Ultimate Bomb: Trump Card

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Ultimate Bomb:
Trump Card
Date
  • August 26, 2020 (Part 1) [1]
  • September 30, 2020 (Part 2)
  • November 4, 2020 (Part 3)
  • December 16, 2020 (Part 4)
No. of issues4
Main characters
Publisher Shadowline
Image Comics
Creative team
Writers Jimmie Robinson
ArtistsJimmie Robinson
Creators Jimmie Robinson
EditorsMelanie Hackett
Original publication
Published in Bomb Queen
ISBN 978-1-5343-1671-3
Chronology
Preceded by Time Bomb: Countdown to Armageddon (chronological)
Followed by End of Hope: The Day the Heroes Died (chronological)

Ultimate Bomb: Trump Card (originally published as Bomb Queen VIII: Trump Card), is a satirical limited series graphic novel, written and illustrated by Jimmie Robinson that was released in four parts throughout 2020 by Shadowline and Image Comics, as the eighth volume of the American comic book series Bomb Queen , set in the Image Universe. Part 1, Vote 2024, was released on August 26, 2020, Part 2, Grab 'Em By The Rally, was released on September 30, 2020, Part 3, No Queef Pro Quo, was released on November 4, 2020, and Part 4, Make America Gape Again, was released on December 16, 2020. An omnibus edition was released on January 13, 2021. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Set in 2024, the series follows a returning Bomb Queen years after faking her death as the supervillainess runs against U.S. President Donald Trump to prevent him from acquiring a third term to become president for life. A revival of Bomb Queen, set after the events of Time Bomb: Countdown to Armageddon , it was preceded by the story arc End of Hope: The Day the Heroes Died in 2012.

The series has received a universally positive critical reception. [5]

Issues

Development

In September 2019, Jimmie Robinson revealed that Bomb Queen would return for an eighth miniseries, tentatively entitled Bomb Queen vs. Trump, setting the titular supervillainness against her third U.S. President (following her previous battles with George W. Bush and Barack Obama) in Donald Trump, describing them as being:

"the same, [the characters are] buddies really [where] the whole thing is getting to a point in the Trump presidency where the superheroes of the country come to Bomb Queen for help because she’s the only one that could capture his base [and] Bomb Queen has her base that says, “We love how evil she is.” So the only way you’re going to beat Trump is to steal his base from him and that is to out-Trump Trump. Not to be a good guy, but to be [the] ultimate bad guy [who] is a bad girl. That's Bomb Queen. So yeah, [the] heroes get together because they can’t kill their own sitting president. There’ll be villains. So you get a villain to do your dirty work, but of course it’s Bomb Queen and she’s going to win where everyone’s probably going to get stabbed in the back kind of a thing. So you’re making a deal with the devil. You’re going to pay the price." [13]

In August 2020, Robins revealed he had been planning a series following Bomb Queen taking on Hillary Clinton prior to Trump assuming office, stating that "they were made for each other". [14] In February 2021, Robinson revealed the series' ending had been changed due to the release of its final issue being delayed until after the 2020 United States presidential election, expressing interest in a future miniseries exploring Bomb Queen taking on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. [15]

Reception

Issue #Publication dateCritic ratingCritic reviewsRef.
1August 20207.3/104 [16]
2September 20205.5/102 [17]
3November 20207.4/103 [18]
4December 20206.0/102 [19]
Overall6.6/1011 [20]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBN
Ultimate Bomb: Trump Card Bomb Queen (vol. 8) #1–4January 13, 2021 [21] [22] ISBN   978-1534316713

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