It’s the winter of 1989 and Ethan Reckless is out of town when his assistant, Anna, is approached by a new client: the actor who played the Elvira-esque Evilina. She’s just inherited a mansion in the Hollywood Hills and wants Anna to find out if it’s haunted. Heeeeere’s… The Ghost in You!
I thought Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips had closed out Reckless with last year’s third book, Destroy All Monsters, but I guess they’re gonna keep the series going indefinitely like Criminal. Which is no bad thing as this is a decent title and so is the latest addition, Volume 4: The Ghost in You.
There’s not a whole lot to say about this one. Brubaker and Phillips are a well-oiled machine at this point and Brubaker can put together a solid crime story that’s capably drawn by Phillips and that’s what you get with this book.
I liked reading about the history of the Lamour Mansion and there’s always something going on to more-or-less hold the attention even if it’s the usual features of a crime story that Brubaker’s done many a time before. Similarly, Phillips’ art is fine but he’s not doing anything here that any longtime readers of this creative team hasn’t seen him do in any number of books previously.
But the story just isn’t that exciting and the underwhelming solution left me with the impression that I’d read a soap opera-y Scooby-Doo episode (with the Velma-esque protagonist Anna) .
It’s not a bad comic though and definitely better than the last one - Anna can certainly hold her own as the main character. The Ghost in You is worth a look if you’re a fan of this creative team or crime comics in general but don’t expect anything that amazing. Anyways, glad to know we can expect further Reckless books in the future and here’s hoping this October’s Volume 5: Follow Me Down, about what Ethan was up to in San Francisco while he was away during this book, is even better!
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