Five Ghosts Volume 1: The Haunting of Fabian Gray - Softcover

Frank J. Barbiere

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607067900 ISBN 13: 9781607067900

Publisher: Image Comics, 2013

Synopsis

• After a tragic encounter with an artifact known as "The Dreamstone," infamous treasure hunter Fabian Gray is possessed by five literary ghosts and granted access to their unique abilities.

About this title

From Booklist:

Thanks to a popular Kickstarter campaign, comics fans can enjoy a story so unique yet so familiar it’s like slipping on a pair of old slippers worn by a stranger. Famed treasure hunter Fabian Gray has the remarkable ability to channel ghosts of five archetypal figures—the wizard, the archer, the detective, the samurai, and the vampire—a power that comes in quite handy in the midst of his swashbuckling exploits. Barbiere’s writing and Mooneyham’s art are reminiscent of classic adventure comics, crammed with rubies to snag, helicopter ladders to lunge after, and biplanes that crash into deep jungles full of magic-wielding cults, all wrapped up in a plot dripping with revenge, regret, greed, and deep hubris. But Barbiere and Mooneyham aside, it would be a mistake not to acknowledge the book’s colorist, S. M. Vidauri, whose muted tones and deep purples mix the nostalgia of iconic adventure tales with the rich, heavy visuals of contemporary comics, such as Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Scott Snyder’s American Vampire, and Jeff Lemire’s Animal Man. --Ben Spanner

About this edition

• Publisher: Image Comics
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1607067900
• ISBN 13: 9781607067900
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Chris Mooneyham