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A review by fifteenthjessica
DC Comics: Bombshells Vol. 6: War Stories by Marguerite Bennett
2.0
And so DC Bombshells (or should I say the first act of the Bombshells universe ends with a resounding meh).
The short version of the review. If the idea of a comic featuring a large cast of female characters, most of whom date each other, in skimpy outfits but still drawn fairly respectfully sounds cool to you, do pick up this book. If you want your comics to do something special with story telling, skip this one. Also, you should probably be into American comic books (especially DC) at least somewhat, otherwise you may get lost in the massive cast.
War Stories collects issues 25 and 30-33. I don't know where issues 26-29 are. Maybe I can find them if I read the online version, but it's rather inconvenient that I can't read them in the Trade Paperbacks at my library. I assume issues 26-29 involve the new Suicide Squad finishing off the Tenebrae, because that's what most of issue 25 is about. It ends with a flashback revealing the main villain of the series, so I'm left feeling that the few Suicide Squads issues of Bombshells that were included in the trade to reveal the main villain.
Most of the issues focus on the Battle of Leningrad, featuring several Bombshells against Killer Frost, Dr. Hugo Strange, and the main villain pulling all of the strings as well as an army of mythical creatures. At one point, I forgot Steve Trevor was part of the herd in Leningrad, since he only appears once.
As the finale, there are a few plot threads dangling. In spite of three more years of WWII, the epilogue hints at the Bombshells having to focus more on aliens in Bombshells United (my library has volume 1 trade, so I will be reading that). Also, it seems like the story hasn't resolved Lois grappling with one of the story themes (justice and mercy).
There's also a lot of focus on failures of previous generations as a theme, which resulted in a meh resolution. For some reason, they know stopping the main villain will require sacrificing three lives, which I guess is why they brought back
The short version of the review. If the idea of a comic featuring a large cast of female characters, most of whom date each other, in skimpy outfits but still drawn fairly respectfully sounds cool to you, do pick up this book. If you want your comics to do something special with story telling, skip this one. Also, you should probably be into American comic books (especially DC) at least somewhat, otherwise you may get lost in the massive cast.
War Stories collects issues 25 and 30-33. I don't know where issues 26-29 are. Maybe I can find them if I read the online version, but it's rather inconvenient that I can't read them in the Trade Paperbacks at my library. I assume issues 26-29 involve the new Suicide Squad finishing off the Tenebrae, because that's what most of issue 25 is about. It ends with a flashback revealing the main villain of the series, so I'm left feeling that the few Suicide Squads issues of Bombshells that were included in the trade to reveal the main villain.
Spoiler
She is Kryptonian General Faora Hu-ul. She appears briefly before this as a Soviet general when Kara and Kortni are working with the Soviets. I'm of the school of thought that it's better that the readers have a chance to guess who the secret mastermind is. Instead I found myself trying to remember if this general did or said anything important, because I read the one time she appeared long ago. Total blank. This may hit differently if you read more Superman comics and know the history of Krypton in any of the main DC universes, but I haven't so this is my response.Most of the issues focus on the Battle of Leningrad, featuring several Bombshells against Killer Frost, Dr. Hugo Strange, and the main villain pulling all of the strings as well as an army of mythical creatures. At one point, I forgot Steve Trevor was part of the herd in Leningrad, since he only appears once.
As the finale, there are a few plot threads dangling. In spite of three more years of WWII, the epilogue hints at the Bombshells having to focus more on aliens in Bombshells United (my library has volume 1 trade, so I will be reading that). Also, it seems like the story hasn't resolved Lois grappling with one of the story themes (justice and mercy).
There's also a lot of focus on failures of previous generations as a theme, which resulted in a meh resolution. For some reason, they know stopping the main villain will require sacrificing three lives, which I guess is why they brought back