aeka: Art by Adam Hughes (Huntress [Helena Wayne]:)Diane Darcy ([personal profile] aeka) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily,
@ 2011-10-01 08:47 pm UTC
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Entry tags:char: huntress/helena bertinelli, char: huntress/robin/helena wayne, creator: marcus to, creator: paul levitz, title: huntress
Newsarama released the first four pages of Huntress #1 by Paul Levitz, and so far it looks like this will be the only book in DCnU I'll actually be picking up besides Birds of Prey and Earth-2 JSA.

(Though should this really surprise anyone on here at this point? XP)


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So far I'm really digging the art in this issue and the writing looks pretty solid. One thing I *am* a bit worried about though is Levitz writing Helena B too similarly to his Helena Wayne version (ie, drugging a guy to sleep for example was more Helena Wayne's modus operandi than Helena B's who is more likely to beat a guy unconscious). But other than that, I am very much looking forward to reading the rest of this issue on Wednesday :)

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[personal profile] richardak
2011-10-02 07:17 pm UTC (link)
I get what you mean, but I don't think the internal monologue is too scattered, considering the time frame it happens over. After all, it starts when her plane is on approach and ends when she's in her hotel room, so I don't think it comes across as too "all over the place." Most of the big jumps come at the major time-skips: she's thinking about being back in Italy as her plane is landing; she's thinking about men being easily distracted as she enters her hotel, presumably at least the better part of an hour later; she's thinking about lethal weapons up in her room as she unpacks, presumably at least a couple of minutes later. So given that some time passes in between, I don't see her thoughts as being all over the place the way you do. Also, I think the line about leaving bodies behind is a good character-establishing moment, and a good way for Levitz to make clear that he's writing Helena Bertinelli, not Helena Wayne. So I think I see where you're coming from, but I can't say I really agree.

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aeka: Art by Adam Hughes (Huntress [Helena Wayne]:)


[personal profile] aeka
2011-10-02 08:00 pm UTC (link)
It was just the randomness of the line in comparison to the rest of the narration that made it feel like a last minute add to remind readers this is the Helena Bertinelli Huntress. In other words, I didn't really feel like it really fit in with the rest of the narrative and was only thrown in there as an afterthought.

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