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A review by theartolater
Wonder Woman: Bitter Rivals by Greg Rucka
4.0
I have a number of disjointed thoughts on Wonder Woman:
* I'm not one to really be bothered or even notice issues of objectification, especially in the arts. My reasons for that are many and for a different day, but yeesh can this get squicky at times. There's a fine line between strong, worthwhile feminist and, well, how I feel Wonder Woman is put out there. It takes a lot for me to get thrown off by this, so take it for what it is.
* I get why Wonder Woman appears to be such a difficult character to write for. I was told to jump into the series at this part, so I don't know how the early stuff was handled, but it is a very jarring difference between the modern time that this Wonder Woman lives and the somewhat...strange things she's saddled with, like the Lasso. I get how it works with her backstory, but still.
* My first significant jump into the DC universe, and we get cameos from Batman and Superman. I get that it's a universe and all, but having Spider-Man and the X-Men in the same universe makes some sense. Having Batman and Wonder Woman? I'm struggling with that a bit.
With all that said, I am enjoying it. It's an interesting take, and the story got really good with this volume, so I look forward to keeping up with it on the short term, at least.
* I'm not one to really be bothered or even notice issues of objectification, especially in the arts. My reasons for that are many and for a different day, but yeesh can this get squicky at times. There's a fine line between strong, worthwhile feminist and, well, how I feel Wonder Woman is put out there. It takes a lot for me to get thrown off by this, so take it for what it is.
* I get why Wonder Woman appears to be such a difficult character to write for. I was told to jump into the series at this part, so I don't know how the early stuff was handled, but it is a very jarring difference between the modern time that this Wonder Woman lives and the somewhat...strange things she's saddled with, like the Lasso. I get how it works with her backstory, but still.
* My first significant jump into the DC universe, and we get cameos from Batman and Superman. I get that it's a universe and all, but having Spider-Man and the X-Men in the same universe makes some sense. Having Batman and Wonder Woman? I'm struggling with that a bit.
With all that said, I am enjoying it. It's an interesting take, and the story got really good with this volume, so I look forward to keeping up with it on the short term, at least.