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Book 3 was a reaffirmation for me of the things I enjoyed about the first book. I liked the 170,000 YEAR OLD CICADA NYMPH as an monster to defeat and I would gladly refer to Genos and Saitama as The Blond Cyborg and The Bald Cape.

Our heroes apply to take the Hero Certification Exam to join the Hero Association. Saitama will have to work hard to keep his place in the Hero Registry, earn some recognition and all of this means NEW HEROES!!! There are some epic hero names introduced including Spring Mustachio, who was my favorite. (Tank Top Tiger taking 2nd place)

I have this sneaking suspicion that this is going to ruin other manga titles for me in the future, but I'm committed now. A really fun series to read and they read VERY quickly, which is not a fault.

This is probably my favorite volume yet. There is actual catharsis (which I wasn't expecting) and it was totally earned. We're introduced to Bang, who we don't learned quite enough about to get a good read on, but we get an idea of his importance. Genos comes to some realizations about Saitama and Saitama gets a nice moment of honesty born of frustration.

Perhaps most importantly, we meet Puri-Puri Prisoner. The impression is this is a character that will have some staying power and Sonic creeps back into the story. There was some really satisfying story progress made in this book.

A bunch of bald bad guys, a Bicyclist for Justice, an incredibly feminine looking assassin... All this and more! I didn't enjoy this volume quite as much as number 1, but it did provide some fun and nice ending to springboard the story forward. Happy to come back and check out number three, hoping it finds some of the fun nonsense that I enjoyed in the first volume.

I've seen this title pop up a lot lately and a friend (thank you Alisha) was kind enough to give me this book for Christmas. I quickly see the appeal and understand where the love for this title comes from. There are a lot of sensibilities here that I don't have a real frame of reference for (yet), but I liked this and I am for sure coming back for the next book. I'll also be saying things like CONSECUTIVE NORMAL PUNCHES!!! and A Cyborg for Justice for a little while, so apologies in advance.

Overall I really enjoyed where this book wound up. There were some points in the middle where the “every day army life” aspects of it got a little tired. Wexler really seemed to relish battle details and painting a picture, but some of the events he really leaned into just felt long at times. That said, it wasn't enough to dissuade me from reading on and I am glad I did. There is an interesting mix of older, familiar style world and newly minted magic to give this a unique texture. Looking forward to book 2.

-Re read thoughts 8/9/19- I was wondering if this might have been a little heavy handed at times with some of the morality and existential questions it was raising. Then I reminded myself nothing else I'm reading is anywhere close to the territory this covers and all was well again. [a:Brian K. Vaughan 24514 Brian K. Vaughan https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1557530189p2/24514.jpg] I swear to god if anything ever happens to Ghus... there will be almost no real repercussions in your world because it's not like I'm suddenly going to stop reading my favorite series and it's only going to be my personal heartbreak that in no way, shape or form affects your life or work and honestly I kind of blame [a:Fiona Staples 304633 Fiona Staples https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1379339265p2/304633.jpg] breathtaking and flawless art for making him so goddamned adorable and endearing as well and Friendo is such a wonderful part of this world and please don't let anything happen to her either and yeah, yeah, yeah I'm almost done and this was just a super emotional arc and and and andMerged review:-Re read thoughts 8/9/19- I was wondering if this might have been a little heavy handed at times with some of the morality and existential questions it was raising. Then I reminded myself nothing else I'm reading is anywhere close to the territory this covers and all was well again. [a:Brian K. Vaughan 24514 Brian K. Vaughan https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1557530189p2/24514.jpg] I swear to god if anything ever happens to Ghus... there will be almost no real repercussions in your world because it's not like I'm suddenly going to stop reading my favorite series and it's only going to be my personal heartbreak that in no way, shape or form affects your life or work and honestly I kind of blame [a:Fiona Staples 304633 Fiona Staples https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1379339265p2/304633.jpg] breathtaking and flawless art for making him so goddamned adorable and endearing as well and Friendo is such a wonderful part of this world and please don't let anything happen to her either and yeah, yeah, yeah I'm almost done and this was just a super emotional arc and and and and

I'd rate this better, but it had been a while since I had read it and I realized how much I couldn't really remember about it. Which is crazy, since I love both Mark Waid and Alex Ross. I think it might be in part because this is a slower paced story and it's also pretty grandiose. It's an interesting idea, what happens when there are too many heroes over too long a time, but it also takes itself pretty seriously. I don't know. I'm sure I'll read it again some day and reconsider. The artwork alone is worth coming back for.

The art and species design for the most part is great, I'm just not a huge fan of all the women looking like pin-ups. Why are they all so specifically proportioned? The story is an interesting take on what else was happening in the existing Star Wars story line and I enjoyed it. It felt true to the world. It had stakes and wasn't completely effortless (even if it did play it pretty safe). Looking forward to the next book.

I really wanted to like this more. You follow Cain 1600 years after the garden of Eden as he lives in a world that only knows death thanks to him. It is “before the flood”, as the title states, and the world is basically a prehistoric, stone aged wasteland. There is enough here to be intriguing and different, but out of the gate these cavemen are swearing like they're in a Tarantino film. It pulled me out of the narrative immediately and it never got better. I understand that this is a quick way to give us an impression of this world and how terrible these people are, but the common idioms and language was too jarring. The art by Guera was at times perfect for this type of story and really underwhelming at others.

I'm still a big Jason Aaron fan and I will like take a look at the next story in this series as I am curious where they are going with this, but I was disappointed with how this landed.

I wish I could explain what it is about Usagi Yojimbo stories that is both comforting and satisfying. I just really enjoy the way Sakai's art and storytelling unfold effortlessly. Some panels are incredibly detailed and you hardly notice. Others are very sparse, yet iconic. It's truly a classic character and series.

This is serviceable, but there are better volumes of Hellboy out there.

I checked out the digital copy of this through my OverDrive library app, thinking I was getting a Fables graphic novel. I was surprised to find it was a limited illustration novel, but only moderately disappointed. I am so glad that it wasn't a full graphic novel as [a:Bill Willingham 12444 Bill Willingham https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1347423972p2/12444.jpg] really has outdone himself with this story. The way the story lays out both the current and past time line is supremely satisfying. I appreciated the limited characters we were introduced to, but how thoroughly we were brought into their lives and hearts. Maybe I'm overstating, but I was so pleasantly surprised by overall quality of the story as it stood by itself, I was really quite taken with it.

There was something about this book that I just really enjoyed. Somewhere between watching this version of Logan struggle with his place in the new world he's been dropped into and reconciling the past from his own world, it was very engrossing and fascinating. It Also does a really nice job giving you more contextual background for the character. Great series so far.

This was very a satisfying end to a series I enjoyed. There were moments in some of the books that I wasn't sure I could really get behind some of the protagonists and some of their beliefs, customs, etc. That said, even the things I had issues with really did fit within the world being built. It was a cohesive universe that had a fleshed out logic and really interesting mythos. This last book had a lot of great action, suspense and a couple of interesting surprises. It also had some great payoffs of ideas/threads/characters that had been introduced quite a while ago. - Overall, I appreciate how the author tied up this particular tale, while leaving enough in the world to revisit it in the future should he choose. It was nice to finally get to read the conclusion to this story and I appreciated that it stayed true to itself and it's world.

This is maybe the most Jeff-Lemire Jeff Lemire book I've ever read. It is in turns bleak and sad or vivid and compelling. I really enjoyed the color work in this story as it was the perfect compliment to the narrative. This genuinely deserves the praise it's received.

I didn't realize how short this was when I started and found myself wishing for me. I supposed that's a pretty good recommendation, it was over too soon. Great art as well.

This book builds wonderfully on the first and begins to expand the world around Lord Baltimore and his quest. I really like both the pace and the approach to the story telling. These books have been both satisfying and intriguing.

Several individual stories that help fill in some of the world around Lord Baltimore. A great background piece on the Inquisitor that was both enlightening and interesting. That story line should get a big payoff soon, which this is setting up.

Muuuch better. Thank you Mike Mignola and company for both story and art closer to what I enjoy and am looking for. This is shaping up to be a good series, looking forward to seeing what happens next.

Didn't finish this. I wanted this to be good and there is plenty of interesting stuff here, at least broadly, but it just kinda flopped for me. There is a weird racial undercurrent with the “brothers” and their relationship and I just don't know where Asmus was trying to go with it all the time. I just felt uncomfortable with what felt like a pretty shoe-horned conceit, that really didn't need to be there. They both could have been black or white and one of them being adopted still would have provided the rest of the tension the story was looking for.
I dunno. Others might enjoy this, but I only got the first 2 issues comprising this volume before I couldn't handle it any longer. The story just wasn't strong enough to hold up the awkwardness.

They have slowly introduced just enough new characters to keep the story interesting and moving forward without feeling bloated. There is just enough suspense that you want to read the next without feeling like you have to race through the present. All around a very solid series.

Ok, ok, yeah yeah yeah I read this one too quickly on the heals of the last one, but it's really good! Also, I'm off to read Vol 3. Thanks [a:Jeff Lemire 543719 Jeff Lemire https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1300396580p2/543719.jpg] for this series which pulled me in very quickly and is completely absorbing. Read this.

Some really interesting work with an ever growing universe. I am really interested to see where this story is going and just how many races of beings we're going to meet. A lot of subtlety to the art which really won me over.

This was ok. It was pretty predictable and there never really felt like there were any stakes. The art is great, I just was hoping for a little more daring or risk taking.

Sarah Andersen is wonderful. I hope she continues to grace us with her humor and honesty for a long time to come.