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Painkiller Jane (collected) #1
Essential Painkiller Jane
PJane Vasko was an undercover police officer attempting to infiltrate a major New York City drug ring. After gaining the trust of dealers, her cover was unknowingly blown and she was forced to submit to a drug cocktail that landed her in a coma until one day she awoke to a world where nothing was the same. Somehow infused with strange powers during her fitful sleep, Jane has nothing left to lose and a whole lot of people to make pay for what they've done. Painkiller Jane's story begins here!
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First published February 20, 2007
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About the author
Joe Quesada
480 books45 followersJoseph "Joe" Quesada (born January 12, 1962)is an American comic book editor, writer and artist.
He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, such as Ninjak and Solar, Man of the Atom.
He later worked on numerous books for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, such as Batman: Sword of Azrael and X-Factor, before forming his own company, Event Comics, where he published his creator-owned character, Ash.
He became known in the 1990s for his work on various Valiant Comics books, such as Ninjak and Solar, Man of the Atom.
He later worked on numerous books for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, such as Batman: Sword of Azrael and X-Factor, before forming his own company, Event Comics, where he published his creator-owned character, Ash.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
June 11, 2008
Painkiller Jane's back story reads too much like a cross between The Punisher and Wolverine and the storyline was not very engaging at all. I don't know WHY they went and made a TV series out of this. Seriously, it's horrible.
Joe Quesada: you have failed me.
Joe Quesada: you have failed me.
July 17, 2011
research for a sketch card project...
Ugh. Painfully bad writing and while I love 1980s Rick Leonardi, his current style is not as well honed. Inconsistent inking and colouring does him no favours.
Now how to come up with 12 images for 12 sketch cards for this...ugh.
Ugh. Painfully bad writing and while I love 1980s Rick Leonardi, his current style is not as well honed. Inconsistent inking and colouring does him no favours.
Now how to come up with 12 images for 12 sketch cards for this...ugh.
November 5, 2020
This was cheesy, over-the-top, and cartoonishly gritty in all the right ways. I was reminded of Max Payne and the one-liners like "collecting evidence had gotten old a few hundred bullets back". The side characters aren't great and the exposition is kinda terrible, but it's enough fun to be worth it.
March 22, 2018
My first meeting with Jane.
She’s tough, stubborn and has a heart of gold.
The creative geniuses behind this comic have really created interesting characters that are atypical.
I’ve yet to meet characters that suffer so unduly yet behave so charitably.
I love the underdogs.
So, yeah, I get the revenge part. I get the name.
After all, Jane has to be thrust into a world that will either smother her in despair or make her fight harder against the pain.
It’s a wild ride of a read.
She’s tough, stubborn and has a heart of gold.
The creative geniuses behind this comic have really created interesting characters that are atypical.
I’ve yet to meet characters that suffer so unduly yet behave so charitably.
I love the underdogs.
So, yeah, I get the revenge part. I get the name.
After all, Jane has to be thrust into a world that will either smother her in despair or make her fight harder against the pain.
It’s a wild ride of a read.
April 1, 2020
Read Issue #0 out of the full volume.
Not much to review here. This was basically a foretaste and I might be interested in reading more.
Not much to review here. This was basically a foretaste and I might be interested in reading more.
January 7, 2016
This is a collection of the original Painkiller Jane series. This is basically fun, compelling superhero action with a slightly unconventional hero. I won't say this was amazing. The plots are kind of contrived and the attempts at characterization don't always pan out. But they're trying pretty hard and the main character at least winds up well fleshed out (the others not so much).
In the introduction, one of the creators says that when they decided to make Jane, they wanted to make a female character who doesn't have DDs. Reading the book makes me suspect that they don't have a very good handle on bra sizing because she's definitely up around D or DD cup range. DD is a specific cup size and doesn't mean "as huge as you can draw them without her tipping over". But I think that their real intention was to create a female character whose character is not defined by her sexuality and in that they succeeded. Painkiller Jane does not vamp or seduce.
It was also nice just to see a character who is "invulnerable" but not cartoonishly invulnerable. That is, everything still hurts and its hard to just shrug it off like an action hero. So, in net, the novelty of their character and their approach won me over and I enjoyed reading this.
In the introduction, one of the creators says that when they decided to make Jane, they wanted to make a female character who doesn't have DDs. Reading the book makes me suspect that they don't have a very good handle on bra sizing because she's definitely up around D or DD cup range. DD is a specific cup size and doesn't mean "as huge as you can draw them without her tipping over". But I think that their real intention was to create a female character whose character is not defined by her sexuality and in that they succeeded. Painkiller Jane does not vamp or seduce.
It was also nice just to see a character who is "invulnerable" but not cartoonishly invulnerable. That is, everything still hurts and its hard to just shrug it off like an action hero. So, in net, the novelty of their character and their approach won me over and I enjoyed reading this.
September 29, 2012
Excellent pulpy action fun, that doesn't fall into boring boobsploitation. Or at least doesn't much. :P
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