Hey there, tiny reader base! I'm angry at myself for slacking off lately, so to make it up here comes "The Gauntlet"!Red Robin #15 might just be the best book I've read this week, with the third chapter of "The Hit List" being perhaps my favorite issue of this story yet. The issue deals with Tim trying to keep the secret identities of the entire Bat-family secret (as Vicki Vale seems to have figured it all out), and he does so by tricking the public into thinking that Tim Drake has been shot and that Red Robin has stopped the assassin who tried to get the kill, Scarab. Fabian Nicieza has been doing a bang up job on this book since he took over for Chris Yost and I look forward to this new status quo for Tim making for some interesting stories for the immediate future. Marcus To also does a great job on this book, where he draws what might be the cutest damn Miss Martian ever. Jump on this one if you haven't already, because it's damn good.
Secret Six, while not the other contender for best book this week, was awesome. This issue takes place almost like an Esleworlds story, with the Six being re-imagined into the Wild West, with a surprise appearance of Slade Wilson, also re-imagined for the setting. Gail Simone has yet to disappoint with this book and if you aren't reading this book yet, pick this issue up because it's a great point to start on.
Meanwhile, over at Marvel, Jonathan Hickman continues to do a bang-up job with every and anything he's writing there. S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 (my other choice for best book this week) is out this week and it gives us a new way to look at Nostradamus and another of history's greatest minds that I won't name, because you should be reading this. This is the kind of book that I've wanted from mr. Hickman when it came out that he would be working with Marvel and I am so glad that it's not disappointing. As a nice little bonus we get an awesome little transcript of the conversation between Pope Gregory XIII and Galileo about Galactus which is pretty awesome to read. This is just an all around fantastic book.
Speaking of Fantastic, last week gave us another of Hickman's current Marvel books, Fantastic Four. This issue has us looking back on Reed and Ben in college, where they went to school with Victor Von Doom, and then we get to see Reed's father appear right out of the pages of Hickman's S.H.I.E.L.D., looking for help to fight off his doppelganger from another reality. This is a nice little issue, with the best part being Reed having to suck up his pride and ask Doom for help which Doom does with the aid of his large assortment of weapons (because Doom had Doomsday devices in college, too). Neil Edwards does a decent job on pencils here, though I'm counting down the issues until Epting takes over (583 cannot get here soon enough!). If you're reading S.H.I.E.L.D., then this will be an interesting issue for you, and if not buy it anyway.
Hellboy: The Storm continues to be an awesome follow-up to the last mini, and it continues to be a book everyone should be reading. Hellboy continues his journey across Europe and he continues to face off against the various beasts and demons that get in his way. We're building towards something huge and I'm excited to see what it is. Duncan Fegredo also continues to provide amazing art for this book, giving us art that looks like Mignola's without feeling too forced, and I love it for that reason. If you aren't reading this book than do yourself a favor and get started on those trades and then slap yourself for not jumping on this thing already.
Finally, we have Doomwar which ends this week which goes out on a decent bang. We end with everyone showing up for one final showdown with Doom who now controls all of the Vibranium in the world, which means he has his claws in just about everything. Everything looks like it's going to end in Doom's favor and that we'll have to put up with an overlord Doom status quo (which actually sounds awesome), but then T'Challa hits us with a huge bomb that will actually have an impact as he brings in a huge change in status quo for himself and the entire country of Wakanda. If you're a huge fan of Doctor Doom or Black Panther than this is the book you need to be reading, though at this point you should wait for the trade.
So there it is, six reviews to make up for a few weeks of inactivity. Each of these books is something you should be reading. I'll probably be back before Wednesday with a big RASL review, so look for that when it hits!
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