And Then I Read: WORLD’S FINEST 3

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Writer Paul Levitz has found an interesting and clever way to tell this story. It’s divided into two sections. In the present, Huntress and Power Girl are facing a monster whose power seems to increase with every blow they give him, and who sucks up energy like Gatorade. The monster has trashed a nuclear facility in Japan as the story opens, and it only gets worse from there. In the past, we see the two women recently arrived on this particular Earth (they’re from another one), trying to figure out a new role for themselves, as well as how they got there, and how they might get back where they came from. This flashback story is embedded in the center of the other story, which  comes both before and after it. Both stories are fun; the present one has all the action, the past one is gradually exploring the mysteries of the series and the relationship of the two friends.

Also very clever is the way the art duties are divided in the book. George Perez pencils the present day section, inked by Scott Koblish (above), and Kevin Maguire does the complete art for the past section. All the art looks great to me, both sections play to the strengths of the artists, and we get regular interior art from two pencillers who probably don’t want or couldn’t keep up with the grind of a full monthly book. I don’t know whose idea that was, but it’s brilliant, and I’ll keep reading as long as this team of writer and artists is here to entertain me.

Recommended.