Hope Vol. 2: Hope... Under Fire

Hope #2

by Guy Adams, Jimmy Broxton

The second volume of the dazzling 2000 AD debut – mixing Hollywood noir and occult magic!

In an alternate post-war 1940s Los Angeles, where dark magic is a fact of life, Mallory Hope is a private detective haunted by his past…and by the occult forces he uses.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 19, 2021

Reviews

[Gary Varga · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story does not require a reading of the first volume but the storytelling does rely on the reader having done so. This individual tale is self-contained but it is written in a beautifully compressed way that page, even each panel, tells so much. A lot of which might be overlooked or confusing without knowledge garnered from the previous volume.

This is dark. This is solely comprised of adult themes. This is a horrific read. But in a good way.

[Alex Sarll]

More Hollywood noir pastiche plus magic; less satisfactory than the first outing, but the art still evokes the mood very well.

[Timo · Rating 4 out of 5]

If the story has a good noir feeling in it and the art is great and there are bit of Vietnam war, it is a good read.