Blackbeard: Legend of the Pyrate King

Blackbeard: Legend of the Pyrate King #1-6

by Robert Place Napton, Greg Hale, Jamie Nash

Collects issues #1 - 6

Producers Eduardo (writer of The Blair Witch Project) Sanchez and Gregg (Producer of The Blair Witch Project) Hale are joined by Robert Napton and Jamie Nash to present the ultimate adventure tale of a bygone age, when pyrates ruled the waters!

Beginning with his childhood through to his bitter end, Blackbeard's legacy has never been explored as deeply and illustrated as beautifully by Mario Guevara than now! Also contains biographical information on Blackbeard and a complete cover gallery.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Pirates

165 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 5, 2011

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Addendum - reread by accident in 2020
It seemed exceedingly familiar and my good opinion of it isn't lessened by a second read.

[Shaun "AceFireFox" · Rating 4 out of 5]

I mean... it was okay I guess. The art left much to be desired and the timeline was a mess. It meandered a bit and had very limited basis in historical fact, but whatever. Also Hornigold acted more like Jennings or Vane and Teach was much more akin to Sam Bellamy.

However, there was something that was interestingly done. Hornigold moved about a lot because he was very much against infamy and having his name too well known, therefore he also killed a lot of his captives (something he really wouldn't have actually done in reality). Meanwhile, Teach wanted infamy and people to spread the stories of his deeds. Now, in reality, Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach/Thatch is the Pirate... yet Hornigold's name is almost lost to time. Not many people know who he is at all.

Oh and Vane's men say yes to gang rape but Edward Teach says no.

[Tasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun, short read!

[The Wrath of Eleny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad book. It tells the story of blackbeard pretty....decently. The illustrations aren't the best in my opinion.

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Artwork was inconsistent-sometimes gorgeous and powerful and sometimes rushed with confusing layouts. Same with the story and dialogue, really. Some moments I really enjoyed and some seemed overdone. Too much flashback in the beginning, for example. But Blackbeard is certainly a compelling character, so one can pull off a decent tale just by getting the basics right, and they seem to do so here.

[Nicole (book.quill) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bloodier and more....sexual than I expected but it wasn't overbearingly so. I learned a lot about Blackbeard, especially with the mini-textbook type lesson in the back.