Scott Summerton's profile

Late and small, October 16, 2004

This was originally due on September 1 and didn't ship until Oct 13, and when it finally did it was digest size as well instead of the usual larger prestige format that special comics like this get. Its a great length for a prestige, but as the digest size it just seems very very small.

The presentation is nice however, even with the non-glossy paper. The story ties in well with the film as well as the established history of the characters in Dark Horse's prior titles, and still takes a unique stance on the entire thing as well.

Its just too little too late, and too small. Huge letdown.

A letdown, October 6, 2003

I rushed to pick this up after seeing the movie, loving every second, and was happy to see the entire film being a one volume comic adaptation instead of a 4 part mini-series or something. After getting past the awesome cover, replicating the film's poster, I was happily surprised to see the art style being that of film-image duplication for the majority of the book. These panels were lifted right from the movie, which itself is rare with adaptations of this sort. However, some panels were overly scratchy and rough, the art style intended of course, but regardless it left a lot to be desired, especially in the slapdash way the final 20 minutes of the film were compressed to a page and a… Read more

Overwhelming, October 6, 2003

There is so much awesome incredible information in this volume it boggles the mind that two people that never met face to face were responsible for it.

I love the history of wrestling, championship lineages in particular. It amazes me that certain men never held heavyweight gold, like Scott Hall or Owen Hart, and others only in one federation but not another, like Vader or Lex Luger in the WWF. This book doesn't illustrate who was more popular or who had more sway in the thick of things, but who held the titles and that's that.

Yes its outdated, the cutoff date being late 1999, but there's so many foreign and independent histories here its just too easy to get lost flipping through it… Read more