Is this comic book about a girl being trained to use her ability to kill really worth your money and time?  Read on to find out.

The official description from Image:

Felicia hones her little teleportation trick, and picks up a few new ones, while training with Mars to become a cold-blooded assassin.

If you haven’t picked up an issue of I Love Trouble this one does a good job getting the audience caught up without an overly wordy recap. We know that Felicia is dealing with her new super power of teleportation and she is being trained by the Mars Corporation to become their assassin. She comes off as tough girl but a rather nice sequence addresses her vulnerabilities. Felicia is the tattooed, edgy, no nonsense type but this short sequence shows allows the character and the story to have some necessary heart.

We follow her as she trains and there is much fun to be had with her obvious inexperience at combat and what she draws on from her past to use to her advantage. There is also a glimpse into her abusive relationship with Johnny, which shows how our heroine deals with pain, but in the end it illuminates how tough it is for her to get away from the past. Writer Kel Symons does a great job by not over burdening the story, as he allows thestyle of Mark Robinson to handily tell this tale. There’s opportunity to use explanatory dialogue and internal monologue but Symons shows he respects his work by understanding what’s necessary to tell oppose to show.

Robinson’s art is very cartoony and Adam Warren-esque but he maintains his own style. He uses words and sound effects as framing devices in a way that’s engaging and visually stimulating. While I love about Robinson’s illustrations is that there were times where I had to look at something several times to decipher the specific action which made for a rewarding experience.

It will be interesting to see how Felicia deals with the mental and emotional aspect of committing her first assassination moving forward. In short the narrative plus the art (which is the single best reason to be reading this, I Love Trouble #4 earns a recommendation.

4/5