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Anna Mercury: The Cutter:  Warren Ellis knows what he likes to write.  There is never any real surprise to the voice and direction of a Warren Ellis title.  Whether he’s doing work-for-hire comics for Marvel or original material for Avatar or Image, Ellis has, over his many years in the comics industry, created a style of science fiction and adventure comics that always entertaining (if you like Warren Ellis, that is).  Anna Mercury is no exception.  The story follows the title character, an interdimensional secret agent and seditionist, as she must stop warring factions in a parallel dimension from essentially killing each other off.  The story is pretty brief and the character development is sparse, but, again, if you enjoy the standard that Ellis sets down for his books, then you’ll find a lot to enjoy in Anna Mercury.  The art chores are handled by Facundo Percio and while some panels leave something to be desired, Percio really does try to get as much action and movement into his story-telling.

Daredevil: Lady Bullseye:  I wish Ed Brubaker could write Daredevil forever.  I say that with all sincerity.  Under his, Michael Lark and Stefano Gaudiano’s guiding hands, Daredevil went from a comic I just enjoyed reading to what felt like the best TV show out there.  Each issue was crafted like an episode as opposed to the previously drawn out story-telling that Bendis had instilled (I loved Bendis’ run, don’t get me wrong).  The Lady Bullseye story arc is no exception.  Brubaker takes a character idea that sounds uninspired and cheesecake and instead comes up with a three-dimensional villain (with a secret identity) that seeks to destroy Daredevil and rule the secret organization of the Hand.   Brubaker has added a supporting cast of some of the coolest (and underused) characters at Marvel with Dakota North, The Black Tarantula, Iron Fist and the White Tiger backing Daredevil up in this arc and the coming issues.   The only downside with the book (and it’s by no means a real negative) is that it leads into the next promising arc of the series instead of wrapping up a resolution.  Again, I’m not complaining since I’m in this title for the long haul of Brubaker’s run (which is apparently winding down soon), but it should be clarified that there is more awesome to come.