Low Volume 2: Before the Dawn Burns Us (2015)

by Rick Remender, Greg Tocchini (Illustrator)

Other authors: Dave McCaig (Illustrator)

Series: Low (7-10)

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"Stel Cain is on a mission to rise from the depths of the sea, where humanity has fled to save itself from the ravages of a dying sun, and be the first human in millennia to walk the scorched surface of the earth. There, she believes, a deep-space probe holds the coordinates to an inhabitable world and promises to restore hope to all of humanity. The the rumor of the probe is spreading, and has reached the ears of one of the feared Ministers of Thought from the icy city of Voldin, where hoping for a better future is a crime punishable by death."--Back cover.… (more)

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I skimmed it because I couldn't remember what actually happened in this volume... Then saw how the women were drawn and remember thinking ''Oh yeah, that's why the phrase 'male-gaze' exist..''

Also the words 'pretty hentai' popped up in my mind... So I won't continu with this series. Good art doesn't make up for weak storytelling and in combination with the fact that women are always drawn with an perfect view on their bodies... yeah no.

THAT ART THOUGH! (

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Jonesy_now | Sep 24, 2021 |

Overall, the story's advancing, and in some interesting ways.

But overall, the same issues abound: Confusing, yet beautiful art. Decent, yet pedestrian writing, filled with heavy-handed conversations about hope.

I'll give it one more, just to see what they do out of water. (

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TobinElliott | Sep 3, 2021 |

Stel Caine's family are scattered or dead. This story deals mostly with her eldest daughter Della Caine and how she deals with her situation. Meanwhile Stel presses onward to the surface to find the returned probe. This series seems to be about hope and how different people deal with trauma and depression. The whole world is going to die and mankind huddles at the bottom of the ocean in separated cities, hoarding oxygen and food. (

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questbird | Jan 30, 2021 |

At first I thought this was separating into a bunch of different plot lines, but somewhere before the halfway point it all started coming together. I really dig the different "societies" and I'm super curious what they're going to find when/if they get to the surface.

Also thought it was awful, and also original, that the sister shows up to save another sister and ends up killing all the good guys without realizing it. (

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ragwaine | Jul 22, 2020 |

I keep getting drawn in by the artwork, and then annoyed at the gratuitous female nudity and then bored by the plot. There's a lot of politics and a lot of what the society under the water is like but I didn't find that I really cared. (

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wyvernfriend | Dec 1, 2016 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Remender, Rick	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Tocchini, Greg	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed
McCaig, Dave	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Low Book One by Rick Remender

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Low #7 by Rick Remender

Low #8 by Rick Remender

Low #9 by Rick Remender

Low #10 by Rick Remender

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"Stel Cain is on a mission to rise from the depths of the sea, where humanity has fled to save itself from the ravages of a dying sun, and be the first human in millennia to walk the scorched surface of the earth. There, she believes, a deep-space probe holds the coordinates to an inhabitable world and promises to restore hope to all of humanity. The the rumor of the probe is spreading, and has reached the ears of one of the feared Ministers of Thought from the icy city of Voldin, where hoping for a better future is a crime punishable by death."--Back cover.

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