And Then I Read: ASTRO CITY 25

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Amanda Hammacher seems to be lucky in all things. Her mother was the super-heroine Hummingbird, and now Amanda has taken on that role as the new Hummingbird. She has a wonderful life, and many girlfriends, both her own age and her mother’s, but something is wrong. Amanda’s body is changing in unexpected ways, and that requires a trip back to the hidden city in Peru where, as a baby, Amanda was given gifts of power, but also a curse.

This is sort of a retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story, though the character doesn’t sleep. In some ways, she has sleep-walked through her childhood, and only awakened to the threat of her enemy as an adult. The guest art by Jesús Merino is excellent, and the writing is too, as always. A tale of girl power.

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