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When it comes to courting tilt , few comics can match the classicVertigoseriesPreacher . Yet for all its disgraceful cognitive content , Garth EnnisandSteve Dillon’sseminal series from the 1990s stay one of the greatest achievements in comic playscript history . With its potent blending of westerly , horror and crime genre thrills , Preacherbroke boundaries leave and the right way over the grade of 66 issues and a handful of special published from 1995 to 2000 .
Preachertells the story of Jesse Custer , a small - Ithiel Town pastor from Texas who becomes fuse with Genesis , the blasphemous offspring of an angel and a demon . This gives Jesse the world power of the Word , which force everyone in earshot to do whatever he says , include the Almighty Himself . Fed up with what ’s become of the world , Jesse set out to feel God and make Him answer for all the pain and misery He ’s allowed to pass off . Joining Jesse on his pursuance are his ex - girl Tulip O’Hare , a contract sea wolf , and raw friend Cassidy , an Irish lamia . Using the original nine trade paperback collection as a basis , here ’s how each of the individualPreacherstorylines stack up against each other :
9SalvationSees Jesse Promoted to Sheriff
Preacher#41-50
The tale told inSalvationalways find separate from the larger story being told , primarily because that was how it was suppose to be read . After his fateful confrontation with the Saint of Killers , Jesse Custer finds himself in Salvation , TX , missing an eye and with no memory of how he got there . Jesse winds up take over the role of Sheriff of the townsfolk , where he comes up against meat king Odin Quincannon and the throttlehold he has over the small township . Some of the most delightfully troubling moments go on during this arc , and there is also an emotional reunification between Jesse and his long - lost mother , but the whole story ca n’t help but experience like filler embellish the series out until we get back to the main storyline .
8Ancient HistoryCollectsPreacher’s Side Stories
Saint of Killers#1-4,The Story of You-Know-WhoandThe Good Ole Boys
Collecting theSaint of Killersminiseries andThe Story of You - Know - WhoandThe Good Ole Boysone - shot , Ancient Historyis another book that could be written off as unnecessary side tale to the turgid story of Jesse on his delegation to find God . TheSaint of Killersminiseries is a must - read , as readers find out the origins of the Old West Angel of Death , taking a one - note villain and pay him his own tragic backstory that informs his character . The Story of You - Know - Whoalso tells how Eugene Root became Arseface , providing heartbreaking insight into one of the serial ’ best characters . The Good Ole Boysis entirely skippable , but it does give fans a solo fib about Jody and T.C. , two of the nastiest villain in the total serial .
7Dixie FriedShows Cassidy’s True Colors
Preacher#27-33
Dixie Friedrepresents a sort of pause in the on-going tarradiddle of Jesse , Tulip and Cassidy . Not much of any serious consequence materialize here as the mob travel to New Orleans , but it does prepare up some pretty major narration beat to come . For one , this is the first sign that the play - have it off Cassidy has a darker side to him , which will be the main germ of conflict for the characters locomote forward . It also come with the patentedPreacherblend of extremist - violence and irreverent humor , as the gang draw afoul of some wannabe human “ vampire . ”
6AlamoBrings the Story to Its Emotional Conclusion
Preacher#59-66
When a bonafide phenomenon finish , it always carries some beat of dashing hopes . The goal can never measure up to the one readers have built up in their heads , and it also comes with the realization that this is it : afterthis last tarradiddle , there ’s no morePreacherto enjoy . Several last showdowns take place in this last sight of issues : Tulip vs. Starr and the Grail , the Saint of Killers vs. God and Jesse vs. Cassidy . All of them end in a way that ’s more emotional than they are “ epic , ” which could leave some readers disappointed . At the remainder of everything , though , Preacheris a love life floor , and it ’s intemperately not to get choked up at seeing Jesse and Tulip ride off into the sundown together in the series ’ final moments .
5Gone to TexasKicks Off the Epic Saga
Preacher#1-7
The two storylines garner inGone to Texasset the microscope stage excellently for the series that is to come . Preacherlets readers know what they ’re in for right aside , telling the fib of how Jesse got possess by Genesis and set him on the path to determine God . Each character is introduced in a memorable way , with the introduction of the Saint of Killers sticking out as specially creepy . While enjoyable , there are some stumbles as the Lord are finding their foot . Ennis relies a bit too much on coincidence to move the story forrader , and there are some clumsy present moment in these other matter . There ’s still a lot to love here in the debut volume , not the least being that it ’s the beginning of one of the greatest comical series of all time .
After the achiever of Preacher and The Boys , the next Garth Ennis version should be The Pro : a comic about a sporting lady with superpowers .
4All Hell’s A-ComingReveals Tulip & Cassidy’s Backstory
Preacher#51-58
The penultima volume ofPreacherlooks to the past times before fill up the series out , setting the stage for the final confrontation between all the persona . We get a feeling at Tulip ’s childhood all the mode up to when she met Jesse , and the one - shotTall in the Saddleprovides a glance of their criminal days on the route . But perhaps the most effective story deals with Cassidy ’s other day in America , where we see the Irish vampire plenty up his life history ( and the lives of others ) metre and sentence again . Cassidy transformation into the “ villain ” function as the series strive its denouement , but the story about his other liveliness shows that such simplistic labels do n’t really primed in the world ofPreacher .
3War in the SunFeatures Death in Monument Valley
Preacher#34-40
state of war in the Sunrepresents a turn stop forPreacher , as the cataclysmal effect depicted therein deepen everything for the theatrical role work frontward from here . Jesse confronts the Saint of Killers in Monument Valley and lives to tell the narrative , but the ensuing conflict with the U.S. military intend that he has to make a selection between his lifetime and Tulip and Cassidy ’s . It ’s perhaps the biggest plot line of the intact series , which ends with Jesse presumed dead by the story ’s end . As an added incentive , this bulk also contains theOne Man ’s Warone - shot , which tells the beginning of perhaps the foul villain in the entire serial , Herr Starr .
Preacher ’s ' Fear of the Lord ' include one of the most graphic and dismay storyline from the original comic series .
2Proud AmericansDepicts Jesse’s Showdown with the Grail
Preacher#18-26
Major revelations happen inProud Americans , the third collection in thePreacherseries . It ’s an military action - packed ride through Europe as Jesse and Tulip seek to deliver Cassidy by storming the headquarters of the Grail , a spiritual organisation wish to use Jesse as their fresh messiah . lector ultimately learn the reliable stemma of Genesis , as Jesse reveal the angel who mother his spiritual other half chain up deeply within the bowels of the Grail ’s headquarters . It ’s also here where Starr takes full control of the Grail , setting himself up as the big obstacle Jesse and the gang will face moving forrard . extra looks at Jesse ’s father in Vietnam and how Cassidy became a lamia are just frosting on the patty , resulting in one of the bestPreachervolumes of them all .
1Until the End of the World Reveals How Jesse Became a Preacher
Preacher#8-17
It ’s a elusive call , butUntil the ending of the Worldis likely the good of all thePreachervolumes , only because it includes the germinal “ All in the Family ” storey arc . It ’s here that fans pick up how Jesse Custer became a preacher man , as we witness the trauma and abuse he experienced at the hand of his “ Gran’ma ” Marie L’Angelle . “ All in the Family ” is wherePreachertruly comes into its own as a series , consisting of some of the most memorable moments in the intact run . watch Jesse ’s backstory adds so much to his character , and establishes that the get nitty-gritty of this serial is the relationship between Jesse and Tulip .
This volume also contains the chronicle “ hunting watch , ” a marked pace down from the previous story , but still important in that it introducesHerr Starrand the Grail to the twisted world ofPreacher . Whether it was shock readers with its fierce excessiveness or tugging at the heartstrings with some of the well - save characters in comics , Garth EnnisandSteve Dillon’sPreacherhas digest the test of time as not just one of the greatestVertigotitles , but one of the best comical script series of all meter .
