This one felt a bit disjointed at points where the panel layout and dialogue made it difficult to follow what was going on. I dunno, maybe this series was just too hyped for me and it was never going to live up to that. Still enjoying it and still going to read the rest. ( )

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Bombshells, Vol. 2: Allies by Marguerite Bennett (illustrated by Marguerite Sauvage, Laura Braga, Mirka Andolfo, Sandy Jarrell, and Maria Laura Sanapo) is the second, and last volume of this story which reimagines the DC Comics heroines during World War II. This graphic novel collects issues #7-12.

World War II is becoming larger and the heroines find themselves fighting across the globe, while protecting the home front. Wonder Woman faces the undead in Greece, Stargirl and Supergirl are in London following a family secret.

Mera of Atlantis finds that she can’t control everything in the sea, while Zatanna uses her powers to fight evil magic. Batwoman has been caught by Lex Luthor and the Nazis, but no need to worry.

I thoroughly enjoyed Bombshells, Vol. 1: Enlisted of this series, the story and the artwork created one of my favorite graphic novels in recent years. I was, of course, looking forward to reading Bombshells, Vol. 2: Allies by Marguerite Bennett (illustrated by Marguerite Sauvage, Laura Braga, Mirka Andolfo, Sandy Jarrell, and Maria Laura Sanapo) to see how things turned out for the heroines.

The story in this graphic novel was all over the place, scenes jumped and several times I had no idea what’s going on. However, I really enjoyed the characters, they became more interesting as the story progressed. I thought it was hilarious that Batwoman is a Jewish lesbian which gives her plenty of reasons to hate the Nazis even more (among the plethora of reasons to hate them even if you’re neither).

The artwork was, again, ranged from excellent to just OK. I thought when the artists embraced the whole World War II cheesecake style it worked the best, but some pages were either rushed, or just totally missed the concept.

Overall I really enjoyed this series, it was a unique look at the DC superheroines with some social commentary thrown into the mix. I always appreciate reading these kind of stories, outside the main time line and narrative, which make me think outside the box. ( )

OMG, the action DID NOT STOP, and break our hearts more, will you, Marguerite Bennett? So good. ( )

This book more or less picks up where the previous volume left off. Whereas the last volume felt like it was simply introducing every character, this book felt like a lot of action without necessarily a ton of story. I think my biggest issue is that there are so many characters to follow that each character's story feels a little short shrifted. You get a page or two on that character and just as you are starting to get into their story -- poof! you move on to the next character. While I wasn't in love with this book, it was entertaining enough that I'll try the third volume. ( )

This TPB mostly had the Tenebrae in it, which were weird blue eyed dead zombies I think? Although there were some other bad guys and gals scattered throughout as well.

We got to see a little bit of Catwoman, which was cool, and Zatanna was quite impressive as well.

But, honestly, the reason I liked this TPB was there was so much (to my eyes and brain) lesbian/bi/pan/etc. woman loving woman stuff in it. So awesome, and none of the characters seem to blink either when it's used as a serious thing, or as a joke.

Usually you're lucky to have two lesbians in twelve volumes of something, but, here everyone seems to have some sort of connection to the sapphic. ( )