standardman's review against another edition
5.0
Goodness this was fun. Takes some great heroes that are under served in the modern era and makes them fresh.
grilledcheesesamurai's review against another edition
3.0
I guess this is supposed to be the prequel to Jeff Parker's new ongoing Flash Gordon comic? I'm not 100 percent on that - but it seems that way. For the record, the first issue of Parker's 'Flash Gordon' just hit the shelves this week - and it was fantastic!!
Anyways, Kings Watch features Gordon, The Phantom, Mandrake along with Zarkov, Dale Arden, and Lothar. Our group of heroes are desperately trying to stave off an attack of portals opening up all over the world connecting them to Planet Mongo.
Nobody wants to be connected to Planet Mongo. Nope, nope. Seriously, Ming The Merciless is one bad ass mother fucker. Best to stay faaaaaar away from that dude.
It was a fun 5 issues. Nothing in particular blew me out of the water with it - but I'm a pretty big Flash Gordon fan, so yeah, rose colored glasses.
The writing is good, the art is fun... Especially when Mandrake is using his illusion spells, and most important of all is that it gives you some nice back story to the new monthly Gordon comic hitting shelves now.
movingtoguam's review against another edition
2.0
An electronic edition of this volume was given to me by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The 2/5 stars isn't really a bad thing. I liked this volume a lot, but it wasn't really that different from anything I've read before in the superhero genre. The illustrations fell flat a few times and the jumping between perspectives was really confusing before the main characters joined eachother. I didn't really get what was happening at first, but it picked around the middle of the volume. A nice read, but I've seen it all before.
The 2/5 stars isn't really a bad thing. I liked this volume a lot, but it wasn't really that different from anything I've read before in the superhero genre. The illustrations fell flat a few times and the jumping between perspectives was really confusing before the main characters joined eachother. I didn't really get what was happening at first, but it picked around the middle of the volume. A nice read, but I've seen it all before.
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