Frank Cho's artistry is top notch. He breaks the trendy mold on how to draw the female form in action in today's comics and graphic novels. The story is far fetched but Jurassic park made money for a reason.

This is a great buy for anyone who knows and enjoys Cho's art. He has stated that he loved doing this series because it was full of two of his favorite subjects- hot women and dinosaurs- and that joy shows on every page.

The story is exactly waht it means to be: fun. There are intriguing bits of character development and good dialogue throughout, but don't look for a penetrating analysis of the human condition here. This is a story about a Cho Babe slugging it out with dinos.

This hardcover edition is beatifully bound like Marvel's other Premiere HCs, and in this case the content merits the format.

I expected the art in Frank Cho's book to be top notch and it met those expectations. The story, however, in "Shanna, The She-Devil" exceeded my expectations.

While it may not be a wholly original story, I do not mind that. Like many things, I don't mind something unoriginal as long as it is done well, and "Shanna" falls into this category.

The book is surprisingly less titillating than I thought it would be and no more pornographic than the typical comic book (or entertainment product for that matter). And I thought that Mr. Cho achieves the apparent goal of making Shanna somewhat ingenuous despite her sexuality and initial coldness.

The relationship between Doc and Shanna is intriguing and I liked that Cho focuses on Doc's interest in Shanna's morality (or lack thereof) instead of her carnality.

One of the curiosities of the book is an apparent unresolved plot thread involving Doc and another character. (And this apparent unresolved thread helps suggest that "Shanna" was meant to be an ongoing series.) But this apparently unresolved thread actually adds to the story. Because as is with real life, things don't always end neatly and you cannot control what happens. A second curiosity is Mr. Cho's apparent interest in graphic death scenes (including the repeated depiction of dismembered eyeballs). This is a minor drawback.

"Shanna, The She-Devil" is a well-written story for adults. And if it was shortened into a finite story instead of an ongoing series, that only served to make it better. For some stories are better when they have a definitive ending.

I bought this book because I like how Frank draws women (e.g, Liberty Meadows's Brandy and Jen). You can check out his artwork at http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php.

I didn't give it 5 stars because the plot isn't really original. You probably heard it all before -- an artificial construct (be it a robot, a clone, a cyborg, a computer) starts out cold and heartless but with a patient, elderly or young mentor/friend at its side becomes "human" in the end (e.g. Terminator 2, Short Circuit, Iron Giant, etc.)

I would have given it 5 stars if it were in paperback. The hardcover edition is just too pricey in my opinion. Wait for the TPB this May 2006.