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zestyt's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
nickpalmieri's review
This book is insane. As Ennis wrote in the intro, he had no interest in writing a superhero story, so what did he do instead? He wrote a story about literal demons from Hell with how-did-this-get-published names, working alongside WWII vets who pilot a tank haunted by the ghost of a Confederate general so they can fight an army of Nazi zombies. Bodies are flying everywhere, occult symbols litter the pages, and yet it's... actually a great time!
This sort of book isn't usually my thing, but I genuinely loved it. Ennis struck just the right balance of obscene and fun. I was most interested in seeing how this compares to his later works, given that this was only his second American comics work. The ultraviolence, crude humor, occult, war themes, gray morality, religious satire- it's all here, if not as refined as it would later become. McCrea is great here, too, giving the seriousness a bit of levity with his cartoonish designs and use of body language.
I started reading this for the early appearances of Hitman, but I kept reading beyond those issues because I enjoyed it so much. Definitely going to start on volume 2 soon.
This sort of book isn't usually my thing, but I genuinely loved it. Ennis struck just the right balance of obscene and fun. I was most interested in seeing how this compares to his later works, given that this was only his second American comics work. The ultraviolence, crude humor, occult, war themes, gray morality, religious satire- it's all here, if not as refined as it would later become. McCrea is great here, too, giving the seriousness a bit of levity with his cartoonish designs and use of body language.
I started reading this for the early appearances of Hitman, but I kept reading beyond those issues because I enjoyed it so much. Definitely going to start on volume 2 soon.
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