Books : Heroes, Vol. 1

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- Great book!
We really like this book, it helps to fill in some gaps from the tv show (which we are addicted to!). Highly recommend it for Heroes fans!

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- Beyond Heroes
This was far beyond my expectations. Upon receiving it I was impressed by the hardcover and fantastic cover illustration. The entire book is a collection of wonderful, masterfully told, brilliantly drawn tales that give a whole new dimension to one of the best TV shows of recent times. If you are a fan of the show, this is a must have without a doubt.

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- Fill In the Blanks of HEROES
HEROES: VOLUME ONE is a collection of 9th Wonders webcomics that appeared on the NBC official HEROES site during the initial run of the first season of the television show. The 34 comics contained in HEROES: VOLUME ONE fill in the gaps between some of the storylines of the first season of HEROES as well as provide complete background information for a character that was only briefly seen on the show (Hana Gitelman, aka Wireless). Each of the comics are only about six pages long and it only takes about an hour to read the entire book.

The thing I found most impressive about the book is the artwork. Each of the chapters include a cover of the fictional 9th WONDERS comic book, some of which were seen in the television show drawn by the character of Isaac Mendez, which in real life were drawn by artistic geniuses of Tim Sale and Dave Stewart. The illustrations in the book include a variety of styles and are very well done.

Some of the stories the book examines include Hiro's special relationship with his grandfather; how D.L. Hawkins (Micah's father) escaped from prison; the first time Matt Parkman used his powers to fight crime; the first prophetic painting of Isaac Mendez; what happened to Ted Sprague after he first began going atomic; and the story of how Mr. Petrelli Mr. Linderman first met. The book also includes a long multi-part story about Hana Gitelman and her importance in the Heroes first battle against the forces of evil and Noah Bennet's plans to bring the Company down.

The table of contents is illustrated as a series of ads that were once popular in comics and children's magazines, such as BOY'S LIFE. The book is prefaced by a few words from Masi Oka (the actor who plays Hiro) about the importance of manga and comics in our culture while the end of the book has an interview by producer Jeph Loeb with writers Aron Eli Coleite and Joe Polaski.

I'm a huge fan of the television show HEROES and am eager to learn more about the characters and their stories. I was a bit disappointed by the original webcomics because I have limited Internet access and really don't have the time to sit down and read comics on the computer. Therefore, I was extremely excited when I learned that those webcomics were going to be collected into a graphic novel. I wasn't disappointed with the result. Highly recommended for fans of the HEROES television show.

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- Heroes, Volume one
The book was sweet i enjoyed the show and the graphic novel is was very cool and helped with a few just a few questions from season one.

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- Great for fans of the show
If you're a devoted fan of the show Heroes, you will love this collection of short comic stories. Each adds something to the Heroes storyline and develops the characters further (for example, one of the stories reveals that Hiro was named after Hiroshima, making his desire to stop 'the bomb' all the more understandable).

This collection may be a little confusing if you haven't watched every episode of the show, as there is little continuity between the short stories presented here. A few do fit together to form larger stories but for the most part they are short scenes that fill in holes from the tv series.

This is also worth getting for reproductions of Tim Sale's artwork from the show- used here as 'cover art' for the fictional 9th Wonders comic strip.

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