DC Comics: Bombshells, Vol. 1: Enlisted

I've heard nothing but raves about this series so I was expecting it to be pretty great. GUYS: IT'S PRETTY GREAT.

I love these WWII alternate versions of DC ladies! Even when they are DC ladies I wasn't familiar with before (eg Stargirl, Mera). Definitely goes beyond cute surface level AU and really gets at like...both some of the realities for women in WWII, and also kind of the core values of these superheroes?! Particularly Wonder Woman & why she decides to enter the war <3

SO GREAT even if, like me, you are mostly a casual DC reader.

Read Harder Challenge Task 18: Read a superhero comic with a female lead.

An entertaining reinvisioning of WWII, wherein women play integral roles in combat/espionage. I enjoyed the stories, and that the comic was mostly drawn by women. I don't really have a whole lot of background with D.C. Comics though, so while a lot of the characters were from other comics in their repertoire (Wonder Woman, Batwoman, Supergirl, etc.), it kind of felt like they were recycling characters instead of creating a new series of badass women, which would have been pretty sweet.

That said, I really liked Batwoman's story, probably best of all of them, so maybe I will go out of my way to read more comics featuring her.

This is just so cool! In the World War women picked up jobs and other things (such as sports) to support their country while the men where at war. This also includes being the superheros! This book is filled with strong female heroes with awesome time period costumes.
It is so interesting seeing Wonder Woman's origin story with all the other heroes in the same time period, I don't think that has happened before and I think it is really cool.

The art style is all really good. I think they have a few people working on it because I noticed it changed once and a while. I actually prefer one style more than the other, I wish it was consistent, but it is still quality work. I think the story could use a little work but this could just be the set up to something fantastic! Looking forward to the next issue! ~Ashley