THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 16.HU, May 2019 |
For starters, Spencer provides plenty of evidence to show just how formidable a fighter the Black Cat can be when “I have a lot of unchecked aggression I need to get out of my system right now.” Enraged by her returning memories of Peter Parker and the break-up of their intimate relationship, Hardy is clearly as savage a street-level combatant as she is viciously clawed. Indeed, she wades through Hammerhead’s minions like they were playing pieces in a board game and even manages to momentarily gain the upper hand when faced with the combined might of Taskmaster and the Black Ant, courtesy of a well-thrown flash grenade.
However, this tome isn’t simply about Iban Coello pencilling plenty of pulse-pounding bouts of pugilism, but also shows how kind-hearted Felicia is determined to become despite all her deep, dark misgivings. Initially fooling herself into believing that she’ll leave the “poor little guy” Billy Connors trapped sobbing within a small cage so that another “do-gooder in tights” can rescue him, her subsequent decision to save the boy at the cost of her own well-being is dramatically-penned, and definitely gets the heart-racing when the entire scenario is revealed to have been a trap orchestrated by the Black Cat's former lieutenant in the Maggia; “Hey, Boss. I told ‘em I’d only help if I got to watch.”
Writer: Nick Spencer, Artist: Iban Coello, and Colorist: Edgar Delgado |
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