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Re: Spider-Woman #3 Review (Spoilers)

Posted by Kenny Eugene McCall on 12/23/2009, 18:35:03, in reply to "Spider-Woman #3 Review (Spoilers)"
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--Previous Message-- : At long last, the Viper is reunited with her : "daughter" Jessica. Apparently, : Ophelia never really shook off Morgan le : Fey's influence and still thinks of Jessica : as her daughter of sorts, which bothers : Jessica to no end since she thinks the Viper : is the most bipolar psychopathic terrorist : the world has ever seen. As a swarm of : Madripoor cops converge on their location, : the Viper forces Jessica to get into her : flying car with her, threatening to mass : murder the entire police population if she : didn't. Reluctantly, Jessica goes with her, : and the Viper spends the rest of the issue : trying to convince Jessica that Hydra is her : home, her only home and the only place where : she will thrive and be well. At one point, : Ophelia tells her darling Jessica to sit on : Mommy's lap, and Jessica appropriately tells : her to $%^^& off. After an aerial battle : against some police copters, the Viper takes : Jessica to her headquarters, the one she : frequents whenever she is in Madripoor. It : is here where Ophelia offers Jessica a true : enticement to rejoin her and Hydra -- she : has captured a Skrull who attempted to hide : out as a Hydra agent. He's a quiet one, and : all attempts to make him talk have gone : nowhere. And so, the Viper offers the Skrull : to her "daughter", and after : telling the Viper to shut the hell up, : Jessica steps into the cell, with ruthless : determination blazing in her eyes as she : approaches one of the aliens who destroyed : her life. : : As usual, Bendis writes solo characters a : hundred times better than he does group : titles. I totally loved the relationship he : has established between the Viper and : Jessica, reminding us of what could have : been if the matter hadn't been so carelessly : retconned so long ago. Because she had never : really gotten rid of Morgan le Fey's : influence, and because she's os psychotic, : the Viper still thinks of Jessica Drew as : her daughter. Alex Maleev ups the ante by : doing what he is supposed to do -- make : Jessica and Ophelia look closely alike, : something established by Claremont and : Leialoha back in SPIDER-WOMAN I#42-44. The : chance of a familial connection could still : be there. Jessica claims she saw her : mother's death at the hand so of her father : when she was a girl, but her mind has been : so messed up with so many origin scenarios, : who knows what's real and what's not. Only : time will tell. And I can't wait to see : Jessica maul that Skrull in the next issue, : like I know she will. She's out for Skrull : blood, and the Viper just wants to be her : friend/mother. Hell, in a nice continuity : nod, the Viper even mentioned her : relationship with Queen Veranke and mentions : she never liked her relationship with that : version of Jessica. It just hadn't been the : same, but now she's got the real Jessica : back -- and she aims to keep her. : Maybe Ophelia should speak with Raven (Mystique) about dealing with their "daughters." That would be an interesting conversation. Kenny




Message Thread Spider-Woman #3 Review (Spoilers) - Attok12 11/23/2009, 9:33:56 Re: Spider-Woman #3 Review (Spoilers) - Kenny Eugene McCall 12/23/2009, 18:35:03 Sounds awesome!(SPOILERS) - vanhelsin 11/24/2009, 22:49:33 Bendis is up to something regarding Ophelia's and Jessica's true relationship... - Spider-Maven 11/28/2009, 14:33:56 « Back to index

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