Prayer Cycle (Protect The Human): Original Edition of the Atomic Dreams Graphic Novel

This is another good story by Wild. I love the vivid illustrations. The storyline is good too. It's a new take on history. Overall, I recommend this comic book to all comic book fans.

This graphic book is a condemnation of the atom bomb and all that has followed. Written as an allegory, it portrays a proud native American struggling against a magic glowing rock that has an insatiable taste for blood. The rock becomes uranium dug from the earth where it was buried (subdued) by the native American. The graphics morph to the saga of Oppenheimer vs. General Groves at Los Alamos in 1945 with emphasis on Oppenheimer’s struggle within himself. Groves is the symbol of the military-industrial complex. The book proceeds to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and beyond. The powerful final graphics are best left to the viewer. A dark eBook, but my one humorous observation is that the final portion reminded me of a convoluted “ghost of Christmas yet to come” in Dicken’s classic. Five stars for a message well conveyed in graphic form.