Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Wonder Woman #30 - DC


This series is getting better and better with every issue. Gail Simone is really hitting her stride with this one. Princess Diana is after Genocide. Genocide has beaten her up and torn her down. But you know that Diana isn't going to give up, even after all of that. Especially because right now Genocide has Diana's dearest friend Etta. Luckily she has one less thing to worry about because Steve Trevor has taken over the command of the DMA. Apparently Dr Psycho and Sarge Steel has switched places so he and the Cheetah had pretty much free reign of the place. That's why they had been putting so much pressure on Wonder Woman. Anyways, Diana has captured Dr. Minerva and is now going after the Secret Society in Gotham City. She goes in and proceeds to tear them down . . literally. Everybody that's there is scared to death, especially Dr. Morrow. But, since he was one of the main creators of this abomination he feels like it's his duty to help Wonder Woman out. So now their mission is trying to figure out how to kill it. Meanwhile, back on Themyscira Queen Hippolyta has put out the call and asked that all of her sisters be awoken from their slumber so that they might return to her. They're now beginning to trickle in. Phillipus is the first followed by the Bana-Midhdall. Hippolyta let's them know that all are welcome. And, Zeus is still assembling his own Manazons . . actually they're called the Olympians. That other name sucks. And this issue he creates their leader. "Your heart shall be forever scorched, my son. So it will not melt when it should be course. So it will not be rot when it should be steel. And above all, you will serve me in Athena's dying request. You will put paid to the bringers of Death and War. You will not parse or debate intentions. Made for War. You will stand for peace. My son. My prince. Behold Achilles, King of the Olympians!!" All of that . . and we still haven't gotten to the meat and potatoes of this whole thing . . . Wonder Woman is going to have to go toe to toe with Genocide. Hopefully though this time she'll be more ready. Plus, we still haven't learned the secret of the Lasso. Oh yeah, and Aaron Lopresti's art was fabulous. As usual!

1 comment:

  1. Here, here! This arc has been particularly good. Both, Lopresti's art and Simone's writing make for a very satisfying purchase month after month. I'm looking forward to reading the entire arc once it's completed.

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