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davidiwilliams's review
5.0
Who knows what evil lurks in the the hearts of men? The Shadow of course. This time The Shadow is up against a dangerous opponent. There is a serial killer on the loose and the police have no leads. All they know is that the victims are killed with swords. The killer is a mysterious woman who calls herself The Light. The Light, is killing sinners in order to free their divine soul from their corrupt flesh.
So now The Shadow must track down and stop The Light in order to end this killing spree. If you find that last sentence to be ironic then you are getting the point of the story. Nothing is as it seems. Chris Roberson is doing an excellent job as the writer of The Shadow. Bad pulp fiction is easy, but good pulp fiction is hard. Roberson writes excellent stories. The pacing is amazing. The story never slows down, but you feel like you have read a full book by the time you get to the end. I love the subtle ways that he brings images and ideas into the story. At one point you think that the story is going to revolve around another Seven Deadly Sins killer, but it's not that easy.
Roberson is able to to tell this story so effectively thanks to the amazing art work of Giovanni Timpano. Timpano does an excellent job of capturing the look and feel of the 1930s. There is a lush, rich look to the pages. This is pulp fiction art at its best. Together Roberson and Timpano have captured the feel of the classic Shadow stories while at the same time making the stories feel modern.
This is a treat for any lover of classic pulp fiction. If you love great pulp fiction then get this book and enjoy.
So now The Shadow must track down and stop The Light in order to end this killing spree. If you find that last sentence to be ironic then you are getting the point of the story. Nothing is as it seems. Chris Roberson is doing an excellent job as the writer of The Shadow. Bad pulp fiction is easy, but good pulp fiction is hard. Roberson writes excellent stories. The pacing is amazing. The story never slows down, but you feel like you have read a full book by the time you get to the end. I love the subtle ways that he brings images and ideas into the story. At one point you think that the story is going to revolve around another Seven Deadly Sins killer, but it's not that easy.
Roberson is able to to tell this story so effectively thanks to the amazing art work of Giovanni Timpano. Timpano does an excellent job of capturing the look and feel of the 1930s. There is a lush, rich look to the pages. This is pulp fiction art at its best. Together Roberson and Timpano have captured the feel of the classic Shadow stories while at the same time making the stories feel modern.
This is a treat for any lover of classic pulp fiction. If you love great pulp fiction then get this book and enjoy.
cbrunner11's review
3.0
So the book was not as good as I had expected. The plot was a little slow, and the dialog was cheesy. It was kind of fitting because it felt like the old radio drama. I wasn't around to listen to it live, but I have heard some of them. In this book The Shadow is after a homicidal nun who is out to dispatch her own brand of justice on the sinners of the world in hopes of saving their immortal soul. Homicidal nun did sound promising, but I guess I expected more along the lines of action. It took three quarters of the book for a really good action sequence to happen, and then it just sort of ends. Maybe I was being to picky, but I wasn't all that impressed with the action in this book.
The art work isn't to bad in this book. I was expecting some amazing scenes from Alex Ross, but was saddened when he only did the covers. I have defintly seen much worse art work, but I felt it lacked detail. The faces were not really there and felt as if I was looking at the characers down a tunnel. The other thing about the art work, that I really hope was becuase I got an advanced digital copy, was the fact that it looked blurry or smeared. I really hope that this is because of my download, but if the book comes out and looks like this, I wouldn't spend the money on it.
Overall this was pretty good. It was entertaining, and I'm glad I read it. I wish there was a little more depth to the story, and I am hopeful the art work is better than I saw. If you happen to see this in the library I might recomend picking this up to give it a read if you like the noir style comics. I will give this 3 stars becuase on Goodreads and Amazon I can't give it 2.5. This was better than a 2 star rating but I don't feel it deserves the full 3.
The art work isn't to bad in this book. I was expecting some amazing scenes from Alex Ross, but was saddened when he only did the covers. I have defintly seen much worse art work, but I felt it lacked detail. The faces were not really there and felt as if I was looking at the characers down a tunnel. The other thing about the art work, that I really hope was becuase I got an advanced digital copy, was the fact that it looked blurry or smeared. I really hope that this is because of my download, but if the book comes out and looks like this, I wouldn't spend the money on it.
Overall this was pretty good. It was entertaining, and I'm glad I read it. I wish there was a little more depth to the story, and I am hopeful the art work is better than I saw. If you happen to see this in the library I might recomend picking this up to give it a read if you like the noir style comics. I will give this 3 stars becuase on Goodreads and Amazon I can't give it 2.5. This was better than a 2 star rating but I don't feel it deserves the full 3.
geekwayne's review
3.0
'The Shadow Volume 3' may be a volume 3, but it tells a complete and standalone story of the Shadow, collecting issues 13 through 18 of the newer rebooted series. It has gorgeous Alex Ross covers, too.
A mysterious woman known as 'The Light' is going around town and punishing people for their purported sins. After a string of these, The Shadow gets involved. In one instance, a victim is killed in a hospital even though there is a police guard protecting him. Driven by religious fervor, The Light is expunging what she views as evil from the world with her swords. The Shadow sees this as punishment before a crime is committed, so this makes a nice contrast between vigilantes. The usual crew is involved in assisting The Shadow.
The story by Chris Roberson is good, the art by Giovanni Timpano is really good, and the covers by Alex Ross need no further compliments (they're his usual excellent work). The graphic novel includes a gallery of alternate covers. Good for fans of classic pulp fiction and shadowy crime fighters.
I was given a review by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
A mysterious woman known as 'The Light' is going around town and punishing people for their purported sins. After a string of these, The Shadow gets involved. In one instance, a victim is killed in a hospital even though there is a police guard protecting him. Driven by religious fervor, The Light is expunging what she views as evil from the world with her swords. The Shadow sees this as punishment before a crime is committed, so this makes a nice contrast between vigilantes. The usual crew is involved in assisting The Shadow.
The story by Chris Roberson is good, the art by Giovanni Timpano is really good, and the covers by Alex Ross need no further compliments (they're his usual excellent work). The graphic novel includes a gallery of alternate covers. Good for fans of classic pulp fiction and shadowy crime fighters.
I was given a review by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
bloodravenlib's review
4.0
I have posted my review of this on my blog, The Itinerant Librarian. Click (or copy/paste to your browser) the link below to read the full review.
Review link: http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/booknote-shadow-volume-3.html
Review link: http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/03/booknote-shadow-volume-3.html