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geekwayne's review against another edition
3.0
'Fallen World' by Dan Abnett with art by Adam Pollina is a graphic novel set in the Valiant 4001 AD universe. There are other volumes before this, so you may want to start with those.
It is 4002 AD. New Japan was a floating city in the sky run by a crazed A.I., but that city has fallen. A cyborg named Rai will face the A.I. in battle, but not without quite a bit of help, including a familiar eternal warrior and an army of evolved animals (led by an elephant with a dirty mouth).
Does it all make sense? I didn't read the previous two volumes, so I started out a bit lost, but I caught on. One thing I seem to notice with Valiant is a nice level of art and I did like much of Adam Pollina's art here. It's a nice epic story, and it makes a bit more sense than a couple others I've read by other publishers.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Valiant Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
It is 4002 AD. New Japan was a floating city in the sky run by a crazed A.I., but that city has fallen. A cyborg named Rai will face the A.I. in battle, but not without quite a bit of help, including a familiar eternal warrior and an army of evolved animals (led by an elephant with a dirty mouth).
Does it all make sense? I didn't read the previous two volumes, so I started out a bit lost, but I caught on. One thing I seem to notice with Valiant is a nice level of art and I did like much of Adam Pollina's art here. It's a nice epic story, and it makes a bit more sense than a couple others I've read by other publishers.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Valiant Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
carroq's review against another edition
3.0
Disclaimer: I received a free ecopy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
So far, I've loved Valiant's 4001 A.D. series. Fallen World takes place in this futuristic setting. Jumping into this book without reading Rai and the 4001 A.D. event miniseries would be confusing because a lot of what happens in this book follows on those ones. Earth is in shambles and everyone is trying to pull themselves back together.
This is another book from Valiant that feels more transitionary. It takes the time to recognize what has come before, build on it to some degree, and then set things up for future stories. Some of the more recent books, this one included, have done more to make me excited about what is going to come next rather than what I'm currently reading. Fallen World is not a bad book by any means. Anyone that is familiar with the preceding Rai stories should get some enjoyment out of this story. I for one liked seeing the different characters from the previous series' coming together to battle it out with Bloodfather.
So far, I've loved Valiant's 4001 A.D. series. Fallen World takes place in this futuristic setting. Jumping into this book without reading Rai and the 4001 A.D. event miniseries would be confusing because a lot of what happens in this book follows on those ones. Earth is in shambles and everyone is trying to pull themselves back together.
This is another book from Valiant that feels more transitionary. It takes the time to recognize what has come before, build on it to some degree, and then set things up for future stories. Some of the more recent books, this one included, have done more to make me excited about what is going to come next rather than what I'm currently reading. Fallen World is not a bad book by any means. Anyone that is familiar with the preceding Rai stories should get some enjoyment out of this story. I for one liked seeing the different characters from the previous series' coming together to battle it out with Bloodfather.
graypeape's review against another edition
4.0
Nice artwork, far future dystopia, might be a little hard to get into if you haven't read some of the previous stuff in this storyline (I haven't), but you'll catch up eventually. The mix of future tech and feudal Japan is fun, and the action stays pretty consistent.
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etienne02's review against another edition
3.0
2,5/5. Who had the idea to write white in light blue cases, it’s really hard to read. Anyway. I like the action in this comic, but the story and «inspiration» seem like many deja-vu to me. It just seems like it tries to hard to be epic and be epic quickly. Epic take time build up and you can do epic in a 100 pages comic. Felt rush.
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