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Ghost I #1
Ghost Stories
Adam Hughes and Matt Haley are just two good reasons to pick up this hot collection! Sure, Adam is one of the hottest established artists in the industry; and Wizard says Matt is one of the eight hottest up-and-coming artists. But the best reason to grab this 96-page beauty is to read the stories everyone's talking about! Here, collected together for the first time, are all the appearances to date of the most popular gal in Ghost! It includes her introduction in 1993's summer series, by Jerry Prosser, Adam Hughes and Mark Farmer; the hard-to-find Ghost Special, by Eric Luke, Matt Haley, and Tom Simmons; and X #8, by Steven Grant, Matt Haley, and Tom Simmons. Timed to coincide with the release of the much-anticipated Ghost monthly series, this collection is the perfect introduction to the enigmatic character. Includes never-before-seen artwork from the sketchbooks of both Matt Haley and Adam Hughes. It's sure to be a big hit!
96 pages, Paperback
First published April 15, 1995
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Adam Hughes
524 books48 followersAdam Hughes is an American comic book artist and illustrator who has worked for companies such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. Pictures, Playboy magazine, Joss Whedon's Mutant Enemy Productions and Sideshow Collectibles.[4]
He is best known to American comic book readers for his renderings of pinup-style female characters, and his cover work on titles such as Wonder Woman and Catwoman.
He is best known to American comic book readers for his renderings of pinup-style female characters, and his cover work on titles such as Wonder Woman and Catwoman.
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January 27, 2012
Ghost is one of those characters that was a great concept and the artists called to do the work were high quality, but the writing for the character was so lackluster and confused that the character really didn't last that long. This is pretty book, but I can't say that there's much of substance to it. Which is sad, because Ghost could have been a really interesting female lead character. And there just aren't a lot of those to go around.
May 14, 2020
A very interesting concept with a terrible execution, especially the story written by Eric Luke. I remember, as an avid child reader of superhero comics, the characters of Dark Horse left a great impression on me, although it would take a decade for me to get into the whole universe.
Ghost's Elisa Cameron is dead, or rather thinks she is, as is fairly obvious pretty soon, and she goes about investigating her own supposed death, which is a good, solid premise. Furthermore, the way her intangibility powers work and are developed over the story is interesting, and were certainly rather novel at the time.
However, in the vein of all things designed to make an impression without any underlying thought, there are things like "you can get your hands on a lot of jade when you are dead" (errrm, why?) and supposedly feminist writing so bad that includes things like "men like big walls" (and that is merely the most nonsensical, not the most cringe-worthy).
Here is the problem: Ghost is fundamentally unlikable. She hates men, her family and YOU, the reader (breaking the fourth wall), for no apparent reason. There is a scene where she explains that any prolonged interaction with objects requires her constant focus, else for example she sinks into the earth when she sleeps (good stuff) and even her spectral outfit is held onto her by force of will. Then she turns to the reader and says "wouldn't you like it if I lost my concentration?" framed by other rant that basically accuses you of being a sexist, voyeuristic pig.
Um, OK... No, I would actually love for the writer to not be lazy and do skin deep political exposition, wasting the little space he has in a single issue.
Anyhow, the art is rather good, there is at least SOME intrigue (just go past the terrible '90s villain, it was a dark time...) and these are Ghost's first appearances, so maybe her main series is better. I have my doubts, as it is written by Eric Luke as well, but I will have a look.
Ghost's Elisa Cameron is dead, or rather thinks she is, as is fairly obvious pretty soon, and she goes about investigating her own supposed death, which is a good, solid premise. Furthermore, the way her intangibility powers work and are developed over the story is interesting, and were certainly rather novel at the time.
However, in the vein of all things designed to make an impression without any underlying thought, there are things like "you can get your hands on a lot of jade when you are dead" (errrm, why?) and supposedly feminist writing so bad that includes things like "men like big walls" (and that is merely the most nonsensical, not the most cringe-worthy).
Here is the problem: Ghost is fundamentally unlikable. She hates men, her family and YOU, the reader (breaking the fourth wall), for no apparent reason. There is a scene where she explains that any prolonged interaction with objects requires her constant focus, else for example she sinks into the earth when she sleeps (good stuff) and even her spectral outfit is held onto her by force of will. Then she turns to the reader and says "wouldn't you like it if I lost my concentration?" framed by other rant that basically accuses you of being a sexist, voyeuristic pig.
Um, OK... No, I would actually love for the writer to not be lazy and do skin deep political exposition, wasting the little space he has in a single issue.
Anyhow, the art is rather good, there is at least SOME intrigue (just go past the terrible '90s villain, it was a dark time...) and these are Ghost's first appearances, so maybe her main series is better. I have my doubts, as it is written by Eric Luke as well, but I will have a look.
February 9, 2019
An interesting concept for a superhero, Elisa Cameron is Ghost trying to track down the people who murdered her.
The writing was a little overwrought but the character and her abilities certainly had potential — I'd really like to see a film with a character who can zone in and out of a ghostly state, walk through walls, and temporarily 'ghost' other people, all packed around a good murder and revenge narrative.
I wager it would be better than seeing Super/Bat/Spider Man get rebooted yet again, which I'm certain we are just about five years away from.
I did some spadework and found the series gave up the 'ghost' all too soon.
The writing was a little overwrought but the character and her abilities certainly had potential — I'd really like to see a film with a character who can zone in and out of a ghostly state, walk through walls, and temporarily 'ghost' other people, all packed around a good murder and revenge narrative.
I wager it would be better than seeing Super/Bat/Spider Man get rebooted yet again, which I'm certain we are just about five years away from.
I did some spadework and found the series gave up the 'ghost' all too soon.
January 5, 2014
Oh, high school me. This was an interesting one to re-read.
February 12, 2019
Hoo boy, that sure was written by A Man
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