How nice was it to see all these stories told without being told for a male gaze. It's all the ass-kicking women of my childhood without the gross stuff.

NOTE: The ARC is incomplete. The following comics are not included:
Miss Fury and Lady Rawhide one-shot
Swords of Sorrow 5 of 6
Red Sonja & Jungle Girl 3 of 3
Swords of Sorrow 6 of 6

[I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.] ( )

A huge crossover graphic novel featuring dozens of female heroines, the most notable being Red Sonja, Dejah Thoris of Barsoom, Vampirella; also quite a few I'd never heard of like Kato, Irene Adler and Jennifer Blood. The writers were all female too, though not the artwork which, as in most anthology work, was patchy. Unfortunately the connecting story for all of these crossovers was weak. An evil Prince wants to destroy the universe etc. and the women warriors must stop him with bunch of magic swords handed out by an interdimensional courier. It was a lot of incoherent jumping between dimensions. My favourite story was Irene Adler being pulled into Barsoom while following the trail of a Martian beast ravaging Parliament. My least favourite...well there were a few but probably the Red Sonja/Lana the Jungle Girl story. Overall a disappointing effort, let down by a poor plot and uneven artwork. ( )

Oh man, I was so confused at the beginning of this TPB. So very, very confused. But then slowly but surely as the first volume in this complete saga went on most parts of it started making some sense.

I do love massive crossovers and this was a good portion (or all?) of the female Dynamite comic characters which was awesome! I also really liked what the stories of the Traveler and Prince were too. Very cool.

I got this advanced galley through Netgalley on behalf of Dynamite Entertainment. ( )