Thief of Thieves

capuga · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:20 pm

Issue #1 preview included here:

http://comicbuzz.com/image-previews-for-february-8th

Quest Mar-Vell · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:17 am

capuga wrote:

I'll tell you what. PM me your address and I'll send the first two trades to you (with return postage paid - I'll want them back) and you try and tell me that you aren't hooked after that.

Seriously?

capuga · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:20 am

Quest Mar-Vell wrote:

capuga wrote:

I'll tell you what. PM me your address and I'll send the first two trades to you (with return postage paid - I'll want them back) and you try and tell me that you aren't hooked after that.

Seriously?

Sure.

avenger1340 · **Joined:** Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:57 pm **Posts:** 54

I really liked this book, but... I wish the solicitation for the first issue hadn't told us what it did as that really didn't have anything to do with this introduction to the characters. It kinda stole (no pun intended) a little of the fun of seeing this play out.

Thief of Thieves #1 Review

capuga · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:51 am

Kirkman talks Thief of Thieves in this CBR interview:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36861

He also touches on the situation with The Infinite (ReZourceman posted that excerpt in the Infinite thread) and talks a little about TWD TV.

capuga · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:15 am

An early preview of issue 2:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/robert-kirkman-walking-dead-thief-of-thieves-preview-286794

capuga · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:27 pm

Read issue 1 during lunch. It's a solid, but not great, first issue. I enjoyed it but it wasn't something that really sunk it's hooks into me. The good:
- The writing and dialogue in general is excellent.
- The banter and relationship between the two (presumably) lead characters is fun.
- The characters in general are interesting.
- The heist scene is fun.
- The car thieft lesson was really cool.
- The art is quite nice and I think a perfect style choice for this type of story.

The bad:
- It doesn't really leave you with a sense of what the overall comic is going to be about. From reading interviews and solicits I have an idea but you don't get that from this issue. I realize it's on ongoing title and they can't spoil everything in the first issue. But without some more info on where the book is headed it doesn't scream "I must read the next issue" despite a solid semi-cliffhanger ending.

That said, it was still a fun read and I would want to get the next issue even if it wasn't Kirkman and Spenser (whose names ensured I'd be getting at least the first 4 or 5 issues before I even read it). I'd grade it at a B/close to a B+.

IPW · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:07 pm

Good stuff from a top notch team.
Book felt like Soderbergh Ocean's Eleven with a more noir feel to it.
Can't wait for issue #2

deadmike · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:13 pm

capuga wrote:

Quest Mar-Vell wrote:

capuga wrote:

I'll tell you what. PM me your address and I'll send the first two trades to you (with return postage paid - I'll want them back) and you try and tell me that you aren't hooked after that.

Seriously?

Sure.

Do it Quest. If you like the Lunas you should like MG. It's kind of Lunaesque.

Quest Mar-Vell · **Posted:** Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:15 pm

Ill give it a shot when he sends it... but NOTHING about that book has caught my interest

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