Union Jack: London Falling [$10.99]

Superhero comics have struggled to confront the war on terror in a variety of ways, and everybody from Batman to Deadpool has grappled with the issues faced by a post-9/11 world. But few recent series have done so as elegantly as London Falling, which doesn’t force its social commentary and doesn’t disfigure its characters in order to fit them into a political framework (although most of the characters are so obscure that few readers would probably notice if they had). The miniseries is also one of the best revitalizations of a character in years, almost reaching the level of quality seen in Doctor Strange: The Oath — it’s the kind of read that leaves you wishing for a regular Union Jack series. What do you say, Marvel? Like John Lennon said: “A working class hero is something to be.”