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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Collection of Jeff Hawke stories in graphic novel form
Author Willie Patterson weaves four amusing tales of space adventures: Overlord, Survival, The Wondrous Lamp, and Counsel for the Defense. My favorite by far was The Wondrous Lamp, where aliens try to invade Earth but are about the size of ants. Each story is wonderfully humorous and suspenseful. And Sydney Jordan illustrates the characters in all their black and white...
Published on April 7, 2008 by SciFiChick
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
boring, trite and dated story line
Not being familiar with the sci-fi comics Jeff Hawkes, the promising coloured title and drawings intrigued me. This storyline is a series of collected weeklies cobbled together to form a plot. The disappointment from seeing the coloured cover artwork to the actual product was palpable. The weakness here is in the size of the reproductions, as this is obviously a...
Published on May 11, 2009 by danny boy
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Collection of Jeff Hawke stories in graphic novel form,
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This review is from: Jeff Hawke: Overlord (Hardcover)
Author Willie Patterson weaves four amusing tales of space adventures: Overlord, Survival, The Wondrous Lamp, and Counsel for the Defense. My favorite by far was The Wondrous Lamp, where aliens try to invade Earth but are about the size of ants. Each story is wonderfully humorous and suspenseful. And Sydney Jordan illustrates the characters in all their black and white glory. With original, unique aliens and a traditional pulp feel, Jeff Hawke is classic science fiction at its best.
Witty and clever, these stories will entertain any science fiction fan.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hard SF and Great Art!,
By Luc Andre Mandeville (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jeff Hawke: Overlord (Hardcover)
To their credit Sydney Jordan and Willie Patterson have created the brilliant JEFF HAWKE series (it ran from the 50s to the 80s), which was not printed in book form until this edition in two highly recommended volumes, nicely edited and printed by Titan Books. Fantastic black and white art and hard science fiction! We can only hope that the rest of this extraordinary series will soon follow!
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
boring, trite and dated story line,
By danny boy "dbswongv" (Singapore) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jeff Hawke: Overlord (Hardcover)
Not being familiar with the sci-fi comics Jeff Hawkes, the promising coloured title and drawings intrigued me. This storyline is a series of collected weeklies cobbled together to form a plot.
The disappointment from seeing the coloured cover artwork to the actual product was palpable. The weakness here is in the size of the reproductions, as this is obviously a "fan" resurrection thing. The small black and white drawings do not help the case for pushing this as a "trend-setting" sci-fi series in its heyday. Furthermore, the goofy plot jumps all over the place, with huge space beetles being decimated by pre-programmed robots. There does not seem to be a discernible plot which constantly evolves with dog faced aliens, huge gastropod-like monster besides others thrown in. The effect of all these various elements, although nicely drawn, appears confusing and convoluted. This cannot be compared to Dan Dare, another sci-fi comics, which had a charm of its own. Star wars this is not. |
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Jeff Hawke: Overlord by Sydney Jordan (Hardcover - March 25, 2008)
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