Fishnet Angel

(Shooting Star, 2004-2005)
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A complicated premise requires a heck of a good explanation during the course of a story, and readers don’t get that in the debut of Fishnet Angel #1. Fishnet Angel is a man reborn as a super-strong female crimefighter, a reincarnation of an ancient goddess whose mate lives in the present day and is out for revenge. The man-as-woman premise might seem misogynist, but it isn’t.

The story starts in the middle, and readers must consult a text-piece origin in the back to find out how this started. This origin deserved to be drawn, rather than written. Super-hero prose, if it appears in a comic book at all, should be left to incidental stories, not key tie-ins.

J.P. Dupras’ art shows promise but is wildly uneven from one panel to the next. Foreshortening and faces drawn from different perspectives are two areas that need the most work, and his good work in other areas only serves to emphasize the weaknesses.

— Steve Horton

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