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Marvel Westerns: The Two-Gun Kid #1
Writer: Dan Slott
Artist: Eduardo Barreto
Colorist: Brad Anderson
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
During
a modern day pursuit with the
She-Hulk, the
Two-Gun Kid is reminded of a similar adventure he had back
during his days in Tombstone. While on the trail of the
town’s missing cattle he comes across a group of deadly
monsters that will stop at nothing to see him dead. The end
of that adventure ties in directly with the fateful decision
Two-Gun makes in the present.
I wasn’t nearly as impressed with this one-shot as I have
been with the some of the similarly themed
Marvel Monsters and
Marvel Romance one-shots I’ve
read. Which is strange considering that I’m such a fan of
westerns. Not only that, but I’m a fan of Dan Slott too!
Perhaps it’s that Slott decided to style this story after
the original Marvel westerns upon which this series of
one-shots is based. Not that there’s anything wrong with
that, but I prefer my westerns to be a little grittier and
hard-edged along the lines of Marvel’s
Blaze of Glory, Jeff Mariotte’s
Desperadoes and
movies like
Unforgiven or
The Wild Bunch. This story is more like superheroes in the Old
West. Which is fine for some, but not quite my thing.
The best thing about the book is the art by
Eduardo Barreto
Speaking of
She-Hulk, fans of her book may want
to pick up this one-shot as it ties directly in to future
issues of that series and in a big way it looks like. So as
an extra issue of She-Hulk, a book I certainly enjoy,
The
Two-Gun Kid is actually pretty good. But as a stand-alone
western tale? Not so much.
Special thanks go out to Jeremy Shorr, owner of
Titan Comics for allowing us to use his advance
preview books for review purposes.
