Mockingbird #1

Mockingbird, Issue #1 is about Mockingbird/Agent 19/Barbara "Bobbi" Morse, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. who has been given the Super Soldier serum and the Infinity Formula.  This first issue is the story of her healthcare.  She gets a checkup - including a colonoscopy - every week.  She's growing more paranoid as she grows more powerful.  Her chardonnay intake increases, and eventually, she responds to tests of her psychic powers by throwing a heavy chair into the mirror through which she is being watched.

I like this comic a lot.  Mockingbird still works as a superhero, but there are only flashes of this existence.  We see her as the patient, and if I could adopt some of Agent 19's paranoia, we see her as the subject.  Nick Fury gave her the Super Soldier serum and the Infinity Formula to save her life, she thinks.  We don't know if this is true, and because I haven't read any of the backstory about her, I'm in no position to judge this.

In addition to the brilliant writing by Chelsea Cain, this is a well-rounded comic.  Artist Kate Niemczyk shows Barbara in a variety of situations, as superhero, astronaut, vixen, spy, and patient.  I also found the colors by Rachelle Rosenberg refreshingly good.  I always look at the hair of the various characters to see if the color artist uses one color for every situation.  Rosenberg doesn't.  Of course, the nurse, Pat, has the same hair color, as do many of the other characters, but that's because we only see her in one setting.  The letters by VC's Joe Caramagna are solid and almost casual.  Very good first effort.