One trip - two trades!

Well I managed to read both trades on my trip to Germany. Both were great. Both were mature titles and both featured characters on the wrong side of the law.

More importantly, both had great dialogue and a good story. Both thoroughly recommended.

"Coward" by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips was a true crime story. Although the main character was sympathetic there were some really nasty characters in this book. It is a real gritty crime story - far better than "100 Bullets" by DC which I was disappointed with.

Criminal is an on-going title which I'll certainly continue to get as it comes out in collected form.

I probably enjoyed "The Hood" by Brian K. Vaughan and Kyle Hotz slightly more as it was set in the Marvel Universe and it was funny to see characters like Jack O' Lantern and The Shocker treated in an adult way.

I enjoyed this so much that I managed to read parts 1-5 straight through on the plane back to the UK. Pretty amazing for me. I read the 6th and final part when I got home.

This book had slightly more laughs and snappy dialogue than Criminal but this was clearly a super-hero comic, even if it was one with a twist.