With such a hectic week finally behind me, what with being sick and flying down to Miami to run the 10th annual Miami Marathon, I never got a chance to chirp about last week’s comics. It was a small pile, so I can easily make up for it riiiiiiight… now.

All Star Western #5 ($3.99; Justin Gray/Jimmy Palmiotti [W] & Moritat/Phil Winslade [A]) – As the months pas, this book picks up more and more steam. One, of the few comics that actually merit its $3.99 cover price, All Star Western is like The Odd Couple set in Gotham City… during the wild west era. Badman Jonah Hex and Debbie Downer Dr. Arkham are trapped way below a mine shaft, in a seemingly bottomless cave with no hope of exit. (This is legitimately my greatest fear.) They dispatch a band of cannibal, bat-worshipping savages, alleviating my trepidations that they won’t ever be able to find food. The story wraps up with the encounter of a giant bat. Does this sound like a typical western to you? No, and that’s probably why its so grand. And as much as I enjoyed it, it’s the back-up, part two of the Barbary Ghost’s origin, that I liked most of all. Phil Winslade’s art reminds me of a young Steve Epting and classic revenge stories will never get old. Continue reading →