Princeless: Raven The Pirate Princess #1 Review

Writer: Jeremy Whitley, Pencils/Colors: Rosy Higgins, Layouts/Ink/Letters: Ted Brandt/ Action Lab Comics Oh my Glob, I was so excited for this to drop and if you’re a Princeless fan, you should be too. Raven, the Black Arrow, the great grand-daughter of lady pirate Ming Two Tails and the daughter of the Pirate King is getting her own series. And you better believe it that We’re reviewing it.

  So this new series picks up with Raven, fresh from leaving Adrienne and Bedelia (see what those two and Sparky are doing here) with a ship all to herself. No crew. No first mate. But a desire to get back what belongs to her: her rightful place as heir to being the Pirate King Queen. Look, we have another adorable flash back scene of younger Raven when times were great, when her dad took her with him to Take Your Daughter to Work Day,  catch some fresh air and do some pirating. It’s a refreshing thing to see him in comparison to Adrienne’s dad, another king farther away who does in fact care if his children have activities and hobbies that aren’t traditional accepted for their gender.  

But that of course, was years ago. We did originally met Raven in a tower, shoved away in this so called damsel in distress mode, all thanks to the deception of her older brothers whom he have yet to meet.  This issue is fast paced and a wild goose chase the whole way through. A single pickpocket leads to a chase which leads to more questionable activities and we start to get a better understa…