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I always felt at a bit of a disadvantage reading comics, because I started off with Sandman, Shade, etc, at a sort of post-comics point where a lot of genre things I wasn't familiar with (superheroes) were being parodied, and I knew I was missing a whole lot of references: sometimes to the point where I couldn't follow what was going on. (Wonder if that's why I tend to get on with Peter Milligan, who claims most of his references are to non-graphic literature, better than Grant Morrison, who seems to have read every comic ever written?)
Anyway, this has now reached a crisis point. I was at a comics fair on Sunday and picked up a couple of copies of "Ms Mystic", (#1 & 2) because they looked bizarre and reminded me a bit of Princess Paragon in that Robert Rodi novel.
Published by "PC", which threw me off track for a moment, but it seems to be a genuine comics company (Pacific Comics) in 1984. Written & drawn by Neal Adams, who I've never heard of (really: I've read nothing but a few Vertigo titles and then b&w indies, mostly by women. Oh, and Watchmen and The Dark Night Returns, obviously).
"Ms Mystic" is the story of a woman who was burned as a witch in Salem but threw her consciousness into some random place in the galaxy, then returned 400 years later to fight pollution along with a Government team called the SIA, who in #2 all seem to turn into elemental superheroes. I literally cannot tell whether this is meant to be a straight parody, an affectionate parody, or a totally serious thing. Has anyone read it? Can anyone explain it to me? |
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