Starting in August, Ground Zero will be spotlighting the essential Graphic Novels that belong in every collection. These are the books that we find ourselves recommending to both new readers and established fans who for one reason or another have not read them.
Kingdom Come was originally published in 1996 and quickly became one of comics more loved books. Alex Ross had wowed the world with his work on Marvels, but this is the book that firmly cemented his status as the one of the most popular artists in the comics industry.
It is one of those books that has equal appeal to the knowledgeable comics fan and the casual reader. It is one of the first books I recommend to new readers, and every time they come back in wanting more.
Kingdom Come is on sale at Ground Zero for 15% off through the end of August!
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Kingdom Come is an exceptional graphic novel; combining beautifully rendered art with a truly compelling story. The idea behind this story (if you haven’t read or Googled it yet) is of a preacher in the future who has lost his faith in humanity after realizing that “normal” humans are nothing more than causalities waiting to happen amongst warring super-humans who take little regard for the people whose lives they routinely endanger. This is a bleak future in which Superman has long since retired the public eye, a crippled Bruce Wayne rules the Gotham night with an iron fist, Wonder Woman is a true Amazonian ruler & the planet Earth exists as a playground for mortal gods. In many ways this story shares much in common with Alan Moore’s proposed 1987 crossover series “Twilight of the Superheroes” in that both stories featured a futuristic DC Universe ruled by super-powered titans with the end result being a climactic battle between various superhero factions culminating in the deaths of many characters. Supposedly Moore’s “Twilight” ended with humanity freed of superhuman influence with most surviving heroes confined to ghettos…Waid & Ross’ “Kingdom” ends on brighter note. This is not a novel to pass by!