 Hey guys welcome back to coming in TV the only place on YouTube. We're all geek culture collides. I'm Shannon and today on the show We're taking a look at the diehard year one graphic novel from boom studios I say it's graphic novel because it's hardback Technically it's a trade Because it came out in comic book form first, but since it's hardback I guess I could call it a trade hardback, but normally they're called trade paperbacks So anyway, like I said die hard year one from boom studios There's the side Comes with a nice attached cloth bookmark You can drape around Very nice And with it being hardback it has a Cover protector. We're gonna go ahead and take that off a minute so I can show you What the hardcover looks like All right Very nice police department city of New York front aside Chacon Thompson and Wilson. This is volume one Boom studios on the back Let's go ahead and take a look cover here. We got John McClain in His police uniform as a rookie And then you've got Nakatomi tower here with Hans Fallen off, but as you can see here This takes place in 1976 now this may just look look like design, but you flip it around this takes place in 1976 one nine seven six, okay then you see a gun with a silencer a revolver with a silencer and bleeding hand Very nice See John McClain here. He's bleeding a little bit on the back Every hero starts somewhere. All right, John McClain's name is synonymous with pulse pounding heart-stopping action Adventure where did it all begin right here? More than a decade before the first die-hard movie John McClain's just another rookie cop an East Coast guy earning his badge in New York City during 1976's Bicentennial celebration too bad for John McClain Nothing's ever that easy Join McClain on his first adventure taking on terrorists during the nation's bicentennial on a hot New York summer day The character that changed film forever stars here danger and double Danger and double crosses a bound in this story by comics legend Howard Chacon best known as the creative mind behind American flag And there's some reviews there Project fanboy said I could sit here all day trying to find more words for brilliant the pull box says cranks up the claustrophobic think on your feet Running for your life type action that fans are expecting from anything within the die-hard franchise and comics bulletin That comics bulletin says if you enjoy the first movie it's time to take a trip back to the beginning with die-hard year one Okay, and the Inside sleeve It's 1976 and John McClain is on the beat The world has been blown away by the adventures of John McClain for over 20 years here You will see How it all began with newly minded newly minted rookie cop John McClain on the streets of New York in 1976 things heat up when crime comes to the nation's bicentennial celebration and who else but John McClain finds himself in the middle of it and There you have about Howard Chacon Stephen Thompson and Matthew Wilson And then you see boom studios is located in Los Angeles, California and visit www.boom-studios.com Nice we're gonna leave that off right now Because it's just gonna get in the way as we go through this book. I really enjoyed it There is a they did take a lot from The first the first die-hard movie to make this possible to make it fit I guess but It's kind of reaching a little bit, okay, so We start off as you can see there's the inside cover Not decent artwork Kind of resembles Bruce Willis a little bit not much Anyway, Bruce John McClain has been partnered up with Ken Bingham He keeps calling him Ken But The cop is like that's officer Bingham recruit He's just a lazy cop, you know he he's Sent to walk the beat for the bicentennial celebration But his first First thing he decides to do is go track down a squad car so he can get some shut-eye Then we get one of the other Stars of the comic couple dirty cops then we see The boss of those dirty cops basically the celebration and then couple rich people who It's their ship that John McClain is forced to take out the terrorists on Then we meet back up with McClain Bingham And those dirty cops The other girl she witnesses those cops kill him and they discover and chase after through bicentennial Nice nice nice nice nice nice. I'm not gonna go over every single page But then we end up on the ship John McClain's been brought on to handle Security as a plainclothes officer, but then those dirty cops Come along with their boss and a couple other guys to take over the ship and John McClain's waiting and hiding like only John McClain can do and yeah, he ends up He ends up handling the situation like only John can do and because of that He's made Detective as a rookie Which is usually unheard of But that's the basic premises of the story very It's nice. It's a little it's a little reaching quite a bit but it is It does it feels like a die-hard Book it feels like a cross between diehard and an old 1970s cop drama you from the art you get that feeling of the Watching a 1970s cop drama on TV. You could tell it's hot in New York The colors are kind of are the art is kind of muted The colors are slightly muted, but it's it's hard to explain It's got that 70s tinting to it, I guess is the best way to put it What I don't understand is in certain Panels You get the comic The comic dots on it But in most of the panels It's solid. Oh No, it's just it's a little weird how they did some of it But overall the art is good. The story is good. Like I said, it's reaching a little bit. I Don't think I Don't think John McClain would have Made it became a detective on his first day as a cop. That's a that's a little reaching but anyway I do recommend it for your collection Next I'll be going over diehard year one volume two, which takes place shortly after this It's still his first year as a cop But it's Right after he becomes a detective. So anyway, the artwork great the story is good And you get the feel that it's in it takes place in the 70s So You can I don't think you can find this at many comic bookstores anymore. I Had to order it off of I believe Amazon is Where I had to find it and I don't even think they have it on Comixology either Which is a shame But yeah, I recommend it it's a decent book Good for the collection good for any diehard fan, which I am Soon we guys If you enjoyed this video make sure and give it a like if you're not already Subscribe to the channel by hitting that subscribe button and a little notification bell and I will see you again Real soon take care yeeks If you enjoyed that video make sure you hit the subscribe button right there So you can stay up-to-date on all things geek culture Also, make sure you check out one of these two playlists on the side for more videos Just like the one you just watched I'm Shannon for coming in TV the only place on YouTube. 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