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Viper Comics (second edition)
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The complete story of Wendy Watson, art student turned crime-fighter for the world's most absurdly secretive organization.
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English
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LibraryThing member d4ni
The comic series that inspired the television show with the same name, The Middleman is a wacky romp into superhero satire. Wendy Watson is a typical cynical temp worker by day and painter by night, until she is attacked by a tentacled monster and rescued by a mysterious stranger who calls himself
This is a really fun series and this edition includes the entire story.
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"The Middleman." And that's where the insanity begins.This is a really fun series and this edition includes the entire story.
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LibraryThing member jawalter
The only bad thing about this book is that the first two thirds of it have been reproduced so ably in the television show. It's a simple idea executed with so much wit, that it's impossible not to fall in love with it. Perhaps the biggest surprise, is that despite how blatantly it rips off pop
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culture, it doesn't feel at all derivative, but rather completely fresh and new. Show Less
LibraryThing member regularguy5mb
How can you not love the Middleman? It's the kind of story that mixes the best of classic comics, 60's Batman kitsch, Men in Black, Hellboy, and the pulps of the 30's and 40's. It's brilliant!
Here we have the first three collected volumes; featuring monkeys with guns, lab-created tentacle beasts,
Absolutely a blast to read, my only real issue is that I wish there was more! Although I have ordered the TV series box set to get more Middleman in my life for the moment.
Here we have the first three collected volumes; featuring monkeys with guns, lab-created tentacle beasts,
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an army of masked wrestlers, and the return of the Middleman's arch-nemesis. Add to that a collection of new tales exploring the very curious history of the Middleman through history, a cover gallery, and a pin-up gallery and we have The Collected Series Indispensability.Absolutely a blast to read, my only real issue is that I wish there was more! Although I have ordered the TV series box set to get more Middleman in my life for the moment.
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