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Copperhead #1
Copperhead #1
Welcome to Copperhead, a grimy mining town on the edge of a backwater planet. Single mom Clara Bronson is the new sheriff, and on her first day she'll have to contend with a resentful deputy, a shady mining tycoon, and a family of alien hillbillies. And did we mention the massacre? Writer JAY FAERBER and the art team of SCOTT GODLEWSKI & RON RILEY bring you this gritty 24th Century Western with an extra-long first issue for the regular price of $3.50!
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First published September 10, 2014
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February 3, 2021
This is a really good sci-fi western. I like the use of a woman sheriff. There are also nice touches of humor too.
June 18, 2017
Title: Copperhead #1
Creator: Jay Faerber
Artist: Scott Godlewski
Colorist: Ron Riley
Letterer: Thomas Mauer
Publisher: Image Comics
Date: 12/2015
In this first issue we are introduced to Copperhead, a grimy mining town on the edge of a backwater planet. Clara Bronson, the new sheriff (that's with 2 fs) in town, already has her hands full from a domestic dispute to a body count over 5 and that's not even mentioning all the trouble her son is getting into. Copperhead seems to be leading us into a futuristic wild-west where anything can happen and you can never let your guard down.
The storyline shows great promise. You get a bunch of information but it doesn't seem forced and rushed. You really want to already root for the characters. Godlewski does a fantastic job with the artwork. The use of frames within page spreads gives you the understanding that multiple things are happening at the same time, multiple viewpoints within a single scene. The coloring really gives you the western/rustic feel. You really understand they are in a mining town because everything has the dirt and grime look to it.
The only thing that I wish different was that I jumped on board with reading Copperhead sooner. Now this is a part of my regular pull list and I am looking forward to catching up!
Creator: Jay Faerber
Artist: Scott Godlewski
Colorist: Ron Riley
Letterer: Thomas Mauer
Publisher: Image Comics
Date: 12/2015
In this first issue we are introduced to Copperhead, a grimy mining town on the edge of a backwater planet. Clara Bronson, the new sheriff (that's with 2 fs) in town, already has her hands full from a domestic dispute to a body count over 5 and that's not even mentioning all the trouble her son is getting into. Copperhead seems to be leading us into a futuristic wild-west where anything can happen and you can never let your guard down.
The storyline shows great promise. You get a bunch of information but it doesn't seem forced and rushed. You really want to already root for the characters. Godlewski does a fantastic job with the artwork. The use of frames within page spreads gives you the understanding that multiple things are happening at the same time, multiple viewpoints within a single scene. The coloring really gives you the western/rustic feel. You really understand they are in a mining town because everything has the dirt and grime look to it.
The only thing that I wish different was that I jumped on board with reading Copperhead sooner. Now this is a part of my regular pull list and I am looking forward to catching up!
July 10, 2020
Solid stuff. An interesting premise with straight-forward execution.
Got a lot of BKV vibes. Mid-tier BKV vibes. But even low level BKV is still good BKV. At times it felt a little soap boxy. But since it was my kinda soap box I gave it a pass. Art was lovely and the colors fun. Textures needed a bit more fading for my taste- but now I'm just being picky. It's a good foundation and I have nine more issues in my pin that should prove at the very least to be fun.
Got a lot of BKV vibes. Mid-tier BKV vibes. But even low level BKV is still good BKV. At times it felt a little soap boxy. But since it was my kinda soap box I gave it a pass. Art was lovely and the colors fun. Textures needed a bit more fading for my taste- but now I'm just being picky. It's a good foundation and I have nine more issues in my pin that should prove at the very least to be fun.
April 28, 2020
A strong first issue from a series that aims to build character and mood before forcing a plot upon you.
Faerber has a strong hand and his ability to set up his characters from the opening panels is surefooted and true.
Better still, the hint of plot revealed in the closing pages of the issue are enough to keep you pinned down and waiting for the next chapter.
And I certainly will be.
Faerber has a strong hand and his ability to set up his characters from the opening panels is surefooted and true.
Better still, the hint of plot revealed in the closing pages of the issue are enough to keep you pinned down and waiting for the next chapter.
And I certainly will be.
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May 31, 2020Outer space western.
Good color artwork. An image freebie. There's a new sheriff is in town. Aside from the aliens and robots pretty much a standard western. But I do like the old western s.
Good color artwork. An image freebie. There's a new sheriff is in town. Aside from the aliens and robots pretty much a standard western. But I do like the old western s.
June 19, 2020
There is a new sheriff in town, that's the premise. She's a straight arrow, breaking up fights and refusing bribes.
Not much in the way of personality, it's just a set up issue introducing the main players, it was alright.
Not much in the way of personality, it's just a set up issue introducing the main players, it was alright.
May 10, 2023
Western Sci-fi
Very nice plot set-up. The setting the sheriff moved to and varied characters remind me of something that would be in Star Wars
Very nice plot set-up. The setting the sheriff moved to and varied characters remind me of something that would be in Star Wars
September 12, 2017
This is another space western, which has never been my favorite genre, and while there are some interesting things in this book, it didn't give enough information to understand what's going on just yet, and wasn't quite interesting enough for me to really want to find out. Craft-wise, the art is fine, but not exceptional, and it's laid out in an interesting manner, but isn't going to change the way things are done, either.
November 1, 2016
For some yet to be revealed reason, this woman travels with her son to what looks like a futuristic frontierland to become the sheriff. I’m not sure if the humans have colonized the planet she’s on or if the non-humans migrated to a human-populated planet, but either way, there’s a class structure and the non-humans are not at the top. This could be a pretty decent story if it weren’t for the sheriff. She’s a no-nonsense kind of person, but she’s also unnecessarily rude and more than a little condescending. Some of the ripples she sends out splash back, but I don’t think it’s enough to balance out the arse she’s being.
I’ll see about the next issue and maybe it will tell a story worth reading.
I’ll see about the next issue and maybe it will tell a story worth reading.
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