The Sixth Gun #30 – Review

By: Cullen Bunn (writer), Brian Hurtt (art), Bill Crabtree (colors), Douglas E. Sherwood (letters)

The Story: The gang seeks medical/spiritual attention for Becky after she is overcome from using The Sixth Gun too much.

Review (with minor SPOILERS): I came away from this issue feeling disappointed and unfulfilled.  It’s a little difficult to capture “why” this issue comes up short, but I think it has to do with where TSG stands as a series and decompressed storytelling.  Ugh–decompression..  At 30 issues, the series is mature: we know the characters and we know the stakes; now we need to get on with the story.

The Sixth Gun #29 – Review

By: Cullen Bunn (writer), Brian Hurtt (art), Bill Crabtree (colors), Douglas E. Sherwood (letters)

The Story: The gang is back together.

Quick Review (with minor SPOILERS): This was a tidy little issue of The Sixth Gun.  For the most part, it served to mop up the leftovers of this Winter Wolves story arc.  Honestly, this hasn’t been the most enjoyable story arc, but it still had a nice ending in this issue.  After so many months, it was nice to see the entire gang gathered again but it was kinda a bummer to see the damage that events have inflicted on our heroes: Drake is weakened, Becky is pissed at Kirby, etc.  There’s also a bit of humor as 9 foot-tall mummy, Asher Cobb rummages for suitable clothing to wear on their trip back into town.

Overall, the first half of the issue just serves to recap the action of the story arc and establish the new status quo.

The Sixth Gun #28 – Review

By: Cullen Bunn (writer), Brian Hurtt (art), Bill Crabtree (colors), Douglas E. Sherwood (letters)

The Story: Becky & Drake continue their battle with the Wendigo while Gord, Kirby & Asher Cobb ride to their rescue.

Review (with SPOILERS): This hasn’t been the strongest storyline for The Sixth Gun.  It’s a simple matter of dilution because we’ve had a two-issue concept that was spread over 5-6 issues.  But, this issue provided a pretty snappy ending for the arc and made me hopeful for the future of the comic.

The Sixth Gun #26 – Review

By: Cullen Bunn (writer), Brian Hurtt (art), Bill Crabtree (colors), Douglas Sherwood (letters)

The Story: Drake and Becky deal with a Wendigo.

Quick review (with SPOILERS): I only recently picked up The Sixth Gun after a recent Comixology 99-cent sale.  Last issue (#25) was my first reading the comic monthly and while it was a good issue, it wasn’t “great”.  In that issue, the art was at it’s typical level of greatness, but the story didn’t have that snap I recalled from gorging on the first 24 issues in a week’s time.  In the back of my mind I worried a little that I might not enjoy this series as much in single issues….

The Sixth Gun #25 – Review

By: Cullen Bunn (writer), Brian Hurtt (art), Bill Crabtree (colors), Douglas E. Sherwood (letters)

The Story: Becky and Drake are trapped in mystically frozen Fort.

Review: Well….that figures.  A couple of weeks ago, Comixology had a sale where all back-issues of The Sixth Gun were 99 cents.  I bought them all because a few of my comic friends loved the series and it sounded up my alley.  They were right!  It’s a great series that I should have been reading all along–“Deserving of the hype” and all that.  But just when I add The Sixth Gun to the list of titles I regularly review, it tosses a ho-hum issue at me.