The Sixth Gun Omnibus Vol. 3

The Sixth Gun #7, 8, 9

by Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook (Illustrator), A.C. Zamudio (Illustrator)

The ultimate collection for fans and new readers alike—Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt’s iconic weird western, The Sixth Gun , is available for the first time in beautiful softcover omnibus editions, boasting an interlocking spine design for the collector’s shelf!

The dogs of war are gnawing at their leashes! The forces of darkness have hounded Becky Montcrief since she first placed her hand on the Sixth Gun. Now, Becky and her allies are taking the fight to their enemies. Their destroy the cursed guns once and for all. But the Grey Witch has plans of her own, and she stages a shocking counter attack. The unexpected outcome of this battle will change the fate of the Six forever, and our defenders of the gun come to the epic conclusion of their story.

This volume collects The Sixth Gun #36–50—the stunning conclusion—from master storytellers Cullen Bunn ( Harrow County , The Empty Man ), Brian Hurtt ( The Damned , Manor Black ), and Tyler Crook ( Harrow County , Petrograd ), as well as The Sixth Valley of Death #1-3, illustrated by A.C. Zamudio (Shadow Roads), and The Sixth Dust to Dust #1, illustrated by Tyler Crook.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror, Fantasy

584 pages, Paperback

Published June 11, 2024

About the author

Cullen grew up in rural North Carolina, but now lives in the St. Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson. His noir/horror comic (and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt), The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The follow-up, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. In addition to The Sixth Gun, his current projects include Crooked Hills, a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books; The Tooth, an original graphic novel from Oni Press; and various work for Marvel and DC. Somewhere along the way, Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum.

All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.

And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.

Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.

Reviews

[Eric]

A bit uneven in the final third, there is still a lot to like overall. Several key story points feel arbitrary/predestined and not the result of character actions, but it generally sticks the landing

[jcw3-john]

There's only so much I can say about the third Sixth Gun omnibus that I haven't already said about the prior two. I'll say that, while the conclusion gave added context to Becky and Drake feeling somewhat like blank slates, I still was never fully invested in them as believable characters with actual depth.

There is a conclusion with epic, reality-changing stakes collected in the third omnibus, and it's got loads of cool, impressive moments (even if I felt the Knights of Solomon were somewhat wasted after all this time), but because I never emotionally connected with Drake or Becky like I feel I should have been able to after fifty issues, it didn't land as hard as it could, it was just 'epic stakes with no emotional anchor'.

Nidawi and Nahuel were incredibly cool additions to the cast. Griselda is a great villain - even if I felt the series sort of lost the focus on her as it reached its climax. I loved the Dust to Dust miniseries, and my biggest complaint about it has nothing to do with the miniseries, it's the omnibus for whatever reason placing it *after* the main series when it would have been far more emotionally impactful if placed *before*.

I found the Valley of Death miniseries underwhelming - weird structure, mostly focused on characters I wasn't super invested in - I think a tighter miniseries centered around Screaming Crow before his undeath might have worked better for me, but as it stood, I feel like Valley of Death was a failed project.

[Rahul Nadella]

It wasn't an ending that I wanted, but the series got the ending it needed. Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt have been telling the story about the end of one world and the race to recreate it. This seemingly endless cycle has been the sole purpose of the six mystical guns and Drake Sinclair, their human human agent of destruction and recreation time and time again. It was almost impossible not to see this conclusion coming. After all, Bunn and Hurtt have been moving the series towards this ending for a while now and yet, it's more than a touch bitter. I appreciate that they stuck to their guns, but this cataclysmic ending is hard to get too enthusiastic about. It's the story they wanted to tell and it's executed very well, but it's also an ending that won't encourage readers to return to it, unlike some earlier stories that had real moments of bleakness. It's the curse of a series that takes place in a universe forever tortured by the apocalypse that remakes it; the only proper ending won't necessarily be a happy one. Still, Bunn, Hurtt and Crabtree have wrapped up the series in style, and I'm glad I got to see this conclusion. From beginning to end The Sixth Gun never lost its spirit, it is the quintessential supernatural western horror comic, there will never be another like it.

[Chad]

A fitting ending to a terrific series. You can see that the fighting was stretched out a bit to get this series to 50 issues but that didn't lessen my enjoyment at all. Hurtt is so good at crafting action sequences that I was fine with it. Not too many surprises as this wound up and in this case I think it works. It was already a great premise with these 6 guns with supernatural powers in the Old West that you didn't really need anything else. The two miniseries along for the ride weren't as good as the regular series.

[Adam Gutschenritter]

The conclusion, the deaths of many are found within the the fate of the world is decided as Sinclair and the Grey Witch compete to see who will create the new world. Plus two short stories about Billijohn and Screaming Crow.

[Grace]

This ending REALLLLLLLY let down the series :(

[Lena]

Not The Bullet, But The Fall: 3/5
Hell And High Water: 4/5
Boot Hill: 5/5

Not The Bullet, But The Fall: They return to Brimstone to hunt down Missy, but instead the Grey Witch sends Missy’s corpse, a lizard army, and Jesup to kill Nahuel, Nidawi (escorts from the tribe), Gord, and Kirby. Asher is persuaded by the Grey Witch to turn on Drake, who kills him with the first gun. Jesup chases Drake, Becky, and Nidawi into the woods, where Nidawi dies from blood loss and is taken over by Screaming Crow, and Becky trades the sixth gun to save Drake from Jesup. Jesup now yields all six guns. It’s revealed that the Grey Witch is a servant to the Great Wyrms, evil primordial creatures that want to regain their power in the new worlds that are created.

Hell And High Water: The Grey Witch cultivates and sacrifices a town. Screaming Crow calls upon a bargain he made when taming the Thunderbirds to call them for aid, and they attack the town. Griselda kills Screaming Crow, but Nidawi is alive again. Becky finds the lizardified version of Kirby and mercy kills him. Drake, Becky and Nidawi flee the town as the apocalypse inevitably begins. The Sword of Abraham men who were trapped in the Wendigo’s realm manage to bargain to “join the fight.” Griselda fetches General Hume while descending with Jesup to the Devil’s Workshop. Drake attempts to contact Kalfu at a crossroads, only to find that Gord had struck a bargain with Kalfu to replace him as the guardian. Gord opens a gateway for the group to enter the afterlife.

Boot Hill: Drake was an agent for the Six the entire time, but created Becky in his last remaking to save himself and break the cycle. The group enters the afterlife and reunite with Billjohn, Nahuel, and the Sword of Abraham, while the Grey Witch and General Hume reunite with his horsemen. They each form their respective armies. At Boot Hill, the Grey Witch raises the Devil’s Workshop but is ambushed by Billjohn’s militia, shot by Billjohn and then distracted by Yum-Kimil, the Father of Death—another primordial entity released by the Sword of Abraham in desperation. While they Godzilla-fight, Becky begins reshaping the new world, yet the old versions of Drake try to take over. When HER Drake grabs her, she shoots him by accident, and then says goodbye to him… and everyone. She saves nobody, not even herself, in creating this new world. It has none of the Six, and will never be destroyed and remade again. The only ones who will remember are the buzzards… and Gord.

[Victor]

While I thought the "final battle(s)" were overly stretched, I thought the ending of the story as a whole was completely on point, with the end being foreshadowed from the earliest issues, and that it showed a great understanding of what could be termed a healthy warrior mentality (instead of the desire for endless war too many couch soldier wannabes & broken warriors exhibit). I liked the pendant minis about earlier points in the lives of supporting characters Screaming Crow & Billijohn, as well.