A nice change of scenery for the typical "grim and gritty" reimaginations that comic books have been seeing for the past decade-or-so, the book combines an honest love for the period with a keen and critical eye for the tropes and stereotypes that made the Golden Age so unique. Although the plot is straightforward and the characters uncomplicated, a reader with no experience of the genre or history behind it may feel at a loss. The characters and plot take heavily from various Golden Age characters, but especially Timely Comics, with Captain America (The Proud American), Namor the Sub-Mariner (Quinn Rey), and the android Human Torch (The Artificial Man) having analogues. But if the reader is up to the task, it's obvious both writer and artist enjoy the period, and the story feels like one giant shout-out to everything that was interesting and fun about the Golden Age, without sacrificing seriousness or dignity. ( )