Shanna, the She-Devil Premiere Hc

Combine an action-adventure story worthy of Edgar Rice Burroughs with a protagonist right out of a pin-up magazine and you have Shanna the She-Devil. It's a great re-imagining of the character. Cho's artwork is stunning!

Frank Cho's artistry is top notch. He breaks the trendy mold on how to draw the female form in action in today's comics and graphic novels. The story is far fetched but Jurassic park made money for a reason.

This is a great buy for anyone who knows and enjoys Cho's art. He has stated that he loved doing this series because it was full of two of his favorite subjects- hot women and dinosaurs- and that joy shows on every page. The story is exactly waht it means to be: fun. There are intriguing bits of character development and good dialogue throughout, but don't look for a penetrating analysis of the human condition here. This is a story about a Cho Babe slugging it out with dinos. This hardcover edition is beatifully bound like Marvel's other Premiere HCs, and in this case the content merits the format.

I bought this book because I like how Frank draws women (e.g, Liberty Meadows's Brandy and Jen). You can check out his artwork at http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php. I didn't give it 5 stars because the plot isn't really original. You probably heard it all before -- an artificial construct (be it a robot, a clone, a cyborg, a computer) starts out cold and heartless but with a patient, elderly or young mentor/friend at its side becomes "human" in the end (e.g. Terminator 2, Short Circuit, Iron Giant, etc.) I would have given it 5 stars if it were in paperback. The hardcover edition is just too pricey in my opinion. Wait for the TPB this May 2006.