Black Cat #16 // Review
It's a simple piece of glass. It looks pretty. It's colored and everything. But it's not the sapphire that it's meant to represent. It's a perfect replica of a very big sapphire. Big enough to fill the palm of any hand. And to fill the palm of Felicia. Felicia had stolen it. And replaced it with the colored glass. Naturally its own. And since it's owner happened to be a very powerful superhuman mutant, Felicia finds herself in a difficult predicament in Black Cat #16. Writer G. Willow Wilson continues Avon, little tour around the Marvel universe with artist Andrés Genolet.
Felicia would like to think of herself as being very observant. After all, she's a master thief. And you have to be really, really aware of your surroundings if you find yourself in a position to be stealing from very powerful people who could get very angry. However, Felicai is in over her head with Emma Frost. The woman that she stole the sapphire from powerful. Felicia also finds herself crushingly attracted to the White Queen and perfectly willing to do anything that she says…to a point. When she starts talking about doing something crazy involving the theft of a very powerful database…things get a little tense.
Wilson is beginning to move Felicia away from heroic ambitions and into something else. However, one does get the impression of nearly moving her into position to be more of a villain in the interest of discovering it actually suits her. There's a definite movement towards a very complex sort of a character development that seems to be engaging in. And it's a lot of fun to see her work on it. Felicia is really showing herself to be a very sophisticated person with this particular writer. The interaction between her and Emma Frost contra two different personalities of two different, very strong individuals. And it shows just how distinct Felicia is when compared to other villains.
Genolet Capture the style and always necessary to really bring Felicia to the page. So naturally he's going to do a really good job with Emma Frost as well. The two are arguably some of the most stylish characters in all universe. They're incredibly graceful. So seeing the two of them together on the page really feels perfect when put under the panel of someone who is really capable of capturing the grace and style and fashion of a pair of really cool characters.
Wilson is really good on a couple of different levels. The individual stories that she's working with have a definite weight and balance about them. But the cereal that they're fitting into is also really well fall out and remarkably well paste. This is the same with Black Cat as it is with Poison Ivy over at DC. it will be interesting to see the white. Wilson is able to deal with Captain Marvel as well when she picks-up the writing of that title in May. And it’s also interesting to note…Black Cat was addressing the readers directly when White Queen walked-in on her. Emma seemed more or less oblivious to the reader when she walked-on. That’s an interesting distinction for Wilson to make.The contrast there is kind of fun. Wilson handles it with casually graceful style that continues to be fun. It’s always cool hanging out with a character who knows your there on the other side of the comic book page and doesn’t mind saying hello every now and then.
