Brody's Ghost Volume 1 - Softcover

Mark Crilley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1595825215 ISBN 13: 9781595825216

Publisher: Dark Horse Originals, 2010

Synopsis

Brody hoped it was just a hallucination. But no, the teenaged ghostly girl who'd come face to face with him in the middle of a busy city street was all too real. And now she was back, telling him she needed his help in hunting down a dangerous killer, and that he must undergo training from the spirit of a centuries-old samurai to unlock his hidden supernatural powers. Thirteen-time Eisner nominee Mark Crilley joins Dark Horse to launch his most original and action-packed saga to date in Brody's Ghost, the first in a six-volume limited series.

About this title

From Booklist:

Brody, a broken-down street musician, finds his world changed forever when he meets Talia, a teenage ghost who tells him that he will help her complete the task that allows her entrance into heaven. Though the first part of Crilley’s six-part story is short, he packs in a lot of details, especially in his amazingly realistic, manga-influenced art. The setting—an unidentified future city partially in ruins—is a masterpiece of drawing, and Brody and the other characters are equally well crafted (readers are shown that process through character sketches in the back of the book). The story is more than a match for the art: humor, action, and mystery butt up against the reality of Brody’s sad life, giving him the opportunity to change who he is. Rather than starting with a hero, Crilley builds one from the ground up, encouraging readers to join him in the journey. The surprise ending wraps up this introductory volume and leaves readers eager for round two. Grades 7-12. --Snow Wildsmith

About this edition

• Publisher: Dark Horse Originals
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1595825215
• ISBN 13: 9781595825216
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96