I used to follow somebody on Twitter (I don’t know if they left Twitter or if I unfollowed them at some point?) who was a big fan of Big Barda. So, when I saw that this book was available for me to check out, I decided to dive in head first.

If you haven’t been able to tell, I was never a huge DC Comics reader. Sure, I read a handful of the Batman graphic novels around the time when The Dark Knight was coming and I was in college, but otherwise, I’m kind of a blank slate.

Barda is a fun, young adult graphic novel from Ngozi Ukazu. It features The Female Futures where our very own Big Barda is a member. They’re training under Granny Goodness to serve Darkseid on Apokolips.

There’s only one thing that they didn’t speak about in Apokolips, and that is ‘love’.

After Barda and Granny have a falling out over Barda becoming “too soft”, Granny sends in Barda to try and break the unbreakable Scott Free otherwise known as Mister Miracle.

I thought the artwork in the book was a lot of fun. I liked the simplicity of the character designs. Still, each character was unique in their design and easy to recognize

And, what I’ve realized is that Big Barda is cool. I need more Big Barda in my life.

Thank you Netgalley and DC Comics for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

You can pick up the book here.