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NextWave, Agents of H.A.T.E. #1-12
NextWave, Agents of H.A.T.E.: Ultimate Collection
RRRAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH! Action! Excitement! Explosions! The Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, or H.A.T.E. (a subsidiary of the Beyond Corporation) put NextWave together to fight Bizarre Weapons of Mass Destruction. When NextWave discovers that H.A.T.E. and Beyond are terrorist cells themselves, and that the BWMDs were intended to kill them, they are less than pleased. In fact, they are rather angry. So they make things explode. Lots of things. And that's only the beginning! Starring Monica Rambeau (formerly Captain Marvel and Photon), Aaron Stack (Machine Man), Tabitha Smith (X-Force's Meltdown), monster-hunter Elsa Bloodstone, and The Captain! If you like anything, you will love NextWave! BOOM!
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First published February 24, 2010
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About the author
Warren Ellis
1,972 books5,772 followersWarren Ellis is the award-winning writer of graphic novels like TRANSMETROPOLITAN, FELL, MINISTRY OF SPACE and PLANETARY, and the author of the NYT-bestselling GUN MACHINE and the “underground classic” novel CROOKED LITTLE VEIN, as well as the digital short-story single DEAD PIG COLLECTOR. His newest book is the novella NORMAL, from FSG Originals, listed as one of Amazon’s Best 100 Books Of 2016.
The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel having been released in summer 2013. IRON MAN 3 is based on his Marvel Comics graphic novel IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. He is currently developing his graphic novel sequence with Jason Howard, TREES, for television, in concert with HardySonBaker and NBCU, and continues to work as a screenwriter and producer in film and television, represented by Angela Cheng Caplan and Cheng Caplan Company. He is the creator, writer and co-producer of the Netflix series CASTLEVANIA, recently renewed for its third season, and of the recently-announced Netflix series HEAVEN’S FOREST.
He’s written extensively for VICE, WIRED UK and Reuters on technological and cultural matters, and given keynote speeches and lectures at events like dConstruct, ThingsCon, Improving Reality, SxSW, How The Light Gets In, Haunted Machines and Cognitive Cities.
Warren Ellis has recently developed and curated the revival of the Wildstorm creative library for DC Entertainment with the series THE WILD STORM, and is currently working on the serialising of new graphic novel works TREES: THREE FATES and INJECTION at Image Comics, and the serialised graphic novel THE BATMAN’S GRAVE for DC Comics, while working as a Consulting Producer on another television series.
A documentary about his work, CAPTURED GHOSTS, was released in 2012.
Recognitions include the NUIG Literary and Debating Society’s President’s Medal for service to freedom of speech, the EAGLE AWARDS Roll Of Honour for lifetime achievement in the field of comics & graphic novels, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2010, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History and the International Horror Guild Award for illustrated narrative. He is a Patron of Humanists UK. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex.
Warren Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.
The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel having been released in summer 2013. IRON MAN 3 is based on his Marvel Comics graphic novel IRON MAN: EXTREMIS. He is currently developing his graphic novel sequence with Jason Howard, TREES, for television, in concert with HardySonBaker and NBCU, and continues to work as a screenwriter and producer in film and television, represented by Angela Cheng Caplan and Cheng Caplan Company. He is the creator, writer and co-producer of the Netflix series CASTLEVANIA, recently renewed for its third season, and of the recently-announced Netflix series HEAVEN’S FOREST.
He’s written extensively for VICE, WIRED UK and Reuters on technological and cultural matters, and given keynote speeches and lectures at events like dConstruct, ThingsCon, Improving Reality, SxSW, How The Light Gets In, Haunted Machines and Cognitive Cities.
Warren Ellis has recently developed and curated the revival of the Wildstorm creative library for DC Entertainment with the series THE WILD STORM, and is currently working on the serialising of new graphic novel works TREES: THREE FATES and INJECTION at Image Comics, and the serialised graphic novel THE BATMAN’S GRAVE for DC Comics, while working as a Consulting Producer on another television series.
A documentary about his work, CAPTURED GHOSTS, was released in 2012.
Recognitions include the NUIG Literary and Debating Society’s President’s Medal for service to freedom of speech, the EAGLE AWARDS Roll Of Honour for lifetime achievement in the field of comics & graphic novels, the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2010, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History and the International Horror Guild Award for illustrated narrative. He is a Patron of Humanists UK. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex.
Warren Ellis lives outside London, on the south-east coast of England, in case he needs to make a quick getaway.
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February 27, 2020
Main storyline and six two-issues long sub-plots wete just lame excuses for lots of explosions, humour swinging from social commentary to toilet and misogynistic one, b-heroes trashing people or things, and the ending was a few disappointing for me having never read Marvel comics starring the power behind the throne villain, but I was in the right mood while reading this, Immonen's artworks are excellent ones, just look at those double panels in issue 11, jokes made me laugh to tears, and I ended reading this big volume in just one session.
And the easter-eggs were totally off-score here if you are a comic-books veteran reader, the € is for Europe one totally made my day and now I just love with Elsa Bloodstone ♡.
You can see how Ellis and Immonen's intent was to scandalize Bendis, Millar, Miller and readers while having fun when this series was released.
Lots of fun, sometimes too much.
Five stars missed by an inch for me.
February 8, 2017
It could just be that I simply haven't read enough of them, but "comedy" and "funny" aren't words I associate with comics, even though comedy is the oldest genre comics and cartoons have been associated with. Comedy relies a lot on timing and delivery, which in my experience isn't easy to simulate with a series of still images with words in them. Most of the time a comic book only gets a smirk or a "heh" of amusement out of me since most comic book writers and artists just aren't as funny as they think they are.
So bravo to Warren Ellis, Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Dave McCaig for creating the 12 funniest issues I have read in a comic book. Seriously. I have never Laughed Out Loud so damn much because of a comic. Imagine if Matt Stone and Trey Parker were allowed to write 12 issues for Marvel, with their only restrictions being no cursing and only allowed the use of obscure Marvel characters (especially considering Nextwave has it's own theme song). Sometimes bleeping is funnier than actual cursing, which is the case here, and if you don't know who...
... Monica Rambeau (AKA Captain Marvel, AKA Photon)...
... Elsa Bloodstone...
... Aaron Stack (AKA Machine Man)...
... Tabitha Smith (AKA Boom-Boom, AKA Meltdown, who I did know because I'm a X-Men Evolution fan)...
... and the Captain (who you shouldn't know because he's an original character) are...
... you will desperately want to read more of there madcap misadventures by the time you reach the last page.
Nextwave, Agents of H.A.T.E. is what would happen if South Park, Futurama, or Bob's Burgers was transplanted into the Marvel universe. While Ellis and friends make fun of everything silly and nonsensical about superheroes, Nextwave is also a pure distillation of the reason why any of us first picked up a superhero comic: FUN! EXCITEMENT! FIGHTING! EXPLOSIONS!
That Nextwave is so gleefully and unabashedly fun and funny is something that I feel can't be emphasized enough. To make a comic book as fun and funny as possible is a simple goal, but simple is by no means easy judging from the mass of comics that are so damn tedious and take themselves way too seriously.
Plus, it has some of the greatest double-spreads in the history of comics.
5 stars
So bravo to Warren Ellis, Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Dave McCaig for creating the 12 funniest issues I have read in a comic book. Seriously. I have never Laughed Out Loud so damn much because of a comic. Imagine if Matt Stone and Trey Parker were allowed to write 12 issues for Marvel, with their only restrictions being no cursing and only allowed the use of obscure Marvel characters (especially considering Nextwave has it's own theme song). Sometimes bleeping is funnier than actual cursing, which is the case here, and if you don't know who...
... Monica Rambeau (AKA Captain Marvel, AKA Photon)...
... Elsa Bloodstone...
... Aaron Stack (AKA Machine Man)...
... Tabitha Smith (AKA Boom-Boom, AKA Meltdown, who I did know because I'm a X-Men Evolution fan)...
... and the Captain (who you shouldn't know because he's an original character) are...
... you will desperately want to read more of there madcap misadventures by the time you reach the last page.
Nextwave, Agents of H.A.T.E. is what would happen if South Park, Futurama, or Bob's Burgers was transplanted into the Marvel universe. While Ellis and friends make fun of everything silly and nonsensical about superheroes, Nextwave is also a pure distillation of the reason why any of us first picked up a superhero comic: FUN! EXCITEMENT! FIGHTING! EXPLOSIONS!
That Nextwave is so gleefully and unabashedly fun and funny is something that I feel can't be emphasized enough. To make a comic book as fun and funny as possible is a simple goal, but simple is by no means easy judging from the mass of comics that are so damn tedious and take themselves way too seriously.
Plus, it has some of the greatest double-spreads in the history of comics.
5 stars
September 22, 2020
I bought this a while back due to MACHINE MAN, my favorite obscure superhero and my template for living life as a robot (but you know, with empathy). Didn't even realize it was written by one of my favorites, Warren Ellis. I skimmed it back then and saw, aghast but also amused, that this version of my buddy Machine Man had eschewed his formerly friendly although rather emo personality. As written by mean, cynical Ellis, Machine Man is now a mean, cynical robot, prone to casual anti-human racism (which I totally get), downloading beer directly into his skull (which I also totally get), and capable of transforming himself into a deadly, larger than life Swiss Army Knife (which I'm totally jealous of). He's part of an ensemble full of similarly amusing comic creations. This is a comic comic book.
Unfortunately, I think Ellis actually has a very unfunny sense of humor. That flat teenage snark that probably sounds badass to the teen delivering it but is often eyerolling to me. Boring snark rather than wit. Still, this is Ellis, so even if the humor is stupid and broad, the story itself is pretty smart: a full-bore satire of everything Marvel, Morrison, and even past Ellis efforts. The art by Stuart Immonen & Wade Von Grawbadger is in the modern vein of sometimes blocky, sometimes angular, and always vibrantly primary-colored. Not bad at all, and a good fit for a comic that has lots & lots & lots of "funny" fight scenes.
Unfortunately, I think Ellis actually has a very unfunny sense of humor. That flat teenage snark that probably sounds badass to the teen delivering it but is often eyerolling to me. Boring snark rather than wit. Still, this is Ellis, so even if the humor is stupid and broad, the story itself is pretty smart: a full-bore satire of everything Marvel, Morrison, and even past Ellis efforts. The art by Stuart Immonen & Wade Von Grawbadger is in the modern vein of sometimes blocky, sometimes angular, and always vibrantly primary-colored. Not bad at all, and a good fit for a comic that has lots & lots & lots of "funny" fight scenes.
March 30, 2012
Want a little bit of the old ultraviolence? Looking for some sharp-edged satire? Crave banter that is witty to a near whedonesque degree?
Those things are in this thing. If you want them, you should read this.
Fin.
March 10, 2024
Superhero comics are inherently silly, and Nextwave doubles down on the silliness by exaggerating the nonstop violence and vague titillation, while removing any semblance of plot.
The heroes are a band of minor Marvel characters, including Monica Rambeau, Elsa Bloodstone and a couple of others I'd never heard of. There is a lot of punching and explosions. In fact sometimes there is little else.
Meanwhile, the villains are creations like babies in Iron Man masks, and MODOK-Elvises:
Warren Ellis is trying to do a kind of satire on the genre, but I found it generally too broad to be interesting, and also weirdly cynical. Stuart Immonen's angular, mannered art style matches the weirdness of the action as best it can, and usually proves the most interesting element at play.
I was not a fan, but I seem to be in a minority.
The heroes are a band of minor Marvel characters, including Monica Rambeau, Elsa Bloodstone and a couple of others I'd never heard of. There is a lot of punching and explosions. In fact sometimes there is little else.
Meanwhile, the villains are creations like babies in Iron Man masks, and MODOK-Elvises:
Warren Ellis is trying to do a kind of satire on the genre, but I found it generally too broad to be interesting, and also weirdly cynical. Stuart Immonen's angular, mannered art style matches the weirdness of the action as best it can, and usually proves the most interesting element at play.
I was not a fan, but I seem to be in a minority.
August 21, 2025
This was utterly ridiculous but also fucking funny as hell. The fact we're given C-list or less characters, that MONICA is the most iconic one on here, is perfect to showcase who these guys are. We have a team of rejects, a former Avenger, a made-up Captain, a boom-boom white trash, a hot British monster hunter, and an insane robot killer.
They're on the run after discovering their employers, H.A.T.E. and the Beyond Corporation, are actually terrorist organizations using them to test Bizarre Weapons of Mass Destruction (BWMDs) on American soil. This sends them on a mission to destroy these weapons, all while being pursued by their maniacal, rage-fueled former boss, Director Dirk Anger.
The series is essentially an excuse for over-the-top action and humor, as the team fights against a whole slew of fucked up weird monsters and villains, from sentient, genetically engineered broccoli men to a city-destroying robot and even parodies of other Marvel characters.
Overall just read this shit, it's funny, fun, insane, dumb, and awesome all in one. A 4 out of 5.
They're on the run after discovering their employers, H.A.T.E. and the Beyond Corporation, are actually terrorist organizations using them to test Bizarre Weapons of Mass Destruction (BWMDs) on American soil. This sends them on a mission to destroy these weapons, all while being pursued by their maniacal, rage-fueled former boss, Director Dirk Anger.
The series is essentially an excuse for over-the-top action and humor, as the team fights against a whole slew of fucked up weird monsters and villains, from sentient, genetically engineered broccoli men to a city-destroying robot and even parodies of other Marvel characters.
Overall just read this shit, it's funny, fun, insane, dumb, and awesome all in one. A 4 out of 5.
June 30, 2015
I was drawn in by the hype of this book.
This isn't really a comic with any substance, just a team on different whacky missions blowing things up.
A shame there wasn't more to it.
This isn't really a comic with any substance, just a team on different whacky missions blowing things up.
A shame there wasn't more to it.
September 23, 2012
Deeply subversive, often very silly and at all times totally insane. Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. takes a group of obscure Marvel heroes, sets them up as a fake anti-terrorist organisation, gives them a Nick Fury copy as their nemesis, feeds everyone huge amounts of illegal drugs, then sits back and sees what happens.
And what happens is that this band of misfits punches, kicks and blows up everything in sight, including: A clone of a green dragon called Fin Fang Foom, Giant Elvis heads that shoot hambergers, Human Resources operatives that are grown in fields like broccoli, mutant carnivorous koala bears, a 200 million year red T-Rex that talks and likes wine - and a small yappy dog (if you like animals you should probably not read this comic).
No amount of description could ever adequately describe the insanity going on in these 12 issues, so the only thing you can do is just go and read it. It's the anti-Avengers for the me generation
And what happens is that this band of misfits punches, kicks and blows up everything in sight, including: A clone of a green dragon called Fin Fang Foom, Giant Elvis heads that shoot hambergers, Human Resources operatives that are grown in fields like broccoli, mutant carnivorous koala bears, a 200 million year red T-Rex that talks and likes wine - and a small yappy dog (if you like animals you should probably not read this comic).
No amount of description could ever adequately describe the insanity going on in these 12 issues, so the only thing you can do is just go and read it. It's the anti-Avengers for the me generation
December 15, 2012
Warren Ellis obviously had a LOT of fun writing this book (maybe too much?). The irreverent spirit of Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. was mostly refreshing, however at times it seemed to me that Ellis was trying too hard. Still - I enjoyed most of the stories and the um... "threats" the team went against were imaginative. The best part was the banter between the teammates.
Art-wise, Immonen went for a style that is somewhat more stylized than his usual output and the frequent "overly-cartoony-ness" of it did not exactly jibe with me.
I do recommend this book to fans of Warren Ellis, to people who don't mind a book that doesn't take itself too seriously, or to those who want to try something different.
12 issues was plenty for this series, just the right length.
Art-wise, Immonen went for a style that is somewhat more stylized than his usual output and the frequent "overly-cartoony-ness" of it did not exactly jibe with me.
I do recommend this book to fans of Warren Ellis, to people who don't mind a book that doesn't take itself too seriously, or to those who want to try something different.
12 issues was plenty for this series, just the right length.
January 30, 2024
One of my favourite books of all time - sarcastic, silly and takes very little of itself seriously. Awesome fun read - the kind of comics I wish more people were talented enough to write. I literally cackle with glee.
February 19, 2014
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one wondering what the fuck I just read. It's reassuring. This is just... nuts. It might've helped if I knew the characters before (I only knew Monica Rambeau), though I don't know... this just seemed to be mostly a massive parody of the genre. An affectionate one, I think, but still a parody.
Fun, anyway, but. What the hell did I just read?
Fun, anyway, but. What the hell did I just read?
May 16, 2019
150519: ok. problem with all parody, whatever genre, medium etc. is it requires familiarity with that art it satirizes. i have not read superhero comics, i do not know the era <2010, iconic or not characters, templates of narrative arcs, origin stories... i know of but not by experience. i can guess it is fun to take the pompous stuffing out of superheroes eg. avengers but this satire limits target audience by culture, language, history, and so on. i prefer irony, subtlety, absurdity, rather than knock-about comedy slapstick. i prefer marx brothers over three stooges. though i still miss the joke in the communist manifesto...
April 6, 2019
Really really funny. It’s clever, witty, edgy, juvenile, stupid, smart, gross and inappropriate. I really liked it.
The gags are varied; literary references, farts, sex jokes, political jokes and of course, self referential humor that also draws from (and shamelessly mocks) comic book lore.
The art serves the tone and vibe of the story.
The plot is deliberately stupid. Judge this one by the laughs.
The gags are varied; literary references, farts, sex jokes, political jokes and of course, self referential humor that also draws from (and shamelessly mocks) comic book lore.
The art serves the tone and vibe of the story.
The plot is deliberately stupid. Judge this one by the laughs.
February 16, 2022
Nextwave is a okeysh comic with some occasional fun moments, but far from Ellis best stuff. Issues 3 and 4 are the highlight, so if you don't like them by that point, it's better to just drop it.
A fairly average book.
A fairly average book.
August 26, 2011
Most of the times, comics do not benefit from deep and patient consideration. The vast majority owe their popularity to a world of powerless men trapped in a work-a-day world that provides them little pride and less edification. Readers of history often fantasize about living in another age, readers of travelogues imagine impossibly pricey vacations, and fans of Romance want an 'unbound pillar of desire', which I think is a piece by Rodin.
Likewise, many comic readers have been happy for little more than sexy, fast-paced excitement. This demand has been met by a bevy of innumerable authors over the years, but usually with the same old band of familiar heroes. This preponderance has lead to a wealth of stories and histories for each character, often contradictory ones. However, none of that mattered until some of the more leisure-gifted fans tried to make sense of it.
The ever-blossoming result of these hundred thousand monkeys can be at turns humbling, nonsensical, horrifying, and depressing. If you are the sort who teases tigers at the zoo, then perhaps you'll enjoy the effect of whispering the word 'continuity' amongst a band of the faithful. You'll have to be careful, of course, as breathing the word at ComicCon is liable to end in broken marriages, sundered friendships, oceans of tears, and rivers of blood.
It was not always so dire. Alan Moore carelessly sauntered over from England and after writing two or three things, made it okay to take comic books seriously. His dangerous artistry spawned a generation of new writers, who all, to one degree or another, have come to consider comics to be Art.
These writers have been trying to 'fix' continuity since about when I was born. They write year-long series called "Secret Countdown to Final Infinite Earth Civil War Crisis: Zombie Zero Hour", just so you know that they mean business and once they're done, you can finally get along with the escapist power fantasies in peace.
Warren Ellis is one of those literary writer guys inspired by Moore to use things like 'tropes' and 'metaphors' in his 'tales of existential exploration'. It's all quite serious. In this particular philosophical exegesis, Ellis takes on a common theme of artsy writers, namely: what would the lives of superheroes really be like, if they were real people.
He chooses a group of heroes to represent, each chosen for being forgotten and mishandled by the 'continuity gestapo'. He then imagines what it would be like to live in a world where giant dragons in purple underwear threaten the peace of the world on a daily basis. His exploration (exploitation?) of the contradictions inherent to heroism in a world where battles often level cities is particularly poignant.
Like Watchmen, Nextwave holds a wink and a nod up to the genre, stomping thoughtlessly on the already blurry line between the ideals of right and wrong, the point of inescapable gray where the serious cannot escape the ludicrous, and the ludicrous cannot escape Warren Ellis. But unlike Watchmen, this is a satire which attempts to maintain the absurdity of its genre. In the end, however, Ellis must bow respectfully to the men who came before him, and he duly admits that he could not be as ridiculous on purpose as they were by happy accident.
Likewise, many comic readers have been happy for little more than sexy, fast-paced excitement. This demand has been met by a bevy of innumerable authors over the years, but usually with the same old band of familiar heroes. This preponderance has lead to a wealth of stories and histories for each character, often contradictory ones. However, none of that mattered until some of the more leisure-gifted fans tried to make sense of it.
The ever-blossoming result of these hundred thousand monkeys can be at turns humbling, nonsensical, horrifying, and depressing. If you are the sort who teases tigers at the zoo, then perhaps you'll enjoy the effect of whispering the word 'continuity' amongst a band of the faithful. You'll have to be careful, of course, as breathing the word at ComicCon is liable to end in broken marriages, sundered friendships, oceans of tears, and rivers of blood.
It was not always so dire. Alan Moore carelessly sauntered over from England and after writing two or three things, made it okay to take comic books seriously. His dangerous artistry spawned a generation of new writers, who all, to one degree or another, have come to consider comics to be Art.
These writers have been trying to 'fix' continuity since about when I was born. They write year-long series called "Secret Countdown to Final Infinite Earth Civil War Crisis: Zombie Zero Hour", just so you know that they mean business and once they're done, you can finally get along with the escapist power fantasies in peace.
Warren Ellis is one of those literary writer guys inspired by Moore to use things like 'tropes' and 'metaphors' in his 'tales of existential exploration'. It's all quite serious. In this particular philosophical exegesis, Ellis takes on a common theme of artsy writers, namely: what would the lives of superheroes really be like, if they were real people.
He chooses a group of heroes to represent, each chosen for being forgotten and mishandled by the 'continuity gestapo'. He then imagines what it would be like to live in a world where giant dragons in purple underwear threaten the peace of the world on a daily basis. His exploration (exploitation?) of the contradictions inherent to heroism in a world where battles often level cities is particularly poignant.
Like Watchmen, Nextwave holds a wink and a nod up to the genre, stomping thoughtlessly on the already blurry line between the ideals of right and wrong, the point of inescapable gray where the serious cannot escape the ludicrous, and the ludicrous cannot escape Warren Ellis. But unlike Watchmen, this is a satire which attempts to maintain the absurdity of its genre. In the end, however, Ellis must bow respectfully to the men who came before him, and he duly admits that he could not be as ridiculous on purpose as they were by happy accident.
February 8, 2018
I only picked this up because it was on sale at a thrift shop but I'm glad that I did.
Pros:
-the most hilarious comic I've ever read
-Elsa Bloodstone in all her British gloriousness
-The Captain was a cool character as well
-seriously, it was just funny
-people made of broccoli
Cons:
-pretty much the entire storyline
-Monica was a good leader but she was so annoying
-the villains were so random and weird
I'd recommend picking this up if you're in need of a good laugh.
Pros:
-the most hilarious comic I've ever read
-Elsa Bloodstone in all her British gloriousness
-The Captain was a cool character as well
-seriously, it was just funny
-people made of broccoli
Cons:
-pretty much the entire storyline
-Monica was a good leader but she was so annoying
-the villains were so random and weird
I'd recommend picking this up if you're in need of a good laugh.
April 10, 2011
When I first started reading this, I thought it might be my favorite comic book ever. It didn't end up being quite that -- the stories are a little too slight, though not as slight as they could be in what's essentially a joke book. A lot of the jokes are very good, too, and Stuart Immonen's art is transcendent. Also, I love that Monica Rambeau is still a complete badass even in a joke book. I want her to be an Avenger again.
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March 5, 2016
Nextwave is a parody comic of superhero teams like the Avengers. It's zany, violent, over the top and satirical. If you go in expecting drama and responsible commentary, you'll be disappointed. But when you're in the mood for something profoundly ridiculous, Nextwave: Agents of Hate is a lot of fun.
Recommended for comic book fans looking for a laugh.
Recommended for comic book fans looking for a laugh.
August 17, 2016
Where is the movie adaption of this? It is a thousand times more interesting and relevant than any of the Marvel movies. It has the wit and filthy mouth of Deadpool and implies heavily that Captain America is gay. It has a female POC as its leader. Its all shiny blowing things up. There are more women then men in this team. And it has a really good theme song.
I DEMAND THIS MOVIE.
I DEMAND THIS MOVIE.
December 16, 2022
Es 2022, lo que hace que edte año se cumplan 16 años desde que salió el número 1. Yo lo conocí hace quince, en 2007 para cuando había terminado todo. En ese entonces me pareció una genialidad y cuando algo así me pasa con un cómic o con un arco, me doy a la tarea de volver a leerlos cada determinado número de años.
En este caso en específico, cada 3. 2022 marcó la quinta vez que leo Nextwave y me sigue pareciendo tan maravilloso vomo lo fue al inicio.
No es algo que recomendaría a cualquiera porque no todos podrían apreciar la ironía y el toque fino en ciertas cosas que hacen que este sea una mini serie de 3 estrellas para algunos y de 5 para otros... Y eso está bien.
En este caso en específico, cada 3. 2022 marcó la quinta vez que leo Nextwave y me sigue pareciendo tan maravilloso vomo lo fue al inicio.
No es algo que recomendaría a cualquiera porque no todos podrían apreciar la ironía y el toque fino en ciertas cosas que hacen que este sea una mini serie de 3 estrellas para algunos y de 5 para otros... Y eso está bien.
September 26, 2018
This was something different for two reasons
-the mock on comics and comedy throughout. I haven't read anything along these lines before. Just a really clever and funny story.
-also Ellis doing something a little different. I actually prefer his writing this way who would have thought.
-the mock on comics and comedy throughout. I haven't read anything along these lines before. Just a really clever and funny story.
-also Ellis doing something a little different. I actually prefer his writing this way who would have thought.
September 17, 2025
I have no idea why this is so revered
July 15, 2023
Какая же срань. Когда-то давно вроде читал Agents of H.a.t.e. в пиратском переводе, но не отложилось в памяти ровным счетом ничего. Сейчас перечитал и в голове один вопрос к автору: "чувак, да что с тобой не так?". Ну да, претензия на сатиру и высмеивание супергеройских штампов и марвеловских сюжетов, вся фигня. Но на самом деле это выглядит, как "Автостопом по галактике", который попытался написать 13-летний эджлорд.
Поэтому очень удивительно видеть такие высокие рейтинги и положительные отзывы. Хотя мне попался один отзыв на две звезды, которые это может объяснить. Там автор честно признается, что мол когда мне было 19 лет, я думал что это самая смешная штука во вселенной, а сейчас, спустя десять лет перечитал и вижу как плохо все это состарилось. И даже не из-за какой-то неполиткорректности, а просто из-за этого тинейджерского эджи-юмора, который кажется смешным только самому тинейджеру и, по большему счету, никому больше. Справедливости ради, среди шуток про мамку есть и редкие забавные моменты, ну и арт Иммонена просто отличный, поэтому две звезды.
PS. Зато очень гармонично то, что у комикса автор - абьюзер и переводчик такой же.
Поэтому очень удивительно видеть такие высокие рейтинги и положительные отзывы. Хотя мне попался один отзыв на две звезды, которые это может объяснить. Там автор честно признается, что мол когда мне было 19 лет, я думал что это самая смешная штука во вселенной, а сейчас, спустя десять лет перечитал и вижу как плохо все это состарилось. И даже не из-за какой-то неполиткорректности, а просто из-за этого тинейджерского эджи-юмора, который кажется смешным только самому тинейджеру и, по большему счету, никому больше. Справедливости ради, среди шуток про мамку есть и редкие забавные моменты, ну и арт Иммонена просто отличный, поэтому две звезды.
PS. Зато очень гармонично то, что у комикса автор - абьюзер и переводчик такой же.
August 6, 2019
Did I just read a different book than everybody else? People seem to LOVE this book but to me it read like what would happen if you added inane dialogue to the magazine clippings on a pubescent boy's bedroom wall. It wants to be irreverent and silly and over the top but in order for any of that to work it needs to at least be funny and I didn't laugh once. The "jokes" are either lazy criticisms disguised as satire or misogynistic.
As far as plot goes, there isn't much. Most of the series plays out with each issue following this very simple formula: bad guy shows up, team stops teasing each other to fight bad guy, the end. Over and over for 12 issues. The overarching plot is thin and I honestly kept forgetting about it until the main bad guy showed up (once as a zombie cause why not) and then he and the plot would just fade away again with no consequence.
I still know very little about any of the characters and I don't care to. If there were more of this series I wouldn't read it. The only reason it gets two stars instead of one is that the art has some serious shining moments and creativity of design.
Warren ellis... what am I gonna do with you? You have talent. I've seen it before. I know it's there. But this. This is not it.
As far as plot goes, there isn't much. Most of the series plays out with each issue following this very simple formula: bad guy shows up, team stops teasing each other to fight bad guy, the end. Over and over for 12 issues. The overarching plot is thin and I honestly kept forgetting about it until the main bad guy showed up (once as a zombie cause why not) and then he and the plot would just fade away again with no consequence.
I still know very little about any of the characters and I don't care to. If there were more of this series I wouldn't read it. The only reason it gets two stars instead of one is that the art has some serious shining moments and creativity of design.
Warren ellis... what am I gonna do with you? You have talent. I've seen it before. I know it's there. But this. This is not it.
October 8, 2015
I kinda loved this comic. I'd read it long ago and had collected through issue six of the single issues--until I had to give up comic collecting for financial reasons. So when I finally tracked this collection down, I was excited, then proceeded to let it sit on my shelf for more than a year.
Having finally read through the whole of it, I loved it just as much as I remembered. The humor is wonderful, the art is fantastic, and it's just plain fun.
Are you going to get a deeper truth to life? Are you going to discover something about yourself? Will it change your worldview? Probably not. Most likely, no. But are you going to be entertained? Hell yes.
It's a popcorn read, but this is good times, nonsense, and one-liners at their finest.
Ellis is just...
Having finally read through the whole of it, I loved it just as much as I remembered. The humor is wonderful, the art is fantastic, and it's just plain fun.
Are you going to get a deeper truth to life? Are you going to discover something about yourself? Will it change your worldview? Probably not. Most likely, no. But are you going to be entertained? Hell yes.
It's a popcorn read, but this is good times, nonsense, and one-liners at their finest.
Ellis is just...
May 4, 2014
This book would've been completed in one sitting were it not for the need to sleep.
I don't know why it took this many years for me to finally get around to reading this, but now I'm bummed there's no more. Laugh out loud funny throughout, and featuring yet another character seemingly inspired by Hunter S. Thompson (surely that's who Dirk Anger is channeling, right?), I need to not second guess Ellis' company work anymore (and seek out his Thunderbolts and Secret Avengers runs, too).
I don't know why it took this many years for me to finally get around to reading this, but now I'm bummed there's no more. Laugh out loud funny throughout, and featuring yet another character seemingly inspired by Hunter S. Thompson (surely that's who Dirk Anger is channeling, right?), I need to not second guess Ellis' company work anymore (and seek out his Thunderbolts and Secret Avengers runs, too).
May 13, 2010
"Let's save America by beating up everything we see."
It's hard not to like a comic with an attitude like that. Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. pokes fun at just about every superhero comic ever published and is often funny, but unfortunately goes on for too long.
It's hard not to like a comic with an attitude like that. Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. pokes fun at just about every superhero comic ever published and is often funny, but unfortunately goes on for too long.
March 28, 2017
Man, when I was in my 20's I friggin' LOVED NextWave.
LOOOOOOVED it.
LOOOOOOOOOOOVED it.
I thought it was the funniest shit in the world.
But I also loved Kevin Smith movies, for example, for being the funniest shit in the world.
For no apparent reason whatsoever, this just feels like a really dated book. It's not that the jokes are un-PC or anything. It just feels reeeally early aughts to me. Very bleached tips. Very Josie and the Pussycats: The Movie. Very Fantastic Four 2.
But the art is gorgeous and all the lettercolumns are included -- I mean, there is nothing wrong with this book!
But holy jesus it tries way too hard.
There is one twelve-page sequence that consists only of two-page spreads of the NextWave team fighting their way through a Badguy bunker. This is the first thing any fan of this book (including me in my 20's) will mention any time it comes up in conversation. They/me will say, "Oh man, those pages alone are worth the price of admission."
They are right on that one.
But jesus, the rest of this. Very Spider-Man 2: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
LOOOOOOVED it.
LOOOOOOOOOOOVED it.
I thought it was the funniest shit in the world.
But I also loved Kevin Smith movies, for example, for being the funniest shit in the world.
For no apparent reason whatsoever, this just feels like a really dated book. It's not that the jokes are un-PC or anything. It just feels reeeally early aughts to me. Very bleached tips. Very Josie and the Pussycats: The Movie. Very Fantastic Four 2.
But the art is gorgeous and all the lettercolumns are included -- I mean, there is nothing wrong with this book!
But holy jesus it tries way too hard.
There is one twelve-page sequence that consists only of two-page spreads of the NextWave team fighting their way through a Badguy bunker. This is the first thing any fan of this book (including me in my 20's) will mention any time it comes up in conversation. They/me will say, "Oh man, those pages alone are worth the price of admission."
They are right on that one.
But jesus, the rest of this. Very Spider-Man 2: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
June 11, 2020
I write this as I listen to the very goofy and fitting theme song.
This is such a fun, simple book and I feel like it's everything it wanted to be. I just wish there were more character moments or that we got more of it because I really got attached to them and the overall sense of humor/tone of the whole series. Warren Ellis is very good at crafting comedy and jokes in comics that catch you off gaurd, I frequently laughed out loud while reading this. Stuart Immonen's artwork definitely helped too just because of how insanely fitting and perfect his cartoonish style is for this book. Overall really enjoyable and hilarious but like I said it wasn't quite as complex as some of Ellis' other books which is totally okay.
This is such a fun, simple book and I feel like it's everything it wanted to be. I just wish there were more character moments or that we got more of it because I really got attached to them and the overall sense of humor/tone of the whole series. Warren Ellis is very good at crafting comedy and jokes in comics that catch you off gaurd, I frequently laughed out loud while reading this. Stuart Immonen's artwork definitely helped too just because of how insanely fitting and perfect his cartoonish style is for this book. Overall really enjoyable and hilarious but like I said it wasn't quite as complex as some of Ellis' other books which is totally okay.
October 1, 2019
This series is unapologetically about beating up monsters and bad guys, and it works perfectly. Ellis's character writing is hilarious -- he left me looking up all of their origins for potential future reading -- and Immonen remains one of my favorite comic artists ever, with their exceptional issue 11 alone being worth the cost of admission here. Good-ish guys beating up bad guys has never looked so good.
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