The Pulse #12

  

   When you are a superhero in action, you can get away with bending a few laws here and there. You might even be able to commandeer a taxi or two. But when it's your girlfriend in labor, superheroes like Luke Cage still have to keep their cool and wait it out in traffic like everyone else. 

    While the father is stuck in traffic, mother-to-be Jessica Jones sees what it's like to be a superhero at a normal hospital. Fear over the possibility that she is a mutant and if her baby will start blasting people with laser eyes the moment they emerge from the womb, puts the locale of the former hero's delivery in some serious doubt. The Pulse might just have an exclusive here folks: 'Superhero gives birth on sidewalk in front of Big Apple ER!'

   It's a good thing Cage and Jones have some connections in the superhero community and might be able to pull a few strings. This is if they can reach the prospective parents in time.

    Another fun story by Bendis that focuses on superheroes trying to live out normal lives. Lots of laughs are contained in this issue. But what really sold this chapter for me were the protocols used by a hospitial that operates in a metropolis filled with super-powered people. This is just one of those things that unless your at your LCS, you just don't really think about. 

   I may have to bring this up the next time I'm at the store raiding the bargain bins.

   Worth Consuming

   Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.