Wonder Woman #6
Writer: Jodi Picoult
Artists: Drew Johnson & Ray Snyder
So, Allan Heinburg's been officially booted off the book and novelist Jodi Picoult is the new writer of Wonder Woman. For how long? Who knows, but she writes a good Wonder Woman. You don't need to know what happens in Heinburg's missing issue, Wonder Woman triumphs, obviously, and moves on to this story. In this issue we have Diana trying hard to be an average human, and work in the DOMA (Department of Metahuman Affairs) without giving away her true identity. This is all new for Diana, so it's actually interesting, whereas with Superman it sometimes gets old. Diana and Nemisis have to guard "Max-Man" a Miracle Man knock-off who won a "Who wants to be a Superhero" knock- off TV show. Everything is a knock-off in the DCU. Lots of accidents happen, causing Wonder Woman to save the day. At the end of the issue, Nemisis is captured by a villain whom we just saw in issue 4, essentially doing the exact same thing she was doing in that issue. Didn't we see this plot already and have it taken away from us? Other than that development, this issue was pretty well written. This does nothing to set up the upcoming Amazons Attack event, but maybe next issue will. You can certainly bet it will be tying into it.
Drew Johnson may not be Terry Dodson, but he's damn close in some panels. His Wonder Woman is hot, and he keeps the characters looking enough like Dodson's versions that you're not scratching your head going, "Who?" like you may have been with this week's 52 # 47. If Johnson and Dodson manage to trade off every few arcs or even issues, then this off-track book will be all the better for it. A worthwhile read, check it out. B-
