Books of the Week – 06/05/19

1. Sharkey the Bounty Hunter #4 (Image) ★★★★★
Writer: Mark Millar / Art: Simone Bianchi / Colors: Simone Peruzzi
Excellent book. Betrayal, spies, living asteroids. Great stuff. Vatanni’s assist on the art provided a special kick. Just awesome.

2. War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #3 (Marvel) ★★★★★
Writer: Greg Pak / Art: Gang Hyuk Lim / Colors: Federico Blee, Andres Mossa & Erick Arciniega
Nice return to form. Lots of acton, some great laughs (spam!) and dazzling art. One of my favorite WoR books.

3. War of the Realms: Journey Into Mystery #4 (Marvel) ★★★★★
Writer: The McElroys / Art: Andre Lima Araujo / Colors: Chris O’Halloran
Delightfully fun read. A welcome break from the seriousness of the other WoR titles. Thori continues to steal the show and Wonder Man shines. Aces.

4. Black Cat #1 (Marvel) ★★★★
Writer: Jed Mackay & Nao Fuji / Art: Travel Foreman, Nao Fuji & Mike Dowling / Colors: Brian Reber
A delightful read. Both the Cat and Fox stories hit all the right notes. The art by Travel Forman has a clean simplicity I really appreciate. A quality book.

5. Once Our Land: Book 2 #4 (Scout) ★★★★
Writer: Peter Ricq / Art: Jake Bilbao & Peter Ricq / Colors: Peter Ricq
The dark tones made following the night battle scenes a bit difficult, but this book still had lots of fun action plus a tidy wrap up. This was a fine mini-series. Looks like I may have to track down Book 1.

6. Domino: Hotshots #4 (Marvel) ★★★★
Writer: Gail Simone / Art: David Baldeon & Michael Shelfer with Craig Yeung / Colors: Jim Charalampidis
Fun read. Big battle book. Art continues to sparkle. Nice to see the wrap-up wasn’t nearly as tidy as it initially looked like it might be. I enjoy surprises.