I do not think that there can ever be enough books about anything and I say that knowing that some of them are going to be about Pilates.The more knowledge the better seems like a solid rule of thumb, even though I have watched enough science fiction films to accept that humanity’s unchecked pursuit of learning will end with robots taking over the world.-Sarah Vowell

Friday, July 6, 2018

The New 52 Wonder Woman Vol. 4: War by Brian Azzarello (Writer), Cliff Chiang (Artist), Goran Sudzuka (Artist), Tony Akins (Artist), Dan Green (Artist), Matthew Wilson (Colorist), and Jared K. Fletcher (Letterer)


In the last book, Hera joined forces with Wonder Woman, Lennox, her brother, an alien from another realm named Orion and sometimes War to protect Zola and her child who is prophecized to take the throne of Zeus.  In Antarctica Zeus and Hera's firstborn son has defrosted and is seeking the throne for himself and seeks to kill all who stand in his way.  Cassandra, the voice of the gods and Lennox's sister is helping him.

Zola decides to name her son Zeke while the Moon Goddess is sent by Apollo to kill Zeke and Wonder Woman again puts her down while Lennox and Hera get Zola and the baby out of harm's way and go to a safe house of Lennox's.  After having made an agreement with Hades and Poseidon to leave their kingdoms alone the firstborn heads off to meet up with Lennox to destroy Zeke.

Orion arrives to help but they're getting their asses kicked all over the place and need an exit strategy so Zola grabs his transport and urges everyone to hop on and they head off into a tube that will lead them to Orion's homeworld, but Lennox goes back and closes the gate so they can get there.  While there they must figure out their next moves.  I was disappointed in the drawing of Poseidon as he was drawn as a giant ugly fish.  I guess I expected something more majestic and godlike.  But then Hades has never looked like much either but a child with a burning head.  It's hard to imagine him having sex with Persephone.  At the same time, the drawing of Apollo, Moon, War, Hera, and Wonder Woman are so amazing you can forgive a couple of screwups.  The stakes are getting higher in this book in the series as some of them die.  This series gets better with each comic and I can't wait to read the next one. I highly recommend this book.   

Link to Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Woman-Vol-War-New-ebook/dp/B00H4EW1GG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530887282&sr=8-1&keywords=the+new+52%21+wonder+woman+war

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