Empire [Paperback]

Mark Waid (Author), Barry Kitson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401202128
• ISBN-13: 978-1401202125
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,141,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark Waid, a New York Times bestselling author, has written a wider variety of well-known comics characters than any other American comics author, from Superman to the Justice League to Spider-Man to Archie and hundreds of others. His award-winning graphic novel with artist Alex Ross, KINGDOM COME, is one of the best-selling comics collections of all time. (Secretly, however, he prefers SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT and his IRREDEEMABLE collections as his favorite works he's produced.)

With over twenty years of experience in his field, Waid maintains a blog at www.markwaid.com that is full of advice for beginning writers and experienced authors both.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Villain Who Wins!, January 28, 2005

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Cory Tollman (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empire (Paperback)

If you ever wanted to read a comic book that focused on the Super Villain then this is the one for you.

Golgoth is a somewhat tragic and complex character who is the type of super villain that Lex Luthor and Dr. Doom dream about being. He's a very successful conqueror and having to deal with that success, and the costs it extracts from him. He's come a long way and he's had to make some sacrifices to do so.

Highly recommended for anyone who cringes at the stupid mistakes comic book villains make, or at the inevitable return to the status quo usually required of long standing series where the "hero" is the main character. That's pretty much the opposite of this character.

I like that Golgoth comes across somewhat like a real person who seems to wear his mask at times to help him hide the emotions of dealing with what his intellect has told him he must do, even when in his heart he'd rather not do it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Waid Unleashed, February 5, 2006

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Ron (Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empire (Paperback)

This is top notch Mark Waid work. Being an adult title, he is not held to any code, so there is some swearing and brief nudity as well as violence. But unlike some other writers, Waid does not wallow in this freedom, the adult content is just touched upon in the right places and not used simply for shock value. Barry Kitson's art is fantastic. This story is focued on Golgoth, the supervillian who has taken over the world. It is an interesting perspective and a terrific read throughout. I hope they produce more in the future since the door is open for sequels. If you like the more adult take on superheroes like Dark Knight, then give this a try.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, awesome (re-read 8/10), January 8, 2007

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Joshua Brooks - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empire (Paperback)

This story finally tells a superhero story from the perspective of the bad guy. Great concept, it's amazing how nobody thought of this before. Excellent execution, great story (even if you don't like superhero stuff), very unpredictable, and the ending will not let you down. I honetly feel like if this was cleaned up a little and a tad more ambitous, could have been as groundbreaking as Watchmen.

Re-readability: 8/10

*I always put re-readability in my reviews for people who like to keep their TPB to re-read*