Collected Comic Review - Velvet Deluxe Hardcover
Velvet Deluxe Hardcover (2017) - Collecting Velvet (2013) #1-15 Ed Brubaker has long been my favorite writer in comics. There was a time when I picked up virtually any issue he wrote as it was released. Budgeting and space constraints (stupid real world problems) caused me to dramatically decrease my loose issue collecting a few years ago. As a result, I now wait for the very nice hardcover collections released through Image. Waiting for these collections really tries my patience and causes me to read these stories much later than I would prefer (sure I could read digitally, but I enjoy holding a book). The good news is that they are always worth the wait, and Velvet was no different. Velvet finds Brubaker teaming with former Captain America collaborator Steve Epting, and colorist Elizbeth Breitweiser on a spy thriller that spins out of a simple premise: what if Miss Moneypenny had a secret past as a 007-level secret agent before becoming 'just'...