Rumble, Vol. 3: Immortal Coil

Rumble (2014) (Single Issues) #11-15

by John Arcudi, James Harren (Contributor)

The bizarre "resurrection" of Bobby's mother is just the first puzzle to be solved in the weirdest arc of RUMBLE yet. And Rathraq? The remains of the once mighty warrior god are alive again -- possessed by the soul of an angry, vengeful demon! Now Rathraq has to decide if he should fight against his own living corpse -- or alongside it.
This trade marks the third chapter of a unique urban fantasy by the killer team of JOHN ARCUDI and JAMES HARREN.
160 pages jam packed with an extras, including many pinups, and variant covers by the very best artists in the business!
Collects issues 11 through 15.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Horror, Fiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published December 20, 2016

About the author

John Arcudi has made a name for himself by scripting comics that manage to combine long-running subplots with impeccable characterization and action sequences, making for some of the most exciting and consistently good comics out today.

Reviews

[Chad]

This volume wraps up the first arc of Rumble. It's mainly one huge Battle Royale with all of the inventive creatures out of James Harren's head. Not quite as good as the two previous volumes. Looking forward to see what David Rubin's version of the book looks like in the new arc being published currently.

[Ivan]

With so many great series Image comics has like Nailbiter, Descender, Saga, Lazarus, Birthright (and some others, Image comics is awesome) it's easy to overlook Rumble (I nearly did) especially since initially looks weird and silly but it's no less deserving of 5 stars than any mentioned above. Good storyline, well developed characters and great illustrations make this one of my top series right now.

[Oscar]

Pretty good!

[Frédéric]

And so the first arc of Rumble ends here. The unpredictable ending is done in such a way the series could be stopped here. Unpredictable because it doesn't.

This book goes boom big time, no holds barred. Explosive action, fun scenes and dialogues to release tension and even a very emotional issue between Bobby and his mother. All's there.

Arcudi steadily maintains the pace throughout and managed to surprise me more than once. My only complaint would be Timmah's new role that unconvincingly comes out of left field. But apart from that it's all good, James Harren again at peak form to design ugly monsters and super freaks!

Rumble is a very good urban fantasy series, fun, full of intense action, with cool characters and brilliantly pencilled and colored.

Don't waste more time and go get it!

[Drew Canole]

The conclusion of the first arc has a ton of action as the two groups clash. I enjoyed the human storyline the most actually.

[Juho Pohjalainen]

Honestly, I lost track of what was going at the end and to whom and why, a little. But it was all still pretty exciting.

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez]

Final del primer arco argumental totalmente bombástico. Acción y emoción a raudales con un gran toque amargo en el desenlace.

[Cat]

If this isn't Dave Stewart's favourite book to colour right now, I'll be an Esu's Uncle.

A third volume of technicolour demon-slaying absurdity down, and the heartfelt joy that everyone involved with putting Rumble together must feel is evident in every panel on every page. It seems hard to find a book on Image even skirting mediocrity at the moment, and Rumble sits up there with the best of the formidable library, even if its praises haven't been sung nearly as much or as loudly as they should be. Few books can lay claim to blending limb-rending violence with such charm and aplomb but Harren's magical character design and kinetic action continue to hammer home Arcudi's wonderful mordern mythologizing and the plight of the rag-tag bunch of humans who are caught up in the maelstrom. In this volume, a previous player of note is reintroduced and they remind us exactly what we were missing while they were gone. Did I mention how magical Harren's character design was? I did? Good. It bears repetition, much like a certain pyromaniacal esu does.

Rumble on.

[Abián Torres]

Mucha, muchísima acción en este tomo de Rumble. Flujo de lectura en las escenas de acción increíble. La deformación de los personajes acompaña los movimientos de las escenas, haciéndolo todo aún más dinámico.

Y VAYA FINAL 😶

[Hugo]

What could be a simple story is greatly enlivened and deepened by varying human characters and factions of monsters, in a series which takes time to examine its characters in between the incredible action scenes, all of which is perfectly communicated in Harren's weird, expressive, and dynamic art.

[C. Varn]

Of the writers involved with Hellboy, I have always favored John Arcudi over Mike Mignola given their other work. This seems to prove the point even more, and the Harren's demonic designs and the insane color palette keep me interested. Furthermore, this is one of the few comics where the characters actually be consistently become less and less cliche and more developed over time. The pacing is good, where one gets a nice mix of character development and action. The factions get more and more complicated and characters that seemed clearly villains in the beginning become more sympathetic as the comic continues.

[Adam Šilhan]

Stále velmi slušné.

[Adam Barrett]

No! Rathraq!

[Aron]

Highly entertaining! I really enjoy this series, I think I've said this before but it reminds me alot of Big Trouble in Little China even though the story lines are alot different, but still fun in the same way. I'm looking forward to more.

[Randy]

Another great book, but a little on the short side. Actually had a nice twist that surprised me.

[Roman Colombo]

I'm really happy there is a volume 4 after this because Dan was that a good cliffhanger...But it looks like it was almost the end of the series?! Things got crazy here and there were a lot of surprises. Most of them would be spoiler territory. Just really, this is a fun series and I'm looking forward to more.

[Heather]

Kudos to the author for not resolving the cliff hanger how I thought he would. This series is a surprise at every turn, and is truly unpredictable. It doesn't get any better than this.

[47Time]

The author invents another big batch of names to make the backstories difficult to follow, but again I'll just ignore that. The story builds up to an epic battle where pretty much every named character has a part to play. Sadly, I've lost interest in the series.

Bobby's mother seems fully recovered, but then simply says goodbye and dies. Timah, a girl Bobby is interested in and a social worker at the hospital, used magic to help Bobby's mother's soul. She is from a long line of mystics, but she doesn't have a lot of experience.

Asura first intends to destroy the body of his enemy, but the reconsiders and plans to recover the heart to become as strong as a god. He attacks Xotlaha and her entourage, but is forced to flee when he is overpowered. He demands the sword from Rathraq, but Bobby and Del run away with it while Rathraq fights Asura. Xotlaha and her minions join the fight. And then the fire monster comes too. Asura and Rathraq are forced to join forces against their common enemy.

Timah uses her magic to bring Asura back into his body while Rathraq's body is turned to ash by the fire monster.

[Kyle Berk]

Rumble is a well drawn and somewhat well written books. It’s got visuals that are really well done and the inking is awesome.

Though the characters are meager;y developed but enough so to keep me reading, and this volume wraps the first arc.

I don’t have much to say but it’s an interesting comic about learning to adjust your expectations and that we all have to do what we don’t want to.

That makes it worth a read for me, I just wish the characters were more developed.

3 stars.

[Jack Reickel]

Good, but not a continued upwards trajectory from Vol. 2. Instead, Vol. 3 feels a little distracted, or a little fractured--I love the multiple-character-protagonist angle, however, it felt like so many different characters were getting a motivation spotlight that the thread of the story struggled to keep up and keep focused. Art still great, gonna miss Harren moving forward.

[Max McNabb]

I enjoyed Volume three, even though it wasn't always as compelling as the first two. Didn't like the Timah-is-a-necromancer subplot. Some other weak areas as well. Nonetheless, Rumble remains a delight to read and I'll be eagerly following the next issues.

[Javier Prado]

3'5 En ocasiones me pierdo con lo que pasa o me da bastante igual el argumento, pero qué maravilla de monstruos y colores. El volumen con más acción hasta ahora, quizá el anterior ahondaba más en los personajes. Ganas de leer el cuarto.

[Marc Pastor]

Ha arribat aquell moment que em continua agradant la il·lustració però a nivell de trama ja m'importa poc o res allò que els passi als protagonistes. No hi sento cap mena d'empatia, no m'interessen.

[RalleyRagnarok]

Art that I couldn't dream up in a million years, even with silos of psychedelic chocolate bars. This volume is like battle of the bands, meets the Titans, meets Marley and me. You'll figure it out. Over the top and fast paced. Suggested for late night time travel.

[Sadie Borkowski]

Hasn't dropped in energy for a moment. Continues to be a fantastic series!

[Miriam]

3.5 not as good as the others, still AWESOME art though ^^

[Fern]

You beautiful comic you, of course you'd end on a cliff hanger!

[Bookthreat]

Read our review at https://bookthreat.com/2017/04/24/rum...

[Patrick]

More of the same: Excellent work! The only bummer is that now I have to wait until volume 4, which could take years.

[Luis Diaz]

The continuation of the great story of a god that most his body and sword and finds a group of people that help him fight the forces that took that away. Just awesome.