Immortal mercenary Simon Pure is no Einstein. Lucky for him, Simon has the real one helping him. Except this Albert Einstein is 13 years old and still discovering the revolutionary genius he'll grow up to be. But, hey, that's still a lot smarter than Simon, who needs all the brain power he can get to defeat hooded cult called The Founding Fathers. They've been hunting Simon for over a century, and now that they have him, what do they intend to do with him?
Colorist Brad Anderson gives the book a rich color palette with deep, strong reds and yellows. Letterer Rob Leigh gives the proper emphasis to dialogue and uses special fonts for the special effects in a timely manner. Read Full Review
Redcoat #5 continues to take the history we all know and turn it upside down in an emotionally charged, action-packed way. The art is astounding and the story continues to take us one way and then pull us another without warning. Read Full Review
REDCOAT #5 continues to build momentum, interest, and entertainment when Geoff Johns sends his most unlikable character on a hero's journey, whether he likes it or not. Simon Pure's adventure gets better with each issue, and the art team's vivid output is fantastic. Read Full Review
All this being said, the issue still has plenty to enjoy and while it might be the weakest of the series for me, this isn't an overall knock on what we've seen from Ghost Machine here. Read Full Review
Theoretically Redcoat could turn into something more dramatic. But the attempt at some kind of shock in turning George Washington into an unseen villain is not a terribly good sign. in order to make an ultimate history, really feel sharp. It needs to genuinely shock and jar of the reader into a alternate world. Washington's going to be the big villain, its clearly misguided. Einstein isnt as interesting as he should be. Everyone else is kind of dull. And doing an alternate history of America of this sort without addressing oppressed multiculturalism makes the whole thing feel kind of tedious Read Full Review
jumping on board in the middle of this arc, I'm somewhat pleasantly confused about what's going on. set in the 19th century with characters from the 18th century, and George Washington is apparently the villain. the story pulls you along grippingly enough, so I don't have any real complaint apart from the Queen Mary being portrayed as the SS Majestic, which is sure to annoy ocean liner buffs like myself
Pretty predictable twist, but predictability isn't always bad. It means that it makes sense. All of the Ghost Machine books have been extremely good and Redcoat is no exception. Great writing, very good art and the plot is very cinematic. I can't wait to read the next issue.
Redcoat is always solid. Nice twist ending. Always interesting. And you just have to enjoy little Einstein.
a little confusing but still a good series
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