During the darkest days of the Civil War, wicked cutthroats came into possession of six pistols of otherworldly power. In time, the Sixth Gun, the most dangerous of the weapons, vanished.
The First of the Six strikes with ungodly force. The Second spreads Perdition’s flames. The Third kills with a flesh-rotting disease. The Fourth calls up the spirits of those it has slain. The Fifth can heal the wielder from even a fatal wound. And the Sixth is the key to rewriting the world.
The Esiner and Harvey Award-winning Horror/Western from Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt and Bill Crabtree is about to spawn a sequel. So, get in on the original story featuring Drake Sinclair, Becky Montcrief, Gord Contrell and a whole host of bizarre friends and foes as theyfight to prevent the Six from being gathered by sinister forces who aim to use their power to end the world.
SCROLL DOWN to the bottom for the KEY COLLECTED EDITIONS for this event!
Must Reads: Story arcs marked with a ✔ are must-read stories from this time period, along with any key related stories and often-forgotten tales that are worth a read.
Chronology: While the spin-off Sixth Gun minis all take place before the first issue of the main series, it’s best to read them at a point in the run when they don’t spoil anything that’s still to come. There’s also a follow-up series Shadow Roads, though there’s some debate as to whether is dimishes the ending of the original 50-issue series.
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the core reading order without story descriptions, page-by-page breakdowns – just the stories:
- ✔ The Sixth Gun #1-11
- ✔ The Sixth Gun: Dust to Dust #1-3
- ✔ The Sixth Gun #12-17
- ✔ The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead #1-5
- ✔ The Sixth Gun #18-23
- Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun #1-5
- ✔ The Sixth Gun #24-35
- ✔ The Sixth Gun: The Christmas Story [CBR/Robot 6]
- ✔ The Sixth Gun #36-41
- The Sixth Gun: Valley of Death #1-3
- ✔ The Sixth Gun #42-50
- Shadow Roads #1-10
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Spoilers: We’ve tried to keep things spoiler-free, but there may be the odd clue about what’s to come. So be warned!
| Must Reads | Title, Synopsis & First Appearances | Event / Crossover |
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun #1-6 (2010) Becky Montcrief becomes bound to the legendary Sixth Gun that can show the future; the widow Missy Hume sends her four horsemen to raise her dead husband, Oliander Bedford Hume – the Sixth Gun’s original owner; Drake Sinclair & Billjohn O’Henry’s search for the gun puts him at odds with the Humes in the town of Brimstone, then encounter the Thunderbird; Becky, Drake & Billjohn head to the Maw, meet Gord Cantrell and learn of the evil in the vault beneath the prison. | |
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun #7-11 (2010-2011) In New Orleans, Drake Sinclair hides his guns while he searches for a way to free himself to free himself of his new curse, encountering Kalfu and Henri Fournier at the haunted Crossroads; Woodmael tries to kill Drake to obtain the guns for Marinette Dry-Arms; Becky tries to tell if gunfighter Kirby Hale is friend or foe; New Orleans falls prey to supernatural terror, but whose side are the gun-toting preachers from the Sword of Abraham on? | |
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun: Dust to Dust #1-3 (2015) Right before rejoining his friend Drake Sinclair in his search for the Sixth Gun, Billjohn searches for a cure for his daughter’s illness; Billjohn tries to take the Fourth Gun from Silas Hedgepeth and gets an offer of help from Abby Redmayne. | |
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun #12-17 (2011) Widow Hume sends Eli Barlow – assisted by the undead Arlo Curless and his gang – to retrieve the guns from Drake Sinclair on the train from New Orleans; a mummy steals Oliander Hume’s coffin; the origin of Asher Cobb is revealed; Gord Cantrell returns to the haunted estate of Braxton Bell Hood where he relives what General Hume did to him; Becky Montcrief takes safe haven with the order of the Sword of Abraham and learns of the Knights of Solomon. | |
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead #1-5 (2014-2015) Years ago, Brother Roberto Vargas of the Sword of Abraham turned to Eli Barlow to speak to his dead father about a message from God; Barlow used this information to his advantage, attracting the attention of Abby Redmayne, Jesup Sutter, Kalfu and Drake Sinclair. |
| Must Reads | Title, Synopsis & First Appearances | Event / Crossover |
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun #18-23 (2012) Becky Montcrief heads to Penance in search of Drake Sinclair, only to get caught up in Sheriff Maze’s feud with a neighbouring town; Drake gets an offer to return to past alliances; a daring rescue mission leads to revelations about the vault and Drake’s connection to the Six; Widow Hume hires Kirby Hale to retrieve the guns, making enemies as he goes; Jesup Sutter sees his chance for revenge against Drake. | |
| Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun #1-5 (2013) Back when Oliander Bedford Hume was first contained in a chained coffin by Drake Sinclair and his allies, his original four horsemen struggle to make new lives for themselves and break their connections to the guns; their plan to seek vengeance against his ‘killers’ takes a sinister turn. | ||
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun #24-29 (2012-2013) Drake Sinclair takes Becky Montcrief to Fort Treadwell in search of allies, while Gord Cantrell forms an unexpected pact in order to find them; Drake makes a deal that puts Becky in danger; Kirby Hale becomes a target of the Sword of Abraham when they’re warned of the return of the Grey Witch; Becky unlocks new powers in the Sixth Gun, but it comes with a cost. | |
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun #30-35 (2013) Widow Hume gains new allies just as Drake, Becky & their party do the same; Becky becomes trapped in the spirit world, but learns more about the Six; Screaming Crow gives Nidawi, Nahuel, Gord Cantrell and their friends a chance against the Skinwalkers. | |
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun: The Christmas Story [CBR/Robot 6, digital edition] (2013) Drake Sinclair reveals the story of Father Mercy. | |
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun #36-41 (2013-2014) Gord Cantrell discovers a way to destroy the Six; the search for Widow Hume gets turned around in Brimstone where the crew suffer serious losses; Jesup returns for a showdown with Drake Sinclair; the origin of the Grey Witch is revealed. |
| Must Reads | Title, Synopsis & First Appearances | Event / Crossover |
| The Sixth Gun: Valley of Death #1-3 (2015) Years ago, Screaming Crow, Buzzard Wife, Kalfu and the chosen warriors of the Four Tribes were the world’s last hope of closing a door to death’s realm, torn open in a battle with the Great Creator; White Wolf faced his worst nightmares. | ||
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun #42-47 (2014-2015) Becky Montcrief and Drake Sinclair make an unexpected decision when the Grey Witch makes her move to open the Maw; the Knights of Solomon awaken the King of Secrets; the descent into the Devil’s Workshop begins. | |
| ✔ | The Sixth Gun #48-50 (2016) The origin of Drake Sinclair is revealed; the race to Boot Hill brings old friend together and pits old foes against each other; it all comes to a head when the Six are reunited. | |
| Shadow Roads #1-5 (2018) Henry Grey and his associate Barry Weathersby locate an ornate bone dagger and are taken from England to America via a Crossroads by Abigail Redmayne, Buzzard Wife and Kalfu; Ghost Eyes and Isabella O’Dooley are recruited by the Black Stars; Henry learns of his connection to Screaming Crow; the two groups converge and head to Guatemala to face the Hunter. | ||
| Shadow Roads #6-10 (2019-2020) Kalfu recalls the existence of the Six; the group learn of the Cabal and encounter the Mizadori; Henry seeks the secrets of his past; Baba Dheer emerges when Asha comes to claim Henry. |
The key collected editions for The Sixth Gun…
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| The Sixth Gun Omnibus vol.1 tpb (due for release in 2024) | The Sixth Gun #1-17 The Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun #1-5 |
| The Sixth Gun Omnibus vol.2 tpb (due for release in 2024) | The Sixth Gun #18-35 The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead #1-5 |
| The Sixth Gun Omnibus vol.3 tpb (due for release in 2024) | The Sixth Gun #36-50 The Sixth Gun: Dust to Dust #1-3 The Sixth Gun: Valley of Death |
| The Sixth Gun – Deluxe Edition vol.1 HC | The Sixth Gun #1-11 |
| The Sixth Gun: Gunslinger Edition vol.1 HC | The Sixth Gun #1-11 |
| The Sixth Gun – Deluxe Edition vol.2 HC | The Sixth Gun #12-23 |
| The Sixth Gun: Gunslinger Edition vol.2 HC | The Sixth Gun #12-23 |
| The Sixth Gun – Deluxe Edition vol.3 HC | The Sixth Gun #24-35 |
| The Sixth Gun: Gunslinger Edition vol.3 HC | The Sixth Gun #24-35 |
| The Sixth Gun – Deluxe Edition vol.4 HC | The Sixth Gun #36-41 The Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun #1-5 |
| The Sixth Gun: Gunslinger Edition vol.4 HC | The Sixth Gun #36-41 The Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun #1-5 |
| The Sixth Gun – Deluxe Edition vol.5 HC | The Sixth Gun #42-47 The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead #1-5 |
| The Sixth Gun: Gunslinger Edition vol.5 HC | The Sixth Gun #42-47 The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead #1-5 |
| The Sixth Gun – Deluxe Edition vol.6 HC | The Sixth Gun #48-50 The Sixth Gun: Dust to Dust #1-3 The Sitch Gun: Valley of Death #1-3 |
| The Sixth Gun: Gunslinger Edition vol.5 HC | The Sixth Gun #48-50 The Sixth Gun: Dust to Dust #1-3 The Sitch Gun: Valley of Death #1-3 |
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| The Sixth Gun vol.1: Cold Dead Fingers tpb | The Sixth Gun #1-6 |
| The Sixth Gun vol.2: Crossroads tpb | The Sixth Gun #7-11 |
| The Sixth Gun vol.3: Bound tpb | The Sixth Gun #12-17 |
| The Sixth Gun vol.4: Crossroads tpb | The Sixth Gun #18-23 |
| The Sixth Gun vol.5: Winter Wolves tpb | The Sixth Gun #24-29 |
| The Sixth Gun vol.6: Ghost Dance tpb | The Sixth Gun #30-35 |
| The Sixth Gun vol.7: Not The Bullet, But The Fall tpb | The Sixth Gun #36-41 |
| The Sixth Gun vol.8: Hell and High Water tpb | The Sixth Gun #42-47 |
| The Sixth Gun vol.9: Boot Hill tpb | The Sixth Gun #48-50 |
| The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead tpb | The Sixth Gun: Days of the Dead #1-5 |
| The Sixth Gun: Dust to Death tpb | The Sixth Gun: Dust to Dust #1-3 |
| The Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun tpb | The Sixth Gun: Sons of the Gun #1-5 |
| The Sixth Gun: Valley of Death tpb | The Sixth Gun: Valley of Death #1-3 |
| Shadow Roads vol.1 | Shadow Roads #1-5 |
| Shadow Roads vol.2 | Shadow Roads #6-10 |
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