When all the heroes are gone, who will fill their shoes? The first four chapters of Jim Krueger's cult-classic are collected here for the very first time, featuring superb artwork from Mike Oeming and sporting a cover by Alex Ross. In a future oppressed by a police force that keeps a law that no one can live under, a new hope is unearthed when three boys are chosen by a mysterious old man to exhume a forgotten legacy. Donning the gadgets and gizmos of gods and heroes, the boys obtain the powers but must decide if they can handle the responsibility of defending a world gone mad.
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"Praise is in order for Mr. Krueger's ability to tell a story without constant profanity and graphic violence." -- Joseph Szadkowski, WASHINGTON TIMES
"The enthusiasm behind each panel makes this the sort of comic that's in short supply." -- Alan Moore, wroter of WATCHMEN
The enthusiasm behind each panel makes this the sort of comic that`s in short supply. -- Alan Moore, writer of Watchmen
"The enthusiasm behind each panel makes this the sort of comic that's in short supply." -- Alan Moore, wroter of WATCHMEN
The enthusiasm behind each panel makes this the sort of comic that`s in short supply. -- Alan Moore, writer of Watchmen
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A fine start to a compelling story,
By Dave Thomer (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Foot Soldiers, Volume 1 (Paperback)
The Foot Soldiers: Volume I is a fairly standard coming-of-age/hero's-quest story, but Krueger makes it work by making the characters multi-dimensional; they all have faults, they're not quite sure what heroism is about, they don't always make smart decisions. One character starts a relationship with one of the enemy that could be redemptive, but could just as easily compromise the heroes - as it does a few times in this story. Krueger also does well by emphasizing the effect of the heroes - the Foot Soldiers - on the other previously-helpless citizens they try to protect; the Soldiers give people hope, but they also change the old order of things, which scares some people. Each chapter is introduced by a short text piece, and it's actually those text pieces I found most compelling. That's no knock on Mike Oeming's art, which is different from the style Oeming uses these days on books like POWERS -- a little less inspired by current animation, but no less effective, especially on facial expressions. But the text pieces have a certain sense of dread about them, a heaviness of feeling; the narrator seems weighed down by failure and despair in a way that doesn't quite come through in the pages of the main story - it adds a layer of complexity that the comics chapters don't quite have. I hope that in future volumes Krueger works those elements into the story and starts paying off the hints he's dropping here. If he does, and I believe he will, FOOT SOLDIERS will turn out to be a comics saga well worth reading.
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