Miss Meow #2: Retail Edition is a comic written by Murphey with Aaron Sparrow, with art by Nahuel Lopez. Miss Meow goes on a covert mission while Katfight plots her revenge. This issue gives us two perspectives and a whole lot off wit as we meet new characters and get a decent helping of drama. Our main character is of course Miss Meow, a woman with a large amount of gadgets and a helpful crew. Our secondary main is Katfight, a person whose alignment I’m unsure of but she definitely hates Miss Meow. There are quite a few people we get limited looks at but will hopefully learn more about in the future. The plot begins with Miss Meow breaking into a warehouse and things go left relatively quick. The action here is pretty light but every scene has weight. The dialogue goes from witty to snarky and has an…amount of cat puns. No page is too wordy and the whole thing reads smoothly so you won’t get bogged down at any point. This is a second issue that is building up towards a climactic moment in this series.

            Now this is a Retail Edition which means things have been beefed up or changed, but unlike the first issue this one hasn’t gotten a complete overhaul. The art is mostly unchanged but it does look a bit smoother than before but I don’t if that’s because this is a physical issue compared to my digital copy of the Kickstarter Edition. The location variance is decent and the backgrounds add to the scene. The expressions go perfectly with the words and make the characters seem alive while giving them some personality. The action scenes are short and to the point with few lasting longer than a page. The outfits are all skintight and functional when it comes to Miss Meow but Katfight seems to a have a “sexy first” policy that she’ll throw to the side when it’s time to get serious. There are some sexualized scenes but they fit the story and aren’t just thrown in. The main difference between the Retail and the Kickstarter Editions are the words. Much of what was said before has either been added to or completely revamped. This brings extra context to some scenes and it gives more life to conversations that may have seemed a bit dry and straightforward before.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like lady-led stealth tales involving super folk and dealing with revenge and sabotage full of witty banter this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

PG-13. Maybe a little too sexy.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“You two can put down any stray kittens you find.”

 

Purchase Link: https://mercpublishing.com/collections/retail-editions/products/miss-meow-2

Unboxing Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKNu19yR-OY

 

***** I received this review copy for free. *****

***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 22

Violent Pages: 2, for 9% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 3, for 14% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 2

“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”

“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”

“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”

“This was a tournament arc.”

“All my life I had to fight.”

 

Gore Level – 1

“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”

“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”

“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”

“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”

“This is a slaughterhouse.”

 

Death Level – 1

“And everybody lived happily ever after.”

“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”

“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”

“Yeah this was a tragedy.”

“Think Gettysburg.”

 

Porn Level – 2

“Everybody kept their clothes on.”

“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”

“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”

“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”

“Oh. This is porn.”