Vertigo

G. Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker's Vertigo series Air is the definition of "unexpected". For some reason, being a title under the Vertigo imprint of books often gives the impression that it's a book with sex, drugs, violence, or all of the above. And though I know that's entirely untrue, as there are plenty of books that have been published by Vertigo that contain none of these things, it's a stigma that remains. Air is an adult comic to be sure, but adult in themes and ideas rather than debauchery. The second trade paperback of the Eisner-nominated series was released last week, and collects issues #6-10.

Flying Machine finds our heroine Blythe under the tutelage of the long thought dead Amelia Earhart, who is somehow tied into the giant conspiracy involving a mystery lover man named Zayn, a country that disappeared off of every map on Earth, and some sort of power that she houses to control a device that all of the involved parties are after. Saying it all aloud makes you sound a bit daffy, but Blythe's world is very much one of classic fantasy applied to the world we live in today; an unsuspecting/incapable human is given the chance to save humanity, forcing them to walk the hero's path and realize their previously unseen potential.

Read the full review of AIR VOL. 2: FLYING MACHINE!