The Middleman: The Collected Series Indispensability!, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Viper Comics, 2008, 0980238544, 9780980238549, 335 pages. Together in one explosive tome, it's all three volumes of "The Middleman," the Viper Comics smash coming soon to ABC Family! It's all here: the complete story of Wendy Watson - art student turned crime-fighter for the the world's most absurdly secretive organization - loaded with extras and ready for action! Your reality is a sham. Your way of life is constantly under attack by monsters, aliens and talking primates and the reason you and the rest of the pink-skinned normal world don't know it? The Middleman. Working in absurd secrecy, aided by talented amateur Wendy Watson, the Middleman stares down threats extra-infra and juxta-terrestrial with a big gun and a have-a-nice-day grin. The Middleman: he fights evil, so you don't have to!.
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Together in one explosive tome, its all three volumes of The Middleman, the Viper Comics TV show series which appeared on ABC Family! Its all here: the complete story of Wendy Watson art student turned crime-fighter for the worlds most absurdly secretive organization loaded with extras and ready for action! Your reality is a sham. Your way of life is constantly under attack by monsters, aliens and talking primates. The reason you and the rest of the normal world doesnt know it; The Middleman. Working in absurd secrecy, aided by talented amateur Wendy Watson, the Middleman stares down threats extra-, infra-, and juxta-terrestrial with a big gun and a grin.
Middleman is one of the best comic books ever. Created by Javier Grillo Marxuach (Lost/Medium) Wendy Watson is just a temp at a lab when a monster attacks her. She is rescued by a stranger with a high powered laser gun who then offers Wendy a job saving the earth from threats like gangster apes, or a cabal of mexican wrestlers with a laser cage created by a diamond. Full of adventure and comedy it's also a successful tv series in America this is definitely a must buy.
I bought this after watching the show. My wife and I loooooved the show, so I had high hopes. Apparently this was created before the show, in between the first attempt at making it a show 10 years ago and the current instantiation (I hope hope hope it returns!!), and it basically outlines the plot of the first season of the show (except for a real surprise in the end...wow!!). As a result, I already knew what was going to happen most of the time. But if you haven't seen the show, buy this - it's a great intro to a fabulous concept, and maybe you'll push ABC Family to re-up the show...
I was tipped that I might like The Middleman TV series, and I do, very much. Reading the comic is the logical response and it's good in itself and fascinating to see what changed (Wendy and Noser are Anglos; she reads different comics). The art is good enough to attract my almost-single-minded verbivore's eye. If you like wordplay and the old heroes (The Avengers, The Man from UNCLE) try it.
You can add me to the list of people who were fans of the TV series The Middleman last summer. (Unfortunately, the number wasn't large enough and it got canceled.) Naturally, I was curious enough to pick up a copy of this book. It collects the entire run of the comic books that preceded the TV series. Basically, that's three stories. Finally comes ""The Third Volume Inescapability." While Wendy struggles with balancing her art career and her new job saving the world, The Middleman gears up for a battle with their arch nemesis, F.A.T.B.O.T. (that's Federated Agents of Tyranny, Betrayal, and Oppression's Yoke). This one ends quite differently than anything we saw on the TV show.
And, frankly, that was my biggest disappointment with the book. These stories had already been told on the show, so I remembered where they were going even if there were some changes along the way. Furthermore, the TV series ran 12 episodes, so we got a much richer, deeper, and funnier canvas. Heck, there is hardly any focus on Wendy's home life, which often provided some of the best laughs on the show.
The Middleman: The Collected Series Indispensability was a great read for me. If your a fan of the TV show you will notice that these stories are very similar to events in the show. The author original intended this Comic Book to be a TV show but couldn't get anyone to make it. So if you come from the TV show dont worry you wont feel like this is a waste of your time. The stories are always funny and the references to pop culture never get tired.
This is my first comic book ever (I'm more of a written-word girl), and I have to say that I absolutely loved it. I came to the comics through the series (and if you're a fan of the books, seeing the series is a MUST -- you can pick it up on iTunes until ABC Family gets off its hindquarters and gives us new eps.. or at least reruns, people? Please? Pretty please? Please, sir, may I have some more?), so the first two volumes weren't new to me by any means, but I still enjoyed them enormously.
The premise, for those of you not in the know, revolves around Wendy, an art-school graduate who works a string of temp jobs until something goes wrong at her latest employeer's ("AND laboratories, rescrambling your DNA") and she is attacked by an escaped science experiment ("Hentai tentacle monster" -- her words, not mine) and rescued by a clean-cut square-jawed "superhero" who goes only by the Middleman. Well, Wendy calls him a superhero. He points out that he never wears tights. As the Middleman's new apprentice, Wendy fights ganster apes (Vol 1), a cadre of Mexican wrestlers bent on world domination (Vol 2), and the insidious FATBOY (the Federated Agents of Tyrany, Betrayal, and Oppression's Yoke -- Vol 3, where Wendy posits that they were at the end of the line for good anagrams).
For fans of the series, Volumes One and Two will bring back fond memories, while Three will just plain shock (I'm still not sure how I feel about that ending, to be quite honest). If you've never seen the show before, you'll see how brilliant and funny Javier Grillo-Marxuach can be in any medium.Read more ›
I picked this up because I had seen the TV series and was a big fan. The TV series was goofy and fun, about an employee for a secret organization and his sidekick who are called in to investigate aliens, the supernatural and anything else out of the ordinary. It's a bit like the X-Files, but with the emphasis on the corny and fun, rather than the serious and creepy.
This collection contains three limited series and several stand alone issues. The first two limited series were remade almost directly as episodes of the TV show. The third however, goes in a darker direction than the TV show, which remained light throughout it's short run. The one big difference is that the level of violence and carnage is a little higher and more explicit than the TV show (but I guess that's what you get for having the show on ABC Family). The third collection ends on a bit of a cliffhanger that was never resolved. Or at least not so far.
The Collected Series Indispensability contains all three volumes of The Middleman so far, and it's definitely worth checking out. There are some minor differences that may cause a little cognitive dissonance, but nothing huge. Wendy is Caucasian with red hair rather than Cuban with black hair, the Middleman is blond, and Noser is white. There's less Lacey and no Tyler. But other than that, the first volume (The Trade Paperback Imperative) is almost word-for-word, shot-for-shot the pilot, and the...more The Collected Series Indispensability contains all three volumes of The Middleman so far, and it's definitely worth checking out. There are some minor differences that may cause a little cognitive dissonance, but nothing huge. Wendy is Caucasian with red hair rather than Cuban with black hair, the Middleman is blond, and Noser is white. There's less Lacey and no Tyler. But other than that, the first volume (The Trade Paperback Imperative) is almost word-for-word, shot-for-shot the pilot, and the second volume (The Second Volume Inevitability) is almost identical to "The Sino-Mexican Revelation." There are still some great lines and moments that didn't make it into the show, however (at least one because the show is quite clearly—and endearingly—low-budget). It's pretty neat to see the episodes in comic form (their original form!), as it gives you even more appreciation for the people bringing them to life on TV. Unsurprisingly, the show is very much in the spirit of its source material, given that Javi is behind both.
The third volume (The Third Volume Inescapability), however, is where it's at, as it's a story we haven't yet seen on the show (although one line/moment did appear in modified form last week), and I'm anxiously awaiting the integration of some of the elements of that storyline into the show, if it lasts. Obviously, reading the third volume may spoil you for the show, but it's a good story. It's a good comic overall, actually, as it doesn't adhere to any one panel structure, simply using the medium however is best to tell the story.
After watching the TV series "The Middleman," I knew that I really wanted to read the comic book it was based on. Most of the storylines in this collected omnibus of all of the comic books were later used in the series, but I enjoyed seeing them again in comic book form with some additional material (and some special effects that are easier to draw than create for television). As a fan of the television series, it is fun to see how the concept of the characters and storylines either stayed the s...more After watching the TV series "The Middleman," I knew that I really wanted to read the comic book it was based on. Most of the storylines in this collected omnibus of all of the comic books were later used in the series, but I enjoyed seeing them again in comic book form with some additional material (and some special effects that are easier to draw than create for television). As a fan of the television series, it is fun to see how the concept of the characters and storylines either stayed the same or changed due to casting and other creative decisions. There are also some panels of art that were so fun that I want to photocopy them and hang them on the wall. THE MIDDLEMAN comic books feels a lot like the television series -- a fun, witty story that does not take itself too seriously and yet has a big heart. Especially for anyone who is a major fan of the television series, I feel this volume is truly indispensable.(less)
Okay. Like several of the others listed here, I came to this through the short lived TV series. The first two parts were word for word translated to the screen so it is only through the minor differences in character and the final third that the books contains things new. I wonder if other fans may miss things invented for the show. (Although it would be almost impossible to render in print I wanted the energy drink **** to be in the book.) That said, it's still a real hoot. This belongs to the...more Okay. Like several of the others listed here, I came to this through the short lived TV series. The first two parts were word for word translated to the screen so it is only through the minor differences in character and the final third that the books contains things new. I wonder if other fans may miss things invented for the show. (Although it would be almost impossible to render in print I wanted the energy drink **** to be in the book.) That said, it's still a real hoot. This belongs to the rare area of comics that seem to have remembered to have fun. Short lived in print and on screen - but worth visiting again and again. (less)
I wanted to go to the source material for the ABC Family network show that I had seen so many positive reviews for. Do I think its great? No, but it is a pleasant read, and I found more enjoyment with the last installment that told tales of The Middleman in different settings (sword & sorcery, steampunk and WWII). If you like MIB (both the movie and the comic that spawned it) you'll likely enjoy this. Also, a little more time is spent trying to develop the characters than MIB the comic did. volume 3 takes all the classic cliches and twists of pulp golden era comics and makes another funny adventure with a surprising twist at the end. this collection contains volumes 1-3 and additional tales including a fantastic barbarian adventure thats very funny and drawn by the fantastic Josh Howard and a very witty tale that ties in to Sherlock Holmes. I loved the short-lived series "The Middleman," a send-up of classic superhero tropes and other popular culture. So I sought out the comics on which it was based. Two of the three stories were familiar as they became actual episodes (although the comic has a bit more adult humor). Fun and entertaining.
Almost at the end of this fine comic series and I can't stop from being saddened. I first saw the tv series on ABC Family, thought it had a comic book feel and lo and behold it was a comic book! Same on ABC for cancelling the show for it captured the voice of the comic so effortlessly! The story, comic or tv, had both whimsy and edge, and amazing dialogue (bravo for the actors who had to say it!).
The only bad thing about this book is that the first two thirds of it have been reproduced so ably in the television show. It's a simple idea executed with so much wit, that it's impossible not to fall in love with it. Perhaps the biggest surprise, is that despite how blatantly it rips off pop culture, it doesn't feel at all derivative, but rather completely fresh and new.
The Middleman is a comic book series written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach with art by Les McClaine and published by Viper Comics. The series was initially intended to be a television pilot. Grillo-Marxuach decided he wanted to write a series that represented all of the things he grew up loving (what he calls the "Javi-centric World View"). With a little coaching from Paul Dini, he realized his dream in the medium of comic books – for several reasons, not the least of which was how much it would cost to produce a "tentacled ass monster" for television.[1] Despite this, a single season of a television adaptation was picked up for the 2008 season by ABC Family.[2]
The first issue hit the shelves in July, 2005. The mini-series was collected as a single trade paperback volume, entitled The Trade Paperback Imperative. The second trade series trade, entitled The Second Volume Inevitability, was released on July 2006 and includes the supplement Legends of the Middlemen, three short stories chronicling the adventures of past Middlemen. The third "mini-series" was released straight to trade in 2007.
The Middleman's slogan is "fighting evil so you don't have to" and the character has been doing it for an unknown length of time. The Middleman is not just the incarnation in the current mini series; it is a job, a title, a persona that is handed down from Middleman to Middleman.[4] There are no written records of the Middlemen throughout history; only Ida holds the answers to the present day Middleman's predecessors. Each Middleman receives information via Ida from the "Organization Too Secret To Know" (O2STK). They carry out their orders in typical hero fashion and always save the day.
Thus far, the adventures of four Middlemen have been chronicled in the book and its supplements – Present Day Middleman, World War Two Middleman (and his doomed sidekick "The Middleboy"), Victorian Middleman and Barbarian Middleman, who operates in a quasi-Hyborean era. All of the historic Middlemen (with the exception of Victorian Middleman) have female sidekicks who bear a peculiar resemblance to Wendy.
The Middleman's real name and past is unknown to anyone, save Ida, although in the first comic book series (and first episode of the TV series) he recounts having been a Navy SEAL and being recruited shortly after having been cashiered for insubordination. But even though much of his life is a mystery, his character is unmistakable.
The Middleman is what Grillo-Marxuach calls a "Dirk Squarejaw" character. He is the all American hero and a callback to heroes of more innocent times. He hardly ever swears. He is rugged, dorky, and he drinks his four glasses of milk every day. It was lightly hinted in the first episode that he had feelings for Wendy.