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luana420's review
4.0
When at some point in the previous volumes Waller suggested Duchess was probably Lashina, I felt like an idiot who probably should have seen that coming. Goes to show how little I care for New Gods shit! Well, here’s the climax of that, I guess! It’s pretty eventful and has a decent bodycount so egg on my face I suppose. This is one of the more solid Squad books so far, as it was not hampered by any head-scratching crossovers, which – to be fair— is a general supe book problem and not so much inherent to this one.
Poison Ivy ends up on Task Force X more or less due to coincidence, which is an ironic reversal considering her later girlfriend Harley would become the de facto face of the Squad in popular culture, only she hadn’t been conceived of yet when this book was published. Ivy’s characterization is a rather hilarious MAN eater: “Will there be any… MEN????” I guess the book is from a time when “a sexual character” meant a very specific TYPE of sexuality; Ostrander is certainly well-meaning what with the gay mechanic man and whatnot, but it’s telling that you can’t be gay without that being Your Whole Deal.
Highly amused that the final arc of the book is BASICALLY Marked For Death with Amanda Waller. Shoulda killed that Loa guy twice like Screwface!
Poison Ivy ends up on Task Force X more or less due to coincidence, which is an ironic reversal considering her later girlfriend Harley would become the de facto face of the Squad in popular culture, only she hadn’t been conceived of yet when this book was published. Ivy’s characterization is a rather hilarious MAN eater: “Will there be any… MEN????” I guess the book is from a time when “a sexual character” meant a very specific TYPE of sexuality; Ostrander is certainly well-meaning what with the gay mechanic man and whatnot, but it’s telling that you can’t be gay without that being Your Whole Deal.
Highly amused that the final arc of the book is BASICALLY Marked For Death with Amanda Waller. Shoulda killed that Loa guy twice like Screwface!
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