A Man Among Ye #1: An Advance Review

Writer: Stephanie Phillips / Artist: Craig Cermak / Image I don’t know about you, but I don’t remember when pirates phased out the common parlance of pop culture. I distinctively remember the mid-2000’s through the mid-2010’s have a plethora of swashbuckling stories to consume, but I don’t remember exactly when and why they started to fade away. There is a simple joy when it comes to tall tales on the high seas, the thrill of setting sail with a telescope pointed to the horizons, and an armament ready at the hip. I have a soft spot for pirates personally, the concept of honor among thieves, the wayfaring scoundrel searching for loot. All of this to say that when I saw the cover for A Man Among Ye it brought a smile to my face. The time and location of A Man Among Ye is a slightly familiar one: 1720 in the Caribbean. Piracy was entering its final twilight, but they would not go quietly. The story opens the only way any good pirate story can: immediately in an epic battle between two crews. Buccaneers brawling on the deck, a clash of steel and the sound of a flintlock pistol firing. And while the ruggedly handsome mustached man with the fancy hat makes quips, he is promptly saved by the actual protagonist of the story: Anne Bonny.

Anne’s introduction as a bold and brazen as any pirate fan could hope for. Her aura is commanding and while she might not be the captain of the vessel, she still gets the job done. Although, this is still 1720 we’re talking about here, the majority o…