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9 reviews for:
Diana Prince, Wonder Woman, Vol. 1
Mike Sekowsky, Dick Giordano, Irv Novick, Denny O'Neil
3.16 AVERAGE
9 reviews for:
Diana Prince, Wonder Woman, Vol. 1
Mike Sekowsky, Dick Giordano, Irv Novick, Denny O'Neil
3.16 AVERAGE
Oh God, this was a really bad read but I could not put the stupid thing down. I read it mainly because I had heard that Gloria Steinem had been so upset about it when it was originally released. Wow, this book is the definition of sexist and completely pointless. Wonder Woman loses all of her powers and becomes and idiot. It is so bad that you keep reading just because you think it can only get better. If you want a lesson in cultural history through Comics this is the one for you. Unfortunatly I have the second one to read at home cause.... It has to get better right?
This was... deeply odd. So we have Wonder Woman completely rebooted to bring in a new supporting cast and a shift from the traditional comic adventures to a new genre along with deeper mythology, where the artist is the dominant force teamed up with a more experienced writer for the first few issues before taking over all together. But it's not the 1980's George Perez Wonder Woman, and rather than diplomacy it's a shift to espionage.
We also have a protagonist who is all too human taught martial arts by an inscrutable blind mentor to take part in a long standing global shadow war against an implacable enemy organization. But it's not late 70's Frank Miller Daredevil, and the villain is high tech rather than magic, and all women rather than Japanese Ninja.
it's not really a feminist text because Depowered Diana, for all that she is riding the Emma Peel wave, is also constantly teemed up with a couple of men who train, advise and in many cases drive the story forward when the centuries old Diana really shouldn't need that - the loss of er Amazonian powers apparently also stripped away all her combat experience so she needs to learn 60's era Kung Fu... and also her years in Military Intelligence didn't give her any skills that woudn't require a hard boiled film noir detective. Not sure why these characters are needed.
This really feels like an Ur text for so many later reboots, but I don't know how much they really influenced later artists, and like so many reboots it didn't last long.
Mike Sekowsky's artwork is immediately recognizable, and the combination of it and the series adherence to 60's fashions and spy styling immediately tie it to Tower Comics THUNDER Agents, which is not a bad thing. It's hard for me to link his artwork of this period to what I've seen of his early Justice League, except for the alien faces.
We also have a protagonist who is all too human taught martial arts by an inscrutable blind mentor to take part in a long standing global shadow war against an implacable enemy organization. But it's not late 70's Frank Miller Daredevil, and the villain is high tech rather than magic, and all women rather than Japanese Ninja.
it's not really a feminist text because Depowered Diana, for all that she is riding the Emma Peel wave, is also constantly teemed up with a couple of men who train, advise and in many cases drive the story forward when the centuries old Diana really shouldn't need that - the loss of er Amazonian powers apparently also stripped away all her combat experience so she needs to learn 60's era Kung Fu... and also her years in Military Intelligence didn't give her any skills that woudn't require a hard boiled film noir detective. Not sure why these characters are needed.
This really feels like an Ur text for so many later reboots, but I don't know how much they really influenced later artists, and like so many reboots it didn't last long.
Mike Sekowsky's artwork is immediately recognizable, and the combination of it and the series adherence to 60's fashions and spy styling immediately tie it to Tower Comics THUNDER Agents, which is not a bad thing. It's hard for me to link his artwork of this period to what I've seen of his early Justice League, except for the alien faces.
odd. Very odd. Not having read WW before other than the WW '77 books, this was a peculiar experience. I preferred the final chapters over the earlier ones. If more come into our house I'll read them, but I won't seek them out on my own.
That was one of the best Wonder Woman books I've read. Sure it had its missteps, but I have to hand it to Denny O'Neil for thinking outside of the box. I would have it preferred it if she would have kept some of her Wonder Woman personality traits, "great Hera" and things like that. But overall, I was pleased with this. She managed to stay tough and interesting, even without powers. I particularly enjoyed the Paradise Island arc with Ares. I look forward to volume 2.
We discuss this and other favorites in a special Wonder Woman themed episode of the All the Books Show Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-93-wonder-woman
We discuss this and other favorites in a special Wonder Woman themed episode of the All the Books Show Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-93-wonder-woman
adventurous
fast-paced
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Denny O'Neil writing Wonder Woman with as a powerless martial arts expert mod clothing boutique owner.
What's not to like?
What's not to like?
The first 120 pages are mostly lame, poorly written hokum. The final 50, the "Return to Paradise Island" storyline, however, are a must read, a glorious heroic epic in the vain of a Lord of the Rings battle. I've never seen such an disparity in quality within the comic.