Retelling a story as epic and well known as The Odyssey is one of the most ambitious and terrifying things I can imagine a writer committing to. Retelling it as a space epic with an all female cast is downright ballsy. For this skeptical reader, it seemed like a dangerous tight rope to walk, however Fraction's best Homer impression and Ward's stellar compositions are proving a very satisfying mixture. Part hard sci fi, part greek mythology, part Heavy Metal, this comic is proving to be one definitely worth a spot on the pull list.

Will the caped crusader be able to save Gotham? Can old-fashioned detective work trump modern day bio-chemical weapons? But most importantly, how many people will Grayson have to seduce to help Batman crack this modern day mystery? Well folks, all of these questions and more will be answered in the pages of Detective Comics #36, on racks now. Pick it up!