We Only Find Them When They're Dead, Vol. 2: The Stealer
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- Author：Al Ewing
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Summary
Fifty years have passed since Captain Malik and the crew of the Vihaan II embarked on their fateful mission - and now Jason Hauer， one of the fated crew， is drawn into a conflict that threatens to tear apart the galaxy。
NO ONE ESCAPES THE GODS。 Fifty years have passed since Captain Malik and the crew of the Vihaan II embarked on their fateful mission - and the universe has changed in ways no one ever expected。 Jason Hauer， one of the fated Vihaan II crew， is now 71 years old and living a life on the razor’s edge between the Harvesters and the Worshippers。 But as these rival religious factions clash throughout the galaxy， Jason finds himself thrown into the center of the chaos and forced to confront his tortured past。 But the only people who can help Jason have their own secret agenda - one that may bring him face to face with Captain Malik in ways beyond comprehension… Discover the next chapter of the acclaimed sci-fi epic from superstars Al Ewing （Immortal Hulk） and Simone Di Meo （Mighty Morphin Power Rangers） as the true consequences of Captain Malik’s mission are revealed。 Collects We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #6-10。
NO ONE ESCAPES THE GODS。 Fifty years have passed since Captain Malik and the crew of the Vihaan II embarked on their fateful mission - and the universe has changed in ways no one ever expected。 Jason Hauer， one of the fated Vihaan II crew， is now 71 years old and living a life on the razor’s edge between the Harvesters and the Worshippers。 But as these rival religious factions clash throughout the galaxy， Jason finds himself thrown into the center of the chaos and forced to confront his tortured past。 But the only people who can help Jason have their own secret agenda - one that may bring him face to face with Captain Malik in ways beyond comprehension… Discover the next chapter of the acclaimed sci-fi epic from superstars Al Ewing （Immortal Hulk） and Simone Di Meo （Mighty Morphin Power Rangers） as the true consequences of Captain Malik’s mission are revealed。 Collects We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #6-10。
Reviews
Stuart McInally
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Read via single issues #6-10Well， 5 issues and 1 trade later and I think I can stop here。 At first I thought the skipping time frames might have been a problem done away with in this arc but couching the narrative in a heist story really did away with that entirely。 The flashbacks are at least handled better art-wise， with the affected scenes being couched in a greyscale-with-red-details style that feels like it has significance for some scenes whilst stretching the symbolism thin on others。 But Read via single issues #6-10Well， 5 issues and 1 trade later and I think I can stop here。 At first I thought the skipping time frames might have been a problem done away with in this arc but couching the narrative in a heist story really did away with that entirely。 The flashbacks are at least handled better art-wise， with the affected scenes being couched in a greyscale-with-red-details style that feels like it has significance for some scenes whilst stretching the symbolism thin on others。 But that's really the one positive I can give this over the previous volume。The narrative continues to hop around like a rabbit with ADHD， often giving exposition for backgrounds that simply aren't needed and could have been summed up in a page tops， while the art remains impeccably beautiful in the vacuum of singular panels and feeling almost unreadable when action takes place。 There was a double page spread at one point， filled with individual panels highlighting actions and characters' reactions and I have no idea what was happening， with most of the panels having an obnoxious white highlighting box that didn't offer any clarification to anything going on。I can see what Ewing and Di Meo are going for with this series， I really do， but the refusal to add to the mystery of what the gods are in this volume whilst placing the plot yet again in characters that they want us to get invested in but ensuring the time spent with them in the "here and now" is contested with both flashbacks and the fact the next volume won't even feature them is really grating on me now。 。。。more
Robert
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The problems with storytelling and art from the first volume are not corrected， and things are further complicated by a tedious parade of crosses， doublecrosses， and doubledoublecrosses， that make little sense and at this point hold no interest。
Alex Sarll
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The first volume ended with a leap into the interstellar dark， a first glimpse of a live space-god。 You might expect the second would pick up there – but rather than answer any of the big questions just yet， it jumps forward in time。 Gods have stopped appearing， destabilising the economy， and a new faith has grown up around Malik's actions in the first volume。 I say 'faith'; as is the way of religions， it has already splintered， and not amicably。 I strongly suspect this one will read better in a The first volume ended with a leap into the interstellar dark， a first glimpse of a live space-god。 You might expect the second would pick up there – but rather than answer any of the big questions just yet， it jumps forward in time。 Gods have stopped appearing， destabilising the economy， and a new faith has grown up around Malik's actions in the first volume。 I say 'faith'; as is the way of religions， it has already splintered， and not amicably。 I strongly suspect this one will read better in a trade than it did as singles， and that in turn the series will read better once it's completed than it does in separated books， but alas， the market isn't there to publish like that and so， much like the characters， we grope forward， hoping it will all make sense in the end， and certainly without the procedure being prone to quite such horrible backfires and betrayals as some of the poor bastards here encounter。 。。。more
Paul Gzt
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If the author wanted me to care about characters betraying other characters it would have helped if they'd first made me care about any of the characters。 If the author wanted me to care about characters betraying other characters it would have helped if they'd first made me care about any of the characters。 。。。more
Billy Jepma
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I expected to read this volume， be reminded why so much of the first volume didn't work for me， and then dismiss it。 That didn't happen， though， because Ewing did what every writer should do when they need to win over an audience: stage a heist。 Volume 2 of We Only Find Them When They're Dead keeps some of the baggage of its predecessor—overly dense worldbuilding， an art style that borders on incoherent—but it improves in almost every other facet。 We focus on an almost entirely new cast of chara I expected to read this volume， be reminded why so much of the first volume didn't work for me， and then dismiss it。 That didn't happen， though， because Ewing did what every writer should do when they need to win over an audience: stage a heist。 Volume 2 of We Only Find Them When They're Dead keeps some of the baggage of its predecessor—overly dense worldbuilding， an art style that borders on incoherent—but it improves in almost every other facet。 We focus on an almost entirely new cast of characters， which is good because they have some personality to differentiate themselves。 The lore Ewing is playing with is pretty messy， but the political and religious machinations he delves into here are compelling。 I'm such a sucker for the double-and-triple-crosses that the abundance of schemes and secret motivations really worked for me。 I'm still mixed on Simone Di Meo's art， as unique as it is。 Any moments of action are just about impossible to follow， and the compositions sometimes feel obtuse for obtuse's sake。 Granted， I like the overall design a lot and thought the architecture and general aesthetic of this volume were inarguably cool。 There's some great energy in Di Meo's artwork， to be sure， but it sometimes felt like I had to wrestle with it to understand what was going on。I wouldn't say I'm entirely on board with the series yet， especially with how this ends， but I'm going to stick around for Volume 3， which I certainly wasn't to be the case going in。 If this volume is anything to go by， the series is far vaster than the Firefly-vibes of the first led me to believe。 The world that Ewing and Di Meo have created is weird and dizzying， and despite the inconsistent executions， I'm too curious to wall away before knowing what they're driving toward。 This gets a 3。5 from me。 。。。more
Simon
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