Book Review: Oz: The Emerald City of Oz

Book: Oz: The Emerald City of Oz (issues #1-5, Marvel's Oz comic series volume #6) by L. Frank Baum adapted by Eric Shanower and illustrations by Skottie Young

Edition: Reading the single print issues

Rating: 4 stars

Review:

Cute is truly what this story really is.

In this five part story, Dorothy's aunt and uncle were having some financial difficulties that was making it difficult to pay their mortgage and may result in them losing the farm. However, Dorothy has an idea, when she traveled back to Oz, she ask Princess Ozma if her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em could move to Oz if Dorothy plans to move there permanently.

The Princess was happy to accept Dororthy's aunt and uncle and then magically brought them to Oz. At first they couldn't believe where they were because up until that point they thought Dorothy had made up everything about Oz. They would have believed it was real.

To help get her aunt and uncle more acquainted with everyone in Oz, Dorothy and Toto showed them around and met Billina then the Cowardly Lion. Next they were instructed by the Princess to tour the neighboring towns and accompanying them were The Wonderful Wizard, Billina, the Captain General of Ozma's army and The Shaggy Man.

Meanwhile, in another part of the land, the Nome King Roquat was devising a plan to invade The Emerald City and has sent out Guph his new General who had a plan to gather more allies for the siege.

As Dorothy and company traveled around meeting new people and sometimes getting into trouble, Guph had approached the three allies and had talked them into joining up with the Nome King. But as the old saying goes "there is no honor among thieves", the other three groups of villains and marauders were each planning to double cross each other.

On their way back to The Emerald City (after hearing about the Nome King's plan) Dorothy and the rest of the group which now includes: the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman and Jack Pumpkinhead wanted to stop the invasion.

Now that they were back, they immediately went to the Princess to see what they could do to stop the Nome King. After finally running out of ideas, the Scarecrow was the one who figured out the perfect way to stop the King.

I found this story to be delightful and also really funny. This is one of those all ages comic books that's perfect for all fans of Oz.