Madame Mirage, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Paul Dini (Author), Kenneth Rocafort (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 7, 2008

A pair of sisters seek payback on a supervillain syndicate - but all is not as it seems! Combining action, engaging characters, and a unique concept involving high-tech illusions, noted writer Paul Dini has crafted a compelling tale of mystery, revenge, and deception. Madame Mirage features stunning artwork by Top Cow's latest find, Kenneth Rocafort.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Top Cow Productions/Image Comics (October 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582409595
• ISBN-13: 978-1582409597
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #394,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Neat visuals, cool character, October 31, 2008

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Kid Kyoto (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Madame Mirage, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Madame Mirage is an impossibly curvy woman in an equally impossibly tight dress on a quest for revenge against an evil corporation.

She disappears and reappears like a ghost frustrating and defeating her foes in various amusing ways.

The story loses a bit of its edge once they explain the good Madame's backstory and how her abilities work but all in all it's a satisfying read. It won't exactly set the comic world on fire but MM is certainly worth a look.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging story, wonderful artwork, January 18, 2011

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D. Klecan "kleeks" (NM, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Madame Mirage, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

(spoiler) Madame Mirage reminds me of the popular Power Girl series by Conners and Palmmioti. Once you get past the very incredible large breasts of the main character, targeted to mindless adolescent males, you actually have a fun story illustrated with top-notch art.

Paul Dini, creator of Harley Quinn, and author of some of the more fun Batman comics and animation provides Madame Mirage, an interesting twist to the story of the super hero with the mild-manner secret identity. Madame Mirage is a complex holographic program (with a bit of a soul), that provides the mask/costume/sidekick to the very shy petite scientist heroine. Based on the figure and personality of her late sister, Madame Mirage basically helps her kick butt against the "huge evil corporation."

But like the Conner's Power Girl series, what really kept me engaged was the wonderful artwork. Beautifully detailed work that with each reading reveals more details in the background, that add and contribute to the overall story. Each artist has his special skill, and Rocafort's strength is his complex use of panels. His artwork flows around the pages in its own unique style. You can't even describe his panels as panels, in one example the background flows and serves as the edge of a desk in another you see the MM figure dissolving into the next figure. It all adds and serves this cyper-punk mystery tale that is basically a super-hero story.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun read, July 8, 2010

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Undeniable Enough (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Madame Mirage, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Based on the cover art and quickly flipping through, I was expecting Madame Mirage to be a trashy pulp piece, focused mainly on how many curves could be squeezed into a tiny dress. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it was much more. Madame Mirage's impossible physique comes secondary to a story that is actually interesting and well constructed.

My biggest complaint is that the backstory is brought out in a contrived way much too early on. As another reviewer mentioned, keeping the mystery longer would have worked better. Overall though, this was a fun read with enough twists to keep it interesting. Decent dialog and good art. Very solid 4 stars.