In this issue of Hit-Girl, the penultimate chapter in the ‘Rome’ story arc, Mindy has connected with La Gatta to hunt Giustina Malvolia. Giustina, a disgraced nun with a taste for crime and murder, is the ‘Il Capo di Roma’ (The Boss of All Bosses). Despite her criminal nature, Giustina remains devoutly Catholic. So, to assure her place in heaven she seeks the skull of a martyred saint so she can return it to its owner as part of a supernatural bargain. This saint, Saint Pietoso, was himself a butcher during the Spanish Inquisition.
In a previous issue, La Gatta stole the skull before Giustina’s minions could get their hands on it and she was in turn saved by Hit-Girl. Now the two of them are being hunted as Giustina is desperate to retrieve the skull and complete her bargain. These preliminaries out-of-the-way, this is where this issue kicks into high gear and my guilty pleasure comes into focus. I’ll be honest, you are either going to love this book or you’re going to hate it. Why? Here’s a glimpse into my mind as I was reading. “Good to catch up with Mindy. Still sarcastic, snarky, violent. It’s all good. Holy crap! Did she just embed a meat cleaver in a nun’s skull?!?!” Yeah, you read that right. Granted it was an evil nun who is devoted to crime and sought to murder Mindy and La Gatta but still. The issue continues from there with dismembered arms being used to lay the smack down on people, disemboweling, beheading, head-shots and more.
Writing – 4 of 5 Stars
Art – 4.5 of 5 Stars
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Writers – Rafael Scavone, Rafael Alburquerque
Art – Rafael Alburquerque
Color – Marcelo Maiolo
Letters – Clem Robins
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Nemesis is a poet, writer and author of the upcoming novel The Long Game. He is a writer of science fiction and supernatural thrillers. Besides novels and short stories he writes for UK based ASAP Comics developing new stories for Level 8 and OPSEC. Nem is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and tries to bring those experiences into his writing.
He lives and works out of his home in Riverside, California with his wife and three children. When not writing he enjoys reviewing comic books and graphic novels for ComicCrusaders.com and living the Southern California life with his family.
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