Apparently Flashpoint Lois Is Not a Strong Female Character.
Those who were interested in the concept of Lois Lane as a main character and active participant in the resistance against the Amazons occupation of the United Kingdom are in for severe disappointment, because that is just not this book. Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning seem to have decided that Lois isn't interesting enough to be a main character, and this book quickly becomes Grifter and the Resistance.
Lois Lane is a piece of baggage that gets carried around this issue. There is really no character to her. She lacks any of her characteristic wit and cunning to be found. Also, do not be fooled by the covers that depict her armed and ready. She is not an active participant in anything. Her only role is to have things explained to her in between moments where she is either running away, being protected or being taken hostage. That is Lois Lane and the Resistance.
I would almost say that Grifter steals the show in this issue, but it would be inaccurate to stay he steals it. The show is readily given to him by DnA, who quickly give up on any illusion they care to write Lois Lane. It is Grifter's narrative voice that starts this issue. Lois does eventually show up, but then a good chunk of this story is spent having Grifter explain his background. As the cover shows, this is his book now.
Unfortunately, DnA really don't even do much with Grifter. He is just present in the forefront of the story, where he shoots at things and doesn't display much in the way of personality. The most interesting thing done with him is where DnA briefly show in his history Flashpoint's version of Team 7. But really, it's just a few panels spent name-dropping various military superheroes. Maybe DnA should have written Flashpoint; Team 7.
Here's a funny thing. This issue actually gives us more of the Furies than any issue of DnA's Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies has. Not that this issue explains the glaring questions of why all these female superheroes and supervillains have sided with the Amazons, but I believe it does give them more panel time and dialogue than the book with their name in the title.
Simply put, this is a boring book. DnA have lots of characters but aren't really doing anything of interest with them, especially not with the one who is supposed to be the main character. The story has no sense of urgency to it, because it doesn't feel like it really has any bearing on anything happening in the Flashpoint event. So this book has no interesting characters and no apparent point to the story. There is really no reason to read this tie-in.
