Rather than go spooky or gory, I went vintage fashion (Brighton Belle) plus a background that is less fashion and a bit more gritty (Mr. Churchill's Secretary, Princess Elizabeth's Spy, and Death in the Air). I love the AU version of Wonder Woman as Rosie the Riveter. The last two covers are for the upcoming bingo (the true crime square and a square to be named later). The last cover screams autumn and I love it. 

From Halloween Bingo 2018:

The Siren by Kieran Cass

In Her Bones by Kate Moretti

Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope #1) by Susan Elia MacNeal

From Halloween Bingo 2017:

Saga Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples

DC Bombshells Volume 1, 2 by Marguerite Bennett et al

Call of Crows series by Shelly Laurenston

From Halloween Bingo 2016:

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavelle

Vision Volume 1 by Tom King et al

Date Published: July 3, 2018

Format: Print

Source: Own copy

Date Read: May 16, 2019

Read for BoB Cycle 25

Blurb

Author Marguerite Bennett (DC BOMBSHELLS, BATWOMAN) unites the women of DC BOMBSHELLS in an alternate history tale with Wonder Woman on the front lines of battle.

The Bombshells are back in an all-new series! As our new tale begins, the year is 1943 during WWII, and Wonder Woman is called to Arizona for help by two young girls named Cassie Sandsmark and Donna Troy! The girls' friends and families are being displaced from their homes and forced into internment camps! To save them, can Wonder Woman fight against the same people she once fought alongside?

To make matters worse, Clayface has infiltrated the camp and is disguised as loved ones to throw Wonder Woman off. Collects issues #1-6.

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Review

What a let down! I loved the DC Bombshells alternate universe when they set the story in Europe to fight the Nazis, so I had high expectations that when they set the spin-off story in the US to fight some of the war time prejudice and certain actions taken by the US government. I got crap is what I got. The story takes place in the forests of Washington state after Wonder Woman saved a train full of Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans from going to a concentration camp in the desert. The bad guy sent to find these "prisoners" is Clayface (and if you are thinking Who? you are in good company - I love WW comics and have no clue to this villain). WW sacrifices herself to save the prisoners and save the soul of Clayface - this leads to some of the young girls in this saved group to join forces with the now good Clayface to join together and become the Wonder Girls (again, no clue to who/what that group is). Just a waste of WW and a good premise; boring to boot. I am not continuing with this spin-off.

I have done so well this month with reading that I'm going to take a short break to splurge on these piled up graphic novels and comics. I have so many to choose from. Transformers, GI Joe, Dredd, and a lot of indies. This promises to be fun.

The Bombshells series draws to a conclusion with a final battle against Hugo Strange and Killer Frost, as well as the mastermind behind the villains the Bombshells have faced. Supergirl and Raven both must face their pasts if they want to win.

This final volume was a nice ending to the series, but not an entirely satisfying one. Quite a few main characters were missing entirely from this volume, including Wonder Woman, Batwoman, and Mera. Luckily, there is a sequel series to continue their stories. I'm not surprised that the book couldn't fit in every character since this series has a huge cast. But it did continue the stories of the ones who made it in the book very nicely.

The book started with more of Batgirl and the Suicide Squad as they staged a rescue. They were only in the book for an issue, but their group dynamic was fun and I'd love to see more of them.

Supergirl got a big reveal in her former home planet and her parentage that she had to quickly come to terms with and face in this volume as her birth mother's identity is revealed. She also got some nice bonding with her clone siblings, Power Girl and Superman, and Lois Lane (hopefully her future love interest).

Raven also had to face her past when she met her father again. And her new-found family with Zatanna and Constantine continued to be adorable.

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy also continued to be cute, even if Harley had some very bad jokes that Ivy had to endure.

From start to finish, the Bombshells series proved to be a fun ride with the ladies of the DC universe taking center stage. It took the simple concept of what the world would be like if the female superheroes came first and ran with it, re-imagining their dynamics in a World War II setting. And so many queer characters. I don't think there was a single issue that didn't feature a queer character, with most featuring multiple.

I'm so glad there's a sequel to this because I loved every moment of this series and there's so many more stories that can be told with all the characters. And hopefully more DC heroines will join the series.