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Ghost III #3
Ghost Volume 3: Against the Wilderness
After Ghost drove the demons from Chicago, a new crop of weird villains filled the vacuum--so when Tommy starts to suspect that Von Ghastly, the eccentric host of blood-curdling cable access show, may be up to more than just morbid mischief, Ghost leaps into action! But the city's spectral protector may an audience of her own, as a powerful and technologically savvy bounty hunter stalks her for his mysterious employers. As Elisa tries to write a new chapter on the blank slate of her life, Chris Sebela and Jan Duursema deliver a new chapter of suspense! Collects issues #5 - #8.
96 pages, Paperback
First published December 9, 2014
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September 21, 2021
This volume was pretty meh.
It's not that the story was confusing, it just didn't really go anywhere or make me want to read more.
The gist is that this dude from an old horror show has gone off his rocker, found some occult stuff, and created some clockwork wheel that requires human sacrifice to turn him into some kind of a godlike demon-clown.
Plus, there's some stalker-y assassin after Elisa (Ghost) whose body is full of some sort of mad scientist tech.
Elisa is kind of teetering on the edge of an angry depression while being taken over by the vengeful Ghost side of her personality. And her friends just seem like background noise this time around.
I was bored. And didn't realize it until just 2 seconds ago but this volume had a different writer!
Ohmygod. That explains so much.
So, DeConnick isn't writing this anymore and Sebela has taken over. Whew! Ok, that makes more sense. I should probably be embarrassed that I didn't notice the change in author's names before I started reading instead of outing my ignorance, but...meh.
Yeah, ok. I'm done with Ghost for now. I would like to maybe read some of the original comics just to get a reference, but I think this run has lost me for now.
It's not that the story was confusing, it just didn't really go anywhere or make me want to read more.
The gist is that this dude from an old horror show has gone off his rocker, found some occult stuff, and created some clockwork wheel that requires human sacrifice to turn him into some kind of a godlike demon-clown.
Plus, there's some stalker-y assassin after Elisa (Ghost) whose body is full of some sort of mad scientist tech.
Elisa is kind of teetering on the edge of an angry depression while being taken over by the vengeful Ghost side of her personality. And her friends just seem like background noise this time around.
I was bored. And didn't realize it until just 2 seconds ago but this volume had a different writer!
Ohmygod. That explains so much.
So, DeConnick isn't writing this anymore and Sebela has taken over. Whew! Ok, that makes more sense. I should probably be embarrassed that I didn't notice the change in author's names before I started reading instead of outing my ignorance, but...meh.
Yeah, ok. I'm done with Ghost for now. I would like to maybe read some of the original comics just to get a reference, but I think this run has lost me for now.
June 21, 2020
This time Ghost goes up against this Svengoolie type who's convinced his followers to die for him on TV. There's also some cyborg guy named Hunter who doesn't have much depth. The storytelling and pacing felt somewhat off in this arc, maybe because Sebela is just now taking over the book. Jan Duursema brings a gritty realness to the book. Her art here reminds me of Steve Epting or Lee Weeks.
March 8, 2019
Without DeConnick, this book got kinda boring. I’m think I’m done.
March 11, 2023
I know after my impression for the last volume of the rebooted Ghost I said I was done with this crap. I decided to get and read the other two for a couple reasons. I didn't realize at the time I was going to wind up collecting all the omnibuses for volumes one and two so easily. I also found out that the two Kelley Sue Deconick books were considered volume three, these other two are Volume four, and they have a different writer.
However, they steer hard into the direction Deconick was going anyway. If anything the anti male sentiments of the work got kicked up a notch, but they are not enough to completely turn me off. But The White City Butcher really tried to make this a superhero title. That continues with with Into the Wilderness. I will grant them, while I don't agree with that direction. To be fair, I've read very little from volume one and two, so maybe that's true to the legacy of those books. I'll find out soon. But, based on the set up from In the Smoke and the Din, I don't agree with that direction for the reboot. But if that's what you're going to do, they did it in the best way possible.
Elisa has gotten all of her memories back, but that has not brought her peace. And she now kind of has a Batman dynamic going with her psychology, where she isn't sure who the real her is, and how much she should let the monster take control. Walking a fine line between guarding her humanity, and letting it go to better protect the rest of humanity. And now that she is dealing with humans more and more, how should she be with them? With demons it was easy, but how much mercy do evil humans deserve? And is she really doing it to protect others, of as an excuse to give into to her bloodlust and monster within her nature? Is there even really a monster with in her, or is it all just her?
That last bit really is more at play in the next book, but the seed is planted here, it starts with this. The art in this volume has been pretty good, might be the best for the reboot so far.
However, they steer hard into the direction Deconick was going anyway. If anything the anti male sentiments of the work got kicked up a notch, but they are not enough to completely turn me off. But The White City Butcher really tried to make this a superhero title. That continues with with Into the Wilderness. I will grant them, while I don't agree with that direction. To be fair, I've read very little from volume one and two, so maybe that's true to the legacy of those books. I'll find out soon. But, based on the set up from In the Smoke and the Din, I don't agree with that direction for the reboot. But if that's what you're going to do, they did it in the best way possible.
Elisa has gotten all of her memories back, but that has not brought her peace. And she now kind of has a Batman dynamic going with her psychology, where she isn't sure who the real her is, and how much she should let the monster take control. Walking a fine line between guarding her humanity, and letting it go to better protect the rest of humanity. And now that she is dealing with humans more and more, how should she be with them? With demons it was easy, but how much mercy do evil humans deserve? And is she really doing it to protect others, of as an excuse to give into to her bloodlust and monster within her nature? Is there even really a monster with in her, or is it all just her?
That last bit really is more at play in the next book, but the seed is planted here, it starts with this. The art in this volume has been pretty good, might be the best for the reboot so far.
October 25, 2023
Another disappointing Ghost book. Christopher Sebela has completely butchered what Kelly Sue DeConnick started and this book is now a generic, by-the-numbers 90s snoozefest. Here, Ghost stops her mission of hunting demons for reasons...and gets two new antagonists. One has a lot of potential but is handled poorly. The other is awful and the climax is worse. Jan Duursema's art is also similar to the script as its very non-descriptive and there were multiple panels where it was hard to discern what was supposed to be portrayed. Overall, not worth the time.
June 26, 2025
El turno de Chris Sebela en los guiones de la entonces renovada superheroína tiene mérito, toda vez que sigue el replanteamiento establecido por su predecesora Kelly Sue DeConnick mientras procura enfatizar las encontradas personalidades de la difunta Elisa Cameron y su espectral alter ego, más severo y violento. Sus bemoles pasan por la indagación respecto a su pasado - una subtrama algo coja -; lo mismo que sus oponentes de catálogo.
August 28, 2020
Against the Wilderness has delved into the bizarre. It kinda feels like it's lost the identity of Ghost a bit. It again follows the format of two unrelated storylines that are intertwined for no particular reason.
This is the third artist in three volumes, and the style continues to diverge from my taste.
This is the third artist in three volumes, and the style continues to diverge from my taste.
March 1, 2015
I just can't get into this series. I was tempted to give this 2 stars, but it gets an extra star for at least making Elisa vulnerable this time, which was my main complaint about the last volume. Having said that, the threat ultimately never felt that significant, possibly because the pacing of the story seemed odd at times. Also, the "scooby gang" aspect of the story, which I had hoped would be explored in more depth, seemed to fade into the background.
I don't think I will be going any further with the series.
I don't think I will be going any further with the series.
November 30, 2014
Kelly Sue DeConnick has left this series, and unfortunately it shows. This second arc had some good ideas, but its pacing was odd and inconsistent and I get the feeling they wanted to go big far too fast.
October 1, 2014
Pretty good story arc. Sometimes it moves a bit fast, but mostly moves slow. Pacing is odd at times. I really think the art shines in this book and the character is growing with each issue.
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