#8 in Graphic novels
V for Vendetta
- 296
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“V for Vendetta” is a revenge story set in a dystopian Britain after a nuclear war, and it asks more of the reader than most comics: the mood is bleak and the ideas matter as much as the action. David Lloyd’s artwork is a large part of its hold, and readers who know the film will recognise much of it on the page. It rewards rereading and suits anyone ready for a sombre graphic novel.
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About the book
V for Vendetta is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd. Initially published between 1982 and 1985 in black and white as an ongoing serial in the British anthology Warrior, its serialisation was completed in 1988–89 in a ten-issue colour limited series published by DC Comics in the United States. Subsequent collected editions were typically published under DC's specialised imprint, Vertigo, until that label was shut down in 2018. Since then it has been transferred to DC Black Label. The story depicts a dystopian and post-apocalyptic near-future history version of the United Kingdom in the 1990s, preceded by a nuclear war in the 1980s that devastated most of the rest of the world. The Nordic supremacist, neo-fascist, outwardly Christofascistic, and homophobic fictional Norsefire political party has exterminated its opponents in concentration camps, and it now rules the country as a police state.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 1,044 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 88% of the weight and the score stays at 8.5 — the Graphic novels average of 8.4 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 98 | 9% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 40 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 906 | 87% |
Frequently asked
How long is V for Vendetta?
It has 296 pages — longer than 65% of the ranked books in Graphic novels.
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