During the darkest days of the Civil War, wicked cutthroats came into possession of six pistols of otherworldly power. In time the Sixth Gun, the m...
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Aug 15, 2011
Kevin
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Casey loaned this to me over the weekend. He said if I liked the Matt Fraction Iron Fist I would like this. He was right! So know I am thinking a lot about what I liked about both, what was different about them, and what it means as far as what I love about certain graphic novels. Some ideas:
* I like a realistic setting where some magic things happen. (This is maybe why I don't like LOTR as much?)
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* I like a realistic setting where some magic things happen. (This is maybe why I don't like LOTR as much?)
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Jan 16, 2012
Selina
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There are six guns, each with their own power and like no gun you've ever seen before. In the Wild West after the American Civil a dead man rises and wants to find the sixth gun that used to be his. He's not the only one.
A good adventure, horror, western and supernatural mash-up. Liked the settings and the characters are all interesting, though a little one dimensional at times. Bunn keeps the action moving and the supernatural surprises coming. While Hurtt's artwork is clear, with won More...
A good adventure, horror, western and supernatural mash-up. Liked the settings and the characters are all interesting, though a little one dimensional at times. Bunn keeps the action moving and the supernatural surprises coming. While Hurtt's artwork is clear, with won More...
Sep 19, 2011
Wandering
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During the Civil War, Confederate General Oleander Hume came into the possession of six guns. One that strikes with the force of a cannon shell, one that spread the flames of Perdition, one that kills by spreading a flesh-rotting disease, one that can call up the spirits of the men and women it has shot down and one that grants eternal youth and the ability to heal even a fatal wound. The sixth gun was the most powerful, and the one that Hume kept for himself, shows things that have happened a
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Sep 19, 2011
Arianna
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During the Civil War, Confederate General Oleander Hume came into the possession of six guns. One that strikes with the force of a cannon shell, one that spread the flames of Perdition, one that kills by spreading a flesh-rotting disease, one that can call up the spirits of the men and women it has shot down and one that grants eternal youth and the ability to heal even a fatal wound. The sixth gun was the most powerful, and the one that Hume kept for himself, shows things that have happened
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Aug 30, 2011
Nathan
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A rip-roaring weird Western, "The Sixth Gun" reads like the smart, spooky, satisfying summer blockbuster you never knew you'd been dying to see. The most dangerous pistol in the West has just fallen into the innocent hands of Becky Moncrief. A mad Confederate general -- undeterred by trivial matters like being dead -- and his deliciously sinister wife want it back. The vile holders of five other cursed pistols are on the hunt for Becky. And her only allies are Billjohn O'Shaughnessy, a
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Jun 01, 2011
Rosalia
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Becky becomes the recipient of a legacy that her step father never intended for her when she picks up the Sixth Gun, a gun that allows the owner peeks of the future they are heading towards. Unfortunately there are several other people on the hunt for this gun including it's original owner General Oliander Bedford Hume, recently brought back from the grave by his former compatriots upon his wife's orders and Drake a man who was once part of the General's pack.
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Feb 14, 2011
William Thomas
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Ever since Garth Ennis wrote "The Saint of Killers" 4 part story, I have wondered when the next western-horror story was going to come along and why it hadn't taken off as some other trends have (steampunk, vampires, zombies, etc.) One of the original horror-westerns, Jonah Hex, hasn't lived up to my expectations in its most recent incarnation, although American Vampire has become an absolute favorite. So I guess I may be rating this slightly higher than it deserves because I love the
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Jan 31, 2011
Andrew
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I love Weird Western stories, and I love ongoing comics that tell a single, ongoing story. So the idea of a monthly Weird Western comic was pretty much irresistible. Having said that, it took a few issues for this series to grow on me, but by the end of the first, six-issue story (collected in this volume), The Sixth Gun had become one of my new favorite comics.
Telling the story of six supernatural guns, the book focuses on Rebecca Moncrief, who inherits one of the guns from her father More...
Telling the story of six supernatural guns, the book focuses on Rebecca Moncrief, who inherits one of the guns from her father More...
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Oct 06, 2011
Hayden
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The Sixth Gun tells the story of a classic western outlaw-type, and a young girl on the lam from a zombified Civil War Confederate general and his gang, who's trying to kill them and retrieve one of six demonic six-shooters and bring all manner of Hell upon our humble Earth.
I went into this knowing absolutely nothing, and was overall pleasantly surprised. The characters were a little two-dimensional, and the story was predictable at times, but come on... Zombies, demons, giant birds More...
I went into this knowing absolutely nothing, and was overall pleasantly surprised. The characters were a little two-dimensional, and the story was predictable at times, but come on... Zombies, demons, giant birds More...
Feb 02, 2011
Rick
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The second series collaboration from the creators of the excellent supernatural noir thriller The Damned offers a creepy, magic-infused Western complete with terrifying beasts -- living and undead -- gunfights, and the occult. Confederate General Oleander Hume seeks out the Sixth Gun, the key to unlocking an unstoppable power. Mysterious gunslinger Drake Sinclair protects the young Becky Moncrief, current owner of the powerful Sixth Gun, against Hume and his magically-enhanced henchman. Bunn's
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Jun 18, 2011
Melissa
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During the time of the Civil War, a group of heartless men come into possession of six pistols with strange and evil powers. Then one day, the Sixth Gun (the one with the most dangerous power) vanished. Years later, Becky, a young, innocent girl gains possession of the Sixth Gun and the cutthroat men, long thought dead, come after her to regain the gun and it's magnificent powers. The only person who can help Becky is Drake Sinclair - a gunslinger with a shady past of his own.
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Feb 08, 2011
Rajan
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I'm a big fan of weird westerns in any medium so when I read about this comic, and realized it was collected, I knew I had to check it out. And it was good. A nice, quick-paced read, it seemed to find a decent balance between the expected genre tropes and original ideas.
The story concerns six guns, artifacts, with a dark past belonging to the dark and black-magic wielding General Hume. Hume and his men hold five of the guns, but the sixth has found its way to innocent Becky Montcrie More...
The story concerns six guns, artifacts, with a dark past belonging to the dark and black-magic wielding General Hume. Hume and his men hold five of the guns, but the sixth has found its way to innocent Becky Montcrie More...
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Aug 14, 2011
Chris
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Picked this up on a whim while browsing at Challengers Comics in Chicago earlier this year, without really knowing anything about it. Glad I did. This is a fun little romp of an arc that definitely falls in the "Weird Western" genre that I dig, but don't ever really get enough of. I'm talking about mayhem and gunslinging with an arcane edge, with monsters and zombies and stuff like that. The guns themselves had a distinct, but distant, nod to the nine rings that created the Ringwraiths
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Aug 16, 2011
Craig Michael
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I should not like this book: It is a Western. It has zombies. It's got a high body count. But somehow, this magically works. It is a unique voice in a market glutted with uber-serious or hyper-slasher-porn-sadistic garbage. I cannot recommend this book enough, with sharp dialogue and pacing from Bunn and art that is new and fresh while being reminiscient of really good things that have come before: early Pander Bros., Jeff Smith, and a little Michael Avon Oeming. Those comparisons are not meant
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May 18, 2011
Mike
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This is the best thing!
I love this series. I heard it hyped on the podcast War Rocket Ajax when they talked to the writer and artist and the hosts loved the series so I decided to check it out.
You guys... This is amazing!
It's a western with magical guns and zombies and... and it's just SO GOOD!
If you like Westerns this is a good choice for you. If you're a fan of weird magic type books, this is a good choice for you. If you've ever played the RPG Deadlands More...
I love this series. I heard it hyped on the podcast War Rocket Ajax when they talked to the writer and artist and the hosts loved the series so I decided to check it out.
You guys... This is amazing!
It's a western with magical guns and zombies and... and it's just SO GOOD!
If you like Westerns this is a good choice for you. If you're a fan of weird magic type books, this is a good choice for you. If you've ever played the RPG Deadlands More...
Jun 09, 2011
Don
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Some books deserve a second look. When I read the Free Comic Book Day copy of The Sixth Gun issue one, I thought it was okay. But I never got the second issue. Then one day I had a coupon to the bookstore and decided, what the hell, the reviews say this book is supposed to be really good and it'll be cheap.
The reviews were right. This book is great. Cullen Bunn packs so much stuff into his scripts you'll be surprised when you see that this is only six issues. And Brian Hurtt's art fits More...
The reviews were right. This book is great. Cullen Bunn packs so much stuff into his scripts you'll be surprised when you see that this is only six issues. And Brian Hurtt's art fits More...
Nov 11, 2011
Seth
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It's not easy to sell me on genre books, even when they combustibly mix genres with verve, spice, and zest. I'm perfectly happy to not investigate superhero books, westerns, or efforts that seek to out-Tolkien Tolkien. Vampires, werewolves, zombies, pirates, ninjas? None of these really do it for me. And even though I was once a savage, avid reader of noirish detective-fiction, I've passed on countless opportunities to engage some of the newer works in the genre.
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Feb 19, 2011
Jeff
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This was the best graphic novel I've read in some time. I love the western theme, and Brian Hurtt's illustrations are clean and dynamic. The action can get a bit gruesome at times, but less so than an episode of Bones. The success of this book rests mainly in the main character of Drake Sinclair, a man of questionable virtue. While the plot does follow the path of the six mystical six-shooters, it mainly serves as a look into Drake's dark origin.
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I really enjoyed this, and look forwar More...
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Apr 19, 2011
Mike
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Where to begin. The story packed into these six issues feels like it could be a lot longer, like there's a lot more mythology and history behind the characters that I hope Bunn and Hurtt will share with us as the series rolls on. I'm not a huge Western fan, but this was exactly how I like to see my Westerns, and the supernatural horror is a bonus. I'm already looking forward to volume two.
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May 23, 2011
VanHalen
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This book has been hyped pretty hard by the various comic reviewers that I have read.
But it delivers with explosive force.
Clearly the beginning of what could be a long journey, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt are redefining the old west in their own style with a tweaks on familiar favorite tall tales, western ghost stories and Native American legends.
I am eagerly awaiting the next TPB!
But it delivers with explosive force.
Clearly the beginning of what could be a long journey, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt are redefining the old west in their own style with a tweaks on familiar favorite tall tales, western ghost stories and Native American legends.
I am eagerly awaiting the next TPB!
Jul 01, 2011
Jeff
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A very different, very fun supernatural western comic. Unexpectedly wonderful.
The premise is that there are six guns that exist in this area (more like six gems that can be refitted into weapons later), and the sixth gun has just inadvertently been passed down to a young woman by her dying father. The problem is that the bad guys, who have the five other guns, really want that one. A gun can only be passed along when the owner that it is bonded to dies, so there are now some under More...
The premise is that there are six guns that exist in this area (more like six gems that can be refitted into weapons later), and the sixth gun has just inadvertently been passed down to a young woman by her dying father. The problem is that the bad guys, who have the five other guns, really want that one. A gun can only be passed along when the owner that it is bonded to dies, so there are now some under More...
Jan 05, 2012
Chantale
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If you like weird western graphic novels then I suggest you check out this one. Very well done and illustrations was well done as well. When I was asked to read and review this one I thought I would not like it at all since it is not the kind of graphic novels I would usually read but boy was I wrong!! I read this one last night and started on book #2 of this series right away.
Jul 13, 2011
Greg
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The plot started out slow, but picked up by the end of the 2nd chapter. By the end of the book, the characters and lore surrounding the guns were flushed out enough to be interesting. The story caps itself off nicely, while leaving great opportunities to continue future stories within the universe created by the author. I also enjoyed the art very much.
Jun 13, 2011
Aaron
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The Sixth Gun suffers from that most unusual problem: a stellar opening scene. It's direct and bold, but it still evokes a sense of mystery. It hints at the deeper truths of the protagonist, and it creates a yearning in readers to find out more about this new world. It's the sort of set-piece cold open that feels like an entire franchise could hang from. However, Bunn doesn't manage to hit that level of quality again.
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A sense of disappointment drifted in as I realized that Drake was More...
Feb 16, 2011
Orrin
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I've been following Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt for awhile now. Hurtt is one of my favorite artists going, and Bunn is no slouch either, with a style of easy myth-building that seems tailor-made for comics. I liked The Damned, and they outdid themselves with this one. Highly recommended!
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May 18, 2011
Allison
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Wow, this graphic novel has it all: cowboys, superpowers, guns, supervillians-from-the-dead, ghosts, zombies, tons of other creepy stuff, and an exciting new mythology. What more could a young adult want from a book? Romance? Well, this is only the first in the series. We'll wait and see...
Mar 26, 2011
Shaun
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I actually ended up really enjoying this one. Hurtt's art is art is very effectively expressive and has enough. I love the mix of gothic horror, wild west and fantasy in this book. If one was to drop Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lord of the Rings and Deadwood in the blender, this is the sort of story I think you'd get.
May 28, 2011
David
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I believe I just read an entertaining romp in a quasi historical setting where the undead clash with a mysterious well dressed gunman over mystical pistols. A lot of violence but I don't mind. Was there depth to the plot? I don't know because I felt particularly engrossed.
Nov 02, 2011
Dru
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I really liked this book. The art, the characters designs and the coloring were all fantastic. Each antagonist had a fantastic look to them that helped convey the powers of each of their guns. The story was straight forward and had some good character moments.
Aug 28, 2011
Steve
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Such an amazing series that, even though I own the singles, I bought the trade the other day at a closing Borders, so I could reread it for the hell of it and give it away to someone who I think should follow this book. Great story, fantastic art, well worth reading.
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