Lady Death-Shi #1-2
	Writer: Brian Pulido Artwork: Juan Jose Ryp, Daniel HDR Colorist: Andrew Dalhouse Editor in Chief: William Christensen Published by: Avatar Press 'Lady Death' created by Brian Pulido ‘Shi’ created by Billy Tucci
	Reviewed by: Bruce Logan

EXCLAMATION: “She might be smaller up top (than Lady Death) but Shi scores with the ‘better’ ass and thighs!!”

EXPLANATION: Pulled into the Shi-verse/time and ‘negotiated’ into having to kill Shi (in issue #0), Lady Death gets on with the job at hand; tracking down her prey easily enough. There is the (obligatory) initial confrontation between the two ending with Lady Death besting the brave, feisty but clearly out-fought Shi. Just when she is about to fell the final killing blow, Lady Death learns something about Shi (and the similarities between the two characters), which makes her draw back. Soon the two are working together making quick work of the bad guys, right from the small fry to big bad Yamakoto. There is also a subplot involving Shi’s mentor Hojo but that is more of a page-filler than anything else. The crossover ends with both heroines going their respective ways.

EXAMINATION (Story): Coming in close at the heels of the Lady Death vs. War Angel crossover and ending just around the same time as Lady Death vs. Pandora, Lady Death-Shi is definitely the better crossover of the three. While from a passing glance it might seem that LD-Shi has a better ‘detailed’ platform as against the one-shots that were the ‘versus’ twins, in reality LDvsWA and LDvsP are sequels of the three part Lady Death: Lost Souls mega-crossover. This means unlike LD-Shi the ‘versus’ one-shots had a pre-made launching pad for them. This holds even more for Lady Death vs. Pandora, for it follows not only Lost Souls but also Lady Death vs. War Angel.

EXAMINATION (Art): While I would have much rather preferred Juan Jose Ryp to do the visuals for the entirety of the mini (and not just #0 and the opening for #1), Daniel HDR makes for a good replacement. He might not have Ryp’s detailed semi-realistic mature style but Daniel does seem to ‘get’ the pacing in character interaction, whether in peaceful scenes or battle sequences. There is a fluidity to his visuals that adds to (rather than detracts) from the overall experience.

PROCLAMATION: Although there isn’t probably much that will matter from this crossover, it did make for an interesting time-pass read. And, hey, who doesn’t like hawt scantily clad female characters duking it out?!

RATING (Overall): 3.5/5