I was hoping volume 3 would be finished by now, so I could have hopefully the entire series to do in succession, but oh well. The first Jenny Zero mini-series finds the title character wallowing in unexamined grief and self-pity. She couldn't live up to the legacy of her father, legendary kaiju fighter Mega Commander Zero, and decided to stop trying. But some people can't leave well-enough alone, so she has to step up whether she wants to or not.
This mini-series is basically Jenny learning she has more in common with her father than she thought, and having to deal with it. There are a lot of flashbacks to her childhood, many of which highlight her friendship with Dana, who is the heir to a hotel chain and alternates between enabling Jenny and protecting her.
Jenny doesn't make peace with her father's memory, nor does she suddenly stop being a foul-mouthed impulsive party girl. If anything, learning she has superpowers makes her even more inclined to throw her weight around. It's only the word of an old friend of her father's that convinces her to actually go along with the government agency that came knocking (with thanks and giant robots).
King uses a thin, wobbly line most of the time, that makes Jenny look all the less composed. Jenny's usually drawn as slumped, awkwardly dressed, off-color or sickly. In contrast, the line work on Dana is steadier, and she's much more calm throughout this whole thing, even though it's outside her wheelhouse. Jenny looks better at giant-size, but she's also usually hammered drunk at giant-size, so maybe that's why.
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