This time around, Solo, a bi-monthly title that takes a hands off approach in showcasing some of comics' finest contemporary creators and which is hands down the most copacetic comic book title currently being published by DC, presents Darwyn Cooke, who has turned in a bravura one-man-band performance that will be turning the heads of comics fans and pros everywhere.   With the seven pieces created specifically for this issue (along with an amazing framing sequence) Cooke displays a finely nuanced understanding of the semiotics of art styles, of the language implicit in the subtle (and not so subtle) variations of style that identify and, at least in part, define the terms that make up the lexicon of comics.  Cooke shows off his wide range of techniques and demonstrates an understanding -- and appreciation -- of the inherent expressive capacities of a panoply of comics  styles that few have equalled; only Art Spiegelman, Dan Clowes and Bill Sienkiewicz -- each in their own distinct fashion --  come immediately to mind.  Darwyn Cooke is a post-modern pen-and-ink mix-master!