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2004-09-20 01:22 pm

David, Peter, et al. - Fallen Angel

I picked this up because while people turn to the Fallen Angel for help, she is also just as likely to turn on someone than not. Yeah. Hooded, cloaked, cold-blooded woman. I so have a type.

I keep picking up random comic books because I shelve that section at the store, which is fun because I don't read them that often -- too expensive and too serial.

This one was rather average. The main storyline of the second half of the book was a pretty hum-drum look at the monster within all of us and unfortunately didn't show any insight into Lee/Fallen Angel at all, despite her rather Batman-esque neuroses. I don't know. The premise so far is interesting, Bete Noir (the city) is reminiscent of Gotham City, but there's nothing particularly deep about this collection that I can figure out. I do enjoy Lee's complete cold-heartedness and the way she just uses sex and her body, and I especially like how the author never apologizes for it or softens her in any way.

But I still can't figure out the central conceit or the central conflict. Will maybe keep an eye out, because, well, I like cold-blooded women in fiction.