Carey and Elektra
Mike Carey, whom we’ve posted about once or twice, is taking an unusual twist from his DC exclusivity and the metamythological Lucifer to write Ultimate Elektra (a 5-part miniseries) for Marvel Comics, and the linked article hints of an ongoing series.
Elektra was written as such a compelling character while in the gifted hands of Frank Miller, but has been trivialized into a meaningless “female ninja showing a lot of skin” by lesser writers. I have a lot of respect for Carey and his work on Lucifer - he took the seeds of a character planted by a master like Gaiman and did the unthinkable… he made the character better. Here’s to hoping that lightning strikes twice and he can do the same with Miller’s creation.