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Faith Volume 1: Hollywood And Vine

by Jody Houser, illustrated by Francis Portela and Marguerite Sauvage

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VALIANTÕS MOST DEMANDED HERO STEPS OUT OF HARBINGERÉAND INTO AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE! Orphaned at a young age, Faith Herbert Ð a psionically gifted ÒpsiotÓ discovered by the Harbinger Foundation - has always aspired to greatness. But now this once ordinary teenager is taking control of her destiny and becoming the hard-hitting hero sheÕs always known she can be - complete with a mild-mannered secret identity, unsuspecting colleagues, and a day job as a reporter that routinely throws into her harms way! Well, at least she thought it wouldÉ When sheÕs not typing up listicles about cat videos, Faith makes a secret transformation to patrol the night as the City of AngelsÕ own leading superhero Ð the skysoaring Zephyr!…

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"The radiant Faith is long overdue in comics. This superhero who fights crime using powers of flight and telekinesis is formidable, pulchritudinous and — remarkably, unabashedly — fat. The art both caresses and celebrates Faith’s ovoid belly and double chin; the phenomenal subversive power of a fat female body in motion makes her larger than life in a way many other female superheroes seem to struggle to be."
NPR Books We Love — 2016 · apps.npr.org