REVIEW: Jennifer Blood No.1

Most titles under the Dynamite line have lived up to their erotic covers with a high degree of wit and action with a twist. “Jennifer Blood”, on the other hand, finds a way to fall short of it’s teammates on the line. This disappointment could easily be chalked up to the fact that the title is only just warming up. A few more issues in an “Blood” has the potential to run with the competition on the shelves; but by no stretch of the imagination can I see this book flying off the shelves in it’s current state if it did not have a big “#1” watermarking the Parillo casing.

Lente & Federici just gave me nothing special. I read the entire Marvel MAX run of Punisher in my late teens and seen all the Bond flicks out my moms’ VHS collection as a kid – so you have to shock me if you think you can entertain with a story about an assassin or an agent with a list.
I do give Kelly credit for coloring the panels in a way that mixed both B&W with the sights that I would expect in a “Vertigo Quarterly” (those were the best), so have her return for the next issue of this book that I would like to see succeed. But, Lente & Federici I am putting on the clock.

First issues are supposed to entice readers with a bang, at least that is to be expected on a line called “Dynamite”; but starting things off here with the slow burn effect was arguably the wrong choice for “Jennifer Blood ” No.1. For the coming issues I want to see gratuitous levels of gore, I want witty & biting comedy, and overall I want Blood’s sexuality to be played up to the level that Parillo is able to deliver on every cover he touches. If he can do that, then there will be hope for the new kid on the block yet.

Score : 1/5

(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Vincenzo Federici (CA) Lucio Parrillo