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helpfulsnowman's review
3.0
So this one takes us back into the world where the Plague of Frogs stuff is happening, Abe is evolving or something. All that. This one picks up more where BPRD left off, where the first couple volumes seemed like prequels or whatever.
You know what's really weird? I mean, you know what's really weird in this book with a giant dead sea monster and shit? Abe's "evolving" look has changed him from what he looks like in the comics to what he looks like in the movies. Ain't that a hoot?
You know what's really weird? I mean, you know what's really weird in this book with a giant dead sea monster and shit? Abe's "evolving" look has changed him from what he looks like in the comics to what he looks like in the movies. Ain't that a hoot?
otherwyrld's review
4.0
This story may be listed as volume 3, but I don't think I missed anything by not reading the other volumes, as this is a continuation of Abe Sapien's story from the B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth story. There, Abe was shot and was in a coma for months, during which time he appeared to "devolve" into a creature that looked more like one of the frog monsters than a vaguely human-looking fish man. When he finally wakes up, he is still the same Abe but feels he can no longer live at the B.P.R.D. (something that former Egyptian mummy Pandya is quick to exploit - there is someone with an agenda which we have yet to find out about).
Abe is now travelling around an increasing weird America, one where the monsters are increasing, and those people that are left are becoming more dangerous as end of days cults spring up. Many of the monsters now roaming the countryside used to be people, and Abe is finding it hard to know what to do next. His instinct is to go out and help people, but those people are increasingly becoming paranoid against anything that is different (and Abe certainly is that). At the other end of the spectrum are those people who see him as a harbinger of things to come and are prepared to worship him as a god or a prophet.
This ties in to a previous story where it is strongly hinted that Abe is destined to be the ruler of this new world, something that he has rejected but which is increasingly coming to the forefront. Whether any of this is true remains to be seen, but it is a strong storyline and at least offers the hint of hope in a world where it seems that humans are on the verge of becoming extinct.
A great story and one I am keen to continue to read.
Abe is now travelling around an increasing weird America, one where the monsters are increasing, and those people that are left are becoming more dangerous as end of days cults spring up. Many of the monsters now roaming the countryside used to be people, and Abe is finding it hard to know what to do next. His instinct is to go out and help people, but those people are increasingly becoming paranoid against anything that is different (and Abe certainly is that). At the other end of the spectrum are those people who see him as a harbinger of things to come and are prepared to worship him as a god or a prophet.
This ties in to a previous story where it is strongly hinted that Abe is destined to be the ruler of this new world, something that he has rejected but which is increasingly coming to the forefront. Whether any of this is true remains to be seen, but it is a strong storyline and at least offers the hint of hope in a world where it seems that humans are on the verge of becoming extinct.
A great story and one I am keen to continue to read.
thehmkane's review
4.0
I'm worried about Abe, y'all. I adore the supporting cast in this volume, and the monsters are fantastic. Definitely worth picking up.
kateofmind's review
4.0
This book, this series, has the piece that's been missing from the big craziness going on in the rest of the Mignolaverse: a look at the experiences of ordinary people living through it (or trying to). Amusingly, Abe, one of the most interesting (and mysterious) of the BPRD's elite freaks, is our guide through this mundane side. Of course, he still has to occasionally fight a boss monster, I guess (but does he? Does he really? Can't he just walk the earth and learn? Ah, me), but that's secondary. I hope it stays that way. This is promising.
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