‘Uber: Volume 2’ & ‘Elric the Necromancer’

My mental health is being gnawed at and my reading has taken a little hit, as a result, so I thought it would be a good time to avoid being bogged down by a longer read and go for the shorter reads instead. I’ve got a day off tomorrow and that might be the time to tackle something longer, we’ll see. In the meantime… I have finished a couple of comic books so let me tell you about them :o)


‘Uber: Volume 2’ – Gillen, White (Avatar Press)

The first blow in the battle between English and German Ubers has been wrought and neither nation walks away whole. The war rages on in the Pacific Theatre as Japanese Kamikaze pilots attempt to drive the US forces out while delivering devastating losses to the enemy naval fleet. But the tides of war change as the Japanese deploy their own enhanced soldiers and the Germans deliver their devastating secret attack. Uber Volume 2 collects issues #6-11 of the comic book series.

I’ll be honest, I’m not sure how the Japanese are suddenly able to deploy their own enhanced soldier when the Germans had sole control of the technology and didn’t look like they were going to share. The Allies essentially had to steal it from them. The Russians having it makes more sense. But anyway… I was in the kind of mood where little things like that made it difficult to get into ‘Uber: Volume 2’ but there was no danger of my bailing out and the Volume was ultimately a fun read. Grim as hell but a lot fun, how could it not be when you have enhanced humans tearing each other to pieces and Gillen’s willingness to explore this ‘Alternate History’ by taking two leading players right out of the game. It’s all looking very intriguing now and I’m there for the journey.


‘Elric the Necromancer’ – Blondel, Cano, Secher (Titan Comics)

Two years after the tragic climax of the previous volume, Elric is now leading the life of a mercenary, following the death of his beloved Cymoril. However, he is now on a new path that is guided by Queen Yishana’s urgent call for help.

Elric will now face his strongest, and most cunning opposition yet. All while having to confront entities from the past, that he vowed to never serve again.

I’ve already spoken about the first couple of issues of ‘Elric the Necromancer’ (Here and Here) so I’m not going to say too much more here other than that I finally finished the book and… It looks absolutely gorgeous but plot-wise, it’s not one of my favourites. It felt like the book didn’t quite have enough room to explore Elric’s relationship with Stormbringer and tell the rest of the story at the same time; it tried to do both anyway but didn’t quite do either justice. Maybe it’s me and I just don’t get it (I’m not ruling that out at all). I’m sure I’ll pick the next book up anyway but I’m just not in a massive hurry for it now.

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