Similarly, Cormoran Strike is now a private detective working in London, but his backstory is similarly heroic to Jessica’s. But following a truly horrendous, months-long encounter with a villain known as the Purple Man, Jessica hung up the bright spandex in favor of a life as a private investigator, using her super-strength only to help gather evidence to help her clients. Jessica began her career as a costumed hero, a member of the Avengers who rubbed elbows with the likes of Ms. 1: Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Michael Gadyos (artist), Matt Hollingsworth (colorist), Richard Starkings and Wes Abbott & Oscar Gongora (letterers)Īlias is a fantastic noir spin on the typical superhero story. If you like Cormoran Strike, try Jessica Jones.Ĭormoran Strike series by “Robert Galbraith” (I see you, J. The cast is made up of people of all shapes, sizes, ethnicities, and sexual orientations, and none of those things ever places another character above another. Goldie Vance has all the squeaky clean mystery solving that you may have loved about the Nancy Drew books (and that you’ll absolutely want to share with readers of all ages), but with the added bonus of a touch more sass and a more modern dedication to diversity.
The girls also share living situations that are far from traditional–Nancy’s mother died when she was a child, leaving her just a father and a devoted housekeeper, while Goldie’s parents have split up–and successful fathers (one a hotel manager, the other a lawyer) whose default emotions seem to be mild exasperation tinged with pride.īut what really makes Goldie Vance special is the twist it puts on Nancy’s stories. And the bright, gorgeous color palette used in Goldie ’s art exactly fits the “innocent” settings of both series, as well as contrasting brilliantly with the darker crimes to be solved.
Both are set in supposedly simpler times that serve as backdrops to the crime-fighting each girl does. Goldie (mostly) works as a valet at the hotel and, more often, finds herself embroiled in a mystery, “volunteering” her services to help out the hotel’s detective, Walt Tooey.įans of Nancy Drew, that convertible-driving teen sleuth of yesteryear, will find a lot of familiar territory to fall in love with in Goldie Vance. Goldie Vance is a teenage girl whose father manages the Crossed Palms Resort in St.
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