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Laddar... DV8: Gods and Monstersav Brian Wood, Rebekah Issacs (Illustratör)
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Written by BRIAN WOOD Art by REBEKAH ISAACS Cover by JIM LEE The super powered losers, freaks and masochists of DV8 have seen a lot, but it's nothing compared to this! As Gem Antonelli (a.k.a. Copycat) is debriefed in a holding cell, the story of how eight troubled teens were briefly gods of a prehistoric world unfolds in this collection of the 8-issue miniseries! On sale APRIL 20 - 192 pg, FC Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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I had never heard of DV8, which apparently had a series run before this stand-alone storyline was released. And chances are I would never have stumbled across it if it weren't for my local comic book guru, Dave, picking it up and saying, "Here, Amanda. You're going to love this." Yet another reason to support your local comic book store--it certainly beats the shit out of a generic and often bizarrely inaccurate "Amazon Recommends" suggestion.
But I digress. DV8 is about a group of genetically advanced superhumans. "But, wait, isn't this just an X-Men rip-off?" you might be tempted to query. Sure, the surface similarities are there, but DV8's team of misfits is just that--misfits. Wood isn't afraid to take them to some dark and twisted places that make the X-Men look like a bunch of goody two-shoes. And I'm not hating on the X-Men because I do so love them. The difference here is that X-Men have moral dilemmas, but you know they'll always end up on the right side. With the DV8 group, you never really know what they'll do. It's basically what you would realistically expect if people were given superpowers. Most of us spend our entire lives gaining control of our own impulses, desires, and personalities. Now complicate that by giving us powers that set us apart from "mere mortals" and you can see where it doesn't take long to find oneself in some morally grey areas.
In DV8, the team (Powerhaus, Evo, Copycat, Bliss, Sublime, Frostbite, Threshold, Freestyle) are teleported to a planet where primitive tribes fight one another for control. Having seen the DV8s fall from the sky, the indigenous people believe the gods have fallen from the sky. When they witness the powers possessed by each, it only bolsters this superstitious belief. The team has no idea why they're here, but assume there must be a purpose as they've each been equipped with a voice chip that acts as a translator between them and the natives. It's not long until the group splinters along tribal lines, driven by their own issues to either help the people that worship them or abuse their power as gods to the point they become monsters. Each chapter follows a single member of the team and their specific relationship to the tribe they've adopted--and the war that looms in the shadow of their own egos.
While the ultimate reason for why the team was sent to the planet was a little bit of a letdown, I enjoyed these characters and the artwork so much that I just didn't care. ( )