HERCULES: TWILIGHT OF A GOD (Marvel, 2011; Softcover)
Collects
Hercules:
Twilight
Of A God
Nos. 1-4 (cover dates August- November, 2010)
Writer:
Bob Layton
Artists:
Ron Lim (pencils) and Bob Layton (finishes)
In
this, the third of Bob Layton's Hercules mini-series, we find
Hercules 75 years further into the future since the last time we saw
him. The events in this series are tied heavily into the events of
the first two mini-series, with Skyppi (Herc's Skrull companion) and
friend Recorder (a Rigellian robot) assisting him in his 24th
Century misadventures.
Like the other two Layton-penned series, these are whimsical, light-hearted tales portraying Hercules as an arrogant yet lovable buffoon. I thoroughly enjoyed this, especially Layton's meaty, old-school scripts. This is dense, “compressed” reading, not for the faint of heart or of short attention span.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 3.75 out of 5.
The OCD zone- Standard coated cardstock cover, slightly thicker-than-average-for-a-Marvel-book coated stock paper, glued binding.
Paper
rating: 5 out of 5.
Binding
rating: 4 out of 5.
Cardstock
cover rating: 5 out of 5.
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