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Revival #4
Revival, Vol. 4: Escape to Wisconsin
For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it's up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. Now, as Dana closes in on the bizarre murderer of her Reviver sister, she's swept up in a conspiracy that will bring her from rural Wisconsin to New York City! The sell-out hit series created by New York Times Bestselling writer TIM SEELEY and Eisner-winning artist MIKE NORTON is collected with bonus material!
Collects REVIVAL #18-23 & CHEW/REVIVAL #1
Collects REVIVAL #18-23 & CHEW/REVIVAL #1
128 pages, Paperback
First published September 24, 2014
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About the author
Tim Seeley
1,609 books602 followersTim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.
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September 10, 2025
(B+) 79% | Good
Notes: Solo stories, many-mannered triggered visions, sudden flaming, willful maiming, dumb-in-hindsight poor decisions.
Notes: Solo stories, many-mannered triggered visions, sudden flaming, willful maiming, dumb-in-hindsight poor decisions.
February 11, 2018
The Revivers may have a twistier origin than they originally thought.
What the hell?!
What do you mean, Anne?
Sorry, random Goodreader, but I've already said too much.
This volume is full of non-answering answers that just lead to more questions. And I mean that in a good way! And by that I mean, I still feel like the mysteries are very much alive and well, but I also feel like the author knows where this story is eventually going to end up, and not like I'm being taken for a ride by someone who's just sort of winging it.
As the image above indicates, things dip into some odd territory for some of the characters. But nothing that fans of the series won't eat up with a fork and spoon.
See what I did there?
{insert braying laughter here}
Ok, in all seriousness? This was a very cool and a great addition to the title. There was even a fun crossover with Chew in this volume!
And in that there were even a few cute references to some other famous Image comics...
I've got zero complaints about Revival. If you haven't checked it out yet, you don't know what you're missing!
What the hell?!
What do you mean, Anne?
Sorry, random Goodreader, but I've already said too much.
This volume is full of non-answering answers that just lead to more questions. And I mean that in a good way! And by that I mean, I still feel like the mysteries are very much alive and well, but I also feel like the author knows where this story is eventually going to end up, and not like I'm being taken for a ride by someone who's just sort of winging it.
As the image above indicates, things dip into some odd territory for some of the characters. But nothing that fans of the series won't eat up with a fork and spoon.
See what I did there?
{insert braying laughter here}
Ok, in all seriousness? This was a very cool and a great addition to the title. There was even a fun crossover with Chew in this volume!
And in that there were even a few cute references to some other famous Image comics...
I've got zero complaints about Revival. If you haven't checked it out yet, you don't know what you're missing!
April 18, 2017
Gah! This one was pretty gross! There is also all kinds of weirdness going on, well, they all so far have weirdness going on. But this one is a wee bit crazier. Lol
I might add some pics later. I'm getting lazy on adding my graphic novel pictures. I wanted to get these read because I have the last one pre-ordered. I wonder what revelations will come out in that one.
Anyway, Volume 5 is going to be another crazy one because of something that happened at the end of this one. I was like nooooooooooo way! How can that happen.
I love these graphic novels because they are scary, weird and the graphics are awesome! I like the characters too.
I might add some pics later. I'm getting lazy on adding my graphic novel pictures. I wanted to get these read because I have the last one pre-ordered. I wonder what revelations will come out in that one.
Anyway, Volume 5 is going to be another crazy one because of something that happened at the end of this one. I was like nooooooooooo way! How can that happen.
I love these graphic novels because they are scary, weird and the graphics are awesome! I like the characters too.
October 20, 2014
i am so glad this series is still going strong and still holding my interest. this is the first graphic novel series i have ever read; i usually prefer standalones, but this one is just so much fun, so thoughtfully written and it's such a unique spin on the zombie genre, i am thrilled to have gotten sucked in. and i am also very impressed with myself for showing uncharacteristic restraint by not running over to forbidden planet and buying all the individual issues as they came out, instead WAITING PATIENTLY like a grown-up for them to be collected in these book-books.
i don't want to give any spoilers, for people who haven't been reading these (FOOLS!!!) but i will say that the mystery continues to deepen, and this chunk takes some fantastic and unexpected turns. obviously, i love em the most, but there's just so much other stuff going on right now that her arc is kind of smallish (although SO RAD!), and every storyline is ratcheting up the tension and you feel like very soon everything is just going to freaking EXPLODE.
the main focus in this one is on dana, who is allowed to break out of quarantine in order to travel to new york and investigate some strange occurrences that seem to be related to revival day. but while she is there, there's plenty going on back in wisconsin.
here's a little list of what to expect in this volume: showdowns, powerful kisses, glowing figures, cannibalism, hypnosis, comeuppance for the entitled, native american lore, so much blood, a giant purple octopus,
and …. this
it also includes a little crossover chapter between this series and Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice, which i have never read, but had suddenly wanted to after reading kat's review earlier this month, and this want was only reinforced by this chapter, which opens with a giggle of self-poking meta-reference and turns into crazytown. this part is just a little self-contained offshoot of the main story, and i doubt it will resurface, but it's awesome and gruesome and full of the daaaaance.
a great book, all told.
i'm a little frowny at my adopted home as seen through dana's eyes
although my beloved nora durst's ♥ similarly fraught trip to here was my favorite episode of the leftovers
but i do agree with her on this
there's a lot to process; a lot going on, but i'm confident that the series will continue to expand in an exciting direction. i just hope we don't get to the end too soon - i'm not ready to leave this world.
speaking of leaving this world - sniff -
if you haven't started reading this series yet - get on it!!
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yayyyyy!!
i forgot this was coming out, and when i got to "work" on wednesday, greg had set one aside for me and it was the best day ever whe!
thanks, greg!
review to come. too busy doing a zombie dance to type right now
i don't want to give any spoilers, for people who haven't been reading these (FOOLS!!!) but i will say that the mystery continues to deepen, and this chunk takes some fantastic and unexpected turns. obviously, i love em the most, but there's just so much other stuff going on right now that her arc is kind of smallish (although SO RAD!), and every storyline is ratcheting up the tension and you feel like very soon everything is just going to freaking EXPLODE.
the main focus in this one is on dana, who is allowed to break out of quarantine in order to travel to new york and investigate some strange occurrences that seem to be related to revival day. but while she is there, there's plenty going on back in wisconsin.
here's a little list of what to expect in this volume: showdowns, powerful kisses, glowing figures, cannibalism, hypnosis, comeuppance for the entitled, native american lore, so much blood, a giant purple octopus,
and …. this
it also includes a little crossover chapter between this series and Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice, which i have never read, but had suddenly wanted to after reading kat's review earlier this month, and this want was only reinforced by this chapter, which opens with a giggle of self-poking meta-reference and turns into crazytown. this part is just a little self-contained offshoot of the main story, and i doubt it will resurface, but it's awesome and gruesome and full of the daaaaance.
a great book, all told.
i'm a little frowny at my adopted home as seen through dana's eyes
although my beloved nora durst's ♥ similarly fraught trip to here was my favorite episode of the leftovers
but i do agree with her on this
there's a lot to process; a lot going on, but i'm confident that the series will continue to expand in an exciting direction. i just hope we don't get to the end too soon - i'm not ready to leave this world.
speaking of leaving this world - sniff -
if you haven't started reading this series yet - get on it!!
........................................................................................................................................................................
yayyyyy!!
i forgot this was coming out, and when i got to "work" on wednesday, greg had set one aside for me and it was the best day ever whe!
thanks, greg!
review to come. too busy doing a zombie dance to type right now
May 16, 2018
A Reviver has escaped to New York and the 1% are going to eat him alive...literally. Dana heads to the big city to track down the Reviver. Seeley brings in a new element into the mystery as something Native Americany seems to be involved. There's a couple of terrific moments for horror fans. And there's even a very good crossover issue with Chew as Tony Chu comes to Wisconsin. Four volumes in and this series is still fantastic.
October 27, 2014
I recently read this, the fourth collection of the Revival comic books and didn’t realize until I went to add it to Goodreads that I apparently never read the third collection.
Opps.
I don’t know what it says about the story that I had little difficulty in picking up the story line without having read the previous collection or what it says about my own shitty memory that I just accepted anything that didn’t quite make sense to me and chalked it up to that.
For example I was quite confused about what was wrong with Dana’s back, but I figured that something must have happened that I didn’t remember. Who would have guessed that she went flying through a glass door? This was about the same level of confusion that I had around the time that she flew through the glass door in the third book and couldn’t quite figure out how she was also in another place at another time while it was happening, my attention for details is a little weak sometimes.
Since I’ve read four of these so far and never reviewed any of them, I guess this is more a review of the series to date than for this one book. I’ve enjoyed all of the books so far, and I might even give these five stars if the entire story were collected in one massive book, but I keep seeming to deduct a star just because it’s not complete, there is always more story at the end of each volume waiting to be unfolded.
In a small town in Wisconsin the dead come back to life. It’s not really a zombie story though, they just come back like they were. Talking and walking around. Kind of like if the recently deceased had all been buried in a Pet Semetary, but without the evilness that burying your loved ones there would result in.
The whole town gets shut off from the rest of the world as investigators try to figure out what happened. Up until these issues the story is just about the town, the way that different people are reacting to this kind of strange event and all of that stuff.
In this volume you get to see more of the outside world when the main character is whisked away to New York City to help the FBI with a crime with it’s origins in the small town. New Yorkers are quite interested in the incident, and people treated it either as a sign of the end times or as some exciting new frontier where the flesh of people from this town can be eaten and immortality can be achieved.
That doesn’t sound like a good idea, right?
This series mixes well some really creepy things with a rural-noir type storyline. I keep putting it on a horror/zombie shelf, but it’s really much closer to being more noir than horror, and mysteries involving people reacting to the revival or who have been revived are much more the focus of the book, and generally the monsters in the book are more likely to be the living than the undead.
This is the only graphic novel series that I’m actually sort of following right now, and I wouldn’t mind having some other titles to also read, but this is a good one if you don’t mind waiting about six months in between each collection to return o the world of the recently undead.
Opps.
I don’t know what it says about the story that I had little difficulty in picking up the story line without having read the previous collection or what it says about my own shitty memory that I just accepted anything that didn’t quite make sense to me and chalked it up to that.
For example I was quite confused about what was wrong with Dana’s back, but I figured that something must have happened that I didn’t remember. Who would have guessed that she went flying through a glass door? This was about the same level of confusion that I had around the time that she flew through the glass door in the third book and couldn’t quite figure out how she was also in another place at another time while it was happening, my attention for details is a little weak sometimes.
Since I’ve read four of these so far and never reviewed any of them, I guess this is more a review of the series to date than for this one book. I’ve enjoyed all of the books so far, and I might even give these five stars if the entire story were collected in one massive book, but I keep seeming to deduct a star just because it’s not complete, there is always more story at the end of each volume waiting to be unfolded.
In a small town in Wisconsin the dead come back to life. It’s not really a zombie story though, they just come back like they were. Talking and walking around. Kind of like if the recently deceased had all been buried in a Pet Semetary, but without the evilness that burying your loved ones there would result in.
The whole town gets shut off from the rest of the world as investigators try to figure out what happened. Up until these issues the story is just about the town, the way that different people are reacting to this kind of strange event and all of that stuff.
In this volume you get to see more of the outside world when the main character is whisked away to New York City to help the FBI with a crime with it’s origins in the small town. New Yorkers are quite interested in the incident, and people treated it either as a sign of the end times or as some exciting new frontier where the flesh of people from this town can be eaten and immortality can be achieved.
That doesn’t sound like a good idea, right?
This series mixes well some really creepy things with a rural-noir type storyline. I keep putting it on a horror/zombie shelf, but it’s really much closer to being more noir than horror, and mysteries involving people reacting to the revival or who have been revived are much more the focus of the book, and generally the monsters in the book are more likely to be the living than the undead.
This is the only graphic novel series that I’m actually sort of following right now, and I wouldn’t mind having some other titles to also read, but this is a good one if you don’t mind waiting about six months in between each collection to return o the world of the recently undead.
May 4, 2015
Some good developments in here, and I'm glad to see the story going forward. Not a big fan of the NYC stuff, though. I guess taking a look at the outside world was necessary. There's a crossover with Chew at the end which was actually way better than I had thought it would be. I didn't expect the two worlds to blend together as well as they did.
April 22, 2024
Tony Chu is in the house!
March 1, 2019
Yeah this is where I drop the series (For the third and final time)
The thing is I like the idea a lot. I like the art. It's got this cold and wicked mystery feeling going on. I hate everything else. Like how everyone talks SO much, or how each character seems to do something so stupid, or how each character is kind of a piece of shit, or how the mystery is 4 volumes now and nothing really solved. I just...find it boring. So yeah, can't get behind this anymore.
The thing is I like the idea a lot. I like the art. It's got this cold and wicked mystery feeling going on. I hate everything else. Like how everyone talks SO much, or how each character seems to do something so stupid, or how each character is kind of a piece of shit, or how the mystery is 4 volumes now and nothing really solved. I just...find it boring. So yeah, can't get behind this anymore.
March 20, 2019
Well first off I will say you need to read these books in pretty close run succession - or have a brilliant memory. Going back and reading the first two books (after being a fool and struggling with the 3rd) really does help with the depth of the story.
So this story takes a slightly different turn (come one I will not give any spoilers but they title does sort of give it away) in that it appears that the fallout from Revival day and possibly the Revivers themselves have spread beyond the confines of the quarantine.
This to me is a nice set up book - which after all it is in the middle of the series - allows closure on certain events but also explains a few things more. It also sets up I think the second half of the series (I honestly cannot see them throwing away some very intriguing hints that is for sure).
However there are larger questions which still need to be answered and they appear to be no where near being addressed let a lone resolved but hey I could be entirely wrong - hence ordering volume 5.
All I will say though is that the middle of a series of books is always a tricky place, this is where you can so easily loose a reader or subtly shift the direction of the story no one was expecting. However you cannot run on repeating the same ideas time and time again so you have to keep it fresh and so far I certainly have felt that.
Guess I will have to be patient and wait for the post man (and get on with reading all the other titles I have started and not listed yet)
So this story takes a slightly different turn (come one I will not give any spoilers but they title does sort of give it away) in that it appears that the fallout from Revival day and possibly the Revivers themselves have spread beyond the confines of the quarantine.
This to me is a nice set up book - which after all it is in the middle of the series - allows closure on certain events but also explains a few things more. It also sets up I think the second half of the series (I honestly cannot see them throwing away some very intriguing hints that is for sure).
However there are larger questions which still need to be answered and they appear to be no where near being addressed let a lone resolved but hey I could be entirely wrong - hence ordering volume 5.
All I will say though is that the middle of a series of books is always a tricky place, this is where you can so easily loose a reader or subtly shift the direction of the story no one was expecting. However you cannot run on repeating the same ideas time and time again so you have to keep it fresh and so far I certainly have felt that.
Guess I will have to be patient and wait for the post man (and get on with reading all the other titles I have started and not listed yet)
August 27, 2017
Things were moving at a rather slow pace in the first half of this volume as Dana was sent to New York to hunt down a supposedly escaped reviver. All of a sudden, it got really sick and twisted. Eww.
That final splash page from issue 22 is gonna give me nightmares.
More clues are thrown in about the mysterious reviver, John Doe. Yet, not much to indicate his overall involvement in all the mess.
That final splash page from issue 22 is gonna give me nightmares.
More clues are thrown in about the mysterious reviver, John Doe. Yet, not much to indicate his overall involvement in all the mess.
May 24, 2015
... I would love to own a punch buggy octopus!
February 25, 2020
FBI takes Dana to NY to search for a Reviver in New York. This was a nice story line with a good closure. Really Liked it.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
October 9, 2016
Crossover with Chew.
April 1, 2018
A lot happened in this volume and that ending! It was fun to see Dana in NYC and feeling a bit out of place. The glowing men are getting more interesting as we start to understand who and what they are. Apparently this was a crossover with something called Chew, which I will have to investigate.
September 29, 2018
One of the pro/cons with this series is how flawed all of the characters are. Sometimes, it makes them easier to connect with and at other times I'm annoyed. This is mostly with Em, but I think that part of it is because the artwork makes it hard to tell how old she is so I forget that she's supposed to be 19/20 rather than the same age as Dana?
November 3, 2014
This series continues to be really solid. There's not as much new stuff here, but there is a lot of progression. You see each of the characters learning more about whatever is going on in their little corner of the quarantine, and it's pretty interesting. Dana and Martha continue to shine. Dana is deep and has some truly wonderful character moments that come through with her travel to New York because of the narrative. It's the first time she's been away from her son and it's a nice emotional beat that was added. Martha is still going through a lot with Reviving and all that. She's still got a lot happening, but it's nice to see her getting more character development and less heroics.
There was a nice combination of just moving the story along and getting some really freaky stuff. There were two moments that I actually stopped and just thought "What...the..." because of how nuts and uniquely "Revival" they were. It's definitely not for the faint of heart, and the book can definitely get gory, but if you are on board with that, it's really got some brilliant moments. The mysteries also are gaining some great traction. The "tall man" is one I really want to see resolved, and I loved how they took the Anders Hine story forward. I don't know how I feel about the glowing creatures' origin that is starting to be revealed, but it's certainly not unexpected.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the wonderful crossover with Chew. For those who aren't already also following that title, this will just seem bizarre to you. For those who are a fan of both, it will be a nice little nod, but not anything that adds much value. It's a standalone story about one reviver and is nicely self contained. It's got some fun nods to other books (specifically that Poyo from Chew is fighting Lying Cat from Saga in one of Cooper's comics within the comic and Em says it's ridiculous and Coop basically says "well duh, of course it is"). I could take it or leave it. It's something of an Annual type book. Disconnected, yet related in a way that doesn't make much of a splash.
The art is still good, though less stylized than I prefer. It's realistic enough and it brings enough value and there are some nice unique character designs, I just find it somewhat generic. That said, I could still probably pick out a panel by Mike Norton in a lineup with a dozen other artists.
This is a really solid book. If you want something edgy and dark and a little gory, this is a home run for you. I really enjoy the book and I"m excited to see where it keeps taking its readers.
There was a nice combination of just moving the story along and getting some really freaky stuff. There were two moments that I actually stopped and just thought "What...the..." because of how nuts and uniquely "Revival" they were. It's definitely not for the faint of heart, and the book can definitely get gory, but if you are on board with that, it's really got some brilliant moments. The mysteries also are gaining some great traction. The "tall man" is one I really want to see resolved, and I loved how they took the Anders Hine story forward. I don't know how I feel about the glowing creatures' origin that is starting to be revealed, but it's certainly not unexpected.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the wonderful crossover with Chew. For those who aren't already also following that title, this will just seem bizarre to you. For those who are a fan of both, it will be a nice little nod, but not anything that adds much value. It's a standalone story about one reviver and is nicely self contained. It's got some fun nods to other books (specifically that Poyo from Chew is fighting Lying Cat from Saga in one of Cooper's comics within the comic and Em says it's ridiculous and Coop basically says "well duh, of course it is"). I could take it or leave it. It's something of an Annual type book. Disconnected, yet related in a way that doesn't make much of a splash.
The art is still good, though less stylized than I prefer. It's realistic enough and it brings enough value and there are some nice unique character designs, I just find it somewhat generic. That said, I could still probably pick out a panel by Mike Norton in a lineup with a dozen other artists.
This is a really solid book. If you want something edgy and dark and a little gory, this is a home run for you. I really enjoy the book and I"m excited to see where it keeps taking its readers.
January 22, 2017
While reading this volume I realized this is my favorite comic series I've ever read. I've really enjoyed some others,...Scalped, Locke & Key, Lazarus, Velvet,...but I think page for page this series right here outshines them all. The artwork is great & detailed without trying to do to much, the writing is top notch & imaginative but somehow stays realistic which is hard since the story is about people returning from death. The characters,...yeah i think the characters is what really gives this story its hooks. Every character in this story is interesting & brings something good to the story. This might not be for everyone, but anyone who loves a good story should give it a shot. Highly recommend!
February 23, 2015
I have no idea what's happening. In general, true, but also with this book. Some might see that as a bad thing, but I feel like I'm being immersed in a pool of "huh?", soon to be dunked in a warm bath of "Oh I see".
November 25, 2015
I'm starting to wonder how long it will take to find out who murdered . It was also annoying that Dana started talking like she was on Fargo in this volume.
I'm still interested in the series and will read the next, but this wasn't my favorite.
I'm still interested in the series and will read the next, but this wasn't my favorite.
July 17, 2017
Bin ein wenig zwiegespalten, denn obwohl sich immer mehr Puzzleteile zusammensetzen, habe ich das Gefühl, jetzt müsste es langsam mal konkreter werden. Ansonsten fallen hier besonderns die Panels vor der New Yorker Kulisse positiv auf, bieten eine Abwechslung zu den sonst verschneiten und weiten Landschaften Winsconsins, die ich aber konkurrenzlos stimmungsvoll finde und sehr mag. Insgesamt ist dieser Band etwas horrorlastiger, hat einige schräge Momente. Macht immer noch Spaß, aber ein wenig in die Pötte kommen, das wäre jetzt fein.
October 5, 2021
Seems like every single 'answer' we get in this series just leads to even more questions but I think I've finally settled in to the point where I'm okay with that and I'm just going to go along with the ride and hope that it's all worth it at the end. Definitely feel like at this point the characters are the strong point for me, even the ones that aren't likable are at least interesting but my favorites are definitely Dana, Em, and Ibrahaim so I'm pretty much reading for them right now. Onto the next volume!
April 10, 2021
When the dead people came back, everything changed. All the stuff that used to be impossible isn’t impossible no more. All the things adults always said us kids didn’t have to be afraid of… It’s not that it doesn’t exist, or can’t hurt us… It’s just that they don’t see it.
February 20, 2021
Between Em dating zombie Logan Paul and the pretty offensive depiction of Native "mysticism" this is definitely not Revival's finest hour. The Chew crossover one shot is good fun though.
May 2, 2017
Loving this series so much!! I have just ordered the rest of the series. I am loving this world and can't wait to see what is happening next!! I love the characters and the artwork is amazing also.
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November 19, 2020Returned to this series after a year (+) away... Came back around for Halloween 2020.
"Fargo"-esque setting in rural Wisconsin - small town with undead inhabitants, and spirits that haunt the nearby forests.
"Fargo"-esque setting in rural Wisconsin - small town with undead inhabitants, and spirits that haunt the nearby forests.
March 6, 2023
B+/85 (Good/Respectable) 3.5 Stars
May 8, 2022
(Zero spoiler review, recommend reading my book 1 review for context)
For those who have read my first review, you will remember I pondered at the end of the review, if the book could keep up the rather high standard it had set for itself across the opening 11 issues. Well, my somewhat pessimistic outlook has been well and truly dissuaded by what has been, if anything, an even stronger continuation of the story across this second hardcover collection. I could only assume anyone reading a review for book 2 has either read the first one, or is looking to see if the series as a whole is worth investing in. I'm here to tell you, it most certainly is. The story has continued apace, giving up some secrets, whilst keeping many of the more significant mysteries close to its chest. The characters are still interesting and engaging, whose consistent motivations and strengths and weaknesses have pushed the story in a few unforeseen new directions. I am still greatly enjoying the fact that this comic book has a reasonable amount of dialogue contained within. I know I have rattled off a reasonable list of personal hates in the past, although books with minimal dialogue, especially where far more would not only have been desirable, but necessary, never fails to raise my ire. This is a book with a lot to say, and I greatly appreciate that. If you are someone, and I know there are people out there whom dislike more text heavy comics. I wouldn't say this is at the far end of that scale, but some caution may be advised. The second and final positive I will mention here, is this is clearly a book that has been planned out well in advance. The revelations revealed towards the end of this run, show a writer with a strong idea where his book was going from the start. How many longer running comics have you read, where it is quite clear the writer told the story he set out to towards the start of the run, and has been flying by the seam of their pants ever since. The results might not always be terrible, but its almost always clear to me when this has happened.
So, Revival book 2, definitely worth checking out. A long, consistent, narrative driven story with interesting characters, mostly strong dialogue and some nice art to boot. Sign my ass up. 4.25/5
OmniBen.
For those who have read my first review, you will remember I pondered at the end of the review, if the book could keep up the rather high standard it had set for itself across the opening 11 issues. Well, my somewhat pessimistic outlook has been well and truly dissuaded by what has been, if anything, an even stronger continuation of the story across this second hardcover collection. I could only assume anyone reading a review for book 2 has either read the first one, or is looking to see if the series as a whole is worth investing in. I'm here to tell you, it most certainly is. The story has continued apace, giving up some secrets, whilst keeping many of the more significant mysteries close to its chest. The characters are still interesting and engaging, whose consistent motivations and strengths and weaknesses have pushed the story in a few unforeseen new directions. I am still greatly enjoying the fact that this comic book has a reasonable amount of dialogue contained within. I know I have rattled off a reasonable list of personal hates in the past, although books with minimal dialogue, especially where far more would not only have been desirable, but necessary, never fails to raise my ire. This is a book with a lot to say, and I greatly appreciate that. If you are someone, and I know there are people out there whom dislike more text heavy comics. I wouldn't say this is at the far end of that scale, but some caution may be advised. The second and final positive I will mention here, is this is clearly a book that has been planned out well in advance. The revelations revealed towards the end of this run, show a writer with a strong idea where his book was going from the start. How many longer running comics have you read, where it is quite clear the writer told the story he set out to towards the start of the run, and has been flying by the seam of their pants ever since. The results might not always be terrible, but its almost always clear to me when this has happened.
So, Revival book 2, definitely worth checking out. A long, consistent, narrative driven story with interesting characters, mostly strong dialogue and some nice art to boot. Sign my ass up. 4.25/5
OmniBen.
September 3, 2016
The best of the series (so far) since the first volume, this fourth one is a significant improvement on the third, despite some eye-rolling twaddle about fortune-telling, palmistry and Native American wisdom. Yes, like those people who freaked out about King Ezekiel having a pet tiger in a long-running series about the Walking Dead, I can handle people coming back from the grave but even I have my limits.
Teasing the first inklings of the beginning of the long road to working out who the horrifically burned man who played such an important role in the end of volume three is, Revival is in no rush to wrap anything up just yet. Instead, author Tim Seeley gleefully keeps piling on the mysteries while paying off some of the previously hinted at dark secrets that some of Wausau, Wisconsin's more prominent citizens have been hiding.
Taking the action, or at least some of it, to New York works brilliantly, partly because Officer Dana Cypress' trip there gives us a few more answers to the wider mystery, a glimpse at how the Revival is viewed elsewhere and, best of all, a fantastically gruesome new subplot.
The artwork remains clear, bold, detailed and effective, as it has been from the outset and, even if the Revival/Chew crossover at the end doesn't quite work, it's another example of just how full of ideas the people behind this hugely addictive series are.
Teasing the first inklings of the beginning of the long road to working out who the horrifically burned man who played such an important role in the end of volume three is, Revival is in no rush to wrap anything up just yet. Instead, author Tim Seeley gleefully keeps piling on the mysteries while paying off some of the previously hinted at dark secrets that some of Wausau, Wisconsin's more prominent citizens have been hiding.
Taking the action, or at least some of it, to New York works brilliantly, partly because Officer Dana Cypress' trip there gives us a few more answers to the wider mystery, a glimpse at how the Revival is viewed elsewhere and, best of all, a fantastically gruesome new subplot.
The artwork remains clear, bold, detailed and effective, as it has been from the outset and, even if the Revival/Chew crossover at the end doesn't quite work, it's another example of just how full of ideas the people behind this hugely addictive series are.
February 6, 2016
4.5/5 stars
I rounded this one up to a five because that ending was just a real 'holy shit' moment. I can't believe that plot twist.
This volume is probably my favourite so far, mostly because I'm beginning to notice how much the characters have developed, Em in particular. I'm beginning to see just how much Em is struggling, and how that struggling is only going to get greater after the little revelation in the last issue; Cooper and Dana's relationship looks like it's going to improve now they realise how important one another are; Sheriff Cypress is just doing a complete 180 in how he treats his family; and even May has changed, even though she wasn't in this volume as much.
I'm absolutely loving this series, and I think I might buy the volumes once I have the money because holy shit they are amazing. Probably my favourite, along with Fables, which is saying something, because I love Fables.
I rounded this one up to a five because that ending was just a real 'holy shit' moment. I can't believe that plot twist.
This volume is probably my favourite so far, mostly because I'm beginning to notice how much the characters have developed, Em in particular. I'm beginning to see just how much Em is struggling, and how that struggling is only going to get greater after the little revelation in the last issue; Cooper and Dana's relationship looks like it's going to improve now they realise how important one another are; Sheriff Cypress is just doing a complete 180 in how he treats his family; and even May has changed, even though she wasn't in this volume as much.
I'm absolutely loving this series, and I think I might buy the volumes once I have the money because holy shit they are amazing. Probably my favourite, along with Fables, which is saying something, because I love Fables.
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