They were born on the battlefields of the Great War, amidst the mustard gas and x-ray weapons.
Beyond good and evil, they took over the great European capitals.
Pulp writers made them icons. Their powers fascinated scientists. But in the heart of the old continent, a menace is taking shape, one that may erase even the memory of their existence…
Anyone reading?
How to handle an embedded file?
Am I alone in this thread?
Am I posting at the wrong time?
>>93450613
>The Chimera Brigade
oh god if I see another comic reference Neitzsche again I'm going to hurl. When was this published?
>>93451810
2009-2010
How is it seem like a reference to Nietzsche by the way?
>>93451895
Senpai, the page anon replied to literally has a Nietzsche quote in it.
>>93450978
I am now so this is very cliche in a very old school comics deconstruction kind of way. Are the pulp character public domain in europe?
>>93450514
Nice
>>93451934
Time for me to take a break.
>>93451810
It's more than a reference, the man and superman and Zarathustra are fairly important to the story.
>>93451945
It does get really good, trust. Aren't all these characters public domain pretty much everywhere?
>>93452024
It might be important to the story but even by 2010 this was a cliche as hell observation about superheroes. The story is slow as hell though and feels like I'm missing key moments. Like I'm reading a sequel to a book where I need to read that other book.
>>93452088
I don't really see what's cliche about it. I'll agree that it is a slow burner. French books do tend to put more time into the first and second acts and kinda rush the conclusion. I suppose that knowing European history and pop culture does help, since they're all established characters, besides the brigade, I think.
>>93452147
the cliche comes from when you read a lot of superhero deconstructions, it shows up in Watchmen, Miracleman several Image titles and even shows up in piss takes like Marshal Law. It's a very common one for this type of story to either mention it, make the comparison or go on a rant about it.
Regarding Nietzsche and the various interpretations of the 'superman', two questions to ask yourself while reading this:
Whatever Happened to the European Superhero?Why couldn’t European superheroes save the day?
>>93452232
Yeah, I know it's a superhero deconstruction, but I think they each have a different take on it, I wouldn't say this book is a lot like Watchmen at all.
>>93451416
I'm reading!
>>93450845
>Someone actually acknowledges all the communist stuff that was going on in post-WWI europe
>Mabuse actually has believeble motivation behind his actions and plans
I think I will have to read this through. French are already surpassing almost all "WW2, but with superheroes" things americans have made.
>>93452907
>Mabuse actually has believeble motivation behind his actions and plans
You realise this is essentially Hitler's motivation, at least publicly.
>>93452962
Yeah, but usually it boils down to he's nazi because he's EVIL with capital letters
Thank you for being here in this thread with me. I hope you enjoyed part 1. See you all tomorrow for part 2!
>>93453307
Thanks.
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Bumping so that more people might discover this.
Interesting
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>>93451416
I'm here OP, enjoying
Excellent comic, gets pretty crazy by the end but the narrative it conveys is great. Great to see it storytimed again.
>>93450729
Is that Mabuse?
>>93456444
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mega download?
>>93452871
This is starting to smell an awful lot like Persona...
No idea what I'm reading here but for those who may not know:
>>93450750
Doktor Mabuse was a bad guy featured in two (if I recall) Pre-War German films, where he was a brilliant criminal mastermind and hypnotist.
Very interesting. Hope to catch the next part,
>>93450978
A very odd little story. Not sure if I dig it or not yet.
Just waiting for Phantòmas and Judex to show up.
>>93458286
Dr. Mabuse der Spieler (1922)
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933)
>>93461269
Only in reference I believe.
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>>93457864
>This is starting to smell an awful lot like Persona...
It's closer to Shin Megami Teisen, really.
Is there a website for annotations?
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>>93463335
Isn't one just an anime highschool spinoff of the other?
>>93463170
I've seen the first but not the second and really enjoyed it. It seems like a pretty obscure character to make as the main villain but I find this whole thing rather interesting.
>>93465455
>It seems like a pretty obscure character
>Mabuse
>obscure
I have no reaction image. He's the least obscure character in that story after the US delegation in the opening and the Golem of Prague.
>>93465587
Think so? That may be true I guess. Though I guess being the "least obscure" in a group of obscure characters is probably true. Most of these characters haven't seen much use in the past few decades.
>>93465673
Most of those characters are from french pulp novels, a genre that's about as obscure as israeli concentration camp smut.
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