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Über #2
Uber, Volume 2
Kieron Gillen redefined the alternate history comic by radically revitalizing the super soldier in the pages of Uber. This sweeping war epic shows all the grime, and fear, and blood of enhanced soldier warfare in an unrelenting World War II drama. The first blow in the battle between English and German Ubers has been wrought and neither nation walks away whole. The war rages on in the Pacific Theatre as Japanese Kamikaze pilots attempt to drive the US forces out while delivering devastating losses to the enemy naval fleet. But the tides of war change as the Japanese deploy their own enhanced soldiers and the Germans deliver their devastating secret attack.
Uber Volume 2 collects issues #6-11 of the ongoing comic book series.
Uber Volume 2 collects issues #6-11 of the ongoing comic book series.
160 pages, Paperback
First published October 14, 2014
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March 28, 2018
Very good alternate WWII storyline. Its pretty graphic art but then this is a war story. Good read if you are looking for something new and different. Recommended
December 11, 2020
Not as good as the first volume, but still enjoying this alternate WWII. This time around, the Japanese and Russians throw their own versions of super-powered soldiers into the mix. Plus a couple of pretty high-profile historical figures are cut down. The artwork is all right, though nothing too great.
September 28, 2021
Madre mía, como continúa la historia.
Recapitulemos. En el tomo anterior de Über habíamos visto como la aparición de una serie de supersoldados nazis había cambiado el final de la Segunda Guerra Civil, rechazando a los rusos y los americanos de Berlín. Siegfried, Sigmund y Sieglinde son los tres superhumanos más poderosos, cada uno de ellos capaz de destruir tranquilamente una ciudad y de hacer frente a un ejército, pero a pesar de este repunte del ejército alemán, la huida a Inglaterra de una espía que se había infiltrado en las pruebas, va a permitir que los británicos iniciasen su propio proyecto de superhombres, pero el primero de sus proyectos, el superhumano Colossus, había caído en su primera batalla contra los alemanes.
Y en este tomo, vamos a ampliar nuestra perspectiva de la guerra, con varios números dedicados al escenario del Pacífico y otros al propio ejército ruso, con japoneses, americanos, británicos y rusos sumidos en su propia carrera hacia los superhumanos, y la intervención de personajes como Stalin, especialmente radical (como era de esperar) en su búsqueda de supersoldados con los que hacer frente a los Übermensch alemanes. Así que mientras en la batalla de Okinawa vamos a ver cómo los estadounidenses tienen que hacer frente a los supersoldados japoneses, con quienes los alemanes habían compartido sus avances; en el frente ruso vamos a asistir al nacimiento de los primeros supersoldados soviéticos, y vamos a conocer mucho más los entresijos (y en estos cómics hay mucho entresijo...) de las relaciones entre Siegfried, Sigmund y Sieglinde, y sobre todo, vamos a ver como la lupa se pone sobre el segundo...
Y si hasta ahora todo había sido extremadamente tenso... El final de este volumen es espectacular y anuncia una continuación muuuuy interesante. Grande Gillen y Caanan White absolutamente acojonante.
Recapitulemos. En el tomo anterior de Über habíamos visto como la aparición de una serie de supersoldados nazis había cambiado el final de la Segunda Guerra Civil, rechazando a los rusos y los americanos de Berlín. Siegfried, Sigmund y Sieglinde son los tres superhumanos más poderosos, cada uno de ellos capaz de destruir tranquilamente una ciudad y de hacer frente a un ejército, pero a pesar de este repunte del ejército alemán, la huida a Inglaterra de una espía que se había infiltrado en las pruebas, va a permitir que los británicos iniciasen su propio proyecto de superhombres, pero el primero de sus proyectos, el superhumano Colossus, había caído en su primera batalla contra los alemanes.
Y en este tomo, vamos a ampliar nuestra perspectiva de la guerra, con varios números dedicados al escenario del Pacífico y otros al propio ejército ruso, con japoneses, americanos, británicos y rusos sumidos en su propia carrera hacia los superhumanos, y la intervención de personajes como Stalin, especialmente radical (como era de esperar) en su búsqueda de supersoldados con los que hacer frente a los Übermensch alemanes. Así que mientras en la batalla de Okinawa vamos a ver cómo los estadounidenses tienen que hacer frente a los supersoldados japoneses, con quienes los alemanes habían compartido sus avances; en el frente ruso vamos a asistir al nacimiento de los primeros supersoldados soviéticos, y vamos a conocer mucho más los entresijos (y en estos cómics hay mucho entresijo...) de las relaciones entre Siegfried, Sigmund y Sieglinde, y sobre todo, vamos a ver como la lupa se pone sobre el segundo...
Y si hasta ahora todo había sido extremadamente tenso... El final de este volumen es espectacular y anuncia una continuación muuuuy interesante. Grande Gillen y Caanan White absolutamente acojonante.
August 23, 2022
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November 6, 2015
This series just keeps getting better and better. I liked volume one but volume two was fantastic. So brilliant and thoughtful plus all the ultra-violence.
January 12, 2015
I like Uber but I don't love it.
My issues with the previous volume continue, primarily about the art. It's not that the art is *bad* per se, but it's kind of unclear what's happening in a number of panels, which slows the story down.
In this collection we see the Germans bequeath the Japanese their Uber technology, so the Japanese can create their own supermhumans, called "tank-men" or "battleships" depending on their power level. The Japanese tank-men are called "Miyoko", or "Beautiful Generation Child." (Although online baby name sites say it means "beautiful child.") One of the Jap-Tanks (as an American admiral calls them) doesn't like being named after a girl, and who can blame him? Being 8 feet tall and able to blow things up with your mind should have a more badass name.
Canaan White's art caused me to stumble here, too, because his Japanese people don't look very Japanese. Their tank-men have blue eyes, which might come into play later, but other than hair color, it's hard to tell one group from another. Even the uniforms sort of blend together in various shades of brown.
I do think it's interesting that the whole idea of introducing superhumans into WWII merely moves the goalposts when it comes to what we know about the various factions. War is still hell, it's just a different kind of hell.
In terms of dialogue, behavior and motivation, the characters are nicely delineated, but as far as the art is concerned it's only when we get to the Russian soldier Katyusha that I can really start to distinguish her from the others, but that's mostly because she's petite and has one hand.
The story is interesting enough for me to keep going with it, but I do wish that the art was distinctive enough to allow me to readily distinguish between the various characters. Without the captions, I wouldn't know who was who half the time.
My issues with the previous volume continue, primarily about the art. It's not that the art is *bad* per se, but it's kind of unclear what's happening in a number of panels, which slows the story down.
In this collection we see the Germans bequeath the Japanese their Uber technology, so the Japanese can create their own supermhumans, called "tank-men" or "battleships" depending on their power level. The Japanese tank-men are called "Miyoko", or "Beautiful Generation Child." (Although online baby name sites say it means "beautiful child.") One of the Jap-Tanks (as an American admiral calls them) doesn't like being named after a girl, and who can blame him? Being 8 feet tall and able to blow things up with your mind should have a more badass name.
Canaan White's art caused me to stumble here, too, because his Japanese people don't look very Japanese. Their tank-men have blue eyes, which might come into play later, but other than hair color, it's hard to tell one group from another. Even the uniforms sort of blend together in various shades of brown.
I do think it's interesting that the whole idea of introducing superhumans into WWII merely moves the goalposts when it comes to what we know about the various factions. War is still hell, it's just a different kind of hell.
In terms of dialogue, behavior and motivation, the characters are nicely delineated, but as far as the art is concerned it's only when we get to the Russian soldier Katyusha that I can really start to distinguish her from the others, but that's mostly because she's petite and has one hand.
The story is interesting enough for me to keep going with it, but I do wish that the art was distinctive enough to allow me to readily distinguish between the various characters. Without the captions, I wouldn't know who was who half the time.
September 7, 2022
Rating 3.5 out of 5 | Grade: B-; お前はもう死んでる
After the Bombastic, Gore filled, Nightmare inducing Vol.1, Uber by Kieron Gillen is back, with a back. And this time around, the action is split between the western front, as well as the axis 'allies' in east, Imperial Japan. While the US/UK research group for Ubermensch, were on the backfoot after, .
_____________________
Ubermensch of Imperial Japan
What would happen, if an army comprised of impoverished, battle equipped, poorly trained soldiers, with only their Zealous patriotic devotion to the motherland, are given the catalyst to change them into superhuman soldiers. Super soldier suicide bombers, that's what's going happen.
When the Nazis decided to be benevolent and share the recipe for creation of Panzermensch with their 'allies', the Japanese, ever the innovative bunch, decided to go a separate route as to how to use them.
Unlike the Nazi & the Western Allies, who use their Ubermensch as strategic assets, form tactical offensive centered around them, and use them to gain localized advantage on the ongoing battle, the Imperial Japanese decide to take a different route.
With no strategic resources to speak of, being on the brink of invasion following the sinking of Yamato, it's crown jewel, the Japanese hold no hope of victory. What they want to do instead, staying true to their glory fueled doctrine, is to inflict the maximum casualties on their enemies and die a 'heroic' death. Hence the kamikaze attacks were devised, where pilots, riding the divine winds would ride their planes and use themselves as missiles, with the intention of destroying allied naval vessels.
Understandably, this tactic, soaked in superstition, delusions of grandeur & patriotic fervor was a flawed one, with lead to minimal success.
Now imagine, in a world where soldiers can be turned into super soldier bombs, how effect the Kamikaze attacks can be. That's exactly what the Japanese thought; using their Tank-men, as human torpedoes that, evading radars and capable of swimming several times farther than normal men, infiltrate the hulls of enemy vessels, and turn into human bombs which take the ships with them.
Suffice to say, THIS was a much more fruitful strategy. Which, combined with the Guerilla warfare they employed, hiding among the hundreds of islands in the Pacific, made the war front even more of a hell for Allied soldiers. That is until their own Tank-men came to relieve the pressure. But, it was an interesting display of how different factions incorporate the Ubermensch as part of their military doctrine.
____________________
Soviet Union; Tank-men & Statistics
Speaking of, in the Soviet side, upon receiving the Superhuman catalyst & research for Tank-men, the communist leadership, and by that I mean Stalin, decided to take a different approach.
Befitting of the man who infamously said “A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.”, the alternate history version of the Boss, decides to throw the survivors of the failed Battle at Berlin, around 450000 people, into the meat grinder. Exposing them to the dangerous catalyst without any trivial things such as testing and safety, letting the unfit ones die, and then collecting the 100 of so survivors to be trained as the Soviet Ubermensch Battalion. Crude, Inhumane, but effective.
All of which culminated in the adrenaline filled confrontation between the 100 or so Tank-men with Battleship Siegfried. Who,
Finally, on the German side, Siegmund & the Fuhrer have a nice dinner, while Sieglinde takes a 'vacation' to the erstwhile kingdom of Albion to pet a bulldog; enough said.
___________________________
Thoughts
With the progression of how the story was going in Volume 1, I had a suspicion that it was not going to be all Hulk smash battles between the Super soldiers on either side, and I was not disappointed.
We are reminded again and again, that the Panzermensch & the three Battleships, which overwhelming strategic assets on the battlefield, are not invincible, and can fall prey to well though out counters. Which I think will shape future confrontations.
Also interesting to read was how each faction in the War, allied or Axis, use the assets that are their tank-men in a manner which reflects their own military doctrine.
Whether it be the Nazis, with their first come advantage when it comes to the Panzermensch, who are superior tactically, but lack the strategic & logistical means to bank in on that advantage. If things progress as such, they are soon going to spent their aces, and end up losing the game.
As contrasted with the allies, who have better technological & resource bases as well as superior numbers, but are stumbling out of the gate due to their unfamiliarity with the technology & bad decision making.
While the Soviet doctrine of indifference & seeing people are resources, ironically allows them to quickly catch up to the rest, and even deal a decisive blow to the Nazis.
And then there are the Japanese, who don't really seem to care about what is happening in the rest of the war, and are only concerned about their home sphere & glory. Their tactics, driven by emotions & patriotic zealously, make their actions all the more unpredictable to allied commanders who wage a more logical warfare, and thus allow the Japanese to deal early decisive blows to the Pacific fleet.
I'm anticipating to read how these unique factions would come to shape the progress of a now long protracted war.
After the Bombastic, Gore filled, Nightmare inducing Vol.1, Uber by Kieron Gillen is back, with a back. And this time around, the action is split between the western front, as well as the axis 'allies' in east, Imperial Japan. While the US/UK research group for Ubermensch, were on the backfoot after, .
_____________________
Ubermensch of Imperial Japan
What would happen, if an army comprised of impoverished, battle equipped, poorly trained soldiers, with only their Zealous patriotic devotion to the motherland, are given the catalyst to change them into superhuman soldiers. Super soldier suicide bombers, that's what's going happen.
When the Nazis decided to be benevolent and share the recipe for creation of Panzermensch with their 'allies', the Japanese, ever the innovative bunch, decided to go a separate route as to how to use them.
Unlike the Nazi & the Western Allies, who use their Ubermensch as strategic assets, form tactical offensive centered around them, and use them to gain localized advantage on the ongoing battle, the Imperial Japanese decide to take a different route.
With no strategic resources to speak of, being on the brink of invasion following the sinking of Yamato, it's crown jewel, the Japanese hold no hope of victory. What they want to do instead, staying true to their glory fueled doctrine, is to inflict the maximum casualties on their enemies and die a 'heroic' death. Hence the kamikaze attacks were devised, where pilots, riding the divine winds would ride their planes and use themselves as missiles, with the intention of destroying allied naval vessels.
Understandably, this tactic, soaked in superstition, delusions of grandeur & patriotic fervor was a flawed one, with lead to minimal success.
Now imagine, in a world where soldiers can be turned into super soldier bombs, how effect the Kamikaze attacks can be. That's exactly what the Japanese thought; using their Tank-men, as human torpedoes that, evading radars and capable of swimming several times farther than normal men, infiltrate the hulls of enemy vessels, and turn into human bombs which take the ships with them.
Suffice to say, THIS was a much more fruitful strategy. Which, combined with the Guerilla warfare they employed, hiding among the hundreds of islands in the Pacific, made the war front even more of a hell for Allied soldiers. That is until their own Tank-men came to relieve the pressure. But, it was an interesting display of how different factions incorporate the Ubermensch as part of their military doctrine.
____________________
Soviet Union; Tank-men & Statistics
Speaking of, in the Soviet side, upon receiving the Superhuman catalyst & research for Tank-men, the communist leadership, and by that I mean Stalin, decided to take a different approach.
Befitting of the man who infamously said “A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.”, the alternate history version of the Boss, decides to throw the survivors of the failed Battle at Berlin, around 450000 people, into the meat grinder. Exposing them to the dangerous catalyst without any trivial things such as testing and safety, letting the unfit ones die, and then collecting the 100 of so survivors to be trained as the Soviet Ubermensch Battalion. Crude, Inhumane, but effective.
All of which culminated in the adrenaline filled confrontation between the 100 or so Tank-men with Battleship Siegfried. Who,
Finally, on the German side, Siegmund & the Fuhrer have a nice dinner, while Sieglinde takes a 'vacation' to the erstwhile kingdom of Albion to pet a bulldog; enough said.
___________________________
Thoughts
With the progression of how the story was going in Volume 1, I had a suspicion that it was not going to be all Hulk smash battles between the Super soldiers on either side, and I was not disappointed.
We are reminded again and again, that the Panzermensch & the three Battleships, which overwhelming strategic assets on the battlefield, are not invincible, and can fall prey to well though out counters. Which I think will shape future confrontations.
Also interesting to read was how each faction in the War, allied or Axis, use the assets that are their tank-men in a manner which reflects their own military doctrine.
Whether it be the Nazis, with their first come advantage when it comes to the Panzermensch, who are superior tactically, but lack the strategic & logistical means to bank in on that advantage. If things progress as such, they are soon going to spent their aces, and end up losing the game.
As contrasted with the allies, who have better technological & resource bases as well as superior numbers, but are stumbling out of the gate due to their unfamiliarity with the technology & bad decision making.
While the Soviet doctrine of indifference & seeing people are resources, ironically allows them to quickly catch up to the rest, and even deal a decisive blow to the Nazis.
And then there are the Japanese, who don't really seem to care about what is happening in the rest of the war, and are only concerned about their home sphere & glory. Their tactics, driven by emotions & patriotic zealously, make their actions all the more unpredictable to allied commanders who wage a more logical warfare, and thus allow the Japanese to deal early decisive blows to the Pacific fleet.
I'm anticipating to read how these unique factions would come to shape the progress of a now long protracted war.
December 6, 2015
Still bloody as all heck! But I did enjoy the final scene of this trade a good and satisfying conclusion. Is that messed up? Yes but if you have read this you would agree
March 27, 2021
1945, Europe
Berlin is in ruins. It's about to fall. The Soviet armies are on the verge of bringing the worst war in human history to an end. At which point, a secret German weapons program for manufacturing enhanced humans turns certain defeat into horrific victory. General Sankt's forces consist of massed ranks of motorbike-riding Pan-zermensch and the three nearly indestructible Battleships, codenamed Sieglinde, Siegfried, and Siegmund. Their appearance causes mass capitulation and rout, and the World War moves into a third act. Allied bombers are annihilated with a glance. Whole armies of Soviet prisoners are executed. Then the final irony that Sankt - the man responsible for the victory – is executed by Hitler for keeping the project's successes secret until this point.
There is one source of hope for the Allies. Norwegian Project Scientist Freya Bergen, who is working with the Germans on the secret of creating these Über mensch, is in fact a British spy called Stephanie. She steals the Germans files and disrupts their project site, and manages to avoid pursuit and return to the Allies. The methodology is a massively complicated block of codes of mysterious origin, which require a codebreaker's attention to reveal all their secrets. The Germans had been working on it for years and had only decoded the basics. The codes are delivered to Bletchley Park, and a new arms race begins.
Meanwhile, the existing technology is put into play. First, potentials are identified. The test is of the Germans own horrific creation rather than derived from the codes, with the genetic profiles of sensitives identified by systematically exposing thousands of people to the poisonous-to-anyone-but-potentials catalyst. Then follows a month of maturation, requiring catalyst exposure and esoteric processes before they're ready for the field. And as for the Battleships? Who knows how long it takes. The details weren't in the files Stephanie stole. The Allies find one potential – Patrick O'Connor – and hope he's ready for action when the time comes.
This is all against the clock. Against the recommendation of more practical plans, Hitler announces a terror mission against Paris, with Battleship Sieglinde to be unleashed. Patrick O'Connor - codenamed HMH Colossus – is rushed into battle. only to be overwhelmed and mutilated by Sieglinde. While German material losses are considerable, Paris has its heart torn out. The future for the Allies seems dark. Meanwhile, in the Pacific Theatre...
Über is a graphic novel that pulls no punches. Brutal and gory; it is set towards the final days of the Second World War. With Germany on the verge of defeat and Adolf Hitler hauled up in the bunker where, in our reality, he was found dead, Nazi scientists unleash their last hope. Übermensch are enhanced super soldiers capable of wiping out entire battalions without breaking a sweat.
The Allies first attempt at creating a battleship doesn't go well with HMH Colossus being deployed too early and being dealt a fatal defeat in Paris. It now seems that the Japanese have the technology to make their own superhumans and the Allies have also supplied the Russians with the information and necessary equipment. What lengths will both sides go to in order to win the war!
An intense read. 3 1/2 stars again.
Berlin is in ruins. It's about to fall. The Soviet armies are on the verge of bringing the worst war in human history to an end. At which point, a secret German weapons program for manufacturing enhanced humans turns certain defeat into horrific victory. General Sankt's forces consist of massed ranks of motorbike-riding Pan-zermensch and the three nearly indestructible Battleships, codenamed Sieglinde, Siegfried, and Siegmund. Their appearance causes mass capitulation and rout, and the World War moves into a third act. Allied bombers are annihilated with a glance. Whole armies of Soviet prisoners are executed. Then the final irony that Sankt - the man responsible for the victory – is executed by Hitler for keeping the project's successes secret until this point.
There is one source of hope for the Allies. Norwegian Project Scientist Freya Bergen, who is working with the Germans on the secret of creating these Über mensch, is in fact a British spy called Stephanie. She steals the Germans files and disrupts their project site, and manages to avoid pursuit and return to the Allies. The methodology is a massively complicated block of codes of mysterious origin, which require a codebreaker's attention to reveal all their secrets. The Germans had been working on it for years and had only decoded the basics. The codes are delivered to Bletchley Park, and a new arms race begins.
Meanwhile, the existing technology is put into play. First, potentials are identified. The test is of the Germans own horrific creation rather than derived from the codes, with the genetic profiles of sensitives identified by systematically exposing thousands of people to the poisonous-to-anyone-but-potentials catalyst. Then follows a month of maturation, requiring catalyst exposure and esoteric processes before they're ready for the field. And as for the Battleships? Who knows how long it takes. The details weren't in the files Stephanie stole. The Allies find one potential – Patrick O'Connor – and hope he's ready for action when the time comes.
This is all against the clock. Against the recommendation of more practical plans, Hitler announces a terror mission against Paris, with Battleship Sieglinde to be unleashed. Patrick O'Connor - codenamed HMH Colossus – is rushed into battle. only to be overwhelmed and mutilated by Sieglinde. While German material losses are considerable, Paris has its heart torn out. The future for the Allies seems dark. Meanwhile, in the Pacific Theatre...
Über is a graphic novel that pulls no punches. Brutal and gory; it is set towards the final days of the Second World War. With Germany on the verge of defeat and Adolf Hitler hauled up in the bunker where, in our reality, he was found dead, Nazi scientists unleash their last hope. Übermensch are enhanced super soldiers capable of wiping out entire battalions without breaking a sweat.
The Allies first attempt at creating a battleship doesn't go well with HMH Colossus being deployed too early and being dealt a fatal defeat in Paris. It now seems that the Japanese have the technology to make their own superhumans and the Allies have also supplied the Russians with the information and necessary equipment. What lengths will both sides go to in order to win the war!
An intense read. 3 1/2 stars again.
November 25, 2017
Uber volume 1 marked a point in history where our reality took a different turn and became a version that is much more sinister and bloody. Super-powered soldiers changed the course of world history at the apex of WWII- just as Hitler was about to commit suicide, real-life Ubermensch entered the game and changed everything.
Volume 2 makes the first book look like some kids playing war in a sandbox. Try this on for size: Kamikaze/suicidal super soldiers. A game changer if there ever was one. Though both Germany and the UK have suffered enormous losses, the war still rages but now there’s a new player. Japan has secretly developed their super soldiers and entered the fray. Their soldiers excel at marine warfare and inflict casualties and damage that leave the allies in total panic and disarray.
Volume 1 blew me away, Volume 2 completely atomized me. Sharp colours, carnage and bloodshed aplenty but Gillen isn’t afraid to slow things down and get philosophical. Another winner for Avatar, another winner for fans of a good story. A+.
Volume 2 makes the first book look like some kids playing war in a sandbox. Try this on for size: Kamikaze/suicidal super soldiers. A game changer if there ever was one. Though both Germany and the UK have suffered enormous losses, the war still rages but now there’s a new player. Japan has secretly developed their super soldiers and entered the fray. Their soldiers excel at marine warfare and inflict casualties and damage that leave the allies in total panic and disarray.
Volume 1 blew me away, Volume 2 completely atomized me. Sharp colours, carnage and bloodshed aplenty but Gillen isn’t afraid to slow things down and get philosophical. Another winner for Avatar, another winner for fans of a good story. A+.
July 6, 2018
The second graphic novel in this series of alt-history super beings shows us the Japanese entering the Ubermensch program with powerful warriors of their own. The Nazis formulate a cunning plan using the three Battleships, the most powerful of the Uber, to win the war, they believe. The female, and perhaps most powerful of the trio is dropped by V2 rocket into London and destroys much of it, also slaying Churchill. They other two are saved for other forays into finishing the war. Hitler dies here also, killed by one of the Uber.
This was another enjoyable and strange book. The writing is solid again and the art is growing on me more and more. This is indeed an indie type book from a company I have never read before now, Avatar Press. I have really enjoyed these books and can't wait to pick up the other volumes.
Danny
This was another enjoyable and strange book. The writing is solid again and the art is growing on me more and more. This is indeed an indie type book from a company I have never read before now, Avatar Press. I have really enjoyed these books and can't wait to pick up the other volumes.
Danny
February 16, 2018
WW2 continues with german supermen and now japan has some too! So, what's keeping the US and the UK? Things happen fast here, always surprising... gorey art! Not sure how I feel about the weapons with a heart storyline... Even superhumans are still human I guess...
October 31, 2020
The Japanese deploy Ubermenschen to protect Okinawa to devastating effect.
The Soviets deploy 100 Ubers to stop 1 German Battleship. They only manage to disable him.
Bletchley park deploys HEAVIES. Sufficiently brutish, very British.
The Soviets deploy 100 Ubers to stop 1 German Battleship. They only manage to disable him.
Bletchley park deploys HEAVIES. Sufficiently brutish, very British.
November 8, 2024
I miss Avatar Press. They put out adult oriented Comic Books. THey used great writers and up and coming artists and most of the time that meant really solid material. Uber is a solid adult book with good stories and good art. The second volume is really good.
June 17, 2017
Kieron Gillen is an amazing human being.
September 28, 2024
Expanding beyond German viewpoints opens up the world and improves the quality of the story.
The big-bang ending leaves you wanting more immediately.
The big-bang ending leaves you wanting more immediately.
March 12, 2025
This is a very fun alternate history where super-humans fight the Second World War. Unfortunately the Axis are ahead in developing these super weapons.
February 13, 2017
Some more great gory body-popping action. As usual the artwork is mesmerising, the story is engrossing and expectations are subverted. Much of this volume diverts attention to the Pacific theatre, which is interesting but feels like a stalling as it delays finding out what is happening back in Europe, where the first volume was focused. Of course it does eventually return there, and with spectacular consequences.
February 12, 2017
Not enough Battleship battles. Losing momentum for me.
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May 25, 2014Still scrupulously thoughtful, but also increasingly insane as history spins ever further from what we knew. This is a book that's absolutely aware of how uniquely awful the Second World War was, and then points out exactly how much worse it could have been. A valuable corrective for all of us who fantasise about the emergence of superheroes as a way the world might be saved (albeit not corrective enough that I'll do anything crazy like start trusting humanity to save itself).
February 21, 2017
Ultra violent but actually an interesting premise. very much looking forward to the next installment.
September 30, 2016
This horrifying and necessary series really finds its footing.
August 11, 2016
Human limbs everywhere. Lovely.
March 25, 2017
The same warning as with volume one of this series: plenty of gore (inevitable considering the subject -- WWII) and some of the protagonists are Nazis (and in this issue their Japanese allies).
Again there's obviously plenty of research, lifting this "what if" above many other similar stories.
The emphasis is mainly on "things that happen", so one of the objections to this series is a lack of characters and their humanity; those who are featured are too sketchy because there is too much story to go through. Quite frankly I'm too impressed with the ideas on offer to find this a downside. This is simply a different kind of story.
Again there's obviously plenty of research, lifting this "what if" above many other similar stories.
The emphasis is mainly on "things that happen", so one of the objections to this series is a lack of characters and their humanity; those who are featured are too sketchy because there is too much story to go through. Quite frankly I'm too impressed with the ideas on offer to find this a downside. This is simply a different kind of story.
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