ARTEMIS AND THE ASSASSIN #2 (Aftershock Comics, June 10 release date) Writer: Stephanie Phillips. Artist: Megan Hetrick & Francesca Fantini. Colors: Lauren Affe. Letters: Troy Peteri. Main cover by Phil Hester, Bruce McCorkindale & Mark Englert. Incentive cover by Butch Guice.
While Issue #1 was an introduction with action in the mix, Issue #2 favors the action content in a big way. After a short flashback sequence, this wastes no time in getting to the heart of the mix-up between Maya (the time traveling assassin) and Virginia Hall (the resistance fighter) in 1944 Nazi-occupied France.
Both have superior fighting skills, so it looks like a stand-off when the close combat activates Maya’s time travel wrist band and the pair find themselves transported to the Wild Wild West.
Drama. Action. Humor. This one has it all. My problem is that I really like both of these strong women characters. I’m going back and forth as to which one I want to triumph. Can’t we all get along? Stephanie Phillips makes a good case for empathizing with both Maya and Virgina in the flashback reveals. Great stuff.
RATING SYSTEM
STORY: A great example of how to tell a fast-paced action story and still mix in the drama and keep the story moving forward. 3 POINTS.
ART: Not cluttered but not ultra-simplistic either. Really excels in the action scenes. 2.5 POINTS
COVER: A lone bad-ass woman in a stand-off with a tank? Wow. However, it’s not really part of the story but I love the image. 1 POINTS
READ AGAIN? Yes. Yes. Yes. 1 POINT.
RECOMMEND? Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. One of my favorite 2020 books. 1 POINT
TOTAL RATING: 8.5 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 10 POINTS. ABOVE THE PACK, AND RECOMMENDED.
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