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Promethea: Book One

Promethea: Book One

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Summary

Alan Moore's entrancing fantasy masterpiece is collected in an all-new Deluxe Edition hardcover format featuring the spectacular art of J。H。 Williams III。

Sophie Bangs was a just an ordinary college student in a weirdly futuristic New York when a simple assignment changed her life forever。 While researching Promethea， a mythical warrior woman， Sophie receives a cryptic warning to cease her investigations。 Ignoring the cautionary notice， she continues her studies and is almost killed by a shadowy creature when she learns the secret of Promethea。 Surviving the encounter， Sophie soon finds herself transformed into Promethea， the living embodiment of the imagination。 Her trials have only begun， as she must master the secrets of her predecessors before she is destroyed by Promethea's ancient enemy。

Complete with character sketches， variant covers and other bonus material， this new hardcover collection is perfect for any fan of this incredible series。 Collects issues #1-12。

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Reviews

Sarah-kate ，

I like to pretend that I don't enjoy comics， but then I'm given something like Promethea to read and it becomes difficult to maintain that facard。Fantastic journey， will continue to go on it。 Captured my imagination completely， as I'm sure was intended。 I like to pretend that I don't enjoy comics， but then I'm given something like Promethea to read and it becomes difficult to maintain that facard。Fantastic journey， will continue to go on it。 Captured my imagination completely， as I'm sure was intended。 。。。more

Meri ，

No te pierdas me reseña en Youtube！:https://youtu。be/OZkxRQ_nXpo No te pierdas me reseña en Youtube！:https://youtu。be/OZkxRQ_nXpo 。。。more

Ross ，

So， first things first， there's a lot of casual homophobia right at the outset of the series that makes it clear that Alan was trying to aggressively communicate how edgy his characters are。 Then there's the awkward halting approach to one character being essentially trans， but isn't。。。 but is。。。 that reminds us all that this is set in the late 90s， and was written earlier。All that being said， the story is pretty good， and the artwork is truly spectacular。 There are a LOT of long digressions int So， first things first， there's a lot of casual homophobia right at the outset of the series that makes it clear that Alan was trying to aggressively communicate how edgy his characters are。 Then there's the awkward halting approach to one character being essentially trans， but isn't。。。 but is。。。 that reminds us all that this is set in the late 90s， and was written earlier。All that being said， the story is pretty good， and the artwork is truly spectacular。 There are a LOT of long digressions into chakras， tarot， and neo-pagan mysticism that get really esoteric and I had to double check that it wasn't published by Llewellyn for how far down that particular rabbit hole it goes。 I don't necessarily think this is for everyone， not even fans of Alan's other works， but I certainly enjoyed it。 。。。more

Heaven Ashlee ，

The art was great （for the most part， not sure why they felt the need to whitewash Sophie but alas） and the story started strong but then it lost me with about 25% left。 The misogyny and homophobia vibes didn't sit well with me， so I won't be reading the other two volumes。 The art was great （for the most part， not sure why they felt the need to whitewash Sophie but alas） and the story started strong but then it lost me with about 25% left。 The misogyny and homophobia vibes didn't sit well with me， so I won't be reading the other two volumes。 。。。more

Jeremiah ，

So incredible。 So beautiful。 So magical。 Just like me。 Promethea is mind blowing and shows why Alan Moore is still the best comic book writer of all time。 I think about this book often。 It’s changed my thinking on magic and tarot。 Everyone should experience this comic。

Maks Kołodziej ，

I give it 5 just because it's a good start for more brilliant Book nr 2 and 3。 Also some the imagination of the artist is worth 5/5 I give it 5 just because it's a good start for more brilliant Book nr 2 and 3。 Also some the imagination of the artist is worth 5/5 。。。more

Mike ，

I like Alan Moore but this shit was borderline unreadable。 I was agog at how bad it was。 Issue 12 was maybe the worst comic I've ever read in my life。 Two rhyming snakes explain world history in rhymes， to the immortal goddess of imagination， as if she were in a 3rd grade history class。 And they parallel it to tarot。 Unbelievably stupid。Another issue has the aforementioned goddess， the titular Promethea， fuck a disgusting old "magician" so he can teach her about chakras。This entire thing was jus I like Alan Moore but this shit was borderline unreadable。 I was agog at how bad it was。 Issue 12 was maybe the worst comic I've ever read in my life。 Two rhyming snakes explain world history in rhymes， to the immortal goddess of imagination， as if she were in a 3rd grade history class。 And they parallel it to tarot。 Unbelievably stupid。Another issue has the aforementioned goddess， the titular Promethea， fuck a disgusting old "magician" so he can teach her about chakras。This entire thing was just a crappy veil of superhero stories in order to spew new age garbage in a way to make it seem edgy and misunderstood。 Look， my mom collects rocks that contain preordained auras， and I can tell you the reality of this shit is not that interesting。Needless to say， I will not be continuing the series。 。。。more

Camilo Guerra ，

¿Quien es Promethea？， ¿porque en la historia varias personas han hablado y contado sus historias sin saber unos de otros？。 ¿Salvadora o destructora del mundo？。LO BUENO: Es un Alan Moore desatado ！！！， con un J。H。 Williams III que le mantiene el ritmo！！！， uno espera que sea bueno， pero Moore se la saca y la pone encima de la mesa y humilla al resto: Ideas que te sobrepasan， acción que es genial e inteligente， me la historia del mago， y no solo porque haya un numero completo de sexo cosmico-magico ¿Quien es Promethea？， ¿porque en la historia varias personas han hablado y contado sus historias sin saber unos de otros？。 ¿Salvadora o destructora del mundo？。LO BUENO: Es un Alan Moore desatado ！！！， con un J。H。 Williams III que le mantiene el ritmo！！！， uno espera que sea bueno， pero Moore se la saca y la pone encima de la mesa y humilla al resto: Ideas que te sobrepasan， acción que es genial e inteligente， me la historia del mago， y no solo porque haya un numero completo de sexo cosmico-magico ， me gusta que el personaje evolucione en pocas paginas y el personaje principal lo entinda antes de romperle la cara a madrazos， esto es otro nivel， unos dialogos que te marcan， y una historia que puede ser compleja pero no se olvida， y el arte es de un perfecto que te cagas。。。LO MALO: Hay unas ideas en el arte que te rompen， y llevaba a que en ocasiones leyera en desorden， pero no era culpa de Williams， es que todo es genial y me sobrepaso。 。。。more

Chloe Glynn ，

A transformative vision！ Alan Moore uncovered a nugget of literary history in the character Promethea and dreamed her bigger and fuller until birthing her into cosmic comic glory with the help of artists， inkers， colorists， and an editor。 What marvel， their collaborative midwifery！ There's intrigue， fun-if-flat characters， non-traditional comic action， and a stunning depth of cross-cultural magick。 It's funny。 It's flashy。 It made me laugh and cry and think and write。 "The best stories are the o A transformative vision！ Alan Moore uncovered a nugget of literary history in the character Promethea and dreamed her bigger and fuller until birthing her into cosmic comic glory with the help of artists， inkers， colorists， and an editor。 What marvel， their collaborative midwifery！ There's intrigue， fun-if-flat characters， non-traditional comic action， and a stunning depth of cross-cultural magick。 It's funny。 It's flashy。 It made me laugh and cry and think and write。 "The best stories are the ones we can believe in，" and there's so much of Promethea's story worth believing。 。。。more

John Ferngrove ，

Having recently discovered through his extraordinary masterpiece， Jerusalem， that Alan Moore is so much more than a 'mere' writer of comic books， but a bona fide literary genius ，to be compared with Joyce and Pynchon， I am now looking through his comic book work to see how he explores his deep and ever expanding themes in that medium。 I recently very much enjoyed the the Providence compendium which very successfully brings the Lovecraft mythos into the twenty-first century。 Always easily impress Having recently discovered through his extraordinary masterpiece， Jerusalem， that Alan Moore is so much more than a 'mere' writer of comic books， but a bona fide literary genius ，to be compared with Joyce and Pynchon， I am now looking through his comic book work to see how he explores his deep and ever expanding themes in that medium。 I recently very much enjoyed the the Providence compendium which very successfully brings the Lovecraft mythos into the twenty-first century。 Always easily impressed by a bit of psychedelia， the cover art and the handsome hardback edition of Promethea was next to take my fancy。First to say that it's a beautifully bound and produced book。 The story is most entertaining and some of the 'deeper' content very thought provoking， but I found that the pencil work， particularly in the early stories seemed often rushed and inaccurate。 Hence one star deducted。 Having paid around £30 for the book I had a slight sense that I might have paid a bit too much for it。 Suffice to say that by the time I had reached the end the content more than made up for any shortfall in the drawing。 It really is just the figure drawing of the main character that evoked this feeling being sometimes barely recognisable from one frame to the next。 The actual composition of the frames was highly imaginative and psychedelically charged and very pleasing to the eye。 The alternative Earth of 1999， on the eve of the Millennium， with the much anticipated bug taking on a rather more catastrophic form is very entertaining。 There is an explicit lameness to the whole culture that is obviously a nod at some of the cultural extremes in our own society。But for me it all came together in the final chapter 12 in which the newly reincarnated Promethea pursues her magical training to a whole new level。 The chapter is basically a visionary journey through the major arcana of the Tarot， as imparted by the twin serpents of her caduceus， Mick and Mack， short for microcosm and macrocosm。 As a long ago student of the Tarot and a more recent student of world history I found the scope of Moore's interpretation of the majors， presented here to be quite breathtaking。 My own interpretations of these cards always veered towards the Jungian and the personal。 Moore's projection into them of human history was utterly different from anything I had encountered before and left me with the feeling that there were many connections and correspondences to be plumbed from this vision。So， if you're a fan of magical hi-jinks and groovy psychedelic artwork this is definitely to be recommended。 But also， if you are， or have ever been a serious student of the Tarot， you might just want to look at chapter 12 for some really mind-blowing inspiration。 。。。more

Jamie ，

I get more out of Promethea every time I read it and getting to experience the incredible art in this giant-sized format is a huge bonus。 I give this book all of the stars。 The sun and the moon， too。

Jacob A。 Mirallegro ，

Where can I even begin with the beauty of this book？ There truly is so much packed in to these 12 issues and it's all so stunning。 Many parts read as straight up essays on what Moore believes reality to be like。 The basic concept of Promethea as a character is so interesting and gripping to learn more about。The Metaphore/Tarot card issue was especially jaw dropping in it's form。 It felt like something the series had been building up to while also holding it's own as a stand alone issue that's in Where can I even begin with the beauty of this book？ There truly is so much packed in to these 12 issues and it's all so stunning。 Many parts read as straight up essays on what Moore believes reality to be like。 The basic concept of Promethea as a character is so interesting and gripping to learn more about。The Metaphore/Tarot card issue was especially jaw dropping in it's form。 It felt like something the series had been building up to while also holding it's own as a stand alone issue that's incredibly unique to the comicbook format。 So many issues take advantage of the format and feel so freeing in the layout。 There are a lot of pages that visually are two page spreads with poetic balance of panels even if they are still meant to be read one page at a time。 The abstract meanings and the way it's delivered is so beautiful and I can't believe how well he conveyed everything with the help of JH Williams III's consistently mind blowing art。 This is one of those books that I'm happy I held off reading until I was crazy enough to understand and just believe in all the concepts explored。I'll be revisiting this series a lot and it has a strong potential to become one of my favorite Alan Moore books in general。 。。。more

Álvaro ，

Una maravilla tanto argumentativa como estética， un compendio lisérgico sobre cosmovisiones a lo largo de la historia， y encima con moraleja。

Odo ，

2。5/5。0

Germán ，

Buen primer tercio （números 1-12 de un total de 32）， aunque un poco irregular y al que quizás a veces le falte un poco de ritmo al tener que presentar varios personajes y muchos conceptos。Por la parte del dibujo no hay queja posible， J。H。 Williams III se desata y le sale una obra maestra con un montón de composiciones de página o dobles páginas memorables。Por la parte del guion es donde se le pueden buscar las cosquillas: hay mucho que presentar， la historia tarda en arrancar， y cuando arranca， Buen primer tercio （números 1-12 de un total de 32）， aunque un poco irregular y al que quizás a veces le falte un poco de ritmo al tener que presentar varios personajes y muchos conceptos。Por la parte del dibujo no hay queja posible， J。H。 Williams III se desata y le sale una obra maestra con un montón de composiciones de página o dobles páginas memorables。Por la parte del guion es donde se le pueden buscar las cosquillas: hay mucho que presentar， la historia tarda en arrancar， y cuando arranca， como lector y durante la mayoría de números， no sentí ir "aprendiendo" a la vez que la protagonista， que supongo es la idea pero que al no conseguirse resulta una experiencia un poco frustrante - ya has entendido algo que siguen explicando y eso medio aburre。 También hay cosas que van y vienen un poco， como el Muñeco o la Goetia， que aunque supongo que volverán con mayor peso en la trama de momento han quedado como presentados y poco más， dando una sensación de desaprovechados。Sin embargo， en general va de menos a más， subiendo muchos enteros en los dos últimos capítulos， donde no sé si es que por fin conseguí "sincronizarme" con la protagonista o porque el conjunto de dibujo e ideas es excelente， pero que en cualquier caso me parecieron de los que quedan grabados en la memoria （sobre todo el último - el recorrido por los arcanos）。 Así que acabamos el tomo por todo lo alto y dejando con muchas ganas de más; bien jugado。 。。。more

Marta Cruz López ，

Pura fantasía。

Tracy ，

Don't get me wrong， the premise is interesting， and the first chapter is a really strong start， but it wasn't sustained。 The way the story slowly pored away the mystery by having the characters explain it away is such a put-off。 Williams' artwork is really great though， especially on Bill's and the twelfth chapter， and could've been utilized more to convey certain concepts and metaphors that the comic chose to do through unoriginal poetics and boring back-and-forths。 Don't get me wrong， the premise is interesting， and the first chapter is a really strong start， but it wasn't sustained。 The way the story slowly pored away the mystery by having the characters explain it away is such a put-off。 Williams' artwork is really great though， especially on Bill's and the twelfth chapter， and could've been utilized more to convey certain concepts and metaphors that the comic chose to do through unoriginal poetics and boring back-and-forths。 。。。more

Ostrava ，

An underwhelming attempt at blending an exploration of mysticism with the superhero format。 I'll rather have had Moore explain these concepts to me in a non-fiction comic book， either that， or to give himself more restrain。 Not one of his best works。。。 An underwhelming attempt at blending an exploration of mysticism with the superhero format。 I'll rather have had Moore explain these concepts to me in a non-fiction comic book， either that， or to give himself more restrain。 Not one of his best works。。。 。。。more

Daniel Izur ，

Imaginativo a todos los niveles。 Un derroche de creatividad en color， dibujo， composición de viñetas y guion。Alan Moore y J。H。 Williams III son unos puñeteros genios。👉 Reseña completa aquí。 Imaginativo a todos los niveles。 Un derroche de creatividad en color， dibujo， composición de viñetas y guion。Alan Moore y J。H。 Williams III son unos puñeteros genios。👉 Reseña completa aquí。 。。。more

Jayme ，

Rereading my pretty new editions of this series。 I forgot how trippy this story was。 How many mushrooms did Moore need to take to write this？ Was he high before he wrote it or during？ I'm also appreciating more how intertextual this story is and how interesting the artwork and panelling。 He does some really cool things here and compared to his other works， I think this is underappreciated。 Rereading my pretty new editions of this series。 I forgot how trippy this story was。 How many mushrooms did Moore need to take to write this？ Was he high before he wrote it or during？ I'm also appreciating more how intertextual this story is and how interesting the artwork and panelling。 He does some really cool things here and compared to his other works， I think this is underappreciated。 。。。more

L。ivresse。des。mots ，

Une Histoire qui prend vie。Promethea， c'est un mythe personnifié。 Un mystère fascinant qui percute notre réalité sous le génie d'Alan Moore， qui a lui-même puisé son inspiration au travers Charlton Sennet et bien d'autres。。Sophie， jeune étudiante， s'intéresse au folklore Promethea。 À force de recherches， c'est le mythe qui va la rattraper。 Découvrez comment une petite fille est devenue une Histoire。J'ai dévoré ces 12 premiers chapitres。 Une aventure， démesurée et fascinante， à la découverte de c Une Histoire qui prend vie。Promethea， c'est un mythe personnifié。 Un mystère fascinant qui percute notre réalité sous le génie d'Alan Moore， qui a lui-même puisé son inspiration au travers Charlton Sennet et bien d'autres。。Sophie， jeune étudiante， s'intéresse au folklore Promethea。 À force de recherches， c'est le mythe qui va la rattraper。 Découvrez comment une petite fille est devenue une Histoire。J'ai dévoré ces 12 premiers chapitres。 Une aventure， démesurée et fascinante， à la découverte de ce qui se cache derrière le mythe， la perception de la magie et de l'évolution finalement。 C'est vif， c'est coloré， c'est cru， ça n'hésite pas à te provoquer， à remettre en question ce que tu prends pour acquis。 Lisez-le。🥠🦧👩‍🏫💥🦸‍♀️📚🐺🛸⚕🦹‍♀️💣🤡🌳🃏 。。。more

Shannon Appelcline ，

Alan Moore and JH WIlliams created what continues to be one of the masterpieces of superhero comics， and that's thanks to both of their skills: Moore's wacky but carefully studied and organized mystical world theories and Williams' gorgeous and organic artwork that melds perfectly with Moore's vast cosmic vision。There are definitely some writing high points here: the terrific characters， the weeping ape， the melding of a variety of genres， and the magnificent final issue （with its circular loop Alan Moore and JH WIlliams created what continues to be one of the masterpieces of superhero comics， and that's thanks to both of their skills: Moore's wacky but carefully studied and organized mystical world theories and Williams' gorgeous and organic artwork that melds perfectly with Moore's vast cosmic vision。There are definitely some writing high points here: the terrific characters， the weeping ape， the melding of a variety of genres， and the magnificent final issue （with its circular loop through time using the Tarot as guideposts）， and just about every page of the artwork is gorgeous。Phenomenal。 Glad to have it in this attractive deluxe edition rather than the floppies。 。。。more

Shawn M。 ，

The first time I read it， I was completely lost and somewhat grossed out。 Now that I know a bit more about magick， I understood it a lot more and actually enjoyed reading Moore's take on the themes with Promethea starting as the Fool and growing from there， basically。 The first time I read it， I was completely lost and somewhat grossed out。 Now that I know a bit more about magick， I understood it a lot more and actually enjoyed reading Moore's take on the themes with Promethea starting as the Fool and growing from there， basically。 。。。more

Maxi Parada ，

Maravilloso！！！ Moore divirtiéndose y dándole rienda suelta a su imaginación。 El dibujo de Williams es soberbio y las portadas son todas excelentes

Jess ，

The story of the major arcana made me really emotional。

Forrest ，

Confession time: I'm not a huge fan of superheroes。 Yes， I grew up reading comics and even collected some titles （Metal Men， Defenders， Thor， Star Wars， ROM， Silver Surfer， Doctor Strange， Conan ）， but when I discovered Dungeons & Dragons at age 10， I sort of went sour on the whole superhero thing。 Not completely。 but mostly。 I even tried to get back into things by playing some superhero RPGs with friends， but it just wasn't my thing any more。 That's not to say I completely abhor them - I like t Confession time: I'm not a huge fan of superheroes。 Yes， I grew up reading comics and even collected some titles （Metal Men， Defenders， Thor， Star Wars， ROM， Silver Surfer， Doctor Strange， Conan ）， but when I discovered Dungeons & Dragons at age 10， I sort of went sour on the whole superhero thing。 Not completely。 but mostly。 I even tried to get back into things by playing some superhero RPGs with friends， but it just wasn't my thing any more。 That's not to say I completely abhor them - I like the Marvel movies just fine。 DC， not so much。 I never was much of a DC fan。 I did pick up Grimjack （possibly the best comic of all time， at least for me） in the '90s， and still have those， as well as Albedo Anthropomorphics。 But notice something about my comic book taste: It's mostly scifi and fantasy （or an admixture of the two）。 I'm just not that big on straight-up superheroes。 Call me jaded。But I am big on magic。 Interpret that however you like。 I like magic。 I believe in magic， though I might call it any number of things besides "magic"。 And here， with Promethea， we have something that tries to tow the line between the two。 If I had to pick a comic precursor， Doctor Strange is the obvious choice。 But Promethea is smarter than the good doctor and far more "hip"。 I'm not talking about the characters themselves， I mean the comic as an idea and an act of art and writing。 I'm sure Stan Lee was a smart guy， but could he even compare to Alan Moore in terms of sheer genius。 Nope。 'nuff said。And while I do love Jack Kirby's artwork and am very fond of John Buscema's Conan （et al。）， J。H。 Williams III has some serious drawing and， even more so， design chops。 The layout itself， in all its variation， is stunning， framing the story perfectly almost the entire way through， threading together what can be a meandering narrative， holding it all together with pictures and a flow that is 。 。 。 magical。I really like the main character， Sophie， as she grows in knowledge both about who she is and about who Promethea is （and was）。 There is a lot here to learn， and seeing her go through her "Chapel Perilous" endears her to the reader。My only problem here is that there is so much for her to learn that reading about it can be tedious。 This is a magic for beginners book。 If you have any knowledge of esoterica， the tarot， chakras， the hermetic tradition， etc。， you'll find a lot of lessons here you already know。 It can feel a little pedantic， at times。However， I have to concede: Moore's intent here was to teach。 At least that's how it seems。 At first， I was disappointed。 But then， I thought， this book wasn't just written for me。 It was written for a lot of people。 So， if you don't have a whole lot of knowledge about the subjects I've mentioned， this will be a great education for you。 And if you happen to like superheroes， I suppose this thing might be your bag， too。 I can see this series going much deeper from here， or I can see it getting more shallow （and more stock-superhero-story-ish）， possibly。 But I don't think Moore will go there。 We'll see。 So far， so good。 。。。more

Ceremony ，

absolut abgefahren und geil - artwork - story - wow

Sean ，

4。5 really

Xavi ，

Que cosa más loca。。。 a ver donde nos acaba llevando Moore。

Brendan ，

Alan Moore’s School of Magic and Comic Books。 An idea that could really be horrible just as easy as it could be awesome。 Thankfully， this is awesome。

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