Jennifer Blood: Born Again

Jennifer Blood (collected editions) #7

by Steven Grant, Kewber Baal (Illustrator)

The streets of La La Land run red when Jennifer Blood returns to declare a new war on the mobs... or does she? As a low-level hood plots to leverage her in a bid to take over the Los Angeles underworld, her war attracts some very dangerous attention and unexpectedly sets a lethal international chain of events in motion. A deadly new direction from writer Steven Grant, the acclaimed writer of The Punisher and creator of 2 Guns!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Ebooks, Fiction, Comic Book

206 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Steven Grant is an American comic book writer best known for his 1985–1986 Marvel Comics mini-series The Punisher with artist Mike Zeck and for his creator-owned character Whisper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_...

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

DPL hoopla

[Steve Howells · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent story, great graphics.

[Jessica Eliz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I honestly got bored

[Keith Irwin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Jennifer Blood is back because, well, why not, I guess? Prior to this one, I'd only read the original Jennifer Blood series. (Note: when I say that I read this one, I mean I read the individual issues that will presumedly be collected into this hypothetical book.) In the original one, the character was somewhat unusual because she was a suburban mom, but also a secret vigilante. In this one, she isn't. She's more or less just another vigilante and we're supposed to root for her because she's the protagonist and she's killing "bad guys". It's narrated in her own voice which helps make her more sympathetic, but I couldn't really care about what she was doing. The back stories and personalities of anyone other than her were minimal at best.

The plot was pretty implausible and the character who used to lay elaborate traps and prepare for everything now just goes in with guns blazing and hopes for the best. The main plot is that she's battling an impostor pretending to be her. When I read the beginning part, I assumed that she would have no trouble defeating the impostor because the impostor just went into things with guns blazing and minimal preparation. But by this book it turns out Jennifer does the same thing.

And then later, through an entirely not believable plot twist she winds up with a new mentor who teaches her new things, although it's not really clear how or what. And then she kills more people. I didn't love the original, but this is even less satisfying because she's not even really motivated by revenge and none of the characters act realistically.

The art was basically okay, but in some of what were supposed to be intense scenes, the lack of costume differentiation between the characters and the poor choice of angles left me wondering which character was which. Overall, I didn't hate this, but I disliked it.

[Kevin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Como historia funciona, pero un personaje que inicialmente me daba sobre que pensar en su historia de origen, ahora me sabe a nada. Los diálogos no eran interesantes y la historia parece ser muy conveniente para el personaje principal. La acción es aceptable pero con un guión tan débil y una rotulación intrusiva, no pude disfrutar la acción mientras tantas palabras estaban en el medio.

Lo que más me molestó, es la mala traducción en español, al menos consulten con algún latino antes de pedir dinero por un trabajo mediocre.

[Bert · Rating 1 out of 5]

A sort-of reboot of the Jennifer Blood-series. Shedding most of the baggage of the original series and instead adding baddies that are more competent (yet somehow defeatable), it is more or less exactly what you'd expect it to be.

The drawings aren't good, the stories are ludicrous, and overall reading this feels more like a chore than the pulpy fun I'd hope to find.

[Chalupa Batman · Rating 3 out of 5]

There’s certain aspects of this that I liked, but overall it’s not as good as the original series. There’s another Jennifer Blood who is in LA doing the killing. The original JB, is in some type of therapy retreat, where she finds out about what is happening (in hiding, with a name change). She decides to go to LA to hunt her down.