Image Comics; $3.99 

I’ve previously called Geiger the best monthly comic on the market at the moment, and after reading Geiger #16, it’s easy to stand by that claim. 

Writer Geoff Johns is joined by guest art team of Eamon Winkle on pencils, inker Norm Rapmund, and colorist Robert Nugent, along with regular letterer Rob Leigh for an issue that is something of a change of pace. We get to see some of the events of the story thus far through the character of Dr. Andrei Molotov, the former Russian scientist who bares at least some of the responsibility for turning Tariq Geiger into The Glowing Man. 

All of the Ghost Machine Productions comics are beautifully produced with excellent production and printing values, but there is something about this post-apocalyptic tale that has grabbed me since the outset. Johns and co-creator (and regular series artist) Gary Frank have given readers a world in which hope is faint, but it’s at least still a burning ember, something many post-apocalyptic stories fail to provide. The moral ambiguity of the situations is cleverly balanced against the morality of one’s actions, and the results have made for compelling reading yet again. 

– J.C. Vaughn