Moore pulls it off again. That retro feel with vampires and nazi's is really cool and makes me want to play City of Heroes again just so I can go sock it to some strigoi.

It was cool to get a glimpse of a budding Neopolis along with the toy maker guy and Traynor as a kid. I forgot he was gay and during the first half I was like, "Hey this german guys is hitting on him." Even though it was really subtle. Then I remembered and it all fell into place as Traynor's coming out story (to himself mostly).

I did feel like it was 2 short. Like the 2 plot lines should have been expanded upon. They were just too quick. But maybe that's the difference between reading the comics as they come out and reading the collection. Hard to write for both audiences.

But it was still very cool. I wonder if they'll be more of these? ( )

I came into this comic collection as a neophyte, having only read the back cover at a local comic store and the story just caught me and I am glad it did. “The Forty-Niners” by Alan Moore with art from Gene Ha is a great foray into the adventures, trials and tribulations of their later series “Top Ten.” The graphic novel is beautifully drawn, well written and packs a bit of punch. However, as is my problem with many comics, the story is a bit too short and I wish character development and plotting were more involved. Nevertheless, “The Forty-Niners” is a good introduction to Mr. Moore’s Neopolis universe. ( )

The first two volumes of Top Ten show us Neopolis, the city where everyone has superpowers, in 1999. This volume shows us its early days, fifty years before, with a police force struggling to deal with a vampire mafia and leftover tensions from World War II, and we learn about the background of the man who will captain the precinct in fifty years. ( )

good story. fun. gets into the background of the whole top ten deal, which i haven't read that much of because i like astro city so much and they're similar concepts. will probably eventually delve into more or moore-ha-ha ( )

http://www.piruett.se/2007/07/23/top-... ( )