SEPT - Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat! #1 Hooked on a Feline

September review for Book Riot's Read Harder 2017: Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! #1 Hooked on a Feline by Kate Leth and Brittney Williams, 2015. [superhero comic with a female lead category]

I. Love. Kate. Leth. I was introduced to her through Buffering the Vampire Slayer, a podcast where two fantastic women who happen to be wives watch and discuss every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and ever since then, I've been obsessed. Kate Leth wrote the story for this new run of Marvel's Hellcat, and it is just a blast. Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! #1 Hooked on a Feline revamps Patsy Walker, aka Hellcat, whom most people today might know from Netflix's series Jessica Jones. But this Patsy is a very different one from the gritty MCU bombshell played by Rachael Taylor (and her name isn't Trish). This Patsy is a superhero who needs a job and an apartment but she lives in NYC so it's difficult. She wants to start a temp agency for superheroes so they can use their powers for good, and she's got some superpowered friends on the line to help her out. She tries to find a job, and lands at the One Stop Crop Top Shop in the mall, a place that I wish was a real thing (Kate Leth, quit playing games with my heart!). The first volume of Hellcat follows her in medias res, trying to craft a relatively normal life for herself, but a bygone foe has other plans. I really enjoyed this first installment. I love Kate Leth, and I can't wait to finish her other feel-good Hellcat stories. 

I want to go to there.