This issue is another one that sort of defies recapping, as we get a tour of Janice's life-long journey to become a super-villain. Unfortunately, Spencer takes the usual shtick a little too far at times; for example, I found Janice's complaint about the glass ceiling in the drug trade to be excessively casual. I know that we're supposed to see the humor in Janice viewing herself as the Hillary Clinton of vice, but it actually just stoked my sense that most of these characters are going to face some sort of comeuppance for the nonchalant way that they approach crime. After all, Janice might not be so blasé about crime if she gets killed by the Punisher or spends 20 years in prison. Also, the Baron Zemo/Fixer dispute smacked of deus ex machina-ness, despite its hilarity. It was just a little convenient that they just happened to come to Janice's law firm over a dispute that required the creation of a new super-villain to settle. It's still an enjoyable issue, but it felt like Spencer was trying too hard to be clever, when this series is as excellent as it is because he usually makes the cleverness look so effortless. (Now, I'm waiting for Tombstone to come wale on me for saying something slightly negative about Janice.)
*** (three of five stars)
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