After watching the new Batman Vs Superman movie, which featured Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, I was eager to learn more about WW and read some of her comics. After trawling through the internet trying to find where the best place for WW newbies to start reading was, I settled on Wonder Woman #1 (The New 52).

This is the first superhero comic I've ever read, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but I honestly wasn't expecting this! I loved how bad-ass WW was and how we got to learn a little bit about her past and her origin story. I also loved the art style and how the characters were drawn. The Greek Gods had an interesting art and aesthetic style.

The one thing I didn't like was how confusing the story was at times. It felt overly vague in places, and I often found it difficult to keep up with the dialogue - sometimes it wasn't clear who was saying what, or whether the dialogue was in the past or present, etc.

Overall, a solid 3/5. I'll definitely pick up #2 in The New 52 series, but maybe not straight away.

No tan penosa como el nuevo Superman, pero cansina y no le aporta nada al personaje. Añoro la época dorada de George Perez.
Hasta el 32

This is a rather dull romp through the reimagined Greek Mythos. With a hastily rushed plot and scenes of bizarre escalation just happening randomly ad nauseam, I don’t think I’ll be returning to the world of Wonder Woman any time soon.

My first comic book EVER. The historian in me loves the mythology tie-ins, and it is a face paced story. Maybe once I am done with grad school I will read the rest. Also, I like the many different illustration styles.

review to come

Wonder Woman is my favorite superhero of all time. I've had my hands on some of her issues in the past, but was very disappointed in the way they were written and how flat she appeared as a character. I've heard lots of things about the New 52 run and many are negative about her arc (her basically being the superficial "strong woman" type and only that). With this in mind, I was skeptical at the start of reading this series. I did enjoy most of the artwork, but since I'm not the biggest Greek Myth buff I did get lost with some of the gods mentioned. I still don't really agree with making Zeus Diana's father for the story, but I'm willing to stick around and see how this pans out. I thought Diana was illustrated (and I do mean illustrated by drawing - not otherwise) beautifully, but her character gave off a slight coldness that I normally wouldn't put on Diana.

amazing

DC took a lot of liberties with Greek mythology, but, so does Marvel.
The storyline didn't flow well and some of the art was subpar.

Well that was...interesting. And can I just say that the artwork is fucking fantastic and I'm curious to see where this story arc is going.