Strange Adventures
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- Author：Tom King
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Reviews
Mark
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Love the set up （mister Terrific investigation into possible war crimes by Adam Strange）。 Really love the art by both artists。 Tough to come to a satisfying conclusion with all the build up on this one。 King put himself in quite a box with this one and I’m not sure he got us out。
Jeffrey
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Extremely well-paced， plotted and the art is fantastic。 Great fun to revisit a character from when I was a child， and interesting exploration of ideas and themes。 Classic ending， although I admit I was saddened by the ending。 A great graphic novel， to be sure。
Andre Yanny
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Another masterpiece by the great Tom King。Simply put， it's a story of a soldier tormented by war。 A soldier who went through hell and came back alive。 A soldier scarred for life by the things he saw and the things he had to do。What are you willing to do to save your loved ones？ Adam Stranger's answer to that question was not an ideal one， but it's an answer。。。 Another masterpiece by the great Tom King。Simply put， it's a story of a soldier tormented by war。 A soldier who went through hell and came back alive。 A soldier scarred for life by the things he saw and the things he had to do。What are you willing to do to save your loved ones？ Adam Stranger's answer to that question was not an ideal one， but it's an answer。。。 。。。more
Roman Zarichnyi
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О ні！ Ще один герой у кризі！ Адам Стрендж， національний герой Землі й Ранну， на автограф сесії свого роману був звинувачений у жорстоких непотрібних вбивствах піктів， жорстокої войовничої раси， яка завоювала не одну планету。 Чи， справді， людина， яка відома на всю галактику своєю хоробрістю і честю могла вчиняти так？ Адам просить найвідомішого детектива， Бетмена， провести розслідування， щоб очистити своє ім’я。 Думаю ви знаєте， як такі історії закінчуються。 Вітаю у коміксі «Пригоди Стренджа» #1-1 О ні！ Ще один герой у кризі！ Адам Стрендж， національний герой Землі й Ранну， на автограф сесії свого роману був звинувачений у жорстоких непотрібних вбивствах піктів， жорстокої войовничої раси， яка завоювала не одну планету。 Чи， справді， людина， яка відома на всю галактику своєю хоробрістю і честю могла вчиняти так？ Адам просить найвідомішого детектива， Бетмена， провести розслідування， щоб очистити своє ім’я。 Думаю ви знаєте， як такі історії закінчуються。 Вітаю у коміксі «Пригоди Стренджа» #1-12， 2020 Тома Кінґа。Ідея， як багато в Кінґа， є цікавою。 Навіть розв’язка мене здивувала і， мабуть， такі речі хотілося б побачити в основному всесвіті DC。 Але Кінґ — майстер лити воду та ще й із нудними діалогами。Цю лімітку можна було скоротити удвічі й ми б нічого не втратили。 Або ж зробити детективну історію， де по крихтах дізналися б правду。 А не імітацію， яка вийшла。 А так， тільки й думав， коли нарешті уже розв’язка。Цікава ідея， погана реалізація。 。。。more
Anthony
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This was such a fun and epic sci-fi thriller！ The DC Universe delves into the grim reality of war and psychological trauma in war through the characterization of Adam Strange。 The roller-coaster he and his wife go on as the heroes of Earth go from allies and friends to distrustful frenemies was such an engaging psychological thriller of a story， and the stark contrast of colors and alternating timelines in the narrative helped the pacing of the mystery this story deployed， capturing that classic This was such a fun and epic sci-fi thriller！ The DC Universe delves into the grim reality of war and psychological trauma in war through the characterization of Adam Strange。 The roller-coaster he and his wife go on as the heroes of Earth go from allies and friends to distrustful frenemies was such an engaging psychological thriller of a story， and the stark contrast of colors and alternating timelines in the narrative helped the pacing of the mystery this story deployed， capturing that classic noir mystery vibe the narrative was developing。 Such an amazing read。 。。。more
Caleb Caj
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It's good！ Maybe a little underwhelming？ But good！ I look forward to reading the collected edition。 It's good！ Maybe a little underwhelming？ But good！ I look forward to reading the collected edition。 。。。more
Peter Drummond
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I liked it well enough。 The dialogue was tight。 The art was stunning， with Doc Shaner as the standout storyteller。 The craft of it was solid on every level， but it feels a little too familiar。 It's as if Tom King is stuck in a recursive loop of telling the same kinda’ story where the reality of events isn't exactly as it seems because the moral compass of lesser men isn't as stern as we like to think it is。 Especially among those who wear a hero's mantle professionally。As if their shortcomings w I liked it well enough。 The dialogue was tight。 The art was stunning， with Doc Shaner as the standout storyteller。 The craft of it was solid on every level， but it feels a little too familiar。 It's as if Tom King is stuck in a recursive loop of telling the same kinda’ story where the reality of events isn't exactly as it seems because the moral compass of lesser men isn't as stern as we like to think it is。 Especially among those who wear a hero's mantle professionally。As if their shortcomings will always get them dirty enough to betray any ideal in time。 Especially when the proper leverage is applied。。。Once is thought-provoking。 Hell， I liked it twice， but three times， then four in rapid succession; it starts to feel a little one-note and loses its luster。 。。。more
Matt
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Collects Strange Adventures issues #1-12I currently read anything that Tom King writes， and I read this issue by issue， rather than in a collection。 As with most of King's writing， I'm guessing that this would read better straight through in a collection， rather than waiting for one chapter a month。 With that being said， I was able to remember things pretty well in this story， compared to some other experiences I've had reading one issue a month， and then forgetting what happened last time。 Prio Collects Strange Adventures issues #1-12I currently read anything that Tom King writes， and I read this issue by issue， rather than in a collection。 As with most of King's writing， I'm guessing that this would read better straight through in a collection， rather than waiting for one chapter a month。 With that being said， I was able to remember things pretty well in this story， compared to some other experiences I've had reading one issue a month， and then forgetting what happened last time。 Prior to this reading， I don't think I knew a thing about Adam Strange。 Now， I'm very interested in his world。 Final rating = 4。5 stars 。。。more
Kirilov Katsura
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Tremendo， complejo y doloroso。 Durísimo。Heartbreaking。 Incredible piece of work。
Ondra Král
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Další Mister Miracle se nekoná， ale přesto jde o skvělé čtení plné hlubokých myšlenek。 Už se těším， až si to dám v papíru podruhé。
Alberto González
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The art is awesome the general writing I like it， Mister Terrific was the best part of the series what it was really frustrating was Alanna it was a copy of Big Barda from Tom King's comic and the worst was the ending， everything from the last issue doesn't make sense。 The art is awesome the general writing I like it， Mister Terrific was the best part of the series what it was really frustrating was Alanna it was a copy of Big Barda from Tom King's comic and the worst was the ending， everything from the last issue doesn't make sense。 。。。more
Sam Quixote
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Adam Strange is the hero of two worlds: Earth and his adopted homeworld Rann， which he saved from alien invaders， the Pykkts。 Following the publication of his memoir， allegations of war crimes surface about Adam’s actions during the Pykkt war and his squeaky-clean hero image is called into question。 Adam’s life is strange… but is it fiction？ Tom King， Mitch Gerads and Evan Shaner’s Strange Adventures is a mixed bag of good and bad stuff， but， like Mister Miracle， King’s managed to write a fairly Adam Strange is the hero of two worlds: Earth and his adopted homeworld Rann， which he saved from alien invaders， the Pykkts。 Following the publication of his memoir， allegations of war crimes surface about Adam’s actions during the Pykkt war and his squeaky-clean hero image is called into question。 Adam’s life is strange… but is it fiction？ Tom King， Mitch Gerads and Evan Shaner’s Strange Adventures is a mixed bag of good and bad stuff， but， like Mister Miracle， King’s managed to write a fairly decent book about a relatively-unknown DC character。 This is a book about duality - about the versions of ourselves we present to the world and the reality behind that image。 Adam is the hero of two worlds。 Gerads/Shaner split art duties with Gerads drawing the more realistic， gritty present and Shaner drawing the idealised， more cartoony， possibly fictional， past， presenting us with two sides of the same character’s life。 And， as Mister Terrific discovers， there is much more to Adam’s story than he lets on。 Mister Terrific/Michael Holt is the surprise addition to this story。 He plays a large role here and he’s also by far the best part of this book。 Given that there aren’t many books on this character out there （and I’ve only read the New 52 Mister Terrific book）， it’s interesting to learn about him essentially from scratch。 He’s got a sad past， he works his mind as rigorously as he does his body through constant quizzing from his T-Spheres （kinda like flying Alexas）， and King writes the character very similarly to his Batman （who also cameos here and there）。 I like that he’s an unabashed iconoclast and his investigation into Adam is easily the most entertaining part of the story。 Mitch Gerads and Evan Shaner’s art is fantastic throughout。 I especially liked the way Gerads drew the Earth invasion scenes in the third act and Shaner’s art is a revelation - so many gorgeous splash pages on Rann， showing the landscape beauty and incredible battle scenes。 Hats off to both artists for producing such a stunning comic。 I’m gonna stop here for anyone who hasn’t read the book yet and say SPOILERS because I can’t talk about my criticisms without giving away huge plot points。 For those of you who’re dipping out now， I’d say Strange Adventures is long-winded and tedious at times， but there are enough decent moments here to be worth the journey - but don’t expect a masterpiece。 Alright - （Catherine） zeta-（Jones）beam in 3， 2， 1… By far the biggest flaw is how heavily Tom King leans on contrivance at major story beats， glossing over aspects and underwriting others to make his shaky story structure work。 The Pykkts are THE stock bad guys from Central Casting。 They’re invading Rann for no other reason than ‘cos， and then they’re invading Earth later on， again just ‘cos。 That doesn’t make for compelling villains though， nor does it make their behaviour understandable in the least。 Why Rann？ And， if not Rann， why Earth - a planet 25 trillion miles away with who knows how many other planets in between？！ The distance is relevant to note as this is a key reason for Adam’s motivation。 So he’s only able to get to Rann for brief moments once a week thanks to the mysterious zeta-beam that teleports him there - I don’t know the character that well so I don’t know why this is， it’s just how it is。 Then the Pykkts invade Rann and Adam’s stuck on Earth waiting for the beam to send him back so that he can help repel the invasion。 First of all， Adam is just a dude with a jetpack and laser gun - how is he the saviour of an entire planet？！ If it’s just the power of the jetpack and laser gun， why not give it to some dude on Rann who won’t get teleported away again every week？ I never understood why Adam is considered such an amazing figure - he always seems so ordinary。 So he approaches the Justice League for help in getting to Rann to join the fight rather than wait for the zeta-beam and they all shoot him down。 Which is a very convenient excuse from characters who have many times previously dropped everything to go save some random aliens。 But that gives him his motivation for selling out Earth to the Pykkts - because the superheroes didn’t help him in his hour of need so he’s bitter。 Well， and also because the Pykkts are holding his daughter Aleea captive， so he’s ensuring she’s kept alive at the expense of EVERYONE ON EARTH！ Hmm。 Here’s what happened: Rann was losing the war against the Pykkts until Adam negotiated to give them Earth in exchange for sparing Rann。 The Pykkts took Aleea to ensure Adam followed through。 But why do the Pykkts want Earth more than Rann？ And， if they were going to defeat Rann， whom Adam’s wife Alanna describes as being far more technologically advanced than Earth， why would they need any help from anyone - including Rocketeer Flash Gordon - in defeating Earth anyway？ That’s what I mean by underwriting - we have no idea what these villains want or why， they’re just whatever the plot needs them to be in the moment。 You might be asking yourself， how does Adam Strange make the difference in winning or losing in a war against Earth？ So it’s implied that Adam would betray Earth by giving away secrets of Batman’s plans （he’s apparently the Supreme Commander against the Pykkt invasion）， and， without Adam， the Pykkts lose。 Which assumes that Batman would share every detail of every defence plan with Adam， a character he’s heavily suspicious of - that’s one helluva assumption to base a full scale invasion on！ But Adam also wanted to be found out and stopped before that happened， hence why he asked to be investigated。 But if that was the case， why not just come right out and ask Batman/Mister Terrific/anyone all about this - lay his cards out on the table？ Because Alanna and Terrific have no trouble freeing Aleea once they know she’s being held captive！ Speaking of Alanna， she’s the worst character here。 She’s either a generic love interest in the Shaner sections or a complete idiot in the Gerads sections。 It’s her moronic claim that the Pykkts are invincible when they’re clearly not - and easily manipulated to boot。 And her “reasoning” in palming off her daughter onto Michael （which has a kind of poetry to it I suppose， given Michael’s own loss） is absurd， putting Adam’s death on Michael and criticising his choice to save Earth instead of letting the Pykkts win！ She was awful and always managed to drag the story down。 Adam and Alanna pushing back against Terrific’s investigation almost immediately， and after they insisted on it， made no sense。 Rann keeping Pykkt records that held damning evidence against Adam made no sense， even if no-one could translate it - they obviously didn’t know about Terrific’s handy brilliance。 Just destroy it - problem solved。 Why Adam published a memoir in the first place is unclear。 To be found out， maybe - except why get Alanna to write it then？！ And， as beautifully illustrated as Shaner’s sections were， nearly all the flashbacks are utterly pointless。 It’s just Adam and Alanna doing corny Edgar Rice Burroughs/Princess of Mars crap over and over。 It added little and rarely entertained - they’re in love， I get it already！ All it did was repeatedly underline the duality theme and beef up the page count unnecessarily。 I did like how Tom King essentially trashes Adam’s character so badly that it makes me wonder that， despite death hardly mattering to superheroes， whether Adam’s death won’t stick because he does so many irredeemable things in this book - as if DC were like， sure， turn Adam Strange into a Nazi equivalent， we weren’t gonna use him anyway！ It’s probably because Adam Strange is such a minor character in the DC Universe that they allowed King to portray him as such a loathsome person， but it’s still refreshingly different to see something this ballsy in a mainstream superhero comic。 There’s the pseudo-mystery of the man at the book signing right in the opening chapter cussing out Adam and then shortly winding up dead with a laser gun blast to the head。 Yup， Adam killed him。 Because he thought he was a Pykkt in disguise！ So King is saying that all the shit that Adam goes through has completely warped him and he’s suffering from PTSD， which is why he commits so many war crimes and betrays Earth。 That aspect of the book was compelling but kinda one-note too - what are we meant to make of this？ Is his behaviour excused？ Is this a banal anti-war message？ It doesn’t seem to be anything beyond what you see on the surface。 Strange Adventures is not a particularly deep or entertaining book。 It’s far too long， huge stretches of it are irrelevant or repetitive or both， and the plot is convoluted to say the least。 It’s not wholly boring though with occasional sections here and there that are compelling， and the art and Mister Terrific parts are certainly standouts。 As a Tom King fan， I’d say it’s not amongst his best books but it’s also worth checking out - head in with expectations lowered and a lotta patience and you’ll get something out of it。 。。。more
Delphine
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What a fantastic read， so beautifuly written and illustrated。 I didn't know what to expect and was transported to a tale about an ordinary and flawed man who sacrificed everything to be the hero he never could have been。 5 stars all around。 What a fantastic read， so beautifuly written and illustrated。 I didn't know what to expect and was transported to a tale about an ordinary and flawed man who sacrificed everything to be the hero he never could have been。 5 stars all around。 。。。more
Alan
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Tom King probably subverts people's expectations again。 A story that questions what is a hero， public perception versus reality with story and character twists along the way。 Tom King probably subverts people's expectations again。 A story that questions what is a hero， public perception versus reality with story and character twists along the way。 。。。more
AJ Kallas
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Best Tom King mini yet。 Wow！
Dakota
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This was great and the only thjngbit had working against it was the fact that I read each issue as it came out over the course of over two years。 This deserves another read through and when I do I'm fairly confident that my rating will bumb up to a 5 star。 This was great and the only thjngbit had working against it was the fact that I read each issue as it came out over the course of over two years。 This deserves another read through and when I do I'm fairly confident that my rating will bumb up to a 5 star。 。。。more
Bob
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I've deeply mixed feelings about this comic & Tom King in general。 On the one hand， he's written some of the very best recent superhero comics （*Mr。 Miracle*， *Omega Men*， *Vision*） & I really appreciate his attempts to normalize long yet limited series as a regular part of superhero comics。 On the other， he's written some of the worst recent superhero comics too （*Heroes in Crisis* &， I assume， *Rorschach*， although I don't read or watch *Watchmen* sequels on principle）， he's a former member of I've deeply mixed feelings about this comic & Tom King in general。 On the one hand， he's written some of the very best recent superhero comics （*Mr。 Miracle*， *Omega Men*， *Vision*） & I really appreciate his attempts to normalize long yet limited series as a regular part of superhero comics。 On the other， he's written some of the worst recent superhero comics too （*Heroes in Crisis* &， I assume， *Rorschach*， although I don't read or watch *Watchmen* sequels on principle）， he's a former member of one of the most evil & blood-soaked organizations in human history， the CIA， & he's a cringey liberal on Twitter。 King also tends to be pretty repetitive in his themes: expect PTSD， war， sincere but strained marriages， & elliptic endings in every King comic; however， that repetitiveness isn't all bad: not enough superhero comics intelligently & effectively deal w/ marriage & parenting， which King mostly does， & his elliptical ends are probably much better than the other options for endings that the superhero comics companies might allow him。All that said， *Strange Adventures* seems to draw from both King's best & worst tendencies。 Like *Mr。 Miracle*， it does some great homages to prior comics: it reestablishes the greatness of Alanna from the Gardner Fox & Carmine Infantino Adam Strange stories， it's the best version of Mr。 Terrific probably since John Ostrander & Tom Mandrake created this version of the character， & it does some fun callbacks to my favorite era of JL comics， the Bwhahahaha era。 Like *Vision*， it says some smart but not too preachy things about race in the US。 Like *Omega Men*， it overcomes the writer's liberalism to say some interesting things about war， although it's still too much in the shadow of the liberal imperialism that makes up the common sense of US intellectual life today。But， on the bad end， & like *Heroes in Crisis* did to Wally West， *Strange Adventures* casually assassinates the character of Adam Strange to make cheap & uninteresting points about trauma that all but guarantee this series will have to be ignored for any future adventures of the Stranges （Adam， Alanna， Aleea）。 On the more hilarious end， & like I understand to be the case in *Rorschach*， this comic gets really ridiculously meta & political。 On the meta front， that the main inspiration of it， especially in issue #1， seems to be Tom King is upset at people yelling at him on Twitter for being a spook in Iraq， which he shouldn't've been， but， at some point， you can't let us haters live rent free in your head， even or especially when we're right。 On the political front， the comic becomes something of an allegory about the Muller investigation， Russiagate， & contemporary political media's spin， which hilariously climaxes when Alanna cuts a deal w/ Trump。 Although this aspect of the story seems to come from a deep place of liberal Russiagate hysteria， I must commend King for not letting that hysteria overwhelm the comic & still telling a pretty effective & non-preachy story w/ it。 I feel bad that Tom King's persona & past work has so dominated my review of this book， so I'll just say that Mitch Gerads & Doc Shaner both do a hell of a job on the art， & the conceit of Gerads doing the cynical Earth scenes & Doc doing the poptimistic Rann scenes works well， although I must confess that I'd hoped & I'd've rathered this comic had just been a mod update on the great late 50s/early 60s Fox & Infantino planetary romance comics w/ Adam & Alanna all drawn by Doc。 。。。more
Artemy
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Tom King's big thematic sequel to Mister Miracle and Sheriff of Babylon didn't disappoint。 It's yet another book about war， war crimes， misinformation and deep dark secrets of supposed heroes。 It's also about how Adam Strange is a piece of shit — and while it wasn't 100% clear that this is where the story was going in the early issues， it was a bit of a tough read， but thankfully everything clicked into place soon enough。 Not only is this the best Tom King book since Mister Miracle， it's also th Tom King's big thematic sequel to Mister Miracle and Sheriff of Babylon didn't disappoint。 It's yet another book about war， war crimes， misinformation and deep dark secrets of supposed heroes。 It's also about how Adam Strange is a piece of shit — and while it wasn't 100% clear that this is where the story was going in the early issues， it was a bit of a tough read， but thankfully everything clicked into place soon enough。 Not only is this the best Tom King book since Mister Miracle， it's also the best work by both Mitch Gerads and Doc Shaner to date， they did an absolutely outstanding job illustrating and intersecting the two 'worlds' where the story takes place。 Doc's more cheery and iconic visual style is in a jarring contrast with the horrors he often has to draw， creating a dissonance that works so incredibly well for the story。 Meanwhile， Mitch absolutely outdoes himself in the more 'realistic' half of the book with sublime facial expressions and acting， bringing so much raw emotion and vulnerability to the characters。 I particularly loved the way he draws Mister Terrific， who， I might add， is the real star of the show here — now I really want a sequel all about him and that other character he ends up paired with at the end。 Overall， Strange Adventures was a fantastic read， narratively complex and visually spectacular。 And as always， I can't wait to see what's next in store for all of its creators， three of the most talented people working in comics today。 。。。more
John Funderburg
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Excellent story bolstered by outstanding shared， art by Gerads and Shaner。
Dexter
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