Book Reviews Of The Month – Moon Girl

Moon Girl
Red 5 Comics
Written by Tony Trov & Johnny Zito
Art by The Rahzzah

Is anyone out there not happy to see classic comic books tweaked, reissued, redone or anything along those lines? Most of the stuff I’ve read has been well done, whether it’s just put out in a modern book or when the art has been redone, I know there are ones that should have stayed a classic. Red 5 has released Moon Girl and put their own spin on the classic tale of the Russian princesses turned superhero. She is facing off against Satana in this first offering and the different stages of that first fight go through the whole book.

When you look in the book, you’ll see the art is different, different from just about everything I’ve ever seen. It’s almost like watercolor paintings. I’m not saying it’s bad, but it gives the book a different feel, but best of all, it fits the story. Speaking of which, there’s not much dialog in this. It is just enough to know what’s going on. Reading through this, I would have liked to know more about when the time is, what brought everyone to this point, a little more background. Again, that’s my desire. There are times that the way the lettering and paneling was laid out that it didn’t flow that well for me. But it could have just been the fact that I’m reading this off of a computer.

Overall, I did enjoy reading this story. It gave me just enough for me to enjoy it and asking for more, maybe not in the way that the writers wanted but I do want to see where things go. I want to know what happens next in the story, possible love interest for the main character or does a villain have an eye on her. It’ll be interesting to see where it goes. In my humble opinion, go and get this one. Read through it and check into the next few issues, it should answer all yours and my questions by then. I give it 3 caps out of 5.