Ragged Rider

Our story begins with "The Dead Man's Hand", in which a mysterious bandaged gunman rides into town in search of an undead card shark, but the fiend may have found a way to evade the bounty hunter.  Also, Neighclops deals with another boring day in the back-up short "All Tied Up"!

Supernatural meets Wild West?  An Egyptian Boba Fett if you will?  The concept at first certainly seems unusual, but I can’t deny that it works.  The factor which really makes it successful is that it leans towards to comedic side, which given the subject matter is really only natural.  So if you can get past the immediate knowledge of a cowboy mummy, you’re in for a fun book with Ragged Rider.

With this only being the first issue, we don’t really know all that much about the background on our main character.  Even without this though, we are informed that the idea of a gunslinging mummy somehow isn’t out of the question, at least in this area of the country.  Regardless, his presence is still no less shocking to residents and makes for some rather amusing situations.

The art in the book is done all in black and white, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing  There are certain components of the story that could do well with the enhancement of color, but even so it is still done nicely.  One extra we get at the end, which I always enjoy, are different renditions of the our main character done by other artists.

This series seems like it could turn out to be a really fun one to keep reading.  So far, I have liked what we got in just the first issue and would like to see more.  If you’re looking for something fun and out of the ordinary to grab, I’d say this is a good book to go with.

For more information on the Tales of a Cowboy Mummy, check out The Ragged Rider.

Geek-o-Rama received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, comments and opinions are those of the individual reviewer.