Hot on the heels of the Bombshells figurine line and their successful spin off comics comes the Gotham City Garage comic.
Even if you're not familiar with these, the name kind of gives it away. It's basically DC's lead heroines re-imagined as tough as nails biker gals.
For reference, here's the Harley Quinn special edition that I shelled out for because I just HAD to have my side car with Bud and Lou going for a spin.
I'd actually only just heard that they were releasing a comic based on this series the other day so I was a little surprised that they were already a) released and b) up to issue two.
The inside cover has a nice image of Harley's chest tattoo.
The story itself starts with a narrator, which may be this little boy cowering in a field with his family while robotic henchpeople/police holds guns on them and burn their house down.
We see a motorcycle approach and a shadowy figure with a Wonder Woman insignia leaps from it towards the Transformer knock offs.
We're next shown a dome called 'The Garden'. Last city on Earth. Luthorrise, 35 years. Whatever most of that means. I'm getting a sort of Mad Max vibe so far from this.
Actually, it's Mad Max under The Dome with a bit of Minority Report/Psycho-Pass thrown in, the people seem to live like The Cybermen of Doctor Who and we find out our narrator is Kara/Supergirl. The cop-bots look an awful lot like Batman, and Commissioner Gordon is masquerading as Kara's father. He seems to be short circuiting - but manages to tell Kara that he found her as a child, and now the Luthor's know... it's too late and Batman crashes through the window.
Kara runs - Gordon told her to get to the sun.. out of the dome? She uses her tech skills to manipulate the 'gardeners' into shooting at the dome. She takes a leap of faith out of the dome and discovers that she can fly.
It's not looking good for her as she crashes and is surrounded by the gardening Batbots. This must be what Brother Eye would be like if it was controllable. Kara again thinks of Wonder Woman - who seems to be the de riguer super hero around this parts.
Four motorcyclists ride in - one villain, two that straddle the line and one hero. And Bud and Lou! Yay!
It's a good thing that they were like, right there when they were needed.
Okay, so far it's done a good job of piquing my interest. I'm all in for awesome alternate versions of Harley Quinn that we can't get in the usual monthly selection. The art is pretty decent - it looks a bit sketch booky at times but is easy on the eyes - the expressions on Kara's face are super-readable (ha!) and the action is clear and easy to follow.
Looking forward to the next issue!
2017
The Real World
Writers: Colin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Artist: Brian Ching
Colourist: Kelly Fitzpatrick
Cover: Rafael Albuquerque
Even if you're not familiar with these, the name kind of gives it away. It's basically DC's lead heroines re-imagined as tough as nails biker gals.
I'd actually only just heard that they were releasing a comic based on this series the other day so I was a little surprised that they were already a) released and b) up to issue two.
The inside cover has a nice image of Harley's chest tattoo.
The story itself starts with a narrator, which may be this little boy cowering in a field with his family while robotic henchpeople/police holds guns on them and burn their house down.
We see a motorcycle approach and a shadowy figure with a Wonder Woman insignia leaps from it towards the Transformer knock offs.
We're next shown a dome called 'The Garden'. Last city on Earth. Luthorrise, 35 years. Whatever most of that means. I'm getting a sort of Mad Max vibe so far from this.
Actually, it's Mad Max under The Dome with a bit of Minority Report/Psycho-Pass thrown in, the people seem to live like The Cybermen of Doctor Who and we find out our narrator is Kara/Supergirl. The cop-bots look an awful lot like Batman, and Commissioner Gordon is masquerading as Kara's father. He seems to be short circuiting - but manages to tell Kara that he found her as a child, and now the Luthor's know... it's too late and Batman crashes through the window.
Kara runs - Gordon told her to get to the sun.. out of the dome? She uses her tech skills to manipulate the 'gardeners' into shooting at the dome. She takes a leap of faith out of the dome and discovers that she can fly.
It's not looking good for her as she crashes and is surrounded by the gardening Batbots. This must be what Brother Eye would be like if it was controllable. Kara again thinks of Wonder Woman - who seems to be the de riguer super hero around this parts.
Four motorcyclists ride in - one villain, two that straddle the line and one hero. And Bud and Lou! Yay!
It's a good thing that they were like, right there when they were needed.
Okay, so far it's done a good job of piquing my interest. I'm all in for awesome alternate versions of Harley Quinn that we can't get in the usual monthly selection. The art is pretty decent - it looks a bit sketch booky at times but is easy on the eyes - the expressions on Kara's face are super-readable (ha!) and the action is clear and easy to follow.
Looking forward to the next issue!
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