The Spirit #8

One-sentence summary: Honestly one of the best books on the market, and if you're not reading it, start.

Darwyn Cooke is one of my favorite guys in the comic book industry right now. New Frontier was simply phenomenal, and his work on the Spirit is fantastic. He's the perfect fit for it, too.

I sincerely can't think of enough good things to say about the Spirit. You have these wonderful one-shots, many connecting through specific character interactions, all of which tell well-plotted stories with art that I adore more than, yunno, words and junk. And, on top of all this, you have a nice dollop of old-fashioned humor that fits the book (and the characters) perfectly.

This is a great book. There aren't too many other books out right now I would claim that of; maybe none. This, however, is great. This is the sort of comic that could get people into comic books, or the sort they enjoy without ever reading another comic.

The Spirit #8 doesn't disappoint in that regard, reuniting our masked protagonist with his secondary romantic interest (which is all sexual tension and nothing else, which makes it all the better), both of them (indirectly) facing off against the main villain, it seems, of the series. It's just a spectacular issue in an incredible series. Highest recommendations for this book.