I have something to admit.

Marvel's The Immortal Iron Fist series was one of my favorite books in recent memory. Although the title has long since fallen by the wayside, those original issues -- especially the first twelve -- show an amazing dynamic. From seeing the first major Marvel work for Matt Fraction (co-writing with Ed Brubaker), it also hoisted the work of artist David Aja to the mainstream. But after his run ended with the series' 16th issue in August 2008, we've only seen glimpses of Aja's work across the Marvel line -- most notably the recent tour de force in Secret Avengers #5.

But with the release of this month's solicits, a single image hints to more from the artist -- and it's not a Marvel book. Buried in DC's May solicits is a cover Aja has done as a variant for Green Arrow #12. This could be important because for the last six years Aja's only done work for Marvel, and this stray arrow could be a sign that Aja is branching out. In the comments to a post on his blog asking if the artist was working for DC, Aja replied back saying "Well, at least for that cover I did."

Over on Marvel Senior Vice President of Publishing Tom Brevoort's Formspring, Brevoort stated that Aja is working on "a Wolverine one-shot he's been working on for some time" and just finished the covers for 5 Ronin.

Whether he's DC-bound, staying at Marvel or, who knows, signing an exclusive with Archie, the only thing I'm hoping for is more work by this dynamic storyteller.