Queen of Kenosha
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- S/ 19.90
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- S/ 19.90
Descripción editorial
A coming of age tale, this is the first installment of the Thin Thinline Trilogy,
the fiercely independent Nina Overstreet has an axe to grind.
A talented singer-songwriter slogging her way through the burgeoning
Greenwich Village folk music scene of 1963, the Queen of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
realizes that standing on the cusp of stardom gets her little respect
and barely a cup of coffee in New York City. It finally comes, but
in a way she could have never imagined.
A chance encounter with the mysterious Nick Ladd at a late-night gig
spins her life in a different direction―one that becomes a daily
balance between life and death, right and wrong.
Nick recruits Nina to join him and a team of ex-FBI operatives in a
clandestine agency to stop the establishment of the Fourth Reich
by undercover Nazis in post-War America. It’s a cause Nina
believes in … until she’s forced to compromise the very principles
of fairness and patriotism she holds dear. As she and Nick grow
closer as partners, she forces him to question his own intentions.
But as the body count mounts in pursuit of the Nazi ringleader, the
evasive Alex, the stakes grow even higher for Nick and Nina.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This lackluster first offering in the "Thin Thinline Trilogy" introduces Nina Overstreet, an aspiring folk singer in 1963 New York City. Her musical career is abruptly pushed aside when agent Nick Ladd recruits her into a mysterious government project the "6700 Company" to shut down neo-Nazis plotting the rise of the Fourth Reich. Shapiro (Forever Friends) plays this implausible merging of coming-of-age and spy genres perfectly straight. Nina trains, goes on missions, and becomes romantically close to Nick as they race to stop an attack on Manhattan's Lincoln Tunnel. Much of the background is related through talking head dialogue and pages crammed with info dumps. Sixties political and social themes of American patriotism and challenging authority are coopted without addressing specific historical issues like racial unrest, political turmoil, or youth culture. Newcomer Chan's artwork is competent but monotonous; her characters almost all have similar body language (she uses the same V-shaped chin on most characters). Background details are often omitted in panels, losing the sense of place or character blocking. The story concludes with a hint at further Nazi plotting and a second volume. But while the ongoing series could improve, there's not enough development to drive future investment in these characters.
