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I have to be honest here - this one nearly put me off reading Preacher altogether, mainly on account of the fact that it screwed with my mind. The cover was scary enough, but I was lulled into a false sense of security as Starr decides to hire a few killers - Aha! That's more like it, back to good old normal Preacher. No. It was the fact that Cassidy seemed to have taken up the drug dealer's offer (from the last instalment) seeing as how he's kneeling there wiping his mouth. That's it, my feeble mind can't cope - this is worse than TC and the chicken!. Not to mention poor old Arseface - he seemed so happy, in the bath with the two women and champagne one moment, and the next he's got a crowd shouting 'wipe the arse' and heading for an all out religious war. Still, you know that Jesse's pretty much decided to finish with Cassidy when he finds out about him wanting to snack out on his girlfriend, and Dillon does a good job of the 'sitting there naked eating rats' look (Cassidy doing that, not Dillon). The best bit of this comic is Starr's attempts to kill off Eisenstein before he can condemn him - I don't know what's better, Eisenstein sitting there writing his report while ignoring the commandos that shoot in through the window, or Starr's fatalistic 'shit.' At the end of each failed attempt. Finally, Jesse's informant dies, conveniently just as she finishes her tale, and Jesse heads home. The comic ends with Cassidy appearing at the door, with Dillon having made the switch to drawing him all dark and ominous, and you kind of get the impression that the shit is going to start hitting the fan.

Comments by Cassandra Courtney