie. I'm ant-Trump. But come on guys, this was so on the nose political and silly to be not funny or entertaining at all. The Shadow is a lot of things, this wasn't one of them.
etienne02's review against another edition
3.0
The action was good, and it has a lot of it. The illustrations were good as well. The only problems is the big lack of originality. We all have seen or read someting similar. It's entertaining, but nothing new here, and tons of comic like this one out there.
tawallah's review
1.0
The description of this graphic novel sounded intriguing. However it failed to live up to its premise. In essence this is a philosophical treatise using Thomas Hobbes’ social contract theory. It attempted to explain American history from the 1920s to present using this thought. Not convinced with this argument to explain societal ills. Or that the writers were able to successfully explain this theory either. The artwork is meant to be dark given the topic and tends to have graphic violence and lots of swearing. Overall, disappointing read.
I received this graphic novel from NetGalley in exchange for an hones review. Thanks to both the authors and Net Galley for this opportunity.
I received this graphic novel from NetGalley in exchange for an hones review. Thanks to both the authors and Net Galley for this opportunity.
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