"The Sixth Gun: Battle for The Six" - Rootin' Tootin' Magic


Magic, cowboys, and world-ending MacGuffins. Yee haw!

📖 “The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six”
📝 Writer: Cullen Bunn @cullenbunn

👨🏻‍🎨 Illustrator: Brian Hurtt @brihurtt

🖍️ Colorist: Bill Crabtree @billcrabtreecolor

🔡 Letterer: Christopher Crank

🏢 Publisher: Oni Press @onipress 

🗓️ Published on: April 28, 2026

📚 Length: 146 pages

Publisher’s Blurb:


Becky Montcrief’s great sacrifice destroyed the Sixth Gun—and the Grey Witch Griselda with it—but the power of the timeless weapons was also released into the world, ready to be reborn. . . . Familiar heroes—Ghost Eyes, Izzy, Henry Grey, Unega, and more—race to prevent the deadly cabal of villains old and new from gaining control of the reborn mythical weapons known as the Six. With the power of travel on the mystical Crossroads, the whole world is the stage for the newest battle to control its fate—the Battle for the Six! 


Collecting The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six #1–3, plus the three prelude short stories collected in The Sixth Gun: Road to the Six #0!


Review: 


To be honest, one factor and one factor alone got me to read this trade: flaming sword and a six-shooter on the cover. Any comic that has both a flaming sword and a six-shooter has to be good. 


I wasn’t wrong. I am now eagerly and excitedly awaiting the next installment of this excellent comic. 


Not to burry the lead: This comic ends on a cliffhanger. Coming to the end of the comic and realizing that I wasn’t going to find out how it was going to end was the only place this trade let me down. 


This comic was marketed as a jumping on point for new readers. Bunn and Hurtt absolutely succeeded in this goal. I knew nothing of the Sixth Gun franchise and was instantly hooked. A group of black-ops good guys trying to prevent bad guys from getting their hands on a set of six world ending artifacts? I’m in. The comic also cleverly uses a framing device to allow a member of the cabal to narrate many of the comics actions, bringing the readers up to speed on relevant plot details. To Bunn’s credit, this narration never becomes overbearing or distracts from the larger plot.

The setting and characters of this comic are instantly memorable and likable. The magic-infused Wild West setting is so much fun. This comic is also a globe-hopping adventure, magically transporting all over the 1860’s globe. I especially liked Abigail Redmayne, who uses her wits to talk her way out of most problems and her shotgun to solve the rest, and Isabelle “Izzy” O’Douley, gun-toting sharp-shooter and noted hater of wizards.

I recently read the first volume of Hellboy and this comic reminded me a lot of Mike Mignola’s work in the best way. If you enjoy the B.P.R.D., you’ll love the Black Stars - special ops Old West lawmen defending the world from the nefarious Cabal.

Brian Hurtt’s art has a soft, almost storybook quality. There were a few moments I wanted a bit more detail in his illustrations, but his art fits the adventure comic genre and prevents the violence from feeling gratuitous.


I have very few critiques of this trade. While I do wish the story was more complete, it ended on a high note and left me wanting more.

I genuinely loved this comic. I am eagerly awaiting a next installment Yee haw!


4/5 Stars


Thank you to Oni Press and NetGalley for an advance copy of this eComic for review consideration. All opinions are my own. 

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