GrimJack: Killer Instinct [Paperback]

John Ostrander (Author), Tim Truman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Grimjack | Publication Date: November 22, 2005

GrimJack returns to the ever-shifting city of Cynosure, and creators John Ostrander and Timothy Truman reunite to tell the tale! There's a firefight in The Pit and GrimJack is in the middle of the conflagration. His friends at Cadre have hired a beautiful vampire assassin to take him out. How does GrimJack save his neck - and who winds up in possession of Munden's Bar, the nexus of all realities?

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: IDW Publishing (November 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933239158
• ISBN-13: 978-1933239156
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #942,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant return to some old stomping grounds, March 14, 2006

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T. Willitts "Jackass of all Trades" (Deltona, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GrimJack: Killer Instinct (Paperback)

I really wanted to gush about how great and fantastic this was, and all that jazz.

But, I can't.

I can gush about how it was a great story, well done, though the art was a little too pretty at times - I preferred Truman's less polished stuff on the original series, years ago... but hey. The covers are phenomenal, and the majority of the interior art is balls-on. It's great, but...

The story is a prelude - it takes place before any of the other stories we've seen to date (except for flashback stories, of course.) This introduces John to us, takes him from being a TDP cop to a member of the Cadre, and even has his first ever visit to Munden's.

It's got most of the major characters, somewhere, somehow. It's an excellent story, and it's fun, and that's all that matters.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars After thirteen years, it hits the ground running., February 6, 2007

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OAKSHAMAN "oakshaman" (Algoma, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GrimJack: Killer Instinct (Paperback)

John Gaunt a.k.a."GrimJack" isn't a simple character to understand. He is as multidimensional as his home city, Cynosure. This tale goes a long way in explaining what went into his makeup. He was the greatest gladiator of the Pit. He fought with distinction during the Demon Wars as one of the legendary Demon Knights. He was a bounty hunter with the Law Killers. He served with the Transdimensional Police. He was Cadre's most efficient assassin.

Through all this he just obeyed orders. He was a weapon that others wielded- no questions asked. It was easier that way. It was easier because he could never forget that the one time he had made a major decision on his own a world, and a woman, had died... People assumed that he was a sociopathic killer without feelings. He wanted them to think that. Yet deep inside he felt it all, all the pain, for that is the price that we pay for human life. It was this that finally taught him that the ends do not justify the means- it merely corrupts them. It was then that John Gaunt resolved that by any god that existed, he would be his own man until he went down to his grave. That's really where the legend started, when he stopped serving the powers-that-be and became a b*stard on the side of the little guys that needed him.

While you don't really need to be familiar with the old series to appreciate this story (as Ostrander points out in his excellent intro) it does revisit and expand much of the old territory. It is completely faithful to the original and well worth the wait. I especially appreciated knowing just how he ended up owning Munden's bar. It is difficult for me to imagine how Ostrander, and co-creator Tim Truman, could have done a better job.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grimjack Year One, June 1, 2006

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Devastation Bob "Sexy Chinese Dentist" (Indialantic, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GrimJack: Killer Instinct (Paperback)

Great hardboiled action by Ostrander and Truman works his magic as usual. Fills in some of the blanks of Grimjack's backstory following the Dancer rebellion. A good intro to the series if you're new to Grimjack, or just a regular at Munden's Bar. Check it out.