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    Mighty Member tib2d2's Avatar
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    Default Jon Sable worth reading?

    Had never heard about it until recently, is it worth checking out?

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    I've heard that the later issues of the original series aren't very good, but the first forty issues or so, that I've read are very good IMO. I also enjoyed the two miniseries from IDW.

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    The Grell series Jon Sable, Freelance from First is definitely worth reading. The follow up series Sable, not done by Grell, not so much. Haven't read the later IDW series, but there is also a 2 issue mini called Maggie the Cat done by Grell for Image that ties into a supporting character from the Jon Sable, Freelance series that is worth checking out as well.

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    If you like Mike Grell sure it's a fun trip, but if you don't like Grell's writing and/or art style then no.

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    YES! But-- as Weirdspace and MRP both suggest, above, it's the first 40-some issues, by Grell, that are worth your time. The Maggie the Cat series is also good reading. The non-Mike Grell Sable issues were deeply sub-standard in my opinion.
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    From what I've read, that Maggie the Cat series was unfinished after the two issues. Grell ran a Kickstarter to polish up the first two issues and reissue them and I believe they're going to do a 2nd Kickstarter to provide the original planned final two issues.
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