Manhattan Projects Deluxe Edition, Volume 2

author: Jonathan Hickman
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2016/11/25
date added: 2016/11/25
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'The Manhattan Projects Deluxe Edition, Volume 2' by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra collects the graphic novel volumes 3 and 4 and is comprised of issues 11-20. That a series gets a deluxe edition should tell you that this is a well reviewed or popular series. As you read, you should keep that in mind.

The series is about a group of famous nuclear scientists who get together with other famous scientists and generals. There goal is to take over the world, naturally. So, you have famous names like Einstein, Fermi, Feynman, Oppenheimer, Von Braun, Gagarin, and even Laika the space dog. Some are merely irradiated skulls in spacesuits, some are degenerating before our eyes, some are twins, and some might even be aliens.

If it all sounds pretty strange, it certainly is. You need only see chapters on the civil wars between Oppenheimer and, well, Oppenheimer, with huge armies or red and blue squaring off.

It can be pretty maniacal and disjointed and nonsensical at times, but this is a world where Einstein and company are mad scientists. It reminds me a bit of the Walter character from the television show Fringe, but on a huge scale. Also, there is no way any of this could work in any other medium. It's an odd series, but I like it.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Image Comics, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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