Gotham City Sirens (2024) #1

by Leah Williams, Matteo Lolli (inker), Triona Farrell (colorist)

When a violent and highly illegal energy drink-sponsored hunting operation threatens the lives of wildlife and the residents of Gotham City alike, the only ones ?t to save the day are the criminal trio of Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn. Back together again for the ?rst time in years. Sometimes the only way to ?ght bad is with even worse! With special appearances by White Rabbit, Punchline, and introducing the himbo cowboy henchmen sensation soon to be sweeping the nation known as “The Nasty Boys!” Get your chaps, spurs, and hats out cause it’s hunting season! By the end of story you’ll be covered in guts, goo, and grit! Featuring the talents of Leah Williams, Matteo Lolli, Daniel Hillyard, and more! If you’re not chanting “Hot tubs and headshots and hotties, oh my!” by the end of this four-week-long series, you’re doing it wrong!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics

31 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 7, 2024

About the author

Leah Williams is an American writer originally from Oxford, Mississippi. She has written comics for Marvel, BOOM! Studios, Vault Comics, and is working on more. Her debut novel was a YA Fantasy book titled The Alchemy of Being Fourteen and she is currently writing its sequel, The Divinity of Hitting Fifteen. Leah has nonfiction articles and essays published in The Atlantic, Oprah Magazine, and Salon.

Reviews

[Molly™☺ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Do you ever finish a comic and think 'what was that?'? If you haven't, you will after reading this. It's pretty jumbled and feels like it's telling an already established narrative - which it isn't - making it a confusing read that fails to wow. One that will more than likely rely on the pre-loved characters and dynamics to pull it through, Williams is yet to show that she can pull this off convincingly.

2.5 stars

[Maxwell Guzman-Critch · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is really interesting. Sad I never knew they had older versions of this.

[Elliot Stiert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gotham City Sirens are back!! Robotic bison, mysterious new energy drink, and livestreaming from an inflatable pool?? Weiiiird but I'm here for it!

[C.T. Phipps · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm quite fond of Punchline and she becomes a Twitch streamer here with a bunch of mind control and murder. She's also very hot. So are the rest of the Sirens.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read issues 1-4 (of 4) because they came in my comics subscription but found this both insipid and not pretty enough to make up for it. Bummer.

problems with this run -
1) lots of references to the previous run (with an unrelated name, and no character introductions so you had better just already be a D.C. head cause only 2/4 are obvious from their costumes and plenty of exposure... it took a while to recognize Poison Ivy even and it didn't help that no one calls her that!)
2) wittiest banter is literally from "Dumb Bunny" - the rest are just bad volleys between the ladies annoying each other
3) no one really seems to be working together (except perhaps Ivy) or like any of their teammates (except perhaps Harley Quinn being horny for Ivy)
4) perhaps it's due to this being very cowboy-heavy but the gals are all drawn with the ugliest horse faces! Harley has never looked so rugged!
5) villain doesn't seem to have a plan except ENSLAVE PEOPLE ---> "Step Two" --> MAKE MONEY

[Rob Vitagliano · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe 3.5 stars? I haven't read the original run so I wasn't sure what to expect from this one. It's goofily entertaining, though with no real substance, much like a lot of books these days. The art for DC comics is also not impressing me lately. Save for Jamal Campbell on the Superman run, most of what I've been reading lately looks halfhearted to say the least.

I don't know who the hell White Rabbit is, but there's a character that looks a lot like her in the current Amazing Spiderman run, so I'm probably going to get them confused. Not sure what to think of this run so far, but the sinister action feels on brand with the times, so that at least makes it feel somewhat fresh.

[James B · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hesitated on whether to read this, I assumed it would be in the same vein as Birds of Prey. I'm glad I was wrong. This was awesome. Are they in a VR world? Or are the humans being used as avatars? It was such a cool storyline. Even better than the story was the preview for....... WORLD WAR V!! So pumped for this.

[Samhain · Rating 1 out of 5]

This story is only four issues long so I did finish it but it has to be one of the worst comics I've ever laid my eyes upon. It was so dumb and read like a Boomer had written it, male gaze and cringe take on Internet culture included, despite being authored by a millennial woman. Suffered through the four issues and learned my lesson to never again pick up something from Williams.

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Empiezo a pensar que en DC tienen una cláusula para tener en todo lo posible a Batman y Harley Quin...

Las Sirenas de Gotham vuelven a reunirse ante una amenaza social que parece que servirá a la autora para tratar de acertar en alguna problemática derivada del panorama hiper misógino GAMER y Twitchero.

[Carly · Rating 5 out of 5]

THEYRE BACK!! such a great start and i finally get Punchline exposure

[Yasser Maniram · Rating 5 out of 5]

A surprisingly good read. They nailed the art and the story had several contemporary themes and references.

[Nes🏳️‍🌈 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely adore the art in this!

[brian annan · Rating 3 out of 5]

fun series. good story. weak art.
the caricatures were poor and the action was nondescript.

[Jeremiah · Rating 3 out of 5]

These women raised me

[Pickletape · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m happy to see the girlies together!! I love the art style and it’s gotten me to giggle a few times :3

[a · Rating 3 out of 5]

evil fortnite not clickbait

[aleksandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kinda weird and whacky. Idk I expected something Bigger and Darker but I love those women so I am clearly biased

[Javier Campos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buen arte y un ritmo frenético

[Annemarie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A loooot is happening here. I'm always happy to see Punchline and of course Ivy and Harley are favs of mine as well. Have no idea who shot bunny is, so that's interesting!

[spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Maya Pérez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me gusta mucho la dinámica que tienen estas tres, pero siento que esta vez falto que su historia se sostuviera por si sola.

[mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

6/10

I enjoyed how colorful this is and the art is pretty good.

[Lizzy DeMarco · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great open to this new series. I love that Punchline is the villian... for now!