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Seems like salvation, Avril 20 2003
After the climatic events in War in the Sun, Garth Ennis decided to give the Preacher series a much needed shift in gears to keep the story from becoming more bungled. We catch up with Jesse and his pooch Skeeter in the town of Salvation where he runs in with his childhood friend Billy Bob's (see Until the End of the World) sister Lorie. He also meets a mysterious older woman named Jodie who he has more in common with than he thinks, and eventually he becomes sherrif of the town. He also runs into vile businessman Odin Quincannon who gives the term "meat lover" a new definition, and he also gets to tangle with the KKK. And, last but certainly not least, Jesse finally finds out what happened to him in the desert, and what happened to his eye. Ennis' storytelling is at his usual best, but Steve Dillon's usually great art isn't at it's best here, but it's still above average. All in all, Salvation is a nice diversion from the series' nearly convulted storytelling, and this sets up the pivotal events that would come in the next chapter All Hell's A Comin', and the finale Alamo.
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Sweet Salvation, Juil 28 2002
I just finished reading "Salvation," Preacher #7, and I've got to say it's my favorite since #3, "Ancient History.""Salvation" doesn't deal with the main storyline of the comic (neither did "Ancient History"). This time around, Jesse finds himself in a small Texas town called Salvation, where he is reunited with his long lost mother, and where he also gets to play at being sheriff. Jesse puts his pursuit of the almighty on hold and goes after a local baddy, Odin Quincannon, a truly bizarre individual who looks and acts like a demented Ross Perot. Jesse nearly falls in love with a black woman and finds himself dealing with the clan, but before the grass has a chance to grow too high under his feet, he's back on the road, chasing after God. This is one of the best "Preacher" books I've read, if not the best. It's focused, tight storytelling that keeps propelling you to find out what happens next. Now I've got to go down to the bookstore and cross my fingers that they have #8 in stock.
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Precisely the tune-up the series needed !, Oct. 13 2001
I think this volume is exactly what the series needed. A nice diversion of the things that were going on so far. A little break from the bombastic story it was turning into. But most of all, back to the typical bizarre-humor-action Ennis writing that hasn't been this good since volume 2 (the collection about Jesse's childhood in Angelville). A little about the story:
After witnessing 'that nasty event' with Cassidy and Tulip (see previous volume "War in the Sun") Jesse turned around and split. He drove into this little in-the-middle-of-nowehere town called "Salvation" and became sherif of it.
There he went to live with Lorie, the sister of his childhood friend Billy-Bob (see volume 2 "Untill the end of the World"), and another woman called Jodie. A woman who will later on in the book turn out to be a lot more than 'just a woman'. Especially for Jesse. The red line in the story is Jesse having his own private war with the local redneck, bigmouthed meatcompany owner. His quest to find God is off for now.
Next to the mentioned things, the gap between 'now' and the moment he fell from the plane gets filled in as well.
There's also another meet-up between Jesse and 'Spaceman', the man who went to Vietnam with Jesse's father. This also makes for another great warstory, Garth Ennis' guilty pleasure. Next to "Untill the end of the World" this is probably the best collection of the series. It's a little less forced than several of the trades that have gone (shortly) before and Ennis lets himself go to just tell an entertaining story. Some things are uncovered, but never forced. Ennis goes all out putting humor in the clash between Jesse and 'The Meatman'. If you haven't read a Preacher collection yet don't get this though ! Start with "Gone of Texas (volume 1), because with this series it's highly neccesary to read the collections in order.
I'm glad the series has fully restored itself with this collection and the slump only was one trade long (Dixie Fried).
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