Y Again

I tend to re-read my favorite Comic-Runs/Graphic Novel collections about every two years, and I've just finished reading the epic Y THE LAST MAN for the second time. While I loved the 10-part Brian K Vaughan/Pia Guerra futuristic story of the Last Man of Earth the first time I read it, I found it to be even MORE enjoyable the second time, probably 'cause I already knew how it ended and wasn't rushing to see how it wrapped up. This time I was able to take the time and enjoy all the little nuances and appreciate even better the time they took to create such great characters!


See Also:
Agent 355
Agent 711
Hero Brown
Kilina

Super-Vixens: Anita Manaday

In the era of comics blatantly using scantily-clad, half-naked  heroines to sell their books, Codename: Knockout seems to be just another comic in the seemingly never ending slew of titles relying on sex and girls to propel sales, and I have to say that after reading the first 10 issues or so I hadn’t found any reason to dispel those accusations.

 I mean, sure, the storyline and characters in that Vertigo title were all interesting enough, but the fact of the matter is, it WAS a story centered around scantily clad women, and in that regard, Codename Knockout succeeded very, very WELL!

Sexy and half-dressed girls is the modus operandi here, and not one single opportunity is missed to show the girls prancing in short, SHORT skirts, bikinis, and lingerie, and no character looked finer than Anita Manaday, The E.V.I.L. Agent who uses (what else?) her awesome powers of sexual seduction to “break” the men laid before her!

Super-Vixens: Angela Devlin

In the first few issues under the penciling of Louis Small Jr, Codename Knockout main character Angela Devlin looked curiously (and disturbingly) like Pamela Anderson…and very VERY BRONZED Pamela Anderson, I might add. I wasn’t until artist Ed Benes arrived that she really seemed to come into her own (or at least, didn’t look like anyone I recognized) and become a “real” character!

Super-Vixens: Amora

Everyone has their dark side, but poor Angela takes the adage literally in the delightfully witchy “evil twin” incarnation of Amora, her hellbent sister who goes about systematically destroying everything in her sight! When the time finally comes for the two to have their “showdown”, you never saw such an awesome display of raw power…and panty-upskirt shots! Truly a match made in heaven for any comic geek!

Super-Vixens: Death

Well, here she is, The Lord of All-Night’s Dreaming’s big sister Teleute, better known to the world at large as DEATH, the Vertigo re-imagining of the Grim Reaper…and just in time for Halloween, too!

The girl so cute and spunky, any guy would just drop everything to hook up with her, and yet, watch out for that first step…it’s a doozy! Yes, granted, Death isn’t the kind of girl that you should be hanging around with if you value breathing, but anyone who’s read any of her Sandman stories knows: the gal just exudes beauty and charm…no wonder Thanos fell head over heels with her…Oh,wait a minute…that’s in the MARVEL UNIVERSE, isn’t it?! Death doesn’t belong there! (And yet, in an old issue of the Incredible Hulk, Peter David DID manage to sneak Death in at the end of the Wedding of Rick and Marlo! Yes, Marlo had a “brush” with Death. Har har har)

First Appearance: Sandman #8 by Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg

Favorite Artists:

Mike Dringenberg (Sandman #8, #21)

Chris Bachalo, (Death Mini –Series)

Miguelanxo Prado (Endless Nights)