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Victor C
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Hello Everyone,
Just a quick post to let you know that War Heroes – Issue #2 is out now – what are your thoughts on the issue and the series as a whole???
Issue #2 – BOOT CAMP! - The road to war continues as our country's newest recruits train to become the super soldiers of tomorrow, but not everyone makes it out alive!
Just a quick post to let you know that War Heroes – Issue #2 is out now – what are your thoughts on the issue and the series as a whole???
Issue #2 – BOOT CAMP! - The road to war continues as our country's newest recruits train to become the super soldiers of tomorrow, but not everyone makes it out alive!
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The six-issue War Heroes, published by Image Comics, establishes an America in turmoil. After suffering brutal nuclear strikes by Iraqi insurgents, America endures total economic and political collapse, which causes a massive shift in the world order. However, the tides change when the government develops a way to grant every military cadet a superpower.
"It's the world's biggest power suddenly looking a little vulnerable," says Millar. "I like the idea of doing a story set in that time where America is falling apart at the seams. I developed this really depressing Web site [in the story] called Americanbrides.com, which is where American girls sell themselves off to Russians or Chinese."
Here is a link to the rest of the artical and 5 page previw:
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/0501308warheroespreview.html
So what, it's especially depressing because the girls are American?
Anyway, I have no interest in this book at all, having read the preview. The setting of a realistic near-future America just clashes too much with the idea of suddenly being able to create super-humans and then considering military service the best thing to do with that technology, and I find myself unable to accept the basic premise at all.
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The setting wasn't the focus of Ultimates, whereas with this book Millar's vision of a fictional America takes precedent over even naming any of the characters who appear in the book.
And the problem, for me, is that Millar is clearly envisioning a worst case scenario for the country we live in, but then throwing superheroes into the mix with such nonchalance that it undermines the setting he seemed so keen to establish.
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no it doesn't
he does just that in issue 1
I was referring to how he speaks in the preview.
And hey, if issue 1 is completely different from what I expect, then I'll freely admit it once I find some scans that show that to be the case.
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strange
I wonder what this will turn out to be.
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