Paper Girls Deluxe Edition Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang (2020 Image Comics hardcover 320pp)
First of all, this is the third collected volume of what was originally a monthly comic. So, don’t start here expecting to understand what’s going on. It has been about 18 months since I read the previous volumes and I was still scratching my head trying to remember what had happened and who was who.
Basically, the plot involves a group of four girls in their early teenage years who get involved in a war between time-travelling factions. In the process they save the world a few times and learn the value of friendship. They come from the late 1980s but soon find themselves leaping forwards and back in time as they get separated, meet various versions of themselves, dangerous strangers and eventually reunite. It has been compared to the Netflix show “Stranger Things” but I think it’s a bit more ‘hard’ sci-fi than that effort.
To me this volume seemed a little bit more pedestrian than what I remember of the earlier books – less action and more talking heads. Things get resolved and normality is restored...or is it? The artwork and layout remains excellent. Get the first volumes or trades and enjoy.
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