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House Of Mystery, Vol. 5: Under New Management (2011)

by Matthew Sturges(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1401229816 (ISBN13: 9781401229818)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Vertigo

series

House of Mystery

review 1: This volume actually stands alone to a reasonable extent. As the title suggests, Cain and Fig have come to an agreement regarding the House. Sturges has a good handle on Cain's character and he often steals the scene without even trying. The back humor, which has always been present in the writing, comes more to the fore in this volume. Lots of fun stories. I particularly enjoyed the Sergio Aragones illustrated short. Good stuff!
review 2: Having followed this series for 26 issues, I think I'll give up on it. I just don't seem to care what happens to the characters or how the background story develops. I guess the build-up is just too slow for me and I get impatient. After over two years worth of monthly issues I still don't know what the powers-that-be (... morei.e. The Conception) want nor what their actual powers are, nor where their alliances lie, nor who they actually are! There seems to be some underlying big-scale conflict between Fig's family and the Conception but it eludes me what they are struggling about and why... I'm sorry, but after over 600 pages that's just not enough to keep me interested... less

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