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Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher: All Hell’s A-Coming and Alamo

The final two volumes of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s epic Preacher, All Hell’s A-Coming and Alamo, bring us back to the Quest. In All Hell’s A-Coming, Jesse and Tulip (and Cassidy) are reunited. It hasn’t been an easy time … Continue reading

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Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher: Salvation

Salvation gives us an intermezzo within the story of Jesse Custer’s search for God. In Jesse’s case, the search is literal: he has some things to say to the Almighty. But there are things, it seems, he must do along … Continue reading

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Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher: Dixie Fried and War in the Sun

After the hiatus of Ancient History, the saga of Preacher continues with Dixie Fried and War in the Sun. The overall story line is still Jesse Custer’s search for God, with the express purpose of reading him the riot act … Continue reading

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Garth Ennis, Steve Pugh, Carlos Ezquerra, and Richard Case’s Preacher: Ancient History

And Preacher continues, although the fourth volume of the collected stories doesn’t really move forward. Ancient History is just that — backstory on some of the secondary characters. “Saint of Killers” gives us the origins of that archetypal character — … Continue reading

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Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher: Until the End of the World and Proud Americans

Until the End of the World and Proud Americans are volumes two and three of the collected Preacher, the epic tour of an America that might be by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Together they encompass the Grail story line … Continue reading

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Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher: Gone to Texas

Preacher is one of those series that was always on my list of things to check out someday. I had a vague idea that it involved some guy walking around in a cowboy duster shooting things up. It’s not that, … Continue reading

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Peter David, et al: Young Justice: A League of Their Own/Sins of Youth

Young Justice is, as you might expect, a DC superhero team of young heroes, who originally appeared as a one-off, Young Justice: The Secret. The core group were Superboy, Robin, and Impulse, who are featured in the first part of … Continue reading

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Mike Costa, et al.: Blackhawks, Vol. 1: The Great Leap Forward

Mike Costa’s Blackhawks represents not so much a reboot of the Blackhawk Squadron, the international team of fighter pilots that debuted in 1941, as a complete remake — really, from the ground up. The new Blackhawks are a top-secret black … Continue reading

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Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro’s Foiled

Unlike many of my colleagues here at Green Man Review, my experience with the work of Jane Yolen has been limited, although I’m happy to report that what experience I have had has been very positive. That, coupled with the … Continue reading

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Kazuya Minekura: Saiyuki, Vols. 1-9

I suppose it was inevitable that, in my fascination with manga, I would eventually run across Kazuya Minekura’s Saiyuki, one of the more popular series with a decidedly “heroic fantasy” cast to it. It’s been one of the more rewarding … Continue reading

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