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JLA Presents: Aztek: The Ultimate Man (Aztek: The Ultimate Man (1996-1997)) Kindle & comiXology

by Grant Morrison (Author), Mark Millar (Author), Ed Benes (Artist), Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
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From writers Grant Morrison (52, BATMAN) and Mark Millar (Ultimates, Civil War) comes Aztek, the visionary hero from the 1990s! In these stories from AZTEK: THE ULTIMATE MAN #1-10, Aztek fights the forces of evil in Vanity City, where he meets costumed characters including Green Lantern and The Joker!
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B016ATGNM8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DC (May 13, 2008)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 13, 2008
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 834364 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 241 pages
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Grant Morrison

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Grant Morrison is one of comics' greatest innovators. His long list of credits includes Batman: Arkham Asylum, All-Star Superman, JLA, Green Lantern, Animal Man, Doom Patrol, The Invisibles, WE3 and The Filth.

The TV series of his graphic novel HAPPY! is showing on SYFY and Netflix.

Photo by PDH (File:Grant_morrison.jpg) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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perfecttom
5.0 out of 5 stars Quality cut short
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2020
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A title that never got a chance to pick up full speed, still a great, fun read and lead in to morrisons JLA
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Charlie Griffin
4.0 out of 5 stars A '90s gem
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2017
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When it comes to fairly obscure DC characters, it's difficult to go much lesser-known than Aztek and still find collected reprints like this. Appearing as a short run in the mid 1990s (contained within this book), Aztek would then do on to Morrison's Justice League run of the time; and you've almost completely exhausted his appearances. So, is it worth visiting such a small-time character?

We both know you read my star rating before getting to that hypothetical question.

Yes, it's still worthwhile. What we have here is Grant Morrison writing a fairly "normal" story, compared to, for example, his work in Doom Patrol and Final Crisis. This one isn't going to be too mind-screwy, and remains relatively all-ages, so I could very well see Aztek working as an entry point for Grant Morrison. Beyond that, there are still plenty of Morrison's staples, such as deconstructing the contemporary comics of the time in favor of what was a more silver-age, even optimistic approach. While this book isn't going to overthrow his absolute best work for anyone, it's still well-crafted on his part.

The collection does have a few noteworthy flaws; in particular, especially early on in the book, there are several places where the digits like "i" or "!" have almost become solid lines. I do not think this was a printing error on my copy, either; most likely, there is something wrong with the reprinting itself. Additionally, while art is generally good across the board, sometimes, especially towards the middle issues, on-panel actions are simply incomprehensible. More than once I simply could not figure out what the heck was happening and had to move on.

Once you get past these, everything else tends to hold its own. Aztek is probably more of a "boy scout" than even Superman, which makes it all the more unique amongs its peers from the day. The book will also be easy to pick up and read by newcomers, as continuity never gets to the point that context can't help explain the rest.

If you're interested in the character, if you're a huge fan of the JLA stuff from the day, or even if you just want to see more work from the creative team, go ahead and pick this one up.
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Kid Kyoto
3.0 out of 5 stars Might be nice, if it had been finished.
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2008
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Created by superstar writers Mark Millar and Grant Morrison Aztek could have been a great comic but it came at the wrong time. A victim of the collapse of the comics industry in the late 90s it was cancelled after less than a year.

Reading it you can see there was a long-term plan. But the final issue ends with literally a dozen storylines unfinished. The hero joins the Justice League and is killed off soon after.

If Morrison or Millar were to ever return to Aztek I'd raise my rating but as it stands the reader is left frustrated.
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Nathan Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2018
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This book is amazing. The art is amazing, specially love his drawing depiction of the joker. Story is well done. It's a shame this got cancelled back in the day.
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Ed Force2
5.0 out of 5 stars I like Aztek, I read this and high school and ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2014
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I like Aztek, I read this and high school and loved it. want to see him in the new 52
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Ragdoll
4.0 out of 5 stars I recommend it.
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2011
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I'm not really going to review the book but I will say I thought the story was great and its a good prequel to Morrison's JLA. Also I really liked the art, it felt gritty, had a lot of movement and a great sense of pacing. After I ordered my copy I'll admit I was worried my book would arrive with issues missing but it came whole and I couldn't recommend it higher. If you're reading Morrison's JLA and want to know more about that guy Aztek who keeps showing up, get this. Oh yeah, the Joker makes a pretty awesome appearance as well.
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B. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2018
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Excellent product and service!!! *****Thank you!
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Jeff F
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Morrison's best. . .
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2013
This trade collects all 10 issues of the Aztek series. Being a big fan of Grant Morrison's JLA run (and, to a lesser extent, Mark Millar's Ultimates), I decided to check this brief series out, since the character of Aztek was one of the underdeveloped aspects in Morrison's JLA storyline. In terms of inventiveness, this is not Morrison's best work. I've grown accustomed to weird ideas and a comfortable middle road between Silver Age wackyness and "enlightened" contemporary sensibilties in Morrison's comics. The Aztek series does attempt to update some of the common tropes, conventions, and cliches of superhero comics (i.e. how superheroes are named, maintaining a secret identity, the superhero's girlfriend, teaming up with other heroes, etc.), and Morrison and Millar's writing is at its best when parodying and reinvigorating these tropes, conventions, and cliches. However, there's a fundamental problem with Aztek: he's just not all that interesting of a character. The backstory of the Q-Group, who trained Aztek, also remains undeveloped in this series. After issue 10, the series was cancelled, leaving the backstory unexplained and multiple subplots that were just getting started unresolved. N. Steven Harris' and Keith Champagne's art leaves a little to be desired; they use a somewhat minimalist style that was popular in the late 90s in comics, possibly as a reaction to all the artists attempting to draw like Rob Liefield. While Harris' and Champagne's art mostly works, it often renders the action scenes incomprehensible; a reader might have to reread a page a few times just to understand it all. The moral of the story is, if you like Grant Morrison's comics, look elsewhere. Best start with his run on JLA.
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julien
4.0 out of 5 stars Bien
Reviewed in France on December 12, 2020
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Bien ecrit bien dessiné, la totalité de la mini serie par morrisson. Un peu de mal à accrocher cependant aux personnages secondaires de dc comics, surtout celui ci qu on a quasiment jamais trop revu depuis...
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Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Leitura divertida.
Reviewed in Brazil on November 12, 2016
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Muito boa leitura. Recomendo. Esse titulo deveria ter sido publicado aqui no Brasil. Para quem gosta é um super divertimento
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W-Town
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok companion to the JLA volumes
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2014
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If you've read the Grant Morrison JLA trades then you may have seen Aztek before as a new Justice League member. This volume provides back story and fleshes out the character somewhat.

Overall it's a vaguely interesting origin type story showing Aztek early days attempting to get a secret identity and move into a new city assuming the mantle of it's resident superhero. The look at the idea of cities having their own heroes of varying qualities is humourous and well written. Somewhat reminded me of the setup for the Tick.

Artwork feels a little old a this point, hopefully they release an recoloured edition to match up with the superb new versions of the JLA collections.

It's a interesting side project and fills out some story around a character that came out of nowhere in the JLA storyline, but it's probably not weighty enough to really stand out on it's own,
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