Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat #4 – Review

By: Jen Van Meter (writer), Javier Pulido (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors) & Joe Caramanga (letters)

The Story: This Black Cat mini comes to a close.  Will Black Cat be able to save her Mom from the Kravinoff’s?  Will events tie into Amazing Spider Man?  And what will happen with all the stolen loot?

What’s Good: This was a really refreshing end to what has mostly been a fun little series.  All of the confusion that started to plague Issue #3 is gone as this story quickly became very streamlined: Save the Mom and escape from the Kravinoff’s.  There is also a lot of wrap up in this issue that ties events nicely into the continuity of Amazing Spider-Man, including a few really good Black-Cat/Spider-Man scenes.

Ms. Van Meter does a wonderful job capturing Black Cat’s “naughty but not evil” persona.  If you like the character Black Cat, you should be reading this series or at least watch for the trade when it comes out.  Ms. Van Meter also continues to develop Ana Kravinoff into a really neat character.  She just has the gleefully murderous aspect to her that makes her fun and one hopes that the next creator to fiddle with Ana continues the momentum her character has because there is a kernel of a new villain here (but they shouldn’t make her too evil as her childishness is what makes her special).