author: Landry Q. Walker
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/08/14
date added: 2015/08/14
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Danger Club Volume 2: Rebirth' by Landry Walker with illustrations by Eric Jones and Rusty Drake is the sort of comic that isn't subtle. It's the sort that jumps off the page and slaps you. Sometimes, that's ok.
There is a cosmic threat that is heading to their universe, and it's up to a group of teenage sidekicks to save the day. Due to events in the first book, things are looking dire and bleak. Dire to the point of loss of limb and life. And bleak to getting help from unfeeling higher powers. In the face of that, what's a kid supposed to do?
Having not read the first volume, I was a bit lost at first, and the first few pages are pretty shocking to say the least. I would definitely recommend not starting here. I can also tell you it's not the kind of story that is necessarily easy to follow along with. Scenes shift in a nightmarish way.
Having said that, there is much to like here. I loved the splash page of every issue with it's throw back to different eras of comic books. My favorite might have been the early 1990s parody one of the Danger Club team. The art is good. The story is shocking and in-your-face. Now I need to track down volume 1 so I can figure out how the story got here.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
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