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The Coldest City Hardcover – May 16, 2012

by Antony Johnston (Author), Sam Hart (Illustrator)
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November 1989. Communism is collapsing, and soon the Berlin Wall will come down with it. But before that happens there is one last bit of cloak & dagger to attend to. Two weeks ago, an undercover MI6 officer was killed in Berlin. He was carrying information from a source in the East—a list that allegedly contains the name of every espionage agent working in Berlin, on all sides. No list was found on his body. Now Lorraine Broughton, an experienced spy with no pre-existing ties to Berlin, has been sent into this powder keg of social unrest, counter-espionage, defections gone bad and secret assassinations to bring back the list and save the lives of the British agents whose identities reside on it.
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  1. Part of Series
    The Coldest City
  2. Print length
    176 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Oni Press
  5. Publication date
    May 16, 2012
  6. Reading age
    16 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    6.1 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    1934964530
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1934964538
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Antony Johnston is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty graphic novels and comic series, including The Coldest City (now a film starring Charlize Theron), the epic series Wasteland, Marvel's superhero Daredevil, the modern Shakespeare Julius, and more. He also writes video games, such as the seminal Dead Space and ZombiU. He has adapted books by bestselling novelist Anthony Horowitz, collaborated with comics legend Alan Moore, and his titles have been translated throughout the world. He lives and works in England.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oni Press (May 16, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1934964530
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1934964538
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 376 ratings

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  1. Antony Johnston

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    Antony Johnston is one of the most versatile writers of the modern era.

    The Charlize Theron movie ATOMIC BLONDE was based on his graphic novel. His murder mystery THE DOG SITTER DETECTIVE won the Barker Book Award for fiction. The BRIGITTE SHARP spy thrillers are in development for TV. And his productivity guide THE ORGANISED WRITER has helped authors all over the world take control of their workload.

    Antony is a celebrated videogames writer, with genre-defining titles including DEAD SPACE, SHADOW OF MORDOR, and RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE to his credit. Having also consulted on SILENT HILL ASCENSION, he is the only writer in the world to have worked on all of the ‘big three’ horror gaming franchises.

    His immense body of work also includes Marvel superheroes such as DAREDEVIL and SHANG-CHI, the ALEX RIDER graphic novels, the post-apocalypse epic WASTELAND, and more. He wrote and directed the film CROSSOVER POINT, made entirely in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic.

    An experienced podcaster and public speaker, he also frequently writes articles on the life of an author, and is a prolific musician.

    Antony is a former vice chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, a member of International Thriller Writers and the Society of Authors, a Shore Scripts screenwriting judge, and sits on the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain’s videogames committee. He lives and works in England.

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Joseph J. Devaney
5.0 out of 5 stars Complex and Highly Enjoyable Spy Thriller by a Terrific Storyteller
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2023
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Johnston weaves a complex tale of secrets and betrayals, but his ability as a storyteller ensures he keeps you along the ride that twists and turns with every page as new characters are revealed and others are disposed of after fulfilling their purposes. A terrific yarn, very enjoyable, and definitely recommended!
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Lisa Lisa
4.0 out of 5 stars Confusing at times. Had to read again.
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2018
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Since it's black and white and some of the art is cryptic, the story was difficult to follow at times or the characters got confusing. It helped that I saw the movie first. Had to read some pages more than once. But then it all makes sense because it's a spy story and I always have to watch spy movies more than once. So maybe that's what the writer and illustrator was selling. Confusing up front, but lots of "oh yea" revelations later.

Reading this actually answered one of my questions from the movie. I never understood why Lorraine gave the coroner wrong numbers.
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Seth Vermaaten
5.0 out of 5 stars A must after the Movie!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2017
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Great graphic novel! If you loved the movie "Atomic Blonde" this book will give you even more to think about and enjoy!
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Tom
3.0 out of 5 stars A Fast Read with Decent Content
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2018
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If you're looking for one of the best graphic novels ever; look elsewhere. This isn't a bad GN, just not a game changer like The Dark Knight Returns or Watchmen. Its middle of the road. The story is reasonably fast paced, and easy to follow. Its decidedly British in character. The artwork is decent. Don't expect a bunch of Jim Lee quality splatter pages, you ain't gonna get it, but the art is bleak and the B&W lends itself well to a story that is from a dreary and cold past. In the end its worth a read, but if you saw and loved Atomic Blonde I'll caution it was a somewhat loose adaptation of this GN. Personally I think Atomic Blonde was a much better story that this. The changes made the story much more interesting and added a definite plot twist which was hinted at in the GN, but not explored. If you want to see the source material for Atomic Blonde (that's why I read it) you won't necessarily be disappointed, but if you're expecting the same story in another format you'll likely be left wanting. IF this would be your first foray into GNs I would advise starting with something considerably better first (DKR or Watchment are what I'd recommend). As someone who reads comics regularly I found the story to be decent, but a bit obvious. Ideally the art and writing need to work together to where the art is doing what a picture is supposed to do (be worth 1,000 words). This fell well short of that mark, but was entertaining nonetheless for the 30 minutes it took me to read it. If I'd gone into it without having first seen the film I might have had a different reaction, but probably not. Atomic Blonde was really, really good. Typically a film is lucky to live up to the quality of the source material, most often they fall short (literally every Batman movie thus far is a good example). I can think of two examples where the films were better than the GN: the first is V for Vendetta, and the second is Atomic Blonde.
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Keith L Hall
5.0 out of 5 stars Movie Compliments Novel
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2018
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I just love Atomic Blonde and watch it often. So, I wanted to see how closely the graphic novel content was to the movie. They weren’t far afield, just different. Consequently, it’s a treat to own both.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I love the artwork
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2017
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I love the artwork, the plot twist and the spareness of the story. I felt like I was there, in Berlin at that time.
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Chris B.
1.0 out of 5 stars In One Word: LAZY
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020
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Aside from Classic comics read as a youngster, I've read only 3 GNs. This, FUN HOUSE and STUCK RUBBER BABY.
I know there's a lot to GNs: planning/storyboarding the panels, choosing the right style, inking the panels, editing--same work, maybe more, as with a novel. CC/AB should have been drawn with more care, more detail, more power--by someone like Stan Lee (rather than, say, Mort Walker!) This whole thing is lazily, skimpily drawn, relying on black & white shadows of almost indistinguishable images. No crosshatching, no grays, no depth, no detail. Huge disappointment. The movie was great.
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bluegreensamurai
4.0 out of 5 stars almost as good as The Coldest Winter
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2018
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Only 4 stars because of the over-grayness of the drawings. The story was a bit hard to follow at times and the drawings just made it more difficult. Still, a good graphic novel, almost as good as The Coldest Winter.
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Bamboo blade
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice style, illustrations fitting to the genre.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2020
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I think some reviews are saying they watched the film and don't like this Graphic Novel. This the original work which the film is based on. The style is actually fitting with the Cold War and the espionage genre. If people can't understand graphic novels are written and illustrated in different ways it's their loss. Both The Coldest Winter and The Coldest City are great to read if you enjoy this type of genre. Going by how the film was isn't really the way to view this work. You will also see how they tweaked with the ending if you have seen the film and it's different from the original. Good graphic novel.
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Simon?
3.0 out of 5 stars scénario complexe, dessin moyen
Reviewed in France on March 20, 2020
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Bien qu'appréciant les nouvelles graphiques, j'ai eu du mal avec celle-ci. Quelques personnages sont difficiles à distinguer les uns des autres dans certaines planches. C'est graphiquement inférieur à Sin City par exemple mais le scénario me semble plus dense.

Au final, je trouve l'adaptation cinéma meilleure que la BD.

Cela reste tout de même une nouvelle tout à fait valable!
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Victor Diaz Valencia
5.0 out of 5 stars Toda una experiencia, buena historia, excelentes los trazos y la ilustración.
Reviewed in Mexico on March 5, 2018
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Muy entretenida, atrapa más rápido que la película, toma otros caminos no vistos en el filme, el ambiente que dan las ilustraciones es oscuro pero muy de acuerdo a la historia,
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rapido
5.0 out of 5 stars Gerne wieder
Reviewed in Germany on November 22, 2019
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Sehr guter Zustand, schneller Versand: alles bestens!
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Denis Fortin
5.0 out of 5 stars A good graphic novel
Reviewed in Canada on August 14, 2017
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I am a fan of graphic novels, so when I found that Atomic Blonde was based on a graphics novel, I was interested in reading it.

I liked the graphic novel a lot -- glad I bought it. The story is similar to the movie, but it isn't identical.
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