Wonder Woman #18 - DC

This issue begins a new story-line. Gail Simone is writing it, and Bernard Chang is the artist. Fortunately Terry Dodson appears to still be doing the covers. So, at least for now he's involved somehow. Anyways, I love how Gail handles these characters. She really has a flair for these female icons. She did a fantastic job on Birds of Prey, and now we get to see her magic on this book. Like I said, it's the beginning of a new story-line and the Khunds have come to Diana for some help. But that's after she visits Tom in the hospital. He's still recovering from the giant magical bee stings. But she's decided to start courting him. I didn't see that one coming. Anyways, she goes outside and there a large Khund warship hovering overhead. Long story short, back on their home-world they have been invaded by some unknown alien race. The part that bothers them is that for some reason the alien's technology renders their own inert. So basically they're like flies buzzing at a horse's tail. They can annoy it, but there's not much they can do to stop it. Which really diminishes their warrior ego. However, it their plea for help, the Khunds have left out 2 important factors. First of all the caves where the alien crafts have landed are filled with a green gooey slime. To Diana, it appears to be Ichor. Which to her means, " . . the literal lifeblood of the gods. The juice of their veins and heart." Which is pretty ominous . . considering their position. The second thing they left out . . . the ship and it's inhabitants appear to be under the protection of one of the Green Lantern Corps. That would've been a useful piece of information. Next issue is simply billed as . . . "Lantern vs Amazon"! This should be an interesting story-line.