It's up to you how you look at V, the main character of VfV: as a protagonist or as an antagonist? The fact that no matter how many times you read (or in fact think) about the storyline that I would rather not spoil to encourage reading it on your own, you still wouldn't be able to find out more about the past of V. He's a mysterious guy who is against the... facist (no offense) leaders of Great Britain. (People against the government - doesn't this ring a bell to you?) He's been part of medical experiments, being the only person from his group to survive, but resulting in some sort of a twisted (or warped?) mind. As he escapes from his prison camp, the adventure begins...

The way V is "designed" helps the reader to "feel like him". Hiding behind a mask (only taking it off once, and even then he's not facing the reader) lies a possibility that V might not be totally stable mentally. Who knows... However, he still saved Evey Hammond despite being an anarchist, so it still doesn't mean he's a totally bad person. Of course, he still manages to bomb the Parliament, break into the Jordan Tower, destroy the Post Office Tower and so on.

Don't forget something, this comic book isn't a recently drawn one - in fact, originally it was "born" in 1982, and its "parents" are Alan Moore (the writer; he also wrote Watchmen as well) and David Lloyd (the illustrator; has worked on both Marvel and DC comics too), and VfV wasn't colored originally in its original form to be found in Warrior, having been run for four years in it. Despite being aged, the visual style is tremendously done. It's not wanting to look all happy and all smiles - it seems to have some sort of enlightening for the readers to actually think about what's happening in the world.

It wouldn't be surprising if this storyline (that's been happening in the nineties) would actually happen later on. I have mentioned Anonymous before - the no-leader group (or rather community) with the Guy Fawkes masks is trying the same as this comic tries to do: to make people think.

Think about it for a second: while prices are up in the sky, riches get more money than they deserve and poor people (including myself) just try to have a day by day lifestyle. Rebellion is bound to happen, especially in countries that has been sort of dictatorial - it is happening in many countries right now, and in some places they succeed: Muammar Gaddafi, ruler of Libya was killed last year and his punishment was shown on television too.

Get this for enjoying a harsh, but great storyline. Get this as a first step towards being enlightened. Get this even if you have seen the 2005 movie adaptation. You won't be disappointed, it's a awesome one.

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