So I have gone over the entire Bomb Queen oeuvre - all seven miniseries that ran from 2006 to 2011 - and I have to say that I recommend them all, and they even get better and better.
This heroine, and the stories she's in, are really one of the closest long-running series ever that services the SHIP genre without actually being porn (like, say, the old Penthouse Comix). Not only is Bomb Queen herself one of the sexiest (and most evil) characters ever conceived, but a lot of the supporting heroines are quite hot as well. Plus, the writing is tremendously witty, and the overall point that writer Jimmy Robinson is making about creeping fascism and the ubiquity of extreme violence is very relatable for today's world.
That is, as long as you're OK with the depiction of tons of civlians being killed all the time.
You can read all of the story arcs online (like I just did) but you can also still order the TPBs which collect all the series plus a handful of one-shots. Here are the story arcs.
Recommend 'em all, unequivocally!
Vol 1 - Woman of Mass Destruction. establishing the character. she fights her first hero.
Vol 2- Queen of Hearts - some nice over-the-top BQ fucking in this one where she falls for a British guy [Bomb King]. ("Lots of people desire me. I have porn sites. Drooling comic fanboys.") This one also introduces the origin of the villainess group Four Queens (BQ was a member) that had wiped out all the superheroes in her city, allowing her to take over.
Vol 3 - The Good, the Bad and the Lovely (featuring hotties Blacklight and Rebound from the Shadowhawk series, plus the evil clone Bomb Teen, and Rebound's mom Red Cross)
Vol 4- Suicide Bomber - BQ declares war on the Image Hero Universe! Introducing the unnamed secret agent duo who look like Men in Black (but one is female) and like to bone each other between assignments. Also the very cute Editor Girl (modeled after Image editrix Kris Simon), and librarian sorceress Nyx transforms into the lethally sexy She-Spawn.
BQ builds a new bomb-shaped HQ called the T.I.T. (Tactical Information Turret) and gets new powers of superior healing, strength, and bomb blasts. There's also a very cool Easter Egg panel giving tribute to Frank Cho and his "Apes and Babes" forum (during the fight when Nyx and BQ burst into a "breast massage" parlor"). It also starts to reveal a bit about Robinson's liberal sensibilities in creating the extreme BQ character ("who gives a shit about the people I fucked to build my empire..tell it to the Native American-Indians and African slaves). But that's brief and doesn't get in the way of the mayhem. To keep it sufficiently prurient, BQ absorbs a magical artifact up her vagina (yup, that's right).
Vol 5 - The Divine Comedy
In which BQ goes to war with neighboring goody-two-shoes town, Littleville (apparently no relation to the one in Dial H?). Best feature is the introduction of the train-hopping superheroine, Dee Rail (naked Psycho shower scene!).
Vol 6 - Oh- Bomb-Ah!
BQ goes up against President Obama when he tries to shut down her rogue city. This definitely makes fun of the idea of putting Obama in as a comic book character in various other books. BQ has some surprises in store. Introduces the hot thief Miss Demeanor and BQ's other hot minions Also a short-lived sexy heroine called Twilight who gets her face blown out by a laser dick. Editor Girl is back. Shadow and Blacklight guest star, then a group of about 2 dozen Image heroes attacks the city. (you get the briefest look at some of the babes like Doc Rocket, Fetish, and Tempest). It doesn't go well! She beats the hell out of Obama, and blows up the White House. And Bomb Queen is pregnant. You've gotta read this.
Vol 7 - (the final volume, 2011. there hasn't been anything since. but at the end of this
run..there was a tagline "the fight continues..." so you never know.)
Bomb Queen wakes up 100 years in the future. This plot involves the future ability for everyone in the world to summon up (via implanted nanotech, a universal network called the Singularity) a hero within themselves called the Hawk (from Shadowhawk). This makes crime and other problems almost nonexistent. BQ comes back to fuck things up. Her ultraviolent city is now a virtual city in cyberspace. Introducing female assassin Liz Jockey.
This one is really a lot less sexy (though no less violent) and more of a cyberpunk thriller.
the lovely Editor Girl. I love her meta-superpower.
the powerful Dee Rail
some great speechifying by the BQ
