Crosswind #1

Another purchase from this past summer. I believe I got this one at New England Comics in Quincy MA.

Title: Crosswind
Issue: 1
Date: June, 2017
Publisher: Image Comics
Creators: Gail Simone, Cat Staggs
Writer:Gail Simone
Artist: Cat Staggs
Letterer: Simon Bowland
Production: Carey Hall

Gail Simone and Cat Staggs present an adult version of "Freaky Friday", with a suburban housewife switching bodies with a high-priced mafia hitman.

Almost all of this first issue was spent introducing the reader to hitman Cason Ray Bennett and housewife Juniper Elanore Blue. There was some good character development here, especially in Juniper's storyline, which went in more unexpected directions than Cason's. The mafia intrigue stuff felt pretty standard-fare, although that is likely to get more interesting when it's Juniper in Cason's body.

The explanation of how the body-switching happened is pretty arbitrary, although a short prose piece at the end of the issue helps it along nicely.

This was a decent start with the potential to go in some interesting directions, or to stick to fairly cliche territory. So far, so good.

Rating: 8/10