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Published by: IDW Publishing
Released on: May 21, 2014
The former-assassin, left for dead but shockingly found alive by April Mayday and her team has rehabilitated over a couple years' time with The Sisterhood. They've welcomed her in and marvelled at her recuperation, just wanting to heal herself, inside and out. So, after some time, when April returns to take her away, she's more than a little concerned.
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April begins the long-winded task of revealing her own identity to her, explaining at first who she was, what she went through, who the Danger Girls are, who The Hammer is, and how she was a double-agent with DG who ended up having to fight them, eventually killed when they destroyed The Hammer.
Or so it would seem. New threats are emerging in her native Russia, Mayday tells her, that require her special talents. But without any recollection of who she was she's nowhere near as capable as her legendary status would say. She spars in an exercise with one of Mayday's team and fails spectacularly, much to the disappointment of them all except Mayday. She still believes and so it's the spiritual leader of The Sisterhood that shows her how to heal her mind, to find the source of her inner pain, to face it down.
Almost instantly she then sees her sparring partner as her old Danger Girl teammate. She's then on her feet and knocking the crap out of her. Pleased, next Mayday gives her the old battle armour she wore and weapons she used, having painstakingly had them rebuilt. Mayday's hope is that, with this on, it'll trigger more memories and she'll realize who she is: Natalia Kassle, “the most dangerous woman who ever lived. Twice.â€
This series continues to just be a blast as they go the time-worn traditional path of resurrecting a powerful enemy character. Here, though, Andy Hartnell's story gives her a shot at redemption instead. Add to that the fantastically curvy artwork by John Royle and you've got a winning combination.
