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JOE THE BARBARIAN #3 (OF 8)

What menace lurks within the midget submarines of Crater Fjord? What is the shocking secret of The Dying Boy? And what part must Joe play in the prophecies of the threatened Kingdom? All this and Smoot, the world’s biggest dwarf, in the latest chapter of this epic adventure of a boy and his rat.

Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art and Cover by SEAN MURPHY

Price: $2.99
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  1. Avatar photo WinTheWonderboy says:
    March 15, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    I’m loving this comic sooooo much!

  2. Avatar photo skeets says:
    March 15, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    cover of the week.

  3. edward says:
    March 15, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    So far, so good.

    I’m not going to say this is the greatest thing ever or get over excited because nothing has really happened. It’s been very slight on the story side of the things. there’s actually very little personalityin the bok as well.

    I’m not saying it’s bad. Just that it needs time to develop…. so keep your pants on

  4. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 15, 2010 at 6:04 pm

    When you have a character with the title ‘world’s biggest dwarf’, then you have me.

  5. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    March 15, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    That is an excellent cover.  This book is oozing creativity.  I’m looking forward to it.

  6. Avatar photo Simmons says:
    March 15, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    There is so much potential for all kinds of awesome. The second issue really rocked my socks off. I hope it keeps the momentum

  7. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    March 15, 2010 at 9:30 pm

    I want Sean Murphy to draw Batman

  8. Avatar photo AlanRob says:
    March 15, 2010 at 9:57 pm

    I LOVED the last issue of this and that cover makes me feel eight again.

  9. Avatar photo gnanniv says:
    March 15, 2010 at 10:13 pm

    I’m with mikeandzod21. Put him in there for three issues.

  10. Avatar photo DarthDuck says:
    March 16, 2010 at 1:25 am

    he should draw every book I read each week

  11. Avatar photo dirtyharry2030 says:
    March 16, 2010 at 8:09 am

    Sean Murphy has just entered the realms of my favourite artists. Beautiful work.

  12. Avatar photo kmob181 says:
    March 16, 2010 at 7:05 pm

    Its good.  But its tough not to compare it to I Kill Giants which I thought was better.

  13. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    March 16, 2010 at 7:49 pm

    this is my favorite book i’m reading right now i think. After issue 2 i was dumbfounded with how awesome and creative it was. So much imagination! Can’t wait.

  14. Avatar photo cyberauron says:
    March 16, 2010 at 9:04 pm

    In all honesty Im dropping this book till the trade comes out. Not that monderful to get for the next six issues

  15. Avatar photo skeets says:
    March 16, 2010 at 11:37 pm

    thanks for being honest

  16. Avatar photo Bendrix says:
    March 17, 2010 at 4:28 am

    It’s almost as if Morrison writes this to make Murphy the superstar artist he deserves to be.

  17. Avatar photo RocketRacoon says:
    March 17, 2010 at 12:26 pm

    Loved the first issue, didn’t love the second, so hoping for better things from number 3.

    I just always find it difficult to enjoy a Grant Morrison book.

  18. Avatar photo s1lentslayer says:
    March 17, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    Boo, my store didn’t get this.

  19. Avatar photo Fvckstick says:
    March 17, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    wow. When i finish these books that all i’m left with. Another amazing issue and this time it actually has a cliffhanger. Great stuff. 5*

  20. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    March 17, 2010 at 10:44 pm

    Fantastic! Pitch perfect comics. 5/5.

  21. Avatar photo gnanniv says:
    March 17, 2010 at 11:20 pm

    Good good stuff.

  22. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    March 18, 2010 at 12:12 am

    Waiting for trade might’ve been a good choice at this point.

    Don’t get me wrong, solid book all around and I have no complaints…..Other then I think this is moving a bit too slow for my liking. But I am committed to stay with issues even if it isn’t the right choice. It’s a Morrison book with an epic fantasy, so either way you really can’t go wrong. 

  23. jfgn says:
    March 18, 2010 at 2:54 am

    I’m sticking with issues 2

  24. Avatar photo leonard says:
    March 18, 2010 at 10:02 am

    I’m sure this will be a good trade but I’m enjoying the serialized pace of it.

  25. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    March 18, 2010 at 11:03 pm

    If this continues at the quality of these first three I’d have to say this is an early Eisner competitor.

  26. Avatar photo jjkish7 says:
    March 19, 2010 at 4:08 pm

    I made this my POTW because it’s a Grant Morrison book and I understand what is happening.

  27. Avatar photo rockingeek says:
    March 20, 2010 at 10:15 am

    Am I the only one that found the story boring and unimaginative? And the storytelling is cluncky and at time don’t even make sense. Best exemple, for this issue, is pages 16 and 17. The art is beautiful and the idea is there, but I’m very unimpressed by this series.

  28. Avatar photo vadamowens says:
    March 21, 2010 at 10:32 am

    Not with you on that one bro.  By the time I was done reading my stack, this was in my top 5.

  29. Avatar photo rockingeek says:
    March 21, 2010 at 11:33 am

    @vada-what do you think about pages 16 and 17??? Is it me that don’t get it or what?

  30. Avatar photo BCDX97 says:
    March 23, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    I must be missing something because this whole series feels bland to me.  I loved Seaguy and some other crazy stuff Grant Morrison has done, but this just feels empty and dull.  I’ve never been a fan of Sean Murphy’s art, to me it’s just too scribbly and brown.

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