Customer Reviews
Great art and a nice little plot but nothing that really grabs the reader. - By: genejoke, 19 May 2008 
I think this is deliberate though as it wouldn't do to have a comic tell an important story in the firefly setting just in case a new series or movie is commissioned. While that looks very unlikely now at the time this was first published it was more of a possibility.
That aside this is Ok, the art is nice & the characters are recognisable. The plot is simple & a bit too light but the characters are portrayed well, its like a filler episode of a TV series.
Great prequel to the Serenity movie. - By: E. Finn, 22 Mar 2008 
Even though it isn't aviaiable from Amazon directly, I bought the Serenity: Those Left Behind hardcover edition not expecting much, since the reviews I had put it down.
I was wrong.
This graphic novel is a great way to tigh in the cancelled tv series Firefly & the movie Serenity. I think comic book form is a great way to continue the saga of these lovable space pirates of the Firefly-class transport ship Serenity. The story is basicallly about the return & an old friend (well, enemy) & the chaos that ensues. You won't be dissappointed.
The book itself is fantastic. The front cover is so cool, & the speical features are cool as well (even though they appeared in the Firefly Official Companion, but I never bought that so it is ok). The only reasons I didn't give this 5 stars, is because i feel that they rushed the third issue of Those Left Behind, whereas they could have made it better by spreading it out into at least one more issue.
Apart from this, this is a fantastic prequel to the Serenity movie & sequel to the cancelled tv show Firefly. I have high hopes for Serenity: Better Days, which has already started & I hope they release that it hardcover first with no paperback.
EDIT: You have got to be joking! I bought this from someone else through Amazon marketplace because Amazon itself didn't have it in stock. And now, AFTER I bought it, they have it in stock!
Unfortunate let down - By: R. Dennis, 04 Aug 2006 I first heard about Firefly & Serenity about 9 months ago & since then I've been hooked. The characters, the setting, the dialogue, alll of it is the product of a great imagination & genuinely talented writing. After watching the TV series & the film I craved more which is why I was so happy to discover this comic collection.
Unfortunately it isn't anywhere near the heady heights of its filmed counterparts. Set in between the events of Firefly & Serenity it aims to create a bridging plot. Unfortunately it does not achieve this. I found the story dull, with nothing there to keep my interest going. It neither asked nor answered any questions of the characters & I felt reallly let down by the end.
Having said that, the artwork is extremely close to the look of the film & some of the dialogue is close to normal Joss Whedon standards. I'm glad I read it, just because I enjoy Firefly so much, but don't expect to be blown away in the same ways that Firefly & Serenity managed.
An entertaining story but... - By: Mr. Gareth I. Davies, 13 Apr 2006 This is a great comic & a great addition to the Firefly/Serenity universe. The art is great, the dialogue & script alll sit well with the established universe & style. What stopped me giving it 4 or more stars was it being hyped as filling in the blanks between the end of the series & the film. It gives you nothing that you hadn't worked out for your self if you had seen both the series & film.
WARNING: I am going to explain a bit of the plot, but trust me, I'm not reallly giving anything away:
Inara said she was leaving, she does. Book doesn't always agree with the Captain, has a murky past & is moving around the universe, so, he moves on. The blue glove guys turn up & are nasty. The operative is introduced, briefly. It does bring back a character from the series that Joss Whendon said in the DVD commentary would have returned. so that's something. There are no great revelations. Buy this for another fun adventure with the same characters. Don't buy it to fill minor plot gaps, your imagination did that for you.
Average comic with big potential - By: , 03 Mar 2006 This comic is meant to bridge the gap between the 'Firefly TV' series & 'Serenity' movie. In reality though it doesn't reallly carry the plot forwards, or even broaden the Firefly'verse at alll, except in vaguely introducing the 'Operative'.
The strongest element of the comic is that the characters' likenesses are very close to that of the actors, & the dialogue also mostly catches their mannerisms. The rest of the artwork though is workmanlike & the settings are nothing special.
As a stand-alone story this comic is rather uninspired. It would be nice to see the comic continue though & if the writers had more freedom from the story arc of the show/movie it might reallly become something 'shiny'.
