For we like the adventures of cientihéroes Neopolis, Alan Moore wrote in 2005 for editorial ABC (American Best Comics), a prequel based in the year 1949, hence the title, in our temporal reality coincide with the return of Americans to their land, at the end of World War II.
Gene Ha's drawing, along with Art Lyon colors make you enjoy this story.
The main theme of which revolve the adventures of the seal 10, are the arrival of heroes and villains of the war in Europe to the newly formed city of Neopolis, and the creation of the police force that must deal with them as citizens, we know Steve Traynor, Jetload, a teenager 16, as air combat during the war, which in the future conventirá Captain Traynor, head of the seal 10.
Some topics that can be seen throughout history:
- Homosexuality of the American people Xenophobia
- government Pragmatics
- The beginning of organized crime
In the first issue of Top Ten, Over the last few pictures of the last chapter we see that in the house of Captain Traynor hopes, to the surprise of many, her husband, in this prequel incidence we see that romance.
As good English, Moore highlights the shortcomings of the perfect American society, one of them, effective today, is his dislike of immigrants are not new they want their annihilation, not missing any extremist try to carry it out.
For a change, a constant of any government is seen as a benefit, even at the expense of his people. We are all aware that one of the boots World War II the U.S. was to keep large numbers of Nazi scientists. In The Forty-Niners, we see that the heroes of the war are now simple mechanical or police, or citizens who split back to work, and scientists were vicious murderers, people are now protected by the government to build weapons, and who are surrounded by luxury and hospitality.
also can not miss that at that time, the product of immigration brought the same vices of the old continent, one of them the protection rackets, trafficking and sale of drugs by organized crime led schemes vampire.
topics are spun into a good narrative, and maintained in its central theme. The story is a good mix of detective novels and superheroes. A cliché, certainly, but as other posts have mentioned, depends on the writer and artist give a tone of freshness that makes you want to read it.
One of the dramatic moments, for me, was to see all the police must face in a losing battle that seems against the whole horde of vampires who rule the underworld, and that a single action you want to show who rules this new city.
Alan Moore is always a success as a writer, and teamed with Gene Ha has made this story one more work required to read, and if possible to take personal collection.
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