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The next Pilot Season issue from Top Cow again goes in a different direction.  I love superhero comics but it's nice to see an issue that is far from that.  Do we really need more superhero comics?  Joshua Hale Fialkov, who wrote my favorite Pilot Season issue Cyblade last year, adds his mark to this year's competition. 

I do really like this issue.  It does have an interesting twist.  Unfortunately it almost feels like the entire cat has been let out of the bag already.  It's a good and bad thing.  It's nice that we know what the deal is.  We're not left hanging with an idea that may or may not have a full explanation.  Sometimes the Pilot Season issues feel like they're purposely written with an open ending to add to the suspense but the writer may not actually have an ending in mind. 

That is not the case here.  So where as we are told the basic gist of the story, we are left with a pretty big cliffhanger on the last page.  It's pretty much a "holy crap, how will they get out of this one?"

So I have to say, for me, this is one of the main contenders so far. 

Pilot Season: Alibi #1

(W) Joshua Hale Fialkov
(A) Jeremy Haun
(Cov) Jeremy Haun

The perfect killer always has an airtight alibi. But can anyone be in two places at once? John Stephens can. He’s often a suspect whenever a high-profile target is taken out, but he always gets off scot-free because he’s usually somewhere else, having the time of his life. How can he be responsible? The authorities may be fooled, but now someone knows his secret, and John is going to have to face the consequences.

From the people’s choice Joshua Hale Fialkov (Cyblade, Marvel Comics Presents) and artist Jeremy Haun (Civil War: Iron Man/Captain America, Chuck) comes this espionage thriller with a twist!

Full Color
32 pages
$3.99
Pilot issue