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The Spectre always were and is "the agent of God's vengeance" and in this amazing spin-off from Morrison's Final Crisis this concept is fully put to the test. If Morrison's tale was Gnostic, Rucka is Christian. I think that this enhances the story instead of hindering it: Final Crisis was about a cosmic conflict and heroes and gods, a classic modernized.

Eisner will always be a visionary who paved the way of the best storytelling in comics. This book is a tremendous effort to compile the most representative tales of the Spirit, but it feels that somehow the task was too great and space too small.

It was a difficult task from the start: either the Lovecraftian settings succumb to reason, or Holmes succumb to madness. We see the whole array, including those in which Holmes accept such things as the Necronomicon. However, only a couple of stories shine, Gaiman's one of them (of course), and the others either doesn't "feel" Lovecraftian or Doylean.

A wonderful renewal of classic DC character. Deadman was portrayed beautifully, a very sensitive story with very profound echoes. Sadly, the Challengers of the Unknown tale is written like it was in the 50's; it's so sad that such a great concept (living on borrowed time) has been so lazily managed.

Gibson adds complexity to what he has done in Pattern Recognition, taking conspiracies to a new dimension with the same old goals. A nice tech thriller!

A very nice round up for this fantastic trilogy that showed some of the most weird aspects of technology today. However, the ending was kinda like Deus ex Machina and dissatisfying. Love the return of some character from the beginning and the evolution shown.

This is the greatest Joker story arc ever. The way it builds up madness and evilness is unique, and reinforces the disturbing villainess of one of the greatest antagonists ever done in comics. However, the ending was a little bit disappointing as it resolves in almost a silver age way, hence only the 4 stars. But make no mistake: this is a must for any comic collector, not only Batman fans.

A true classic. Period.