In this kind of faith, god and everything divine are inherently good. Which means that, in this run, there is more Greek mythology than ever.Īs an American comic, the majority of Wonder Woman readers have grown up in an occidental religious context. But the fact remains that Diana is now a bastard of Zeus, positioning her side to side with Olympus’ highest gods. In this essay, I don’t pretend to get to a conclusion to this question–because I don’t have an answer. In another point of view, some fans were pleased with the plot opportunities this new beginning provided. Was this a good change to Wonder Woman’s canon? Many fans felt disappointed, as the heroine’s clay origin was already dear in their hearts.
The clay was just a lie Hippolyta made up to cover an affair she had with Zeus, from which Diana was born. In this new take on the character by writer Brian Azzarello and artist Cliff Chiang, her origin was reinvented. In 2011, though, DC Comics revamped its entire universe, that now is called the New 52. Before, Diana was born from clay and her mother Hippolyta’s desire to have a daughter. Mostly I just want to compliment the sound effects design from artist Tom Fowler here, because it did not occur to me that this was really just a static image of a shark head and not a bouncing, snapping, flailing CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP CHOMPing tooth nightmare for days of looking at it.Wonder Woman’s current run is rich with greek mythology.
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The sequel, Refrigerator Full of Heads, ups the ante immediately with a Jaws pastiche.
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If you read Basket Full of Heads, you know it is a series about a viking axe whose victims remain alive and aware even after their heads are separated from their bodies. Refrigerator Full of Heads #1 Image: Rio Youers, Tom Fowler/DC Comics Long may he get his jaw socked by superhumans. This is no loss, as he is the worst in all incarnations. What with being Apollo and Midnighter’s nemesis, and his setup as a villain to Jon Kent, soon to be established as bisexual, I deem Henry Bendix the most homophobic supervillain in DC Comics.
The book is also the first time Cliff Chiang has written a comic as well as drawing it and dang! Let this guy write comics more! He also colors and letters it! Dang! Dang! Superman: Son of Kal-El #4 Image: Tom Taylor, Daniele Di Nicuolo/DC ComicsĪ while back someone asked me who the most homophobic supervillain was, and I was hard pressed to decide on one from DC Comics - Marvel makes it easy, with how many Literal Nazis hang around in that setting - maybe Wonder Woman’s Doctor Psycho?īut I have a new answer now. Hey, are you a fan of Batman: The Animated Series and other Batman comics like it? Would you like to read a We’re Definitely Getting Too Old for This heist story about a just-got-out-of-doing-hard-time Catwoman in a modern Gotham City where Batman’s been dead for years? Well, you should read Catwoman: Lonely City, because it’s about the best and most stylish version of that pitch you could expect. (And if you missed the last edition, read this.) It’s part society pages of superhero lives, part reading recommendations, part “look at this cool art.” There may be some spoilers. Welcome to Monday Funnies, Polygon’s weekly list of the books that our comics editor enjoyed this past week. What else is happening in the pages of our favorite comics? We’ll tell you. And, as Williams took care to confirm on Twitter, it’s also a way to explicitly include trans women in the society of Themyscira.
In its first page, with one supernatural plot device, co-writers Stephanie Williams and Vita Ayala, along with artist Alitha Martinez, inject an invaluable source of variety to the never-changing island of immortals. The book is solely about the society of Themyscira, and doing very, very smart things with the Amazons. There are Wonder Woman books about Wonder Woman having adventures off in the wild blue yonder, and there are Wonder Woman books that really dig into the implicit conflict of the character: A woman from an island of immortal philosopher warriors who are all women.ĭC’s new series Nubia & the Amazons is the latter.
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