Rough Riders Vol. 1
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Rough Riders Vol. 1

Writer: Adam Glass Artist: Pat Oliffe Publisher: Aftershock Comics Trade Paperback: December 28, 2016, $19.99 Issues: 7, Issue Reviews: 23
8.6Critic Rating
8.5User Rating

Collecting the first seven issues of the epic AfterShock series!
At the cusp of the 1898 World's Fair, America is poised to become Earth's most industrious nation. When a terrible power emerges from the darkness, a group of unlikely heroes team-up to stop it. A tortured Teddy Roosevelt recruits a struggling Coney Island magician named Harry Houdini: a hard-drinking, gun-slinger, Annie Oakley; a financially strapped and aging Thomas Edison; and a boisterous, womanizing African American boxer with a big chip on his shoulder named Jack Johnson. These legends of old will soon wage a shadow war that will change the course of history for Americ more

  • 8.5

    This was actually not a hard sell. Its somewhat of an American version of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen set in 1898 with all larger than life historical folk heroes. I could see this being a role-playing game. I wasn't that familiar with writer Adam Glass or artist Pat Oliffe but they both had a large body of work and collaborated on this series for 17 issues between 2016-2018. It was a smart story with good covers and visuals. I found it enjoyable but not near as definitive as Moore and O'Neil's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (which in turn got its influence from PJ Farmer's Wold Newton Universe). 8.5/10

    This volume got a 4.3 on Amazon, 3.78 on Goodreads, and a 8.6 Critic Rating on Comic Book Round Up.

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