L'abysse Challenger (Carthago Single Issues #2)

Carthago Single Issues #2

by Christophe Bec (Contributor), Eric Henninot

L'épuisement des ressources naturelles de la planète pousse les nations et les industriels à explorer les gisements qui se cachent dans les profondeurs abyssales des océans. Ils libèrent alors des monstres qu'on croyait depuis longtemps disparus. Mais ce n'est pas tout, car la mer cache encore bien des secrets...

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Science Fiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Adventure, Ebooks

56 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Christophe Bec is the writer of over fifty graphic novels. His flagship series as a writer, Shrine, has sold several hundred thousand copies worldwide. He is also the author of the comics Prometheus, Carthago, Darkness, Bunker, and Aéropostale.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a pretty neat premise that suffers from poor focus. While this volume was more focused than the first, the plot and many subplots are hard to keep track of. Also, why is this series called Carthago? While this company is in the book, they are by no means the main character. Members of the organization only appeared in about 2 pages of this. Although I do have a feeling about how this will all tie together. The scarred CEO of Carthago will turn out to be the younger brother of old cryptozoologist and his face was mauled by the yeti.

[Carlex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, the second is just as entertaining as the first. Cryptozoological adventures and a few clichés, but an enjoyable comic anyway.

[Mirnes Alispahić · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always there is that rich eccentric guy with Ahab complex, who always chase white whale. Or, in this case, cryptozoology cases around the world and long extinct species that it seems are not so extinct after all. Bec sure knows how to intrigue reader and drawing is top notch. A proper Hollywood blockbuster with 200+ million budget, only told through comic book panels.

[ThomyZ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume was more coherent than the first one, but not by much. I can't help but feel this premise deserves a better execution.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picking up where the first book left off there is a lot more of the same although some story lines are almost immediately addressed there are others that a left hanging - I find it interesting how a book can feel that it is still at the start of the series and still feel like it is still finding its way - I think the best way to describe it would be that should the books be this small or should they have doubled up and had fewer installments and gone in to greater detail (I am sure there is a compendium edition out there that has utter destroyed my points).

That said I love the artwork - I am not the best in confined spaces so squeezing people in to deep sea diving submersibles always getting my adrenaline pumping and this book certainly knows how to exploit that.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

One thing I didn't mention in my review of part 1, "Carthago" is the name of the fracking company in the story.

So we have a billionaire attempting to hide the megalodon so it doesn't interfere with profits, and in this volume we end up an obsessive billionaire collector who wants to capture one. They are both evil, and our protagonists end up caught in the middle. We also find out there are literal schools of megaladons roaming the oceans, as well as other prehistoric monsters. (There's a cool helicopter scene that's almost an homage to Jaws 2, just a little fancier.)

I'm enjoying this concept as it is something different, especially for the graphic novel medium.

[Tristan · Rating 3 out of 5]

See volume one for comments.

The art is very good in this episode, but the story telling is very choppy, jumping from one villain to another, and one historical vignette after another, without bringing any of the threads together. The storylines multiply, but nothing actually happens in this chapter. The imagery is spectacular but there’s nothing particularly original. A bit disappointing overall, but nevertheless very well done.

[Mykhailo Gasyuk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Другий том серії називається “Безодня Челенджера”, і в ньому йдеться про… Правильно, про найглибше місце в Маріанській Западині. Але з певними нюансами.

Сюжетні повороти призводять до того, що батискаф, де була головна героїня, таки рятують, але не зовсім ті люди, з якими хотілося б мати справу. Тут у нас багатій-меценат з минулого тому послав своїх посіпак втрутитися. А заодно і дочку головної героїні викрасти, аби героїня швидше погодилась співпрацювати. Отака от херня. І треба цьому багатію, аби голгероїня допомогла спіймати живого мегалодона. Він би і сам впіймав, але його супернакручений батискаф надто повільний. Але не бійся, дівчино, дєньгі є, щоб тобі дать девайсів на полювання. Проапгрейдити батискаф - немає. Коротше, сюжетно притрушений багатій.

Шо там лиходії? Ну, вони є, і в них план викрасти дочку голгероїні, бо в дівчинки зябра і, можливо, ще якісь суперсили. Вона типу іхтіандр-емпат, чи щось типу такого. Коротше, поки шо неясно-непойнятно.

Шо там мегалодон? З ним для нагадування про присутність доісторичних акул і іншої мегафауни у сюжеті є кілька флешбеків (навіть про нацистів!), і це вся візуальна експозиція, яку отримує читач. Бо більше доведеться саме читати, знову експозиція через “хтось шось розказав, перекривши більшу частину кадру бульбашкою для тексту”. Такого в цьому томі купами.

Намальовано нормально, художник знається, як зображати механічні штуки.

[PinkAnemone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dieser Teil knüpft direkt an den 1. Teil an und es wird bereits zu Beginn klar, dass Megalodon und Kronosaurus nicht die einzigen Lebewesen sind, welche anscheinend alles andere als ausgestorben oder Hirngespinste sind.

Wie auch im 1. Teil "Die Lagune auf Fortuna" begleiten wir wieder Kim, die Ozeanologin, erhalten Einblick in die Machenschaften von Carthago und des Österreichers Mr. Feiersinger. Hier auch wieder mit Blick in die Vergangenheiten so mancher Figuren.

Manches wird hier aufgeklärt, wie z.B. die Besonderheit von Lou, Kims Tochter, doch vieles bleibt weiterhin im Unklaren.
Die Spannung wird hier konstant durchgezogen und es sind auch einige Action-Szenen vorhanden. Das lässt mich mit Freude zum 3. Teil "Das Monster von Dschibuti" blicken.

">>Um auf den Punkt zu kommen...die Lagune Fortuna ist keine isolierte Oase für prähistorische Fossile.
Alle diese Fakten weisen darauf hin, dass der Megalodon niemals ausgestorben ist.
Es hat ihn immer gegeben.<<"
(S. 46)

[Edan Chapman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just keeps getting better and better although there is a certain fantastic element now so any remote possibility of what-if is now gone. But if you're an all rounder geek like I am and can enjoy a ripping yarn, the second issue more than delivers.

I'm especially loving the technology aspect (the bathysphere!) and the art.

The time skips make sense now that you know to expect them and everything is relevant.

[Stephen Theaker · Rating 3 out of 5]

A scientist's daughter is kidnapped by a reclusive billionaire, to force her into joining a megalodon hunt. A big summer blockbuster of a comic that already had a lot going on before throwing a giant yeti, a secret undersea base and a dinosaur attacking a U-boat into the mix. The animals look spectacular throughout.

[jedioffsidetrap · Rating 3 out of 5]

Obligatory random flashback: u-boat in 1915 attacked by aquatic dinosaur—wait, were there even subs back then? How Mr F was crippled by Yeti, saved by Donovan; Kim kidnapped, Lou too; Lou builds Lego monoliths, dun dun duuuuun!

[Pascal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bien illustré, une intrigue prenante, des personnages bien ficelés, et des scènes qui se déroulent à différents endroits du monde, à différents moments, le tout se lit très bien, on en redemande.

[Adrian Bloxham · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the English translation of this - wonderful and a plot thickening

[Rev Gary · Rating 4 out of 5]

English version

[Kyle Madaus · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is a sense of wonder in this series that is really hard to beat. While this was a slower volume it is building up to something I assume will be cool as heck

[Mr Douglas Jarvis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

Good interesting story, personally not as good as the first volume but still an interesting read. Plenty going on and enough to keep me coming back

[Alessandro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Carthago is like the quiche that is prepared with all the leftovers that you can find in the fridge, even those spoiled.
However, I must admit that it could be worse given the premises...

[Rul T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy buena esta segunda entrega
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[Clin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un bon tome qui nous en révèle un peu plus. les dessins sont toujours aussi plaisants.

[Hubert Ricard · Rating 2 out of 5]

Voir tome 5.