All seems lost.
The Bad
Girls have Sela and the other Forces of Good on the run with a seemingly
endless demon horde, hot on their heels.
With their ultimate goal of world and realm domination finally within
reach, it would seem as though nothing could stand in their way. Concluding the dimension-spanning series, Baba
Yaga, the Goblin queen, and the rest of the Bad girls won’t let anything stand
in their way, not even the Dark One himself.
Here it
is, the end to yet another amazing series from the Grimm Fairy Tales
universe. Sela and crew definitely have
their work cut-out for them this time around.
However, with the help of Red Riding Hood and the Mandersoon, and one
unexpected ally, the scales seem to finally be tipping in their favor. With treachery afoot, the shaky alliance that
the Bad Girls had established starts to crumble, leading to their own
undoing. This all leads up to one final
clash, a real Justice League versus the Legion of Doom type battle, only, with
a gender swap.
The
third issue in the series shows us Sela, Nathan and Samantha meeting up with
Red Riding Hood. What I liked about this
issue was that you could see a bit of dissension in the ranks among the Bad
Girls. It gives you little hints of
what’s to come and re-affirms what would naturally happen when a room full of
super-villainesses try to work together.
As I’ve said in my other reviews, I really like that this series has
embraced the super hero genre.
Issue
four threw in a nice little twist that I liked.
It definitely changed things up and was a nice little something that I
wasn’t expecting. It’s always cool to
see characters from different series, inter-mingle within the same story line,
especially when a character shows up that you haven’t seen in awhile. It’s a cool dynamic that ties everything
together and gives the Grimm Universe that much more integrity. I guess you could say I’m a bit of a sucker
for the cross-overs.
The
final issue is the big throwdown. Yet
again the twist ending struck a chord with me.
That coupled with the awesome art stylings throughout really made this
series for me. To me, the art has a 90’s
feel to it with the anatomy a bit exaggerated and just the brighter tone and
coloring. That was probably my favorite
era of comics because the books just seemed so outrageous that at times they
didn’t take themselves seriously. Still,
this issue went out strong and led back into the regular Grimm Fairy Tales
series nicely.
There
was a lot to like in this series and nothing really bothered me that much with
one exception. Now, whatever reasons
there may have been, I'm not a huge fan of books having multiple artists doing the
interiors, as was the case for issue three.
I know that time and personal matters come into play all the time in the
industry, but it kinda throws me off when you start out reading a book with one
art style and then half-way through it switches to someone else. Don’t get me wrong, the art was great
overall, I just like consistency.
A great
read if I ever did find one, Bad Girls finishes strong and takes no
prisoners. It’s so good even Nathan
Cross gave it a thumbs up (he would have given it two, but he only has one hand
so…). With surprises for the Grimm fan
and epic battles for the hero-book fan, you really can’t go wrong with this
series. Go check out the exciting
conclusion to Bad Girls now. For more
info on where to pick up these issues, visit the Zenescope website
or the Zenescope Facebook page.
Geek-o-Rama received copies of this book in exchange for this review. All thoughts, comments and opinions belong solely to the individual reviewer.
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