I think the restraint that Moore shows in his writing of V helps viewers to make up their own mind about the character.
However he still somehow manages never to be crass or excessive, something which would be easy to do when writing about an unhinged guy that lives in isolation and fantasises about bombing major landmarks. His methods are extreme and his morals are definitely questionable, but using Evie as a surrogate character for the audience is a masterful way to allow us to relate to Evie while eventually seeing that V was in the right all along just as Evie does by the book’s conclusion.Īlan Moore tackles the heavy themes and loaded subtext fantastically in the book, embracing the controversy and extremism of some of the methods V employs to take his freedom back. Instead of letting this break him, he uses it to his advantage and instead becomes an icon for the people.Īs V famously says “ideas are bulletproof,” and to write a character that takes on a broken system and make him exceptionally damaged, yet relatable is not an easy task. V is a tragic character with a terrible past that robbed him of his identity. CGC census 4/22: 401 in 9.8, none higher.More and more as time goes on and we read about people like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange being exiled and prosecuted and we see Mark Zuckerberg sitting with a piece of tape placed over his webcam, it seems that George Orwell’s prediction for humanity in his iconic 1984 story, is sadly becoming more of a reality.Īlan Moore and David Lloyd really tap into those 1984esque sci-fi themes of bureaucracy here and give the idea of freedom from totalitarianism a face and a name.
V For Vendetta #1 (DC, 1988) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages. David Lloyd wraparound cover and art. It wasn't that long ago – okay maybe, before the film – V For Vendetta #1 (DC, 1988) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages, Heitage AuctionsĪnd now a copy of that first DC Comics issue is up for auction from Heritage Arts Auctions today, CGC slabbed at 9.8 and currently entertaining bids of $134, with several hours still to go. It was also written at a time when nationalism was on the rise, a government was getting more controlling of society and war was back on the agenda. A majorly political comic book in all manners of the word, it intentionally set Anarchy and Fascism as two opposite points of view, with any other position as an unworkable compromise that collapses under its own contradictions. The book follows two protagonists, the terrorist V dressed like Guy Fawkes, and a protégée he takes on after saving her from assault, Evey Hammond. V for Vendetta is a 1984-inspired dystopian comic book set in the nineties, set in a United Kingdom that has elected a fascist dictatorship that followed a nuclear war.
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