Hack/Slash Deluxe Edition Vol 1

Hack/Slash Deluxe Edition #1

by Tim Seeley

At the end of every horror movie, one girl always survives... in this case, Cassie Hack not only survives, she turns the tables by hunting and destroying the horrible slashers that would do harm to the innocent! Alongside the gentle giant known as Vlad, the two cut a bloody path through those who deserve to be put down... hard!
Fans have asked for YEARS, and we're finally delivering a fancy oversized hardcover edition, with a new cover, and a never before seen nine-page story written and drawn by series creator Tim Seeley!


Collects EUTHANIZED, GIRLS GONE DEAD, COMIC BOOK CARNAGE, LAND OF LOST TOYS #1-3, TRAILERS, the SLICE HARD prequel and SLICE HARD, and the hellish crossovers with CHUCKY and EVIL ERNIE.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror

448 pages, Hardcover

First published May 4, 2021

About the author

Tim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.

Reviews

[Judah Radd · Rating 5 out of 5]

*******second read*******

Re read this to refresh for Big Hack Energy Omnibus Vol 2 HC (which I backed on Kickstarter and finally received)

Still fucking great. Can’t wait to crack open 2

*********first read*********

We actually got to interview Tim Seeley twice!

You can watch here https://youtu.be/4uUgtXCLCm8 and here https://youtu.be/JVtZyy0a2eE

Pure violent, sarcastic, gross and sexy fun.

The characters are likeable, all of the art is very good, the stories are short, punchy and entertaining. What more could you ask for? I loved it.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

reprints the Hack/Slash Omnibus vol 1 with a new short story added and distributed from Kickstarter with a prose short called "The Girl in the Fishnet Stockings"

[Irais Amaro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amazing art work! Bad ass chick

Euthanized
•Cassandra was bullied as a girl & her mom killed everyone who bullied her & feed it at the school’s cafeteria. Cassandra is a hunter. At a pet hospital, the doctors were bulling an intern & accidentally killed him. They buried him with the animals, he came back to life & tried to kill them. A bunch of animals attacked Casey & Gus too.

Girls Gone Dead
• Casey & Vad go to Florida for spring break to catch a slayer. There is an innocent girl dressed as a school girl who controls a robot. She seduces people & the robot kills them in her room. Cassie goes to a party, has a good time & realizes people actually like her for who she is. She kills the slayer & the robot. She exploded the place they are staying at.

Comic book Carnage
• At a comic book convention, an illustrator yells at a famous comic writer & tells him he stole his illustration. That night, the comic writer is dead. The main female character in the comic makes an appearance & also died. Only one guy is left & Vlad & Cassie are protecting him. A fat man with a baby on his belly is doing the killings. The man lets the baby out his belly & the baby kills propel. At a meet & great, the baby stabs Cassie with a needles leaving her unable to move very well. She fights him off & cuts the umbilical cord & they die. Cops show up

Vs Evil Ernie
• strippers are dying outside the club. Cassie & Vlad go investigate & find an ugly skeletons with a smiley face pin. The face falls in love with Cassie & when it touches her it knows everything about her; past & present. Cassie is left weak after fighting him & when the cops show up they shoot her & almost kill her. The happy face is so in-love, it sacrifices itself to save her. Cassie lives & isn’t a walking dead minion

Land of Lost Toys
• A murderis little boy killed his sister because he didnt want to share. When you go to sleep he invades your dreams, plays with you & kills you because he doesn’t like to share. Cassie used her strengths against him & when to sleep, when he tried to kill her.. she got her usual nightmare of her mother… her mother killed him in her dreams.. little boy wasn’t able to kill again.

Trails
•This one sucked, killed chipmunks, crazy girl on girl action, Cassie goes to space & a killer whale.

The Snow
•Rudolph the elf is going house to house to deliver.. death. Cassie & Vlad hide out & kill him

Slice Hard
•A girl is looking for hot men & when she gets turned on she kills them with acid her body makes. A killed Teddy bear is after her but Cassie end up in a facility where all the Hackers she has killed are stored. They rebel.. Cassie is forced to kill them AGAIN. A big fire & lots of casualties of the Tech facility.

Chucky
•A voodoo man gave an evil mummy witch the magic words to trade bodies & she steals Vlads body. Cassie & the girl on Vlad’s body fight & she kicks Cassie ass. Cassie goes to find the man to help get Vlad’s body back. She finds Chucky the doll instead. Chucky also has a vindeta against the mummy & voodoo man. He helps Cassie & while Cassie is getting her ass beat by Vlad’s body, Chucky says the magic word & they switch bodies. Cassie fights Chucky & throws him in an alligator pond. Chucky kills the alligator & some pedestrians walking the lake

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listen, Hack/Slash is over the top, gory, sick, sexy, dumb, and fucking FUN horror that I always enjoyed.

This Deluxe Edition collects the crucial early stories that establish the entire series. Cassie Hack is a badass, sexy, emo/goth chick who is introduced as the final girl who had to kill her own undead mother, The Lunch Lady. This trauma sets her on her mission. She teams up with Vlad, a gigantic, disfigured, gas-mask-wearing hulk of a sidekick, and they go on the road murdering Slashers.

That's the basic idea. But the characters are so fun. Their dynamic, Cassie’s focused brutality contrasting with Vlad’s gentle, protective nature, is the emotional core of the book. If you love classic horror franchises like Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, or even Child’s Play (yes, there's a fun Chucky crossover in this volume!), you're gonna have a blast here. It doesn't take itself serious, and that's the best part.

I will say the first story and the last story are the strongest. The opening arc, which features Cassie’s origin story and her first encounter with Vlad, is essential reading. The volume really ramps up with the "Land of Lost Toys" storyline, which introduces the disturbing concept of Child Slashers and the villain Mother Superior. There’s also a fun one where a bunch of slashers escape, and we see the early episodic hunts in stories like "Euthanized" and "Girls Gone Dead." The middle ones range from fun, to not too good. Especially one story I liked about a Slasher who kills in your dreams (Not Freddy!) but sadly the art was very rough.

Overall it’s probably a 3.5 at best but I'm awarding it a 4 cause fuck it. Tits and ass, gore, and slasher hunters is my cup of tea. If you want a comic that serves up equal parts nostalgia and modern carnage, grab this.

[Big_Trimbyy]

So 2000s, poorly aged in parts and trashy but also funny, heartfelt and cool. This series was so important to me as a teenager getting into comics and I’m glad I have the entire series to finally finish.

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

It really is a joy to reread these fun, funny, heartfelt, diversely drawn, comics featuring great characters in a goregeous deluxe hardcover. If you love Slasher stories both great and awesomely bad you need to pick up this series. And these hardcovers are the best way to read them.

[Raine · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s okay, very obvious that a man made it though

[Alex G · Rating 5 out of 5]

really funny and all-around interesting take on the slasher genre.

[Bob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent first collection of the superb Hack/Slash. Excellent stories, characters and art. Highly recommended.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

the e-book I got with my kickstarter