Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #810545 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-05
• Released on: 2007-12-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781401215033
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 8 Up–Way back when, there was a comic-book series called The Brave and the Bold wherein superheroes would team up to battle villainy. Comics star Waid relaunches the series with The Lords of Luck, taking readers on a planet-hopping romp through the DC universe. The story begins when Green Lantern and Batman join forces to investigate a murder. The plot quickly becomes interstellar when Adam Strange, Blue Beetle, Supergirl, and others are enlisted for help. The convoluted plot (aliens attempting to control fate itself) is secondary to the real point of the story, which is an opportunity to play with the heroes and history of DC comics. Longtime readers will likely get the most from this book, which is so packed with references to the DC archives that it even comes with an appendix describing the many references to past stories. Epic in scale, but lighthearted in spirit, this is a book for lovers of heroic adventure comics. Legendary artist Pérez has a distinct, straightforward style and does a commendable job of depicting the scores of characters who populate the pages.–Douglas P. Davey, Halton Hills Public Library, Ontario, Canada
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From Booklist
The Hernandez brothers’ long-running alt-comic Love and Rockets here changes formats from comic book to annual trade paperback. For the first new-look volume, Jaime returns to his roots. The early episodes of his Locas series contained skewed superhero elements, and now supporting character Penny Century has finally gained long-desired superpowers, at the cost of her sanity, and a dysfunctional gang of superheroines must stop her intergalactic rampage. This departure from the realism of Jaime’s recent work retains his humanistic characterization, wry humor, and sensuously slick artwork. Meanwhile, Gilbert presents a cluster of more experimental stories that include a wanderer’s trek through a desolate countryside, a gay man seeking escape in a snowy refuge, a kangaroo that hits the jackpot in Vegas, a Martin-and-Lewis-like comedy duo that gets snatched into outer space, and, in a story written by third brother Mario, shenanigans in a Mexican village. All display Gilbert’s daringly bold graphic sensibility. The volume’s impressive diversity augurs well for the new format, even if the annual wait between installments may feel frustrating to longtime fans. --Gordon Flagg

Customer Reviews

The Brave and the Bold are back!
Brave and the Bold used to be one of my favorite comic book titles as a kid. The title usually featured the Batman teaming up with another hero from the DC universe and it was great seeing the interaction between two superheroes that would not normally team-up.

The latest version of Brave and the Bold features the work of two legendary creators, Mark Waid (writer) & George Perez (artist). This hard cover edition collects the first story arc of the relaunched series, originally spanning six issues. A basic outline of the plot has Batman and Green Lantern teaming up to stop the Lords of Luck from using and prospering from two items they've stolen; a gun that can alter probability and the Book of Destiny (best known from Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" series).

While the first issue has Batman and Green Lantern as the book's featured team-up, subsequent issues has these two heroes teaming-up with a wide variety of superheroes like Blue Beetle, Supergirl, Adam Strange, and the Legion of Superheroes. George Perez's artwork is sensational and is as detailed as ever. The story is good but not Mark Waid's best work. However, there are some really funny moments and every scene with Supergirl really shines. The team-up between her and Green Lantern is my favorite and features some hilarious dialog like Hal Jordan having to constantly remind himself that Supergirl is "only 17."

A very enjoyable collection overall and it's great to see the return of the team-up to the DC universe. In terms of extras, there's a short introduction by Waid and six pages at the end where Waid discusses all the references to old characters and old stories he made during the series. A cover gallery at the end of the book rather than before each individual story would have been nice.

Mark Waid and George Perez, what a team up
I had eagerly anticipated this book, and was not disappointed.

Mark Waid is, as always, a wonderful story teller, and an expert of the Superhero.

George Perez is a master of his craft, and this book showcases his attention to detail and overachiever work ethic.

The book also includes an intro by Mark Waid and a few fun bonus pages of annotations at the end.

This is a great addition to any fan of vintage DC, but is accessible to any new reader. Buy it.

Pretty to look at but another silver age retread
Waid and Perez are both comic book masters with a string of hits to their names.

But this book is simply not them at their best. It seems like a winning match, two huge fans of DC's universe playing with whatever characters catch their eye, all the while telling a bigger story.

But the book suffers from Waid having far too much love for the mediocre ideas of the silver age. The book reads too much like fan-fic, lots of Easter eggs but no real meaning. Waid's own notes talk about how he worked to reference old Adam Strange and Challengers of the Unknown stories. This is nice but it ends up intrusive, the storyline does nothing really new and the fact that the final deus ex machina is based on 50 year old comic books does not make it any more fulfilling.

That being said, some of the character moments are good, the Supergirl/Lobo team up is a lot of fun. Batman and Blue Beetle are another good pair.

Perez's art is as pretty as ever but I wish it had served a more ambicious book than Waid's exercise in nostalgia.