It's funny to see Ryan talking to Wonder Woman. For as smart as this guy is, and all the things he can do with Ray's belt, he's like a teenage boy who's in the presence of his first beauty queen, when he's talking to Diana. He's got that nervous chatter going. You know the one. Where you just keep talking all the time, saying whatever's on your mind. And you find yourself asking the question, "Did I just say that out loud?" Anyways, last issue, Diana came to town, with agent Tresser, under the guise of assessing Ivy Town for it's threat danger. This town has been a "weird magnet" for a long time. But it seems like activity has really been spiking of late. To that point, while they're working together, some kind of alien with mind powers has the whole town convinced that everything that's happening is Ryan's fault, and the only way to stop it is to kill him. Of course, eventually, they find the threat and neutralize it. But Ryan's biggest worry is what Wonder Woman thinks of him, and how he came through the situation. He thinks that she's been watching him and grading him on whether or not he's capable of being the protector of this town . . . it he can handle all this weirdness. That proves true, to an extant, but what she's really grading him on is membership to the League. On the final page she offers him a permanent spot on the roster of the Justice League. And she asks, "Do I still have your attention?" What really makes this book so fantastic, is the writing of Gail Simone. The witty report that she scripts between these two is fantastic. Super-heroics aside, most of the conversation is like that of a science nerd trying to talk to a super hot stripper. Not to diminish Wonder Woman, but . . . seriously . . . WOW! There's alot going on in this town, but the crux of the story is the banter back and forth between these two. It's superb . . it's perfect . . it's hilarious. And then, maybe it's Andy Smith's inks, but Mike Norton really seems to be improving dramatically as a story-teller. His pages and panel flow . . his backgrounds and action sequences . . . his perspective and angles . . they're all nearly perfect. He has improved dramatically in the short time that he's been on this series. And of course we have the fabulous Ladronn covers. All in all, this is turning out to be a very adept series. I like it!
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