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Army of Darkness #6,8-10
Army of Darkness Omnibus Volume 2
Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents this second omnibus with over 18 issues worth of the acclaimed "Army of Darkness" series! Featuring "Army of Darkness "Vol. 1 issues #8-13 ("Ash vs Classic Monsters," "Death of Ash"), and "Army of Darkness "Vol. 2 issues #1-12 ("From the Ashes," "Long Road Home," "Home Sweet Hell").
400 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2012
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November 25, 2024
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Ash vs The Classic Monsters: awesome story that combines elements of lots of different versions of Dracula lore to create a really fun adventure. The Art is still questionable and Ash continues to be a terrible protagonist, but I enjoyed it a lot compared to the rest of the series thus far. 4.5/5
Death of Ash: Finally an original fucking story in this series! Not sure how I feel about some of the lore they dropped but most of it was great. Especially the Elvis gag. Love the lead in to the Marvel Zombies crossover as well. 5/5
From the Ashes: Fun Mad Max bullshit that actually attempts to pay off the original ending of Army of Darkness. 4/5
The Long Road Home: An alright conclusion to this arc. Hits the right amount of silly. 4/5
Ash vs The Classic Monsters: awesome story that combines elements of lots of different versions of Dracula lore to create a really fun adventure. The Art is still questionable and Ash continues to be a terrible protagonist, but I enjoyed it a lot compared to the rest of the series thus far. 4.5/5
Death of Ash: Finally an original fucking story in this series! Not sure how I feel about some of the lore they dropped but most of it was great. Especially the Elvis gag. Love the lead in to the Marvel Zombies crossover as well. 5/5
From the Ashes: Fun Mad Max bullshit that actually attempts to pay off the original ending of Army of Darkness. 4/5
The Long Road Home: An alright conclusion to this arc. Hits the right amount of silly. 4/5
June 7, 2012
The second omnibus of the Army of Darkness series contains 5 story acrs. Some are decent others are not. None of them are great. If you like the character of Ash you will enjoy watching him go through the absurd situations in the book, but there is nothing super creative here in the plots. The art on the other hand is always fantastic.
Ash fights the classic monsters, a secret cult, Evil Ash Prime, the Four Horsemen, and the Seven Deadly Sins.
One quibble with this book is the absence of the Marvel Zombies arc. It fits in after the second arc in this book. If you are a continuity freak, make sure you have a copy of Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness on hand for a little sidestep in the middle.
The last story was by far my least favorite, no spoilers here, but
Ash just isn't himself.
Ash fights the classic monsters, a secret cult, Evil Ash Prime, the Four Horsemen, and the Seven Deadly Sins.
One quibble with this book is the absence of the Marvel Zombies arc. It fits in after the second arc in this book. If you are a continuity freak, make sure you have a copy of Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness on hand for a little sidestep in the middle.
The last story was by far my least favorite, no spoilers here, but
Ash just isn't himself.
August 4, 2024
The second of three omnibus collections, which finishes off the first volume of the Army Of Darkness ongoing, as well as collecting the first twelve issues of the second.
We start with Ash Vs. The Classic Monsters, which picks up from the end of the last volume by pitting Ash against Dracula, wolfmen, mummies, and Frankenstein. This is a bit more like what I was hoping the series would be - the Necronomicon is still here, there's some time travel, some Evil Ash, and a lady in peril, but it feels fresher than the last few stories just by virtue of not having the Book be the main villain. Kevin Sharpe remains on art for these issues, though the colouring does seem a little lighter than his last contributions, so that's an improvement.
The final two issues of the first ongoing series are The Death Of Ash, which brings some of the things writer James Kuhoric has been hinting at over the last few stories together and sets Ash up for a Marvel Zombies crossover (unfortunately not collected here, but I've read it elsewhere), and changes the world of the Army Of Darkness in some very, very bad ways. This is probably the most cohesive the book has felt since it started, and it feels like we're hitting a stride. Fernando Blanco boards the series now, and he draws these two issues as well as the first eight of the next series - his visuals are pretty good, a bit lighter than the last artist, but nowhere near as good as his current stuff twenty years later - who'd have thought?
Then we head into the next ongoing series, the first four issues of which are From The Ashes (how many Ash puns are we gonna get?), which is Ash's attempt at a Mad Max post apocalyptic storyline. This is okay, though the introduction of four new 'Chosen' characters only to have most of them get no lines and half of them get killed off-panel is a bit silly. A good idea, but again, Ash Vs. Evil Ash is played out at this point.
Leading right out of the first arc, The Long Road Home brings in some new antagonists in the form of the nameless demon that wrote the Necronomicon, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. However, Ash gets sidetracked into a sewer beneath a football stadium for some puns about Balls (he's a dog) and as many shit jokes as you can think of. They don't even name the demon, which seems like an oversight.
The final arc, Home Sweet Hell, is a fun twist on things, as Ash finds himself back in the as if all of this crap hasn't happened, but he's no longer the Chosen One, leaving it to Sheila to save the day as the Seven Deadly Sins (well, six) and Baba Yaga show up to try and claim Ash for their own. This is another overstuffed story, to the point that Ash himself is barely in it until the last issue - Kuhoric's plots always seem to have ambition, but the execution leaves much to be desired. Pere Perez joins the series for these four issues, and there are glimmers of the style we'll come to know and love later on in his career.
There's a lot more momentum and ongoing plotlines in this second volume which I appreciate, but there's definitely still a lot of problems. Some of the sexist jokes don't land as well as they used to, and some of the art definitely veers into cheesecake territory, which I appreciate is kinda the AoD brand, but still feels a bit cheap. Hopefully the final omnibus can buck the trend, but I'm not holding my breath.
We start with Ash Vs. The Classic Monsters, which picks up from the end of the last volume by pitting Ash against Dracula, wolfmen, mummies, and Frankenstein. This is a bit more like what I was hoping the series would be - the Necronomicon is still here, there's some time travel, some Evil Ash, and a lady in peril, but it feels fresher than the last few stories just by virtue of not having the Book be the main villain. Kevin Sharpe remains on art for these issues, though the colouring does seem a little lighter than his last contributions, so that's an improvement.
The final two issues of the first ongoing series are The Death Of Ash, which brings some of the things writer James Kuhoric has been hinting at over the last few stories together and sets Ash up for a Marvel Zombies crossover (unfortunately not collected here, but I've read it elsewhere), and changes the world of the Army Of Darkness in some very, very bad ways. This is probably the most cohesive the book has felt since it started, and it feels like we're hitting a stride. Fernando Blanco boards the series now, and he draws these two issues as well as the first eight of the next series - his visuals are pretty good, a bit lighter than the last artist, but nowhere near as good as his current stuff twenty years later - who'd have thought?
Then we head into the next ongoing series, the first four issues of which are From The Ashes (how many Ash puns are we gonna get?), which is Ash's attempt at a Mad Max post apocalyptic storyline. This is okay, though the introduction of four new 'Chosen' characters only to have most of them get no lines and half of them get killed off-panel is a bit silly. A good idea, but again, Ash Vs. Evil Ash is played out at this point.
Leading right out of the first arc, The Long Road Home brings in some new antagonists in the form of the nameless demon that wrote the Necronomicon, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. However, Ash gets sidetracked into a sewer beneath a football stadium for some puns about Balls (he's a dog) and as many shit jokes as you can think of. They don't even name the demon, which seems like an oversight.
The final arc, Home Sweet Hell, is a fun twist on things, as Ash finds himself back in the as if all of this crap hasn't happened, but he's no longer the Chosen One, leaving it to Sheila to save the day as the Seven Deadly Sins (well, six) and Baba Yaga show up to try and claim Ash for their own. This is another overstuffed story, to the point that Ash himself is barely in it until the last issue - Kuhoric's plots always seem to have ambition, but the execution leaves much to be desired. Pere Perez joins the series for these four issues, and there are glimmers of the style we'll come to know and love later on in his career.
There's a lot more momentum and ongoing plotlines in this second volume which I appreciate, but there's definitely still a lot of problems. Some of the sexist jokes don't land as well as they used to, and some of the art definitely veers into cheesecake territory, which I appreciate is kinda the AoD brand, but still feels a bit cheap. Hopefully the final omnibus can buck the trend, but I'm not holding my breath.
January 3, 2022
A definite step up from the first volume, although this is missing the Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness crossover (though it helpfully points out where that story fits into the overall plot). These story arcs see the comics thankfully move away from repeatedly aping the movie with the same villains, same settings (mostly) and same one-liners.
In these pages, Ash deals with Dracula, along with an always welcome cameo from Eva, the Daughter of Dracula, who really should get her own comic, as well as a stylized Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the personification of six of the seven deadly sins. There are still deadites in the beginning but real effort is made to actually have a plot this time around, which is great.
It's a hoot, and while Ash is still a lovable idiot, he seems to mature a bit. Unfortunately recurring love interest Sheila is still mostly one-dimensional, and Sugarbaby is all over the place in character, bouncing from a nurse to voodoo mistress to paranormal detective agent, so that's a bit of a bummer. Ash's coworkers are entertaining comedic side characters at least.
Finally, this volume does have more of the typical Dynamite problem with women being more eye candy than anything else to the point of being inane, but other than that I can heartily recommend this volume.
In these pages, Ash deals with Dracula, along with an always welcome cameo from Eva, the Daughter of Dracula, who really should get her own comic, as well as a stylized Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the personification of six of the seven deadly sins. There are still deadites in the beginning but real effort is made to actually have a plot this time around, which is great.
It's a hoot, and while Ash is still a lovable idiot, he seems to mature a bit. Unfortunately recurring love interest Sheila is still mostly one-dimensional, and Sugarbaby is all over the place in character, bouncing from a nurse to voodoo mistress to paranormal detective agent, so that's a bit of a bummer. Ash's coworkers are entertaining comedic side characters at least.
Finally, this volume does have more of the typical Dynamite problem with women being more eye candy than anything else to the point of being inane, but other than that I can heartily recommend this volume.
June 23, 2024
Ugh. This feels like such a guy comic series. I get that that’s the genre, but some of the sight gags felt really repetitive. This also omits the crossover with Marvel Zombies, which itself would’ve beefed up my score a bit. I’m also just tired of the Chosen One narrative. There’s even this suggestion that Ash was cursed by a cultist as a baby in 1969, and this reeks too much of Halloween 6. I did get a laugh out of the Frederick vs Jensen DVD, though it’s kinda weird given the later Freddy vs Jason vs Ash crossover.
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