Many feel that the "Salvation" storyline was just a waste of valuable time but I disagree. It was a needed pause after the "War in the Sun" fast and violent events and a cool sort of sequel to "Until the End of the World".

The problem with "All Hell's" is that it has slow plot development AFTER another kindda slow one. "Salvation" had suspense, weird enough characters and when Jesse eats the peyote and remembers his encounter with God... You are GLAD to have the trade in your possesion! "All Hell's" ties many loose ends but it lacks real movement until we see certain irish vampire again. The Starr parts are, as always, hilarious and the Jesse and Tulip "early days" story is okey. But I think we've hear enough about how they love each other and how America is so great that all hitchickers are extravagant and very American people. I found that part sort of preachy and repetitive.

Maybe the books before has been so great that we complain when they're only normal, maybe we're so anxious to read "Alamo" that everything else just doesn't seem to matter. Anyway, this is a must for any fan of the series and I bet the next book will be so shocking and memorable that we'll be talking about it from years to come.


Latest Edition is Full of Romance, Vengeance, and History.   May 31, 2000
 6 out of 7 found this review helpful

In volume 8 of Ennis and Dillon's "Preacher" series, Jesse finally gets his act together enough to come find Tulip. Tulip seeks her own inner strength, and we learn more about the past of Cassidy, everyone's favorite Irish vampire. Many characters we haven't seen in ages (and most of us have forgotten about) resurface in "All Hell's A-Coming," and fit so beautifully into the story that it is as if they couldn't possibly be anywhere else at that moment.

Ennis continues to craft one of the best long-running stories in comics, giving us characters who are both flawed and heroic, in a classical sense. No, there are no cape-wearing supermen in these books, but we get treated to people who seem to love, and hate, and _feel_ the same way as the rest of us, if perhaps a bit more intensely.

"Preacher" the comicbook series is drawing to a close, and this trade paperback collects the stories leading up to the final story arc, "Alamo." The characters meet one another again, preparing for the final act of this story, and spend most of "AHA-C" reflecting on their own pasts and learning what each other have been up to in the intervening months. The characters have to accept where they've been before they can prepare for where they're going, and it's safe to say that a vast majority of the readers will be along for the ride.

Dillon's art in this book is on par with the rest of his efforts in "Preacher" thus far. Eight big books in and he still shows no sign of slipping. Even the superficial obscenity and violence come across well from his drafting table, making "All Hell's A-Coming" one beautiful book.


Good stories   July 27, 2000
 4 out of 5 found this review helpful

This one's still a bit more downbeat than the first three installments, seemingly to conclude the "calm before the storm" chapters that have been running since the start of the "Salvation" storylines. I would have prefered it if they'd at least started to get back into the really fun stuff before the end of this book, but it sets up for the final chapter very well, and left me looking forward to the last episode. Even though it's almost all concerned with past events (and these do answer some interesting questions), there's a highly entertaining mini-story and the standard of narrative and artwork are as high as ever. Fans will love it, which probably means everyone whose ever read any of the earlier preacher books, but for someone who hasn't this doesn't make a good jumping-in point.


Ex-Lover   July 26, 2000
 3 out of 16 found this review helpful

I've been reading Preacher from the start, and I used to love it. But this last one is a piece of s**t. Boring to the bone. Where's God? What happened to the original plot? It's starting to look like a soap opera with gore. Or maybe "Dukes of Hazard" with lots of blood and guts, I don't know. It's so stupid. Please Garth, I really loved Preacher as it was, would you bring it back?