The Un-Men, Vol. 2: Children of Paradox

Un-Men #2

by John Whalen, Mike Hawthorne (Illustrator)

"It's hard out there for a freak! Like the misshapen oddities who inhabit the bizarre burg known as Aberrance, U.S.A., Agent Kilcorp of the Department of Energy has always felt like an outsider -- after all, he's an albino African-American and a former midway attraction himself. But only in Aberrance -- home to the mysterious and malformed Un-Men, creations of the demented genius Dr. Anton Arcane -- does he discover the true meaning of freakdom. When a mysterious 'illness' begins spreading among the Aberrance population, Kilcrop's investigation leads him deep into the long-concealed corners of the Un'Men's sordid past -- and his own shocking ties to it. Before he's done, there may be a whole new generation of Un-Men unleashed upon the world"--Cover, P. [4].

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics

192 pages, Paperback

Published November 11, 2008

About the author

John Whalen writes and edits books, comic books, and screenplays—comedy, satire, horror, crime, and fantasy and other stuffs.

Reviews

[Craig Hayward]

Problematic

[Ma'Belle]

I wish more comics would start from this kind of political allegory stance (There's even an allusion to the eugenics movement!). But of course "you can't win 'em all," and as this series progressed into the second volume and introduced a transgendered character, it became less clear when the writer was trying to portray realistic biases against the protagonist "freaks" and when those biases rang true with the writer himself. There were moments that were really awesome, but were sprinkled with things that made me wince hard in offense.

[Mouse]

Not sure what the Hell I just read, but I can't say I hate it! This book is truly weird...and sick...very very sick! There's some strange happenings going on in it. It takes a lot to shock me, but there's lots that had me widening my eyes

[Peter]

Without having the Swamp Thing background, I definitely lost something. That being said, these were alright stories. At times the artwork faltered, that odd lumpiness that sometimes occurs.

[Marc]

Listen to my review on V for Vertigo, Episode 87 at http://vforvertigo.blogspot.com or on iTunes.

[Angie]

interesting

[Ming]

It's an improvement from the first volume, but still rather pointless.

[Christopher]

I rather enjoyed this series and would have been happy for it to continue.