Michael turner soulfire definitive edition

A confusing feature that could have been explained or just left out. Overall, unfortunately this just wasn't for me and I'm not interested in checking out any of the other volumes, although I'm sure others will adore this, if they enjoy this genre, etc. Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! View 2 comments. Dragon, magic, evil, this comic book looked very intriguing and appealing to me.

The story sure try to be epic, and achieve I that some point, but was definitely very teeny and that is where I was let down. Long ago, magical beings lived in harmony in their community.

Grace is a magical being with incredible power. Grace spent many lifetimes to find the bearer of light — the Samusara. Grace discovers Malikai an orphan boy is the Samusara though he does not know it. He learns the true nature of magic and realizes its importance. How does Malika discover this? Will he be successful?

A delightful novel that is beautifully illus Long ago, magical beings lived in harmony in their community. A delightful novel that is beautifully illustrated. The illustrations are perfect for the story. I liked the story about magic vs. There is action throughout the story with Malikai learning about magic and his destiny.

The opinions expressed are strictly my own. The artwork is gorgeous, this gets higher points for the visual aspect than the story. Sure, the women are scantily clad, but I've seen scantier, and I don't expect reality in a story about magical beings. Plus, can we talk about the hair on these women? The story is decent, kinda skips around and pops things in only to never see them again though. But it's just so pretty, I don't care! Book was enjoyable.

Had at times some shallow characters, but overall was pretty good. Hovers around the 3. I plan to continue the series. Squarely in the "not great, not terrible category", but in its time, it featured some pretty amazingly dynamic art and vibrant, impressive colors. The story is not bad either, but definitely teen material. Loved the story and the artwork was amazing. I have been a long time fan of this series.

The characters and the world were well fleshed out and seemed believable to me and I genuinely cared for the characters. In the world of music, they put the album out — you know, a dozen tracks, for instance, then a few months later put it all out again with some extra stuff as a special edition.

If it's well known enough they'll put out a super deluxe edition with all the bumpf connected to the album you might have never wanted, but feel obliged to collect. You're forever building up and up to the most supreme version, having bought it six times over by the end. In comics, it seems, things are done differently — In the world of music, they put the album out — you know, a dozen tracks, for instance, then a few months later put it all out again with some extra stuff as a special edition.

In comics, it seems, things are done differently — for having done the inverse with Fathom, these producers are going backwards with Soulfire too.

So, only a few months after the over-priced 'Definitive Edition', we get a straight vanilla reprint. Here you too can see the pretty-but-slightly-empty comic, with the flying bits and the dragon bits and the militarised society commentary and the magic bits.

I found this book flowed a bit better without the extra bumpf, but that may have been due to what I remembered from reading it last time round. But it's still not great — nothing really goes anywhere or ends up meaning much. This is the relevant comment I made when reading the full-on version, to save you clicking around:- The art is a little too loose at times, meaning some of the action scenes are not easy to decipher, and some of the text is poor too — repetitive summaries of what we've just read, scenes that deserved a lot more elaboration but were just passed over, and the bluntest of hand-from-out-the-grave endings.

The futuristic side of things really doesn't add anything, and the story of the boy with an unlikely destiny of trying to save the world is nothing exactly fresh. In fact, that may point to the biggest flaw in the piece — he arguably isn't saving the world, but bringing magic back to it, which would appear to allow some weird characters to fly on their angel wings, and an improvement to the weather, and not a lot else.

You really don't see the average character we might align ourselves with gaining any benefit from the whole drama played out here — this future is something with too much media and privatised military, but isn't exactly a dystopia.

That said, the narrative drive is fair enough, and if you are able to overlook how inconsequential a lot of it is, it's worth the time. I'm going to start this up by saying that the artwork is great. Someone said it had an adult Winx-vibe to it and I completely agree.

There's a lot going on in this story. Cool robots, magical mayhem, a super bad guy that owns a dragon, winged people, fire, fighting, technology.

And it's cool. It's a totally fine story and I'm glad I read it. It's a bit hard to read the text at times and the landscaped scenes should be rotated - I bet it will look great in a printed edition.

The time that has been I'm going to start this up by saying that the artwork is great. The time that has been put in to these illustrations shows! What I don't like, with any graphic novel or TV-series or anything, though, is that the women has to be dressed in minimal clothing.

What's the point? I will never accept that, because it's not a valid part of any story if the men aren't doing the same. If you're looking for an exciting read full of technology, magic and facing things you'd never thought possible, I suggest you read this.

Thank you, Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book! While I always found Michael Turner's slight creepy obsession with his mother, I also think it was sweet he tried to homage her by creating a series so he could give the main character her name. All in all, it's a decent fantasy modern era story, but Turner's forte was never writing, and it shows. The plot is slightly asinine, often predictable, but makes for a light and fun read. Michael Jahnke rated it liked it Sep 24, Caleb C rated it did not like it Jul 29, Jake Loring rated it it was amazing Jan 21, Tiffany France rated it it was amazing Jul 30, Jessica rated it liked it Nov 25, Jamie rated it it was amazing Oct 08, Val Kardy rated it it was amazing Feb 16, Katie rated it really liked it Oct 09, Andrew Waller rated it liked it May 01, Rachael rated it really liked it Jun 09, Moosyman rated it it was amazing Jun 11, Marco Martinez Jr rated it really liked it Dec 12, Bardmaiden rated it it was amazing Oct 09, India rated it really liked it Jan 31, Matt Dawes rated it really liked it Sep 28, Noel rated it really liked it Apr 05, Daniel Monson rated it it was amazing Oct 27, Dave Yaeger rated it liked it Oct 23, Sean rated it it was amazing Oct 07, Persephone rated it liked it May 04, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

Be the first to start one ». Readers also enjoyed. About Michael Layne Turner. Michael Layne Turner. Comic Book Artist. He studied pre-medicine at the University of Tennessee, and then moved to Aspen, Colorado, and later San Diego, where he taught martial arts, became an award winning water skier, and began drawing comic books. In , he was hired by Top Cow Productions in Century City, California, where he was the co-creator of "Witchblade", a comic about a voluptuous female detective who figh Comic Book Artist.

In , he was hired by Top Cow Productions in Century City, California, where he was the co-creator of "Witchblade", a comic about a voluptuous female detective who fights evil with the aid of a mystical weapon that attaches itself to her arm and gives her superpowers. Turner later founded Aspen MLT, a Santa Monica publishing company that created online comic adaptations for the NBC television series "Heroes" and titles including "Fathom", a deep-sea story about a female superhero.

The milestone th issue of "Uncanny X-Men", released in July, , featured one of Turner's special edition covers. He died of complications from chondrosarcoma, a form of bone cancer he had begun treatment for in Other books in the series. Soulfire Collected 6 books. Books by Michael Layne Turner.

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