Ed Brubaker is gone and the title now is...okay? Honestly, its all over the place. There are two very subpar tales to start this collection. A wooden bad guy and a disgusting dog fighting story. Both terrible. Then Will Pfeifer comes onboard and the book gets better but I still miss Brubaker's heart. There are too many established villains that seem completely misplaced here. The "twist" at the end is weak. The big win here is Pete Woods excellent artwork. Fantastic stuff. Overall, its an average read that hopefully sets up a consistent run.

Almost gave it 2 stars.

3.5 stars rounded up for the title arc, because Will Pfeifer really gets this character.

The first half was at times iffy (Slam narc'ing on Selina??) and outright garbage (that dogfighting arc? NO THANK YOU cw animal torture/death) so when Pfeifer's time finally kicked in I was SO pleased. Selina still has the sex appeal but she's so damn smart and snarky. I love her and Holly's friendship. And that ending!! Where to next?

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This trade did a lot of what I hate when reading something. It back pedals a bit on what has already been established and it takes a female character and puts her up a bunch of men who underestimate her time and time again. I know that's standard but when each male "bad guy" has to point out that she's a woman and they're not afraid of her nor do they think they can take her on, I want to throw the book.

What also got me was the random emphasis on almost every other word. I noticed it about halfway through the trade. Every sentence started sounding sarcastic and ridiculous if you tried reading every underlined or bold word the way it was probably intended. That's just obnoxious.

The highlight of this trade was the last page. Seeing my favorite magic user pop up in the last panel of the entire thing made me happy, but it doesn't necessarily mean I want to go read the next one.