The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel series for The Empty Man series, from Boom! Studios (2014) - Graphic novel review by Kadmon

The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel series (2014)
image © BOOM! Entertainment

The The Empty Man #1-6 (2014) is a contemporary fantasy / supernatural horror / thriller graphic novel series. The graphic novel was reviewed by Kadmon.

Product: The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel series (2014)

Company: Boom! Studios company

Original title: The Empty Man #1-6

Series: The Empty Man

Other adaptations of the story: The The Empty Man, movie (2020) is supposed to be an adaptation of the comics, but it doesn't have much to do with it beyond the title.

Setting: contemporary fantasy Earth

Product type: Graphic novel, Genre: contemporary fantasy / supernatural horror / thriller, Features: fantasy, contemporary fantasy, thriller, horror, supernatural horror, creature, super-human abilities - psychic powers

Release: 2014.06-12

Read: very recent (2022.01), first/second time, I'm not sure

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Weak (2- out of 3 points)

* * *

This is my review of The Empty Man #1-6, a contemporary fantasy / supernatural horror / thriller graphic novel series for the The Empty Man series from 2014. It's about agents trying find two missing kids, while there's a strange phenomenon occurring around them. The The Empty Man comic book has some interesting concepts, I recommend it to fans of the genre.

 

"It’s been one year since the first reported case of the Empty Man disease, and no drug has been able to slow its progress. The cause is unknown, and the symptoms include fits of rage, hideous hallucinations, suicidal dementia, followed by death, or a near lifeless, "empty" state of catatonia. As cults rise nationwide, the FBI and CDC enter a joint investigation of the Empty Man, hoping to piece together clues to stop the cult and uncover a cure. THE EMPTY MAN is a dystopic version of the world we know, where a terrifying disease has taken on almost deific connotations.

Writer Cullen Bunn has skyrocketed to comics fame in a very short period of time, thanks to a variety of titles including his Supernatural Western epic THE SIXTH GUN, and tackling some of comics' most popular antiheroes such as MAGNETO and SINESTRO. Vanesa R. Del Rey's art has been met with rapturous acclaim, including a Russ Manning nomination for her work on HIT."

* * *

Review (spoiler-free) - The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel (2014)

After watching the , I was curious about the graphic novel it was based on. I didn't like the aimless and pointless aspects of the film, so I wanted to check if the original stories made more sense. I think I've read at least the first issue when it came out, but I can't remember anything about it.

The The Empty Man #1-6 graphic novel series is about agents trying find two missing kids, while there's a strange phenomenon occurring around them.

The concept of the story is great, the actual presentation is average, and the fact that there are so many parallel storylines in parallel timelines inserted into it, makes it difficult to follow. The lack of conclusion made me disappointed. There's a character arc for the male agent. There were no major logical problems.

The art is okay, it fits the story. However the characters are not distinct enough to recognise, so it would be great if there were more indications on the pages to know who are we seeing. The action scenes are easy to follow. There were some interesting - and distinct - page layouts.

The characters are not well developed. We only get to know the basics about them. It makes it harder to care about their fates.

The Empty Man #1-6 is an averagely readable contemporary fantasy / supernatural horror / thriller series, that I think fans of the genre might enjoy.

My experience

I was not entirely satisfied with The Empty Man #1-6 (2014). The story took too many detours, and it lacked a conclusion.

Second reading

This was my second reading of the story, as I didn't remember anything from my first reading.

I actually recommend reading it a second time, as the storytelling style and art is often confusing, and the second time you'll probably understand some elements better.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points). The Empty Man #1-6 has a good basic, concept, but mediocre graphics, and a weak story, without a conclusion.

Enjoyment: Weak (2- out of 3 points). The Empty Man #1-6 felt rushed and unfinished to me, and it didn't look good.

Rereadability: I'm not sure. I think it's mostly the surprise of the story that makes you feel interested.

Chance of reading it again: Very low.

Chance of reading a sequel: I'd probably read it. (Update: And I actually did it since then.)

The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel series (2014)
image © BOOM! Entertainment

Will you enjoy this?

If you like mystery or thriller graphic novels, you might like The Empty Man #1-6.

If you like horror or action thriller graphic novels, you might like the The Empty Man #1-6 comics.

If you like crime investigation stories, you might like The Empty Man #1-6.

If you prefer visuals over story, The Empty Man probably won't satisfy you.

Do you need to read the sequel comic book series to enjoy this?

As I didn't read the second series, I don't know this yet. As the end of this series didn't conclude the story, I'd assume that reading the next series might help.

Update: Reading The Empty Man 2: Recurrence #1-4 (2018-2019) didn't really help. It opens a new story, and it doesn't even conclude that one. The The Empty Man 3: Manifestation #1-4 (2019) finally concludes the story started in this one. You might skip the Recurrence series, as that doesn't add anything to this plotline, even though that series has an interesting story. You can even skip the first two issues of the Manifestation series. It's #3 that continues from the final moment of the 2014 series.

Reading for plot points

If you are interested in contemporary fantasy or supernatural horror stories, I think it's worth reading the The Empty Man #1-6 graphic novel series for the plot points.

Should you read the issues individually?

As the story is told in a continuous narrative, the individual issues don't contain proper stories that could be enjoyed independently.

Also, as the story is often not clear and the characters are not always recognisable, it's better to have every issue around so you can flip back and forth.

* * *

The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel series (2014)
image © BOOM! Entertainment

Review with spoilers - The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel (2014)

I mostly liked the The Empty Man #1-6 graphic novel series.

While reading the stories, I've realised I've read this before, at least up to issue #4, because reading the pages gave me a vague recollection of the story.

Update: After reading the whole story up to this date (The Empty Man (2014), The Empty Man 2: Recurrence (2018-2019), and The Empty Man 3: Manifestation (2019)), I have a feeling that the writer came up with the story as he went along. I would really like to see a new edition of the Empty Man plot, rewritten to make it a complete story, without the unnecessary side-plots, but with a proper conclusion.

The page layouts

I really liked the distinct style of page layouts, often forming V shapes, triangles, or other geometric forms. Here are some examples:

The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel series (2014) image © BOOM! Entertainment

Covers

The covers of the graphic novel are okay, they don't say much, but they don't spoil the story.

Promise of the first scene

There's a church, and there's a leader who talks about their faith is not contained in the small building. I assume we'll see their religion spread, and that will probably cause problems that needs to be solved.

Execution: Indeed, the series dealt with the expansion of the church.

* * *

Issue #1

The issue was okay to start the series. When I first read it, I wasn't interested in following it, so it could have been better. The lack of resolution of the issue was probably one of the reasons I've left the series, and I'm still not happy about it.

We get to know some basics about the main characters, although not enough to know them. The issue ends with a shocker / cliffhanger.

Release: 2014.06

The cover: It is okay, it's mildly interesting. The laying bodies suggest there will be some crime spree or some pandemic. It doesn't spoil the story, but it gives some insight into what we'll get.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Promise of the first scene

There's a church, and there's a leader who talks about their faith is not contained in the small building. I assume we'll see their religion spread.

Execution: We didn't really get to know anything else about that church.

Issue #2

The story was okay, at least we got some setting information, even if the story didn't move forward. The issue ends with a weak shocker.

Release: 2014.07

The cover: It is very vague and generic. It looks like some regular crime story. At least it doesn't spoil the story.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Promise of the first scene

A man in a hospital infects a reverend with the Empty Man disease. I assume we'll get to know how that man got the disease in the first place.

Execution: No, we didn't.

Issue #3

The story took a small step forward, but most of the issue is still dedicated to exposition about the setting. I didn't really understand the last few pages. The issue just ends.

Release: 2014.08

The cover: It's okay. It doesn't look great, but at least shows something interesting.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Promise of the first scene

The woman is looking for his comatose brother, whom the reverend has taken away from the hospital. I assume we'll get to understand by the end of the issue why he did so.

Execution: We didn't get to know that.

Issue #4

The story is going somewhere, finally. The issue ends with a reveal.

Release: 2014.09

The cover: The cover is not very interesting.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Promise of the first scene

The reverend kills the sister. I have no clue where would they take this.

Execution: The arrival of the sister was surprising, but it did fit the promise, so I consider this promise fulfilled.

Issue #5

The story is going, I liked that. The issue ends with a shocker, that was actually surprising.

Release: 2014.11

The cover: The cover is slightly interesting. Better than the first ones.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Promise of the first scene

They hide the body of the sister. I don't know where would this lead. Will they need to catch her body out of the water?

Execution: Nope, I don't think there's any relation between the beginning and the end.

Issue #6

I was hoping that the final issue will conclude the story, but it did not. The issue ends with a cliffhanger. I'm mildly irritated by this.

Release: 2014.12

The cover: The cover is slightly interesting.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Weak (2- out of 3 points)

Promise of the first scene

We see the Empty Man and the reverend. Hopefully, this will lead to some conclusion.

Execution: The story doesn't really conclude, it just ends in an ambiguous manner.

* * *

The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel series (2014)
image © BOOM! Entertainment

Plot summary / Synopsis

The Empty Man #1 (2014)

5 years ago, Mountain Home, Arkansas (USA): A leader of a church (Reverend Abram Markoff) talks to his followers. He finds a new one, a woman among them. She asks help for her children.

Now, Atlanta, Georgia (USA): A woman returns home to find her husband bloody in the shower, screaming about can't being able to get it out.

Investigators are sent. The husband and the wife died, but their two children (Justin Simmons and Grace Simmons) are missing. The wife died like she was cocooned. They know these cases as "The Empty Man", and they don't know how this series of deaths started. There's a male agent (Agent Walter Langford), and a female agent (Agent Monica Jensen). As the house is getting into quarantine, the male agent wants them to not treat this like a regular disease.

The two agents start to investigate to find the children. A girl tells them that if you think about the Empty Man, that's when it gets you. The agents find someone watching them, so they chase and capture a guy.

The captured guy is brought to the FBI headquarters for interrogation. He is a cultist, and he also wants to find the children, as they've met with the Empty Man, and he'd like to make them share their experience.

Then some monster breaks through the roof of the room.

The Empty Man #2 (2014)

5 years ago: A woman takes a reverend to heal her brother, who is on a breathing machine. When the reverend touches the brother, something happens to him.

Now: The creature attacks the female agent. A specialist forensic pathologist / virologist / occultist (Owen Marsh) is also there. He suggest that the presence of the creature shows that it's the evolution of a nightmare. The captured cultist throws himself towards the creature, that kills him.

The specialist visits a place where Empty Man survivors are kept. They are all in a trance, but constantly speaking, trying to tell something.

The female agent looks up the files of the male agent, and it looks like he had a wife and a son, who are deceased.

While leaving the FBI building, the female agent hallucinates a clawed hand grabbing her wrist for a moment.

We see a couple of strange humanoids in gas mask watching them from a distance. (I assume this was a hallucination of the female agent.)

The Empty Man #3 (2014)

2 years ago, St. Louis, Missouri (USA): There's guy (Reverend Abram Markoff) holding a speech about enlightenment. The sister of the guy on the breathing machine is looking for her brother, whom the guy moved from the hospital.

Now, Atlanta, Georgia (USA): The female agent sees strange humanoids crawling towards her, whispering. The agents visit a woman (Mrs. Adler) who was once a member of the cult they are investigating. She directs them to an active member (John Cosworth).

As the female agents feels influenced by the Empty Man, she asks the specialist to come up with a way to test exposure to the Empty Man.

They find the active member, who confesses that they were there when the husband and the wife of the missing children died. They were watching them, as they've shown signs of infection. But the kids have passed through with the Empty Man through the corpse of their mother. Then a creature (probably the one attacking the captured guy) appeared, and they fled. The agent tells him that the creature might be tracking them. He tells the agents that the Empty Man is not a disease, it's an invasion.

We see some strange place (later revealed to be the mind of the Empty Man). We probably see the brother on the breathing machine, but he's healthy here. He probably talks to the reverend, about him being strong enough the expand.

The Empty Man #4 (2014)

1 year ago: The sister of the breathing machine guy is talking to the reverend. She says that her brother saw something, and it frustrated him that the sister didn't see the same. He wanted the people to know what's happening, that they shouldn't be afraid. She feels that the reverend takes and advantage of her brother. The reverend, angered, tells her that he is his prophet, as he is able to see what her brother sees, while choking the sister.

Now: The agents talk to the active cultist. He says that the Empty Man grew and hatched in the head of the missing kids. After this, it was able to open a door to take the kids away. The cultist thinks the Empty Man is an alien, invading the Earth. The creature arrives. They try to escape, but it reaches them, so they hit the creature with the car, probably killing it.

The male agent confesses to the female agent that he is dying of cancer. Cancer took his wife, his son, his father.

When they begin the autopsy of the creature, it starts to speak. It tells them it was the opener of the way. It hunted the cultists because they were not part of the plan. It tells that the taken children won't be hurt, as the Empty Man wants them to calm the herd.

The sister of the breathing machine man appears floating, and tells the agents that she is able to help them.

The Empty Man #5 (2014)

1 year ago: The reverend drops the body of the sister in a marsh. He thinks that the brother won't be able to see this, as he is able to block the brother out.

Now, Charlotte, North Caroline (USA): There's a meeting of people who feel the symptoms of the Empty Man disease.

FBI building: The creature tells them that the children will return, a shepherd will guide them back. They realise that the female agent is in a trance. She is talking to the ghost of the sister, who tells her that her brother is the Empty Man, who is alone, but desperate to connect to anyone. The sister is part of his consciousness, who is only free when he is not dreaming about her. The female agent is able to see her, as her ghost has latched onto her body when she was touched by the Empty Man.

Markoff Foundation: The agents meet the reverend. They ask him about the brother and sister, but the reverend denies knowing them. After they've gone, he tells one of his associates to move the brother. As the agents are leaving, the speculate that if the Empty Man is a real person, it might take protective measures, if he feels they are getting close to him.

We see that the meeting in Charlotte got massacred by multiple creatures.

The Empty Man #6 (2014)

In the mind of the Empty Man, we see that he is talking to the reverend. He doesn't want to be lonely, he wants to communicate, and he wants an expansion.

Now: There are acts of mass violence and riots on the streets.

Markoff Institute: The reverend is about to move the body of the brother, when the agents arrive, and take the brother away.

McCammon Memorial Hospital: They moved the brother here, but he seems to be brain-dead. They think that even if they would kill his body, his mind might survive on the psychic plane.

Atlanta: The female agent interrogates the reverend. She threatens to touch him, and transfer the ghost of the sister to him.

Office of the Medical Examiner, Fulton County: The agents go to the mortuary. As the skin of their mother was the doorway of the missing kids into the Empty Man, they intend to use that skin to bring them back. They spread the skin out with staplers, and the female agent concentrates to open it, as she is infected, so she hopes that her connection to the Empty Man will enable her to do that. The door opens, the kids come out. They tell the agents that they don't have to be afraid, the flesh is weak and temporary, but they can all share in him. The Empty Man will take everyone in, so nobody will need to be alone. They just need to cast aside the temporary flesh to join him. The male agent decides to step inside the door, hoping to be able to kill the Empty Man in his own mind, even if killing his body won't be enough.

The setting

The story is set on contemporary fantasy Earth, where psychic abilities exists, and it's a well known fact.

The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel series (2014)
image © BOOM! Entertainment

The Empty Man

After the Empty Man incidents started, cults rose around it - the Ghost Movement, the Order of Light and Shadow, the Void Children, the Witnesses.

Incidents started five years ago, when a mother in Birmingham fed her baby to her dogs. Then suicides started to happen in Los Angeles, Seattle. Then writings appeared "The Empty Man made me do it". It looks like the victims hallucinated during these.

The infected see hallucinations, often see violent things.

Other reports say that it started in Little Rock, Arkansas, where a woman threw herself off a building after work. As the jump didn't kill her outright, she climbed back up to finish it, while muttering that it's her spine that wants her dead.

Beyond suicides, there were acts of violence.

In China, they've quarantined people with psychic abilities, so there are less Empty Man incidents.

According to the sister, her brother is the Empty Man, who feels lonely, and wants to connect with anyone. He doesn't want to hurt anybody, he just wants to be heard, but when he touches the minds of people, his signal gets twisted.

Psychics

In this world it's known that supernatural abilities exist.

Reverend Markoff is a know psychic healer.

There are often mentions of extrasensory potential tests. It's stated that the Empty Man affects people with some latent extrasensory potential. The agents are tested every 6 month, and only those are allowed to work on the case who don't show any signs.

The Witnesses

They want to be part of the Empty Man experience. They think the Rapture is coming. They want to know why were some people chosen, so they seek the survivors, and try to know what made them special. They don't mind if they have to abduct and torture those survivors.  In Greensboro, they've tortured the survivors, took their eyes out to try to look through those, eaten their flesh (tongues?). Officially they were disbanded years ago. The Witnesses have a list of candidates, who show signs of the infection.

What actually happened?

There's a guy, who is in a comatose state, he is unable to move, see or talk, but his mind works. He is lonely, but he has some psychic abilities.

When the reverend, who has psychic healing abilities, touches him, he was able to see into his mind, but the reverend sees his mind through his own interpretation.

Plot points of interests

Forces

FBI: They are fighting the Empty Man disease.

Witnesses: It's a cult built around the Empty Man.

Markoff Institute: A Christian church, run by Abram Markoff.

Characters

Abram Markoff: A reverend, running the Markoff Institute. He keeps the Empty Man for himself. He is able to communicate with him.

Grace Simmons: A child, that was taken into the Empty Man.

Justin Simmons: A child, that was taken into the Empty Man.

Monica Jensen: An FBI agent. She got infected with the Empty Man disease.

Owen Marsh: A forensic pathologist / virologist / occultist working for the FBI.

Walter Langford: An FBI agent. He has cancer. At the end of the story, he enters the mind of the Empty Man.

Technology

Extrasensory potential test: They are able to test people for psychic abilities.

Psychic abilities

• Healing
• Sending thoughts
• Taking physical people, and getting them into the person's mind.
• Getting physical people out of a person's mind.

* * *

The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel series (2014)
image © BOOM! Entertainment

Analysis of the story - The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel (2014)

I mostly liked the story, I didn't find problems that would have prevented me from enjoying The Empty Man #1-6.

The message of the story

I'm not sure there's one.

The structure of the story

The scenes of the The Empty Man #1-6 comic book are mostly played in sequence, following the same storyline. Issue #1-5 begins with a flashback. There are also some scenes that are parallel storylines.

There is no single viewpoint character.

It has the usual arc of the dramatic structure - introduction, action, and a resolution without a conclusion. The individual issues don't have this structure.

Things I liked

 

Problematic elements

Not establishing places and characters: A recurring problem was that I didn't recognise some of the characters. It would have been great to call them by their names, as a name would be effective to identify them.

• The sister in #1: I didn't realise that the woman from #1, showing the photo of kids is the same woman, who was the sister of the Empty Man. As the photo depicted kids, I thought that it might be their mother, but I didn't get the connection until I've opened the TPB to recognise the scar on her face.
• The reverend in #1-3: It took me three issues to understand that the priest from #1, the healer from #2 and the reverend from #3 are the same guy. I would have preferred to make this more clear earlier. When they finally revealed in #3 that his name was Abram, and I took #1 to see that the guy is also called Abram, that was what helped me.

Not establishing the viewpoint: We often see things from the viewpoint of the female agent, without alerting the reader. It would have been useful to establish her as the viewpoint character at the beginning of the story. Then, these hallucinations wouldn't be problematic. However, as I though I'm reading the story from an outside point of view, I took what was shown as reality.

• The humanoid creatures watching them in #2: The creatures at the end of the story are probably hallucinations by her. I only realised this when I've read The Empty Man 2 #1, and seen the similarly shaped humanoids.
• The sister #4: She hallucinates talking to the sister, but at least it's established in #5 that the others didn't see the sister.

Owen Marsh: It seems like the writer wanted to do something interesting with him, as there are some hints about that, but it never goes anywhere in this series. (Update [Spoiler to The Empty Man 3: Manifestation]: And as he is killed without anything interesting happening to him, I assume we won't see anything else.)

#1:

The shower incident: What is happening to the man? Is it a sponge in his hand, or is that some weird outgrowth? It's really hard to comprehend what is happening on the pictures. If the creators wanted to keep it a secret, they shouldn't show it. If they wanted to show it, it should have been drawn in a better way.

#2:

Lack of help: When the woman jumped from the building, why didn't the people stop her from climbing back again? It wouldn't be that hard to stop a fatally wounded woman.

The creature: If the appearance of the creature was something new, why didn't they seem to treat it more seriously? Why don't they tell it to the public? Why aren't there SWAT teams preparing to deal with the creature when it appears next time?

#3:

Establishing the place: At the end of the issue, we see the mind of the Empty Man. It would have been good to introduce this fact to the readers.

#6:

Not killing the body: Why do they think that the Empty Man will survive even if they kill the body? This is just a theory, I'd like to see them try this before coming to that conclusion. They could do a lot of things to the body, experimenting with it, before Langdon decides to enter his mind.

Lack of conclusion: I don't like it when a story just ends, without resolving the threads.

Unanswered questions

• What is the name of the brother and sister? It would be nice to be able to reference them by name.
• What happened to the brother and sister? They looked fine as kids on the photo. Was there some accident?

* * *

Possibilities of improvement

• Cut the flashback prologues. If really needed, add some extra sentences into the text to explain what happened.

How it could have been better?

I would have concluded it.

* * *

How does it compare to the other works of the creators?

From the writers (Cullen Bunn), I might have read Conan the Slayer (2016), but I don't remember that. I also think I've read some of his Marvel Universe comics. I've read Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team (2020), that I didn't like.

From the illustrator (Vanesa R. Del Rey), I've read Conan: Serpent War (2019), that I didn't like, but that was mostly due to the story.

How does it compare to other adaptations of the same story?

There's The Empty Man, movie (2020), but that's only an adaptation in name.

* * *

Behind the scenes

 

Thoughts about the reviews of others

 

* * *

The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel series (2014)
image © BOOM! Entertainment

Uses for the comic book - The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel (2014)

Plot

• A man and woman dies. Their kids go missing.
• There's a psychic with telepathic abilities, but who is unable to move or talk. He tries to connect to the minds of other people.

Scenes

• When the agents interview the neighbours, it's a good way to show similar interviews about missing kids.

Designs

• The creature looks good.

Scenario ideas - Role-playing game scenario ideas

 

Scenario ideas - Wargame scenario ideas

#2:

Protect the lunatics: There's a creature rampaging, and some people want to be killed by that. The players set up the playing area together. The lunatic player places civilian models anywhere on the playing area. Then the protector player sets up their protector units, armed with weapons. The protector models are a lot lower in numbers than the lunatics. Then, randomly determine where the creature appears. The creature acts at the end of the turn, and attacks every model its base touches, or moves towards the closest lunatic model. The protectors can't defeat the creature, but their attacks can push the creature away from them for d6 cms. The protectors can grab a lunatic, and move them. If they reach the edge of the playing area with the lunatic, the lunatic exits the game. If the creature is pushed out of the playing area, the game ends. If there are no more lunatics on the playing area, the creature also leaves, ending the game. The protectors win if more than half of the lunatics survive, while more than half of their own units are also alive. The lunatic player wins if more than half of the lunatics are sacrificed to the creature.

Innocent civilians (harder for the protectors): There are also innocent civilians, who are acting randomly at the beginning of every turn. For every model, roll a d6: 1-2: it moves away from the creature, 3-4: it moves towards the nearest edge of the playing area, 5: it moves in a random direction, 6: it freezes in place. For the protectors to win, more than half of the civilians must also survive. The protectors can grab a lunatic, and use it as bait to lure the creature from civilians.

Miniatures - 1/50-1/60 (28-32mm scale)

Civilians: Human-sized (S3) modern (advanced) human female / male civilian.

Agents: Human-sized modern human civilians, with a pistol.

The creature: Large insectoid carnivore.

* * *

Similar stories - The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel (2014)

Novels like The Empty Man

Koji Suzuki: Ringu / Ring series (1991, 1995, 1998): There's a curse that affects people. It spreads worldwide. It comes from a trapped, lonely kid with psychic abilities, who tries to reach out to others.

Graphic novels like The Empty Man

Akira (1982-1990): In a futuristic setting, a man with psychic powers causes deaths. He needs to be defeated to save the world.

The Empty Man 2: Recurrence (2018-2019): The sequel to the original comics.

The Empty Man 3: Manifestation (2019): The sequel to the original comics.

Movies like The Empty Man

Akira (1988): In a futuristic setting, a man with psychic powers causes deaths. He needs to be defeated to save the world. Based on the Akira graphic novels.

Johnny Got His Gun (1971): In a World War 1 setting, a man is injured in war, losing his limbs, senses, ability to speech, but his mind works. He tries to communicate with the world outside.

Rasen / Spiral (1998): Doctors investigate a strange disease. Based on the Ring series of novels.

Ringu / Ring (1998): A reporter investigates an urban legend. Based on the Ring series of novels.

The Empty Man (2020): In a contemporary setting, a man with psychic powers causes deaths. A movie very loosely based on the Empty Man story.

The Ring (2002): A reporter investigates an urban legend. Based on the Ring series of novels.

* * *

Frequently asked questions - The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel (2014)

Is the The Empty Man #1-6 comic book based on a book or a movie?

No, The Empty Man #1-6 is not based on either books or comics.

Is the The Empty Man #1-6 comic book a remake or reboot?

No, the The Empty Man #1-6 comic book is neither a remake nor a reboot.

Where can I read The Empty Man #1-6 online?

As of 2022.01.24, the The Empty Man #1-6 is available on comiXology Unlimited, and Hoopla Digital. #1 is also available on the Boom! Studios website.

* * *

Resources - The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel (2014)

Official

Boom! Studios: The Empty Man: Official article.

Information

Comicvine: The Empty Man » 6 issues : Database article.

WikiPedia: The Empty Man: Database article.

Goodreads: The Empty Man: Database article.

Creation

: Concept art article.¤

Reviews with no spoilers - The Empty Man #1-6 comic book (2014)

: Review video about the The Empty Man #1-6 comic book with no spoilers.¤

https://www.thathashtagshow.com/2018/09/10/comic-rewind-the-empty-man/

Reviews with spoilers - The Empty Man #1-6 comic book (2014)

: Review article of the The Empty Man #1-6 graphic novel, with spoilers. Includes a very detailed plot summary.¤

https://manymanytoes.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/the-empty-man/

Analysis - The Empty Man #1-6 graphic novel (2014)

: Analysis video, explaining the finale of The Empty Man #1-6.¤

https://moviecomicswhoswho.wordpress.com/2020/11/04/the-empty-man/

* * *

Buying the product - The Empty Man #1-6, graphic novel (2014)

* * *

Have you read the The Empty Man #1-6 comic book series for the The Empty Man series from Boom! Studios? How do you like the issues? Would you recommend it to others? Do you know reviews or resources you'd like to add? What further thoughts do you have about it? Tell your opinion in the comments!