Book Review: White Tiger

Book: White Tiger: A Hero's Compulsion (issues #1-6) by Tamora Pierce and Timothy Liebe
 
Illustrations by Phil Briones with Alvaro Rio and Ronaldo Adriano Silva (issue #6)
 
Color by Chris Sotomayor


Source: Library

Rating: 5 stars

Review:

Loved this!

This really was amazing. It's well written, funny, fast paced, interesting story that's focused on Angela del Toro who mysteriously received the mystical amulets that once belonged to her uncle the original White Tiger.

It wasn't until she took down a group in an alley that had blank passports and green cards as well as getting the attention from "Daredevil" that she decided to become the new White Tiger. Following a meeting with Agent Coville, one of her former FBI colleagues, Angela finds a connection between the people carrying the illegal passports and green cards and the guy who murdered her FBI partner. Coville also got her an interview with a security company, since she was looking for a job after getting fired from the FBI.

But before she officially went out as White Tiger she needed a new costume. Help came from the Black Widow (with a little financing from Matt Murdock). And a surprising input from Spider-Man.

This had some really nice appearances by Spider-Man, Black Widow, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Emma Frost and even crazy Deadpool.

I thought the author did a great job writing this story because you get a sense of who Angela is and why she's gone from the traditional law enforcement to become one of the costumed heroes.

Even though the author is not known for writing comic books she did a really amazing job with this. And it has me interested in maybe giving one her books a chance. I also thought the artwork was good too.