Dorthy's exploration is whimsical but just a series of half formed ideas with no dramatic stakes. The King of Nomes gathers an Army to attack the Emerald City while Dorothy and her Aunt and Uncle explore Oz. Even this one was barely a fleshed out idea. Out of all of them it is only 1 and 3 that had strong stories and as we neared the end the stories got weaker and weaker. It was only the outstanding art by Skottie that made some of these paper thin plots bearable. I admit I never read the novels this series was based on and after seeing these graphic novels I am not too upset about that. I would like to say 'What a great end to a wonderful run by Shanower and Skottie Young and their graphic novels of the beloved Oz books' but the best I can say is - This was a wonderful series and the two of them did their best with some spotty source material by Baum. To check my reviews of the previous five graphic adaptations: I really hope that Marvel Comics would continue with Shanower and Young as the creative team. There is a similar 'closure' on the original book, however, still there are several books written by Baum.

The sad thing is that it seems that the creative team of Eric Shanower and Scottie Young will do a pause in the graphic adaptations of the original works by L. Definitely that was a bad development to this character on this book. The whole concept that he is a humbug is what makes truly great this character. Something that I didn't like is that now the Wizard of Oz is able to perform real magic (learned from Glinda).

Ozma is totally great here, since she is rational, open to advices and ideas, and also she doesn't compromise her principles.Īnd the Scarecrow shows yet again why he is the smartest being in all Oz. In this book you will be able to realize how powerful really is Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, and how much she has impacted in the land of Oz. And also, you will get to meet even more totally new characters here. This is a wonderful book where you will get glimpses of almost all major characters whom appeared on the previous books. For this, he finds the perfect general for his Nome army, Guph, who will contact other evil groups to invade Oz. Meanwhile, the evil Nome King wants revenge on Ozma and Dorothy and getting back his magic belt. This time Dorothy won't be on Kansas anymore, but her uncles neither.įinally, Uncle Henry and Aunt Em travel to the marvelous land of Oz and they will be able to confirm that those all wonderful adventures of Dorothy were true. Writer: Eric Shanower (based on the original works by L.

I was lucky to get it on the 5 single issues, but I will do the review on the collected edition to be able to do an overall review. This is the sixth comic book adaptation of the original works by L. The last journey to Oz, at least in this editions

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