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 Cover of The Sixth Gun #1 (May 2010). Art by Brian Hurtt. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Oni Press |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Genre | Fantasy Western |
| Publication date | May 2010 – June 2016 |
| No. of issues | 50 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt |
| Written by | Cullen Bunn |
| Artist(s) | Brian Hurtt Tyler Crook (#14, #23, #41) |
| Colorist(s) | Brian Hurtt (#1–5) Bill Crabtree(#6–#50) |
| Editor(s) | Charlie Chu |
| Collected editions | |
| 1. Cold Dead Fingers | ISBN 9781934964606 |
| 2. Crossroads | ISBN 9781934964675 |
| 3. Bound | ISBN 9781934964781 |
| 4. A Town Called Penance | ISBN 9781934964958 |
| 5. Winter Wolves | ISBN 9781620100776 |
| 6. Ghost Dance | ISBN 9781620100165 |
| 7. Not the Bullet, But the Fall | ISBN 9781620101414 |
| 8. Hell and High Water | ISBN 9781620102466 |
| 9. Boot Hill | ISBN 9781620102992 |
| Sons of the Gun | ISBN 9781620100998 |
| Days of the Dead | ISBN 9781620102381 |
| Dust to Death | ISBN 9781620102688 |
The Sixth Gun is a comic book series created by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt and published by Oni Press consisting of a monthly ongoing series and several spinoffs.
Summary
The Sixth Gun ongoing series
The series takes place in the Old West during the late 1880s. [1] The story centers around a set of six pistols, each imbued with dark powers. The wielder of each pistol gains an ability unique to the weapon and is tied to the pistol until their death. The main protagonists, Becky Montcrief and Drake Sinclair, attempt to collect the Six and learn their secrets. Antagonists in the series include General Hume and his four horsemen, the Knights of Solomon, the Sword of Abraham, and the Grey Witch.
Cold Dead Fingers
Drake Sinclair searches for the Sixth Gun, which he believes will grant him access to General Hume's vault, which is rumored to be filled with treasures Hume had amassed during the Civil War. His search leads him to a young woman, Becky Montcrief, who is bound to the Sixth Gun after its former owner is killed. They are pursued by General Hume, his four horsemen, and his wife, Missy Hume, each of whom carries one of the Six Guns.
As Becky and Drake head to the Maw, where Hume's vault awaits, Drake manages to pick off Hume's four horsemen one by one and claim their guns for himself. At the Maw, they meet Gord Cantrell, who is also trying to gain access to Hume's vault. However, Becky realizes the vault does not contain treasure but rather unlocks some dark power. It requires all six guns to unlock.
In a battle at the Maw, General Hume is defeated, but Missy Hume escapes.
Crossroads
Drake, Becky, and Gord try to uncover the secrets of the Six while various agents try to claim the Six for themselves. In the process, they make allies with the Sword of Abraham. Gord discovers the Six may unlock the power to remake the world.
Bound
While trying to transport Hume's corpse to a secure location so that he won't be resurrected, the Sword of Abraham is attacked by undead horsemen sent by Missy Hume. Drake is thrown from a train and separated from the others.
After the attack, Becky is taken to the secure location for Hume's corpse, only to learn she will be imprisoned there too so that no one can get the Sixth Gun from her. By tapping into the powers of her gun, Becky is able to escape.
Gord returns to the now deserted estate where he had once been a slave and learns how the Six were summoned into the world.
A Town Called Penance
Becky's search for Drake leads her to a town called Penance. She gradually learns that the people in the town are unable to leave and are kept so that they can be human sacrifices for the Knights of Solomon.
In a hideout of the Knights of Solomon, hidden beneath Penance, Drake is interrogated and tortured. Becky manages to rescue him, but during their escape, they discover a mosaic mural depicting Drake as a medieval knight.
Winter Wolves
A wendigo captures Becky and Drake in the spirit world. Drake suspects he has lived other lives and that the world has not only been remade before but many times. The two manage to escape from the spirit world, but Becky also unlocks some of the deeper powers of the Sixth Gun, and she feels it is beginning to transform her.
Ghost Dance
Becky is half stuck in the spirit world after using the sixth gun. Drake takes her to a shaman, who tries to guide Becky back. In the spirit world, Becky walks the Winding Way, a path that cuts through all of creation. She sees the different realities the Six have created, and others that may exist. She sees Drake in different lives as he seeks to destroy the Six, the most ancient of which is a caveman, back when the Six were clubs.
From inside the Winding Way, Becky is attacked by shamans sent by Missy Hume, but she manages to escape. General Hume's mother, the Grey Witch, tires of Missy Hume's failures and murders her.
Not the Bullet, but the Fall
The Grey Witch attacks with all her strength and manages to kill all of Becky and Drake's allies and claim the Six.
The Grey Witch
In a flashback, we learn that the Grey Witch serves the Great Wyrms, ancient creatures from the dawn of time. They caused humans untold suffering, and it was this suffering that first brought the Six into existence. The first time the humans remade the world, they tried to remake it without the Great Wyrms, but they managed to burrow themselves deep into the roots of creation. Each time the world is remade, they fade from it a little more, but since humanity no longer remembers them, the recreation of the world is too inarticulate to precisely weed them out entirely. The Grey Witch seeks to remake a world in which the Great Wyrms have returned to their former strength.
Hell and High Water
The Grey Witch begins to recreate the world. Becky and Drake pursue her into the Devil's Workshop.
Boot Hill
Drake realizes it was he who remade the world the first time, and ever since he has been bound to the Six, recalled to life every time the Six are summoned back into existence. Every time the world is remade, it's corrupted by the selfish desires of the person remaking it. The last time the world was remade, Drake attempted to make something that could undo the power of the Six—he created Becky. In the final battle, Becky takes hold of creation and remakes the world one last time. To prevent the world from being corrupted by her own desires, she unmakes herself in the process.
Publication History
| The Sixth Gun issues | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story Arc | Issue | Release Date[2] | Writer | Artist | Colorist |
| Cold Dead Fingers | 1 | May 1, 2010 (FCBD) July 13, 2010 (retail) |
Cullen Bunn | Brian Hurtt | Brian Hurtt |
| 2 | July 13, 2010 | ||||
| 3 | August 18, 2010 | ||||
| 4 | September 8, 2010 | ||||
| 5 | October 20, 2010 | ||||
| 6 | November 17, 2010 | Bill Crabtree[3] | |||
| Crossroads | 7 | December 22, 2010 | Cullen Bunn | Brian Hurtt | Bill Crabtree |
| 8 | January 26, 2011 | ||||
| 9 | February 23, 2011 | ||||
| 10 | March 23, 2011 | ||||
| 11 | April 20, 2011 | ||||
| Bound | 12 | June 29, 2011 | Cullen Bunn | Brian Hurtt | Bill Crabtree |
| 13 | July 27, 2011 | ||||
| 14 | August 31, 2011 | Tyler Crook | |||
| 15 | September 28, 2011 | Brian Hurtt | |||
| 16 | October 26, 2011 | ||||
| 17 | November 23, 2011 | ||||
| A Town Called Penance | 18 | January 25, 2012 | Cullen Bunn | Brian Hurtt | Bill Crabtree |
| 19 | February 22, 2012 | ||||
| 20 | March 21, 2012 | ||||
| 21 | April 18, 2012 | ||||
| 22 | May 16, 2012 | ||||
| 23 | June 13, 2012 | Tyler Crook | |||
| Winter Wolves | 24 | August 29, 2012 | Cullen Bunn | Brian Hurtt | Bill Crabtree |
| 25 | September 26, 2012 | ||||
| 26 | October 17, 2012 | ||||
| 27 | December 19, 2012 | ||||
| 28 | January 30, 2013 | ||||
| 29 | February 20, 2013 | ||||
| Ghost Dance | 30 | April 17, 2013 | Cullen Bunn | Brian Hurtt | Bill Crabtree |
| 31 | May 22, 2013 | ||||
| 32 | June 19, 2013 | ||||
| 33 | August 21, 2013 | ||||
| 34 | September 18, 2013 | ||||
| 35 | October 9, 2013 | ||||
| Not the Bullet, But the Fall | 36 | December 11, 2013 | Cullen Bunn | Brian Hurtt | Bill Crabtree |
| 37 | January 15, 2014 | ||||
| 38 | February 5, 2014 | ||||
| 39 | March 12, 2014 | ||||
| 40 | May 7, 2014 | ||||
| The Grey Witch | 41 | June 11, 2014 | Cullen Bunn | Tyler Crook | Bill Crabtree |
| Hell and High Water | 42 | August 27, 2014 | Cullen Bunn | Brian Hurtt | Bill Crabtree |
| 43 | September 24, 2014 | ||||
| 44 | November 5, 2014 | ||||
| 45 | December 3, 2014 | ||||
| 46 | February 11, 2015 | ||||
| 47 | March 25, 2015 | ||||
| Boot Hill | 48 | April 20, 2016 | Cullen Bunn | Brian Hurtt | Bill Crabtree |
| 49 | May 18, 2016 | ||||
| 50 | June 15, 2016 | ||||
Spinoffs
The Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun
A five-issue spinoff featuring General Hume's horsemen: Bill Sumter, Ben Kinney, Will Arcene, and Silas Hedgepeth.
| The Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun issues | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issue | Release Date | Writer | Artist | Colorist |
| 1 | February 20, 2013 | Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt |
Brian Churilla | Bill Crabtree |
| 2 | March 27, 2013 | |||
| 3 | April 17, 2013 | |||
| 4 | June 19, 2013 | |||
| 5 | July 31, 2013 | |||
The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead
A five-issue spinoff featuring Brother Roberto Vargas and Jesup Sutter.