Dead Enders: Stealing the Sun [Paperback]

Ed Brubaker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Vertigo (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563897067
• ISBN-13: 978-1563897061
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,489,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Engaging alternative to typical comics, March 1, 2001

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A. Whitney (Silicon Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Enders: Stealing the Sun (Paperback)

I stumbled upon this comic by chance, a fellow Vespa rider recommending I pick up the "comic with scooters in it." Although I collect scooter-related stuff, I was surprised by how this story gained my interest. Not much violence, no super-heroes, but an engaging story with well-executed illustration. If you're looking for something that is an alternative to good-battling-evil and mindless sitcom stories, pick up this realistic story that is tempered with a bit of science fiction and mystery. If you like scooters, you'll find their plentiful inclusion a bonus. I would actually give it 3.5 stars. 4 stars if the whole 16 issues were collected here.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dead End Kids, June 11, 2002

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A. Ross (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Enders: Stealing the Sun (Paperback)

Twenty years after "the cataclysm", New Bedlam is a bleak metroplis divided by the authorities into fenced-off sectors dilineated by wealth and class, all policed by stormtrooper-type policemen. In the outer sectors, a post-cataclysm nuclear winter type phenomenon means 24 hour darkness, while in the wealthy areas, weather machines can generate sunlight and temperate climates. The story takes place mostly in an outer sector where a group of teenagers styled on the mod subculture run around on scooters and deal in amphetamines. One of these mods seems have visions of the past, and the authoroties are trying to find him in order to study him for some unxplained reason. In the meantime, he's trying to steal a weather generator to fulfill a friend's dying wish. Although the story is somewhat disjointed and has a number of grey areas, it's visually compelling, with a nice palate and good action art. The use of basic mod style touchstones, such as parkas, scooters, and arrows is kind of interesting, but that's about all. Of course, Chynna Clugston-Major's "Blue Monday" comic series also uses mod characters and stylings. For a pulp fiction treatment of the original mod subsulture, check out Howard Baker's novel "Sawdust Caesar". "The Sharper Word" anthology edited by Pablo Hewitt is another book to check out.

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting early Brubaker, March 6, 2010

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This review is from: Dead Enders: Stealing the Sun (Paperback)

The worst of Brubaker is still a cut above the rest.

This book collects only the first four issues.I would have preferred a collection of series in it entirety. Luckily the remaining issues can be found several places online for about a dollar per issue.

I recommend this series for mature readers but suggest saving money by purchasing the original printings.