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August 13, 2015: Marguerite Bennett Brings DC Comics Bombshells to Life

DC Comics Bombshells "DC Comics Bombshells" started out as a series of World War II inspired pin-up poster images, comic book variant covers, and then a series of DC Collectible statues. Now writer Marguerite Bennett is bringing those characters to life in a comic book series starring Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Batgirl.

    How do you go about building a comic around a line of collectible statues?

    Jim [Chadwick] sent me this fantastic PDF of all of the designs of the Bombshells, from all different angles with all the detail that had gone into their creation. From there, I sort of retroactively drew stories out of the artwork. There are some places where the backstory was established through costumes and some places where I saw opportunities for future plots just based on these designs. I can't get more specific without getting into spoiler territory, unfortunately. But I promise to talk about it on Twitter once the issues are out!

    So which characters are you focusing on?

    Batwoman, Wonder Woman and Supergirl will be the main characters in our first wave.

    Why those three?

    So, this is how our entire series begins. It starts with this sort of grainy film reel and this super cheesy announcer talking about [switches to an old-timey voice] "this innocent family out for a summer stroll!" We've got this well-dressed couple and their little boy heading toward the movie theater. Then we see a gangster with a tommy guy "suddenly out of the shadows!" There's an attempted robbery and then "out of the darkness, from above...who is this mysterious, beautiful Bombshell?!" And Batwoman comes crashing down and prevents the murder of the Waynes.

    There is no Batman in this universe. The women came first. No heroine is derivative of her male counterpart. They are the sovereign heroes of this world, and that was the conceit of the entire story. Batwoman is our equivalent.

Read the complete interview at the DC Comics website.



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