IDW Publishing; $29.99

The cold reality portrayed in Winter World may be brutal, but it sure is beautiful in the hands of artists Butch Guice, Tomas Giorello, Tommy Lee Edwards, and Esteve Polls (and colorist Diego Rodriguez).

For those who remember the original Chuck Dixon-Jorge Zaffino three-issue Winterworld miniseries from Eclipse, and for those who are arriving on the frozen tundra for the first time, the stories collected in this volume are highly accessible. The world, though different than the one we know, is easily understood, and the characters are appealing.

Regardless of experience with the property, it throws the reader straight into the dangerous and demanding environment of a world frozen over. Survival is the name of the game, and there are plenty of threats waiting to take down those who let their focus wander.

Chuck Dixon delivers yet again with the latest in a seemingly unending series of scripts that make the reader want to keep turning the page (You remember, the way comics are supposed to be?).

­- J.C. Vaughn