Luther Strode Volume 2: The Legend of Luther Strode

If I could, I'd give this a 4.5 rating instead of a full 5 star. I found this volume read a lot quicker than the previous volume and some points left me wondering what actually happened. I still don't get if the Binder was an enemy or a friend to Luther or just being who they are. Luther also lost some of the "geeky" quality to him from the previous volume, but I guess that happens when you live on your own with nothing but you mind for five years.However, I really liked the art in this volume again. Even the coloring was done well too. It really works for the story and Luther Strode. Besides Luther, I'm really starting to like Petra as well. Another example of a strong female character in comics. No the lead character, but she defiantly doesn't need anyone to help her and the last issue clearly shows that. In addition, just as you think the Librarian from volume one was creepy; Jack (the new villain) changes that opinion. Good villain for a brutal hero.Again, I recommend this comic to people who wanted something like Kick-Ass but with more...well kick-assery. This is a super violent comic book, but reading the story it's needed. I'm really starting to like Image Comics and Luther Strode because everything you wanted from Marvel and DC they do, but better. GASP! Luther Strode make a perfect action comic book.

The first book was better. This one picks up years later. A lot has changed. Luther meets even more dangerous foes and meets up with a old friend. He lost everything important to him in the first book. Good bloody action but what is his purpose for all the violence. All it causes is pain

I didn't know what to expect when I read the first Strode collection, and I was pleasantly surprised by it. This left me eagerly awaiting the second collection, which I ordered as soon as it was available.The first chapter starts off at an acceptable pace and then suddenly shifts gears into non-stop crazy for the rest of the collection. Chances are good you'll read this in one sitting (maybe you always do, but I try and stretch it out).In the first collection, there were "American Horror" references and influences. This collection has something of a T2/Predator 2 meets insane Kung Fu/Wushu/Dragon Ball feel to it. That's probably why it reads so fast, being 80% fight scenes.I'd say that Justin Jordan had it easy for this arc, but Tradd Moore and Felipe Sobreiro really had their work cut out for them. The visuals are more evolved than the first series, more experimental, and it's great. Thinking back, the first collection had more of a slower, detail oriented visual style, and this new one transitions into a faster paced, motion filled style.I liked it.

I love this series! Luther Strode is an incredibly captivating story. It now ranks amongst my favorite series.I definitely preferred the first volume to the second, but after reading the whole series I do see how the second volume leads the way to the beautiful conclusion of this glorious, blood adventure.This is a story you have to read if you haven’t checked it out already.

Great read..:. Almost as great as the first one.... loved it

Great story and artwork!

Bought all six issues when they came out now I own the trade. Gotta have me more Luther Strode. Justin Jordan writes a compelling story with lots of action. Tradd Moore brings the superb flow and movement to the drawings and makes the book fly of the page. Felipe Sobreiro is the icing on the death cake with a palette of blood soaked colors. If you like to see people get the sh*t the beat out of them....GET. THIS.

I liked it. It's not the best Strode has to offer, but it's still a solid set of comics.

I'm sure there aren't many people picking up this one who won't have read the first book in the series - The Strange Talent of Luther Strode - but if you haven't, go and read that before reading this. This second book, The Legend of Luther Strode, starts off at a bloody sprint and keeps going faster and faster until the utterly mental whirlwind of red destruction that is the finale - there is no room for getting to know the characters or finding out what Luther and Petra are all about, it's all just non-stop, eyeball burning action from start to finish and new readers are bound to be lost.Legend takes place five years after the first book and Luther has continued his crusade against crime while the crooks he's antagonising turn to shadier people to help them stop him. Petra has been hunting Luther down as he attempts to find redemption from the deaths of everyone around him he believes he caused in the first book. Meanwhile the strange group of similarly talented people Luther is now a part of - the kind of talents which allows someone to possess superhuman strength, speed, and resilience - are unhappy with Luther's activities and send not one, but two characters in an effort to stop him.If the first book was compared most often to Kick Ass for being about a highschool kid who becomes a superhero (an incorrect comparison anyway as Luther actually gets superpowers rather than a green and yellow scuba outfit - though Kick Ass is a very violent comic though also less so than Luther Strode), the second book has more in common with Dragonball Z - albeit for adults, definitely not kids - for its epic superpowered fights and near-constant action. And while superhero comics that mainly feature just action is something I usually dislike, writer Justin Jordan and artist Tradd Moore manage to create such original action sequences with such remarkable characters, and with actual life or death stakes rather than the usual draw-no-one-dies results of Marvel/DC superhero fights, that it's genuinely exciting to read and almost impossible to put the book down until the fight's over.Luther's somehow able to catch bullets in his muscles and combats an opponent's knife attacks by sinking the blades into his fists! In one sequence where it seems he's down and out, he spits out a tooth like a bullet at his enemy! The action in this book is just ridiculously awesome. That's really the beginning of what you can expect to see here - just look at the cover. That's the whole book basically! And the action gets more and more interesting as the story goes on.Luther's new enemies are an interesting pair. The Falstaffian figure Binder, one of the group of immortal-like superpowered beings like the Librarian from the first book who at first appears to be an enemy but also seems to be trying to help the troubled Luther understand what he's become; and the pitch black, pure evil Jack. This dude is an S&M mummy Jack the Ripper cosplayer turned up to 11. What he does in the mall at the end is insane and gives the seemingly invincible Luther a helluva run for his money in this book, showing his vulnerabilities and coming close to killing both him and Petra at different times in the story. Both are terrific characters who're hugely entertaining to see in action and all the while I was wondering whether Luther would beat them or whether they'd live to see another day or become an ally (this thought pretty much exclusively applies to Binder - Jack was never going to be redeemed).Tradd Moore's art continues to impress, bringing Jordan's hyper-violent script to lavish life with a mix of panel layouts ranging from the traditional 9-panel grid for talking scenes to wide panels for the action, and a mixture of dynamic shots for different fights. I love how he presents situations to the reader, knowing when to pull back and show the layout of a room or floor of a building before zooming straight in for a close up on the action. It involves the reader a lot more if they know what the scene layout is like, especially when the characters use it in the close-ups - so few artists know how to involve the reader in the action! It's also refreshing to read an action comic that eschews splash pages that tend to get overused in superhero fights - the only splash page here is the one where Luther finally kisses Petra. The art and colours are really something. I'd compare it to another comic if I could think of any artist whose work comes close to Moore's style but I can't - the man is an original.Jordan's script is incredible. Fresh and energetic, imaginative and mysterious, he gives out enough story to sustain the book before gleefully plunging into the most insane action you've ever seen. Luther remains a fascinating character, brooding and troubled but not overly so and not without reason, given the events of the first book, whose quest for redemption is engaging and sympathetic. Petra is a great character too and I love that she plays a big part in the finale - she's not superpowered like the other main players but it doesn't stop her standing by her man, guns in hand, ready for the last stand. That last shot in the book is indicative of the story - it's not about Luther, it's about Luther and Petra.Luther Strode is such an entertaining comic. If you enjoy dark stories with hyperviolence - and I mean it, if you're at all squeamish or dislike overly bloody material, stay the hell away from this book! - then you need to get down with this one. It's just great, it really is. Art, writing, characters, story, it's all here and it's all quality. Luther Strode is one of the best original comics to appear in the last couple of years and one of the jewels in Image's crown. Read it, guys, you won't regret it!

I had really enjoyed the first volume, but this is nowhere near as good. Not to spoil anything, but it's a lot of fighting and there is not much of a story.

Another awesome instalment in the trilogy and the way the writer links the books together with characters is fluid. Art is amazing and made me order the final book as soon as I finished!

Nice follow up to the first installment. Both story and art are great. It's a unique book. Nice take on the superhero genre. But beware, it's very bloody.

really violent and what I expected. great book.