IDW Publishing; $19.95

At last! At last! Huzzah!

John Ostrander and Tim Truman's Grimjack is finally back in print. The Legend Of Grimjack collects his original adventures in trade paperback form, and there's also a mini-series of new adventures as well (we'll review the first issue of the new mini-series next week, by the way). There's also a few new pages in the trade.

If you're new to Grimjack - Oh, what you've missed! - John Gaunt (Grimjack) is a former mercenary and current resident of Cynosure, a pan-dimensional city where just about everything can and does happen. It was grim and gritty when that meant you stood apart from the crowd (unlike today's many followers and also-rans). Ostrander and Truman infused a Conan-meets-film-noir feeling to it, and that feeling has stood up wonderfully in the 22 years since this material first saw print.

IDW should be congratulated for the production values on this collection, and we'll definitely be looking forward to the subsequent volumes in the series.