228 pages
In this story, we are being invaded by Martians and it is up to the League to put a stop to it!
In my previous post of Vol 1, I had mentioned that Alan Moore had some "issues".
That did not change upon reading the 2nd volume. The problem was, in the first volume it did nothing to derail the story. That was not the case in the second volume. I felt detatched from this story with the graphic violence and nudity in the novel. I am not a pure soul by any means, but for some reason nudity in this form does nothing for me. I am sure that is not the case for other people, but this is my review, damn it. :)
What was good about the story was the continued character development of some of the characters. Moore does a good job of understand why most of the characters are the way they are. That is not easy to do in something so small, but there are times where he is pure genious (especially in The Watchmen).
The plot was very hokey, and that may have been intentional. But it was not as interesting as the 1st volume.
Because of some of the things that bothered me about this novel, my rating is quite a bit lower.
Rating. Average, average, average.
Ok, now I have read three graphic novels by Alan Moore and the first two (the Watchmen and The League Vol 1I really enjoyed. I had a harder time getting into this one for some reason. Actually, it was kind of obvious as to why that was the case. But more on that later. That was about it as to what I liked. It was enough to keep it from being horrid, but that is about it.
The good. The characters are still really strong (well all of them except Griffen). I really appreciate the growing relationships with them. I especially enjoyed the interaction between Mina Murray and Hyde. That was interesting as hell. The other relationships were pretty good as well.
Oh wait. Characters died, that is good. Hyde went out with a bang, which was nice. You get the feeling he embraced his death. Poor Jekyll did not even make an appearance.
The bad. Where to start? The plot? We are invaded by Martians. It looked like they just took the plot from The War of the Worlds and made it into their own graphic novel. I know being original is hard these days, but he could have at least tried? It was not that interesting from the start and I never got into it.
Griffin. I get that he has no morals. But all they showed of him was the backstabbing of the group when he became an ally to the Martians, and his attack on Mina Murray. Those things are ok, but that is all you get. There was no substance behind the actions. I was really ok when he died.
I am not a fan of nudity in comic books. It just doesn't do anything for me. Not on a moral view point, but just in the sense that it is just strange to me and doesn't (in my opinion) really do much the for the story. I am sure there are people that like that kind of thing, I am just not one of them. Also hard for me to imagine Mina Murray and Quatermain actually together.
The ugly. Allan Quatarmain's ass. That is a panel I would like to erase from my mind. UGH. The whole sex scene by itself was blah to me. It didn't help that one of them was like 150 years old, but I don't think it would have mattered.
My rating system
My rating. Average, average, average. 5.0 out of 10. Overall, a very bland and not that interesting 2nd volume of the League. Still extremely violent, but most fans of the genre will not care about that. :)
The good. The characters are still really strong (well all of them except Griffen). I really appreciate the growing relationships with them. I especially enjoyed the interaction between Mina Murray and Hyde. That was interesting as hell. The other relationships were pretty good as well.
Oh wait. Characters died, that is good. Hyde went out with a bang, which was nice. You get the feeling he embraced his death. Poor Jekyll did not even make an appearance.
The bad. Where to start? The plot? We are invaded by Martians. It looked like they just took the plot from The War of the Worlds and made it into their own graphic novel. I know being original is hard these days, but he could have at least tried? It was not that interesting from the start and I never got into it.
Griffin. I get that he has no morals. But all they showed of him was the backstabbing of the group when he became an ally to the Martians, and his attack on Mina Murray. Those things are ok, but that is all you get. There was no substance behind the actions. I was really ok when he died.
I am not a fan of nudity in comic books. It just doesn't do anything for me. Not on a moral view point, but just in the sense that it is just strange to me and doesn't (in my opinion) really do much the for the story. I am sure there are people that like that kind of thing, I am just not one of them. Also hard for me to imagine Mina Murray and Quatermain actually together.
The ugly. Allan Quatarmain's ass. That is a panel I would like to erase from my mind. UGH. The whole sex scene by itself was blah to me. It didn't help that one of them was like 150 years old, but I don't think it would have mattered.
My rating system
My rating. Average, average, average. 5.0 out of 10. Overall, a very bland and not that interesting 2nd volume of the League. Still extremely violent, but most fans of the genre will not care about that. :)
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