Asem narea cu universul Wild Cards sau The Reckoners al lui Sanderson e pronun at ns nu te plictise ti i vrei s cite ti benzile noi A a c probabil voi cump ra i volumele urm toare Mike Carey Mike Carey really amps it the hell up in Suicide Risk Vol 2 I had a suspicion towards the end of the Suicide Risk Vol 1 I was gonna like this one and I do This volume contains issues 5 through 9 and is a really quick read. The first issue contained is an origin tale for a new character in the story named Ada Joelle Jones handled the art chores in this one and I likey I m sure Ada s gonna end up being real important later in the story The next 4 issues focused on our hero.

This review is for the entire series comprised of 6 volumes I had never heard about this when it came out Patrick at the comic shop said they pitched it as a cop drama so as not to give away the major plot twist that happens in the second or third issue and forever takes it away from cop drama territory into meta superhero drama in the vein of Watchmen Irredeemable Welcome to Tranquility and the like Carey also effectively weaves in world building without overcomplicating it like Morrison Ellis and Hickman and interrelationship conflict It s so much to attempt and like few others have he pulls it off He covers a lot of familiar territory multiple dimensions fascist governments apocalypses and and just as the story seems like it s going to slip into cliche Carey takes it in a different direction He is also remarkably good at maintaining a consistent internal logic and natural exposition I will note that the ending seems a little abrupt and a little too clean but sometimes a story this packed with well story can be hard to end in any kind of satisfying way I don t hold it against Carey who is now on my list of writers to keep an eye out for. S It also has a strong female central character who emerges later in the storyanother way Carey upends the norm for this sort of thing Mike Carey Rese a de Lorenzo Mart nez Nota 85 Rese a en Fant ficaEn el primer volumen recopilatorio de Riesgo suicida Mike Carey nos planteaba la posibilidad de que los superh roes tuvieran sus capacidades gracias al mercado negro lo que abre un sinf n de posibilidades en un mundo en el que existen los superpoderes Puede una ama de casa convertirse de la noche a la ma ana en una superhero na o una supervillana O un oficinista cansado de su rutina acudir a un traficante de poderes y pagar para que su vida d un giro de ciento ochenta grados Por lo visto s se puede aunque afortunadamente Riesgo suicida ofrece algo m s que eso ya que cualquiera con acceso al pinchazo de las capacidades sobrehumanas no tiene por qu usar sus nuevas habilidades para el bien tambi n puede ser un completo ego sta No todos somos iguales y hasta la persona en apariencia m s inofensiva podr a ser el supervillano que destruye Espa a por decir un lugar cualquiera o controlar todo el tr fico de drogas del continente. La posibilidad existe y Carey utiliza a Leo Winters el personaje que ya nos introdujo en el primer arco argumental para llevar adelante un c mic con mucho ritmo que tiene sonando de fondo la canci n de si superar a los dem s a nivel f sico da derecho a amenazar a los habitantes de una ciudad o tomar por la fuerza lo que te d la real gana solo por ser un s per. En estos cuatro n meros de la serie que forman el segundo arco argumental Leo Winters vuelve a ser el centro de atenci n y siguen presentes sus dudas sobre hacer o no lo correcto ayudar a hacer el bien enfrent ndose a los villanos de turno o ayudar a esos mismos criminales a llevar a cabo sus planes Como ya dijimos en su momento Riesgo suicida es la cl sica historia del bien y el mal con elegido de turno al que pone en una situaci n dif cil que se ramifica en dos frentes bien distintos intentar de alguna forma volver a su anterior vida o dejarla atr s y afrontar su nueva condici n como reencarnaci n de R quiem Porque lo que propone Carey es que en nuestro interior se oculta un h roe o un villano y que el pinchazo es nicamente una forma de que salga a la luz y termine por suplantarnos El momento de nacimiento del h roe lo reduce Carey a un mero tr mite que pierde toda magia y espectacularidad y por eso me gusta. En este segundo arco argumental de la serie Carey nos da mucho m s de este particular universo alternativo que es Riesgo suicida e introduce elementos que ya son palabras mayores como por ejemplo que de pronto una banda de villanos quiera tomar un pa s y convertirlo en su propiedad o ampliar el alcance y consecuencias de los poderes de los que han comprado la inyecci n Es decir que con Un escenario de pesadilla tenemos mucho m s que lo que vimos en la primera parte y precisamente por eso el c mic gana en calidad. Recuerdo que en el primer volumen coment que el dibujo de Elena Casagrande no me parec a especialmente llamativo y aunque no era malo s que echaba en falta otro tipo de cualidad pict rica Pero hay que reconocer que en estos n meros el estilo de Casagrande aun siendo el mismo ha mejorado bastante y ahora presenta las vi etas de una forma m s din mica lo que ayuda a valorar m s positivamente el conjunto El quinto n mero tiene a Jo lle Jones como artista invitada y se trata de una historia independiente sobre un ama de casa que harta de su marido sus hijos y el sob n de su jefe en el supermercado decide pagar la inyecci n y cambiar totalmente su existencia hasta l mites insospechados Har ais vosotros lo mismo Si os van las historias de superh roes ten is que echarle un vistazo a Riesgo suicida para m de lo mejor que est sacando BOOM Studios y una apuesta diferente pero que juega con los planteamientos cl sicos del g nero Mike Carey this went from ok superheroes comic to overdrive 3. 5 stars Mike Carey Secondo episodio migliore del primo Perch ora Leo Winters non attraversa tutto il range delle possibilit da semplice umano a dio fra gli dei Si limita a gestire la propria situazione salvato e al contempo attaccato da un supergruppo di individui senza scrupoli soprattutto nella scelta dei nomi ovvero i Situazione da Incubo capitanati dal potentissimo Prometheus Peccato per loro che Requiem l avatar dietro Leo sia a un livello talmente superiore da sbarazzarsi dell intera squadra in pochi attimi nel finale dello scontro In ogni caso storia adrenalinica a tratti crudele ma nel modo giusto non gratuita insomma con personaggi che finalmente sono davvero messi a fuoco e bruciano come dovrebbero Anche se sembra che il meglio sia dietro l angolo Da notare in positivo anche il racconto iniziale che spezza la trama principale e parla della nascita di una nuova super criminale dal simpatico nome di Accesso Istantaneo Mike Carey Things really get rolling here as Carey starts to expand out the world and takes us on a journey to the truth of what s actually happening The reveal here is shocking and shows just how good Carey is at a surprising a reader and b being willing to take his characters into corners that others might fear to tread There s a lot to like here including the introduction of a world that s so much larger conceptually than we were first led to believe in volume 1. Casagrande s art continues to be pretty strong though again her style that sometimes leaves details blurred may not be to everyone s taste Still being asked to switch on a dime from something that s very down to earth into epic heroic danger isn t easy and she handles it very well. This second volume was even better than the first Mike Carey Librarian Note There is than one author in the GoodReads database with this name site_link See this thread for information. Mike Carey was born in Liverpool in 1959 He worked as a teacher for fifteen years before starting to write comics When he started to receive regular commissions from DC Comics he gave up the day job. Since then he has worked for both DC and Marvel Comics writing storylines for some of the worlds most iconic characters including X MEN FANTASTIC FOUR LUCIFER and HELLBLAZER His original screenplay FROST FLOWERS is currently being filmed Mike has also adapted Neil Gaimans acclaimed NEVERWHERE into comics. Somehow Mike finds time amongst all of this to live with his wife and children in North London You can re Librarian Note There is than one author in the GoodReads database with this name site_link See this thread for information. Mike Carey was born in Liverpool in 1959 He worked as a teacher for fifteen years before starting to write comics When he started to receive regular commissions from DC Comics he gave up the day job. Since then he has worked for both DC and Marvel Comics writing storylines for some of the world s most iconic characters including X MEN FANTASTIC FOUR LUCIFER and HELLBLAZER His original screenplay FROST FLOWERS is currently being filmed Mike has also adapted Neil Gaiman s acclaimed NEVERWHERE into comics. net site_link Even when there are only villains being a hero makes you a When super powered bad guys inexplicably appeared in the world the world was unprepared In the face of heroes and humans alike dying at the hands of the rising tide of supervillains beat cop Leo Winters did what he had to to fight back he got super powers. Now barely able to grasp the unexpected turn his life has taken Leo launches his own off the books investigation into the super villains that decimated his unit and put his partner in the hospital With little to go on but the image of Memento Mori turning people into dust with all but a touch Leo must delve into a her past to discover the key to his future The ongoing series by award winning author Mike Carey X MEN THE UNWRITTEN and fan favorite artist Elena Casagrande HULK HACK SLASH continues here Collects issues 5 9 Suicide Risk Vol 2This went nowhere I expected based on the premise at the end of the last book Separate storylines various discoveries of powers and plans supes and bad deeds so this is shaping up again. It would be terrible if they were all Bond villains and one is to be sure but others are a lot relatable and worth getting to know Even the one off story in the first issue she s an interesting or at least well described character with an easy to grant her revenge story origin Leo gets sucked into a supervillain team and has to follow their lead and quite the lead they re striking Skirmishes with the UN are a pretty strong staple of world is changing comics and this arc is no exception Prometheus is scary and his posse of supervillains are unique ish and pretty unbalanced. So why do I feel so empty after reading this Outside of the climax which felt a little like the first book something seems missing Maybe it s in how the lead is becoming distant less tormented by the grey decisions being made Maybe it s because there s little reason to care about so many of the people who live or die in this book. I m interested in what Leo s becoming I wanna see what happens when his full powerset manifests and what kind of person he becomes when that happens although at the rate he s acquiring them he s gonna have to die or else this story is headed towards apocalypse but the journey there is feeling a little formulaic or at least a bit predictable. If this series just goes the way of The Boys or any other villains getting taken down series and every trade is introduce villains and see them dead by the end this is going to be as shallow and boring as another season of Arrow the had promise but is terrible TV show. I m still in I ve got volume 3 right beside me and I ll give it a go but this story better take a different course next or I ll throw in the towel and paint Carey a lazy faker. Let s talk about the art by Casagrande She does a good job especially where the superpowers are illustrated but their choice of colourist does them no favours It s not that the colours aren t good it s just that they re good and not great There s a lot of places where the colours are left flat with no details to give the illustrations any depth Maybe it s a stylistic choice but after seeing a colour progression illustrated by Nathan Fairburn I can t help but notice how much less work this one did Mike Carey Suicide Risk is my new favorite thing in comics With it Mike Carey has upended the traditional superhero genre to create something new and interesting Super powers are bought on an illegal substance like black market gifted by a powerful control rod of unknown origin. But here s the catch these supervillains and heroes don t have origin stories or tragic takes of woe What they have instead is a mysterious and possibly alien past life which they and the reader see only in flashes and glimpses and barely seem to comprehend. The second collection of the series finds California cop Leo Winters now gifted with superpowers he barely understands in effort to avenge his injured partner digging deeper into the mystery of Requiem a name he is referred to by the various other superpowers he encounters Following the events of the first collection Leo finds himself being rescued by an unlikely crew of supers I ll just say supers since heroes and villains is as always ambiguous depending on who s perspective we re talking about who call themselves Nightmare Scenario Forced to work with them in order to prevent a potentially greater disaster and to save a loved one Leo soon finds himself caught up in a battle for control of a city and with an ever expanding knowledge of how the world works that he is at a loss to explain. Back on the home front Leo s daughter Tracey is having problems of her own Problems that are foreshadowed to have a major impact on her father s life and indeed the world at large. Carey has created an intriguing and fast paced world that is wonderfully complemented by the art of Elena Casagrande The super characters introduced in this installment are dimensional than most of those from the first installment Diva who is absent in this collection being the most notable of the original characters The most memorable of the new crew are Just A Feeling a deeply sympathetic member of Nightmare Scenario who may not be able to see the future and Cage whose superpower is the ability to summon demons. Hints of Requiem s past and Leo s future are doled out amid plots of war government conquest and good old fashioned revenge that culminates in one heck of a cliffhanger ending I cannot wait for future issues to see how Carey and Casagrande continue the story and weave everything together Based on the few issues I have read so far I m hoping this series continues for as long as Carey s most notable comic works Lucifer and The Unwritten Mike Carey 35 steleCeva mai bun dec t primul volum povestea lui Mike Carey despre poli istul Leo Winters devenit super erou ntr o lume plin de super eroi negativi devine pu in mai clar complex i cumva mai expresiv n continuare Leo Winters and the mess he s got himself into down in Central America Surrounded by baddies and with his back against the wall he s gonna have to come up with something special to pull his ass outta this fire Carey is doing a really good job in getting me on board with Leo and I m getting and interested in where he s going with this title now The last issue in this one is as Kat would say AMAZBALLS Did I spell that right Kat Elena Casagrande and Joelle Jones both do nice work with the art and it s pretty good I also give a shout out to Andrew Elder colorist and his contribution to the series He color work is pretty bad ass If you liked Suicide Risk Vol 1 you re gonna like Suicide Risk Vol 2 Carey has me by the short and curlys and aint lettin go anytime soon This book just seems to be getting better and better. Get this review and at Mike Carey Ada Robins is not a happy camper Her husband is abusive and unemployed her daughter has an unwanted pregnancy her son is dealing with shady characters he owes money to her barely mobile mother in law is a chore and her job barely helps her to make ends meet She is approched by a black marked powers dealer and her offer couldn t have come at a better time Ada s power allows her to materialize things out of mid air She starts solving her problems using money where possible and violence where not She feels that she has memories of another time when she was another person but retains control of herself for now. Back to Leo who defeated Diva in the last volume and is now rescued from falling rubble by the supers in the Nightmare Scenario team They want him to help with aquiring control of the Mexican province of Yucatan Leo reluctantly joins them to save his family He is shaken by the news that he is supposed to prevent the world ending with the help of his daughter who is secretly also a super and just learning about her powers. The Yucatan takeover is discussed by the UN whose hand is forced by Prometheus the leader of Nightmare Scenario to recognize his claim and declare it an independent republic The US bombs the capital which is also Nightmare Scenario s headquarters with an FAE missile but Leo uses his power to counteract its destructive capability Then he kills Nightmare Scenario one by one except their seer Just a Feeling who came to his side because of a vision where he is a potential savior of the world As a result of defeating Prometheus Leo s consciousness is replaced by that of Requiem Mike Carey

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