"Den 4: Dreams"
28+28(+3extra)+22(+2extra) (serial) pgs. Appeared first time
in Den [III] #1
to #3 (1988). Reprinted
in Den 4:
Dreams (1992) Album with five extra pages.
Story: Simon Revelstroke. Color/Art: Richard Corben
(printed signed as Richard Corben, © 1988, © 1992). Lettering: printed (Corben).
| In France: as "La maison du silence",
as a 3 part serial in USA magazine [II] #44
(1989) to #46 (1990), and
as "La
cité des
bruits", as one of La
saga de Den Tome 1 (1990) and as "La maison du
silence", as half of La
saga de Den Tome 2 (1990). ("Den 4" and "Den
5" were printed in three parts) In Germany: as "Das Haus des Schweigens", as one in Die phantastische Welt des Richard Corben #3 (1992). In Italy: as "Sogni e visioni", as a 3 part serial in L'Eternauta #87, #89 to #90, and as one in Best Comics #8 (1992). In The Netherlands: as "Het Huis van Stilte", as one in Den [NL] 3 (1992). In Spain: as "Den III", as a 7 part serial in Zona 84 #58 to #64, and as "Sueños", as one in Den [SPA] 4. |
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Part 1(3): "Dormilon Dreams and Alarums".
28 pgs. Den [III] #1 (1988)
Part 2(3): "Reveries in Cragor [The City of Sounds]". 28 pgs. Den [III] #2 (1988)
Part 3(3): "The House of Silence". 22 pgs. Den [III] #3 (1988)
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Keywords: Stones. Rescue. Fight. Diving. Dreams. Slavery.
Fatness. Humiliation. Sorcerer. Hallusination.
Synopsis: Den, Kath and a friend wants to rescue Nar stones
back from Scon. Operation is not easy; Scon's mazy lair is full
of secrets. Den gets caught and become a slave ("DenSaga"),
though he losts his physics and become extremely fat and kind
of alcoholic. Story is full of dreams life lived by (he visits
in all of old Den stories). Ghasthelm saves his life. Den is
after Kath who suppoused to be alive; Ghasthelm brings him to
scorcerer who gives a hallusination to visit Kath, and trim man
out of lazy fatness.
Comment: Corben leads himself to fast drawing technique
though it works okay. Story by Simon Revelstroke is full of interesting
scenerys and places, but it is a little bit incoherent because
full of dreams. The first episode works the best; it's full of
action. Later follows dream scenes. Corben changes his drawing
style couple of times during story and it is visible though not
too bothering in Album version. In Album version
Corben also adds five brand new pages; you can find all nudity
and beautiful ful color from these pages (just like in "Den 5"). Dream scenes are
full of familiar frames and excreted parts of actions from older
DenSagas. From this story you can find again Corben's ant soldiers
("Bug"). Serial
and Album versions are as equal as possible with exception
of Album's added five extra pages.
Colors: In the opening
issue of the series (Den
[III] #1) Mr. Corben
states: "This series also
marks a change in the way
Corben colors his comics.
As I stated earlier, the
old overlay system was a
drag, a burden on my time,
ingenuity and patience. Its
only real value was the cost
savings. Good riddance! The new
Den is produced with
a full color system that
can reproduce any color effect
I can do."
Extras: Den's Legacy,
a full length run through
of entire Den's adventures
(beware a major spoilers!)
Copyright © 2000 Heart-Attack-Series, Ink!, SidSid Keränen
Appeared first time 11th Sept. 1999. Last modified August 14, 2006.
