num_pages: 120
description: Kelly Sue DeConnick (Avengers Assemble Captain Marvel) and Emma Rios (Dr. Strange Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. Death's daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke and her face bears the skull marks of her father. Her origin story is a tale of retribution as beautifully lush as it is unflinchingly savage. It's a perfect match for the gorgeous dizzying artwork in a sumptuous palette-overlaid panels add intricate choreography to fight scenes and detailed whirling splash pages beg for long-lingering looks. Couple that along with a handful of Eisner nominations with a multicultural cast of tough-as-nails women who all fight for their own honor and this is a series to watch out for. - BooklistIt's ambitious and challenging (two qualities that are not often valued but that probably should be) under a faade of violence and sacrifice. Rio's art is lush and detailed and is more than capable of keeping up with the far-reaching story. - PW
language: English
title: Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike
publisher: Image Comics