The Amory Wars: The Second Stage Turbine Blade

I will preface with I have been a huge Coheed fan for years and this was my starting point (finally lol) into the comics behind the music.This compendium includes the entire run of the The Amory Wars: Second Stage Turbine Blade. Which is the first volume of the Amory Wars. Also included is a small little comic called “33” about one of the characters in SSTB. Also included in this collection, which confused me at first, is the original two volumes of Second Stage Turbine Blade. Which was discontinued at first, but later was re-envisioned to match popular demand.

If your into Coheed & Cambria, your shouldn't shy away from this. Read it before, while & after you listen to the album. You'll find you will come back repeatedly because this is always a great read through. Highly recommend the next series as well. I shouldn't have waited to buy this. You shouldn't either.

The binding,covers and page quality of these books are top notch. I'm a huge coheed and cambria fan so these were must haves. Granted Claudio Sanchez writes music better than stories, these are still a must read for any fan who wants to know the story behind the lyrics. I can only hope he releases a comic and or novel for each album. With a bit of rewriting this series would be amazing as an animated television series.

I have been listening to these guys since they first started airing on MTV (Yes, I know, I'm a dinosaur haha) but this is the first time I've gotten my nose in one of the books. Within the first 10 pages you can hear links to all kinds of things and it gets better as things go along. Right now I'm only through the 1st of the books inside, but I look forward to the rest of it. I plan on getting some of the other ones once I finish!

I’m not a fan of reading, however this story had me hooked. Loved how intertwined Coheed $ Cambria’s music is with the story. I recommend this collection regardless of if you like C&C or not. It’s well worth your time

Been a fan for years and finally got hold of the comics. Looking forward to this adventure, and it all starts here with this first volume. A must for fans who love graphic novels!

If you love the music of Coheed and Cambria then you love everything about the band and this is a perfect companion to the album second stage turbine blade

If you’re a Coheed and Cambria fan this is a great place to start! Lots of cool stuff inside!

The first volume is quite hard to understand sometimes as it repeats itself and isn't the best with dialogue placement.It gets much better in the second volume however although it still repeats itself a few times to reiterate the story, it's also confusing in places as to what period of time it's set in as it jumps back and forth and doesn't always make it clear to when it does.I do have to say though the story itself is great and covers all of the first album of Coheed and Cambria.You finally realise which character says what and in what context, giving you a better look into the album when listening to it.I also have to mention it has a bonus story "33" based on the song of the same name all about the character Patrick and is more faithful to the lyrics of the song than the main story section about Patrick is.It also contains both of the original Second Stage Turbine Blade comics which will save you a lot of money (unless you want them separately) as the originals cost a decent amount nowadays.

This are a must for Coheed fans. I loved getting to know the backstory of the songs and try to spot the relationship between them. This compilation of issues goes with the album of the same name, their first studio album to be released. The complete edition is a much more cost effective way of collecting all issues as I found them difficult and expensive to get hold of individually.

I've never read a graphic novel or comic book and I'm not much of a reader at all. But being a huge fan of coheed and cambria's albums I've always wanted more, so I order this, and simply I was blown away, and for me it opened up the albums to a whole new level, and makes listening to the album even more of a pleasure (I didnt think that would be possible) this hard back version looks great and quality means it going to last. The list of things I loved is far to long to start writing as most people have problem stopped reading this review, at the end of this book you are even treated to the 2 issue of the original bag on the line adventures. And a nice sketch book. I had probably read chapter one and I knew I was ordering the second, in keeping secrets. I really hope in the very near future good apollo gets a hardback release aswell.All in all, if you love Coheed and are always after more, look no further this is the answer, but be warned you will only want even more,Thank you Mr Claudio Sanchez!

Absolutely worth the money. Read it, listen to bands albums, their songs tell the stories and the art is phenomenal and I don't have words for how phenomenal a creative force Claudio Sanchez is!!

It’s perfect if you want to know the story behind the albums! It gets a wee bit confusing at times though