When we in the geek world think about all the superheroes out there, we usually picture something like, er, well, super, actually; Thor, The X-Men, even someone like Iron Man.
Those powers/abilities are what make them super at the end of the story, right? It’s kinda obvious that they should have big, bold super powers, or any kind of super powers to fight evil.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl seems to change the typical image we have about superheroes because I don’t feel that she is really super in the traditional sense; yeah, she has her powers for sure, but seems more like a parody heroine of the industry than anything else, and that really works!
At first I found myself very lost being new to this series, but I quickly discovered it was pretty simple to keep on track on this story, even on issue six. It’s not the book I’d normally read, but it’s worth a try or two. Anything that can make you smile and laugh more than and handful of times is worth your money, trust me.
The plot-line here isn’t very complicated, but it’s Squirrel Girl’s personality that has what it takes to make you read more and more without stopping. The story sees a geeky super heroine that needs a new costume, who saves her friend’s cat, and becomes involved in an evil rich lady’s spoiled game, while meeting some old friends and making a few new ones.
The book has an old school style, both in narrative and art, but there’s something still very fresh about it. Something in the book that feels familiar yet new, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading through this adventure and would keep definitely track this series as it develops.
The books cat heavy variant cover is my favorite of the lot available, as it showed off some of what we could expect inside (the cats have nothing to do with that, I promise, but who doesn’t love such a purrrfect animal?). It has more content with better portrayed characters and more accurate colors to the ones we see in the comic, so if you ask me, go for this variant. Also, I wish the artists of this cover were the ones who did the whole book, it would be funny to see these adult-like characters to act the way they do in the story, but what we get works well.
Squirrel Girl seems like a really enjoyable character. Kids and adults would like it for sure, but I have some doubts about if teens will feel the same, at least the ones I know are not into these type of heroes. If you have young ones that like things like Sponge Bob Square Pants, forget what I said and give them a copy of this.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #6 is a very funny and enjoyable read from beginning to end! It’s a book that’s very different from many of the superheroes we constantly see in the media, and has s likable main character with a very nice group around her. Kids will love this type of family friendly hero, while adults will enjoy the humor the book has on offer.
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