What if the DC Comics female heroes were all fighting in World War II as a team called the Bombshells? From DC Comics Bombshells with Special Guest Author & Historian Tim Hanley (Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes)

We journey back to WWII (with a brief detour to the 1980s) on this week's episode as DC's female superheroes, including Kate Kane's Batwoman, Wonder Woman, Mera, Supergirl, Stargirl, Zatanna and more form the Nazi fighting super team, The Bombshells. We are joined by special guest author & historian Tim Hanley (Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes) to discuss the comic con-based backstory for this line, Marguerite Bennett's sharp storytelling, the striking art by Margueurite Sauvage, Laura Braga and others plus why the time is right for a Bombshells rival. But first, we stop off in the 1980s to see Wonder Woman and DC's best known (and not so known) super heroines battle The Adjudicator, a giant alien with disco balls for eyes (!!!) in Paul Levitz, Roy Thomas and Gene Colan's pre-event event series.
Ep. 75 What if the DC female heroes were all fighting in World War II as a team called the Bombshells? Special Guest Author Tim Hanley (Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes)
Bombshells Earth (DC Comics)
As seen in DC Comics Bombshells Vol 1

Featuring special guest Tim Hanley (Author of Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes, The Many Lives of Catwoman, Investigating Lois Lane, Wonder Woman Unbound and more!)
Follow Tim on Twitter @TimHanley01 or at https://thanley.wordpress.com/
Order Tim's book "Not All Supermen" here.

Reading List:
  • Wonder Woman Volume 1 #291-293 (1982 DC Comics)
  • Bombshells Vol 1 #1-6 (printed) or #1-18 (digital) (2015 DC Comics)
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Creators and Guests

Guido
Host
Guido
working in education, background in public health, lover of: collecting, comics, games, antiques, ephemera, movies, music, activism, writing, and on + on...
Robert
Host
Robert
Queer Nerd for Horror, Rock N Roll and Comics (in that order). Co-Host of @dearwatchers a Marvel What If and Omniverse Podcast
Tim Hanley
Guest
Tim Hanley
Author and historian. Books on Wonder Woman, Lois Lane, Catwoman, and Betty and Veronica. NOT ALL SUPERMEN available now! He/him.
What if the DC Comics female heroes were all fighting in World War II as a team called the Bombshells? From DC Comics Bombshells with Special Guest Author & Historian Tim Hanley (Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes)
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