I’ll say this, the tone and style of this volume is very different from Mighty Jack. The goblins don’t particularly like the King, and so they continue to help Lilly as she must figure out how to avoid marriage and being eaten. They’re a little like Fraggles, but with knives. The other goblins are nice and friendly creatures. Some marry for love and life others marry for food. Once she’s separated from Jack, she finds herself in the precarious position of being claimed by the Goblin King as his bride… that he’ll eat. Without saying too much, the bulk of the story follows Lilly. On top of that Jack needs to save Maddy before she’s feed to a machine that must eat human once it’s started. Soon they find themselves injured and separated. Jack is hellbent on saving his sister so much so that he doesn’t realize how hard he’s pushing Lilly. Maddy, Jack’s sister, has been kidnapped for the giant that has taken over the strange realm they find themselves in. This volume continues the story that started in Mighty Jack which was a brilliant re-imagining of Jack and the Beanstock.
Now, you should pay close attention to the “Goblin King” part of the title because there is a reason that it’s larger than Might Jack. It is impressive considering he writes and illustrates it all himself and the story and art never take a dip. I wasn’t surprised in the least that Ben Hatke already had a follow up to the series this year because he’s a machine and produces so many great stories and comics each year. Dimensions: 8.50in - 6.00in - 0.50in - 0.Mighty Jack was one of the best graphic novels I read last year.But when Jack finds himself in a tough spot, help comes from the most unlikely person: the goblin king! Ben Hatke, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Zita the Spacegirl, concludes his latest middle-grade fantasy-adventure graphic novel series, Mighty Jack, with the energetic finale to his retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Alone and injured, Jack and Lilly must each face their own monsters-as well as giants who grind the bones of human children to feed their "beast" and a fearsome goblin king in the sewers down below. Even the power of their magic plants may not be enough to get them back to earth alive. except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor through the portal, they are ready for anything. Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone-carried into another realm by an ogre.
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