Pick Of My Pile for the week of 11-4.

Hello Chums,

I was able to read one trade this week. My selection was The Golden Age by James Robinson and Paul Smith. Without getting into a full-blown review of this book, I'll tell you that it's a DC Elseworld story set in the 40's. I'll also tell you that the story had some good parts but I felt it was kind of lacking compared to similar "Golden Age" stories.

On to my picks.

Week of 11-4:

Marvel:

Astonishing X-Men #32. The return of The Brood with very nice art by Phil Jimenez.

Immortal Weapons #4 (of 5). The very odd origin of Tiger's Beautiful Daughter.

Black Widow Deadly Origin #1. A nice opening issue, but what really shines is the flashback art by John Paul Leon.

Ultimate Avengers #3. Continuing with The Next Generation p.3. The Red Skull is Cap's son!?!

Captain America Reborn #4 (of 5). Can The Red Skull and Dr. Doom bring Cap back? Wait, why would they want too?

DC:

Red Tornado #3 (of 6). The Red Tornado and his siblings meet their creator.

The Warlord #8. The conclusion of the two part Mike Grell written and illustrated story. One word: Awesome.

Dark Horse:

Sir Edward Grey Witchfinder: In The Service of Angels #5 (of 5). The conclusion to this nice first arc. With this character's stories, Hellboy, B.P.R.D. (current), B.P.R.D. (1940's) and Lobster Johnson, Mike Mignola has created himself quite an empire of characters and potential stories.

Age Of Reptiles: The Journey #1 (of 4). I picked up Ricardo Delgado's first two Age Of Reptiles arcs when they were new probably 15 years ago(?). Where has this guy been? It looks like he has never left. Do yourself a favor and pick up this book.

ONI:

Stumptown #1. A new crime series by Greg Rucka! This is a nice fat (35 pages) opening issue. Good compelling start - check. Nice art - check (kind of reminds me of Sean Philips with Val Staples on color on Criminal). Nice overall package.

There was more than a few good books this week: Age Of Reptiles, The Warlord, Black Widow to name a few. However, the Pick Of My Pile this week is Stumptown by Greg Rucka. This book has the feeling a nice crime movie. I can't wait for the second issue.

K.R.C.

D.L.