What she does equally as well as Jimenez are the quieter moments. Contrast that with the way Stephanie Hans tells her story within the sub story. It feels like a lot of people in a crowd fighting for some breathing room. There are many times though where the panels feel cluttered with content. Let it also be known Jimenez really knows how to draw a horse. He really showed how fierce she was without having that overused gritted teeth face. The main story was all about showcasing her strength, and skill with a weapon and Phil Jimenez knocked it out of the park.

Hopefully we get as much development in the main stories going forward as we did in the substory this issue.Įven with that problem this was a beautifully drawn issue on the part of both Jimenez and Hans. It would have been nice to see the substory spread out through the entire issue instead of in one lump. In the main story you have Angela’s companion Sera, an angel, constantly saying “this is who Angela is, Angela can do this, and this is what Angela can do.” It’s beat over your head. They show who she is, what she has been through, and what she will do to any opponent.

The stuff going on there should have been the main story. The main story tries to show us Angela’s strength, speed, and purpose, but all of that is instead accomplished in the substory. They usually flow well with the rest of the narrative to pack a punch, but in this case it creates a full stop in the narrative. Flashbacks are frequently used in comics to strengthen the narrative in present day by showing us something that isn’t being said. The main story shows us the present while the substory shows us Angela in the past. This issue presents us with a main story, done by Kieron Gillen & Phil Jimenez, and a substory, done by Gillen, Marguerite Bennett & Stephanie Hans. Unfortunately we get a jumbled book that attempts to start fleshing out this character but doesn’t really accomplish it. Or at least that’s what should have started here.

Now she’s got her own solo series and is ready to really make her mark on the Marvel Universe. An Image creation and subject of a lawsuit between Todd McFarlane and Neil Gaiman, Angela entered the Marvel Universe in “Age of Ultron.” Since then she’s been teammate to the Guardians of the Galaxy, and was the center of the Thor and Loki Original Sin miniseries. Written by: Kieron Gillen & Marguerite BennettĪrt by: Phil Jimenez, Tom Palmer & Stephanie HansĪngela has been having one heck of a relationship with comics for the past year.

Angela by Kieron Gillen