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Wow, it’s been a month since the last comics post. Yeah, I haven’t been reading much comics, and I have to fix that. But I read the above, at least. I’ve read this in a Danish translation as a teenager, but I found it in French at a used bookstore, so I snapped it up. And it’s great — I really love this art style; kinda ligne claire but not as mannered. Real furniture and real interiors… And I remember being kinda put off by the plot, but I was totally into it this time around — it’s one of those miasmatic plots where things spiral out of control and things get more and more mysterious before… just ending without a “rational” explanation. I loved reading it; such an exciting read. I have not read the subsequent albums in this series, but I’m going to search them out. I got this collection because of this. I never read these comics back in the 80s, and I do like Byrne’s artwork, so I gave it a go. And… it’s indeed “back to basics” — it’s very typical Marvel super-hero storytelling;…

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