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Story: A man named Nick Crane is at a bar in Houston Texas and a blonde hair woman is trying to seduce him. Natalia is undercover there trying to protect him. She is dressed as a man and the blonde hair woman Fatal fights her. She rips off Natalia's mask. Natalia has a bad history with Nick's father. Nick's father was running for vice president but was accused of cheating on his wife with a woman who looked and suspected to be Natalia. He then shot himself and Nick Crane sought out to find the truth. The truth was that the woman Nick's father was seen with was an imposter of Natalia and that it was never her. Fatal and Nick jump into a car. Fatal threatens to stab him in the eye unless he tells her the source of all his info. Natalia jumps onto their car on the high way and is fighting Fatal. She gets Fatal away from Nick and makes him pull over. The ending leaves us with a cliff hanger of does Nick shoot Natalia or not?
Writing: To be honest I was really sad that Marjorie Liu left the writing team. I really liked her and I thought she did a great job, BUT this new team is great! The writing in this issue was really great. I loved this story and I understood it very well. The only thing I had a problem with is the common cliff hanger of did our main character get shot in the end. DUH she isn't getting killed or else the series would be over. The scene between Natalia and Fatal were intense and awesome!
Characters: I thought the characters were pretty cool in this issue.
Dialogue: I love Nat's inner monologue.
Art: At first glance not so hot, but if you really look at it it's great!
Cover: The cover was pretty cool but I wish I had some 3D glasses.
Penciling: At first glance it's really bulgy and blocky but when you really look at it and take it in it's very good. I thought the fight scenes were drawn beautifully. I do miss Daniel Acuna though, but Manuel Garcia is pretty good too.
Coloring: I thought it worked pretty well.
My favorite scene!
It was definitely both of the fight scenes between Natalia and Fatal. They were drawn amazingly.
Reasons to and not to pick up.
Reasons to pick up: Don't be afraid of new teams of writers and artists. This issue really proved how great this new team is gonna be. The art was great and the story was awesome too!
Reasons not to pick up: One thing that I didn't like about this issue was the cliche ending of is Natalia dead or alive. I mean come on how about something else for a change.
Verdict: PICK IT UP! 4.5 OUT OF 5!!!
Writing: To be honest I was really sad that Marjorie Liu left the writing team. I really liked her and I thought she did a great job, BUT this new team is great! The writing in this issue was really great. I loved this story and I understood it very well. The only thing I had a problem with is the common cliff hanger of did our main character get shot in the end. DUH she isn't getting killed or else the series would be over. The scene between Natalia and Fatal were intense and awesome!
Characters: I thought the characters were pretty cool in this issue.
Dialogue: I love Nat's inner monologue.
Art: At first glance not so hot, but if you really look at it it's great!
Cover: The cover was pretty cool but I wish I had some 3D glasses.
Penciling: At first glance it's really bulgy and blocky but when you really look at it and take it in it's very good. I thought the fight scenes were drawn beautifully. I do miss Daniel Acuna though, but Manuel Garcia is pretty good too.
Coloring: I thought it worked pretty well.
My favorite scene!
It was definitely both of the fight scenes between Natalia and Fatal. They were drawn amazingly.
Reasons to and not to pick up.
Reasons to pick up: Don't be afraid of new teams of writers and artists. This issue really proved how great this new team is gonna be. The art was great and the story was awesome too!
Reasons not to pick up: One thing that I didn't like about this issue was the cliche ending of is Natalia dead or alive. I mean come on how about something else for a change.
Verdict: PICK IT UP! 4.5 OUT OF 5!!!
