artsymusings's review
3.0
'Never met a fight I couldn't win.'
All in all, I think this series achieved what it set out to achieve which was to shine a light on America's unknown backstory after she left the Utopian Parallel at age 6 and make her aware of her roots. I LOVED the idea of Berraca and Sanar, two cosmic entities creating a planet together full of women. Really, it's like Themyscira in space Marvel styles. However, the whole thing with the La Légion ended up being quite unbelievable and unrealistic.
The concurrent storyline of America having to fight the system à la a big bad corporation and Exterminatrix the 'fascist Barbie' (LOL true). Exterminatrix using her power to control the masses by turning them against each other is all well and good except it fell flat. Simply put, the stakes were never that high to begin with and it all came out of the left field. However, I loved that Prodigy, X'Andria and the rest of America's friends got to play a part in taking her down.
So while I can appreciate that America now has a backstory and the found family aspect of the series, everything about this series is much more about America and her unexplored vulnerabilities than portal-punching her way through the bad guys which was a nice change of pace. However, that's pretty much it and I'm ready for more serious and less flashy storylines for her now (especially after having read what Laura Kinney has to deal with on a weekly basis).
My favorite art in the volume was obviously Jen Bartel's and I'm so glad she got to draw space and the cosmic entities that she's known for. The rest of it also blends seamlessly well and is never jarring like it was in volume one which I appreciated.
All in all, I think this series achieved what it set out to achieve which was to shine a light on America's unknown backstory after she left the Utopian Parallel at age 6 and make her aware of her roots. I LOVED the idea of Berraca and Sanar, two cosmic entities creating a planet together full of women. Really, it's like Themyscira in space Marvel styles. However, the whole thing with the La Légion ended up being quite unbelievable and unrealistic.
Spoiler
You can't just fix something that's been going on for so long by making the bad aliens misunderstood so that they weren't even evil to begin with, okay.The concurrent storyline of America having to fight the system à la a big bad corporation and Exterminatrix the 'fascist Barbie' (LOL true). Exterminatrix using her power to control the masses by turning them against each other is all well and good except it fell flat. Simply put, the stakes were never that high to begin with and it all came out of the left field. However, I loved that Prodigy, X'Andria and the rest of America's friends got to play a part in taking her down.
So while I can appreciate that America now has a backstory and the found family aspect of the series, everything about this series is much more about America and her unexplored vulnerabilities than portal-punching her way through the bad guys which was a nice change of pace. However, that's pretty much it and I'm ready for more serious and less flashy storylines for her now (especially after having read what Laura Kinney has to deal with on a weekly basis).
My favorite art in the volume was obviously Jen Bartel's and I'm so glad she got to draw space and the cosmic entities that she's known for. The rest of it also blends seamlessly well and is never jarring like it was in volume one which I appreciated.
linnaemanne's review
5.0
4,5 estrelas. Me fez sorrir o tempo todo! O vol 1 tinha achado bom, mas agora com o 2 vejo que foi por ser mais uma preparação para o que vinha aqui, faz bem mais sentido agora como uma história completa. Adorei como as coisas se resolveram com todo mundo cooperando e sendo inteligente e sensível.
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