The Last Airbender--Smoke and Shadow Library Edition

The books came all together as I ordered, a couple days late than what the store said, but they still made it nonetheless! The only issue I had with the book (as seen in all three of them) was some sort of ink smudge, where it looked like some ink transferred over to the other pages. There were a lot of pages in each of the looks that made it look like it had dirt on the paper, but I could still read and enjoy it just fine!

Liked it. The whole series had a satisfying story arch that answered questions left over from the series. It was good to see the characters learning how to handle their new roles in the world they've created. A very good addition to the Avatar series, and I'd recommend it to everyone who enjoyed the T.V. show.

Hmm...the continuation of the cartoon series is a bit disappointing...maybe they should've kept the continuation in cartoon form because the feel of the story just isn't the same. Not everything is revealed, so the story continues in another title. I realize the makers want to drag the story out for more money, but it's kind of ruining the original storyline, which I'm sure many fans love and cherish.

So there have been multiple attempts to try and cash in on the success of Avatar: That Last Airbender, most notably the career ending disaster that was Shyamalan's horror film The Last Airbender.

This is not even in the same ballpark, with a story by the original creators, and written by one of the writers from the show, the charm and great emotional moments that made the show so wonderful are abundant. The humor is there, and it makes you smile.

SPOILERS!!!!

These are the characters you last saw at the end of the 100 Year War. The majority of the story takes place a year after the events of A:TLA, as Aang and Zuko try and bring peace to a war savaged world. Aang and Katara have taken to calling each other sweetie, and it is adorable. It ends on a cliffhanger, with part two coming out May 2012, and part 3 not till much later.

So grab this, and while waiting for part two, watch The Legend of Korra on Nick.

This Book is AMAZING!!! All pages are written in a comic style art, as well as collared. The book itself is HUGE!!! Also there is AMAZING artwork in the back of the book. Along with it being a hardcover and having a great story to follow, this book was an amazing pick up!

I love all things Avatar and this is no different besides Aang and Katara calling each other "sweetie" all of the time. I could've done without that but, I love that this is a continuation of the series.

If you like the show and wondered about the story behind Zuko's mom, this is it. You will not be dissapointed other than you have to wait till book 3 or more for final answers. The story behind her and her kids is great and the art work is very well done ( I have two artists in the house with critical eyes). For every age and well worth it.

This comic was for my sister's birthday present and she has been wanting these comics for a while now, so it was a great present for her. The comics are really good, I read them myself. Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the best shows that I have ever watched, and these comics are great to keep telling more stories.

This comic was for my sister's birthday present and she has been wanting these comics for a while now, so it was a great present for her. The comics are really good, I read them myself. Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the best shows that I have ever watched, and these comics are great to keep telling more stories.

This comic was for my sister's birthday present and she has been wanting these comics for a while now, so it was a great present for her. The comics are really good, I read them myself. Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the best shows that I have ever watched, and these comics are great to keep telling more stories.

Fantastic book. It's awesome to read more about the adventures of the characters, especially with so much left untold. Presented in a nice hardcover compilation that makes for a beautiful addition to my bookshelf.

This book was amazing.! The storyline and plot were excellent! When the TV series ended I always wished they would have revealed what happened to Zuko's mother. And now we finally know! I especially loved the flashbacks so we could see the lives of the royal family members before the avatar story took place. It explained so much. I'm so glad the creators made this book and I hope they will continue to make more.

Beautiful artwork! It’s great to see what happened between the avatar series and legend of korra.

Not really a comment on the product but, the box it came in was too big, there was no bubble wrap or filler, and the corners were a bit squished.

It was really interesting I am actually glad that they included the rest of the crew like Katara Sokka and Aang if it was just Azula and Zuko then it wouldn't be like old times it wouldn't be very nice it would be boring it wouldn't even be avatar without Aang or the avatar.

The exciting conclusion to the "promise" graphic novel trilogy really makes good on its promise! Back in the beginning of this story arc, newly crowned Fire Lord Zuko made Aang promise he would "end him" if he lost touch with the good and started becoming his terrible father, but in consulting with his disgraced, imprisoned dad, he started to get confused about the sacrifices a Fire Lord needs to make and what constitutes the right stand for a leader to be making when faced with war. Now he continues to struggle with that as the Earth King refuses to grant Yu Dao residents the right to stay on land that has become their home. And Aang, as the Avatar, is torn; he sees both sides (all sides, as he's used to), and begins to acknowledge that the past's way of doing things isn't right for the future anymore--even though he loves the ways of his people that have now become history.

The graphic novel has a ton of powerful moments and messages. I love how they deal directly with mixing of the nations--how Aang sees that the Yu Dao residents have intermingled between Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation to form families that matter just as much as their respective homelands' loyalty does, and how terrible it is to watch friends fight former comrades. And I really liked Aang's take on the cultural appropriation brought on by his Avatar fan club--people who got tattoos that were sacred to his people without meeting the conditions his culture set down for deserving them. I liked that they listened to him and that they found common ground to make these folks useful and fulfilled serving something they admire without stealing it or corrupting it. And I loved that the Earth King got a bit of a wake-up call when he went down into the battle where it was dangerous and saw the actual people his decisions would affect.

Great ending to a great arc.

From the first quarter of the comic, I could tell this was going to be a real treat. I know many people, myself included, thought that The Promise was a bit of a let-down, with the possible exception of the end of the series and it's predictable, but well-done conclusion. With The Search, we are given multiple story lines to follow, a great set-up for tension with Azula assisting Team Avatar in a journey that will answer one of the biggest questions of the original series. As if that weren't enough, we have spirit world interference with a crazy spirit wolf and a twist at the end that will explain so much about Zuko and Ozai, but will still leave us with much more questions. This was a great read, and I strongly recommend purchasing it.

This hardcover series goes as follows: The Promise -> The Search -> The Rift.

This was reasonably entertaining. It sets up a number of themes for Kora. Not quite as drama and impact of the two predecessors.

Compared to 'The Promise' series, 'The Search' series already seems more promising and better plot development. The Promise almost seemed like the character development went back to square one. Zuko started having doubts about himself, the fire nation and the earth kingdom were not at peace, as the last airbender TV series seemed to portray that that is where the nations stood. 'The Search' set up a more promising plot development for this amazing series. The Promise didn't really do any plot development. Although the 'secret' that this book revealed was shocking to all of us, I have faith on the creators, Micheal and Bryan, and even Gene Yang, that they will bring more epic story devolpment to this series, as well as The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra in a whole. Overall, I still give this book a 5/5.

What a great addition to the animated tv series. This continues where the series closes with the restoration of the Earth Kingdom and creates a great story arc that contains great characterizationsin the style we've come to love from the show.

I started reading The Promise series because I was a fan of the television show. Its a great series that expands from the TV show and continues the story. The artwork is fantastic! The characters look exactly like they do in the show. Definitely worth reading!

My favorite of the Avatar comic book series, mostly because it finally tells us what happened to Zuko's mom! I read the whole series and enjoyed how they wrapped up the story arch. It's a very satisfying addition to the Avatar series.

I decided to write a review for the whole trilogy with my review of this third volume. While each volume has a lot going on in it, they form one cohesive story with each other so that this is the most practical way to review them.

The story begins with a summary of the series Avatar: The Last Airbender, and comes to the moment immediately after the end of the series. Every one is at Uncle Iroh's tea shop celebrating, Aang and Katara kiss and form a relationship, so on. We see a peace treaty between Zuko as Fire Lord, and the Earth King Kuei, who has been brought back from exile now that his land is freed. The movement is called the "Harmony Restoration Movement". It is designed to remove all Fire Nation colonies and return the world to the pre-war status quo with the nations separate.

Weelll, anyone who has seen The Legend of Korra sequel series (as the colonies become Republic City eventually), or knows about real-life situations about how messy it is to try to "undo" colonialism pro, bably can anticipate that this isn't going to be so easy, and that it is going to be kinda messy. In short, everything blows up. You see, Zuko faithfully administers this agreement, and then one day a Fire Nation citizen forces herself into his palace and he goes to investigate her pleas.

He finds two things that make him question the Harmony Restoration Movement. The first is that, despite it's incredible evil, and he firmly believes it was evil, period, of the war, good came too. Advancement of technology in poorer areas of the world and other concepts that are true of good results amongst undeniably evil actions. But this wouldn't be enough to sway him, I doubt, if he didn't see the second revelation. The girl is not alone. She has a Firebender father and earthbender mother, and there are more like that family. Harmony can't be restored now, as so many bloodlines have been mixed, and so many folks will suffer if forced removal occurs. Said forced removal would be especially bad because their families have been their for generations, and they are not guilty of their grandparents' crimes.

On the other end, King Kuei wants to strengthen both his own standing, and that of the earth monarchy, so he can make his country more prosperous, and keep the problems that have plagued his nation for so long from occurring again. In the end, both men have a point and a good reason for their actions. Zuko has a stronger case for his actions, but Kuei is sympathetic as well.

Needless to say, when Aang investigates, and sees this complicated issue, one on which neither Kuei or his friend Zuko will budge, he is in for a hard time settling the dispute in his role as Avatar. The question is if he can do so. Or will there be another war?

I apologize for such a spoilerific description in this review so far, but I felt it necessary to do this for two reasons. First of all, there has been some bad reaction in parts of the Avatar fandom, and that has resulted in misinformation about this. I wanted to correct the notion that this is pointlessly angsty, because it is not. I also wanted to reassure those who wondered about Zuko going evil or something stupid like that. Obviously, if you have seen the sequel series, Korra, then you know he did not go bad, but I wanted to make that point nonetheless.

What I liked about this comic was that it, in a way, copied the show in a good way. The show managed to deal with some fairly serious and sobering issues, and yet, remain idealistic in nature. With the show, this could be seen periodically through the episodes, but especially in the second half of the second season, when things were surprisingly dark for a Nickelodeon series. Despite this, that cheerful, optimistic tone always remained.

Here too, the issues were fairly complex and serious, and the stakes realistically high. Friends disagreeing and trying to fight with each other, cultural clashes, appropriation, and acceptance or rejection, possible war, so on, were some of the difficulties that the Team Avatar and various secondary characters (both new and old) had to deal with. Through it all, they were the same cheerful and hopeful people they were in the series.

The only problem I had was that Zuko would have gone to Aang and the others, and not had his friends ambushed as happened here. Other than that, I can't think of anything to criticize. This was a mature, well-written, but still fun continuation to the Avatar canon, and one which I highly recommend.

The story was quite interesting. It is true that we did see many of the characters grow throughout the series, but it doesn't mean that they have become flawless. The story in this comic is a good example of that. When people are in a position of power, why wouldn't they expect change within their own character (not necessarily a bad thing). The nicknames Katara and Aang give each other were a little bit cringe-worthy, but one must remember that they are both still kids. While the art is slightly different, I still highly recommend those who have watched the show to read the comics: both The Promise and The Search.

I definitly enjoyed this story, any continuation of Avatar is a joy. I would have actually had prefered just a novel however, although i do love their art, very talented. To further my dislike is also just how big the book is, its nice to have a collection item but it very bulky and thick to read.

If you were completely heart broken after the show ended than don't hesitate and just buy the book. Started reading today and it's been extremely difficult to put it down. The artwork is amazing and the story line is just as great. The side notes on the edge of the pages is one of my favorite things about these books. Buy and enjoy. Flamio hotman!

Although I wish this was made into episodes of the tv series, I really do enjoy this book. I can hear their voices in my head. I wish this series never ended and that they were making episodes with the content from these books.