Was considering picking up all 4 of these in omnibus format. Are they all worth the read? Or are some better than than others? Thanks in advance!
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11-26-2023, 05:24 PM #1Amazing Member
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Preacher, Lucifer, Books of Magic & Hellblazer
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11-26-2023, 06:39 PM #2Astonishing Member
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PREACHER is unequivocally amazing. An amazing piece of American Gothic Western Horror literature (if such a genre exists).
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11-26-2023, 07:59 PM #3Better than YOU!
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They're classics and for a good reason.
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11-27-2023, 11:26 AM #4Incredible Member
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I love Preacher and Lucifer, but I’ve never actually read Books of Magic.
It’s been a minute with Hellblazer, but I remember loving most of the first 10 years (or so) then it becomes a mixed bag depending on the writer.
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12-02-2023, 07:09 AM #5small press afficionado
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In agreement with Adset, there: Preacher is definitely a good read, and a good re-read, for that matter; Lucifer similarly, if less intensely. Books of Magic never engaged me; Hellblazer, as Adset suggests, is very writer dependent, some arcs great, others... not so...
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When wanting to branch out of just the super heroes in capes books I landed on Hellblazer right before Rake at the Gates of Hell and really enjoyed it. Had a very british, but I like that but intelligent feel to it. I cannot speak of it completely but I have read some very good Hellblazer/Constantine arcs but never all the way through. Books of Magic I was in during the Gaiman thru the Ney Reiber and I found it engaging enough. Back to Hellblazer the writer and artist who I liked on Hellblazer were just about to leave and start a new book called Preacher. I was in on Preacher from the first issue all the way to the last. Not saying it was always great but rarely not good. I being a Christian myself wouldn't give it to the kids at my church, it can feature some seriously adult themes but nothing that offended me because...it's a comic. If I had to do it all over again I would go Preacher highest recommendation but that is because it had one vision, one writer through the entire run, whereas Hellblazer had highs and lows because of different writers/artists/visions. Books of Magic is well put together and had a vision initially but I can't speak of how it ended and I never really got into Lucifer but after the TV show and the appearances in Sandman, I might give it a try myself.
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