Bodyguard. Assassin. The Executive Assistant is all of the above rolled into one.
Executive Assistant Iris, written by David Wohl, is comic book from Aspen MLT (publisher of Fathom) released in 2009. The series detailed the adventures of the titular character who worked as an Executive Assistant, specialized in espionage and assassination along with being a bodyguard.Series include:
- Executive Assistant Iris (2009-2010)
- Executive Assistant Iris (2011)
- Executive Assistant Lotus (2011)
- Executive Assistant Orchid (2011)
- Executive Assistant Violet (2011)
- Executive Assistant Assassins (2012-2014)
- Executive Assistant Iris (2012-2013)
- All New Executive Assistant: Iris (2012-2014)
- Executive Assistant Iris - Enemies Among Us (2016)
- No World (2018) - Crossover with Soulfire and Dellec.
- Executive Assistant Iris (2018)
- Aspen Visions: Executive Assistant Iris: The Midst of Chaos (2019)
Tropes associated with this work include:
- Academy of Evil: The Academy trained Iris and other impoverished girls in rigorous and brutal training in order to create security agents with fine etiquette. Lackluster-but-attractive trainees were made into underage prostitutes and concubines.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Just look at the page image. She often wears a business suit with short pencil skirt, playing up the Sexy Secretary trope, and as a trained assassin she can naturally kick ass with the best of them.
- Bodyguard Babes: Executive Assistants are highly trained and well-endowed women trained from childhood to act as protector and saboteur.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: The majority of the employers, especially Mr. Ching, are not known to be moral and will do anything to maintain their power.
- Corporate Warfare: Majority of the stories in the comics involve espionage, assassination, and extortions between corporations and syndicates with Executive Agents being the main conductor of these actions.
- Dark Action Girl: While the Executive Assistants are capable fighters, their nature of employment to Corrupt Corporate Executive and The Don tend to make them less-moral.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Iris grew up in a slum before the academy took her in. Unfortunately, the Academy happened to provide Training from Hell that broke her and her fellow recruits to be molded as cold-blooded bodyguards who would obey their employers.
- Dented Iron: No matter how strong, skill and fast Iris is, she can't stay badass forever since age and the injuries she has throughout the series will affect her performance. By the 2018 storyline, Iris realizes she might be past her prime after an amatuer kidnapper was able to injure her with a throwing knife when she would normally avoid such attacks.
- Dirty Old Man: Mr. Ching is old enough to be Iris' father, yet he still showed his lust towards her in "bedtime".
- Dragon Lady: Iris's nationality as a Chinese woman emphasized this trope with her seductive beauty and combat training.
- Femme Fatale: Iris and Executive Assistants are generally attractive-looking assassin/spy/bodyguards who are also known to seduce their targets.
- Karmic Death: Mr. Ching died at the hand of vengeful Iris for killing her lover and breaking their loyalties.
- Ms Fan Service: Iris seems to provide an eye catcher for the audience.
- Sensual Spandex: Her combat outfit tends to be form fitting Spy Catsuit.
- Silk Hiding Steel: One of the traits as an Executive Assistant is to show a cultural sophistication that hides their more deadly skills in combat.
- The Unfettered: As Iris demonstrated in her monologues, the Executive Assistants are trained to show no hesitation in eliminating their targets. One example being one of Mr. Ching's employees who was poisoned despite Iris having overheard him spending time with his wife and daughter.
- Not So Stoic: Iris later fell in love with Dennis Rucker, who turned out to be an undercover agent along with conflicting loyalty with Mr. Ching. Sadly, Dennis was killed and set Iris on Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
- Tyke Bomb: All of the Executive Assistants are recruited from children, even up to infants, who would be trained in fighting and social etiquettes.
