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4.5
I'm a big fan of the TV series and since they are in between seasons, I needed to feed my hunger for more. I checked out different ways to collect the comic books and decided on the Omnibus version. This is Volume 1 and appears to include the first 24 issues of the comic in a continuos graphic novel format. You can't tell where one issue ends and another starts. This format works well for reading. The story line is different and interesting. Different enough so it isn't like reading a rerun of the TV show but familiar enough that you can relate to the characters you know from the show. The book is large and well made with a beautiful paper jacket around the nicely bound book. Feels substantial in your hands. I was surprised by the profanity in some of the dialog, I haven't read many comic books in the last 20 years and didn't expect it. I'm not offended in any way, but thought comics were geared towards kids and this would be rated R in a movie format. Evidently this was directed towards older teens and adults and I've been out of the comics loop for quite awhile. Its a good story line, very good artwork in black and white on high quality glossy paper and I think the quality is well worth the discounted price on Amazon. When I bought this, I wasn't familiar with the different formats for graphic novels like this. The "Book" versions appear to have 12 issues in a paper back format and the "compendium" appears to have many more issues than the 24 in this Omnibus hard cover version. I picked this one mainly because it is hard cover and more collectible. I think the most economical way to collect the series would be with the compendium format and if I would have realized what it was, I may have opted for that one based on cost. But I do like the Omnibus I purchased and will continue to watch for good deals on the rest of the series. It's a beautiful book and will look great on the book shelf. It also has a section that shows all the full size color art work of the covers of the individual comic book issues. There's no indication which issue each one is for, but I assume they are in order of publication and are interesting to look at.
