Writer Michael Fiffe
Artist Amilcar Pinna
Color Artist Nolan Woodard
Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles
I’m starting to really like how when the Penciler / Inker is the same person, Marvel seems to be changing Colorist to Color Artist. I recognize them doing it and I enjoy it.
Last issue, Jessica got poison towards the end of the issue. This issue opens with Kitty finding a doctor who helps former SHIELD agents and cures Jessica. I sort of love how easy and simple this solution is! Of course they can just fix her, it is a comic. There is no need to drag that subplot out for issues upon issues.
As the two ladies are looking for a taxi, I recognize something about Pinna’s art style that I wish I didn’t. He draws people’s irises pretty large. Like their eyes are nearly full and then their eyes take up 30 percent of their faces. I’m sure I’m exaggerating but now I can’t notice how big their eyes are. It isn’t anime eyes, as that I would recognize and move on. It just seems like cartoon eyes in a comic that I’m not use too.
After school. Blocks away from Laguardia High. A group of teenage girls, including Lana – are talking about what to do next. I didn’t recognize Lana – at all. Even after she mentions Poey. Which should have been a dead give away. I thought it was suppose to be like the Ultimate version of Lana Lang or something. Which is odd as I’m not much of a Superman fan and I haven’t thought of Smallville in forever.
Lana is going to see her boyfriend, Poey. We see that in the shadows that Spider-Man is watching. Which I like how subtle his costume looks in the shadows. It really is a pretty sweet costume that Miles has.
Lana gets to Poey’s place and we learn that he is selling drugs for his uncle. She wants to go to the meet site. Spider-Man has followed her there. Poey eventually agrees to take her. She mentions her mother being in jail and it dawns on me that this may actually be Bombshell.
There is a scene with the cops and it makes me realize that I have no interest in the cops nor Serpent Skulls. I believe it is due to how much I don’t know the team themselves so more characters don’t attract me. They distract and deny me what I really want, more team interactions.
Jessica and Kitty are in their uniforms and they come across Scourge spray painting a wall. They chase him, he tries to shoot them. We get Pinna doing that fade effect that I loved from the previous issue as Spider-Woman jumps over a dumpster and lands. She isn’t wearing that brown jacket so the costume looks somewhat okay.
I called her Spider-Woman but she really is going by Black Widow – I have to watch for that. She tells Shadowcat to call the rest of the team.
In classic early 24 where Jack Bauer forgot to turn off his cell phone, Spider-Man does the same. So a room full of drug dealers start shooting at him as his phone wasn’t on vibrate, at the very least. Bombshell takes advantage of the distraction to start using her power as no one is watching her.
Shadowcat gives chase to Scourge. Cloak and Dagger show up. I really like the light trim on Cloak’s … cloak. It really breaks up the darkness and is a simple yet superb addition to his costume. Proper Marvel Universe Cloak needs to be told about this!
Scourge gives them the slip and the team has to regroup and be humble by the not-so-victory.
Spider-Man is webbing drug dealers. The leader of the Serpent Skulls gets knocked out by him and Poey doesn’t notice that his girlfriend has hand blasting powers. Lana and Poey take off, leaving Spider-Man to wait for the police. I’m sure once they get there, he’s just going to swing away as the New York City Police do not like superheroes now that SHIELD isn’t covering for them.
Thanks to my good pal, Kaiolino, for screen capping Kitty’s newest costume! He nailed it on the head with how it looks just like the Generation X uniforms they used way back in 2000! Minus the flair. She needs a belt, at the very least.
So now both Kitty and Jessica both seriously need new uniforms, right after getting new ones!
From Generation X issue 62 – even Monet couldn’t pull it off!
Cover by Terry and Rachel Dodson
The team regroups and laugh about how they are not quite there as a team yet. They also joke about how a superhero is dating a drug dealer. I could go for a full issue of just them as a team, hanging out!
Bombshell and Spider-Man were working as a team the entire time, she’s a double agent!
Black Widow apologizes to Bombshell, she really wants them to be friends.
I think my problem with Pinna’s eyes are that with brown eyes, I don’t notice it, its Jessica’s green eyes that pop with Woodard’s coloring and so I’m noticing the bigness.
I also really like how dense this comic is. Not even six pages into it, do I have the thought that I’m reading a modern Claremont comic. Fiffe gets a bunch of dialogue into this comic and I love how it took me actual time to read this issue. I could go for more of this. Fiffe also lets Pinna do what he does best and also leaves the art to speak for itself at times. They really are a great team together!
Shadow and Flame with Magik 