Brian Azzarello: writer
Tony Akins: artist
The Comic
Uh oh. Guest Artist. This could be trouble waters.
And things get a little rocky. Azzarello is still Azzarello. Which is fine, because I enjoy him and what he does. But this issue introduces some, what I hope will be, bad ass characters. I'm pretty sure if I was more up on my mythology then I would get it. But I'm not, so this can get to be problematic.
The art is more cartoony than the regular artist. The style is a little close, but at times things seem off. It may sound strange, but the art doesn't work for this story. There is something about the other artist that pulls it off a little more for me.
I can hear the drum beats of war coming, and I want to see it happen. I would like to see the regular artist on the book when that happens, so hopefully this minor break from the regular program resumes next month.
Geez, that sounds bad. You know, between this and how I feel about Wonder Woman being portrayed in Justice League, I really shouldn't be treating this as a Wonder Woman comic. This just isn't that. While this is a total re-imagining of the previous version, I don't know yet if this will be the version that sticks around after Azzarello leaves the title. While I am sure that some aspects will stay behind, I just have to take this comic and enjoy it in the same way that I enjoyed Azzarello's take on Batman in the Flashpoint mini series.
With that being said, I still need to know who these new people are. If this is the middle of a war that is about to get much, much bigger, then I need to know the players, and I need to comic to tell me.
The Cover
This cover does inspire a sense of wonder with it as you see her fighting the Octo Squid Thing. The sad thing is that this cover does not reflect what is going on inside. If anything, this is the cliffhanger to the book, so I fail to understand why you put the preview of the next issue on the cover for this issue.
Grades
Words: 7/10 - Please let me know who we are dealing with here.
Pictures: 7/10 - Just not the same.
Recommend: Eh. Pass on this one.
Buy Next Issue: If it helps to complete this issue, sure. Its just the first time this series has had a bad issue.
Previous Issues
Wonder Woman #4
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