Reviews

Voodoo Vol. 1: What Lies Beneath by Ron Marz

livani's review against another edition

3.0

Really interesting!

gothamvorona's review against another edition

4.0

Was not expecting that plot twist at the end. The plot was really captivating and I enjoyed seeing the dynamic between Voodoo and Priscilla. I had never actually read the Wildcats series so I had no idea who or what I was getting myself into other than I thought the synopsis was interesting. I'm glad I went with reading this and want to continue reading this series.

monroev1225's review against another edition

3.0

I wasn't sure if I was going to like this story line, it was part of a book haul from about a year ago. It has been sitting on my shelf waiting for judgment day ever since.

The overall artwork isn't bad at all, but nothing I was really particularly impressed by either. The story line itself is, well, rough. The origin story is interesting enough and the character, Voodoo, herself is pretty damn awesome. Parts of the story seemed forced. Most of the sexual content, it just didn't fit. It was there for sexy sake more so than the story. I would argue that it downgraded the character in a way. Especially what she did to agent Fallon, it just didn't do anything for the character.

I felt Voodoo has much more potential than this edition gave her. She is a completely bad ass character and this book didn't give her justice.

miraeli's review against another edition

3.0

So much unnecessary cheesecake. But I do like Priscilla.

liana's review against another edition

3.0

This is more like a 2.5 stars read for me. The artwork was decent, the main plot was okay, but I expected much more from it. I mean, a story about a morally grey, mixed race, badass woman should - and could - have been much more interesting. This one, however, failed to live up to my expectations and there are two main reasons.

Firstly, the plot was dragging A LOT . And when I say 'a lot' I mean it. The events could have taken place in half the length of this comic book and nothing would be missing.

And secondly, I'm sorry but I could not look past its sexism. Yes, yes I know that most female characters' costume are sexist and only there for the male gaze, but that doesn't excuse anything.

nightxade's review against another edition

3.0

I was a fan of Wildstorm’s WildC.A.T.S., back in the shiny ‘90s, and was looking forward to seeing what DC’s New52 would do with the character of Voodoo. There was a lot of controversy over the gratuitously sexual introduction of several female characters in DC’s reboot, though Voodoo mostly escaped reprimand because her character’s initial status as an exotic dancer had long since been established. Her new book certainly does work her assets, but, by offering a lot of inner monologue for the character, it gives us a little more depth and reveals a woman who is well aware of her body and the power sex holds over people. Unlike her previous incarnation, she is also well aware of her status as an alien hybrid, half-human, half-Daemonite, and she frequently uses her abilities to brutal effect as she continues her mysterious mission. As the story progresses, we learn that this mission is to study earth and its superheroes to determine how best for her species to take over. This is definitely not the Voodoo I knew, but this is most certainly an intriguing interpretation, more so when the plot adds a significant twist that throws off all the assumptions volume one allows us to believe. While I didn’t care too much for where the overall world domination storyline goes in volume two, I did really like what happens with the character herselves. Almost enough to see where my other favourite WildC.A.T., Grifter fits into the story.