Wonder Woman #9 review

A punny thing happened on the way to the wedding. Actually, several punny things, and I’m getting very tired of Brian Azzarello’s penchant for wordplay. All too often the point of scenes in his Wonder Woman run seems to be to get a pun into play, yet rarely does said pun move the story forward. […]

Wonder Woman #8 review

Wearing armour newly forged by Hephaestus, and carrying ‘love guns’ borrowed from Eros, Diana journeys to the realm of Lord Hades, guided by Hermes. They’re out to rescue Zola, the young woman carrying the child of Zeus. Hades isn’t what Diana expects. Rather than a fiery place of screaming souls, it’s a silent, twilight version […]

Wonder Woman #7 review

If you’ve no attachment to the Wonder Woman legend, I can see that this comic could go down well. It’s full of relationships that get more interesting by the page, clever moments of action and unexpected revelations. As a longtime fan of Diana, I enjoyed the introduction of two more of her relatives, Eros, a […]

Wonder Woman #6 review

In which Wonder Woman and newly discovered semi-sibling Lennox sort out the tussle for Olympus between claimants Hades and Poseidon by, er … … to be honest, I don’t really know. I know what I see, but not how the moments shown work together to tell the story. Diana, Lennox and pals Hermes and Zola […]

Wonder Woman #4 review

Having learnt that she’s the product of a dangerous liaison between mother Hippolyte and king of the gods Zeus, Diana has flounced off Paradise Island for her home in London. This leaves her mother that little bit more vulnerable when a very peeved Mrs Zeus, Hera, comes a-calling … Diana’s not alone in the English […]

Wonder Woman #3 review

In which the Amazons bury their dead and Diana learns that she has a father as well as a mother. Last issue, in the midst of tricking Amazon into killing Amazon, demi-goddess Strife told Diana that they shared a father – Zeus. Diana didn’t believe this, her mother Hippolyta having told her that she was […]

Wonder Woman #2 review

The deranged fashion model type is Strife, an Olympian dedicated to discord. She shows up on Paradise Island and strikes at the Amazons, who are harbouring the mortal Zola, latest in a long line of human women to be impregnated by Zeus, King of the Gods. Zola has been brought there by Diana, Princess of the Amazons and known […]

Wonder Woman #1 review

Gods walk the Earth. In Singapore, one creates oracles in a bid to discern his father’s moves and moods. In Virginia, another slaughters horses to produce murderous centaurs. Nearby, a third defends the mortal target of the transformed beasts. And in London, Diana sleeps. But not for long, as a mystical object transports Zola, the centaurs’ prey, to her […]

Secret Avengers #16 review

Deep under Cincinnati, something stirs. It’s a hidden city established, and abandoned, by the Secret Empire, and the Secret Avengers are investigating particles of Von Doom radiation, the telltale sign of the bad doctor’s time technology. The place seems deserted, but the heroes – Super-Soldier Steve Rogers, the Beast, Black Widow and Moon Knight – […]

Moon Knight #1 review

I do like an ending that turns a debut issue on its head. Heroes for Hire had one recently. In the Nineties, Thunderbolts had the best ever. And there’s a twist in this latest phase of Moon Knight, an interesting wrinkle that was, sadly, given away in publicity for the series. I might have guessed […]