If you aren't hooked on this series by now, why are you reading this? Another home run by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark.Went back and read this again as part of Lazarus, the Second Collection. Basically Game of Thrones in the future, it is absolutely fantastic. We get to see a lot of the other families who rule the world in this volume. I love the relationships between the Lazuri of the families.

Now that, that is how you finish a volume. What a fucking BADASS sword fight scene, in a comic, which is not easy to do. On top of that we get a ton of progress in the main story. Certain people come back into play, betrayals on the rise, and man oh man watching our favorite hero learn to care and love other Lazarus types is awesome. I also really enjoyed the growth of her and the father, and seeing a new side to it all. I know my review sounds vague but I feel if I mention even the slightest th...

Actual rating: 4.78 stars. It's Choko Rating Time (CRT™) again!I wasn't going to write a review for this one. Because so many reviews, so little time and all that crap. But this series is shrimping amazing. And this instalment is the mostest awesomest one so far. And you know what makes it super xtra mostest awesomest? It's a survivor. Why? Because I never intended to read it. Because after reading volume 2, I wanted to give up on the series (view spoiler)[ You got that right, sister. (hide spoi...

Now THAT'S how you do a sword fight!!This series is really catching its stride and this volume, by the end of it, turns everything ass over teakettle. I have really enjoyed how all three books in this series have all had their own little vibe going on. This latest volume is just as great if not the best yet.It's like a science fiction version Game Of Thrones....Only...not at all like that, really. Yeah. I suck at comparisons.Regardless, the Lazari are pretty freaking cool and this arc has 'em by...

I want that last fight scene turned into a movie :)EDIT: That was my original comment from the first time I read it, last April. It still applies :)

So, this book is FABULOUS. I read this as soon as I possibly could after reading the second and first volumes because I just loved both of them, and this was excellent. Whilst volume 2 focused a little more on the wider world and some of the other characters within the world, this one takes us back to the story of Forever herself (which I loved). One element of this in particular which I found fabulous was the dramatis personae which we were shown at the beginning of the book. I felt that this h...

This volume was definitely the best of the Lazarus series so far. I loved the focus on not only Forever, but her fellow Lazari, and I loved the moments of humanity that were dotted in between the violence and manipulation.The one-on-one fight scene in this volume is magnificent and high-octane, and I loved the plot's twists and turns. I also really enjoyed being introduced to so many new characters, and seeing where loyalties lay concerning other Families worldwide. The action was a lot further-...

Glad I stuck with this. It's continuing to be a really good read. It's not always at the top of my pile, but I enjoy it whenever I do get to it.Were East of West is more of crazy-western look at a dystopian future, this bares a slight more realism to it. There's also a really cool sword fight in the final part.

This is awesome :) This book really makes the whole series become more logical. In the previous two parts I was not sure yet where this series was going. Now I think I am a fan and I will hope we do not have to wait too long for more parts.These people are really messed up and mind-fucking, which always makes for a good story. Read this if you like comics, mind-fuck and distopia (well depends on from who's perspective you look at it, but a future story anyway) with fancy technology.

Holy shit it’s been 3 years since I first read volume 2? I find it hard to believe I didn’t go alt-right murderous rampage in the between time. It *does* explain how Rucka got three more volumes out by now though, so for that I’m very happy. I love all the Lazari and I love the sword fighting. This book takes a very different setting that before and puts all the Families against each other in a battle of wits. Very slow, well-articulated actions that took their sweet time building any menace, an...

This series is back on track after the second volume, which I believe was a misfire. It wasn't focused enough on Forever, who clearly is the heart of this series. I appreciated the storyline of all the Lazari meeting together for their conclave. Interesting contrasting their personalities with Forever's. Forever continues to have a vulnerability to her nature, despite her lethality. She really does want to be loved and cherished by her family, but it's an impossible goal. I was glad that she did...

It's getting better and better with every volume. Pure awesomeness.

Binge-reading Lazarus today! Why? I'm not sure. First volume focused on rich family Carlyle and their biologically-engineered Lazarus Forever. Then we meet some of the Waste in the second one. Now in the third we are back to a kind of war brewing between two families, ho hum, but some more interesting intrigue may also be brewing with Forever, raised to be a super killer, a Female family Ronin, who has to decide what to do with the news that she has just recently learned, that she is not the bio...

I'd been waiting a long time for Lazarus: The Second Collection, which collects this volume as well as Lazarus, Vol. 4: Poison, and it was worth the wait. Greg Rucka's script is smart and Michael Lark's art is realistic and gritty. On the first read-through, I was really drawn into the story and, without knowing what was going to happen next, I really enjoyed the suspense. On further read-throughs I'll be able to 'take in the scenery' a bit more. Since the first issue, this series has really cap...

It's conclave time! The very small group of super-rich who control everything come together because old man Hock looks like he might have stolen some of Family Carlyle's IP. We find out what happened to Jonah Carlyle after his crash, and we get to meet all the Lazari, and Forever gets to find out where she comes from. Unfortunately, we don't know what she'll do with this information yet because of the outcome of the fight with Forever and Sonja, Family Bittner's Lazarus. (view spoiler)[I'm sure

3.5+ stars rounded up.So this third volume of the momentum-gaining Lazarus picks up with the introduction of all the rest of the families who rule the world. We get an intro page on the alliances and enemies, much like East of West, but this is far less drug fuelled than Hickman's crazy shit.There's a decision by Papa Carlyle to ask for a conclave, hence the title, after an enemy Lazarus arrives to parlay with Forever and inform Carlyle that Jonah is held hostage (the one who crashed his plane a...

'Lazarus' holds steady as one of the best comics in recent years, capitalizing on Rucka's deftness with crafting a strange future of degradation, caste, and family. And science. Which is the big surprise and which highlights the worth and value of incremental plot development. Imagine learning at the beginning of "Return of the Jedi" that the Emperor and Darth Vader were actually flower collectors the whole time and their floraphilia was what fueled their entire evil design, and you'll get a sen...

If you're not reading Lazarus, you should be.This third volume only takes place over a few days, but it turns the entire series on its head as all of the conflicting families come together for the titular Conclave, and the direction of the series changes drastically. We get to learn more about the world that Rucka and Lark have built, as well as the Lazari that each family possesses, and Forever delves deeper into her hidden past. It all adds up to a cliffhanger ending that has me gagging for th...

I really liked the alternating chapters in Vol. 2. This one is more linear, similar to the first volume. Jonah is back, which I hadn‘t expected. It makes sense though to eventually meet him again and to see where his storyline leads.We get to know the other families and their Lazari and we meet the head of the Hock family. What a creep.Did the topic of longevity ever come up in the two previous volumes? Because that caught me by surprise. I must not have been paying close attention in the first

BETTER THAN SAGA!!!