The Sixth Gun Volume 4 Deluxe Edition

The Sixth Gun #7, 5.1

by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt (Illustrator), Bill Crabtree (Illustrator)

The Sixth Gun Volume Four Hardcover, collects issues 36 through 41, featuring the Not The Bullet, But The Fall story arc of the ongoing series by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Tyler Crook, and Bill Crabtree, as well as the five issue spin-off mini-series Sons of the Gun with guest artist Brian Churilla. This oversized deluxe collection includes never before seen artwork, design sketches, cover galleries, an introduction by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai, and more, from the Eisner-nominated fantasy western epic.

Genres: Comics, Westerns, Horror, Graphic Novels

376 pages, Hardcover

First published August 23, 2017

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

[Lukasz · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

Totally bingeable but weaker than previous books. BUt it won't stop me from finishing the series ASAP.

[Nate Reitz · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half of this volume took all of those intriguing new characters that we were introduced to in the previous book and just killed them off. While it was shocking it also felt rushed. Then we get a flashback of the Grey Witch. This series has been time jumping all over the place with the legacy of the guns and the witches story is another in the long list of fantastical mythical and absurd of this genre bending chaos. The second half of this book was a full backstory on the four horsemen of General Hume. While I didn't really care for the stories of Bill or Will, I did like the stories of Silas and Ben from a character perspective. Silas story did jump the shark in the finale but everything leading up to it I though was pretty good.

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume only loses a star for the poor placement of the mini series that is collected within. The main story of Sixth Gun continues the mix of Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings and the Wild West fans know and love and is an absolute joy read. It is almost like the Disney movie the Princess and the Frog has had it's universe invaded by horror and more adult themes. The main narrative continues in this volume but those issues only make up part of this collection. The other side focuses on the "four horsemen" who were in the first several issues of the Sixth Gun series. This mini series spends each issue looking at the backstory of the horsemen. However since they have not appeared since the first volume I found this an abrupt transition from the main series and although the horsemen are very interesting visually I did find find their origins expanded on their role in the overall narrative of this series. Beyond that this is another excellent volume of the Sixth Gun. I look forward to the next one!

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

The exciting narrative and excellent art continue but this volume lacks the focused storytelling of previous volumes. The first story arc continues the quest to destroy the Six Guns with a number of well laid out action scenes spread across multiple panels. Our heroes go through a number of challenges and suffer a loss and betrayal. Brian Hurtt's unique style adds much to the horror elements of the book while providing captivating panels with rich detail.

Despite these strong elements the overall quality of the volume is undermined by the inclusion of the five part mini series Sons of the Gun. This arc focuses on the 4 Horsemen who appear during the opening storyline of The Sixth Gun. These characters are interesting aesthetically but I found their backstories to lack emotional weight given their quick demise much earlier. This volume would have benefited from including more of the main storyline with the supporting mini series relegated to a subsequent hardcover.

[Blindzider · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main story continues, with a couple shocking moments, but because this volume includes an additional mini-series, it has only a few issues of the main story.

The mini-series, "Sons of the Guns", tells the story of Hume's General's after their boss passed away. I found it to be more western/horror than western/supernatural, complete with more gore. While it still has the quality of the main series, when it's over it feels like it was a "that was nice to know but didn't really need it." It also slowed down the momentum of the regular series when reading it straight through. If there are more mini-series in the next volumes, I may consider waiting to read those until after I've completed everything.

[Jeff Mayo · Rating 4 out of 5]

The greatest supernatural western ever conceived, finally started to run out of steam. Just a little. Fantastic artwork and a great story are only hampered by the fact that the most interesting characters make mere cameo appearances.

[Patrick Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still very good, get to learn more about General Hume Motjer Griselda and about his 4 Lieutenants, I just missed the main story and all the main characters so this book is just slightly not the level of the first three volumes, I’m still loving every second of it.

[Rory · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this series but volume 4 loses one star for the mini series "Sons of the Gun" which isn't quite as good. Plus I kinda wanted more of the main thrust of this thing!

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

And it still keeps getting better!

[Rumi Bossche · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another volume done, this western horror fantasy hybrid remains fastpaced, beautifully drawn and lots of fun to read. And with a pace that is relentless

[Angelika Silva · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first half was great. The second half was decent, only because it focused on back story for some of the characters instead of main story. Still good stuff though!

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este compendio de El Sexto Revólver acaba resultando bastante anticlimático. Tenemos una primera parte donde nuestro grupo de dispares héroes fronterizos se verá avasallados por los azotes de la Bruja Gris, quien actualmente ostenta el título de antagonista principal de la serie. En estos capítulos, El Sexto Revólver alcanza un nuevo culmen en su muestra de acción y suspense. Pero pronto es cortado por un conjunto de historias precuela de antagonistas de la serie. Siendo el de la Bruja Gris (ilustrado por Tyler Crook), uno algo más justificable en sus revelaciones para la mitología de las maravillosas y fatales armas, que el conjunto de los "Hijos del Revólver". Donde se muestran episodios sueltos de en lo que se mantuvieron ocupados los Jinetes del General Hume. Dejando como idea conceptual que la influencia de los revólveres les impiden hacer otra cosa que no sea utilizarlos para sesgar vidas y provocar caos y matanzas siguiendo a un líder como Hume. Quizás dependiendo de las inquietudes de cada lectore, exista un capítulo en especial que funcione (en mi caso, sí que acepté de buena gana la trágica historia de amor platónico de Ben "El Sucio").

De todas formas, El Sexto Revólver es en todo momento, una lectura energética como pocas. Nunca termina de caer del todo.