WANTED = worst graphic novel of all time
this is a terrible book.

it's written for teenage boys with rape and murder fantasies. plus, it's not even clever. even the dialog is lame. so much of WANTED just makes no sense. parallel dimensions? villains who rule the world but only wear their costumes underground? lame. boring. forced.

after watching the movie (which sucked too), i really give credit to the screen writers for cleaning up the mess of bad plot lines and rape/murder fantasies in the graphic novel.

i understand what Mark Millar was going for with this book, but he didnt pull it off like alan moore did with Batman: Killing Joke. after reading a book as bad as WANTED, i love alan moore and frank miller even more.

if you want to read a book about the difficult struggle between good vs evil and the areas of gray in between, do yourself a favor and read Watchmen, Batman: Killing Joke, Next Men, and V for Vendetta to name a few.

WANTED sucks.

but i will say one good thing... J.G. Jones did great artwork for the graphic book.

Might I suggest...
As a kid I loved comics and to me it was more than a hobby. As an adult I find my affinity for them is just as strong. After reading "WANTED" I'm forced to admit that I was disappointed.

As a male, I'm natually drawn to graphic and senseless violence (fictional violence, not the real stuff), which the author/artists do a great job of providing. I would NOT show this book to a child, and TBH I wouldn't show it to a teenager either, but maybe thats just the Liberal-Conservative in me. Anyways..... The artwork is beautiful, as is the binding and dust jacket (which doubles as a poster). The artwork is not the really awesome CGI stuff thats been hitting the market, its the oldfashioned style of comic making.

Those being the positives, here's the negative from my perspective. The story line, is utterly boring. The story does have a well thought out twist which gives u some excitement at the end. The beginning is also pretty cool (seeing a layman become a super villian), but the middle part..... Well... I would have enjoyed it more having read the beginning, then the end, and just browsed the middle.

If your wanting good artwork, showing what few have been able to produce (without censorship), then this is your book. If your looking at the book purely from a story telling aspect.... Continue browsing (might I suggest "Red Son"??).

Nothing is perfect
The book "WANTED" is a lovely book, fantastic graphics and real action story; it's a must particularly after watching the movie
But- nothing is perfect the book binding is very poor, after reading the first 10 pages the papers started to get loose and now I have a wonderful binder with lots of loose leafs
Hisham Bassyouny

Very very very good read but the book is not the movie
Wanted was an amazing read! I will warn though that the content is very graphic and mature; this includes language, violence (gore.), and sexual content. The book is so different from the movie that you will be either pleasantly surprised or horribly shocked because the language and violence is about 10 ten times worse.
I recommend this book for comic book fans who want something more gritty and dark, people who don't like standard happy endings, and fans of the Anti Hero.

If you like Watchmen, Evil Dead (and the sequels), Fight Club (and anything else by Chuck Palahniuk); you will enjoy Wanted (The graphic novel).

pleased
I was very pleased with the product and the amount of time it took to arrive.