Legend Of GrimJack Volume 1 (v. 1) by John Ostrander
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Series:::: Legend of GrimJack (Book 1)+++Paperback:::: 128 pages+++Publisher:::: IDW Publishing (February 15, 2005)+++Language:::: English+++ISBN-10:::: 1932382518+++ISBN-13:::: 978-1932382518+++Product Dimensions::::6.8 x 10.2 inches++++++ ISBN10 1932382518 ISBN13 978-1932382
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Description: Gathering all of the earliest GrimJack stories from the best-selling comic book series of the 1980s in one tome for the first time, The Legend of GrimJack, Volume One introduces the major characters and origin stories and also includes the classic GrimJack/Starslayer crossover saga. This volume also includes brand new story and art as well as critical background information heretofore unrevealed. Security guard (in front of a bar): You goin in here, Gaunt?Gaunt: Yeah.Security guard: There gonna be a fight?Gaunt: Maybe.Security guard: Guess I better move then.Damn, I love GRIMJACK! With this comic book its always been hard for me to properly convey my feelings without resorting to cuss words, I get so into it. I was a mere teen when I first picked up GRIMJACK, and I was simply blown away by the titles flawed, world-weary anti-hero and by the fantastic concept of Cynosure. Grimjack is the street name of John Gaunt, a nasty, surly, grizzled mercenary for hire. Grimjack is a bit past his prime (hes in his 50s), but he makes up for that with vast experience, street savvy, and an implacable streak of ruthlessness. Oh, and he fights dirty.John Gaunt is one of the most tortured souls in comics, and the man can certainly brood with the best of them. We learn why as, thru the course of GRIMJACKs run, Ostrander unveils Gaunts sordid past and recounts the tragedies what slapped the poor bloke upside the head. Gaunts seen everything. Hes an ex-everything: an ex-gladiator (from boyhood), an ex-soldier, ex-temporal bounty hunter, ex-transdimensional cop, ex-spy...His base of operations is the dubious Mundens Bar, located on the lip of the Pit, the most murderous part of Cynosure. And, sure, Grimjack swishes a stylish cape and sports a purple beret, but theres no foo-foo in this cold-blooded killer. Hes no- nonsense meat and potatoes, charnelhouse mean and alley cat vicious. Hes not exactly a swell guy, but hes faithful to his friends and rigorously follows his own code of honor.Equally instrumental to the series popularity and success are the grimy, dank Mundens Bar and the wondrous Cynosure metropolis, these two venues being characters in their own right. Mundens continues to reflect Gaunts melancholy nature, while Cynosure, the nexus of all dimensions and realities, presents Ostrander and Truman (and Grimjack) with an endless and exotic playground in which to romp. In these stories, steampunk technology tends to bump heads with eldritch sorcery. Because of the nature of Cynosure, GRIMJACK presents a mishmash of genres, ranging from swashbuckling adventure, to film noir, to sword & sorcery and sci-fi, to western, then horror, and even comedy. Naturally, a dash of the hard-boiled is peppered throughout.A brief history: GRIMJACK started out as a backup feature to First Comics STARSLAYER series. But it wasnt long before John Gaunt bullied his way into his own series. GRIMJACKs monthly issues ran from 1984 to 1991, for a total of 81 issues, after which its publisher First Comics went bankrupt and placed this title in hideous red tape. Its only been since 2005 that co-creators John Ostrander and Tim Truman were able to wrest back the rights to GRIMJACK.The fallout to this is that, not only are we being treated to new Grimjack stories, but theres also the release of THE LEGEND OF GRIMJACK volumes, which collects the regular series entire run (its up to 9 volumes now). THE LEGEND OF GRIMJACK VOLUME 1 collects the 8 Grimjack backup stories in the short- lived STARSLAYER series (from #10-17), as well as STARSLAYER #18, which guest-stars John Gaunt in the main story. Here in these initial tales is where we first meet Gaunts fellow merc and staunch buddy BlacJacMac, Gaunts gruff ex-partner cop Roscoe Schumacher, that unmatched barkeep Gordon, and, of course, the popular and ever inebriated Bob the Watch Lizard.With GRIMJACK, writer John Ostranders always had the knack for seamlessly meshing a hardboiled approach with crisp dialogue and fast-paced narration. He knows how to make the weird and the fantastic seem normal in Gaunts environment. A pulp flavor colors Gaunts adventures. Theres a taste here of Burroughs and R.E. Howard, of Lovecraft, and Raymond Chandler, as well. In these pages you can just about see the rapid improvement in Tim Trumans artwork, originally vigorous and raw but then speedily metamorphosing into more polished but still energetic illustrations. For THE LEGEND OF GRIMJACK VOLUME 1, eight new pages are constructed to frame the stories. Those curious to see the evolution of Trumans art need no further than to compare these eight pages to the early issues. But it must be noted that Trumans rendition of John Gaunt was so immediately definitive that Ostrander, as he mentions in his foreword, didnt hesitate to hand over co-creatorship honors to Truman. At 128 pages, this volume also comes with three forewords, respectively by Ostrander, Truman, and longtime editor Mike Gold. If youre a Grimjack junkie, these are revealing must reads.Finally, you know youre doing something righteous when Roger Zelazny declares himself a fan.SPOILERS here.Here are the stories reprinted in THE LEGEND OF GRIMJACK VOLUME 1:Mortal Gods (2 parts) - Grimjack is hired to search for a missing God. He finds Him in a bar.Buried Past - (5 parts) - This one details Gaunts relentless pursuit of a mysterious vampire. Character developments galore as we first learn of Gaunts lost love, of the devastated land of Pdwyr, and of Gaunts espionage days at the Cadre.Night of the Killer Bunnies - Holy Poot! John Gaunt grimly trains cute talking animals in waging war against homicidal wabbits. He gets paid in funny money.Blood and Thunder - During a rescue mission Grimjack encounters Torin MacQuillon, the Starslayer.
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