the Trade Paperback of the Year is Seven Soldiers of Victory, masterminded by british superscribe Grant Morrison (Shade, JLA, We3, All-Star Superman). there were many great OGNs and Trades this year, but no comic i read came close to the pure ambition of Seven Soldiers. Grant Morrision set out to revamp seven worn-out DC properties by reviving another, the Seven Soldiers of Victory (originally appearing in 1941). the idea is that seven heroes must save the human race from the ancient extradimensional the Sheeda. the twist: the Sheeda know this, and have been sytematically targeting and taking out hero groups with seven members, so the Seven must combine forces and defeat the Sheeda without ever meeting each other!
Morrison pulls this off by rolling out seven four-issue mini-series [Shining Knight (with art bySimone Bianchi & Nathan Eyring), The Manhattan Guardian (with Cameron Stewart & Moose Baumann, seen here), Zatanna (with Ryan Sook, Mick Gray & Nathan Eyring), Klarion the Witch Boy (with Frazer Irving), Mister Miracle (with Art by Pasqual Ferry & Dave McCaig), Bulleteer (with Yanick Paquette & Michael Bair), and Frankenstein (with Doug Mahnke)] bookended by wide screen intro and outro issues with art by the magnificent JH Williams.
Morrison insisted that a reader could choose buy only the series that interests them, not really needing to buy all seven minis to enjoy them, and he was right! i originally bought The Manhattan Guardian, Zatanna, Mister Miracle, and (my personal favorite) Frankenstein. the Guardian and Frankenstein pleased my Grant Morrison jones very well on their own (marvel ruined Mister Miracle for me by signing artist Pascual to an exclusive deal while he was working on the first issue... BOOO, Marvel!). that said, this joint is BEST read in TPB form. the stories are included in the order of their release, which actually shows a story progression THROUGH all the minis in a way i have never seen in what is essentially a crossover.
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