author: Frank J. Barbiere
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/11/11
date added: 2013/11/11
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
Five Ghosts is a definite nod to the pulps of the 1930s and 1940s. Adventurer Fabian Gray has an accident that causes the ghosts of five literary adventurers to seal themselves to him (one is Sherlock Holmes, one is Merlin, one is Dracula). He can draw on their power as needed, but the ghosts can try to overwhelm him. As a result of the accident, his sister lies in a comatose state and Fabian is determined to right the wrong.
Fabian finds out that someone is after him, and he enlists unusual help. Along the way, he has to confront each of the five ghosts in a test in order to get them to help him. Fabian's sidekick is brainy, bespectacled Sebastian, who is there to guide him and look out for him.
The story by Frank J. Barbiere is very retro with cults and spiders and lost cities. The art by Chris Mooneyham is straight from the Joe Kubert School or Cartoon and Graphic Art where he graduated from. The art has strong lines and is great to look at.
I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Image Comics and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for letting me review this book.
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