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Shanna, The She-Devil (2005) #1-7
Shanna, The She-Devil
She's bold, she's beautiful, and she's your best hope of escaping the raptors nipping at your heels. She's Shanna, the She Devil! Award-winning creator Frank Cho brings you Marvel's bodacious jungle girl as you've never seen her Reborn from Nazi science gone mad to battle her genetic destiny on an island full of prehistoric horrors. Shanna has never looked this good... or acted this bad! Collects Shanna, The She-Devil #1-7
168 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2005
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Frank Cho
399 books95 followersThe second of three children, Frank Cho was born in Seoul, Korea in 1971, but moved to the United States at the age of six and was raised in Beltsville, Maryland.
Cho received no formal training as an artist. He got his start writing and drawing a cartoon strip called University2 for The Diamondback, the student newspaper at the University of Maryland, College Park. After graduation, Cho adapted elements of this work for use in a professionally syndicated strip, Liberty Meadows.
Cho received no formal training as an artist. He got his start writing and drawing a cartoon strip called University2 for The Diamondback, the student newspaper at the University of Maryland, College Park. After graduation, Cho adapted elements of this work for use in a professionally syndicated strip, Liberty Meadows.
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April 17, 2025
Oh, hello reader. I've just finished my copy of Shanna, The She-Devil – A rousing tale about the often contentious relationship between man and nature. Won't you join me as we delve deeper into this nuanced piece of literature?
*Fastens monocle*
Our adventure takes place in the Savage Land, a hidden realm of prehistoric terror where the battle for survival never ends. Here, dinosaurs still roam the earth, laughing in the face of natural selection. The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event only served to strengthen their resolve. Stranded among the treacherous landscape, a platoon of soldiers have stumbled across a Nazi base full of nefarious secrets. There they find Shanna, the lone survivor of a program designed to create genetically enhanced super humans. Together they must race find a cure for a strange new disease that threatens to wipe out their entire platoon, while fending off hordes upon hordes of voracious predators.
One can argue that Shanna, The She-Devil is an allegory for our times. It casts a light on our technological dependence and the impact it has on the environment. Shanna herself is very much a product of technology. As such, she is portrayed as an unnatural being with a distinct lack of empathy. As the story progresses, and Shanna leaves behind the artificial world from which she emerged, she discovers her humanity.
In addition to tackling vital issues, this book also asks some important questions:
How many machete hacks does it take to cleave through a velociraptor's skull?
Has walking into an abandoned laboratory full of glass tanks ever worked out well for anybody?
The Nazis obviously went too far, but when they started growing superpowered jungle babes did they go even more too far?
Furthermore, does that make Shanna the Nazi version of Captain America?
Did Frank Cho intend to create such an enduring work of fiction?
Alas, I must conclude this review as I wrestle with these existential ponderings posed by Shanna, the She-Devil. Thank you, dear reader, for joining me on this on this literary expedition.
*Fastens monocle*
Our adventure takes place in the Savage Land, a hidden realm of prehistoric terror where the battle for survival never ends. Here, dinosaurs still roam the earth, laughing in the face of natural selection. The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event only served to strengthen their resolve. Stranded among the treacherous landscape, a platoon of soldiers have stumbled across a Nazi base full of nefarious secrets. There they find Shanna, the lone survivor of a program designed to create genetically enhanced super humans. Together they must race find a cure for a strange new disease that threatens to wipe out their entire platoon, while fending off hordes upon hordes of voracious predators.
One can argue that Shanna, The She-Devil is an allegory for our times. It casts a light on our technological dependence and the impact it has on the environment. Shanna herself is very much a product of technology. As such, she is portrayed as an unnatural being with a distinct lack of empathy. As the story progresses, and Shanna leaves behind the artificial world from which she emerged, she discovers her humanity.
In addition to tackling vital issues, this book also asks some important questions:
How many machete hacks does it take to cleave through a velociraptor's skull?
Has walking into an abandoned laboratory full of glass tanks ever worked out well for anybody?
The Nazis obviously went too far, but when they started growing superpowered jungle babes did they go even more too far?
Furthermore, does that make Shanna the Nazi version of Captain America?
Did Frank Cho intend to create such an enduring work of fiction?
Alas, I must conclude this review as I wrestle with these existential ponderings posed by Shanna, the She-Devil. Thank you, dear reader, for joining me on this on this literary expedition.
May 1, 2011
"Frank Cho draws women the way women should be drawn." Yes. I said that, and a truer statement -- be it sexist -- has never been uttered. Nor will it. Ever. Cho has taped into the male mind, identified the perfectly voluptuous comic book heroine from those neutrons, and presents her here -- in vivid color and (thankfully) few clothes -- in SHANNA, THE SHE-DEVIL.
Now, about the story ...
There are a few a major hiccups here:
A group of military commandos serving an undeclared nation on an unspecified mission [apparently] crash on an unidentified island in the middle of nowhere. On the island, they find a deserted bunker [apparently] set up by the Nazis before the end of World War II where the nefarious scientists were [apparently] interested in recreating various species of dinosaurs AND engineering an Aryan race of blonde, voluptuous super soldiers. Think ABC TV's LOST -- without the pesky character-defining flashback -- coupled with Michael Crichton's JURASSIC PARK and you get the idea.
Ignore the fact that some of the decisions these soldiers make don't make sense. For example: why would you ignore the safety of staying in a secure and deserted Nazi military bunker in favor of setting up camp in the wild of an island virtually overrun with velociraptors? Ignore the fact that no real satisfying explanation for the why, when, how, or where are ever really ponied up -- at least, not satisfyingly -- for the characters, events, and situations. Even ignore the fact that this first installment doesn't really even bring the whole affair to a satisfying conclusion. SHANNA, THE SHE-DEVIL is about SHANNA, THE SHE-DEVIL, and nobody -- I mean nobody -- can put a pencil to paper and create a creature more lovely, more inspiring, more adventurous, more vivid, and more primal than Frank Cho.
This book is about the lady, and this lady ain't no tramp.
Now, about the story ...
There are a few a major hiccups here:
A group of military commandos serving an undeclared nation on an unspecified mission [apparently] crash on an unidentified island in the middle of nowhere. On the island, they find a deserted bunker [apparently] set up by the Nazis before the end of World War II where the nefarious scientists were [apparently] interested in recreating various species of dinosaurs AND engineering an Aryan race of blonde, voluptuous super soldiers. Think ABC TV's LOST -- without the pesky character-defining flashback -- coupled with Michael Crichton's JURASSIC PARK and you get the idea.
Ignore the fact that some of the decisions these soldiers make don't make sense. For example: why would you ignore the safety of staying in a secure and deserted Nazi military bunker in favor of setting up camp in the wild of an island virtually overrun with velociraptors? Ignore the fact that no real satisfying explanation for the why, when, how, or where are ever really ponied up -- at least, not satisfyingly -- for the characters, events, and situations. Even ignore the fact that this first installment doesn't really even bring the whole affair to a satisfying conclusion. SHANNA, THE SHE-DEVIL is about SHANNA, THE SHE-DEVIL, and nobody -- I mean nobody -- can put a pencil to paper and create a creature more lovely, more inspiring, more adventurous, more vivid, and more primal than Frank Cho.
This book is about the lady, and this lady ain't no tramp.
November 23, 2024
This is perhaps the most Frank Cho book I’ve ever read. There’s a scantily clad lead character, lots of dinosaurs, plenty of action, and some pretty average dialogue. As a case in point, if you pound a beer every time someone says “Holy Buckets!”, you’ll be blitzed by the final issue. All of this said, this isn’t literature and it isn’t pretending to be. It’s a fun series of action sequences and ode to what Frank Cho likes best—scantily clad women of improbable proportions, gory dinosaur fights, and all with the barest bit of story and character to hang all the dynamic art upon. Enjoy.
August 26, 2014
Este es otro tomo que pille saldado en Getxo y este es por culpa de escuchar el podcast especial de porros y tetas que hicieron los de "Charrando de Tebeos". Y esta vez si que ha merecido la pena, y mas tendiendo en cuenta que me salió por 3 veces menos de su precio oficial. Que se puede decir, es Frank Cho haciendo lo que mejor hace y dando su vision de Shanna.
En su visión la tenemos salida de un tanque donde parece que unos científicos nazis la tenían criando como futura arma letal ya que tiene la fuerza de varios hombres, regeneración de heridas acelerada, una mente fría, instintos de depredador y muy malas pulgas.
Los americanos que la rescatan junto a una científica nazi, sobretodo el doctor del escuadrón, tratan de mostrarla como desenvolverse en un mundo al que acaba de nacer, pero poco hace falta para que Shanna hable alemán e inglés muy rápidamente, se entrene sin descanso y llegue a la conclusión de que el bikini es la mejor opción para la lucha.
Este tomo tiene todo lo necesario para gustar. A Shanna dibujada por Frank Cho, nazis, dinosaurios, virus letales, una misión suicida en el peor de los casos e inútil en el mejor y mucha gente devorada por dinosaurios y dinosaurios masacrados por Shanna. Pura diversión y disfrute y es que siempre es garantía de éxito la combinacion nazi-jurasica.
En su visión la tenemos salida de un tanque donde parece que unos científicos nazis la tenían criando como futura arma letal ya que tiene la fuerza de varios hombres, regeneración de heridas acelerada, una mente fría, instintos de depredador y muy malas pulgas.
Los americanos que la rescatan junto a una científica nazi, sobretodo el doctor del escuadrón, tratan de mostrarla como desenvolverse en un mundo al que acaba de nacer, pero poco hace falta para que Shanna hable alemán e inglés muy rápidamente, se entrene sin descanso y llegue a la conclusión de que el bikini es la mejor opción para la lucha.
Este tomo tiene todo lo necesario para gustar. A Shanna dibujada por Frank Cho, nazis, dinosaurios, virus letales, una misión suicida en el peor de los casos e inútil en el mejor y mucha gente devorada por dinosaurios y dinosaurios masacrados por Shanna. Pura diversión y disfrute y es que siempre es garantía de éxito la combinacion nazi-jurasica.
August 8, 2017
If I were to make a comic book, I would probably choose to make it about a woman in a bikini who fights dinosaurs. So, I love the premise of Shanna. I also love, love, LOVE Frank Cho. This dude is truly gifted and does fine work. My gripes with this book are that the end felt a little rushed, and the persistence of one character in saying "holy buckets" every two or three panels. Seriously. I wanted this guy to die so he would stop saying "holy buckets." It got way out of hand. Holy Buckets was the worst part of this book.
March 10, 2020
Some of the best art I've ever seen in a comic. Shanna looks ridiculously sexy and the dinosaurs look savage. The story seems incomplete in a way, but overall it's a fun "jungle comic" style romp that flows very well. This is pretty much just what you'd expect with secret Nazi experiments and dinosaurs. If you think this is something you'll like, you probably will.
July 5, 2017
A tratti mi ha ricordato la serie degli anni '70 della DC, "The War That Time Forgot".
Una grande isola sconosciuta, chissà come e chissà perché, dove il tempo si è fermato milioni di anni fa, e militari che ci finiscono, anche qui chissà come e chissà perché.
Militari e dinosauri. L'ambientazione, in fondo, è quella. Ci sono i nazisti, (ma sono nazisti di oggi) i soldati americani, i dinosauri rettiliani e non aviani come oramai sappiamo. C'è poi il progetto della super donna nazista che è Shanna. Quasi invulnerabile, forte, agile, e programmata geneticamente per uccidere.
Lei è cinica per natura, non per esperienza. Ha una mente infantile in quanto emersa dalla camera di sviluppo dove è cresciuta, immersa in un liquido amniotico artificiale. Unica superstite di una dozzina di cloni, a quanto sembrerebbe.
Sarebbe un buon inizio per una storia di maggior lunghezza: molti elementi sono solo accennati, parzialmente o per nulla spiegati e narrati. I personaggi, tutti i personaggi, a parte forse il medico americano, sono solo abbozzati alla meno peggio. Infatti Frank Cho è un ottimo disegnatore, ma come scrittore non vale molto. Punta tutto su Shanna e la sua procacità, sui dinosauri (ma non è bravo quanto Walt Simonson) e su un paio di gag che non sono granché.
Nel complesso pare più un prodotto della prima Image, quella che era tutta apparenza e niente sostanza, piuttosto che un prodotto Marvel.
Detto questo, resta una miniserie, qui raccolta in volume, che merita più di una lettura. Credo che se gli avessero affiancato uno scrittore, non importa chi, ne avrebbero tratto un serial regolare di successo.
Una grande isola sconosciuta, chissà come e chissà perché, dove il tempo si è fermato milioni di anni fa, e militari che ci finiscono, anche qui chissà come e chissà perché.
Militari e dinosauri. L'ambientazione, in fondo, è quella. Ci sono i nazisti, (ma sono nazisti di oggi) i soldati americani, i dinosauri rettiliani e non aviani come oramai sappiamo. C'è poi il progetto della super donna nazista che è Shanna. Quasi invulnerabile, forte, agile, e programmata geneticamente per uccidere.
Lei è cinica per natura, non per esperienza. Ha una mente infantile in quanto emersa dalla camera di sviluppo dove è cresciuta, immersa in un liquido amniotico artificiale. Unica superstite di una dozzina di cloni, a quanto sembrerebbe.
Sarebbe un buon inizio per una storia di maggior lunghezza: molti elementi sono solo accennati, parzialmente o per nulla spiegati e narrati. I personaggi, tutti i personaggi, a parte forse il medico americano, sono solo abbozzati alla meno peggio. Infatti Frank Cho è un ottimo disegnatore, ma come scrittore non vale molto. Punta tutto su Shanna e la sua procacità, sui dinosauri (ma non è bravo quanto Walt Simonson) e su un paio di gag che non sono granché.
Nel complesso pare più un prodotto della prima Image, quella che era tutta apparenza e niente sostanza, piuttosto che un prodotto Marvel.
Detto questo, resta una miniserie, qui raccolta in volume, che merita più di una lettura. Credo che se gli avessero affiancato uno scrittore, non importa chi, ne avrebbero tratto un serial regolare di successo.
February 19, 2021
It's a Frank Cho book, so you know what you're getting. Figure work of beautiful women. Or in this case one woman. A genetically engineered Aryan super woman.
The superfluity of action sequences and pin-up shots means that the 7 (7!) issues of the miniseries contain 2 issues of plot and a half issue worth of characterization and worthwhile dialogue.
Liberty Meadows it is not.
The superfluity of action sequences and pin-up shots means that the 7 (7!) issues of the miniseries contain 2 issues of plot and a half issue worth of characterization and worthwhile dialogue.
Liberty Meadows it is not.
April 17, 2021
Holy buckets! Get used to that phrase, as well as seeing Shanna, the most voluptuous woman in comics. I like Cho's work, and bought this mostly for his art work. He has clear lines, good use of color, and excellent anatomy, reminding me of the painter William Bougereau, who also did lots of delectable nudes.
I found the series very page-turning, and it has a lot of the usual goulash of dinosaurs-modern men in the jungle-Nazis somewhere in the story-and a rousing ending. I read Marvel's Ka-Zar series with Shana as his companion, a sort of Nick and Nora Charles in the jungle. Shanna the She Devil's faults was a bit of repetition, and loose plot lines. How did the Nazis set up in the jungle? Ilse, a surviving scientist, is an intriguing character and could be a strong link, but is never developed. It's not much use knowing the men, because they all get eaten up or die from a terrible biowar weapon.
Only Doc comes out with any endurance as a character, and he and Shanna make a good team as he tries to make her more human, and she... keeps him alive.
I also wondered, as another reader did, why, if the men found a modern lab, why not set up there instead a Fort Apache in Dino land. And in the opening issue, they have rifles, but later panels only show pistols. And who are they and why are they here? If they're elite troops, they sure become Dino chow very easily. And if this is a Nazi lab, why is there a modern humvee, gassed and ready?
But I thought when the series zeroed in on Shanna, it never failed. She develops as a strong and resourceful woman, if very high maintenance. I would have liked some sketches and comment at the end by Cho, but I have a lot of fun reading this, and it's a visual delight, with lots of martial cheesecake and buckets.
I found the series very page-turning, and it has a lot of the usual goulash of dinosaurs-modern men in the jungle-Nazis somewhere in the story-and a rousing ending. I read Marvel's Ka-Zar series with Shana as his companion, a sort of Nick and Nora Charles in the jungle. Shanna the She Devil's faults was a bit of repetition, and loose plot lines. How did the Nazis set up in the jungle? Ilse, a surviving scientist, is an intriguing character and could be a strong link, but is never developed. It's not much use knowing the men, because they all get eaten up or die from a terrible biowar weapon.
Only Doc comes out with any endurance as a character, and he and Shanna make a good team as he tries to make her more human, and she... keeps him alive.
I also wondered, as another reader did, why, if the men found a modern lab, why not set up there instead a Fort Apache in Dino land. And in the opening issue, they have rifles, but later panels only show pistols. And who are they and why are they here? If they're elite troops, they sure become Dino chow very easily. And if this is a Nazi lab, why is there a modern humvee, gassed and ready?
But I thought when the series zeroed in on Shanna, it never failed. She develops as a strong and resourceful woman, if very high maintenance. I would have liked some sketches and comment at the end by Cho, but I have a lot of fun reading this, and it's a visual delight, with lots of martial cheesecake and buckets.
July 7, 2025
This is a different Shanna in a different universe. The story is pretty thin, Shanna being a genetically-engineered super being in a hidden Nazi lab. I suppose it’s the Savage Land given all the dinosaurs, but it’s never stated. Seems like this was abruptly canceled, because it just stops at issue 7. Story- and character-wise there’s not much here, but the art by Cho is spectacular.
He’s known for drawing impossibly attractive women, but I was taken by his renderings of dinosaurs. One issue is given over to a T. rex fighting velociraptors and it looks amazing. If only the book had more of that.
He’s known for drawing impossibly attractive women, but I was taken by his renderings of dinosaurs. One issue is given over to a T. rex fighting velociraptors and it looks amazing. If only the book had more of that.
March 28, 2023
A Simply Good Adventure
So apparently, this is a what-if story of Shanna the She-Devil. Here, she's a Nazi experiment instead of a feral child. Overall, it's a very simple story for survival and a character arc of overcoming what's expected of you. But the campy presentation and sense of stakes make this a fun ride. Especially since this helps pave the way for Frank Cho's Jungle Girl and Fight Girls.
So apparently, this is a what-if story of Shanna the She-Devil. Here, she's a Nazi experiment instead of a feral child. Overall, it's a very simple story for survival and a character arc of overcoming what's expected of you. But the campy presentation and sense of stakes make this a fun ride. Especially since this helps pave the way for Frank Cho's Jungle Girl and Fight Girls.
November 1, 2020
Sure, a lot of this book is just the chance to watch Frank Cho draw a half-naked muscular woman fighting dinosaurs. There's plot involved in the cheesecake, but not as well developed (unlike the titular character) as I would have liked. It's just good, mostly clean fun.
December 26, 2017
A bit light on story, but a fun adventure with gorgeous art.
March 18, 2020
The comic summed up in one picture:
April 30, 2021
There are some interesting psychological points made in this comic and the overall story of redemption is very worthy . . . However, it does stretch the imagination on far too many other points.
December 13, 2025
A pretty basic story, it's all just an excuse for Frank Cho to draw a beautiful woman and a bunch of dinosaurs. Which he does very well.
February 24, 2023
Frank Chon varhainen Turvatarha -strippisarjakuva toi jo aikanaan mieleen ajatuksen, että taiteilijasta on kiva piirtää nättejä tyttöjä, ja tämän kehityksen määränpää lienee sitten "Shanna, The She-Devil" (Marvel, 2006).
Suoraviivainen juoni menee pähkinänkuoressa jotenkin seuraavasti: erikoisjoukkojen sotilaat löytävät unohdetun natsilaboratorion jostakin viidakon kätköistä. Käy ilmi, että saksalaiset ovat kehittäneet maailmansodan loppuvaiheessa geneettisen supernaissotilaan, Shannan, joka vastaa voimiltaan vähintään kymmentä miestä ja on muutenkin ihan jäätävä tappokone.
Ikävä kyllä laboratoriosta tarttuu tutkimusryhmään tappava virus, jota varten osa porukasta joutuu lähtemään takaisin etsimään parantavaa entsyymiä. Se ei ole kovin helppoa, sillä kadonneessa maailmassa on helskutisti tyrannosauruksia, velociraptoreita ja muita liskoja. Mutta kun hätä on suurin, on Shanna yleensä lähellä.
Syvällisemmästä sisällöstä tai henkilökehityksestä kiinnostuneiden kannattaa jättää albumi suosiolla väliin. Käsikirjoitus laittaa mutkat suoraksi, mutta ei sitä voi kuitenkaan täysin lytätä, kun mukana on kuitenkin pulp-viihteen kulmakiviä eli natseja ja dinosauruksia - olkoonkin, että kummankaan olemassaoloa ei vaivauduta selittämään.
Logiikka ontuu vähän muutenkin. Miten ihmeessä natsien salaisessa laboratoriossa voi työskennellä vähän yli kolmikymppinen tohtori Elsa, jos toinen maailmansota on päättynyt vuosikymmeniä sitten? Onko hän toisen polven uusnatseja, itsekin geneettisen kehittelyn tulos vai hahmo, joka on ollut pakko ottaa mukaan, jotta tutkimusryhmä saisi tietää pelastavan seerumin olemassaolosta? Mutta ei takerruta näihin! Tyrannosaurukselta räjäytetään pää dynamiitilla! Raptoreita listitään machetella! Shanna kylpee vesiputouksen alla!
Viimeksi mainittu on totuuden nimissä ainoa syy tämän sarjakuvan olemassaoloon, ja osaahan Cho kieltämättä piirtää ihmisvartalon hyvin. Vähäpukeisen Shannan muotoja esitellään auliisti erilaisissa tilanteissa ja asennoissa, mutta kuitenkin niin, että vaatteet pysyvät yllä tai strategisten paikkojen eteen on piirretty aina jotakin. Fanipoikien on kuitenkin syytä huomata, että seksistisiltä ja päähenkilöä kuolaavilta miehiltä lähtee sarjakuvassa herkästi henki!
No joo. Höpsöä pulp-viihdettä, joka ei jää omaan hyllyyn vanhenemaan.
Suoraviivainen juoni menee pähkinänkuoressa jotenkin seuraavasti: erikoisjoukkojen sotilaat löytävät unohdetun natsilaboratorion jostakin viidakon kätköistä. Käy ilmi, että saksalaiset ovat kehittäneet maailmansodan loppuvaiheessa geneettisen supernaissotilaan, Shannan, joka vastaa voimiltaan vähintään kymmentä miestä ja on muutenkin ihan jäätävä tappokone.
Ikävä kyllä laboratoriosta tarttuu tutkimusryhmään tappava virus, jota varten osa porukasta joutuu lähtemään takaisin etsimään parantavaa entsyymiä. Se ei ole kovin helppoa, sillä kadonneessa maailmassa on helskutisti tyrannosauruksia, velociraptoreita ja muita liskoja. Mutta kun hätä on suurin, on Shanna yleensä lähellä.
Syvällisemmästä sisällöstä tai henkilökehityksestä kiinnostuneiden kannattaa jättää albumi suosiolla väliin. Käsikirjoitus laittaa mutkat suoraksi, mutta ei sitä voi kuitenkaan täysin lytätä, kun mukana on kuitenkin pulp-viihteen kulmakiviä eli natseja ja dinosauruksia - olkoonkin, että kummankaan olemassaoloa ei vaivauduta selittämään.
Logiikka ontuu vähän muutenkin. Miten ihmeessä natsien salaisessa laboratoriossa voi työskennellä vähän yli kolmikymppinen tohtori Elsa, jos toinen maailmansota on päättynyt vuosikymmeniä sitten? Onko hän toisen polven uusnatseja, itsekin geneettisen kehittelyn tulos vai hahmo, joka on ollut pakko ottaa mukaan, jotta tutkimusryhmä saisi tietää pelastavan seerumin olemassaolosta? Mutta ei takerruta näihin! Tyrannosaurukselta räjäytetään pää dynamiitilla! Raptoreita listitään machetella! Shanna kylpee vesiputouksen alla!
Viimeksi mainittu on totuuden nimissä ainoa syy tämän sarjakuvan olemassaoloon, ja osaahan Cho kieltämättä piirtää ihmisvartalon hyvin. Vähäpukeisen Shannan muotoja esitellään auliisti erilaisissa tilanteissa ja asennoissa, mutta kuitenkin niin, että vaatteet pysyvät yllä tai strategisten paikkojen eteen on piirretty aina jotakin. Fanipoikien on kuitenkin syytä huomata, että seksistisiltä ja päähenkilöä kuolaavilta miehiltä lähtee sarjakuvassa herkästi henki!
No joo. Höpsöä pulp-viihdettä, joka ei jää omaan hyllyyn vanhenemaan.
December 16, 2013
Shanna, The She-Devil collects issues #1-7 of the series of the same name by Marvel Comics, with art and writing by Frank Cho and colors by Jason Keith and Dave Stewart.
Shanna is a Nazi science experiment in the form of an Amazonian jungle girl with a killer body and killer instinct, living on an island teeming with prehistoric horrors. When a paramilitary group becomes stranded on the island after crash-landing, they discover Shanna and quickly learn that she is a genetically-engineered super-weapon. Luckily she is, because she’s the only one who can help defend them against T-Rexes and massive hordes of Velociraptors, among other things.
Frank Cho is one of the best artists around and I checked out the book primarily to see his work. I honestly didn’t know what to expect from the writing side of things, but the seven issues included in this trade has a pretty decent story arc and plays out like an action film.
Some may be turned off by the titillation, but Cho is a master at rendering women who aren’t just waify, sexy supermodel-types who just happen to have super-strength spouting from some unseen source – Shanna actually looks the part. Her thighs are dense and her arms and back muscular, and when she impales a dinosaur with a massive tree trunk, you believe that she did it. When you see her knocked into a car by a T-Rex and still manages to get up, you believe it. Shanna is also not stupid and while different men try to take advantage of her in the book, she sets them straight pretty fast.
The colors only add to the visuals, and the dinosaurs are all very nicely-rendered as well as backgrounds, vehicles….everything. Nothing is forgotten and everything stands out in an exceptional way.
This is worth a read if you like adventure stories, dinosaur tales and books like Red Sonja or Vampirella. You may come for the titillation and gorgeous art but you’ll stay for the substance. Give it a try.
JOE Rating: ★★★★
Shanna is a Nazi science experiment in the form of an Amazonian jungle girl with a killer body and killer instinct, living on an island teeming with prehistoric horrors. When a paramilitary group becomes stranded on the island after crash-landing, they discover Shanna and quickly learn that she is a genetically-engineered super-weapon. Luckily she is, because she’s the only one who can help defend them against T-Rexes and massive hordes of Velociraptors, among other things.
Frank Cho is one of the best artists around and I checked out the book primarily to see his work. I honestly didn’t know what to expect from the writing side of things, but the seven issues included in this trade has a pretty decent story arc and plays out like an action film.
Some may be turned off by the titillation, but Cho is a master at rendering women who aren’t just waify, sexy supermodel-types who just happen to have super-strength spouting from some unseen source – Shanna actually looks the part. Her thighs are dense and her arms and back muscular, and when she impales a dinosaur with a massive tree trunk, you believe that she did it. When you see her knocked into a car by a T-Rex and still manages to get up, you believe it. Shanna is also not stupid and while different men try to take advantage of her in the book, she sets them straight pretty fast.
The colors only add to the visuals, and the dinosaurs are all very nicely-rendered as well as backgrounds, vehicles….everything. Nothing is forgotten and everything stands out in an exceptional way.
This is worth a read if you like adventure stories, dinosaur tales and books like Red Sonja or Vampirella. You may come for the titillation and gorgeous art but you’ll stay for the substance. Give it a try.
JOE Rating: ★★★★
August 28, 2011
Hello Fellow Adventure Fans:
I was looking forward to reading this mini-series as I have enjoyed Frank's work on Liberty Meadows. Here he weaves a fresh (and beautifully rendered) take on one of the more popular of the "Jungle Girls." Shanna The She-Devil was a lost character until Frank Cho brought her back with a vengeance. The covers of the six issues of this mini-series are very eye-catching (beyond the beautiful Shanna gracing the covers). There is lots of vibrant color and action as she fends off all manner of menaces.
The story itself is very interesting and demands the reader to continue from one issue to the next without a break in between. The ending was very interesting and a good conclusion to the overall story.
All-in-all I'd say this is a great graphic novel and not one to be missed. I enjoyed it when it originally appeared in comic form and now as well, in a very nice graphic novel.
So, what are you waiting for...grab the nearest vine and swing over to your favorite comic or bookstore and pick this one up.
As always...Have a Great Day!!!
The "Creature"
December 28, 2014
Wow. I like pinup/cheesecake comic art as much (okay more) than the next guy, but this was just terrible. Outside of maybe a half-dozen pinups scattered among the hundred some pages, this had no redeeming qualities. It was boring, and the dialogue was terrible, and... bleh.
Did this suffer from my reading it right after reading a bunch of really good comics? Maybe... but at the same time, I don't think this would have been any better even if I read it drunk. And it's so bad, I don't even feel like trying to conduct the experiment.
That is all.
Did this suffer from my reading it right after reading a bunch of really good comics? Maybe... but at the same time, I don't think this would have been any better even if I read it drunk. And it's so bad, I don't even feel like trying to conduct the experiment.
That is all.
July 20, 2010
Frank Cho cracks me up. I've followed his career loosely since his Liberty Meadows daily comic strip. This came out as the Liberty Meadows strip was ending and was originally supposed to be a MAX mini series. However, when Frank Cho took over, the nudity and cursing was removed and his sense of humor took over. This is a very quick, fun read that is not to be taken too seriously. If this had been written a few decades ago, the movie would star Raquel Welch, a la One Million Years BC style.
January 17, 2012
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The 7 issue mini-series mostly revolves around Shanna and a resilient army guy fighting off hordes and hordes of velociraptors and the occasional T-Rex.
For its sheer audacity, its camp value, and its decision to re-use such a kitschy character makes Frank Cho’s Shanna the She-Devil one of the weirdest stories out there.
The 7 issue mini-series mostly revolves around Shanna and a resilient army guy fighting off hordes and hordes of velociraptors and the occasional T-Rex.
For its sheer audacity, its camp value, and its decision to re-use such a kitschy character makes Frank Cho’s Shanna the She-Devil one of the weirdest stories out there.
February 28, 2021
Short but really good
Fantasy alternate history
Comic artist and writer Frank Cho introduces us to Shanna, a genetically engineered warrior woman trying to adjust to a fierce world of dinosaurs and men trapped there. Brutal, savage, and awesome. Recommended.
Fantasy alternate history
Comic artist and writer Frank Cho introduces us to Shanna, a genetically engineered warrior woman trying to adjust to a fierce world of dinosaurs and men trapped there. Brutal, savage, and awesome. Recommended.
July 7, 2008
fantastic storyline
July 25, 2011
The story's only so-so, but who would read Shanna for plot? It's all about eye candy. Raptor eye candy!
March 26, 2015
La genial y despampanante Shanna vista a través de los afiladísimos ojos de Frank Cho, en una de las más divertidas y rocambolescas Marvel Graphi Novels.
August 9, 2015
I like the original Shanna more than the new Shanna, but this was still a fun story.
August 5, 2009
An old-school lost world adventure story with some of the best work Frank Cho's ever done.
May 3, 2017
3.5 stars.
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