TITLE: ULTRA Vol.1: Seven Days
PUBLISHER: Image
TV/ Movie Comparison: Sex in the City meets The Incredibles
Writer: Joshua Luna/ Artist: Jonathan Luna
Super-heroing is hard when you're a girl. Especially when you're Pearl Penalosa, the super-heroine known as Ultra. Balancing your sex life with your professional life, dealing with nagging friends and an over-bearing boss, and all the while having an unlikely prediction hanging over your head. On a whim, Pearl and her friends Olivia and Jen visit a seedy fortuneteller to learn their destinies. When Pearl learns that her prediction involves finding true love within a week, her friends make it their mission to see that the prediction comes to pass. What follows is a week's worth of hope, disappointment, and... bi-curiosity? Achingly funny and surprisingly touching, Ultra Vol. 1: Seven Days is a must read for men and women alike (and trust me, guys, I convinced some of my male customers to pick it up and they raved). Bonus: the cool "chick-mag" spoof covers.
IF YOU LIKE THIS, TRY: She-Hulk vol.1: Single Green Female (Marvel, $14.99)
My Faith in Frankie (DC/ Vertigo $6.95)
Runaways vol.1: Pride
