I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates.The more knowledge the better seems like a solid rule of thumb, even though I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity’s unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world.-Sarah Vowell

Friday, November 29, 2019

Spider-Woman Vol 1: Baby Talk by Dennis Hopeless (Writer), Javier Rodriguez (Penciler, Colorist), Alvaro Lopez (Inker), Rachelle Rosenberg (Colorist), VC's Travis Lanham (Letterer)


Spider-Woman, aka Jessica Drew, is pregnant and working with Porcupine and Ulrich, the reporter.  Her best friend is Captain Marvel.  Now its a month before the baby is due and she is taking some time off and is bored to death.  Carol, Captain Marvel, has recommended an alien hospital as being the best hospital to have her baby in and that she should check it out. So Jess goes one day to do just that.

When she finds the maternity ward, some Skrulls take it over and Jess is forced to fight back even though she promised her friends and her baby that she would take it easy.  She destroys the two Skrull soldiers and wins the adoration of her fellow pregnant aliens.  She gets ahold of Carol who is on her way, but she knows that more soldiers are on their way.  She enlists the help of the pregnant aliens and they all take care of the soldiers.  With the help of Carol and the hospital staff talking them through it, they get to a secure place but someone needs to go and talk to a doctor's head kept in storage to get the doors open in order for Carol and the help to get in and get them out.  Jess does this but the head says it could take six hours to get the doors open.

Meanwhile, Carol lets slip that the Skrull are after a thirteen-year-old prince so Jess decides to rescue the prince even in her condition.  Unfortunately, she goes into labor while she is rescuing him. They barricade themselves into a room with a doctor who performs a c-section on Jess who is determined to fight back after the surgery.

Can Jess fight her way out? Or will Carol make it in time to rescue them?  The last section of the book is about Jess taking care of her baby and adjusting to life with a newborn and the lessons to be learned.  Jess is a total badass even when she is crying over being worried about her baby.  The artwork is amazing as it shows the very weird hospital that is inside a black hole.  This book has humor and lots of action. I loved it and I give it five out of five stars.

Listed On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Woman-Shifting-Gears-Vol-Baby/dp/0785196226/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=SPider-woman+baby+talk&qid=1575022835&sr=8-1

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