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American Flagg! Volume 1

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In 2031, chaos is the new world order. Worldwide nuclear and chemical conflict, environmental disasters and nationalism have driven the United States government ― and the corporations that own it ― to the relative safety of the planet Mars. The government and its parent companies, now renamed the PLEX, run things in absentia from the red planet. The only real law on Earth is enforced by the Plexus Rangers. Reuben Flagg was the star of a television series dramatizing the fictional adventures of one such Plexus Ranger. When Flagg was replaced by a hologram, he was drafted into the Plexus Rangers and assigned to protect the city of Chicago. Along with Raul, the smartest talking cat alive, and Luther Ironheart, the stupidest robot ever, and surrounded by a bevy of the most beautiful women of the 21st century, Flagg faces an uphill battle protecting and defending the American way of life...or rather, what's left of it. This first trade paperback collects American Flagg! issues 1-6 ("Hard Times" and "Southern Comfort"). Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Image Comics; First Edition (January 6, 2009)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1582404186


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 89


Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.5 x 10.25 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #1,423,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #403 in Dystopian Graphic Novels #1,477 in Image Comics & Graphic Novels #21,962 in Superhero Comics & Graphic Novels


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    • Artwork and adult-oriented storyline made for a great read. I'll be ordering Volume 2 in the ...
80's cutting-edge comic that till holds up today. Artwork and adult-oriented storyline made for a great read. I'll be ordering Volume 2 in the near future.
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2016 by Scarecrow Guy
    • Five Stars
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Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2017 by Dirk Topham
    • Raise the Flagg
"American Flagg!" is one of those comics that I have heard about for decades, and heard was great, but had never read. I finally picked it up and, no surprises, it is as fantastic as reported. Howard Chaykin and his series "American Flagg!" get the term "groundbreaking" attached quite often, and after reading it I see how true this is. Published in 1982 through First Comics (the same year Blade Runner ] came out, which does not seem to be a coincidence), "American Flagg!" laid the groundwork and set the stage for the comic book revolution that would come in 1986 with Watchmen and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns . In his introduction, Michael Chabon ( The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay ) goes so far as to compare "American Flagg!" to Citizen Kane , as having shown the world what could really be done with a medium that hadn't yet realized its own capabilities. Aside from just upping the sex-and-violence quotient to be more adult - something Chaykin would continue with his own famous revamps of The Shadow and Blackhawk - "American Flagg!" mixes politics, anti-corporationalism, and tongue-in-cheek irony combined with an entirely non-ironic patriotism and love of the American ideals of free speech, free press, and free religion. And maybe free love. In 2031 (a day not quite as far in the future as it must have seemed to Chaykin when he wrote it), a eco- and war-devastated Earth has been abandoned by the rich and powerful in favor of a terra-formed Mars. The Earth has been almost entirely purchased by a mega-corporation called The Plex, who pits the remaining population against each other in violent battles that it sells as top-rated programming to Mars. Rueben Flagg arrives, drafted into the Plexus Rangers, a corporate security force. Flagg was once a video star of the series Mark Thrust, until The Plex realized they had captured enough footage of him that they could holographically simulate the character without the actor. Flagg, who is Jewish, finds that Earth is a cesspool of discrimination and racism, with gangs battling against each other every night for Mars' entertainment. The Plex broadcasts a TV show, Bob Violence, loaded with subliminal messages to ensure the Earth folks keep fighting. But Flagg is an idealist, who has grown up on the dream of America, and decides that a little underground rabble-rousing is just what the country needs. And maybe a pirate TV station. I was happy to see that "American Flagg!" is not at all dated. There is a bit of the early 80s here, especially with pastel fashion, white suits, and the pre-AIDS sexuality that has Rueben Flagg as a cavalier James Bond type who can't go thirty feet without a woman taking off her dress and throwing herself at him. ( Interesting that Chaykin had all that fun catch up symbolically a bit later, when in "The Shadow" the sex-driven couple both caught AIDS.) There are some political issues that seem dated; one wonders why a future-society so sexually free would still be freaked out by homosexuality. Ultimately, "American Flagg!" lives up to its reputation. This is Good Comics. And any true lover of comic books who hasn't read "American Flagg!" is missing out. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2011 by Zack Davisson
    • Deserves a Salute
American Flagg helped pave the way for Frank Miller's Dark Knight, and served as a pivotal work in the comics genre when it debuted in the mid-1980s. The artwork pulsates with energy, and the storyline rushes headlong without stopping to spell out every nuance for the unintelligent reader. There is social commentary on politics, TV, religion, and sexual mores imbedded in the narrative. This, like Watchmen, is a graphic novel you will reread regularly. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2010 by N. Bilmes
    • Vol 1 rocks, vol 2... not so much.
This first volume is great and provocative on many levels. Volume 2 has a hard time keeping the standard.
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2015 by Anders Johansen
    • Interesting
Had these issues 15 years ago, and I really liked them. Thought it would be great reading this again, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought. Started losing interest near the end of the first book. I also have the 2nd book... but haven't cracked it open yet. For some reason, this book is really rooted in the 80s... at least in my mind. I think it would be fair to say it is a great document of it's time. I can see how it influenced a lot of modern day storytelling, like WATCHMEN and DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. If they had re-colored this modern style... it would have been so much better. Bruzenak's lettering was still groundbreaking. Chaykin's storytelling is top notch. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2013 by Fernando H. Ramirez
    • The Characters Have No Character
I bought both trades of American Flagg and attempted to read it over the course of a week. I own literally thousands of graphic novels and can honestly say that American Flagg is one of maybe a dozen stories I couldn't finish. The most interesting part of American Flagg is probably the sci-fi setting, but none of the ideas are particularly original or well executed. It honestly felt like a mash of a hundred other futuristic settings. (Judge Dredd, Dune, Star Wars, Bladerunner, etc.) The book is completely plot driven, yet the massive amount of interchangeable characters with similar appearances makes the story very difficult to follow. You are expected to piece together the political climate, the technological setting, and the remember the convoluted relationships of about thirty actors who are all having affairs. Even reading a few issues per day I had to constantly flip back to identify characters and understand the politics. There are a lot of explosions, fight scenes, and sex. The action is executed with a good degree of artistic skill, but I was hoping for more depth and intellect from a series that is so highly regarded. The worst part about American Flagg is that the author made no attempt to develop his characters or even tell us who they are in the first place. The main character, Reuben Flagg, is the most generic protagonist comic book hero I've ever read. Honestly, this could be a parody of any number of bland Golden age superheroes (Captain America, Superman) if it weren't completely lacking in humor. This book just wasn't for me. Its all action and sex,tied together by a confusing sci-fi plot. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2014 by DG
    • Not the best graphic novel
Has Moore just spoiled me? Did Gaimen raise the bar? (Even Miller might have improved my tastes...) Chaykin is good, interesting, decent. But, this novel lacks the wow factor, the "it" factor that could have taken it over the top. It's gritty, but not gritty enough, cool, but not cool enough, smart, but not smart enough. If it was a student I'd give it a B. Worth the read because of it's influence and the climate in which it was published but don't expect tooooo much. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2013 by Benjamin

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