Ghostlore Vol. 1

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Ghostlore Vol. 1 by Cullen Bunn

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


3.5 stars rounded down due to the fact it was a tad short and uneven and the trope is old but there is potential there, certainly enough for me to get the next volume. That said, whoever wrote the blurb on the back cover needs slapped. They spoiled the twist in the first chapter completely.

Harmony and her brother James are being raised in rural somewhere (unnamed) by a preacher father and their mother. James has stopped speaking for some reason and Harmony can't wait to be 18 and free to leave this place, a matter made worse by her father's harsh criticism of how she can't wait to be done with them. A car accident changes everything and ghosts begin to appear to Harmony and her father but they have two complete different reactions to it.

Harmony listens to their stories and takes on that burden freeing them. Her father's approach is more to evoke a god he longer believes in and strike out destroying the spirits in His name. This just adds to the schism between them. And to be fair some of their spirits are violent. Worse, other people who can see them are not benevolent either and one of the more violent psychics is heading their way.

I do feel it was short and rushed. Harmony in particular needed time to grieve because she was the cause of the life changing accident and its not addressed here (maybe later?) The stories need more time and depth BUT to be fair to Cullen Bunn he may have been given a 'get it done in 10 episodes' demand from Boom! comics. I have no way of knowing (it sure feels like it). The art is very good and as I said above I will be getting more.



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