A review by jobinsonlis
Five Ghosts Volume 1: The Haunting of Fabian Gray by Frank J. Barbiere

2.0

I found the basic concept of this interesting (thief can call on the abilities of famous literary figures through a magical artifact) but man was this sloppy in its execution. Sloppy artwork, sloppy writing, and a sloppy plot. I felt like I was missing a whole earlier volume, one where I would have learned more about Fabian and his sister, but the author just decided to start this up in a super-confusing way and to keep going with no time for character development. Also I may be at my limit for magical Nazis. I know that sounds crazy but I might be there. I'm definitely over wise magical Asian helpers who show up to explain things to the hero and then fuck off or die because why would they use their superior knowledge and skill for anything useful when the hero can just bumble his way into the solution?