Preacher: Ancient History (Vol. 4) by Garth Ennis and various artists. This volume contains Preacher: Saint of Killers (art by Steve Pugh and Carlos Ezquerra), Preacher Special: The Story of You-Know-Who (art by Richard Case) and Preacher Special: The Good Old Boys (art by Carlos Ezquerra). 224 pages.
This volume is a little detour out of the Preacher story. It gives us the origin of Saint of Killers, the origin of Arseface and a funny little story starring Jody and T.C.
The Saint of Killers story was pretty good in my opinion. I think the first two issues are better than the last two, but it was interesting seeing a Western story be imbued with a Heaven and Hell story. Westerns are a kind of mythology, so it was interesting seeing a story being so direct about the connection. The Saint of Killers is a man who was born to kill, was shown that he didn't have to kill (with the love of a beautiful woman) and then was shown that killing was his true path as he looked for revenge after the death of his family. A powerful mythology/Western story.
The Story of You-Know Who was pretty good. It is interesting how bad a life Arseface had, but yet after his accident he loved his dad even more. His dad would beat him up, talk him down and never show any respect to him. Yet, after all he went through he still loved his father. I thought this sentiment was very nice. Arseface went through a lot of terrible things but was still capable of love and kindness in the end. In a way, his story is inspiring.
The Good Old Boys is a parody. It is clearly not a serious story. It makes fun of the clichéd hero and of the damsel in distress. It was a fun read. A lot of people acted illogically, but this was the funny part as it was clear that the author was making fun of some action movies.
This volume is very good. The only detractor is that it doesn't really continue the Preacher story. It has three great self-contained stories.
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