krystofsubr's review against another edition
4.0
Forgot to log this. "Silent Night" is by far the best story
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
I think the impact wears off reading these back to back. Hit over the head with the darkness. With the violence. This volume had that in spades. It was a collection of shorter works, some of which I have vague memories of. Specifically I remember being pretty impressed with Silent Night when it came out. In this volume the art and writing are both fine. But by the end I was just exhausted.
lyrafay12's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.5
manuphoto's review against another edition
4.0
I like the connexions with the other books in the series, and the art is fantastic. As a standalone, it doesn’t hold up though so make sure you’ve read the previous books.
jakekilroy's review against another edition
4.0
This one's a short story collection instead of its own stand-alone tale, so it's not as strong, but it's just as fierce and wild. Hell of a time in Sin City.
wolverinefactor's review against another edition
2.0
I'd be lying if I didn't say the artwork is often stunning. It constantly left me just staring at the page and absorbing the entire image.
Sadly the short stories didn't work for me. Sure they are all tied together but it lacked the depth of the other volumes.
Sadly the short stories didn't work for me. Sure they are all tied together but it lacked the depth of the other volumes.
captainfez's review against another edition
3.0
More throwaway than the rest - a collection of short stories that are okay but not brilliant.
articulatemadness's review against another edition
5.0
These are short stories but Marv is back! While I could have done without more Dwight, Hartigan and the girls of Old Town, Marv's back!
Some of these stories tie into events that happened in other books (like when Marv sees Hartigan and Nancy cozied up in what's innocent but he doesn't know their story), and in a lot of ways its a prequel for Marv. It opens with him in a fender bender going through the windshield, and having flashbacks of different events where he helped people, essentially becoming a street-anti hero.
Dwight's back in a lackluster story with two discount hitmen that make cameos throughout this series alongside more Old Town girls saga, this time which goes into detail of their rules of law, order, and decorum plus the consequences of anyone who dares violate them.
There are a few other stories but to be honest, after Marv's stories everything else is a blur. For fans of the film a few of these shorts wound up in the movie.
Some of these stories tie into events that happened in other books (like when Marv sees Hartigan and Nancy cozied up in what's innocent but he doesn't know their story), and in a lot of ways its a prequel for Marv. It opens with him in a fender bender going through the windshield, and having flashbacks of different events where he helped people, essentially becoming a street-anti hero.
Dwight's back in a lackluster story with two discount hitmen that make cameos throughout this series alongside more Old Town girls saga, this time which goes into detail of their rules of law, order, and decorum plus the consequences of anyone who dares violate them.
There are a few other stories but to be honest, after Marv's stories everything else is a blur. For fans of the film a few of these shorts wound up in the movie.
mikaiya's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed these quick vignettes very much- but it was over too quickly!