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Published By Marvel Entertainment
Creative Team:
Celeste Bronfman (writer),
Emilio Laiso (artist),
Brian Reber (color artist),
Ariana Maher (letterer),
Adam Hughes (cover artist)
Publisher:
Marvel Entertainment
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The Hero and the Villain
Generally speaking, Mary Jane Watson and Felecia Hardy could not be more different. But for some reason they work so well together.
MJ, the goody-two-shoes, and Felicia, the world’s greatest thief, are actual proof that opposites really do attract. MJ, or her hero name Jackpot, brings the best out of Felicia, or Black Cat as we’re used to calling her. These two are the unlikely duo that I didn’t know I needed.
Not Everything Is As It Seems
Jumping into the plot of the comic, Jackpot catches Black Cat in the middle of a heist in a flying casino filled with criminals. Sounds about right for Black Cat, right? Well, actually, it wasn’t Black Cat’s idea at all. In fact, she was sent there on that mission by an anonymous person sending her messages through an app called Obscura. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have the option to undermine the messages because they’ve threatened her. She brushes off Jackpot’s offers to help her get to the bottom of this.
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Jackpot knows there’s something Black Cat isn’t telling her. It’s not like Felicia Hardey to be at someone else’s mercy. After some light stalking from Jackpot, she finds that Obscura isn’t threatening Black Cat, but her girlfriend Amelia. At last, it finally all makes sense.
The Tables Have Turned
Jackpot can’t accept her friend being in this impossible situation, so her and Paul get to work on uncovering who Obscura is. She finds a lead and heads to the address to put an end to all this madness. She interrogates who she thinks is behind it all only to find out that the software was stolen.
Before she can get anymore intel, she’s attacked by common citizens who are all at the mercy of Obscura. Obscura sent a mass text message out to all its victims, including Black Cat, saying “take out Jackpot”.
If things we’re already bad enough, Jackpot receives messages of her own from Obscura. Now she experiences the threats firsthand as the anonymous texter has said they’ll kill Paul if she refuses to complete a heist for them.
LET’S TALK SOME TMNT!
I absolutely love MJ and Felicia’s friendship. I think they both bring out different qualities in the other that no one else would be able to. Personally, I love their chemistry they have together, especially when the two don’t have too much in common these days.
The artwork was really eye catching, especially the scenes inside the flying casino at the beginning. I feel it fit the tone of the situation really well. My only issue with the art is that I’m not a fan of drawing the female characters in an overly sexualized way. It’s certainly not as bad as it usually is with female characters in comics, to be fair. This is just my personal preference.
The writing I thought was done really well. The conversations flowed well, and nothing felt forced to me. It’s how I would imagine MJ and Felicia to interact in real life. I do wish we got to see a little more dialogue between them, showing them truly forming a friendship and not talking just because there’s a dangerous situation they have to solve.
FINAL GRADE: 8
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