Comics - Lady Mechanika v1-6 (2010) [+]
May 29 2023
Lady Mechanika is an alt-history Victorian Steampunk comic book by Joe Benitez. Lady Mechanika is a British lady detective living in Mechanika, City of Tomorrow and a gathering place for inventors from all over the world. She goes around solving mysteries and fighting mechanical and supernatural monsters whilst trying to find out her true origins.
She was found as a teen without her memories and with a highly modified body -- arms and legs replaced with mechanical limbs (which give her great strength and speed), red eyes (which don't seem to do anything), a dark viscous blood (which gives her fast healing). Add to that gadgets invented by her friend Archibald C Lewis and Lady Mechanika is quite formidable.
This is a series marked by really good art, lots of dialogue and lots of people talking British, and a bit more clockwork and mysticism than steampunk. The stories are entertaining and bit bloody.
v1 The Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse (5-1/2 issues) - A dead girl with mechanical arms much like Lady M's. Could the same inventor have created them both?
v2 The Table of Destinies (6 issues) - Lady Mechanika and her young friend Winifred travel to Africa in search of her Geographic Society father, who may be on the verge of finding an ancient mountain-breaking weapon.
v3 The Lost Boys of West Abbey (2 issues) - Orphan boys are going missing. Detective Inspector Singh of the Mechanika City Police needs Lady Mechanika's help.
v? La Dama de la Muerte (3 issues) - I haven't read this one though the events are referenced in v6.
v4 The Clockwork Assassin (3 issues) - Former colleagues of Mr Lewis are being murdered by a clockwork woman who is stronger and faster than Lady Mechanika.
v5 La Belle Dame Sans Merci (3 issues) - Mr Lewis falls in love with a woman who inspires great creativity in exchange for his life force.
v6 Sangre (5 issues) - Lady Mechanika is hired to excise demons haunting a boy in Spain, though those demons turn out to be vampires, but vampires being hunted by something even more dangerous than them.
v? The Monster of the Ministry of Hell (4 issues) - I haven't read this one.
She was found as a teen without her memories and with a highly modified body -- arms and legs replaced with mechanical limbs (which give her great strength and speed), red eyes (which don't seem to do anything), a dark viscous blood (which gives her fast healing). Add to that gadgets invented by her friend Archibald C Lewis and Lady Mechanika is quite formidable.
This is a series marked by really good art, lots of dialogue and lots of people talking British, and a bit more clockwork and mysticism than steampunk. The stories are entertaining and bit bloody.
Volumes
v1 The Mystery of the Mechanical Corpse (5-1/2 issues) - A dead girl with mechanical arms much like Lady M's. Could the same inventor have created them both?
v2 The Table of Destinies (6 issues) - Lady Mechanika and her young friend Winifred travel to Africa in search of her Geographic Society father, who may be on the verge of finding an ancient mountain-breaking weapon.
v3 The Lost Boys of West Abbey (2 issues) - Orphan boys are going missing. Detective Inspector Singh of the Mechanika City Police needs Lady Mechanika's help.
v? La Dama de la Muerte (3 issues) - I haven't read this one though the events are referenced in v6.
v4 The Clockwork Assassin (3 issues) - Former colleagues of Mr Lewis are being murdered by a clockwork woman who is stronger and faster than Lady Mechanika.
v5 La Belle Dame Sans Merci (3 issues) - Mr Lewis falls in love with a woman who inspires great creativity in exchange for his life force.
v6 Sangre (5 issues) - Lady Mechanika is hired to excise demons haunting a boy in Spain, though those demons turn out to be vampires, but vampires being hunted by something even more dangerous than them.
v? The Monster of the Ministry of Hell (4 issues) - I haven't read this one.