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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5
EAN num: 9781582406053
ISBN number: 1582406057
Label: Image Comics
Manufacturer: Image Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 112
Printing Date: May 31, 2006
Publishing house: Image Comics
Sale Popularity Level: 349085
Studio: Image Comics
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True story: in 1899, Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla decided to end war forever. With Twain's connections and Tesla's inventions, they went into business selling world peace. So, what happened? Only now can the tale be told - in which Twain and Tesla collided with Edison and Morgan, an evil science cabal merging the Black Arts and the Industrial Age. Turn of the century New York City sets the stage for a titanic battle over the very fate of mankind.
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There's a lot to like in this graphic yarn of Sam Clemens and his buddy, Nikola Tesla, teaming up against the grey magician J. P. Morgan and his scurrilous cohorts, Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi, in an endeavor to bring about an end to war -- or at least a start towards disarmament -- via "peace by compulsion." To do this, they have to market Tesla's new weapon, an enormous automaton, to the Great Powers by creating terrifying but fake creatures for it to vanquish. Which is where Twain's natural showmanship comes in. Meanwhile, Morgan is building a great temple in Manhattan, the purpose of which is never quite clear -- but it has to be finished quickly, and that requires blood sacrifices. Edison and Marconi are very much the villains here -- which is okay by me since I never liked either of them much, myself. Tesla is a bundle of eccentricities to match his genius, and Twain is an egotistical blowhard who is nonetheless quite likeable. Good story, good artwork, and an all-round good read.
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Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain save the world from Lovecraftian horrors with Science! What more could you ask for?
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...but quit reading early on because I found it very difficult to follow the visual narrative.
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Really, I wish we had more steampunk like this. It's not quite David Bowie and Gollum in The Prestige, but it's still fun.
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It's a thoroughly enjoyable read that plays up some of Tesla's biggest quirks (being OCD and a ladies man) and a fun take on his rival/nemesis Edison.
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