Comic Review: Madame Mirage #3

Madame Mirage #3
Written by Paul Dini
Art by Kenneth Rocafort
Colors by Imaginary Friends Studios
Letters by Troy Peteri
Top Cow Productions
Cover price: $2.99; On-sale date: Oct. 2007

Madame Mirage is a Paul Dini book.

You can see it in the retro visual design; the way his characters all look like they were plucked out of a painted movie poster from the 1930s, yet somehow manage to blend into a semi-futuristic modern setting without raising an eyebrow. You can see it in the well-paced episodic nature; the way each self-contained story manages to answer questions raised in the previous issue, all the while birthing brand new ones to ponder until next month. And you can most definitely see it the personality of the titular (pun?) femme fatale who, I swear, at times has the voice of Adrienne Barbeau's Catwoman resonating in my head. I recognize Dini's writing...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!