Customer Reviews

Madame Mirage, Vol. 1

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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.

(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.

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.

A new and unique story by Paul Dini, but awesome art from semi-new artist Ken Rocafort. It's a must have for any comic fan.

In an age where tech heavy "mega Heroes" are outlawed and imprisoned, a group of "mega villains" have pooled their resources together into an almost legitimate company, but when they cross two sisters, the daughters of an imprisoned "mega hero", they bring a whole world of hurt down on themselves in the form of Madame Mirage.

Paul Dini's off the wall cyber punk tale of revenge and garish sex appeal takes hold from the get go and doesn't let go. Familiar archetypes are imbued with a new energy that's getting harder and harder to find in comics.

Definitely worth a look if you're a fan of cyber punk and/or Paul Dini.

I've recently been reintroduced the world of comics via my roommate, who sucked me back into the DC universe with the Blackest Night Crossover and all of the GL stories leading up to it. However, having been out of the universe for so long, I found myself searching out less mainstream and more independent titles.

Madame Mirage was a title I picked up on a whim using a gift card I received, and I am glad I did. The character design for the Mirage character does contain throwbacks to Cheesecake art, but the story is interesting and entertaining. It's a fascinating take on the old 'Shadow' character, mixed in with elements of cyberpunk and a tale for vengeance. Honestly, if you mixing the Batman and Shadow characters with elements of Cyberpunk, you would get a character remarkable similar to Mirage (although, not nearly as.... endowed.)

Paul Dini's work is an excellent addition to his repertoire of titles and Kenneth Rocafort's art brings out the true appearance of this femme fatale.

This book is an excellent addition to any comic fan's bookshelf, especially if they enjoy gems from unexpected places.

Fantastic Graphic Novel!! This was recommended for purchase by a friend and it lived up to all expectations!!! Great Story, Great Animation! Highly recommended!!