Why every Tower junkie must read Garth Ennis's "Preacher"
If you love the Tower, and wanted a mature comic book without superheroes and tights, then you will love Garth Ennis's Preacher.
Preacher tells the story of Jesse Custer, a down-and-out preacher in the small Texas town of Annville. Custer was accidentally possessed by the supernatural creature named Genesis in an incident which killed his entire congregation and flattened his church.
Genesis, the product of the unauthorized, unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon, is an infant with no sense of individual will. However, as it is composed of both pure goodness and pure evil, it might have enough power to rival that of God himself. In other words, Jesse Custer, bonded to Genesis, may have become the most powerful being in the whole of living existence.
Custer, driven by a strong sense of right and wrong, goes on a journey across the United States attempting to (literally) find God, who abandoned Heaven the moment Genesis was born. He also begins to discover the truth about his new powers, which allow him to command the obedience of those who hear his words. He is joined by his old girlfriend Tulip O'Hare, as well as a hard-drinking Irish vampire named Cassidy.
During the course of their journeys, the three encounter enemies and obstacles both sacred and profane, including: the Saint of Killers, an invincible, quick-drawing, perfect-aiming, come-lately Angel of Death answering only to "He who sits on the throne"; a serial-killer called the 'Reaver-Cleaver'; The Grail, a secret organization controlling the governments of the world and protecting the bloodline of Jesus; Herr Starr, ostensible Allfather of the Grail, a megalomaniac with a penchant for prostitutes, who wishes to use Custer for his own ends; several fallen angels; and Jesse's own redneck 'family' — particularly his nasty Cajun grandmother, her mighty bodyguard Jody, and the 'animal-loving' T.C.
In heart the book is a western. The series had a definite run with a beginning and end with generally consistant artwork. The softcovers are available in 9 volumes. Although a fair warning: THE BOOK IS MATURE RATED. SCENES OF SEX, GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, TWISTED FETISHES, ABUSE AND TORTURE ARE IN THIS BOOK, NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. Another note, this book is generally not blasphemous, but this book is NOT FOR THE DEDICATED RELIGIOUS PATRONS
"Come on, lets face it. At what point or another, we all wanted to be a superhero
Originally Posted by WeDealInLead
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