A review by luana420
DC Comics: Bombshells Vol. 6: War Stories by Marguerite Bennett
4.0
Okay my earlier dismay with Harley's Harry Potter references are mitigated here since apparently Harley is a Deadpool-style fourth wall breaker with a Christian Bale joke. Still cringe that Bennett went for HP twice, but okay!
The Faora reveal is cool but I almost felt overwhelmed by how much backstory was dropped via said reveal. I guess that's a superhero thing tho? I was very delighted by the double-double reveal which sends the series into Power Ranger territory once more (I think when they emulate sentai shows the book works best).
Speaking of superhero things, if there's one thing I didn't like about this series was just that it was so relentless, we're always hopping from one place to another, the narration never ends, the monologues are always there, it's like... okay chill have a sit down! Hell, have a fist-fight without talking!
They managed with Diana and Kara's mourning last volume but sheesh, the superhero genre is a busy-busy one, I guess!
They're also almost fetishistic about NOT KILLING EVER, even if they're in a situation where non-lethally restraining a villain will literally cost three good guy lives. Not that I cared about the three people self-sacrificing but just from a character standpoint, even the most simpering liberal would be sympathetic with Kara just using the kryptonite dagger?
The Faora reveal is cool but I almost felt overwhelmed by how much backstory was dropped via said reveal. I guess that's a superhero thing tho? I was very delighted by the double-double reveal which sends the series into Power Ranger territory once more (I think when they emulate sentai shows the book works best).
Speaking of superhero things, if there's one thing I didn't like about this series was just that it was so relentless, we're always hopping from one place to another, the narration never ends, the monologues are always there, it's like... okay chill have a sit down! Hell, have a fist-fight without talking!
They managed with Diana and Kara's mourning last volume but sheesh, the superhero genre is a busy-busy one, I guess!
They're also almost fetishistic about NOT KILLING EVER, even if they're in a situation where non-lethally restraining a villain will literally cost three good guy lives. Not that I cared about the three people self-sacrificing but just from a character standpoint, even the most simpering liberal would be sympathetic with Kara just using the kryptonite dagger?