Diana and Wally West have such a different outlook on life that its an interesting pairing to see their differences spoken out loud. There is also a cool team-up with The Flash where have to fight the Cheetah and Professor Zoom together. From there, Rucka shows all the ways in which Diana is a warrior without her sight, but also emphasizes her compassion, understanding and mercy after she and her friends suffer a devastating tragedy. It culminates in a pretty entertaining and intense battle with Diana fighting blindfolded before willingly blinding herself. The story ‘Stoned’, featuring Medusa, is arguably the highlight of the book as the mythological monster attacks in a desire for vengeance against Athena. The story is told well and is quite captivating as Wonder Woman has to contend with quite a few fronts as her enemies attack her. Volume 2 still examines Diana’s role as ambassador, but also sees more traditional superheroics in the story as she battles the ancient Medusa and becomes a pawn in Athena’s plot against her father Zeus. In volume one if his run, Rucka spent most of his time exploring Diana’s role as Themyscira’s ambassador to the world and how the people viewed her within that role. Since last year, DC has been collecting Rucka’s first Wonder Woman run in a series of collections and recently released Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Vol. After a terrible sacrifice, the Amazing Amazon must prove herself once again to her comrades in the Justice League-and to the world.īefore he began writing Wonder Woman for DC’s Rebirth initiative, which recently concluded, Greg Rucka wrote for the character in the early ‘00s, doing a very memorable run that is considered to be one of the very best Diana of Themyscira has had. In these stories from WONDER WOMAN #206-217, the deadly Medusa comes calling, and Wonder Woman’s world is turned upside down.
The machinations of Ares have unexpectedly led to the revival of the long-dead Medusa, whose gaze can permanently turn anyone who sees her into stone! But when Wonder Woman fights Medusa in front of a worldwide audience, she makes an incredible and unexpected sacrifice to have any hope of defeating her foe.Ricky Church reviews Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Vol. The aftermath of the ruination of Wonder Woman’s island home brings tragedy to Princess Diana’s closest friends, and a reborn threat from ancient myth threatens the world in this second collection of Eisner Award-winning author Greg Rucka's critically acclaimed debut at the helm of the Amazon Warrior’s adventures! From the legendary Greg Rucka comes the next volume and collection of Wonder Woman’s action-packed adventures.
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