About:
Kingdom Come by Mark Waid is the audiobook adaptation to the popular Elseworlds graphic novel. Mr. Waid is an American comic book writer, and novelist.
- 3 hours and 16 minutes
- Publisher : Random House Audio
- Language : English
- ASIN : B0FMS8R9T4
- Narrators: Edoardo Ballerini, Kerry Shale, Marc Thompson, Lorelei King, Glenn Wrage, William DeMeritt, Garrick Hagon, Tom Alexander, John Chancer, Ray Porter, Full Cast
My rating for Kingdom Come – 5
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Thoughts:
Kingdom Come is, by far, my favorite graphic novel. The story is fantastic and the artwork by Alex Ross is magnificent. I read the comic book series when it came out, bought the novel, and the Absolute Kingdom Come deluxe edition. At first, I was on the fence about the audiobook, but it was on sale for eighty cents ($0.80), which I couldn’t pass up.
Adapting a graphic novel to audiobook could go either way, it’s either going to be great, or a total dud. Previously I listened to all of the Sandman audiobook adaptations and tremendously enjoyed them. Dirk Maggs who directed the Sandman, also directed Kingdom Come and managed to capture the grandeur of the story and turn it into an auditory experience.
This is a short audiobook, and frankly I would have liked it to be longer, especially if paying the MSRP. I think it would have benefited greatly if the narration had included the panel descriptions, much like The Sandman, as well as the jokes and Easter eggs that were all over the graphic novel.
The full-cast performance was outstanding and striking. Mach Thomposn plays Norman McCay, a preacher turned omnificent narrator thanks to Kerry Shale’s The Spectre, Glenn Wrage is a gritty, sardonic Batman/Bruce Wayne, and Marc Thompson plays the older, weary Superman. Along with them the cast includes Lorelei King as Wonder Woman, Ray Porter as Lex Luthor, Tom Alexander as Magog and William DeMeritt as Captain Marvel/Shazam/Billy Batson.
A few years ago, I never thought I’d be able to enjoy and audio narration of a comic book. But much like The Sandman series, this isn’t just someone describing panels using silly voices, it’s theatre in all its glory, an expensive theatrical production which is elevated by talented voice actors and an ace director.
Synopsis:
in the near future in the DC Universe, traditional heroes have retired to retreated to isolation. In their place a new generation of meta-humans grows. But without the old heroes to mentor them, give a guiding hand, and put them in their place, the ne meta-humans-who now have no supervillains to fight-combat among themselves with humans paying the price.
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More books by Mark Waid*
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Kingdom Come is my favorite comic book, I’ll give this a listen. Too bad they can’t show Alex Ross’ art.