Elsa Charretier

A woman gets trapped in a series of short stories straight out of 1950s romance comics, and when she tries to push back she finds herself punished by outside forces. It's simultaneously a wonderful homage, a witty metafictional satire. and a brutal horror fantasy with an intriguing mythology.

This book made me very, very happy. Combined with the first volume, it seems like an extended pilot to set up a really great ongoing series. Only some idiot canceled it just as all the pieces came together.

I love the humor and fun, the female empowerment, the emphasis on science and STEM, and the energetic drive of characters marching forward with a positive outlook despite all the trauma and hardships in their past. A hardcover collection of this series and Nadia's first appearances would show more make a great Christmas present for me a young woman in your life. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. show less

An OK science fiction story from Martin and Tuttle's vault of early works. But not as strong as either's later work so a bit disappointing to their fans. This was stitched together from shorter works; consequently, there is disconnect between each section where there are significant time-jumps. The illustrations are lovely to look at but nothing special compared to more cutting-edge graphic publications (the artwork is much more recent than the story). There were only a few pages where I show more found the art added to the storytelling. The publication of this graphic novel version of older material felt like someone figured the authors' names would sell copies. show less

Despite being about smart people, this book is stupid fun. It's the closest Marvel has come to recreating the wonder which is Squirrel Girl in a new title. You've just got to love Nadia's positivity and passion for all things science related, even if she is lousy at acronyms.

First big peeve unrelated to the quality of the creative content: Why must we recycle and make two women share the "Wasp" name, when there are so many cool insects name available that could suit Nadia? I think Marvel's show more preference to double up so many characters on the same name is the dumbest trend I've seen in comics in a long time.

Second big peeve unrelated to the quality of the creative content: Four issues and a reprint from another series seems pretty stingy for a first volume.

[EDIT UPDATE:
Third big peeve WHOLLY RELATED to the quality of the creative content: What IDIOT cancelled this book after only eight issues?!?!] show less