Now that is one way to make a comic.
We have a strong woman lead in a Wonder Woman comic. Nice. We have a mythology being forged. Nice. We have wonderful art. Again, nice.
If you told me that I would be reading a Wonder Woman comic and loving it, I would have told you the chances of that happening would be close to zero. But DC decided to have Brian Azzarello write this tale. That did it for me. And as soon as I saw the preview art, I knew it would be great.
Azzarello did a good job with Batman during the whole Flashpoint event that happened right before the reboot of the DC universe. Azzarello has a good idea how to take the essential parts of the character and restart the legend. And this Wonder Woman feels like Azzarello is rewriting the history of the character to fit the story he has in mind, and you can specifically see this when you look at how Wonder Woman is portrayed in the Justice League book, which is miles different from this character.
I think this is the only book that I have given each issue a perfect 10/10. And it deserves it. This would be a book that I would buy the trade for just to give to someone who is new to comics. Just like I would with Transmetropolitan, Y: The Last Man, or even Azzarello's own book, 100 Bullets. It would be money well spent.
Averages for issues #1-3:
Words: 10/10
Pictures: 10/10
Overall grade for issues #1-3: Someone cue Mr. Perfect's theme music. It needs to be played.
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