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Prophet, Volume 2: Brothers by Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, Farel Dalrymple, Giannis Milonogiannis
pmileham's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
ppetropoulakis's review against another edition
4.0
In the second volume, prophet get really wild. Between hellish encounters and living trees in spaceships it picks up to setup the story to come. Old man prophet is badass taking a continuously evolving Ironhide and the rest of the team leap into new adventures.
16timesaweek's review against another edition
5.0
This Prophet storyline is more straightforward but doesn't suffer for it. The world being explored still feels strange and alien yet visceral.
davygibbs's review against another edition
2.0
The first volume in this series kind of walked the line of being too obtuse for its own good. Flawed in terms of character development, world-building, and clear narrative, it was saved in part by some mindbendingly cool set pieces. Volume 2 has set pieces too, but in this case, they aren't enough to save it. The story just goes haywire, shooting off in all directions at once, and the layout doesn't do the mess any favors. Good luck figuring out what the hell is going on and where, or when. I'll give Volume 3 a shot based on the strength of the first volume, but if the creators continue going down this path, I'll hoist the white flag.
evanmc's review against another edition
3.0
Prophet continues to be one of the most ambitious comics being published today. Volume two sees the continuation of the excellent art, and inventive settings and alien creatures. I found myself wishing that a stronger plot thread emerged drawing the issues together. The storyline is a bit loose, and is at times hard to follow in a larger sense, more than just issue-to-issue. Another pet peeve: we are in the second volume of trades, and there still seems to be an ever-expanding alien vocabulary, new words and species introduced it seems on every other page. It hurts the pacing a bit, getting hung up on the new terminology and trying to commit it to memory. That's why this is 3 instead of 4 stars. I will still gladly continue reading. I hope a stronger plot emerges, especially now that Diehard is involved and we get a glimpse of Supreme.
sizrobe's review against another edition
4.0
I was less impressed with this volume than with the first, but it was still decent. I really love the bizarre art, and the aliens that populate it aren't without their charms.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
3.0
The art in this series continues to be the big draw. Aliens and landscapes that don't quite look like anything else in comics, backgrounds that vary from stark to highly detailed, some amazing color pops. I love the look of this book.
But while volume one threw you into a strange world, and made you follow along with a series of cloned characters who didn't really know what was happening, this volume brings back characters from the 90s supehero universe.
The first 20 issues of this series came out in the 90s, and were part of Image's rapidly decayed superhero universe of Supreme, Prophet, Glory, and Youngblood. In that series, John Prophet was a poorly drawn rip-off of Captain America, including him being put in stasis after a World War. But in volume one of the relaunch, he's part of some clone project in the far flung future with an unclear mission. It was glorious. But now we're tying this vibrant new idea to the old ones by reintroducing Diehard, and putting much of the focus on the "original" Old Man Prophet.
Ehhh.
It's by no means terrible, but it also doesn't have the spark of the previous volume. I'm going to keep reading it because I love the artwork, but I am much less excited in the weirdness of the story than I was during the last arc.
I still recommend it to people who enjoy unusual sci-fi landscapes and creatures, and maybe this will also appeal to fans of the old Liefeld Image superheroes.
But while volume one threw you into a strange world, and made you follow along with a series of cloned characters who didn't really know what was happening, this volume brings back characters from the 90s supehero universe.
The first 20 issues of this series came out in the 90s, and were part of Image's rapidly decayed superhero universe of Supreme, Prophet, Glory, and Youngblood. In that series, John Prophet was a poorly drawn rip-off of Captain America, including him being put in stasis after a World War. But in volume one of the relaunch, he's part of some clone project in the far flung future with an unclear mission. It was glorious. But now we're tying this vibrant new idea to the old ones by reintroducing Diehard, and putting much of the focus on the "original" Old Man Prophet.
Ehhh.
It's by no means terrible, but it also doesn't have the spark of the previous volume. I'm going to keep reading it because I love the artwork, but I am much less excited in the weirdness of the story than I was during the last arc.
I still recommend it to people who enjoy unusual sci-fi landscapes and creatures, and maybe this will also appeal to fans of the old Liefeld Image superheroes.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
1.0
A consistent series. Unfortunately it is consistently bad. Terrible writing, uninteresting characters that probably should be interesting. Wild science fiction backdrops that some are somehow not the slightest bit compelling. Dumb place names, dumb peoples names, dumb character names. How the heck did this ever get into print?