Hack/Slash, Volume 4: Return of the Revenge, Part 4

Hack/Slash #4

by Tim Seeley, Emily Stone

The survivor of an attack by a slasher-turned-murderer of murderers, Cassie Hack and her monstrous companion Vlad continue their mission to rid the world of those that would harm others. In this collection, they face a murderous priest wannabe in a good world gone mad, a skin-peeling wraith from their past, and the most disturbing threat of murderous children gone horribly wrong! More dark humor from the mind of Tim Seeley! Collects issues #5-10 of the Hack/Slash ongoing series!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Comics Manga, Supernatural

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 29, 2008

About the author

Tim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.

Reviews

[Dev]

This series is so hit or miss. I thought we were making some progress with the last one but now we're back to the subpar art and overly ridiculous ~sexploitation~ plot lines. I have memories of this series being good but at this point I'm not exactly sure why.

[edit: 3/22/20 After opening up the next volume and seeing that it's a ~sexy women's prison~ issue I think I'm just going to drop this part of this series. I still plan on reading some of the spin offs that other authors have written but I think I'm done with Seeley]

[Sean]

Cassie & Vlad are back and its as goofy, bloody, and creepy as ever but this volume also deals with fitting in and belonging. Tim Seeley just has fun with this title and you can tell. This was a decent collection highlighted by an Archie spoof. I really enjoyed the the potential family mystery being set up. I thought the 3-parter, Tub Club, was a little less than but the last chapter, while slow was extremely sad. The art was solid throughout and fir the title well. Overall, this book continues to be its own entity and always entertains.

[Sierra Dean]

Read for The Last Panel

[J.]

This volume gets back to business. After a really weird Archie Comics send-up, the main story is a mix of Elizabeth Bathory with sorority lesbians. (Ah--this series is as ridiculous as it gets.) Anyway, the real joy of this story is that everything isn't what it seems, and even though I thought I knew what was up with the villain, I was surprised. (Although in retrospect, it was partly obvious--am I just obtuse?) Anyway, this series gets back to the goofy fun it started out being.

[Xion Tawa]

Good but confusing.