Kingdom Come
by Mark Waid (Author), Alex Ross (Artist)
Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: DC Comics; 01 edition (7 Oct. 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1401220347
ISBN-13: 978-1401220341
Product Dimensions:16.8 x 1 x 25.9 cm
Written by Mark Waid Art and cover by Alex Ross Eisner Award-winning artist Alex Ross provides an amazing new cover painting for this new edition of KINGDOM COME, which features a deluxe foldout cover only on its first printing! (Subsequent printings will not include the foldout.) Written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Ross, this is the unforgettable, best-selling tale of a world spinning inexorably out of control. Waid and Ross weave a tale of youth versus experience, tradition versus change, and what defines a hero. KINGDOM COME is a riveting epic that pits the old guard – Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and their allies – against a new, uncompromising generation of heroes.
As comic books gained in respectability, the superhero comic has remained a much-maligned medium. Oh sure, Batman was given new levels of sophistication by the likes of Frank Miller and Alan Moore, andWatchmen added a dose of reality to the concept of superheroes, but the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman have for years watched their lesser-powered colleagues gain critical acceptance while they were left behind to keep the kids happy. Until, that is,Kingdom Come accorded DC's premier superheroes the respect they have long deserved.
In the near future, Superman has retired, plagued by an inability to accept a world where his generation's super-powered descendants run roughshod over the values he fought for. When tragic events force his return, he gathers his former team-mates and colleagues to once again lead the fight for justice and order. However, their return sparks a chain of events that could lead the world to Armageddon.
With its intelligent storyline and superb painted artwork, writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross have created a thoroughly believable world where superheroes could exist, paying particular attention to the social and political implications of such a world. Why bother with the Olympics when there are beings who can bench-press buildings and run faster than light? What's the point of normal humans making laws when they are powerless to enforce them against superhumans? Above all, whereKingdom Come succeeds is by adding new depths of humanity to some of DC's timeless characters--including icons like Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman--as well as offering interesting future glimpses of the lesser known (but no less interesting) likes of Orion, Blue Beetle and Aquaman. --Robert Burrow
这次的阅读体验,简直就像是进行了一场对人性复杂性的深度挖掘。这本书的叙事节奏处理得极其巧妙,它没有采用那种一蹴而就的英雄救世的套路,而是通过一系列看似零散却又环环相扣的事件,慢慢揭示出这个世界观下,那些曾经被奉为圭臬的信念是如何被现实的重压和时间的流逝所侵蚀、扭曲的。作者对于角色内心挣扎的刻画,简直是入木三分。我常常会停下来,思考一个角色的选择是否真的合理,而这本书的高明之处就在于,它提供的答案往往不是非黑即白的简单道德判断,而是充满了灰色地带的无奈与挣扎。每一次阅读新的章节,都像是在参与一场关于“责任”、“继承”与“代价”的哲学辩论,让人欲罢不能,迫不及待想知道下一刻的角色们将如何应对这近乎绝望的困境。
评分从整体的阅读体验来看,这本书的节奏把控堪称教科书级别。它巧妙地在紧张的冲突和必要的沉思之间找到了一个完美的平衡点。有时候,高潮迭起的战斗场面会让你屏住呼吸,手心冒汗;而紧接着,故事又会慢下来,用几页的篇幅聚焦于某个角色的独白或者两个人物之间微妙的眼神交流。这种张弛有度的叙事手法,极大地增强了故事的厚度和可信度。它让你真切地感受到,在那些惊天动地的事件背后,依然是活生生的人在做着艰难的抉择。读完最后一页时,那种意犹未尽的感觉不是因为情节没有讲完,而是因为故事在你心中激起的涟漪久久不能平息,迫使你去回味每一个细节,试图从中捕捉到更多的深意。
评分说实话,初次接触这本书的画风时,我还有点不太适应,因为它不同于我以往习惯的那种线条干净利落的超级英雄漫画风格。这里的笔触更加粗犷、更具表现力,光影的运用也显得更加大胆和富有戏剧性。然而,一旦你真正沉浸进去,就会发现这种画风的完美契合度。它成功地营造出一种末世的苍凉感和压抑感,每一个分镜都像是精心设计的舞台布景,烘托出人物的悲壮命运。特别是一些大场景的描绘,那种气势磅礴的画面感,即便是在脑海中回放,依然能感受到扑面而来的冲击力。这些插画不仅仅是故事的附属品,它们本身就是叙事的一部分,用视觉语言弥补了文字无法完全传达的震撼和情绪张力。
评分这本书的封面设计简直是一流的,那种厚重而复古的质感,拿在手里沉甸甸的,让人立刻就能感受到它分量十足的故事气息。我记得我第一次在书店里看到它的时候,就被那种扑面而来的史诗感所吸引。它不是那种花里胡哨的封面,而是用非常克制但又极具张力的构图,瞬间就能把读者的思绪拉入一个宏大而又充满未知的世界。装帧的工艺也看得出来是下足了功夫,书脊的字体选择和排版,都透露着一种对经典致敬的态度。我尤其喜欢那种微微泛黄的纸张触感,每一次翻阅都像是在触摸一段被时间沉淀下来的历史,而不是单纯在看一个现代的漫画故事。这种对实体书品质的坚持,对于一个真正的漫画爱好者来说,是无法抗拒的诱惑。它不仅仅是一本书,更像是一件可以珍藏的艺术品,光是摆在书架上,都能提升整个房间的格调。可以说,光是这份“外在美”,就已经值回票价了。
评分这本书最让我欣赏的一点,是它敢于挑战“经典”的权威性。很多故事都是在重复歌颂那些永恒的偶像,但这本书却选择了一个更为成熟和审慎的角度,去审视“传承”这个话题。它不仅仅是关于新一代取代老一代那么简单,它探讨的是当理想的化身面临现实的悖论时,所产生的必然冲突与和解。这种对既有神话体系的解构和重塑,让整个故事的格局一下子拔高了。我感觉作者是在用一种近乎挑衅的姿态,去叩问读者:你所信仰的英雄,在时间的长河面前,究竟是永恒的灯塔,还是终将熄灭的火把?这种深刻的反思,让它远远超越了一般的娱乐消遣的范畴,成为了一部值得反复品味的社会寓言。
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