New Story Arc. Another tale of everyone's favorite immortal British redcoat! It's 1873, and travelers are disappearing within Labette County, Kansas, without a trace. Now, Simon Pure finds himself on the trail of the latest missing person and his young daughter, leading him to one of the strangest and most violent clans of killers to have ever operated in the United States. But is this amount of evil too much for even Simon Pure to handle?
Johns teases the arrival of a seemingly big player in Ghost Machine universe with another appearance from The Northerner, who has a knowledge of the larger timeline including references to characters far off in the future. If anything, this first year could just be the appetizer for an even grander main course in 2025. Read Full Review
Past meets present in 1873 when Simon's discovery at the Benders' house reminds him of his troubled youth. Redcoat #8 is a violent and horrific reminder of what can happen when parents dont take their responsibilities to their children and society seriously. Read Full Review
REDCOAT #8 recounts a one-off adventure when Simon Pure's travels through America run afoul of a family of serial killers. Geoff Johns's alt-history tale provides an entertaining explanation for the real-life family's disappearance, and Bryan Hitch's artwork is second to none. Read Full Review
Plot
This story goes back to 1873, where Simon stumbles upon a family of serial killers who murdered visitors they thought were an inn.
Simon faces pure evil and his resurrection powers become the perfect weapon for revenge.
This chapter is chilling, intense and exciting, revealing Simon's tough childhood and the appearance of a person from the future who needs his services, related to GEIGER.
This series continues to analyze immortality from a nihilistic existential vision and continues to make Simon Pure an attractive and easily relatable character.
Art
Bryan Hitch offers his cinematic vision, where he directs mesmerizing action sequences and captures the details and tones of each era more
More of a one shot type of story, but it was entertaining and visually wild.
Good writing and art. A very solid one-shot.
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