Product Description: In 1992, seven of the most popular creators in the comic book industry walked away from lucrative paychecks to form their own company; Image Comics.They went on to conquer not just the world of comics but movies, television, games, toys, and all manner of media. Ten years later, the remaining four join forces on their original creations, some for the first time in years, to create the single, most highly anticipated and controversial graphic novel in the last decade: Image Comics!Toy, movie, video and television mogul Todd McFarlane returns at last to his seminal creation, Spawn. Marc Silverstri (Witchblade) tells the poignant tale of what happened to the members of Cyberforce in the last decade. Erik Larson reveals, at long last, the secret origin of the Savage Dragon, and Image publisher Jim Valentino reinvents Shadowhawk. All four artists join on the cover jam and the book also features a timeline of the company, showcasing not only their many accomplishments, but also their pratfalls.
I bought this for ONE story out of 4. Since Eric Larsen has stated many times that the Savage Dragon story in this book will not be reprinted in the near future nor would there be a softcover edition I decided to buy this hardcover version. Thankfully, Amazon.com sold it for less than it's $25 cover price. I bought it JUST for the Savage Dragon's Origin Story. I liked that story. It was not expected. Of course Larson really didn't want to tell the story either.
The Spawn story is a bore and Todd McFarlane couldn't even be bothered to properly illustrate it. It's a text job with some panels here and there. Spawn is a lost cause anyway. I quit Spawn at issue 50. I had stopped caring around issue 28.
Cyberforce? Who cares about them? Because this book is very very late (I think it was due on IMAGE's 10th anniversary and I believe we're at year 14.) The Cyberforce story IS continued in an already published JLA/Cyberforce one-shot (Spring 2005?) Nobody bought that either. Nobody cared.
Valentino's Shadowhawk story is next. I never cared for this character and this story is just average. Maybe Shadow Hawk (2 words?) have an interest.
There is also an IMAGE comics timeline in the back. It even makes light of the lateness of this book. It's cool.
Bottom Line. IF you are an Eric Larsen fan then by all means you will want this book.
If you like Spawn a lot (and there are 14 of YOU left!) you will might want this book. But I'm sure Todd will repackaged this tale a few more times just to milk it.
You get the idea....
Buyer Beware.
PRODUCT REVIEW! I think that the book delivered exactly what I was anticipating. The four stories were correct and went back to the beginning so that a new reader would know what has happened in each of the four stories. When a new reader picks up a new issue of one of these stories he or she, will know the origins. Buy It!
misinformation abounds This book supposedly has the origin of Savage Dragon which interests me. The rest of the properties don't really do anything for me, but I think mr. Q Public needs to do more research before he speaks about something. There are only 4 founding artists on this book: Larsen, McFarlane, Silvestri,and Valentino. There were only 7 original founders in total. Regardless of which of these you were going for, it's a 10th Anniversary book by founding artists. It is not 10 founding artists on an anniversary book. I would hope that one would work on their own literacy before speaking of literary respectability...
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