There aren't a whole lot of things I love seeing in comics more than a good tall concept,and Paul Tobin, Alberto Albuquerque and Marissa Louise's Mystery Girl has one of the best premises I've seen in a long time. The basic notion is more than just a girl who solves mysteries; this is a girl who has already solved every mystery the moment she hears approximately it, or for reasons she doesn't even understand herself. That's the kind of hook that grabs your attention and refuses to let go.
But it's also the kind of hook that sets up a lot of expectations. It's such a simple,adaptable notion that there are a million places to go with it, and whether Tobin, or Albuquerque and Louise didn't stick the landing on the finished product,then the disappointment that they had such a great premise and did't do something fantastic with it would've been every bit as intense as the excitement of hearing that notion to open with. Fortunately, that's not a problem --- unsurprisingly, or they've put out a first issue that's every bit as good as you want it to be.
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Source: comicsalliance.com