SHERWOOD, TX #1 (of 5)

OFFICIAL SOLICITATION:

SHERWOOD, TX #1 (of 5)

Diamond Order Code MAY141623

Written By: Shane Berryhill
Artist: Daniel Hillyard
Colors: Charlie Kirchoff
Covers A and C: Andrew Robinson
Cover B: Eben Matthews

Price: $1.00
24 pages

Synopsis:

Re-imagining the legend of Robin Hood as a modern day Spaghetti Western, SHERWOOD, TX is set inside the world of biker gangs, drug wars, and human trafficking.

After the same biker gang who murdered his father leaves ROB HOOD for dead, he returns seeking his own brand of justice and revenge. Hood is joined on his quest by Padre Elvin Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Little John, as they take on the crooked Sheriff of Nottingham, Texas and his partners in crime, The Nobles biker gang and their leader John Prince.
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Random musings (and spoilers, of course) commencing now....

(originally posted on Tumblr on 6 July 2014)

As the official synopsis states, this is the legend of Robin Hood retold by way of Sons of Anarchy.

Home from the Navy for his dad’s funeral, Rob Hood gets drawn into the conflict between two biker gangs - the Jesters, whose members include Hood’s Native American half-brother Will and local bar owner Little John, and the Nobles, led by John Prince and his second-hand man, Gisburn. Rob also reunites with his girl, Maria, who happens to be the daughter of the Sheriff of Nottingham County, on the Texas/Mexico border.

As a first issue, it’s mainly concerned with giving us the setup for the main characters and world they live in, and as introductions go, it’s got me interested in where things go from here. The familiar Robin Hood elements are getting a nice spin (Rob and Little John get into a bar fight with pool cues) and I like the rival gang setup.

It would have been too expected, I think to make Rob’s men the outlaw gang and kept Prince John and the others more ‘high born’ - say keeping them the Mayor and police force or some such, maybe.

Not sure how “robbing the rich and giving to the poor” will come into play with the gangs fighting. There’s indications that the Nobles are involved with smuggling people across the border (and that Rob’s father, Richie the Lion, was killed for not going along with the plan) so maybe that’s where it will manifest.

Oh, and there’s a ghost.

So, yeah. Looks interesting and I’ll try and keep an eye on this one.