LORNA

Reading this comic as a parody of Lara Croft adventures certainly makes the book a lot more entertaining than reading it as a straight-forward comic book adventure with a strong female lead. The Darwyn Cooke cover drew me in and I brought a different set of expectations that, sadly, were not met. As an agent of the Mystic Fez Lodge, Lorna is tasked with shutting down an interdimensional portal that is unleashed upon Washington D.C. In her adventures, Lorna faces her longtime nemesis, a foe named Posh Meow. The story, itself, is largely disappointing, as it has moments where I want it to be more than a parody, but it just isn’t. The means by which Lorna avoids a hideous fate is not overly convincing, which, once again, works better in the context of parody. The art by Loston Wallace for the first story in this issue is Bruce Timm-like, but as such has limitations in the realism of the story. The art makes the story feel light-hearted, which is fine for the tale, but taken in context