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I purchased this book for next to nothing compared to what most are trying to get out of it. I was interested in the historical value. This is one of the first, if not the first, true graphic novel. An actual 1971 book from Bantam with well laid out artwork from Gil Kane. The story is pretty good standard fare in a post nuclear war world. Kind of swords and science. The layout is key. A fun read, and a crying shame they cancelled the series. There were rumors of potentially having up to 8 books.
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Love this book. I'd never heard of it until recently. It's considered one of the very first graphic novels. Each page has an illustration or two with squares of story around them. The idea was conceived apparently by Gil Kane, and he did the drawings and provided an outline of the script to Archie Goodwin. The art is great but the script is just wonderful. It's way over the top sword and sorcery prose and I enjoyed it so much! Listen:
"Then, almost as though Blackmark's seizing of the swords was ...more
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