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Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! (Single Issues) #17
Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! #17
MALL MADNESS! How can Patsy be spending this much time with Jubilee and NOT go to the mall? Will they swing by the food court? Catch a movie? Have a fashion montage? Certainly no villains will be there. What would a villain possibly be doing at the mall??
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25 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 26, 2017
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Kate Leth
147 books430 followersKate Leth is a Canadian author and illustrator working in comics, animation, design, and feelings. A grown-up goth and pop culture devotee, Kate specializes in work for kids and teens. Their comics work includes Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!; Girl Over Paris; Spell on Wheels; and Adventure Time, among others.
They live in Halifax, Nova Scotia with an absolutely ridiculous cat and several regrets. They are queer and genderfluid/non-binary, a fact that greatly influences their work. Kate uses they/them pronouns, but probably won’t correct you.
They live in Halifax, Nova Scotia with an absolutely ridiculous cat and several regrets. They are queer and genderfluid/non-binary, a fact that greatly influences their work. Kate uses they/them pronouns, but probably won’t correct you.
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May 3, 2017This was a great series and I'm really gonna miss it.
August 18, 2020
This is a review for the whole series so keep that in mind!
What you have here is just a really fun really positive series that's aiming at more of a YA crowd in comic books which is kind of a specific demographic that seems like it'd be hard to hit in this medium. It's easy enough to nail the all readers demo or the adults but this lands wonderfully and it's great.
But what's it about! Well, Patsy Walker, AKA Hellcat, is one of Marvel's oldest characters that still gets use. She was originally from way back in the 1940's when romance comics were all the rage and she had her own series by the name of Patsy Walker. Eventually romance comics died, and Marvel decided, for some completely unknown reason, to try and make use of her again in a more modern era by making her into an ass-kicking brawler superhero who went by the name of Hellcat. They then put her through a series of incredibly bizarre adventures that involved going to hell, the return of her high school love interest as a demon lord, that kind of thing.
She's kind of been a C or D list character for a long time now but for some reason they gave her another chance in the modern era and this is the result! In universe Patsy's old romance adventures were only comic books published by her mother as a way of making money off of what she viewed as a very marketable little girl. This has given Patsy a bit of minor celebrity status as fans of the comics flock to see her when they recognize her, and there's even a pair of recurring fans who just want to spend time with their idol.
All of that's just preamble but this is just a really fun series that places Patsy as a goofy hero with a heart of gold who has a very high affinity for cats. She's basically Squirrel Girl, but a little more serious and her book is targeting a slightly older demographic. There's the occasional heavy moment where, for example, Patsy's roommate has to confront an abusive ex, or Patsy has to deal with the fallout from a celebrity life she never wanted thanks to her mother's lack of care for her own feelings. There's also a really great tie-in to Civil War 2, an event pretty much everyone dislikes. Patsy's closest friend is She-Hulk, and during that event she's beaten into a coma with a very real possibility she wasn't going to make it. So Patsy has to visit her in the hospital and deal with those feelings and how much she wants to be able to do for her friend but knows she can't.
There's so, so much more I haven't talked about here but this is just a really fun series from beginning to end and one I'd recommend. It's nice, positive, and has a lot of good representation that's just really nice to see. Patsy is a great character, she's lovable, and the art remains very cute throughout (and there's even a guest issue illustrated by Natasha Allegri, the creator of Bee and Puppycat!)
This certainly won't appeal to everyone. It's high on jokes and low on action and definitely can be a bit blatant with its LGBTQ and girl power messages, but it's still highly enjoyable from beginning to end. It didn't resonate too much with me immediately after finishing it, but over time all of the great moments have just stuck in my head and I'm now realizing that it really was something special.
Highly recommended.
What you have here is just a really fun really positive series that's aiming at more of a YA crowd in comic books which is kind of a specific demographic that seems like it'd be hard to hit in this medium. It's easy enough to nail the all readers demo or the adults but this lands wonderfully and it's great.
But what's it about! Well, Patsy Walker, AKA Hellcat, is one of Marvel's oldest characters that still gets use. She was originally from way back in the 1940's when romance comics were all the rage and she had her own series by the name of Patsy Walker. Eventually romance comics died, and Marvel decided, for some completely unknown reason, to try and make use of her again in a more modern era by making her into an ass-kicking brawler superhero who went by the name of Hellcat. They then put her through a series of incredibly bizarre adventures that involved going to hell, the return of her high school love interest as a demon lord, that kind of thing.
She's kind of been a C or D list character for a long time now but for some reason they gave her another chance in the modern era and this is the result! In universe Patsy's old romance adventures were only comic books published by her mother as a way of making money off of what she viewed as a very marketable little girl. This has given Patsy a bit of minor celebrity status as fans of the comics flock to see her when they recognize her, and there's even a pair of recurring fans who just want to spend time with their idol.
All of that's just preamble but this is just a really fun series that places Patsy as a goofy hero with a heart of gold who has a very high affinity for cats. She's basically Squirrel Girl, but a little more serious and her book is targeting a slightly older demographic. There's the occasional heavy moment where, for example, Patsy's roommate has to confront an abusive ex, or Patsy has to deal with the fallout from a celebrity life she never wanted thanks to her mother's lack of care for her own feelings. There's also a really great tie-in to Civil War 2, an event pretty much everyone dislikes. Patsy's closest friend is She-Hulk, and during that event she's beaten into a coma with a very real possibility she wasn't going to make it. So Patsy has to visit her in the hospital and deal with those feelings and how much she wants to be able to do for her friend but knows she can't.
There's so, so much more I haven't talked about here but this is just a really fun series from beginning to end and one I'd recommend. It's nice, positive, and has a lot of good representation that's just really nice to see. Patsy is a great character, she's lovable, and the art remains very cute throughout (and there's even a guest issue illustrated by Natasha Allegri, the creator of Bee and Puppycat!)
This certainly won't appeal to everyone. It's high on jokes and low on action and definitely can be a bit blatant with its LGBTQ and girl power messages, but it's still highly enjoyable from beginning to end. It didn't resonate too much with me immediately after finishing it, but over time all of the great moments have just stuck in my head and I'm now realizing that it really was something special.
Highly recommended.
March 19, 2018
Número extra, básicamente para hacernos sentir bien. Y lo consigue.
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January 31, 2024
😭😭😭 I love them all so muhuhuhuhuch!!!
April 29, 2017
Hella cute. So sad to see this series end.
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