The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six - by Cullen Bunn (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In celebration of 15 years of one of the most beloved smash hits in the history of creator-owned comics, return to the Eisner Award-nominated world of THE SIXTH GUN as co-creators Cullen Bunn (Harrow County) and Brian Hurtt (The Midnite Show) reunite for an all-new, self-contained entry point into the acclaimed saga that fantasy icon Michael Moorcock calls "an epic in its own right."

Becky Montcrief's great sacrifice destroyed the Sixth Gun--and the Grey Witch Griselda with it--but the power of the timeless weapons was also released into the world, ready to be reborn. . . . Familiar heroes--Ghost Eyes, Izzy, Henry Grey, Unega, and more--race to prevent the deadly cabal of villains old and new from gaining control of the reborn mythical weapons known as the Six. With the power of travel on the mystical Crossroads, the whole world is the stage for the newest battle to control its fate--the Battle for the Six!

Collecting The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six #1-3, plus the three prelude short stories collected in The Sixth Gun: Road to the Six #0!

Review Quotes

"Westerns, fantasy, and horror have collided before, but never in such fantastic fashion as they did for Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's Eisner Award-nominated series, The Sixth Gun from Oni Press."-- "Macabre Daily"

About the Author

Cullen Bunn is the writer of comic books such The Sixth Gun, Shadow Roads, The Damned, and Helheim for Oni Press. He has also written titles including Harrow County (Dark Horse), Uncanny X-Men, and Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (Marvel). Cullen claims to have worked as an alien autopsy specialist, rodeo clown, pro wrestling manager, and sasquatch wrangler. He has fought for his life against mountain lions and performed on stage as the world's youngest hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime and he'll tell you all about it.

Brian Hurtt is an artist/writer who has spent most of his career working on collaborative creator-owned projects. His first such collaboration was in 2006 when Brian teamed with writer Cullen Bunn to create the Prohibition-era, monster-noir cult classic The Damned. A few years later, the two teamed up again to create The Sixth Gun, a weird-West, epic supernatural fantasy. Brian also contributes to the popular webcomic Table Titans, in which he is the writer and artist of the stories "Whispers of Dragons" and "Road to Embers." Brian lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bill Crabtree's career as a colorist began in 2003 with the launch of Image Comics' Invincible and Firebreather. He was nominated for a Harvey Award for his work on Invincible, and he went on to color the first 50 issues of what would become a flagship Image Comics title. He also colored Godland and Jack Staff.

Christopher Crank (crank!) has lettered a bunch of books put out by Image, Dark Horse, Oni Press, Dynamite, Humanoids, Albatross, Vault Comics, and elsewhere. He also has a podcast with comic artist Mike Norton and members of Four Star Studios in Chicago (crankcast.com) and makes music (sonomorti.bandcamp.com). Catch him on Instagram: ccrank