Merma

(One of my favorite Super-Hero)

I had this comic for 6 months in my closet, but i picked up to read it this week and... honestly?! I thought the history was going to be all over the place, given that Spider-Woman's lore, at times, felt a little drag by whatever the current writer felt like doing to her. But in spite of my low expectations, i was suprised by a concise story, that not only understand and inserts itself in the absurd situations that Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman) been through, but also creates something new in this new comic.

The story begins when she was "brought back to life", but notices that her son haven't! She spends all her time and energy trying to, not only, to find her son, but also prove to people that he existed. Her best friend Capitain Marvel, and close friend, Madame Web, who in this story is named Julia, are her closest, and most trustworthy allies. At times, it felt like the relationship between her and captain marvel had little time to develop, and honestly, it makes sense, after all they are both heroes that have to, literally, save the world every other day.

Without spoiling the entire story, she finds her son, but he is not who she thought he was, and, as a way to cope, the "story" pairs her with a forgotten hero, Spider-boy.

And, obviously, he represents the son she deserves, but doesn't have. As i was reading, i was expecting their duo not to be as developed as the rest of her relationships, but for the time that their had (the last 10 pages) it was really well put together! Again, the same problem i had with Agent Carter, Spider-Woman didn't have enough time to process or feel the burden of the situations that she was going through. Neither i, was a reader, was able to immerse myself in her character because the story was too eager to get to the next thing! She went through traumatic experiences, and relived some of then in this volume, but for some reason, the writers didn't let her have a few more seconds to feel, she only had time to act. Another thing that kept throwing me of the story, was the panels: At times she had a strong body, the others she had skinny arms but strong legs, on the next she had skinny legs... I don't know why, but i was too much in my face to ignore this "detail".

Merma completou 1 ano hoje!

one day you are not then suddenly you are perceived and being dealt with as if you were one your entire life

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but anyway, i do not know how to continue this thought, after all i’ve only been a woman for a few years

I’ve been a girl longer than i’ve been a woman