History ComicBook / DCComicsBombshells

Compare with ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'' and ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', other DC Creator/{{Elseworlds}} series inspired by lines of collectible statues starring DC female heroes and villains. Also compare to Creator/{{Marvel}}'s ''ComicBook/AForce'', another superhero comic focussing on female characters which was co-created by Bennett.

** In the first issue, Batwoman saves the lives of Thomas and Martha Wayne during a robbery when they are leaving a theater with their son, Bruce. This appears to prevent the tragic origin of ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', but could also reference To Kill A Legend, an Elseworlds story where the Phantom Stranger sent Batman and Robin to another Earth to save the Waynes. That Bruce would also grow to become Batman, but that choice was made out of awe and gratitude, not grief and rage.
** Stargirl and Supergirl are from the USSR and were raised to love their country, albeit with reasonable wariness towards the government. In the Elseworlds story ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'', Superman landed in the USSR instead of the USA and was raised there.

Compare with ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'' and ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', other DC {{Elseworlds}} series inspired by lines of collectible statues starring DC female heroes and villains. Also compare to Creator/{{Marvel}}'s ''ComicBook/AForce'', another superhero comic focussing on female characters which was co-created by Bennett.

* [[Franchise/WonderWoman Princess Diana of Themyscira]] working with Mera the [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Aquawoman]] to save US soldier ComicBook/SteveTrevor.

* Gotham mechanic [[Characters/BatmanSupportingCast Harper Row]] and her Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} crew taking over while Batwoman is overseas.

* TheCameo: [[Comicbook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] appears for a single short scene as a pilot stationed in the United Kingdom. He flirts with Harley Quinn before she knocks him out to steal his plane.

** As does Ellen Yin from ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' (though she was arguably a RaceLift of Ellen Yindel from ''Comicbook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'').

** In the first issue, Batwoman saves the lives of Thomas and Martha Wayne during a robbery when they are leaving a theater with their son, Bruce. This appears to prevent the tragic origin of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', but could also reference To Kill A Legend, an Elseworlds story where the Phantom Stranger sent Batman and Robin to another Earth to save the Waynes. That Bruce would also grow to become Batman, but that choice was made out of awe and gratitude, not grief and rage.
** Stargirl and Supergirl are from the USSR and were raised to love their country, albeit with reasonable wariness towards the government. In the Elseworlds story ''Comicbook/SupermanRedSon'', Superman landed in the USSR instead of the USA and was raised there.

** The character of Big Barda, from the Comicbook/NewGods, is introduced as "'Big Barda' Free". The surname 'Free' comes from Scott Free (Mr. Miracle), her husband.

** When reminiscing about her troubled upbringing, Harley says there weren't any "[[Comicbook/BitchPlanet Pulpy tattoo-happy space prisons]]" for girls like her to be sent to.

** Felicity Smoak clarifies to a {{Mook}} that they're Batgirls, not "[[Comicbook/{{Lumberjanes}} lumberjanes.]]"

* AdaptationalNationality: In this reality, Supergirl, Stargirl, Superman and Powergirl are Russians, Zatanna Zatara is Jewish/Romani, Catwoman is Italian, Harley Quinn is English, Poison Ivy, Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) and Killer Frost are French, Kimiyo Hoshi is Japanese-American, Huntress, Raven, [[AdaptationNameChange Miri]] Marvel, Speedy, and Lady Blackhawk are Germans, and Aquaman is Irish. Lois and Lucy Lane are Hispanic.

* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: Black Canary is a trans woman; both the original Black Canary and her daughter, who ''Bombshells'' Canary was based on, were cis women.

* ButNotTooBlack: Mari of Zambezi is drawn [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dc-bombshells/images/6/63/Vixen.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/310?cb=20160913203450 with red hair and a much lighter skin tone]] than she's usually depicted with.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Mera doesn't usually wear shoes (which makes sense, given that she spends pretty much all of her time either underwater or on the beach).

** Black Canary is a torch singer with MakeMeWannaShout powers.

** Twice, in the Battle of London. [[spoiler: Mera kills her second Titan, knowing that she will lose the rest of her powers. She also gets captured by the Atlanteans afterwards. Later, Stargirl sacrifices her life to kill the greater Titan formed by Edel Nacht.]]

* ShellShockedVeteran: Steve Trevor.

** [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy PoisonIvy]] is a French botanist who only used her powers violently to oppose the German occupier.

** The leader of the Batgirls is named Kathy [=DuQuesne=], the same name as a character created for the Franchise/{{DCAU}} animated movie ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMysteryOfTheBatwoman''. In that movie, her name was itself a [[MythologyGag wink]] to Kate Kane herself.

* GirlInABox: Lois Lane's first appearance in the series has her being freed from a crate by the Batgirls. It turns out Killer Frost had her men lock Lois up after they caught her snooping around one of their operations.

* AdaptationExpansion: The original "Bombshell" properties were only stylized character designs for use as alternate covers and statue models, with no story or plot associated with them. The comic series creates backstories for each character to fit into the time frame and crafts an over-arching plot to connect them all. Compare to ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'', another series of digital-first comics based on sexy collectors' statues that bombed after two story arcs.