We seem to have some fans (and foes) of the Wonder Woman comics currently being put out here. Here's a place where we can discuss them.
I have some questions myself that I'm going to post in here. Ask away yourself!
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Okay, here are my current questions:
With the Olympian gods in this new world, we've seen Zeus, Apollo, Demeter, Ares, Poseidon, Hera, Hephaestos, and Hermes. And we've also had Hades in the mix toward the beginning.
Question: Do we know who the "nameless one" (the guy who was able to hold the boom tube open) is? Is he part of any mythology?
What about Lennox? Is he supposed to be part of a mythology? He's one of my favorite characters of this series, by the way. I want to be Lennox.
Who is Dio? He calls Apollo "Bro" in #20. Wikipedia tells me that Apollo and Artemis are twins. Artemis is female, though.
I love this comic, by the way. I love it when it's drawn by Cliff Chiang, but just as much when it's drawn by Goran Sudzuka or Tony Akin. Love what Brian Azzarello is doing with it. Wonder Woman has never been more fascinating in my opinion, and I love her relationship (slow as it is in forming) with the New Gods.
I think the Firstborn is a new character -- the previously unmet son of Zeus & Hera. We'll learn more about him in Villains Month, I think.
Lennox, also, is a new character... as are the others of Zeus's children we've met here and there. I hope we haven't seen the last of him.
Dio is Dionysus, god of wine; he also goes by Bacchus, when in Rome.
Identical twins are always the same sex, but fraternal twins can be either sex.
I love this book, too -- but really wish there was a little more room for Wonder Woman in every issue.
Dio I assume is Dionysius.
I don't think we know who the Nameless One is. I figure that will be some big reveal, as it is hinted at by being tied into the prophecy.
I figure Lennox is a new creation, but I could be wrong. I'd like him to be. It would make sense that the gods are still getting busy and having offspring.
Dio: DUH! Why didn't I see that?!
And for the twin thing: Yeah, I knew that. Looking back at why I wrote, I can see how I made myself look stupid. I have known male/female twins and have taught such twins in class many times. Not knocking you for correcting me, I don't blame you. Let me clarify: It said that Artemis was Apollo's twin sister, and since Dio was male, I didn't think they would probably have done the gender swap on that character.
Dio Dio Dio...think I was saying it "Dee-Oh" in my mind, while I pronounce Dionysus as "DYE-oh-NYE-sus". At least I'll tell myself that's why I had that blind spot.
Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) said:
Oh, I see what you were going for. And yeah, I thought it was odd that you wouldn't know that.
Dee-o/Die-o got me at first, too.
I think the next-favorite run on this title (I know I will be reviled for not saying George Perez) was the William Messner-Loebs/Lee Moder run. I loved when Diana moved into a studio apartment and got a job at Taco Bell.
VASTLY different from the current run, but I loved the guest appearances from Dr. Fate and Flash. And the art...man, it was like the brother of Adam Hughes was drawing Wonder Woman--with covers by Brian Bolland! Such a down-to-earth version of the character. It was the polar opposite of the New 52, but that's what made me like it. It was a different take than any I'd read before.
I'm not sure about this run, but I'm hanging in there. I still don't like the re-done origin or the final nail in the coffin of the Amazon's as a good group. The storyline moves at a glacial pace but the characters are interesting enough. I think the First Born is a good villain but there is no give to the guy, he's had a lousy life and he's going to take it out on everyone else.
I don't have another favorite run, as this is the first time I've ever collected WW's series. I've never been interested in her enough to follow her solo series.
I did read the "12 Labors" trade that came out about a year ago, and that was okay.
As for me, I only started collecting and reading Wonder Woman specifically because of the George Perez run, and left the book after he did. I came back many years later, enticed by what Greg Rucka was doing, and I'd have to call that a favorite. I stayed through the interlopers who followed until Gail Simone took a hand and made the book sing. That stretch was wonderful, and I really haven't liked the title since. I gave the New 52 version a tryout of at least four issues, but it left me cold.
For the first time, I really love Wonder Woman.
Ever since I was a kid, the series has seemed a little "off" to me, more a hodge-podge of often unrelated ideas than a coherent character and status quo. Plus, lurking in the back of the series and sort of permeating it were William Marston's strange sexual ideas. For example, the outright lesbian (and S&M) vibe of Paradise Island was hard to ignore -- and while I have nothing against lesbianism (or S&M), Wonder Woman isn't just any female character, she is THE female character, and needs to represent more than 7-10 percent of women, or whatever the amount is. Also, Wonder Woman has always been portrayed as a warrior for peace, and that oxymoron has always made her (or her writers) look a bit confused to me. So I saw the Perez run, as nice as it was, as perpetuating, deepening and broadening many of the elements of the series that I considered storytelling mistakes that shouldn't have survived the '40s.
With a stroke, Azzarello has fixed everything I found troubling about the character's concept. Pulling an "Anatomy Lesson," he said everything that you've read (probably) happened, but WW had been operating under a false impression about who and what she is. And now that she knows, and we know, it all snaps into place. Plus, it elevates WW from clay statue brought to life (wha--?) to DEMIGOD, establishing her as the equal of the likes of Hercules in status and power, and frankly, a little better than the rest of us. Also, it gives her an automatic new set of conflicts without the writer having to stretch (his story, and our credulity).
Plus, Greco-Roman gods. What's not to like?
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