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giordibooks's review
3.0
Fue una interesante historia de origen para Wonder Woman. Algo que me gusta de esta Amazona es el hecho de que su origen este tan relacionado con la mitología griega, me gusto bastante ver a los dioses y como los mismos estaban involucrados en bastante de su historia, como Hermes la guió hacia Julia y le dio una que otra ayuda también. Como ellas rezaban bastante hacia Atenea en general. La historia de las amazonas con Hercules fue curiosa debido a que nunca antes la había leído así que fue algo bastante bueno para ver.
Las interacciones de Steve y Diana fueron nuevamente curiosas ya que yo esperaba que la atracción fuera instantánea pero no, de hecho ellos parecen no atraerse el uno al otro sino que se ven mas que nada como compañeros de batalla.
Y en general Ares como villano si que me gusto bastante, algo que me gusto fue que en realidad no se le bajo el poder sino que se le hizo ver que a lo que iba a hacer el dios de la guerra terminaría con el mundo en lugar de darle un mundo al cual gobernar. Y en parte Ares tiene razón, el solamente tomó algo que ya estaba allí y lo incremento.
Creo que me hubiera gustado ver mas de los personajes secundarios, siento que el personaje amigo de Steve que murió su muerte hubiera llegado mas si el hubiera tenido mas desarrollo. Lo mismo con Etta, me cayo bien pero no me super encanto.
Además de que, de nuevo, la historia en si a veces se me hacía bastante lenta y me daban ganas de dejarla para seguir con otro, pero aun así me gusto.
Las interacciones de Steve y Diana fueron nuevamente curiosas ya que yo esperaba que la atracción fuera instantánea pero no, de hecho ellos parecen no atraerse el uno al otro sino que se ven mas que nada como compañeros de batalla.
Y en general Ares como villano si que me gusto bastante, algo que me gusto fue que en realidad no se le bajo el poder sino que se le hizo ver que a lo que iba a hacer el dios de la guerra terminaría con el mundo en lugar de darle un mundo al cual gobernar. Y en parte Ares tiene razón, el solamente tomó algo que ya estaba allí y lo incremento.
Creo que me hubiera gustado ver mas de los personajes secundarios, siento que el personaje amigo de Steve que murió su muerte hubiera llegado mas si el hubiera tenido mas desarrollo. Lo mismo con Etta, me cayo bien pero no me super encanto.
Además de que, de nuevo, la historia en si a veces se me hacía bastante lenta y me daban ganas de dejarla para seguir con otro, pero aun así me gusto.
theartolater's review
4.0
So it turns out that I hadn't read the first Wonder Woman reboot. I thought I had, but it turns out that I was mistaken.
This is not a bad thing - it's been great to read the very beginning of the story as it went up to the New 52 reboot, and while the book does have a lot of 80s comics cliches within, the story and writing definitely make up for it. I typically struggle reading late 80s-early 90s comics, and I didn't run into that here.
Looking forward to continuing on with this!
This is not a bad thing - it's been great to read the very beginning of the story as it went up to the New 52 reboot, and while the book does have a lot of 80s comics cliches within, the story and writing definitely make up for it. I typically struggle reading late 80s-early 90s comics, and I didn't run into that here.
Looking forward to continuing on with this!
becks_books's review
4.0
Most of this was good... some of it was a little implausible, but then again- none of this is in any way plausible so I don't think I can be too mad about it, but there are different kinds of plausability if you know what I mean? Either way, better than most DC stuff I've read and I also recently saw the wonder woman film and that was pretty great too.
I think I read an article about the best places to start with reading wonder woman and this was recommended and I agree with that. It shows her origin- or at least AN origin and it also has a decent story.
I think I read an article about the best places to start with reading wonder woman and this was recommended and I agree with that. It shows her origin- or at least AN origin and it also has a decent story.
claire_elizabeth's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
emilyrm's review
This was recommended to me as a good starting point for Wonder Woman comics, and I thought it did a pretty good job of introducing me to the character and mythos!
cpittman0513's review
5.0
After seeing Batman vs Superman I felt the need to go back and read my favorite Wonder Woman books. This is just as good as I remember!
nmcannon's review
4.0
When friends noticed that I was reading Wonder Woman, they steered my rudderless ship to George Pérez, and I have been blessed by both my choice in friends and in reading this volume. This comic lives in a feminist space, though it's lack of characters of color fail to make it fully intersectional.
Pérez returns to not only Wonder Woman's origin, but also the origin of the Amazons in this volume. The writing style harkens back to ye olden times, but instead of coming off as corny, Pérez pulls his sentences off effortless wonder and with startling beauty. The art is fantastic and adds echoes upon echoes to the dialog. A lot of pieces I felt belonged in a museum. Once Diana finds herself on earth, the real fun begins, with a fascinating villain in the form of Decay. I rooted and cheered and loved that Diana used teamwork as well as her individual prowess to confront problems.
As far as diversity, the sheer number of women and the focus on womanhood was exciting. Etta's body type and Julia Kapatelis' age won points with me, because all body types and all ages can stick it to Ares. Philippus & Colonel Hillary were the lone black characters standing though, and this fact was a deep disappointment since the Amazons were supposed to represent the souls of all wronged women. Maybe there are more characters of color later, or George Pérez meant to have more, but was blocked by a higher up. I was still saddened and dropped a star.
Overall, though, this volume was a delight and exactly what I needed to read in these troubled times. Like Diana, I will fight to bring peace and equality and, of course, punch the patriarchy while I'm at it.
Pérez returns to not only Wonder Woman's origin, but also the origin of the Amazons in this volume. The writing style harkens back to ye olden times, but instead of coming off as corny, Pérez pulls his sentences off effortless wonder and with startling beauty. The art is fantastic and adds echoes upon echoes to the dialog. A lot of pieces I felt belonged in a museum. Once Diana finds herself on earth, the real fun begins, with a fascinating villain in the form of Decay. I rooted and cheered and loved that Diana used teamwork as well as her individual prowess to confront problems.
As far as diversity, the sheer number of women and the focus on womanhood was exciting. Etta's body type and Julia Kapatelis' age won points with me, because all body types and all ages can stick it to Ares. Philippus & Colonel Hillary were the lone black characters standing though, and this fact was a deep disappointment since the Amazons were supposed to represent the souls of all wronged women. Maybe there are more characters of color later, or George Pérez meant to have more, but was blocked by a higher up. I was still saddened and dropped a star.
Overall, though, this volume was a delight and exactly what I needed to read in these troubled times. Like Diana, I will fight to bring peace and equality and, of course, punch the patriarchy while I'm at it.
auntie_social's review
4.0
The debut of the wonderful post-crisis reboot of the Wonder Woman canon. No more creepy bondage weirdness, just a great feminist/feminine heroine and some cool mythology. I could have done with a bit less Superman, since he's a bit of a tool (and often a dick), but I do love me some WW.
davidareyzaga's review against another edition
5.0
A movie is coming, and you know what that means.
I know Wonder Woman indirectly. Unlike Batman—and the amazing set of characters that live within his almost self-contained universe within DC that pretty much stands on its own—, whom I met by reading every single comic book I could grab, to only consume other adaptations later, my experience with Wonder Woman has been through her appearances in Infinite Crisis and Crisis on Infinite Earths (I know, it's complicated), the occasional Justice League comic, and of course her animated version from the Justice League series from the 90s (plus her Injustice story). More recently, I met her in the shape of Gal Gadot in Batman v. Superman, and I'm looking forward to watching her stand-alone movie in a couple of months.
From what I've read about Wonder Woman, her story has S&M roots, and I've perceived her sometimes tricky relationship with feminism, depictions of women in media, and so on and so forth. A female character in a medium that was first addressed towards men, and now has more and more female readers (on the one hand, it's great, because I'm tired of the male-gaze on female characters, but on the other hand, it's problematic because it's what has also led to a sense of hatred towards male characters, leading to modifications that serve no purpose whatsoever), is obviously going to be complicated.
What I like about this volume, included in a selection of some of her best stories for the 75th anniversary, is that it provides an understandable, and quite engaging reboot to a character after she was killed in Crisis on Infinite Earths. The best part is that here the overall theme of equality between men and women doesn't seem biased or intangible. There's a striking balance between the male and female sidekicks of Wonder Woman on Earth. Plus, characters from her homeland tackle very real problems regarding the desire for power in an interesting way. However, the reason why I like this volume the most is because of the way George Pérez designed Mount Olympus. That's straight up amazing!
This volume is probably one of the main sources that Patty Jenkins used for the movie (I assume, given the villains and sidekicks found here), but I know the movie takes place on a different setting, so I'm excited to be surprised again by the upcoming movie... as long as it isn't a travesty like Suicide Squad, but that's another topic altogether.
I know Wonder Woman indirectly. Unlike Batman—and the amazing set of characters that live within his almost self-contained universe within DC that pretty much stands on its own—, whom I met by reading every single comic book I could grab, to only consume other adaptations later, my experience with Wonder Woman has been through her appearances in Infinite Crisis and Crisis on Infinite Earths (I know, it's complicated), the occasional Justice League comic, and of course her animated version from the Justice League series from the 90s (plus her Injustice story). More recently, I met her in the shape of Gal Gadot in Batman v. Superman, and I'm looking forward to watching her stand-alone movie in a couple of months.
From what I've read about Wonder Woman, her story has S&M roots, and I've perceived her sometimes tricky relationship with feminism, depictions of women in media, and so on and so forth. A female character in a medium that was first addressed towards men, and now has more and more female readers (on the one hand, it's great, because I'm tired of the male-gaze on female characters, but on the other hand, it's problematic because it's what has also led to a sense of hatred towards male characters, leading to modifications that serve no purpose whatsoever), is obviously going to be complicated.
What I like about this volume, included in a selection of some of her best stories for the 75th anniversary, is that it provides an understandable, and quite engaging reboot to a character after she was killed in Crisis on Infinite Earths. The best part is that here the overall theme of equality between men and women doesn't seem biased or intangible. There's a striking balance between the male and female sidekicks of Wonder Woman on Earth. Plus, characters from her homeland tackle very real problems regarding the desire for power in an interesting way. However, the reason why I like this volume the most is because of the way George Pérez designed Mount Olympus. That's straight up amazing!
This volume is probably one of the main sources that Patty Jenkins used for the movie (I assume, given the villains and sidekicks found here), but I know the movie takes place on a different setting, so I'm excited to be surprised again by the upcoming movie... as long as it isn't a travesty like Suicide Squad, but that's another topic altogether.
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