'Dragonfly and Dragonflyman: Volume One' by Tom Peyer with art by Peter Krause, Russ Braun, and Jamal Igle continues the adventures of similar heroes in Earth-Alpha and Earth-Omega.Earth-Omega has gritty, dark Dragonfly, while lighter, nostalgic Earth-Alpha has Dragonflyman. In a series of similar stories, we see how each interacts with their world, as well as their young sidekicks. In Earth-Alpha, Dragonfly man is hypnotized and becomes a pacifist. In Earth-Omega, Dragonflyman has a trust issue...

I thank netgalley for the digital copy, and this is my honest review.This was such an interesting concept, as we follow a superhero and his sidekick in two alternative universes, where their personalities and their approach to fighting crime, and the crimes and criminals themselves vary greatly. It's like comparing Lego's Batman and Nolan's Batman. That's how different they are.

Colorful, fun, and entertaining. I enjoyed this superheroic graphic novel read, visually appealing and an appealing story! Yet another example of great work shared by Diamond Book Distributors -- do not go gentle into that good night, DBD. The world needs these books.

I have no idea what I was expecting going into this but this is probably the perfect companion piece to the Wrong Earth. Here the reader sees Dragonfly and Dragonflyman before their switch.I always assumed that Dragonfly was Frank Miller Batman up to 8 but now I see a very complicated character. He was genuinely trying his best to keep Stinger on the right path but he doesn't exactly do it right. In fact this doesn't seem to be his only woe as far as his supervillain brother is concerned which m...

I really like these characters, but somehow, I expected something different from this mini-series. Dragonfly and Dragonflyman didn’t meet at all, and that was the highlight I was looking for.Still, the stories were nice, but having such a big contrast between each universe, kind of interfered with getting too deep into any of the plots.The Earth-Omega angle was quite interesting and I would have liked to see more of it. While I’m not really into the anti-hero thing, the twisted relationship betw...

Nowhere near as good as The Wrong Earth. Just doesnt feel like its going anywhere

Good read. I loved seeing how they created the different versions of the villains, and even the relationship between the hero and his sidekick. Review will go in Bookshelf magazine in Sept/Oct 2020.

A meta-graphic novel, sets up two alternative worlds where the same superhero is manifested either as a goofy crime fighter (in homage to silly golden/silver age superhero plots and the Batman TV show) or as a tortured, violent anti-hero (similar to the dark age of the 1990s kicked off by Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns and other gritty comics). The juxtapositions were fun, and I liked the themes of found families, fathers/sons, and how to deal when a child/sidekick is ready to step into the

This is a work of genius. I’ve read Peyer’s work from the Big Two over the years so I was eager to dive into something else from him, and knowing that this is a prequel I will be actively looking for the main series. Reading this, I instantly thought of Batman in the 60’s and Batman in the 80s. Earth Alpha definitely has the campy 60s flair and a sidekick with campy exclamations. Earth Omega has the dark brooding violent Dragonfly and Stinger is the damaged sidekick. Seeing both storylines unfol...

De menor nivel que Wrong Earth, esperemos la continuacion de esa historia.

I'm really enjoying this series so far! This collection is a prequel to The Wrong Earth, and gives us insight into Dragonfly's and Dragonflyman's relationship with the Stinger of each character's universe. In Earth Omega, Dragonfly's Stinger is fed up with being treated like property; he feels disrespected by Dragonfly's cold behavior and backhanded compliments, and left out by Dragonfly's habit of not keeping Stinger in the loop. He wants out, and he wants out now. Meanwhile, in Earth Alpha, Dr...

I loved The Wrong Earth, also loved Dragonfly & Dragonflyman. This is my favorite series now. They clicked with me on multiple levels. Smart humor. The over-the-top extremes of both the happy, campy earth alpha and the gritty, dark earth omega are funny. I also cared about the story and the characters. Wanted to keep reading. The art is great and compliments the jokes, e.g., ridiculous villains drawn as if they are menacing. Kaktus is amazing. The humor reminds me of Astro City. I want to contin...

The Wrong Earth had a winning premise: take campy Adam West Batman, and the grim'n'gritty version from the eighties; thinly disguise them as Dragonflyman and The Dragonfly for copyright reasons; and then throw them into each other's worlds. But interesting as the main story was, some of my favourite bits came in the back-up stories pastiching various elements of comics history. So you can see the thinking behind a spin-off series following the two heroes on home terrain, juxtaposing their confro...

Well this has been done before, but it is quite good fun. Two very similar superheroes, with two very similar sidekicks, operate completely differently, as one is on a different timeline to ours. There's a wonderful evocation of the Golden Age to be had here ("care for another root beer?" as bigwigs celebrate a deal), with its ultra-staid, hectoringly educational stance, partnered with a similar adventure for the modern guy of more contemporary times, with his sidekick patronised in every frame

This book was a unique experiment in telling parallel stories, literally parallel worlds, with similar characters but from opposite eras of superhero comic book tropes. One story is set in the Golden Age of comics with no corruption or subtlety, lots of Deus Ex Machina. The other interwoven story is set in the Modern Age of gritty realism where all heros are anti-heroes. I did not finish the book, but from what I did read it was definitely YA or Adult due to the violent/sadistic themes in the da...

In this sequel / prequel to The Wrong Earth, Dragonflyman and Dragonfly live their parallel lives. Dragonflyman lives in the Batman '66 TV world while Dragonfly is a psychopath living in a grim and gritty world of hopelessness. The book is mainly about the dichotomy between the two and their sidekicks Stinger. Draganflyman has a wholesome relationship with his version of Stinger where they are basically equals while Dragonfly treats his Stinger as if he's a piece of property. It's interesting, b...

Dragonfly and Dragonflyman by Tom Peyer uses an interesting concept of alternate universes. If you watch the DC television universe at all you should be familiar with this concept. In one universe we have the campy Draganflyman and Stinger his equally lighthearted sidekick. These two really made me think of the old Adam West and Burt Ward relationship in Batman, as did that world. Things are fun and bright, even the crimes and villains are nicer. This does lead them to missing some stuff happeni...

I liked the first volume better as a crossover between the two universes. This volume basically tells the same story in each universe and shows how very different things are in the Darker universe vs the Lighter universe (think Christian Bale Batman vs Adam West Batman). The art was good, but I would have liked to have seen the coloring in the Light universe be a little brighter and more noticeably different.

*I received this book as an eARC from Ahoy Comics via NetGalley. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*This is a prequel story set before these two worlds collide. There's the dark and gritty world and the fun and bright world. The parallels between the characters and stories lead to a lot of fun. Since it's closely the same story in both worlds, the different perspectives and different styles are where the entertainment lies. I real...

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.This was an interesting execution of a superhero comic. I thought the parallel universes was a unique spin that was well executed. It had dark moments in Earth Omega balanced with the light moments in Earth Alpha. When I was reading it, I thought it was making a commentary on super hero tropes and comics. If this is the case, I enjoyed the cheesy one liners and the reflection of the parallel universe...