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3.16 AVERAGE
3.16 AVERAGE
Fantastic premise, but poorly executed. It attempts to mimic the feel of 30s era pulp fiction, but fails to reproduce the genre’s exciting action while retaining the racism and sexism.
Excellent beginning to a series. Glad it's ongoing, will definitely have to catch up soon.
Awesome pulpy goodness. A little bit derivative, but I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.
I really admire how the writer, Frank Barbiere, started off as a teacher and now has published stories. This story feels rushed however. I think they should have taken more time with Fabian getting to know each ghost and their powers. The story could've been fleshed out a bit more too. The stakes are high but it's hard to make a connection with the protagonist. I guess since Fabian is flawed the writers don't want to flesh him out because they don't want the readers to hate him, but I think it'd be interesting to know more of his past and his crimes.
In a time where I feel like I haven't been able to get into many new properties, this is a really interesting read. The story of a guy inhabited by the spirits of five characters, it feels like a throwback to old adventure comics while also dabbling in some of the weird fiction tropes that have become increasingly prevalent.
Overall, a fun read, and hopefully future volumes retain the focus the second half of this arc had.
Overall, a fun read, and hopefully future volumes retain the focus the second half of this arc had.
I love pulp comics. Even though this is a contemporary series, it reads like a serial of yesteryear. It has an over-the-top tone that reveals a non-silly relishing of everything from Indiana Jones to Flash Gordon. It's like an old radio show revived about a swashbuckling, womanizing, and treasure-seeking adventurer cursed with five (literary) ghosts — the archer, the detective, the samurai, the sorcerer, and the vampire. Now, ridiculous and raucous adventure awaits!
Five Ghosts is very Inidana Jones-like and it is awesome. Fabain Gray is a treasure hunter who after having an encounter with an artefact called “The Dreamstone” is possessed by five literary ghosts and granted access to their unique abilities. Those five ghosts unnamed but it can be guessed that the archer is Robin Hood, the wizard is Merlin, the detective is Sherlock Holmes, the samurai is Musashi, and the vampire is Dracula.
There’s a mystery surrounding the Dreamstone as Fabian tries to work out how to use these ghosts powers while continuing to be an infamous treasurer hunter and also trying to help his sister. The art is gorgeous and more realistic than some of the superhero stuff I’ve read, and it’s reads like an action-adventure film as Fabian travels to deserted temples and jungles. It’s a very cool book.
There’s a mystery surrounding the Dreamstone as Fabian tries to work out how to use these ghosts powers while continuing to be an infamous treasurer hunter and also trying to help his sister. The art is gorgeous and more realistic than some of the superhero stuff I’ve read, and it’s reads like an action-adventure film as Fabian travels to deserted temples and jungles. It’s a very cool book.
The art is great and I love the idea of a comic done as a sort of '20's-'30's serial style. I'm definitely interested to see where it ends up. It reminds me of a cross between Unwritten and Sandman.
I enjoyed this graphic novel. It’s the first I’ve ever read. The story was interesting and I loved the illustrations.
The writing could have been better.
Gorgeous drawings, but doesn't seem like my thing.
Gorgeous drawings, but doesn't seem like my thing.