IDW Publishing; $49.99

In the previous volume of this series, we saw the work through which artist John Prentice made Rip Kirby his own. He had, of course, taken over the strip upon the sudden death of its creator, Alex Raymond (his earliest stint on the strip can be seen at the end of Volume 4 and through Volume 5). Here in Volume 7, though, we see him shifting into high gear.

It’s not that there’s anything massively revolutionary about Prentice’s work in this volume, unless you consider doing everything well revolutionary… in which case there’s plenty of that.

As we frequently note with books from The Library of American Comics, the quality of the reproduction is hard to match since the strips are scanned from the original King Features Syndicate proofs. This one, like the others in the series, is a joy to read.