Tomb Raider: Saga of the Medusa Mask: v. 1 - Softcover

Jurgens, Dan; Park, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840232064 ISBN 13: 9781840232066

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd, 2000

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Review:

Having reduced legions of console games players to wide-eyed, slobbering wretches, Lara Croft, the voluptuous star of the staggeringly successful Tomb Raider computer game, now makes a triumphant debut in comics. The good news is that Ms Croft's epic and explosive antics are perfectly suited to the printed page, brilliantly conveying its enticing mix of Indiana Jones-style thrills and breathless action. And, for those concerned with important details, artist Andy Park has ensured that this incarnation of Lara is just as "anatomically dynamic" as her pixellated counterpart. The Saga of the Medusa Mask collects the first four-issue series, in which Lara and her faithful butler Harcourt embark on a search for the fabled Medusa Mask, supposedly worn by the mythical monster herself. Danger, of course, lurks in every corner and even the most unexpected place of all. Dan Jurgens (Superman) has written a clean, fast-paced adventure, superbly realised by Park, which works very much like a James Bond film. With exotic locales and bold action sequences, Lara has ample opportunity to behave absurdly heroically, guns blazing in each hand, in classic Bond/Indy fashion. So, this is an excellent, undemanding read and will certainly increase anticipation for the forthcoming film adaptation. --Danny Graydon

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Join the star of the multi-million selling Tomb Raider games series in her very own graphic novel, the first collection of America's number one best selling comic! The deserts of of the Middle East can be a rather inhospitable place for Westerners. The sight of twenty armed soldiers against one, lone woman is not at all what you'd call even odds -- when the woman in question is called Lara Croft! She's the complete package: gorgeous, talented, and deadly. Her mission: to recover the 2,200 year old Necklace of Sharaham, looted by terrorists from its rightful place in a museum. But this is child's play compared with the assignment that follows, drawing Lara into the search for the mysterious artefact known as The Medusa Mask...

About this edition

• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1840232064
• ISBN 13: 9781840232066
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Illustrator: Park Andy