![]() Cain shows an understanding of the medium and a reluctance to succumb to its usual silliness and excesses that is refreshing, and I wish she could have continued with the character. This run of Mockingbird by Chelsea Cain didn't last too long, unfortunately (there's a second volume, My Feminist Agenda, which I'm reading now). The five issues are almost self-contained little stories, bopping around in time and tying together in issue 5. The art, by Kate Niemczyk, is also excellent. ![]() This is due to the self-aware and gently mocking edge to the writing, and the general awesomeness of Bobbi as a character. That isn't the only story in this collection: there isn't really a linear storyline in the five collected issues here, but that doesn't hurt the overall collection (surprisingly). She was given an injection of superhero serum/infinity formula by Nick Fury and has been exhibiting strange symptoms ever since, symptoms that require her to visit her local S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel's CIA/FBI equivalent) and also married to Clint "Hawkeye" Barton. It's a pretty subversive story, taking on both the superhero trope generally and Marvel's hopelessly tangled storylines in particular.īarbara "Bobbi" Morse, aka Mockingbird, was once an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. ![]() This is actually the second time I have read this graphic novel, and I enjoyed it more this time around. ![]()
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