Riri gets a new writer, and with that a different feel for the character. Is it better? In some ways yes, in some no.

This is mostly a great jump on point for Ironheart. If read about her, you probably have some idea who she is. A super smart 15 year old who creates armor and such like Tony Stark. She's so smart than when Tony went into a Coma she took over for Iron Man. It got the man-babies on the interwebs all upset but it was actually pretty fun. I enjoyed her intro volume a lot. However, what followed after it was overshadowed by the "RETURN" of Tony Stark. So she played only a small role, which was a shame.

Enter Eve. L. Ewing. A new writer ready to start something new. This of course also got the Man Babies very upset because this would be Eve's first comic book. So they already hated the character and now they hate that the character they hate, is being written by a new comer into comics. How fucking dumb is that? Pretty dumb, right?

Okay anyway, the comic is about Riri trying her best to live her normal life while also being a superhero. The 5 issue volume juggles her daily life pretty well with the superheroing part. Around half way we're introduced to our main enemy but of course behind the shadows there is someone else also pulling the strings. On top of that the story really wants to make Riri a character we should care for, and relate to, and her fears of failure, give her something new to attach to.

I thought the art was pretty solid through out. There's some great character poses, fights, and emotion displayed all through it. I enjoyed the characters here, as most of the sidecast feels real. With Riri using her friend she lost to a shootout as a A.I. support. This makes for some fun conversations and a better look into Riri's mind. I also thought the balance of life and superhero stuff was well paced and done.

Now the negatives that do show are mostly learning curves. As someone who is trying to write his own comic, I sometimes wanna slap myself for making a page TOO dialogue heavy. I know some authors love to do that, and Ewing here is no exception. She writes heavy dialogue, especially for issue 1 and 2. This is normal for most writers when they come over to comics. The thing is trying to learn that art can display a lot and to let the dialogue and wording compliment the art shown. Ewing has trouble doing that in the first two issues but seems to get a better flow as it goes on.

Also, the main villain here is kind of boring. A bad guy with a mysterious past, who wants to use Riri as a weapon to dominate the world...yeah been there. I think smaller scale would have worked better for Riri here.

Despite my two negatives here I did enjoy myself reading this. I actually like Riri, and I feel like she can grow to a real interesting character. Not a huge fan of her new look but having a 15 year old badass chick save a city filled with gang violence is pretty awesome. I want more and eager to see where Ewing will take her next. The more she balances out her dialogue/monologue into the art, the better this will become. Can't wait to see what's next! This is a 3.5 out of 5.