standardman's review
2.0
Everything I’ve read by Leah Moore and John Reppion comes of as incoherent and self indulgent. I was hoping the plotting by Alan Moore would change this but it doesn’t.
It’s also impossible not to compare this to (Alan) Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - the main difference being that series works apart from the references.
It’s also impossible not to compare this to (Alan) Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - the main difference being that series works apart from the references.
lukeisthename34's review
3.0
I am guessing this was meant for an audience that isn't me. I am unfamiliar with the characters so their turning out to be real, imprisoned and ultimately unleashed on the world means nothing to me. Worse than that, the story seems so rushed and so densely packed it just didn't move me at all. Artwork was terrific though.
nwhyte's review
http://nhw.livejournal.com/904393.html[return][return]Albion is a British riff on the resurrection of old superheroes in today's world, being busted out of the Scottish castle in which they have been imprisoned since the government turned against them. It's generally good stuff, with some nice touches - how did Margaret Thatcher really survive the Brighton bomb? And one particularly nasty character grumbles, "The world's gone soft! See where your Teletubbies have led you?!"[return][return]It is supported by a good deal of material on the characters, including several complete original stories, as they appeared in Valiant, which I confess I don't remember ever reading myself (and which ceased publishing before Leah and John were even born). Also carries a recommendation from Neil Gaiman, who unlike me is old enough to have read the comics first time round and contributes an introduction.
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