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First Second’s ‘Battling Boy’ erupts with molten storytelling and atomic art from the volcanic Paul Pope. The monstrous city of Arcopolis is under siege by an underworld legion of lawless ghouls. With their hero lost, the people struggle for salvation – which arrives in the unlikely form of a 13 year old demigod, himself, unsure of his potential.
Will this boy’s right of passage into manhood end far from home in a world too corrupted to be saved? Will there be others, heroes within the ruined city who will rise up to join him? Can a city find its soul in time to foster the seed of its redemption?
Or will the rag tag hordes of monsters overcome the last gasp efforts of a heroic few and claim the fallen Battling Boy as their shadowy means to spread their horrors throughout worlds above and below?
Battling Boy Vol 1 is a book so full of fresh ideas, pulsing images and thumping heart that it nearly pours from your hands while you ride its torrents. This is a thread to discuss Battling Boy Vol. 1, Haggard West and anything Paul Pope.
I hope I’m not alone in my appreciation of this incredible book. I’d love to learn more about Paul Pope’s work for the CBR community and more from other BB fans about what their hopes, predictions and forecasts are for Vol. 2.
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