Nameless #1 is a dark horror story reminiscent of Scanners, They Live, Videodrome, and the like. Even the asteroid Xibalba has a cryptic symbol on it, one that’s showing up on Earth as well. I scoured Nameless #1 for hidden messages, one less obvious of which is the chilling line, “Zirom trian ipam ipamis” which I’m pretty sure is an anagram for something that some interweb geek has already figured out. Background words, signs, and creatures don’t exactly make sense, something I’d expect if I were dreaming.
He shows it’s a place where anything can and does happen, colors span from glowing pinks to worldly blues. I particularly like the dream sequences, something Chris Burnham has penciled up perfectly. Grant Morrison has created a frightening world, one that exists on multiple plains. Nameless is a horror story through and through, one you want to dig deeper and deeper in to. The story is quite unique but strangely isn’t the highlight of Nameless #1. This makes him particularly valuable to some and a menace to others. “Nameless”, while he points out is still a name, has the unique ability to transcend dream states. Nameless #1 explores the dark worlds of the occult and the doomed distant future. When Nameless and his teammates inadvertently unleash this malignant soul-destroying intelligence, the stage is set for a nightmarish, nihilistic journey to the outer reaches of human terror.'ĮDIT: Since many people here have been asking for more shots from the comic, I have decided to add them in the OP.Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham team up again for something a little more cryptic and messed up than the Batman and Robin we’ve seen in the past. If that wasn't trouble enough, the asteroid has an enormous magical symbol carved into its side and is revealed to be a fragment of our solar system's lost fifth planet, Marduk, destroyed sixty-five million years ago at the end of an epic cosmic war between the inhabitants of Marduk and immensely powerful, life-hating, extra-dimensional "gods." One of those beings is still alive, imprisoned on Xibalba, dreaming of its ultimate revenge on all that exists. A massive asteroid named Xibalba-the "Place of Fear" in Mayan mythology-is on collision course with the planet Earth. ' NAMELESS tells the story of a down-at-heel occult hustler known only as "Nameless" who is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists as part of a desperate mission to save the world. The trade edition comes out in March and I can't wait to buy it. If you're into horror, then this is right up your alley.
Morrison hits on all cylinders, and is at his utmost surreal here. The writing is insane, multi-layered, and the art is wonderfully gruesome. Imagine Event Horizon crossed with the occult, by way of Jodorowsky.
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