The Misadventures of Bombshell and Atomica #2 is a comic written by Kat Calamia and Phil Falco with art by Joel Souza. Bombshell and Atomica deal with relationships and real life danger! This is a science fiction superheroine romance comic with a lot of drama, a bit of violence, and a pair of leading ladies. The dark-haired “Bombshell” is Betty, she has the ability to shoot seemingly electric lasers from her hands and she is married to Brent, a former soldier. The blonde “Atomica” is Veronica, she has super-strength and can fly and she is married to Victor Vale, a general. Whenever Betty and Veronica come into physical contact with each other a bright and hot explosion occurs. This story begins at Veronica’s home where she is cooking and Victor is watching the news report of a fire that has broken out at a building in Manhattan. Veronica immediately flies off to help and while in the sky she comes across Betty who has had the same idea. After some quick mid-air flirting they launch into action. This takes place in 1950’s New York with some Cold War vibes. The violence here is mostly physical with a light amount of blood. The pacing is steady with a tone like that of early black-and-white movie/TV shows with a superpowered twist. Themes of being true to oneself and pursuing happiness are present here. There are intense moments here due to drama, danger, and violence. The dialogue is practically all conversational with good back-and-forth, an old fashioned talking style, and slang. There are no word-heavy pages. This is a sequel issue that increases the stakes and turns up the drama with relationship issues, revealing backstories, and explosions.

            The art here is detailed, sharp, and cartoonish with a style reminiscent of animated shows from the 90’s like Batman. The color range is decent has a good mix of brights and darks with some faded ones for contrast. The natural scenery consists of suburbs thick with trees, cornfields, gardens, and forests. There isn’t a main location as the shifting perspectives and story lead the many different places being visited like: homes, factories, yards, downtown areas, and the sky. The backgrounds usually show the nearby surroundings but on rare occasions it’ll be a gradient color. The expression level here is high as the looks can change on a panel-by-panel basis. The emotions shown here are happiness, sadness, remorse, anger, annoyance, fear, and lust. The faces have a decent amount of detail and can become animated which helps the different expressions come across strongly. When powers are used they tend to be green and bright. The violence here is generally physical but there are explosions and light gunfire. There is light blood but no actual gore. The action scenes tend to come in short bursts and have a good flow. The costumes here are a bit suggestive and there are a couple lewd angles/poses.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like superheroine science fiction romance comics starring a pair of women and featuring a lot of drama, some violence, and lesbian representation then this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

R. Violence, blood, nudity, sexual situations.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“Can I snap a photo of you darling dames?”

 

Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/williamtener/bombshell-and-atomica-2-a-pulp-superhero-series/description

***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 32

Violent Pages: 5, for 16% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 3, for 9% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 3

“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”

“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”

“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”

“This was a tournament arc.”

“All my life I had to fight.”

 

Gore Level – 2

“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”

“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”

“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”

“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”

“This is a slaughterhouse.”

 

Death Level – 2

“And everybody lived happily ever after.”

“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”

“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”

“Yeah this was a tragedy.”

“Think Gettysburg.”

 

Porn Level – 4

“Everybody kept their clothes on.”

“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”

“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”

“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”

“Oh. This is porn.”