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geekwayne's review against another edition
4.0
'Hack/Slash: Son of Samhain Volume 1' introduced me to a pretty awesome monster fighter. Even though I hadn't read earlier stories, I had no trouble following what was going on.
Cassie Hack is a kind of cross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tank Girl. She kills monsters, and she's quite good at it. When this volume starts, she's in semi-retirement until her fellow monster hunter Delroy comes looking for her. Before long, they also have a young boy names October Bourne who has a questionable past along, but the more the merrier. This time they take on a demon named Morinto and his horrifying horde, and things build to a pretty intense battle. Cassie takes October under her wing, and he turns out to be a pretty good fighter himself.
I like a good monster bashing book, and this filled the bill pretty good. I like Cassie's irreverence behavior towards everything as well as her weapon of choice, a nail-studded baseball bat. The art is grotesque and disturbing at times, but I liked the art by Emilio Laiso, and the story by Michael Moreci and Steve Seeley.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Cassie Hack is a kind of cross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tank Girl. She kills monsters, and she's quite good at it. When this volume starts, she's in semi-retirement until her fellow monster hunter Delroy comes looking for her. Before long, they also have a young boy names October Bourne who has a questionable past along, but the more the merrier. This time they take on a demon named Morinto and his horrifying horde, and things build to a pretty intense battle. Cassie takes October under her wing, and he turns out to be a pretty good fighter himself.
I like a good monster bashing book, and this filled the bill pretty good. I like Cassie's irreverence behavior towards everything as well as her weapon of choice, a nail-studded baseball bat. The art is grotesque and disturbing at times, but I liked the art by Emilio Laiso, and the story by Michael Moreci and Steve Seeley.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
ogreart's review against another edition
4.0
I received a free electronic ARC of this graphic novel from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
After the last issue of the Hack/Slash Omnibus issues, I thought the series was over. But Moreci found a way for the series to continue on. With the slashers all gone, Cassie turns to bounty hunting. That's boring. Then she gets the chance to hunt monsters. The characters are okay. They are what they need to be for this book. I liked the story. It added a layer of background to the Hack/Slash world. I would be interested to see where Cassie goes from here.
After the last issue of the Hack/Slash Omnibus issues, I thought the series was over. But Moreci found a way for the series to continue on. With the slashers all gone, Cassie turns to bounty hunting. That's boring. Then she gets the chance to hunt monsters. The characters are okay. They are what they need to be for this book. I liked the story. It added a layer of background to the Hack/Slash world. I would be interested to see where Cassie goes from here.
jhstack's review against another edition
2.0
A Netgalley advance. A decent continuation/spin-off/reboot of Hack/Slash, but it doesn't quite have the same spark or edge when it comes to playing with horror tropes the way Hack/Slash has done in the past. Then again, actually reading the earlier volumes would probably help.
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