Writer: Paul Levit
Artists: George Perez, Kevin Maguire
This is one of the second wave of titles released to replace the cancelled ones, and is only four issues in at the moment. It features Huntress and Power Girl, both from the Earth-2 continuity, but stuck on Earth-1. Huntress is the daughter of Earth-2 Batman, and Power Girl is essentially the Earth-2 counterpart of Supergirl. The title has them not only performing heroics, but searching for a way home. The main thing to love about this title is the interplay between the two. I really like these characters, and their friendship. This title might be about dimensionally displaced heroines, but at its heart, its more about their friendship, made strong by the shared experience. That's not to say the heroics aren't fun, because they are. This is a fun book from cover to cover so far, with snappy dialogue, lovely art, and a well paced plot. The first issue does a good job of setting up the characters, and giving us some insight into their pasts, and this trend continues through the title.
The art on this title is gorgeous, the characters are well drawn, it’s very clean looking. But it’s the backgrounds that really drew my attention. Every last inch of space is used, and it makes for a very vibrant looking title, without looking crowded. There’s definitely some fanservice in these pages, but the women never feel objectified, probably due to the high amount of ass they’re kicking. Besides, with art this nice, I’m not complaining. The art for flashback sequences is handled by a different team, but it keeps much the same look and quality, the difference being a lighter and softer tone. It’s subtle, but effective, and really works well.
I’ll definitely keep reading this title for the foreseeable future, my only worry is that the search for a way home will become a tired macguffin, since presumably them finding it would mark the end of the series. Either way, it gets my vote for now, coming in at 4/5 stars.
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