Battle Hymn: Farewell To The Golden Age [Paperback]

B. Clay Moore (Author), Jeremy Haun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

It's 1944, and the first gathering of super-powered heroes may well be the last. What happens when the government assembles a new breed of super-powered beings at the height of war? Who lives? Who dies? And what exactly does the government have planned for the "heroes?" Battle Hymn: Farewell to the First Golden Age answers these questions with this beautiful collection of the sold-out acclaimed miniseries.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Image Comics (February 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582405654
• ISBN-13: 978-1582405650
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,711,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

B. Clay Moore has written comic books for virtually every major publisher, including Image Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, WildStorm, Oni Press and Top Cow Productions. He is the co-creator of a handful of critically acclaimed creator-owned books. HAWAIIAN DICK was named by WIZARD MAGAZINE one of the top 100 graphic novels published during their lifetime, and BATTLE HYMN was listed in the book 500 ESSENTIAL GRAPHIC NOVELS. THE LEADING MAN is currently under option with Universal Pictures and the upcoming BILLY SMOKE was under option with Warner Bros. Forthcoming books include THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE WHISTLING SKULL with Tony Harris (from DC Comics) and HAWAIIAN DICK: PARADISE LOST (from Image Comics).

In 2009 Moore was nominated for the Crimespree Award for best writer, and HAWAIIAN DICK was nominated for the Spinetingler Award for best comic book.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this book, July 6, 2006

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Particle409 (White Plains, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Hymn: Farewell To The Golden Age (Paperback)

While this book is a short (152 pgs) one-shot, it was easy to quickly get into the characters. They are essentially arch-types (at first) of characters many readers have seen before.

The art is very good, and fits well with the tone of the book. While this isn't the first book to take on a more realistic take of the golden age comics/characters we're familiar with, B. Clay Moore does a particularly good job here. My only gripe is that I think the plot warrants a somewhat longer book, although you do get your money's worth with this one.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre - Whats the point?, April 4, 2006

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S. J Spencer (Manassas, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Battle Hymn: Farewell To The Golden Age (Paperback)

Super heroes are assembled for a task force to help fight WWII. Some of them get offed. The government does shady things. Things get covered up....Sounds like a bad episode of the X-Files or something....

Its all been done before in all mediums. There was nothing new with this one really. I give it two stars because I think the art was pretty good. I liked the heavy use of darker colours to set the mood, buts all this has going for it.