Indie Comic Review: Time Wars: The Adventures of Kobra Olympus #2

When consuming a piece of media, it's important to remember that some things have an objective. It's not a story for the sake of telling a story. It has certain goals in mind that it wants to accomplish. Time Wars undoubtedly falls into this category. The queer side of the story is front and center, almost being pushed forward in a way that it detracts from the overall plot. But that's kind of the point, as the story is meant for a certain individual looking to gain acceptance in the world just like the main character Kobra. 

The issue starts with Kobra working out in a gym when a character named Etta is looking for a sparring partner. She recruits Kobra for the task and demolishes her in the ring. But Kobra makes a friend in the process, accompanying Etta to her lesbian sorority. They recruit the other members to take on a time traveling vampire who brought robots to life for his evil purposes. They battle the robots and save the day before returning to the sorority to have dinner and watch Canadian football. 

There are essentially two main avenues of this story. There's the queer acceptance side and the classic superhero side. From a perspective of tone, the classic superhero vibe is there. It really has an old school feel of reading comics from the Golden Age of superheroes. The queer acceptance side is also front and center as it's given a lot of spotlight in the end of the comic. For someone looking for a great merger of those two things, the issue works well as a story of identity and acceptance wrapped in superhero antics. But outside of that, there's not much else for a reader to get out of it.