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I’m Sasha and today we’re going back to black cat with black cat number 2.
This comic is actually selling really well and it’s 100% cause people want to see Sonny
relax.
Little issue one humour for you there is you missed when we talked about part one well
you can click the card or the link will be down below.
Cliffnotes recap.
And full confession when i was scripting I kept typing Selina instead of Felicia so there’s
that, anyways Felcia a.k.a the black cat went to a museum art gallery gala thing with her
henchmen she stole a painting out from under the nose of the thieves guild angering Odessa
their leader and causing dedicated security guard sonny to attempt to get the painting
back he failed.
They got away cracked some champagne and her mentor the black fox showed up.
Recap over.
This issue opens with what he wants a mysterious dangerous heist the likes of which the marvel
universe has never seen.
But before we deal with that Black Cat takes a moment to tell the room that she’s slept
with spider-man rd panel I’ve tangled with spider-man if you know what i mean.
This is odd for several reasons just why we’re in a meeting, two everyone in the marvel universe
should know this, this is common knowledge their relationship was hardly hidden, what
this maybe aside from an attempt at humour which is subjective so I’m sure some laughed
but it is an attempt to relay history to readers who are not familiar with Felicia’s backstory
still it’s odd.
I do like that her one henchmen is concerned that he has a spiders face tho.
Next scene they’re on their way to the heist Black Cat has enlisted Xander the merciless
he’s a doctor strange villain who was tasked by the creators cliffnotes and evil an evil
wizard council to take on doctor strange so he wouldn’t be in their way.
Also Felcia keeps referring to him and all wizards as merlins as she waxes on about how
she doesn’t love having magic.
Mileage will vary on this I personally found it irritating and not cute as it was probably
intended and just kept yelling synonyms at my comic each time.
Wizards, sorcerers, magicians, magic users, occultist, enchanter, magus, warlock.
She calls them merlins the entire issue so enjoy.
Now normally I keep clear of merlins, i dunno it;s just like to me if you called all chefs
ramseys like usually I try not to cook with ramseys.
I get it I do we just all have our hills apparently this is mine.
It is revealed that they are going to rob Doctor Strange’s sanctum sanctorum.
Bold play.
We also get a flash back to felicia’s troubled past and how she came to be trained by the
black fox.
It\s brief but all character building is appreciated.
Elsewhere Sonny is in town not relaxing in fact he’s agonizing over how the theft went
down and how he lost his job because of it and as an ex con he has a hard enough time
finding work.
Enter Odessa Drake who offers him a job to deal with the Black Cat which yeah of course
he takes it.
Well I mean we don’t see it but it would be super random narratively for him to say
no.
In the sanctum things are getting weirder and weirder the deeper in they get and more
concernedly Xander who was quite befuddled and docile outside is getting cool and calculating
now that they are in the sanctum.
Also doctor strange has a room full of his deformed nightmares.
I would just leave, it’s not worth it, i’ll get my thrills somewhere else.
Also escher stairs always a great magic image staple.
Finally the group make it to the trophy room and their target is revealed the original
deed to Manhattan island.
I dunno I’d be bummed if I had to break into a sorceror's I’d want to be stealing
something magical.
However oops maybe using one of strange’s enemies was a terrible idea cause he’s taken
something from the room as well the star stone he has phenomenal cosmic power.
So now Felicia has to deal with this and escape with the deed.
Ok my weird pet peeve about Merlins aside this was fun it expanded upon the first issue
building up sub plots that will eventually obviously become a big deal.
The whole stealing from heroes in strange locations thing was fun and it looks like
they’re going to continue it leading up to who is the mysterious person commissioning
all these heists.
But more than that it feels self contained in modern comics there can be a lot of crossovers
and a lot of events that just cut into your comic or make you feel like you need to be
sitting there reading it with the wiki open beside you.
This one doesn’t feel that way, it feels like what it is a Black Cat adventure comic
and that seems to be working for people.
I mean I’ll be here for issue 3.
What about all of you are you enjoying black cats adventures?
If you are reading comics what are you enjoying the most right now?
If not what is something you’re looking to get into?
Leave me a comment down below I love reading them and replying to you all when I can.
Thanks so much for watching Casually Comics I always love spending time with you all and
will see you again soon buh bye.