Image Comics; $3.99 

Month in and month out, Geiger continues to be one of the – if not the single best – regular comic books on the market. The quality of all the material coming out from Geoff Johns and company’s Ghost Machine Productions is laudable, but there’s something special about this series. Inventive, intriguing, and packed with twists and turns, it’s tightly written by Johns and beautifully illustrated by Gary Frank. 

The creators have given readers a post-apocalyptic world that is still unfolding with fiefdoms and forces trying to reestablish control of a world gone mad. There are moments of terror and seemingly impossibly high stakes – particularly this issue – but it’s also one that sees the bleak, hostile grind of life punctuated with moments of heroism, contrition, and redemption.  

At the center of all of this stands Tariq Geiger, the Glowing Man, a visually captivating character whose human story is even more compelling than his dynamic look. This issue is highly accessible to new readers – Johns, Frank, and the creative team have done an excellent job of that in just about every issue thus far – but I have no doubt that if you try this one, you’ll want to pick up the collected editions to catch up. 

– J.C. Vaughn