The Spirit #1

Darwyn Cooke brings Will Eisner's masked crimefighter back to DC Comics with this confident opener, and the cover says everything you need to know: the Spirit strides forward out of darkness, fedora low, blue overcoat sweeping behind him, his masked gaze steady and utterly unimpressed by whatever's ahead. Cooke's clean, bold lines — inked by J. Bone and colored by Dave Stewart — give the image a noir-drenched energy that feels both timeless and crisp for 2007. If action, mystery, and adventure delivered with serious visual style sounds good to you, this is a fine place to start.