shirohige's review
3.0
Seguimos la siempre compleja carrera del alcalde New York ,quien públicamente tiene la habilidad para conversar a un nivel muy básico con las máquinas, y que como se muestra en varios flashback le sirvió en su momento para detener uno de los aviones que se estrellaría en los atentados del 9/11 . En este volumen se abre un poco más la historia de Mitchell Hundreed descubriendo secretos de su niñez, aparte de la relación con sus ayudantes, que se edifica desde la amistad más temprana.
Es,sin embargo, en el último trecho donde un 'atentado' de carácter terrorista tiene lugar en una marcha anti belicista autorizada por el alcalde que la historia se toma interesantísima poniendo sobre el tapete ese viejo conflicto de libertad vs. seguridad, o la misma xenofobia, propia del miedo.
Es,sin embargo, en el último trecho donde un 'atentado' de carácter terrorista tiene lugar en una marcha anti belicista autorizada por el alcalde que la historia se toma interesantísima poniendo sobre el tapete ese viejo conflicto de libertad vs. seguridad, o la misma xenofobia, propia del miedo.
jakewritesbooks's review
4.0
It would've been tough for this one to live up to the operatic heights of the first, but to be fair, Brian K. Vaughan comes darn close. The dialogue is still great and it's neat to see Hundred's days as a superhero teased out more. Could've done without one of the post-9/11 subplots, not only because of what Vaughan was trying to say but also because it just hasn't aged well given all that's happened even since these came out. But it's still another great entry in a great series.
mrpink44's review
3.0
Starting to lose steam on this. I'm more interested in the main story and the secondary plots written for trade are ok, but not enough there to keep me going. I really want to drop this series, but I'll give it one more volume.
mylibrarybooks's review
4.0
I'm back on my Brian K. Vaughan kick...if I'm being honest, I probably won't ever be off, but at some point I'm sure I'll finish all of the series he has out so far, but I don't want to think about that dark day. I think I read Vol 1 of this series over a year ago at least, so I reread the first one before I picked this back up. This might be the most complex storyline? Mostly because there are about three plots going on in each (usually political, past, and something along the lines of super heroes or maybe just other lol), so it can be fairly easy to get a little tangled up. There are also a lot of characters of course, but it's SO good and such an interesting story. It makes me both really want to get into politics and have any type of super hero ability (both equally feasible story lines for my real life, right?) and want to never, ever, ever have to experience anything along those lines whatsoever. As much information as you get about Mitchell Hundred, he still remains a bit of a mystery. I'm very interested to see where this will continue to go!
ethancf's review
4.0
The introduction of an "archnemesis" goes a long way in making this feel like there may be a cohesive overarching narrative and not just 'political issue of the week' type storytelling. This volume is an improvement over the first, if only slightly, as the world is better developed and lots of questions from the first volume are answered or further developed. The art is again fantastic, and the moral issues are presented with nuance and from various angles - even if they are a bit dated today. And while the story does take a side, it doesn't preach the politics without first examining them closely. Of course, it helps your enjoyment if you agree, but if you don't there's still plenty to like here.
kurtpankau's review
3.0
Artfully done, but the series never really explores the villains but has no problem pausing everything to go on and on about libertarian "post-political" platitudes that it's pretty sure you haven't heard a dozen times already. It's definitely not BAD, but I had a hard time engaging with it.
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