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Starred Review. The spirit of wide-eyed adventure that has been largely missing from today's comics world comes back with a vengeance in this compilation of DC's 2009 retro-themed series. Originally printed on newspaper broadsheets, appropriate to its prewar pulp roots, each of the series' dozen issues featured one-page installments from 15 different original tales with heroes culled from the DC back catalogue. Though selections range from the preadolescent goofy (Dan Didio's Metal Men, Jimmy Palmiotti's Supergirl) to the surreal (Neil Gaiman's tongue-in-cheek Metamorpho, Paul Pope's Adam Strange), the operative word is action. With few exceptions, the Wednesday Comics feature enough two-fisted, exclamation-heavy action to satisfy any easily bored kid or adult—Dave Gibbons's take on Jack Kirby's Kamandi (The Last Boy on Earth!) is particularly rousing, heroic stuff, a postapocalyptic Prince Valiant. Some of the comics do less well; Joe and Adam Kubert's Sgt. Rock is particularly rote, as is Brian Azzarello's thin Batman story, which is at least energetically drawn by Eduardo Risso. But on the whole, this is a thrilling piece of work, re-energizing past classics without losing the spark that made them special in the first place. (May)
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  • Hardcover: 200 pages
  • Publisher: DC Comics (June 1, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1401227473
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401227470
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #4,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
    #29 in  Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Graphic Novels > Superheroes
    #19 in  Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Publishers > DC Comics

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Quality, Amazing Characters, June 2, 2010
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If you are a fan of any of the characters in this book you should really do yourself a favor and check this out. These stories are all told in a great narrative unique to the different stories, the unique page structure builds on top of that. The book itself is great quality the pages are crisp, the binding is sewn and the book can lie flat perfectly. Finally some of these pages really take shape when you sit them next to each other. When they were being released in issues you only got one page and unless you took your comics apart the pages never truly lie next to each other. The most prominent case of this is with the Metamorpho chapter, the periodic table of elements looks just great.

All in all it really is another successful DC experiment and really shows and reminds us that DC can still be a lot of fun.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my best purchases, June 4, 2010
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I ordered a copy of Wednesday Comics and was amazed at how big the box is it came in. An absolutely beautiful book well worth the money I spent on the book. Well worth the price Amazon is asking. A must for any comics lover and especially those that appreciate the artistic nature of the books themselves.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Presentation and artwork are fantastic, Stories are so-so., June 23, 2010
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Let me start off by saying this is an incredibly beautiful and large book. The art is some of the best and truly unique I've seen in comics to date. To me, the only real downfall is how the stories fit in with the rest of the book. Wednesday Comics ran for 12 weeks (one page per week per story). So basically each story is only 12 pages long and each page needed to sustain the reader each week. I never felt like it was enough time to flesh out anything meaningful. I don't blame the writers as there were some amazing talent on this project (i.e Brian Azzarello). I blame the format. If it wasn't for the giant artwork, I don't think any of these stories would have been worth the time to read. Especially individually. This book is really just the sum of its parts.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Big is beautiful
A wonderful anthology, full of sensations and nostalgia. The stories are short but the impact last long.
Published 6 days ago by G. Caumel

4.0 out of 5 stars This is What a Graphic Novel is Supposed to Be Like!
This was a really great concept by DC comics, but I wasn't about to pay $4 a week for a newspaper formatted book. I knew to wait for the collected edition. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Shane Hannafey

5.0 out of 5 stars Great comics to read. In the tradition of the adventure comic strips of the 1930s
Great comicstrips, an excellent distillation of the adventure comicstrips of the 1930s. DC should make this an ongoing series.
Published 16 days ago by Daniel W. Ring

5.0 out of 5 stars Breath-takingly Amazing!
I just got my copy (perfect condition by the way - Thanks Amazon) of Wednesday Comics - and it exceeded all of my expectations! Read more
Published 23 days ago by comicsfan

5.0 out of 5 stars Wednesday Awesome-ness
The stories contained in this Huge and Beautiful collection were originally presented in a "newspaper" like format. Read more
Published 26 days ago by glenn diaz

5.0 out of 5 stars Wednesday Comics made Wendesday fun again!
Mark Chiarello gets my vote for the best editor in comics, the fact he got this incredible project in our hands is a testament to how much he loves this medium..... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dustin Abell

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Collection to come out of comics in years!
Wednesday Comics is a true treasure. The artwork, the stories, simply the best work a major publisher has released in the last two decades. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Fred Dailey

5.0 out of 5 stars Must buy, you will not regret it!!
I am not a collector and I prefer to just read the stories in one sitting and enjoy them. This book does just that and more so. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Deme B.

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good But Less Than Perfect Collection
My first big question when I ordered Wednesday Comics was how they could justify a $31.50 price tag (a $49. Read more
Published 1 month ago by E. David Swan

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