Scarlet, Book 1 by Brian Michael Bendis5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s so much more difficult for books that only yet exist as a single, introductory volume. ![]() And while Neil Gaiman’s first volume of Sandman, “Preludes and Nocturnes,” ends on a high note, it stumbles substantially in its earliest chapters. And each of these stories’ initial volume can be contextualized within the scope of the rest of the work. Cerebus's first volume is so lackluster that I haven’t yet taken the time to explore any of the much-praised later stories in the series. Usagi Yojimbo, for all its storied perfections, boasts a first volume that is clearly evidence of a creator trying to figure out just what it is he wants to do with his character (and even shows that he’s still learning how to draw his protagonist). Fables' initial story had me convinced the series was very much not my thing (though it later turned out to be very much my thing). Some of my favourite books are marred by less-than-stellar, less-than-representative first volumes. Even with series that are well on their way and have gone some length toward establishing themselves, talking about first volumes isn’t always easy. ![]()
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