Gene Luen Yang's Graphic Novel Series, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar Fan: Needs mores pages with no cliffhanger!!!! Otherwise it was absolutely an amazing read and I would highly recommend it be read.

Canada on Apr 23, 2023

Nancy: Bought this for my nephew cuz he’s a super fan of the series and he loved it

United States on Jul 14, 2022

Gemma Thomas: Loved the comic. Went back a bought the full omnibus

United Kingdom on Feb 11, 2022

Moondust: As a fan of TLA I always wandered what was the story of Zuko's mother and here now I know what happened. The story is very loyal to the TV series and has 3 tomes (i bought them all for myself mwhahaha). The characters ressembled the series, and even Azula has a role in it. I'm French and in France we cannot even find the TV series in English (VO) so it's a shame :/ but now I have the Search trilogy. The design is also very nice, and color and paper has a nice quality i think.

France on Mar 12, 2020

Mr. Roy Williams: In my opinion,there is no better bad guy that Azula ! I just can't get over that she escaped from her restraints...,
and even took advantage of being Chi-blocked ! Is there nothing Azula can't do ?! Azula even got the better of Zuko
when he brought her some tea,on a tray as a peace offering,awesome ! I must admit to being sad when Katara
defeated Azula...,although I know that Katara has become an experienced fighter too,it's just that
I LOVE AZULA !!
The creators have come up with the ultimate in absolute power and mastery of the elements in Azula.
I read and re-read Azula's escape time and time again...,using Zuko's fire blast to shatter her chains...,
it just doesn't get any better than that.At the bottom of page 43,Azula has the most disgusted scowl Ever !
So...,this book explores just what happened to Ursa,Lord Suko's Mother.
Obviously we don't know what to think because we know so little about her and her past.
Is Ursa an innocent bride taken away from her childhood friend or is she a bit of a witch ?
There is a slight misunderstanding at the beginning of this book where Azula asks Ty Lee
and Suki why they betrayed her and how did 'she'...

United Kingdom on Mar 16, 2016

Swank Ivy: At the time of this writing, Amazon is currently making reviews for the first volume of The Search and the first volume of The Rift act like they're for the same book. So here are my reviews for both.

The Search, Volume one:

Well imagine my delight when I found out we were FINALLY going to explore the abandoned plot line of Zuko's missing mother!

While I'm a little disappointed that the overused "peasant was whisked away to marry a prince" trope got used here, it at least did so in style, and one relationship I hadn't thought about before came up here: Zuko and Sokka talked about having sisters. It was really touching to see how Sokka's antagonistic relationship with Katara is really an expression of love that they engage in consensually, while there is nothing at all good-natured about Zuko's relationship with Azula. She exploits this all the time, and he is so easily manipulated that it irritates me, but I have to remember he has no positive family relationships to find his roots in (outside of his bond with his uncle, which is also complicated). (Seeing Iroh babysitting the Fire Nation and declaring a national tea appreciation day was super special, too.) I...

United States on Dec 08, 2015

AwesomeJohn22: As a huge fan of this series, though admittedly not until after the series had nearly ended on TV, I want to love every bit of ancillary Avatar: The Last Airbender fiction. I got so hyped for the live action movie, and was so let down. I wanted mote Avatar, more GOOD Avatar, and eventually went searching for news from the creators of the cartoon. That's when I stumbled on the existence of the comics, and I knew I had to buy them. So I gathered up old Amazon gift cards to alleviate the strain on my wallet, and bought The Promise and the first two parts of The Search (part three was not published yet) all at once, and I am so glad that I did. The art is beautiful, and the story so immediately captures the tone and pace of the cartoon that before long it was like watching the show again, which was in turn like revisiting an old friend.

As for this particular installment, it is a fantastic beginning to a story that, as an Avatar fan, I felt genuinely NEEDED to be told. The decision to include the antagonistic Azula in the party for this adventure was a stroke of genius (she's my favorite character) as this is the closest that the protagonists and she have ever come to having...

United States on Dec 23, 2014

HNHT: I've been in the Avatar fandom for a good long time, and, of course, I had jumped at the opportunity of the printed comics: The Promise, and The Search. I had been waiting for the Gaang's new adventures, and the idea of solving the mystery that is Zuko's mom, Ursa? That sounds better than finding out who Lin Beifong's dad is.

In comparison to The Promise trilogy (a sequel to the original series, a prequel to The Search), The Search, is, well, more promising. The art style is the same as the Promise: slightly rounder than the cartoon, but still easily recognized as our favorite characters. The characters seem a little more in-character. And I've always had a soft spot for Azula, our beloved crazy princess. Her prominence in this story, as well as the parallels between Zuko and Azula and Sokka and Katara, still leave me hope for the rest of this trilogy. The plot is pretty intriguing, Azula's insanity drives the story, and with a bit of imagination, it's almost like we had the old series back. But not quite.

I do miss the presence of Toph, and I still wonder if Mai will ever make another appearance. That aside, I'll keep up with this plot. The chances of actually...

United States on Aug 20, 2013

T. M. Stamler: Given the great look of 'The Promise' in its collected edition, with its size, the great map of the Avatar world and bonus comments and sketches by the creators, I would have liked to have gotten 'The Search' in its entirety, too. But since that is almost a year away, I'm willing to settle for the first part of it for now.

As we know what this story is about, I'll skip the synopsis. So far the story focuses mostly on Zuko, Azula and informative flashbacks of Ursa's past, one of which will play a very large part in what's to come in Parts Two and Three. Aang, Sokka and Katara are more supporting characters here, which fits, given that this is about Zuko's family and history. Toph is absent so far, although mentioned by the Gang (and we're given a few subtle nods to how things will come about in Korra's time regarding Republic City and Toph's role therein), but Iroh makes an appearance with his usual wisdom and eccentricities.

And unlike 'The Promise', where a few new characters were a bit shallow and jarring compared to our TV series crew, there's really only one or two additions to the Avatar line-up here, and we are given just enough on them to make us curious to...

Canada on Apr 16, 2013

LDSai: So here I am back reviewing another Avatar comic. The Promise was a disappointment but this one, I'm actually happy with.

Dark Horse granted my wish and are doing comics focusing on finding Zuko's mother. Anyone whose watched the series knows this is the issue they teased at us about and we never got any answers. This book does this. While most of the cast are in the background, I actually don't mind, even though Toph isn't in the book for unknown reasons and they still push the Aang and Katara relationship in our faces, but only on a couple of pages so I can deal. I'm happy the writers wrote Azula just right, I was afraid that they would completely mess her character but it's actually great! We get to see into her mind and how she is coping with her mental state. We also get to see early memories of Ursa and how she became Ozai's wife. Spoilers: it's not that happy of a marriage to begin with. We also learn a long kept secret that I don't want to spoil.

Overall, this is the comic they should of started with, let's just hope it only gets better. This is a great pick for any Zuko fan or anyone who just wants Ursa found.

United States on Apr 01, 2013