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Greek Street #1, A Vertigo Comic Review!

G-Man looks at the first issue of Peter Milligan's Vertigo comic.

Here we go, finally a review for a Vertigo comic.  Keep in mind, this isn't a comic for the kids.  It's a "mature" comic. 

 

While I wasn't overly impressed, I am deeply curious to see what will happen next.  A ton of characters are introduced so issue #2 should be able to dive into the story without having to give us more background.  I want to know who read this comic and what you thought of it.

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@Slinger said:
" @G-Man said:
"While I wasn't overly impressed, I am deeply curious to see what will happen next."
Exactly how I felt. I thought most of the action in this comic was just shock for the sake of shock, and didn't really bring much to the table. The setups were interesting enough though that I could imagine an actual good story developing eventually, so I'll most assuredly be picking up issue two. Number two will be what makes or breaks it for me. "
That's how it was for me, between the narration, and the... action, it was too  much to keep up with. I'm trying to build some investment into this character so that when things like that happen, i'll have a reaction to it, but it just all... came so fast that i couldn't even remember the guys name by the time the scene was over.
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@Darkchild:

I agree. I thought it was great. Although the "interactions" in the beginning made my stomach curdle, I'm interested to see how Milligan will develop this plotline.
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Hmm might check it out ,and for a dollar with 40 pages in it that's not a bad deal. Thanks G-Man

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i think this comic is sick i mean there is vertigo,and there is sick sh!t thrown at your face
  does being mature mean reading incest,ugh

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@G-Man said:
"While I wasn't overly impressed, I am deeply curious to see what will happen next."
Exactly how I felt. I thought most of the action in this comic was just shock for the sake of shock, and didn't really bring much to the table. The setups were interesting enough though that I could imagine an actual good story developing eventually, so I'll most assuredly be picking up issue two. Number two will be what makes or breaks it for me.
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This has nothing to do with the comic, but what I like to do sometimes is to determine what rating you give the comic before you announce it, and almost every time i know what the rating is gonna be. Especially this time 3.5. I don't if I have some kind of crazy intuition or what but i think its kind of cool that I can tell what the rating is gonna be most of the time. Sorry to be off topic.

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it was alright a bit weird and confusing but i'll give it a chance and get issue 2 and see where it goes from there and incest is just wrong

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For only a dollar I couldnt resist picking this one up, plus its Vertigo, lot of characters introduced, but I'm sure it will all pan out in the end. Good Story

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@aztek the lost: I do know that myth, but incest is gross no mater what lol.
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i like some of the vertigo comics, i sometimes want someting harder to read than superheroes. sometimes not...it depends on my mood :)

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I like my comics to be lighter, and more likeable, so I'll pass on this

Great review once again!!!

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@aztek the lost said:
" @Darkchild said:
" Loved the comic, cant wait for next issue "
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Hell yeah it was a nice touch, i know of a few Greek Mythos so this will be quite entertaining.
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I really enjoyed the first issue, and only $1

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Loved the comic, cant wait for next issue

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I wanted to throw up like he did after reading the "confrontation". I'm a big vertigo fan, actually that's an understatement I'm a huge vertigo fan, this intrigues me because I'm also a fan of ancient mythology.  Reading that certain part made me want to stop reading though and I still may stop reading it at some point but I'll give it a chance, it's interesting and it has potential.

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@Joe Venom said:
" After reading this book I felt the same way, even though I have a lot of questions I cant say that I am eager to see the next issue. It was a great introduction to the series maybe it should have an issue #0 though, if issue #2 is any good I might be adding it to my pull list.Will every issue be 40 pages? "
Issue #2 will be 32 pages.  Out on August 5th.
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After reading this book I felt the same way, even though I have a lot of questions I cant say that I am eager to see the next issue. It was a great introduction to the series maybe it should have an issue #0 though, if issue #2 is any good I might be adding it to my pull list.

Will every issue be 40 pages?

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I agree with Anatolew, by the time i finished it i was mad at myself for letting CV-ers deceive me into thinking this was going to be a good read.

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I thought the comic was horrendous. Sure, Greek tragedy is pretty harsh, but there is a dramatic quality to it. Greek Street was all harshness with no dramatic qulaity. Add to that the sloppy artwork that made it difficult in places to tell which character was which, and this is just not a comic I will be picking up again in the future.

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You can buy candy with a dollar...I think.