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A review by thombeckett
Top 10, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
3.0
Top Ten is far from being my favourite Alan Moore series, which you can tell from the fact it's taken me 3 tries to get through this comic. And it's certainly not because it's hard-going or massively complex, I just find it rather dull.
In fact, having at last completed it, I did enjoy it. It's a knowing nod to shows like CSI or NYPD Blue and contains a few overlapping crime-related stories in a city entirely populated by superheroes.
As such, it's a sort of comment on the notion of the superhero in general, but by no means as interesting a one as Watchmen, and is (intentionally) much more pulpy than Moore's best work.
Still, it's not entirely without its merits, and the scenes featuring the various pantheons of Greece and the Vikings towards the end raised a smile.
And I will read the others in the Top Ten series at some point, because I am somewhat of a (slow) Moore completest, but they're certainly not at the top of the list (or even in the Top Ten - boom boom. Thank you, I'm here all week).
In fact, having at last completed it, I did enjoy it. It's a knowing nod to shows like CSI or NYPD Blue and contains a few overlapping crime-related stories in a city entirely populated by superheroes.
As such, it's a sort of comment on the notion of the superhero in general, but by no means as interesting a one as Watchmen, and is (intentionally) much more pulpy than Moore's best work.
Still, it's not entirely without its merits, and the scenes featuring the various pantheons of Greece and the Vikings towards the end raised a smile.
And I will read the others in the Top Ten series at some point, because I am somewhat of a (slow) Moore completest, but they're certainly not at the top of the list (or even in the Top Ten - boom boom. Thank you, I'm here all week).