Ghosted, Vol. 3: Death Wish

Ghosted

by Joshua Williamson, Goran Sudžuka (Illustrator), Davide Gianfelice (Illustrator)

A magician that grants death wishes. A biker gang that sacrifices virgins. A supernatural black market. It's time for Jackson to stop running from his past and face it head on.

Collects GHOSTED #11-15.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Horror, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics, Paranormal, Supernatural

120 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2014

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

This one is probably my favorite so far!



In the last volume we got Winter's backstory, and in this one we get Anderson's. You know, Anderson...the ghost who's haunting Jackson?
Yeah, she's pretty awesome!



Ok, Nina (demon possessed chick from volume 2) is still hanging with Jackson. The paranormal debunker, King, from volume 1 has seemingly flipped, and turned Jackson over to the Feds. Why do those guys want him? Well, according to Agent Creed, they need him to investigate a magician that popped up on their radar at the same time as an increasing number of paranormal disturbances.



Just so happens, the magician in question is Trick's son!
Trick bit it in the last volume, so Jackson feels like he owes it to his old friend to check on his kid. - Spoilery Anne Sally

Anyway, there's been a rash of people who claim that they are being harassed by their stalkers. Stalkers who are dead.
Ooga-booga!
Does Trick's son have anything to do with that?



The old crazy-looking chick from the last volume finally gets to work her magic on Jackson. Literally!
She stabs his voodoo doll in the heart...



Which proves her point. Something BIG is protecting Jackson.
So what the hell is shadowing Winters?
No idea. But I'm definitely willing to read the next volume to find out!

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this series. In this book, a magician is tying stalkers' ghosts to their victims. This sereies is definitely some of Williamson's best work.

[Valéria. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am still loving it.
Liked SW reference. Jackson's in deep shit. Oh and that scene how Anderson ripped body of ... ? Breathtaking!

[Shaun Stanley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ghosted Vol. 3 collects issues 11-15 of the Image series written by Joshua Williamson and art by Goran Sudzuka and Davide Gianfelice.

This volume starts off with the backstory of Anderson. We then move into an arc about a magician controlling ghosts.

I'm struggling to stay invested in this book. I liked the set-up (not necessarily the execution) of Volume one and I feel each volume has become less interesting. The flashback issue was pretty fun but the rest was just "Meh."

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

** Review is for all four volumes read back to back

Supernatural Heist story. Ok. I'm in. The first volume worked all by itself and each subsequent one built upon that foundation for a steadily broadening world, without trying to do to much to soon. But then it goes and ends on a hook for the next series that has (so far) never appeared.

[Paul W. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is better than the first two with less interesting ideas. In this, a magician figures out how to sell suicide. I'm making it sound better than it is. It's still better than the first two but that means that they were only setup? Two full tradepaperbacks that were all setup? That's a little bit irritating.

[RG · Rating 4 out of 5]

A magician is caught up in an abnormal number of paranormal occurrences. We get Anderson's back story. Pretty good story telling. Still prefer his other series.

[Jason Ragle · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really enjoyable series that has quickly moved away from "Ocean's 11in a haunted house" to something else.

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

First off, I continue to hold series in high regard; Williamson and the artists are praiseworthy for managing to make each installment in the series different than the last in terms of both story and artistry. That said, this volume veered a bit too away from what made the first two work for me so well--I fell in love with the first volume for its mashup of the haunted house trope and heist story, overdone as both tend to be, and the second for its visuals in the beach, temple, etc. This volume, in my opinion, was a bit all over the place in terms of not only setting but plot and pacing. Maybe it was me and maybe I'll enjoy it as much as the first two on a future reading.
Recommended for those who like flawed antiheroes and beautiful and bloody illustrations.
Happy reading.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was so good that I forgot I had already read it.
Whoops.

I was jumping back in the saddle of reading after a crazy couple of weeks and eagerly opened this one. Read a page. Read another page. Had this weird feeling I knew where it was going...

Oddly enough I recalled that I really actually liked this one. There's Anderson backstory, a biker gang, virgin blood candles (hot seller, I've heard), a creepy but kind of cute old woman with adorable voodoo dolls, a messed up magician with a family tie of someone we already know, and plenty of shenanigans to get out of.

3 Stars because I forgot (it's not you, it's me...or is it?)

[Michael Beblowski · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ghosted volume 3: Death Wish continued the progressive decline of the series. The death of Trick in Mexico has filled Jackson with remorse, after escaping the demonic bordello temple he is immediately apprehending by the FBI and forced to conspire with the agency on supernatural cases. A series of spectral manifestations has plagued the City and they all seem to be connected to a street illusionist who happens to be Trick's son. Like Volume 2 the plot never really cohered and the pace did not allow for any suspense.

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the things I really love about what Williamson does here is that he is able to add knew wrinkles to the ghost story trope. Here, things from the past come back to haunt Jackson, literally. There are some seriously creepy ideas here that push the story forward. The art continues to match the story well. Overall, another very good book in a fantastic series.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jackson Winters past has come back to haunt him....in more ways then one! An old foe reappears with some business to attend to and only Jackson, with his uniqueness, can help. Also, we get more of a back story about Anderson which is exciting!

[Scott Waldie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a step up for me from the previous volumes. Getting a little of Anderson's backstory was nice, and I dug the antagonist here, the action and plot more. It feels like it expands out the mythology of the story in a cool way, and I was eager to see what happened on each page.

[Bill Coffin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Billed as a mash-up of Ocean's 11 and The Shining, Ghosted fails to live up to its own heist. Filed with characters we don't care about and narratives that don't matter, Ghosted isn't clever enough to work as a heist story, nor disturbing enough to work as a ghost story.

[Leif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe spending 15 issues reading this has made me like it more?

I enjoyed this arc and even giggled a few times. There is still an element of the ridiculous that I have kind of a problem with, but I think I'm getting it. That's good, because it's almost over.

[Laurian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this series because it is horror with personality.

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ehhhh

[Nathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty good story arc.

[Paxton Holley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great premise about stealing a ghost from a haunted house. Great book, takes the story in an awesome direction. Gets bananas on bananas the further you get into the series.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun reading. Heists and ghosts. Oceans 11 but more ghosts.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

[AN · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4.1/5)

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty solid! Looking forward to some answers in the next volume.

[John Shaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

The perfect pairing of the classic noir heist
with 70s Hammer horror films

Jackson Winters is a master thief
staging and pulling off brilliant heists
until the world of the macabre
gets too close and his crew ends up dead
and he spends his time in prison waiting to die

That i up to the point where he is kidnapped
and forced to stage one last job
steal a ghost from a notorious haunted house

And so begins Jackson's second career
"ghost hunter"
from haunted houses
to demon possessed criminals
and necromancers
Jackson will find himself facing
is oldest companion
when he has to finally face Death

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun series, like a good action movie. Fun characters, satisfying plots. Art is very strong. Never blows me away (I can't remember volume 2 that much) but they are fun books. Pretty dense too - good value. I don't know.... I like it!

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 4 out of 5]

These just keep getting better. Good pacing. And we got to see some of Anderson's past in this one. And though still horror, it had some pretty good twists. The world still feels just a bit too arbitrary but that doesn't seem to be getting in the way of the story. But it's still horror. 3.5 of 5.

[Christopher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Losing steam

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Curiouser and furiouser.

[Brian]

Single issues again....Amazing book!!!! READ READ READ!!!