It was the professor in the billiards room with the candle stick?! Oh wait wrong thing, hehehe. So what's going on everybody out in the world. It's the one and only LB JONES here once again to deliver the news of what's hot and what you should avoid like the plague. This week offered up some gold and nothing bad. I really enjoyed most of this week's new titles and some of the older ones I got to read. So let's not waste anytime and get right down to it!
A goody that I was finally about to get to finish reading is PROOF. Proof is a still sorta new title from Image. It's only 9 issues deep and the first trade has hit the shelves already. So your asking yourself "why should I read this book?" Well you should read this book because it's friggin' awesome. The main characters are an FBI agent named Ginger Brown who gets transferred to a special division based of of Washington.....State. When she finally gets there she finds out what the division is. Her new job is to hunt cryptids and by hunt I mean Find and Save. Cryptids are creatures such as the Jersey Devil, Pixies, Fairies and Bigfoot. Which speaking of Bigfoot, He's the other main character. Now come get this book before the real Bigfoot kicks your ass.
Next we have the second volume in the VAMPIRE HUNTER D manga series. This volume is the first of any of the Vampire Hunter D library to appear in anyform other than a book. That's right, the first volume and third volumes are the 2 movies. Also the first and third volumes are also the first and third in the book series. So anyways, This time around D is hunting for vampires. What that's not interesting enough?! OK FINE! These vampires can walk in the DAYLIGHT! HA! Bet you didn't see that coming did ya?! DID YA?! oh boy. Sorry about that I just am such a huge fan of this series I get a bit too excited. So anyways the art in this volume is just as gorgeous and brooding as the last. Don't hesitate too much with this book, It's a throughly enjoyable read and it's a fresh Vampire Hunter D story for everyone seeing as it's the first "NEW" story.
Thirdly we have Pilot Season : Urban Myths. This is the new Jay Faerber book or one shot for the time being. Now if your unfamiliar with Pilot Season what it is is Image produces 5 or 6 one shot stories that when all are out, the fans vote for 2 of them to receive the right to become an ongoing title. Urban Myths is my pick because everything that Jay Faerber has written that I've read (Noble Causes, Dynamo 5, Gemini) has been amazing and this one shot issue continued that. Urban Myths is about a detective named Jack Kaklamanis or as he's known on the streets "Jack Medusa" and in reading Urban Myths you find out why. The story takes place in the city of New Athens. If you've noticed the whole theme of the books is greek myths have taken life and live in an urban setting. Now the actual main story revolves around Jack being hired to locate a runaway girl which how he finds her takes him to the depths of Hell. Urban Myths is really well written and the art fits the story perfectly. I'd really like to see this become an ongoing title because there is so much that can come out of this book and I just see really good reading in the future if this gets picked up. So please make my wish come true!
Last but Definitely not least we have issue #0 of Captain America : White. This is the fourth installment of the Jeph Loeb/Tim Sale color series from Marvel. With this one they focus on how Cap really felt about Bucky and his death. Now issue #0 is only a teaser issue but it really helps to set the tone and focus of the title. Also if you've ever read any of the other three color series just pick this up and enjoy yet another good read. The first three color series are Daredevil:Yellow, Spider-Man:Blue and Hulk:Gray. All of which are amazing and everyone should read because they add so much depth to the respective characters. So with Captain America:White, we get to see the magic happen for a fourth time and I promise it won't fail to be one amazing read. So go get this nice starting point.
So that's it folks, This is week 25 and damn am I happy to get here. Now we're making our way over to week 50. See you guys in 7.
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