Elektra: Assassin (Marvel's Finest)

by Frank Miller

Other authorsBill Sienkiewicz (Illustrator), Gaspar Saladino (Illustrator), Jim Novak (Illustrator)

Paperback, 1987

Status

Available

Call number

PN6728.E44 M55

Series

Elektra (1)

Elektra Assassin (1-8)

Genres

Graphic Novels

Comics

Graphic Novels and Comics

Publication

Epic Comics (1987), 264 pages

Description

Meet Elektra Natchios. This intriguing young woman has played equally intriguing roles throughout her life: Gymnast. Martial artist. Ninja. Assassin! Trained in the deadliest of arts and renowned as the world's finest killer, Elektra remains an enigma even to herself. Now, relive her first solo adventure, an epic crafted by two of comics' greatest innovators - Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz! An unconscious woman washes ashore off the coast of a small Central American country. Two policemen are strangled. A diplomat is assassinated. A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is brutally dismembered. Unrelated events? Hardly. Elektra has returned - and she's back with a vengeance! Prepare for a psychological excursion through the mind, body and soul of the world's most dangerous woman! Collecting: Elektra: Assassin 1-8… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member leandrod

Impressive paintings, look like watercolour to me. Quite crude in text, even if ðe plot is impreßive it ends up overwrought.

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LibraryThing member Ron18

While revolutionary at the time - and apparently designed to push the envelope - the book ultimately falls short in terms of sequential art and storytelling. I'm a fan of both Miller, and Bill Sienkiewicz - and I've long looked forward to reading this book, but it didn't work for me. The final

product seems to be action without the action, humor without being funny, and political in a way that has lost relevance. I probably would have given it 4 stars 25 years ago.

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LibraryThing member Zare

I tend to be very careful with experimenting artists - when I bought Metal Gear Solid comic I found it story-wise interesting but art was .... weird is too kind word, totally disorientating.

Here Sienkiewizcs does the same, art is sometimes very interesting but sometimes pretty psychedelic - but

nevertheless it follows the story - which is pretty interesting and pretty good. And to be honest this surprised me a lot, I was not expecting this.

So, if you are in for some Ninjas, mysticism, magic, spies and all of that presented in the flavor of legendary 80's give this one a try. It is truly a gem.

Recommended.

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