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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
I went into this one completely cold, not being at all familiar with the work of Cullen Bunn or any of the artists involved. So with that in mind, I was pleasantly surprised. Volume 1 of The Sixth Gun has a bit of many genres - western, adventure, fantasy and most definitely horror - which combines in a unique and satisfying manner. The main protagonist is layered, the villains colourful, and even the requisite damsel-in-distress starts to grow by the end of Cold Dead.
Any negatives - such as the tone being a little too playful when it would have benefited from being a little more straight-laced - are relatively minor, and I'm most definitely looking forward to reading the further adventures of Sinclair and co.
4 Tumbling Weeds for Cold Dead.
Any negatives - such as the tone being a little too playful when it would have benefited from being a little more straight-laced - are relatively minor, and I'm most definitely looking forward to reading the further adventures of Sinclair and co.
4 Tumbling Weeds for Cold Dead.
Trigun and Supernatural meet the Wild West in the action-packed beginning of the Sixth Gun series. Cullen Bunn's world building is excellent, giving hints and peeks at the fringes of a world like ours, but jam-packed with living magic. The art is fantastic: it's not easy to drawn an action scene where the reader feels the struggle between two characters, but Brian Hurtt more than pulls it off beautifully.
There's an unclear period of time that passes between the backstory and the present story. I feel like I would have had a clearer understanding of Becky's upbringing and the the anger of the antagonists if I had known how long that time was. Otherwise, this story had a lot of mythology and details that worked together very nicely. There end is bittersweet and promising for the next volume.
Scattered across the Old West are six magical guns. Each has a mystical power and is bound to its owner for life, unwilling to fire for another. The Sixth Gun follows Drake, an former villain on a quest to find the guns before people who’re even worse do. He inadvertently teams up with Clarissa, daughter of a man who was guarding one of the six to hide it from the malevolent forces that are coming for them.
Vol 1 develops these initial premises, explaining the eternal nature of the guns, and setting Drake and Clarissa on a crash course with an evil Civil War general (from the Confederacy, natch) and his posse of supernatural lieutenants. The characters and story are set in motion nicely
Vol 1 develops these initial premises, explaining the eternal nature of the guns, and setting Drake and Clarissa on a crash course with an evil Civil War general (from the Confederacy, natch) and his posse of supernatural lieutenants. The characters and story are set in motion nicely
A horror western with six cursed guns that have different weird powers and the zombies in it aren't overdone and fun art and quick storytelling? I'll take it!
Look, I've said for years there aren't enough stories about cursed guns in the Old West. Thank goodness the reign of stories not about haunted weapons in the hands of cowboys, outlaws, and Pinkertons is finally at an end. Long live tales of damned six-shooters with endless ammo yet each with uniquely supernatural powers!
Can't believe this thing could be a standalone. It starts off so big and bold, and then deaths start coming like wildfire. Heck of an opener. Unsure what doors are closed for good and which ones are just to lead you through the open one. There's a scene in here that's in the running for my favorite panel in comics—an evil, potentially immortal confederate general whipping gunslingers off a bridge as he floats across, bound to his drifting coffin with monstrously spider-like chains angrily pouring out. Unreal. Undead. Total banger.
Can't believe this thing could be a standalone. It starts off so big and bold, and then deaths start coming like wildfire. Heck of an opener. Unsure what doors are closed for good and which ones are just to lead you through the open one. There's a scene in here that's in the running for my favorite panel in comics—an evil, potentially immortal confederate general whipping gunslingers off a bridge as he floats across, bound to his drifting coffin with monstrously spider-like chains angrily pouring out. Unreal. Undead. Total banger.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Confederate General Oliander Hume seeks to be arisen from his grave and retrieve his powerful magical guns while his former partner Drake Sinclair will do anything to stop him. An innocent woman is caught in the crossfire. A fun start to a horror graphic novel series set in the Old West.