After missing for almost a decade, Glory's whereabouts are uncovered by a lone reporter, but the globe-spanning conspiracy keeping her hidden from humanity could make her return more dangerous than anyone ever anticipated! This first collection of a brand-new saga written by Eisner & Harvey award-winner Joe Keatinge (Hell Yeah!) and illustrated by acclaimed artist Ross Campbell (Wet Moon, Shadoweyes) reintroduces Glory to a new century by revealing secrets from her past, journeying to the far-flung future and beginning a war unlike any we've seen before!
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Babytoxie
Format:Paperback
Once again, a new creative team has relaunched one of Rob Liefeld's characters, and once again, I am impressed. GLORY VOLUME 1: THE ONCE AND FUTURE DESTROYER really sets this character apart from her sisters in the "warrior woman" archetype. Glory was introduced in 1993's Youngblood: Strikefile #1 as a blatant Wonder Woman knock-off; however, as knock-offs go, this one was fairly well fleshed out. The result of a truce-bringing union between warring Amazonians and Demons, Glory eventually came to the world of man, fought alongside the Allies in WWII, and was associated with various superteams throughout the years. Alan Moore briefly took on writing duties in 1999, creating a human alter-ego for Glory and dabbling with elements that would be more fully utilized in his Promethea series.
With THE ONCE AND FUTURE DESTROYER, Glory is in the hands of writer Joe Keatinge and artist Ross Campbell, who keep what came before but inject just enough change to pique my curiosity. The character is shown to be much more complex, and she is depicted as a very physically powerful being - hulking, hypermuscular, and full of violent potential, but still feminine. Indeed, the promotional art for this series was so jarringly in contrast to prior depictions of Glory that I had to check it out. As the story opens, Glory has been missing for quite some time, having faded from the public consciousness over the last decade, but journalist Riley Barnes has recurring dreams of Glory's past adventures and is determined to track her down. Drawn to the tidal island of Mont St. Michel, she finds her heroine and much more, as her dreams then shift to disturbing images of what is to come: a dark future brought about by Glory's heritage and her personal war. Once Riley finds Glory, the story slows down a bit, but it's really only an introduction to what promises to be a much bigger storyline.
Campbell is a decent enough choice to visualize this story, and I like his style, but I'd prefer art that can enable the reader to distinguish between adults and children. For the majority of the story, Riley looks like an 8-year old kid - thankfully, the flash-forward depicts her as appropriately aged. Also, while his style works with the creatures, weapons, and scenery, his humans look more like cartoons, which gives even their more violent actions a lighthearted feel.
As with Prophet Volume 1: Remission, this story maintains the sequential numbering of Glory's earlier adventures while essentially starting fresh. Like many of Liefeld's characters, Glory has been through so many interpretations and restarts that it's difficult to consider her adventures as a whole, but this collection contains what is regarded as issues 23 - 28. It can just as easily be issues 1 - 6, as you won't need to (and probably shouldn't) go back to earlier comics. There's plenty of recap, but if you are at all familiar with Wonder Woman, then you have all the info you need.
With THE ONCE AND FUTURE DESTROYER, Glory is in the hands of writer Joe Keatinge and artist Ross Campbell, who keep what came before but inject just enough change to pique my curiosity. The character is shown to be much more complex, and she is depicted as a very physically powerful being - hulking, hypermuscular, and full of violent potential, but still feminine. Indeed, the promotional art for this series was so jarringly in contrast to prior depictions of Glory that I had to check it out. As the story opens, Glory has been missing for quite some time, having faded from the public consciousness over the last decade, but journalist Riley Barnes has recurring dreams of Glory's past adventures and is determined to track her down. Drawn to the tidal island of Mont St. Michel, she finds her heroine and much more, as her dreams then shift to disturbing images of what is to come: a dark future brought about by Glory's heritage and her personal war. Once Riley finds Glory, the story slows down a bit, but it's really only an introduction to what promises to be a much bigger storyline.
Campbell is a decent enough choice to visualize this story, and I like his style, but I'd prefer art that can enable the reader to distinguish between adults and children. For the majority of the story, Riley looks like an 8-year old kid - thankfully, the flash-forward depicts her as appropriately aged. Also, while his style works with the creatures, weapons, and scenery, his humans look more like cartoons, which gives even their more violent actions a lighthearted feel.
As with Prophet Volume 1: Remission, this story maintains the sequential numbering of Glory's earlier adventures while essentially starting fresh. Like many of Liefeld's characters, Glory has been through so many interpretations and restarts that it's difficult to consider her adventures as a whole, but this collection contains what is regarded as issues 23 - 28. It can just as easily be issues 1 - 6, as you won't need to (and probably shouldn't) go back to earlier comics. There's plenty of recap, but if you are at all familiar with Wonder Woman, then you have all the info you need.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Really enjoyed this book. I bought a handful of the old glory books back in the day and they were fun, but this is a whole new animal. Glad they took the chance and messed around with the character like this. They took an entertaining wonder woman derivative , and made it into a really creative book with moebius-ish visuals and alan more kind of surreal/ trippiness. And I like how big she is, male comic characters are all over the place looks wise, but females have one or two body types, nice to see artists and writers messing around with conventions. I can tell they had fun with this book and for me that translated over to the read as well, worth checking out. BTW interior sample pages are available all over the web to check out.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I knew of Glory back from the 90's hayday of the "bad girl" genre and that of course she was created by Rob Liefeld who you either like or you loathe him( I always thought at the most he has/had great ideas that just need more fleshing out ). I can say that even with that I never bought a actual Glory comic even when she was briefly under Alan Moore's pen during the short lived "Awesome Entertainment" comics line( he also did a quick Youngblood run that I hope one day gets collected ) but with Rob getting back into bed with his old chums at Image the idea of his IP's getting farmed out to other creative talent was started with a old stand by in Avengelyne Volume 1: Devil in the Flesh HC and the sleeper hit Prophet, Vol. 1: Remission.
Glory was next up to bat and it has been said that writer Joe Keatinge had pitched this version of Glory to Rob who gave him the go ahead to do it. Somewhere down the line artist Ross Campbell of Wet Moon fame( and at that time my main reason for getting this comic ) came on board and with a back and forth effort between him and Keatinge began to spin the Glory yarn that is a part of this collection we have here.
Picking up with ideas laid before by Moore and taking bits from before that this Glory's background was tweaked here and there( she now comes from two waring species of aliens ), had came to earth and joined forces with superheroes( Supreme makes a cameo ) before for some reason she vanished from the public eye. Enter Riley who is a plucky young gal who as far as she can remember has had visions of Glory's exploits despite and had developed a bit of a fanatical intrest in her. Through clues she travels to a small island and tracks her down but discovers that both time and many battles have not been all to kind to Glory and it's there where the tale really kicks into high gear.
Campbell's art really works well with this take on Glory as the idea here is to stay intuned with how a actual amazon woman would look is she was in constant battle and trained every day for one. His designs for both aliens/monsters as well as fight scenes plays to his strenghts while it may have been Riley herself that he at the time of these early issues he had not gotten use to drawing ( his work on Wet Moon shows he can handle human characters really well ). I had never heard of Joe Keatinge before now but I'm well aware of who he is because his knack for getting us into Riley's head as well as any scene that involves Glory's parents makes you feel the weight of what is going on( especially Glory's parents ) and only get's better as the series moves along.
This is truley one of 2012's best sleeper hits and is worth being added to someone's collection or just being recommended.
Glory was next up to bat and it has been said that writer Joe Keatinge had pitched this version of Glory to Rob who gave him the go ahead to do it. Somewhere down the line artist Ross Campbell of Wet Moon fame( and at that time my main reason for getting this comic ) came on board and with a back and forth effort between him and Keatinge began to spin the Glory yarn that is a part of this collection we have here.
Picking up with ideas laid before by Moore and taking bits from before that this Glory's background was tweaked here and there( she now comes from two waring species of aliens ), had came to earth and joined forces with superheroes( Supreme makes a cameo ) before for some reason she vanished from the public eye. Enter Riley who is a plucky young gal who as far as she can remember has had visions of Glory's exploits despite and had developed a bit of a fanatical intrest in her. Through clues she travels to a small island and tracks her down but discovers that both time and many battles have not been all to kind to Glory and it's there where the tale really kicks into high gear.
Campbell's art really works well with this take on Glory as the idea here is to stay intuned with how a actual amazon woman would look is she was in constant battle and trained every day for one. His designs for both aliens/monsters as well as fight scenes plays to his strenghts while it may have been Riley herself that he at the time of these early issues he had not gotten use to drawing ( his work on Wet Moon shows he can handle human characters really well ). I had never heard of Joe Keatinge before now but I'm well aware of who he is because his knack for getting us into Riley's head as well as any scene that involves Glory's parents makes you feel the weight of what is going on( especially Glory's parents ) and only get's better as the series moves along.
This is truley one of 2012's best sleeper hits and is worth being added to someone's collection or just being recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
unique and fun
I read endless comics. This was a unique and fun GN. With so much generic crap I'm the market, this was fun to read.
Published 1 month ago by Faust963
5.0 out of 5 stars
so much brutal fun, even my younger sister would like it.
one of the few remakes of image an character that no one paid much attention to that is worth reading, the art, pace, and concept is well delineated.
Published 1 month ago by Bowdin Deese
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Original changing of an old comic
This comic took an old, tired comic that was a Wonder Woman ripoff and turned it into something great. I highly recommend picking this up. Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. Arthur
4.0 out of 5 stars
Finally: A Heroine who can really raise hell
Great job in turning a less-than-mediocre concept and re-birthing it into something fresh and fun. Glory jumps to the all-too-thin must read super powered female hero pile right... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jack Siegel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it!
One of the best comic I've read in a while. The story is that will keep you entertainmen throughout the book. Get this!
Published 2 months ago by Hector
2.0 out of 5 stars
There's more meat on the cover than between the pages
As I write this there are 5-star reviews (4) and 4-star (2) - nothing lower.
On the basis of this strength and the win of Prophet(rebooted) I ordered this. Read more
On the basis of this strength and the win of Prophet(rebooted) I ordered this. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Marshall Vaughan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
I received glory pretty quick. I really enjoyed this read. My only complaint is that the paperback was shipped in a plastic wrap and my glory book came pretty bent from the front... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rafael Martinez Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it.
Love it., Story, Art. Probably the best "woman warrior story" out today. for $10 it's a great deal for anyone who loves great story and great art.
Published 4 months ago by John
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
I really enjoyed this book. Who would of thought a Rob Liefield Wonder Woman ripoff character could become such an interesting book when taken over by the creative team of Joe... Read more
Published 5 months ago by C. Lawrence
4.0 out of 5 stars
Imaginative, original and fun
It's strange how Rob Liefeld's off-brand Superman and Wonder Woman characters have blossomed. First Alan Moore used Supreme to tell some of the best Superman stories ever. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kid Kyoto
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