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Preacher: Book One Kindle & comiXology

by Garth Ennis (Author), Steve Dillon (Illustrator, Artist) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 2,635 ratings
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Merging with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis, Texan Preacher Jesse Custer becomes completely disillusioned with the beliefs that he had dedicated his entire life to. Now possessing the power of "the word," an ability to make people do whatever he utters, Custer begins a violent and riotous journey across the country. Joined by his gun-toting girlfriend Tulip and the hard drinking Irish vampire Cassidy, the Preacher loses faith in both man and God as he witnesses dark atrocities and improbable calamities during his exploration of America.

Collects Preacher #1-12.
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"Just about the best thing to come along since comics started finding their way into books."—The Washington Post

"Features more blood and blasphemy than any mainstream comic in memory. Cool."—Entertainment Weekly

"The most intense adult comic in ages."—Spin
"It will restore your faith. In comics."—The New York Daily News

About the Author

Irish-born writer Garth Ennis is the acclaimed author of the Preacher graphic novel series, and also has written numerous John Constantine/Hellblazer graphic novels, as well as The Authority, The Boys, War Stories, Pride And Joy and other titles.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00C2IHYPW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vertigo (April 9, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 9, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the book very entertaining and entertaining with a great twist on a classic good vs. evil story. They also say the story is fantastic, twisted, and gritty. Readers love the artwork and find the characters engaging. They describe the content as mature, violent, and a good start to a fine series. Opinions are mixed on the writing style, with some finding it heavy on dialogue and great flow, while others say it's poorly written and overrated.

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115 customers mention "Entertainment value"115 positive0 negative

Customers find the book very good, entertaining, brilliantly crazy, funny, twisted, and dark. They also say the whole series is amazing and by far the best comic they've read. Readers also say it's gripping, unrepentant, and unapologetic.

"Simply a fictional work of art and very highly recommended...." Read more

"...doesn't need to worry, assuming you're not easily offended. It's funny, twisted, and dark with good characters and a good/evil or heaven/hell..." Read more

"...No doubt this is the weirdest and most irreverent graphic novel I have read in a long, long time...." Read more

"...This is a great story filled with irreverence, humor, sex, drugs, and revenge...." Read more

68 customers mention "Storyline"63 positive5 negative

Customers find the storyline fantastic, gripping, and unapologetic. They also say the story is twisted and keeps them guessing from page to page. Readers also mention the characters are great and the book is gritty and violent.

"...to worry, assuming you're not easily offended. It's funny, twisted, and dark with good characters and a good/evil or heaven/hell theme...." Read more

"...This is a great story filled with irreverence, humor, sex, drugs, and revenge...." Read more

"...Going into the story is breath taking...." Read more

"...The idea the story builds around is excellent though so that too elevated my expectations...." Read more

52 customers mention "Artwork"52 positive0 negative

Customers find the artwork in the book crisp and thoughtfully written. They also appreciate the details it provides over the show.

"Simply a fictional work of art and very highly recommended...." Read more

"...The art is great and pretty modern looking, the book itself is nice quality with gloss paper. Holds up to any modern trade paperback...." Read more

"...to admit the color illustrations throughout this 352 page graphic novel are just fantastic and that is the main reason I gave this irreverent book 5..." Read more

"...mid 90s and read it has over the top violence, dark humour and stunning artwork...." Read more

24 customers mention "Characters"21 positive3 negative

Customers find the characters engaging.

"...you're not easily offended. It's funny, twisted, and dark with good characters and a good/evil or heaven/hell theme...." Read more

"...All the characters are well crafted with each story getting more and more interesting each time I turned the page...." Read more

"...The characters are engaging the writer Garth Ennis gives you enough to like them and want to read more about them and then he pulls it back a bit to..." Read more

"...The vampire character is well done but Tulip the girlfriend wasn't believable either in her dialog...." Read more

9 customers mention "Mature content"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the book's mature content dark, violent, and brilliant.

"...The violence is intense but manageable, but what I don’t like about this first 12 issues is that the secondary characters tend to be introduced and..." Read more

"...A blend of humor, dark and romantic moments with a whole lot of violence!..." Read more

"Not for the fair hearted, violent, gritty, funny!Great graphics, even better writing. In a damned hurry to read the rest!" Read more

"This is the best graphic novel I've ever read. It is dark, violent, and profane filled. To sum it all up, it is amazing...." Read more

6 customers mention "Book series"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book series a good start to a fine series. They also say it's a great collection for new and old fans of Preacher.

"...convenient rescues at times, but I still think this is a good start to a fine series." Read more

"Fantastic read, I had forgotten just how good this series is. A good introduction with a TV series on the way! Looks beautiful on my iPad!..." Read more

"This is a great series but it takes a few books to really find its voice...." Read more

"Great start to the series..." Read more

6 customers mention "Difficulty level"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book compelling, entertaining, and interesting to compare and contrast. They also appreciate the masterful combination of emotional triggers and original take on religion.

"...I was amazed with the detailed artwork and original take on religion. If you're extremely religious, you might be offended...." Read more

"...This book is heavy on dialogue and all of it is interesting. It sucks you in...." Read more

"...Wonderful, thought provoking and defintely fun." Read more

"...to me when I told him I was looking for a series that was visceral, compelling, and ripe with gallows humor...." Read more

17 customers mention "Writing style"9 positive8 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the writing style of the book. Some find it heavy on dialogue and interesting, while others say it's poorly written and overrated. They also mention that the words are small and difficult to read.

"...He writes his characters' voices in such a way, you can actually hear their accents. He just has a way about it...." Read more

"...Some of the writing is hard to read since it's suppose to be in the South. Like... deep south. This writer writes how accents sound...." Read more

"...Totally worth it! This comic has a great flow, beautiful colors, and dynamic characters. It is even great for people who don't often read comics...." Read more

"...The TV series is seriously weak tea compared to the original and if you're at all interested in it, I strongly recommend you buy this and read..." Read more

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Great! I was always loved comics and Ive watch the TV show which was awesome but I really want to see how the comics differ from the show and I must say the book was quite funny and it was very different with where it starts compared to the shows beginning but overall I highly recommend this to anyone who likes the show you won't be disappointed.
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Daniel Rodrigues
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Garth Ennis book ever
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2024
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Simply a fictional work of art and very highly recommended. No matter how many times I've read the series, and there have been a few, it still amazes each read.
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Joseph
5.0 out of 5 stars Give it a shot unless you have real thin skin
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2016
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I was wary to pick up preacher because of the premise and hearing that people were upset by how anti-Christian it was. I'm Christian but I'm not easily offended or anything. I love Crossed and had read the one arc by Ennis with the Englishman, Irishman, etc. That didn't offend me but it was annoying how preachy it was with atheism. I was worried preacher would be an entire series like that but I was pleasantly surprised! After reading the first book I think anyone wary like I was doesn't need to worry, assuming you're not easily offended.
It's funny, twisted, and dark with good characters and a good/evil or heaven/hell theme. Great story too, I couldn't put it down. I also was pleasantly surprised by the art work! I know this came out a while back so I was worried it would be that old style comic art that comes on the newspaper style paper (like old Hellblazer). The art is great and pretty modern looking, the book itself is nice quality with gloss paper. Holds up to any modern trade paperback. I tore through the first book in 2 sittings and already have book 2 ordered. Unless the series takes a turn and becomes one long atheist sermon, I don't see what the big fuss was about. I'm glad I gave it a shot and can't wait to see how the show holds up!
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Joseph J. Truncale
5.0 out of 5 stars This is an adult graphic novel with evil and unique characters with great illustrations.
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2021
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As someone interested in all kinds of strange and even unusual types of books, novels, and graphic novels, when I saw this volume (The Preacher: Book #1, 352 pages) on Amazon for a bargain price I decided to purchase it. No doubt this is the weirdest and most irreverent graphic novel I have read in a long, long time. It is based upon a television series, which I had never seen so I knew nothing about the characters in the graphic novels.

This first volume we find Jesse Custer, a small-town preacher in Texas giving a sermon to his flock when his church and congregation is suddenly destroyed. He now becomes a preacher possessing super powers but cannot find out why. The story moves along with this religious coupling of an angel and demon. Jessie finds out that “God” has left his angels in charge and has now disappeared.

Jesse travels on the road with his two companions, Cassidy, a liquor loving Irish Vampire and Jesse’s ditsy gun carrying girlfriend Tulip to many places in search for “God” in order to hold his accountable for abandoning his duties to humankind.

It is difficult to find who the actual holy angels are and bad angels are, as well as who the hell the good guys and bad guys are when reading this graphic novel. It seems to me after finishing Book #1 there are only pure evil entities and morally flawed humans who inhabit this strange world where it appears “God” took a vacation from being in charge.

The Preacher’s family who we meet in the last half of this book are about the most evil group as you will find on Earth and in Hell. I will have to admit the color illustrations throughout this 352 page graphic novel are just fantastic and that is the main reason I gave this irreverent book 5 stars.

If you are into unusual graphic novels you may want to check out this unique graphic novel series.
Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Training alone in Combatives and Self-Defense).
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Morris
4.0 out of 5 stars Must read for comics fans.
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2015
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The first book in the acclaimed Preacher series by Garth Ennis. This is a great story filled with irreverence, humor, sex, drugs, and revenge. In this book we meet our protagonists Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy and see how they meet and how Jesse gains his unusual power. If you've never read the series, get this and give it a try, it's that good. I've given it to people who don't like comics and even they enjoyed reading it.
The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is because the beginning issues are actually the weakest in the series. The sign of a great comic is that it keeps getting better over it's life, which Preacher certainly does. Start here, if you like it, you'll love the later books.
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Action Raccoon 79
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon for creating Preacher as I'm hocked on it!
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2018
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After reading Garth Ennis The Crossed I was interested what outs he wrote. Looking him up on Wiki states he is known for a lot of big hit comics such as Preacher. I have read many reviews stating it was a smash hit when it came out the mid 90s and read it has over the top violence, dark humour and stunning artwork. However I nearly bought the tv series first which I'm glad I didn't because it aren't good as the comics were. I was blown away how good Preacher was it. Like nothing I have ever read before and it hocked me and didn't disappoint me at all. All the characters are well crafted with each story getting more and more interesting each time I turned the page.

I'm now a fan of this series and plan on reading more of Preacher. If you looking for an comic series to get into I say give Preacher a try if you're looking for something that's dark, over the top violent and dark humour and different from other comic series then Preacher is up your alley.
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Mario
5.0 out of 5 stars I Couldn't Put It Down
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2016
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First off you get the first twelve issues put together already a plus. Going into the story is breath taking. I didn't know this was a comic until I watched the AMC show of the same name love the show but this comic is 10 times better as you'd expect from a comic to tv. The characters are engaging the writer Garth Ennis gives you enough to like them and want to read more about them and then he pulls it back a bit to where you're hungry wanting to know more. But he more then makes up for it with either a new character or giving you more of the others. I will add that all characters use excessive swearing, some racial slurs, and homophobic comments. So if that bothers you you may not want to start this series. With that being said the book is great read and the art is pretty good too.
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Joshua Joseph
5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived
Reviewed in Canada on April 4, 2024
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Arrived on time and condition as advertised
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francesco
5.0 out of 5 stars Really tough!
Reviewed in Italy on May 23, 2021
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Love context created by Ennis: contrast between religion and supposed good versus low life people where evil should have easy life.
Suggested for who has no fear to face violence and filthy language
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Stenio franklin
5.0 out of 5 stars Time of the preacher
Reviewed in Brazil on October 6, 2018
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Best comic series ever written.
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carlos herrera
5.0 out of 5 stars Genial todo en orden
Reviewed in Mexico on March 14, 2018
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Todo en orden y tiempo, la respuesta fué rapida y sin contratiempos, el comic llegó en buen estado, lo recomiendo
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Duncan Knapp
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my new favourite comics.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2018
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Well this was a massive surprise. For starters, this is not a children's comic. The violence is brutal, the language is uncensored and the sex (while mild, is still present). With that said, I can't wait to read the next volume. Starting with the first storyline #1-7 Gone to Texas; Reverend Jesse Custer has lost his faith and is possessed by a creature of both Heaven and Hell called Genesis. This allows him to use the Word of God to make anyone do what he says. He works with his ex-girlfriend, Tulip O'Hare and Irish vampire, Cassidy to search for God and make him answer for his questions he's left humanity.

The first four issues is an origin story of sorts and sets up the character's relationships perfectly. The next three is a murder mystery story about a Hannibal Lecter-ish serial killer. It also focuses on two New York detectives who're on the killer's case. It's like Se7en meets Silence of the Lambs meets a weird religious fugitive.

It's issues #8-12 that are the best by far. When Tulip and Jesse are captured by Jesse's "family", he must explain to Tulip why he deserted her years prior and how he became devoted to God. These issues make me forget I'm even reading a comic. It features such sad situations that it feels like a TV show. Ironic really, seeing as this comic has become a show. The writing is incredibly realistic and specific vocabulary to whoever's talking. The art also perfectly reflects this. I think the best part is showing angels swear in Heaven. That image just humours me.

Overall: Great first book and definitely recommend (for audiences of 15+ at least).
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