Double Shot Wonder Woman #8 & Amazons Attack #1
Wonder Woman #8
Writer: Jodi Picoult
Artists: Terry & Rachel Dodson
Amazons Attack #1
Writer: Will Pfeifer
Artist: Pete Woods
I'm including both of these books in one review because they kind of run together. Wonder Woman has been mediocre since Jodi Picoult took over. She's not really blowing me away, and it's not until this issue that she starts to set up Amazons Attack. Last issue in Wonder Woman, Diana was captured, the government wants the "Purple Death Ray" the worst name for a weapon ever, and they are holding her captive until she gives up the information. Meanwhile, Circe, who's being used again and again in this book, is the villain setting up the war to meet some of her needs. The Dodsons return this issue, and are kind of aping Drew Johnson's work, or it could be that the darker tone that Picoult is writing. Wonder Woman sees Washington DC being attacked at the end of the issue, but not a whole lot of the fighting, for that you have to read Amazons Attack. Wonder Woman, is just treading water right now waiting for Gail Simone. C-
Amazons Attack was a much stronger issue than Wonder Woman. The Amazons come out of nowhere and start going apeshit. Some Amazons kill a man and his young boy for no good reason at the Lincoln memorial, and then take of Abe's stone head! Ouch! These ladies mean business! The president is attacked, and saved by Black Lightning, who calls the rest of the JLA for back-up. The rest of the issue is the Amazon Leader, who was introduced in Wonder Woman #8 and not this issue, goad the Amazons into anger and go nuts. Not bad for a first issue, but not that great as well. The best part about this issue was the Pete Woods art. He's done Batman, Superman, and now he's moving up. I'm a new Pete Woods fan since he did the "Up Up and Away" storyline One Year Later, and I'm still loving his style here. I think he's a good choice for this mini-series as he can draw strong, hot women, as well as strong, imposing men. All of his characters look different, and he proves his strength as an artist here by drawing all of the Chimeras, Pegasuses, Trolls, and F-14's very well. He's also given the Amazon warriors a few different degrees of armor, showing the different ranks and such, and a lot of them are variations on the Wonder Woman battle armor. This is cool because we see where Wonder Woman gets her wacky get-ups. C'mon, the Woman doesn't wear pants or sleeves, who does that? At least Black Canary has a jacket on most of the time. Anyway. It's not a bad start to a series that could turn out ok. They haven't explained where they Amazons came from yet, but I'm sure that's coming. My only problem is that the back of the issue points you to read Wonder Woman #9 next rather than Amazons Attack #2, proving that Wonder Woman's arc is not an ancilliary story. If you're interested, pick it up in the shop and give it a look, we'll see where it goes from here. C+
I read Amazons' Attack. I thought it was alright....the scene with the son and his father was a little brutal though, even for DC. Maybe it's just me but it seems things have been getting more graphic at DC with violence.