typewriterwitch's review against another edition

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4.0

The individual character moments were really satisfying in this volume.

darkdiamond8989's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I don’t typically read LGBTQ books or comics, so DC Comics Bombshell vol 5 was a different style and genre for me.

I loved Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy in this, since they’re my favorite DC women villains. With the different timelines and scenes, I was getting a little bit confused. 

Definitely need to read the others. This one was really good. 

snowbenton's review against another edition

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1.0

This one upped the trash-ante by turning every passage into a song for no reason. And, seriously, name-dropping Hogwarts?

And as for the actual plot, or what little there is of it, did we really need to add in four new main characters after all the others barely have enough screen time as it is? AND DID ONE OF THEM REALLY NEED TO BE BATGIRL WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE BATWOMAN AND A GAGGLE OF TEENAGE BATGIRLS?

ericawrites's review against another edition

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4.0

Not the most interestingly storyline for me, but done wonderfully.

ajt87's review against another edition

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3.0

This series frustrates me a bit. I feel at times there are too many characters. I missed seeing Wonder Woman and Batwoman in this issue as I feel I am in the minority who enjoys their stories more than the Raven storyline. I also felt I wasn’t necessary to introduce Batgirl and the Suicide Squad so late into the run as there are too many storylines already. Will be intrigued to see what the last volume includes.

kemendraugh's review against another edition

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5.0

This was a weird one! But I love the Atlantis stuff, and Poison Ivy's garden, and I'm REALLY enjoying Kara's plot, especially her mom. Oh man and the songs. The songs were beautiful. Not sure about the vampiric coven? But I'm willing to watch!

wrenny03's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

4.5

wendytheowl's review against another edition

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5.0

ENG
What can I say ? I LOVE The Bombshells !!! And, I need more of Zatanna and John haha.

FR
Que dire ? J'ADORE les Bombshells !!! Et, j'ai besoin de plus de Zatanna et John haha.

fifteenthjessica's review against another edition

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4.0

I haven't enjoyed Bombshells this much in a while. This trade paperback starts with a song recap going over the major characters of the story, it's OK. I'm not confident in my ability to review songs. It seems fine.

This most of the issue focuses on Supergirl, Steve Trevor, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Raven, Lois Lane, and the Reaper as they take on Dr. Strange and break the siege on Leningrad. Between this trade and the last one, it seems like the story has zeroed in on a theme of of mercy and redemption vs revenge and ending wrongs. Naturally, the heroes disagree on it. Lois clearly favors mercy while Reaper supports revenge. Poison Ivy, after seeing Miri Marvel, is exploring the idea of mercy.

While the art is fairly good overall, in the first issue, I thought Supergirl was hanging out with some kind of zombie or vampire instead of Steve Trevor. He looked really haggard in that issue.

Speaking of vampires (no seriously), the last issue in this trade focuses on the OG Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, being recruited to the Bombshells. I've been curious about her for a while since her cameo in Harley's backstory, and eh. This issue is definitely the weak point of this trade. I've said before, Bombshells doesn't need more characters, but now there's also a supernatural Suicide Squad in the ungainly ensemble.

I've always felt that the appeal of a lot of the Gotham City characters (including Batgirl and Harley Quinn) was that instead of relying on supernatural or alien powers like so many other DC characters, they rely on intelligence, skill, and their own clever gadgets. The Batgirl (not to be confused with the posse of Batwoman fangirls known as the Batgirls) is an ace-pilot (ok, cool) turned vampire (why?). Harley Quinn is flat out weird. The impression I got of Marguerite Bennett's interpretation of the character is that Harleen Quinzel is a psychiatrist with a clown persona similar to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (only we don't see a lot of the doctor after her first appearance) with some sort of ability to turn what would be serious injuries into jokes and can generate clown makeup at random.

amck's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5