It’s a shame that the best issue of 2012 came out this week (more on that later) because this was a huge step in the right direction for Jeff Parker. Last issue saw a bit drop for me because it was such a predictable issue. Now we’re back in ‘Doctor Who’ like plot of the T-Bolts in Medieval times and it was so much fun to read and it was gorgeous to boot.

Seriously, this is some good looking comic book right here. I don’t know if Kev Walker changed his style a bit or Terry Pallot’s inks and Frank Martin’s colors made it really shine but….Damnit this was a gorgeous looking comic book. Whether it’s Troll in the middle of a forest, or the dark dungeon of Camelot; this book had so many great panels and pages it’s hard to count. I particularly loved the effects in this issue whether it be Boomerang’s electric attacks or Satana’s smoke attack. If anything this is probably the best looking issue of this series to date since the change in creators.

But I won’t skimp on the the writing with this issue because it does bring the fun back the series was missing last time. I got a big ‘Monty Python’ vibe early on in this issue and it’s mainly because of The Black Knight. John Cleese’s voice stayed in my head during his dialogue so it made it more unintentionally hilarious then it should be. I’m not even a huge fan of this time period but somehow Parker made it really fascinating for me to read. Especially when you get to the end where we get this new look into Camelot which makes it very ‘Hellboy’ but also so exciting to read for next time.

Everything about this issue was a ball to read. It was fun, it was action packed, and it had some of the best art the series has had to date. Again it’s such a shame the best issue of 2012 came out the same week as this. It could easily have been Pick of the Week for me. At least I am comforted in knowing that this series is far from going down in quality anytime soon.