Agents of Atlas #9

The whole Atlas team charges forward on Leinil Francis Yu's cover for this 2009 Marvel series — leading the pack is a dark-haired man in a suit, flanked by a red-haired woman in white, a gorilla wielding a pistol, a mechanical robot, a spaceman in a blue suit, and a flame-haired figure trailing behind. Writer Jeff Parker and artist Dan Panosian kick off "Terror of the Jade Claw" with this first installment, promising the kind of ensemble adventure that earned the series its BSCreview.com praise as "what a comic book should be." If you've been looking for a team book with genuine personality and a pulpy sense of danger, issue #9 is a fine place to jump in.