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The Last of the Greats Vol.1
by
Joshua Hale Fialkov (Goodreads Author)
MEET THE LAST - He's mankind's last hope and he HATES us! As the Earth stands on the brink of annihilation we must beg the last survivor of a family of superheroes to put aside his hatred and save our butts. From the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated writer of Echoes, Tumor, and I, Vampire comes the complete first volume of the critically-acclaimed vision of Super Heroes f...more
Paperback, 136 pages
Published
April 3rd 2012
by Image Comics
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This book definitely has a lot of shock value, but I'm not convinced that it has more than that. It feels like the setup for a promised followup series, but as far as I know that series doesn't exist yet, so all I have to judge this collection is itself. And it's.. it's fine, for what it is. A Superman character with a fairly interesting backstory is invited to take over the world as a reward for saving it, and then.. he kinda flies around doing things like seducing Oprah and killing a small chi...more
This was a weird one but I still enjoyed it. I get the impression I’m missing part of the story and there’s definitely more to come but nothing indicated that this wasn’t a complete tale.
The Last is the last of his kind. They came to Earth like Gods with a plan that you just get glimpses of. They cleaned up the environment, healed disease, feed the starving and housed the homeless. They wanted the nations to give up their military defenses so the world replied by killing them off. The Last hadn’...more
The Last is the last of his kind. They came to Earth like Gods with a plan that you just get glimpses of. They cleaned up the environment, healed disease, feed the starving and housed the homeless. They wanted the nations to give up their military defenses so the world replied by killing them off. The Last hadn’...more
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Controllers
Review Source: NetGalley
Reviewer: Me
Um…wow.
And no I don’t mean that necessarily in a good way. I have very mixed feelings about this graphic novel. The Last of the Greats was a very bizarre read, and deeply disturbing. I am no stranger to weird; in fact I love things that are a little bit out of the ordinary. I find it to be very refreshing and most of the time it puts me on the path to new authors, and artists (see my rev...more
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Controllers
Review Source: NetGalley
Reviewer: Me
Um…wow.
And no I don’t mean that necessarily in a good way. I have very mixed feelings about this graphic novel. The Last of the Greats was a very bizarre read, and deeply disturbing. I am no stranger to weird; in fact I love things that are a little bit out of the ordinary. I find it to be very refreshing and most of the time it puts me on the path to new authors, and artists (see my rev...more
Well, I often hear complaints that deconstruction has gotten old. While I understand that Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns happened a long time ago and one can quickly become fatigued with grim-n-grittiness, is there really any other direction to keep going with super heroes now? Angst may seem shallow and one note, but is it as shallow and one note as the wide-eyed goody two shoes vibe of the silver age. I mean those days are gone, it's way too late to bring them back now and there's still...more
Last of the Greats by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Brent Peeples came out three years too late. It's not that the book was delayed, but all the themes that this book addresses have not only been addressed else where, but have been presented in some of the finer books in recent times.
[MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD]
This book looks at the Superman archetype gone bad. In this case it seems as though the character was never good. However, at the very least he wants the Earth to think he is good, despite the fact h...more
[MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD]
This book looks at the Superman archetype gone bad. In this case it seems as though the character was never good. However, at the very least he wants the Earth to think he is good, despite the fact h...more
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At first glance, The Last, the lead character of this graphic novel seems like your standard superhero, with a striking similarity to Superman: both are handsome aliens with amazing abilities who live in a big-ass ice palace in Antarctica and wear extremely tight fitting costumes. But as you read further you realize Superman was not a child murdering, body morphing, incestuous rapist with a crush on Oprah. The Last is all those things. Which is what makes him, and this graphic novel, kind of awe...more
--Full, non-spoiler review courtesy at Book & Movie Dimension a Blog--
A title that drew my attention with its astounding artwork. A big plus was the story's premise was just as attention worthy. There were so many things that really happened in this first issue of The Last of The Greats much of which was darkly motivated yet very entertaining to get caught up in. The issue begins with one of the many individuals who for a close relation are , well , superheroes. Although, humanity welcomed t...more
A title that drew my attention with its astounding artwork. A big plus was the story's premise was just as attention worthy. There were so many things that really happened in this first issue of The Last of The Greats much of which was darkly motivated yet very entertaining to get caught up in. The issue begins with one of the many individuals who for a close relation are , well , superheroes. Although, humanity welcomed t...more
This book couldn't be more derivative of Mark Waid's 'Irredeemable', with quite a bit of Garth Ennis worship thrown in the mix. There's nothing redeeming about this book in the least. It lacks character development, it lacks intrigue, the pacing is off and the artwork is rushed and barely competent. The dialogue is heavy-handed and the characters feel stillborn. Fialkov has absolutely no handle on his own creation and I suspect he just wanted to sell an idea to Image without the least bit of com...more
There appears to be an explosion of evil Superman pastiches. Mark Waid's Irredeemable, Peter Tomasi and Keith Champagne's The Mighty, and now The Last of the Greats.
This differs slightly as the Last is one of six. The other five, one way or another, are now "dead". Per the Greats, they appeared because they were needed to prepare the human race for a threat that was approaching. Now with the other five gone a group of humans have decided to approach the Last for aid.
The Last makes huge demands a...more
This differs slightly as the Last is one of six. The other five, one way or another, are now "dead". Per the Greats, they appeared because they were needed to prepare the human race for a threat that was approaching. Now with the other five gone a group of humans have decided to approach the Last for aid.
The Last makes huge demands a...more
I read the description about this on the Image website and decided to give it a whirl. I am glad that I didn't buy this before reading it. The premise was good, but the execution was laid out poorly. It felt like you (the reader) were on a monorail with the storyline and there's no stops for emotion to build. Granted, five issues is fairly light but the scope begs for some reader connection. The first story is a quick read (as stated before, only 5 issues) and the art is nice to look at while re...more
The first chapter of this book is a great portrayal of the ignorance of humanity. It comments on how people fear that which they cannot control and how fickle and jealous we as a race can be. Unfortunately the quality in the first chapter does not follow through to the others and just becomes a story about manipulation with questionable dialogue. The art is so so throughout but fairly consistent nonetheless. The book as a whole was disappointing after the quality of the first chapter, but that a...more
Good writing,and the volume starts off strong with its look at heroes rejected by the world. But then it descends into fairly typical evil-super-against-the-world, and I feel like I’ve seen it before.
Started out strong ... ended in a morass.
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Joshua Hale Fialkov is the creator (or co-creator, depending) of graphic novels, including the Harvey Nominated Elk’s Run, the Harvey and Eisner nominated Tumor, Punks the Comic, and the Harvey Nominated Echoes.
He has written Alibi and Cyblade for Top Cow, Superman/Batman for DC Comics, Rampaging Wolverine for Marvel, and Friday the 13th for Wildstorm. He’s writing the DC relaunch of I,Vampire, as...more
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He has written Alibi and Cyblade for Top Cow, Superman/Batman for DC Comics, Rampaging Wolverine for Marvel, and Friday the 13th for Wildstorm. He’s writing the DC relaunch of I,Vampire, as...more
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