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dellaporta's review against another edition
3.0
#Readathon2021 - Graphic Novels // Maria Reads Youtube Channel
This is a retelling of the Trojan war if it took place in modern-day America. Some people complained that Athena was blonde but that is how ancient Greeks described her - blonde and blue-eyed. However, why does she have to fight wearing a bikini bottom? Ancient Greeks fought wearing really short skirts, sorry chitons. She could have been sexy AND historically accurate at the same time.
This is a retelling of the Trojan war if it took place in modern-day America. Some people complained that Athena was blonde but that is how ancient Greeks described her - blonde and blue-eyed. However, why does she have to fight wearing a bikini bottom? Ancient Greeks fought wearing really short skirts, sorry chitons. She could have been sexy AND historically accurate at the same time.
easolinas's review against another edition
1.0
"Athena" -- starring the Divine Backside of Godly Grecian Wisdom... and oh yeah, the goddess Athena.
Okay, I'll admit it. The idea of the ancient Greek goddess Athena reappearing in modern times and kicking butt is kind of a cool one, but here's the thing... you have to have a decent story behind the gimmick. Sadly, Doug Murray doesn't manage that; instead we get endless shots of Athena's bottom and a plot that is one part lame cop drama and one part bad "modern" Trojan War.
A naked woman is found unconscious in Greece, and is taken to a hospital. That night, she wakes up and goes wandering off to the Parthenon. One almost-rape and lightning bolt later, and Athena is back in the hospital... where she dons skin-tight clothes and decides to go to New York.
"Several years later" (of course, Athena is no older and thinks nothing of this), she's a police detective in the NYPD and everybody thinks she's awesome. They also come up with contrived reasons to cram her into skintight clothes and have her gyrate sexily at a special competition at Paris' club... yeah, you can see where this is going.
It turns out that Paris has run off with the local gangster Manny's girlfriend, so Manny and his henchmen surround Paris' mansion. Along with her forgettable police sidekick and her brother Ares, Athena must stop the minor conflict... with her bullet-repelling metal bra.
Doug Murray needs to go back to Comic College right away, because he doesn't seem to realize that you need more than a naked bottom and a sexy costume to make a good comic book. And no, jamming in a "modern" version of the Trojan War doesn't help -- it just feels contrived, especially since nobody notices it.
Then again, the real draw of this comic book obviously isn't the scintillating plot -- it's the T&A. Most of the story involves Athena either bouncing around in skintight clothes, or bouncing around in a thong and a small metal breastplate held in place with BANDAGES. There's one hilariously awful scene where Athena shows her surprise by twisting her torso so both her breasts AND butt are facing the reader.
You've got glaring errors (since when is the Parthenon on a CLIFF?), choppy editing (we repeatedly get several pages of backstory RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCENE) and gaping plot holes. The dialogue is clunky ("I will send you to my uncle, Hades. Tartarus is the proper place for one such as you"). And the ending is just a mess -- Murray chickens out on making a REAL finale, so he just has Athena and Ares whining about how fighting with guns isn't "real" war, and lecturing everybody about it.
The worst part is Athena herself, because she is the worst kind of heroine: a Mary Sue. She's superpowered, has a sex kitten body, is an amazing dancer, and she's the bestest awesomest most wonderfullest police detective EVER... and she turns into a scantily-clad goddess who kills people without a qualm. But she's still awesome.
Give "Athena" a pass unless you're looking for a limply-plotted comic that is more interested in sexy women than in any kind of actual story or art. No ifs, ands or butts.
Okay, I'll admit it. The idea of the ancient Greek goddess Athena reappearing in modern times and kicking butt is kind of a cool one, but here's the thing... you have to have a decent story behind the gimmick. Sadly, Doug Murray doesn't manage that; instead we get endless shots of Athena's bottom and a plot that is one part lame cop drama and one part bad "modern" Trojan War.
A naked woman is found unconscious in Greece, and is taken to a hospital. That night, she wakes up and goes wandering off to the Parthenon. One almost-rape and lightning bolt later, and Athena is back in the hospital... where she dons skin-tight clothes and decides to go to New York.
"Several years later" (of course, Athena is no older and thinks nothing of this), she's a police detective in the NYPD and everybody thinks she's awesome. They also come up with contrived reasons to cram her into skintight clothes and have her gyrate sexily at a special competition at Paris' club... yeah, you can see where this is going.
It turns out that Paris has run off with the local gangster Manny's girlfriend, so Manny and his henchmen surround Paris' mansion. Along with her forgettable police sidekick and her brother Ares, Athena must stop the minor conflict... with her bullet-repelling metal bra.
Doug Murray needs to go back to Comic College right away, because he doesn't seem to realize that you need more than a naked bottom and a sexy costume to make a good comic book. And no, jamming in a "modern" version of the Trojan War doesn't help -- it just feels contrived, especially since nobody notices it.
Then again, the real draw of this comic book obviously isn't the scintillating plot -- it's the T&A. Most of the story involves Athena either bouncing around in skintight clothes, or bouncing around in a thong and a small metal breastplate held in place with BANDAGES. There's one hilariously awful scene where Athena shows her surprise by twisting her torso so both her breasts AND butt are facing the reader.
You've got glaring errors (since when is the Parthenon on a CLIFF?), choppy editing (we repeatedly get several pages of backstory RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCENE) and gaping plot holes. The dialogue is clunky ("I will send you to my uncle, Hades. Tartarus is the proper place for one such as you"). And the ending is just a mess -- Murray chickens out on making a REAL finale, so he just has Athena and Ares whining about how fighting with guns isn't "real" war, and lecturing everybody about it.
The worst part is Athena herself, because she is the worst kind of heroine: a Mary Sue. She's superpowered, has a sex kitten body, is an amazing dancer, and she's the bestest awesomest most wonderfullest police detective EVER... and she turns into a scantily-clad goddess who kills people without a qualm. But she's still awesome.
Give "Athena" a pass unless you're looking for a limply-plotted comic that is more interested in sexy women than in any kind of actual story or art. No ifs, ands or butts.
kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review against another edition
1.0
The real goddess Athena is coming for these guys and she is not happy.
This is basically Athena's butt as she goes in and out hospitals that have the shortest gowns you have ever seen.
Also blonde, really?
So bad.
This is basically Athena's butt as she goes in and out hospitals that have the shortest gowns you have ever seen.
Also blonde, really?
So bad.
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