Good Book Readin'!

Here is were I will be reviewing a variety of comic books in my own inimitable style. Which hopefully is good.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

From the Company Who Gave You "Lady Cop" . . .

An interstellar space-cop from a whole 'nother planet with it's own ways and customs, an alien to both our world and culture, on duty pursuing a serious case fraught with dangerousness, but if she's a girl she sure as dammit's gonna be carrying a mirror. Still, it did save the day. It's just like that issue of Detective I can't find where Batgirl foils criminals by having a run in her tights. See, girls have their little foibles, but they come in handy at times.

Still, maybe naturalist and museum employee Mavis Trent can show a more independant, capable side of womanhood. Nope, she's too busy slavering over both Hawkman and Carter Hall (her boss), unaware that they're the same dude but quite aware that they're both in commited relationships. But she's not giving up until she's trapped one of them in tight bonds of matrimony! Pretty much makes '60s Lois Lane look like an under-achiever. Still, this is a fine collection on nice paper with sterling reproduction and a swell painted cover by Li'l Joey Kubert. You could do worse.
from a 1989 Hawkman trade paperback, this story originated in The Brave and the Bold #36 (June-July 1961) written by Gardner Fox, drawn by Joe Kubert, and splendidly recoloured by Tom Ziuko