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Silver #4
Silver Volume 4
As SILVER’s 4th and final volume begins, pulp-era conman James Finnigan, Rosalynd “Sledge” Van Helsing, and their team are in a race against time to get out of dodge before Dracula figures out how they made The Silver Dragon--his massive treasure--disappear. After much suspense, the team finally heads off on the getaway train, only to find that the train has one extra passenger— a very deadly one. SILVER concludes with its most suspenseful, action-packed and disclosure-heavy volume yet, and an epic finale that will keep you guessing until the very end!
152 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2018
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November 4, 2019
The last installment of Silver by Stephan Franck is finally done. I really did appreciate quite a bit about this series. I thought the con was quite good. Franck clearly took his time creating all the twists, turns, foreshadowing and red herrings. The action scenes are really well done in this one. I didn’t have a difficult time figuring out what was happening. The time period details are still lacking, but I’m able to get over it (for the most part). I wish the ending had been a bit longer in terms of taking care of the antagonist, Drah-Khan. That went by way too quickly for my taste. Overall, this is a good end to an entertaining series.
October 11, 2019
Since Stephan Franck's Silver was published as four separate graphic novels (five if you count the prequel
Rosalynd
) instead of one giant tome, so I held off writing a review until I'd finished the series. The twelve collected issues of Silver do make up one continuous novel that should be read as one work. When done so, the whole thing is brilliant.
"Ocean's 11 vs. Dracula in the 1930s" is the high-concept pitch for the series. It works as both a chilling vampire story and an elaborate con. Franck's vampires are as cunning, evil, and bloodthirsty as the species should be, undiluted by the last few decades of authors attempting to romanticize them. The "heist" of a silver hoard from Dracula's Castle during an international gathering of vampires is amazing in both its design and execution.
At the head of the scheme is James Finnegan, master thief, grifter, and unreliable narrator extraordinare. Among his team of miscreants are a psychic Chinese boy named Tao and Abraham Van Helsing's granddaughter Rosalynd - both useful assets when taking on not one vampire but hundreds. All of the twists in this final volume - and it abounds with them - feel surprising, yet prepared for and earned. The whole series brought me silly grins and "Oh Crap" moments aplenty.
The one negative mark I'd give Silver is that it doesn't ring true as a period piece, particularly because of the character of Rosalynd Van Helsing. She's far too much of a modern "Buffy" for the setting. From a design standpoint alone, she spends much of her time dressed in what looks like a modern tank top, cargo pants, and combat boots. Plus, her choice of silver Japanese katana as weapons seems equally out-of-place in a pre-WWII Europe.
Oh well. For that, I mark a star off the ratings of the other volumes, but I'll let it slide for the conclusion. Now I only hope that Franck follows through on his promise that there's another Silver epic on the way.
"Ocean's 11 vs. Dracula in the 1930s" is the high-concept pitch for the series. It works as both a chilling vampire story and an elaborate con. Franck's vampires are as cunning, evil, and bloodthirsty as the species should be, undiluted by the last few decades of authors attempting to romanticize them. The "heist" of a silver hoard from Dracula's Castle during an international gathering of vampires is amazing in both its design and execution.
At the head of the scheme is James Finnegan, master thief, grifter, and unreliable narrator extraordinare. Among his team of miscreants are a psychic Chinese boy named Tao and Abraham Van Helsing's granddaughter Rosalynd - both useful assets when taking on not one vampire but hundreds. All of the twists in this final volume - and it abounds with them - feel surprising, yet prepared for and earned. The whole series brought me silly grins and "Oh Crap" moments aplenty.
The one negative mark I'd give Silver is that it doesn't ring true as a period piece, particularly because of the character of Rosalynd Van Helsing. She's far too much of a modern "Buffy" for the setting. From a design standpoint alone, she spends much of her time dressed in what looks like a modern tank top, cargo pants, and combat boots. Plus, her choice of silver Japanese katana as weapons seems equally out-of-place in a pre-WWII Europe.
Oh well. For that, I mark a star off the ratings of the other volumes, but I'll let it slide for the conclusion. Now I only hope that Franck follows through on his promise that there's another Silver epic on the way.
October 12, 2018
The end of the biggest con job ever!
June 21, 2020
Silver has a very special place in my heart because Stephan Franck made me fall in love with the story as he explained it from his booth at the Emerald City Comic Con. I very much enjoy the story arcs, character development and depiction of strong female leads, in a story full of imaginative twist and turns. Written as a heist scheme, this latest installment doesn't disappoint; it sets the tone for additional adventures while closing out loose ends from previous chapters. Can't wait for the next book!
September 14, 2020
Clever ending.
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