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Madame Xanadu, Vol. 2: Exodus Noir (2010)

by Matt Wagner(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1401226248 (ISBN13: 9781401226244)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Vertigo

review 1: After reading the first trade paperback my expectations were high. This second trade was so frustrating in this sense. Although one of the settings was in 1940s America, it was not as dark as it should have been. This book could have easily been a book noir. It wasn't. The connections between the Inquisition Spain and America in 1940s were disappointingly weak. And on top of that, the illustrations were HORRIBLE and inconsistent, scribbled hastily. Outrageous!
review 2: Volume Two is a single 5-issue story. Nimue receives a client in 1940 New York whose father appears to have spontaneously combusted. As she investigates, X flashes back to Spain 1493 and the days of the Inquisition. I don't want to give too much away, although it's not really about the plot as ... moremuch as just the atmosphere. Noir and Magic mix perfectly in the 1940 story, and -- as expected -- look for an appearance by Wesley Dodds and Dian Belmont. Amy Reeder is not on this arc. Instead, we get the artist who first drew Madame Xanadu back in the 1970s (Michael William Kaluta). His style fits the tone of the story better than Reeder's prettier pencils would have done. Top Marks all around! less

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