SLEEPER SEASON 2 TP

Review by: grifter78


Size: pages
Price: 24.99

(No Spoilers)

 

When I did my review of the Sleeper: Season One trade earlier this year, I had someone make a comment that it was nothing but a fan gush.  I know I have a bias towards Wildstorm stuff but I still try to give all their WSU releases a fair review (and if you look back, you’ll see there have been several that I didn’t care for).  But Sleeper as a series is more than gush-worthy.  I’d go as far as to call it the “Watchmen” of Wildstorm.  Only Wildcats 3.0 comes close to Sleeper as far as quality and overall story.  When Brubaker did the Point Blank mini-series, it was clear he had the whole Sleeper arc planned out.  Point Blank was a tease of things to come and Sleeper: Season One showed us a dark and dirty side to the WSU (thanks to the mature-rating).  He made us care about Holden Carver’s plight and made us root for him, even though his story is far from a happy one. 

 

Another thing that I think people take for granted about this series is how Brubaker turned the character of Tao into a true villain.  He’d already shown how intelligent he evil Tao could be.  The tone Brubaker set for the character is still felt even in the recent World’s End storyline where Tao plays a heavy part. 

 

Lastly, this is also a great gateway book into the WSU.  Since it can be read as a stand-alone, it allows the reader to decide whether to continue looking into the WSU afterwards or stop when this story ends.  And speaking of endings, this one has a great ending which people still talk about as one of the best resolutions to a comic, regardless of how bitter-sweet it is.  So if I’ve gushed again with this review, so be it.  This series more than deserves it.  I just hope the movie they’re planning on doing will do this series justice and hopefully motivate a new generation of fans to go back and check it out.

 

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Story: 5 - Excellent
Art: 4 - Very Good

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