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Summary: A Disturbing Deconstruction Of Super Heroes
Review: I read The One when it came out as an Epic Comic and it disturbed me then. And you know what??? It disturbs me now even as it entertains me now which is a good thing.It is a wake up call for the four color world. The black and white printing only enhance the effect. If you thought Alan Moore's Watchmen was the last word in super heroes pick this one up.
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Summary: A forgotten masterpiece
Review: Okay, folks, this is it! THE ONE is finally back in print so now you can get a glimpse into what a true genius Rick Veitch was and continues to be! Before BRATPACK, before THE MAXIMORTAL, before RARE BIT FIENDS, there was Rick's run with Alan Moore on the SWAMP THING and there was THE ONE. It's dark, it's sick, it's funny, it's intelligent and more than anything else, it's mind-expanding! The story is a bit hard to explain because it touches on so many different themes, but it's ultimately a warning tale, a social satire and a poke in the ribs to super hero comics. Richie Rich (shown here as Itchie Itch to avoid a Harvey lawsuit) grows up into a Howard Hughes type megalomaniac bent on controlling the world's resources for his own amusement. His warmongering prematurely triggers the arrival of THE ONE who is the living embodiment of the collective souls of mankind (or maybe the living embodiment of the Planet's electromagnetic field). It is his predestined duty to lead mankind into it's collective evolution beyond our physical existance and move us up into life in the vast expanse of space and other dimensions. Unfortunately, mankind's warlike nature, and earth's impending nuclear destruction has forced his arrival too soon, so mankind has to be shocked into cooperating. This was written from the perspective of the cold war brinksmanship of the seventies and eighties. As war heats up between USA and USSR, they each bring their super-humans into play with both humorous and tragic results. Oh yea, did I mention the UBERMAUS? A giant rat (go figure) comes into play as well. Human mutation, Sixties psychedelia, super-heros, evolution and political satire are all present in this volume. It is seriously warped fun and seriously mind-expanding. For you fans of THE MATRIX, THE SANDMAN, THE INVISIBLES, THE FILTH, WATCHMEN and so many other stories of this ilk, I urge you to pick up this volume as it may have been a forerunner of all of these. I also highly recommend THE BRAT PACK and THE MAXIMORTAL, both of which have been recently made available. VEITCH RULES!
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Summary: A forgotten masterpiece
Review: Okay, folks, this is it! THE ONE is finally back in print so now you can get a glimpse into what a true genius Rick Veitch was and continues to be! Before BRATPACK, before THE MAXIMORTAL, before RARE BIT FIENDS, there was Rick's run with Alan Moore on the SWAMP THING and there was THE ONE. It's dark, it's sick, it's funny, it's intelligent and more than anything else, it's mind-expanding! The story is a bit hard to explain because it touches on so many different themes, but it's ultimately a warning tale, a social satire and a poke in the ribs to super hero comics. Richie Rich (shown here as Itchie Itch to avoid a Harvey lawsuit) grows up into a Howard Hughes type megalomaniac bent on controlling the world's resources for his own amusement. His warmongering prematurely triggers the arrival of THE ONE who is the living embodiment of the collective souls of mankind (or maybe the living embodiment of the Planet's electromagnetic field). It is his predestined duty to lead mankind into it's collective evolution beyond our physical existance and move us up into life in the vast expanse of space and other dimensions. Unfortunately, mankind's warlike nature, and earth's impending nuclear destruction has forced his arrival too soon, so mankind has to be shocked into cooperating. This was written from the perspective of the cold war brinksmanship of the seventies and eighties. As war heats up between USA and USSR, they each bring their super-humans into play with both humorous and tragic results. Oh yea, did I mention the UBERMAUS? A giant rat (go figure) comes into play as well. Human mutation, Sixties psychedelia, super-heros, evolution and political satire are all present in this volume. It is seriously warped fun and seriously mind-expanding. For you fans of THE MATRIX, THE SANDMAN, THE INVISIBLES, THE FILTH, WATCHMEN and so many other stories of this ilk, I urge you to pick up this volume as it may have been a forerunner of all of these. I also highly recommend THE BRAT PACK and THE MAXIMORTAL, both of which have been recently made available. VEITCH RULES!
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