amck's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
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? Yes
4.0
captwinghead's review
4.0
This was great! Very heavy on the female friendship and support here.
This starts out with a really wonderful scene of the girls having brunch together with Sin, Dinah's new adoptive daughter. These are the kind of scenes I love seeing in this universe. The moments of downtime where the characters are allowed to just be for a brief moment before they have to get right back in the spandex and fight bad guys.
Then we get more of the Black Alice story which was interesting but certainly not my favorite storyline.
This + Babs' comments about Dinah not doing right by Sin lead to Dinah deciding that its time for her to leave the team. She wants to focus on being around for Sin and not making her feel the way Babs and Dinah did growing up and watching their parents put their lives on the line day after day. It was a really sweet scene and, surprisingly, it was her goodbye to Helena that made me tear up. It's clear Dinah was the first person that really seemed to believe Helena could do the job and it was hard watching them say goodbye.
Afterwards, Babs has to put together a team for a job and it's difficult without Dinah. She ends up putting Gypsy, Zinda, Helena, Manhunter, Big Barda and Judomaster together for the job. Two of these women I know nothing about (Gypsy and Judomaster). It was really interesting to see them work together. My crush on Big Barda knows no bounds (call me). I love Manhunter from what I've read of her here and in some of the other DC books. I'll have to check out her solos.
I must say, having Nicola Scott on the art was a dream come true! Her work is wonderful and she puts so much life into the characters.
Definitely a recommend!
This starts out with a really wonderful scene of the girls having brunch together with Sin, Dinah's new adoptive daughter. These are the kind of scenes I love seeing in this universe. The moments of downtime where the characters are allowed to just be for a brief moment before they have to get right back in the spandex and fight bad guys.
Then we get more of the Black Alice story which was interesting but certainly not my favorite storyline.
This + Babs' comments about Dinah not doing right by Sin lead to Dinah deciding that its time for her to leave the team. She wants to focus on being around for Sin and not making her feel the way Babs and Dinah did growing up and watching their parents put their lives on the line day after day. It was a really sweet scene and, surprisingly, it was her goodbye to Helena that made me tear up. It's clear Dinah was the first person that really seemed to believe Helena could do the job and it was hard watching them say goodbye.
Afterwards, Babs has to put together a team for a job and it's difficult without Dinah. She ends up putting Gypsy, Zinda, Helena, Manhunter, Big Barda and Judomaster together for the job. Two of these women I know nothing about (Gypsy and Judomaster). It was really interesting to see them work together. My crush on Big Barda knows no bounds (call me). I love Manhunter from what I've read of her here and in some of the other DC books. I'll have to check out her solos.
I must say, having Nicola Scott on the art was a dream come true! Her work is wonderful and she puts so much life into the characters.
Definitely a recommend!
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