Title: Midnight Nation
Crichton Kicks - February 12, 2007 05:58 PM (GMT)
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Los Angeles police officer Lieutenant David Grey encounters a brutal murder. When he tracks down a possible lead he encounters strange, goblin-like men who attack him. When he awakes he is in a hospital and finds that those around him have become translucent and can no longer see him. It is explained to him by his mysterious guide Laurel that he has lost his soul and he has now been plunged into a shadow world that runs parallel to our own. Here is where all the abandoned and forgotten people and things go.
David is told that without his soul he will slowly become like "the Walkers", the monstrous people he encountered who attacked him. David must travel on foot to New York where "The Other Guy" (who is essentially Satan) holds his soul. Laurel has led many others in David's position before but none have ever made it.
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Anyone who's a fan of JMS' work really should check this out. I managed to polish it off in one sitting. Absolutely captivating and so very, very typical JMS stuff.
I got the TPB version, which tried to confuse me slightly by declaring that it was 'Vol 1'. A bit pointless when they is only one volume!
jamiearmour - February 14, 2007 02:25 PM (GMT)
Sadly the book was canned before they could move onto a second volume of stories James :tear:
It was deemed to be a bit too "high brow" and inaccesible.
The same thing happened to JMS's next foray after that. The much lamented (by me anyway) Book of Lost Souls series. I was just getting into it when it vanished. Thankfully it was a series of self contained stories in each issue, so there was a particularly important plot to follow. But I would have still liked to see more :tear:
Crichton Kicks - February 14, 2007 07:39 PM (GMT)
To be fair, the series probably worked best as a one-off anyway. Typical JMS with an obvious beginning, middle and end. Another story would have been another story, but Midnight Nation stands pretty well as one volume anyway IMO. At least it gave him the chance to move on to other things.
I've got Rising Stars and Supreme Power lined up next :thumbsup:
jamiearmour - February 15, 2007 01:03 AM (GMT)
Then you can start on Fantastic 4, catch up with Spider Man, and then grab Thor when it gets released.
Oh, and he is involved in a little mini series called "Ultimate Power" A crossover between the Supreme Power characters and the heroes of Marvel's "Ultimate" universe :thumbsup:
Happy reading James :D
Crichton Kicks - February 15, 2007 01:22 AM (GMT)
I'm 'acquiring' Joe's run on Amazing Spider-Man as we speak!
In the meantime I've also got Peter David's run on Supergirl to get through :thumbsup: Despite following it as it came out every month back in the late 90s I only made it halfway through so I've still got no idea how it ended!
jamiearmour - February 15, 2007 08:42 AM (GMT)
Then I'll have to advise you also to get the new series of X-Factor that's available. Peter David is back in the driving seat on that series. It's basically a comic-noir tale about a mutant run detective agency. First rate story :thumbsup:
God, I'm such a "Marvel Pimp" this week :blink: :lol: