Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

Reverend Jesse Custer is a small-town minister whose congregation is thinning out, and so is his belief. Nothing about him looks remarkable at first glance. Then he comes face to face with proof that God exists.

Jesse merges with Genesis, a strange spiritual force, and gains the power of "the Word": whatever he says aloud, the person hearing it must do. He leaves on a violent, riotous trip across the country, looking for answers from a deity who is hard to track down.

The series is a modern American epic that deals in life and death, love and redemption. It was among the most celebrated comics of the late 1990s.

This first collection gathers issues one through seven. The road story is loud and bloody, with plenty of sex, drink and gunfire along the way.

Angels, demons, vampires and deviants of every kind crowd the pages beside God himself. Jesse has the power to command anyone, but the one he is chasing has not yet shown his face.