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Matt Fraction: The Order
Jan. 7th, 2009 07:40 pmI read The Order first issue by issue – thank you, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
likeadeuce! – but have now aquired the trade collections. Which you, gentle reader, should as well, especially since there are only two of them, and you can afford them; they tell a story with beginning and end, which manages to tie into the bigger Marvelverse but still stands on its own and is understandable if you haven’t read anything else. And it’s a treatise on the makings and breakings of superheroes written with irony and snark but never cynicism, endearing characters, and a great sence of place, the place being Los Angeles.
( Some only vaguely spoilery observations, and much praise )
likeadeuce! – but have now aquired the trade collections. Which you, gentle reader, should as well, especially since there are only two of them, and you can afford them; they tell a story with beginning and end, which manages to tie into the bigger Marvelverse but still stands on its own and is understandable if you haven’t read anything else. And it’s a treatise on the makings and breakings of superheroes written with irony and snark but never cynicism, endearing characters, and a great sence of place, the place being Los Angeles. ( Some only vaguely spoilery observations, and much praise )
