Weekly Wonder Woman

One of the biggest complaints about the nu52 version of Wonder Woman has been that she’s not especially wondrous. In her own title, largely she plays second fiddle to others, whose help she always seems to need and who end up saving the day, while Wondy looks on bewildered, usually having learnt something very very important that requires her to apologise to someone, probably male. In other titles, she shows up and, with a few honourable exceptions (eg Supergirl #17), doesn’t do very much either – was there much point to that Batwoman crossover a while back? I don’t think so.

So when Superman/Wonder Woman was announced, there was a great deal of concern among fans, not just because of the title, that Wonder Woman would again be the B-team to a male character, an ancillary companion in need of constant rescuing by her male counterpart and whose mythos and personality would be subsumed under the banner of ‘Superman’s super squeeze’.

Now, five issues in, it’s clear that these worries are largely unwarranted. Because, to pull a reverse-Kenobi on Wonder Woman fans, this is the comic book you’ve been looking for.

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There’s not much in the printed medium out this week Wonder Womany. Despite the cover, over on Earth 2, World’s Finest Annual #1 largely involves a chase after alternative Wonder Woman’s daughter, Fury. Alternative Wondy shows up for a couple of pages towards the end, but it’s more of a cameo than a real appearance.

Meanwhile, over in Forever Evil: ARGUS, again, despite the cover, it’s more of a cameo for Wonder Woman as the assembled heroes and villains realises that arch-Wondy enemy (literally) holds the key to rescuing the Justice League.

We also get a little bit of insight into Steve Trevor’s mind, which is largely full of Wonder Woman, apparently.

Lastly, it’s worth noting that over in this week’s Superman, Lois Lane official title of ‘Superman’s best friend’, a title held, pre nu-52, by either Batman or Wonder Woman, depending on the situation. Interesting flip around that.

Oh, and Lois has forgotten Clark and Superman are the same person. How many times did that happen pre-nu52? Lots, anyway, nostalgia fans.

So there are two things out this week that feature Wonder Woman: the latest issue of Wonder Woman, which sees the return of Cliff Chiang to art, and DC’s first animated movie set in the nu52 continuity (more or less): Justice League: War. One of them’s very good, one of them’s okay. I’ll be reviewing the second one after the jump.

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This week’s Weekly Wonder Woman gives us both a great, near-perfect issue of Superman/Wonder Woman – which is odd because they spend most of the issue apart – as well as a somewhat minor guest appearance by Diana in DC Universe v Masters of the Universe, about which little should be said other than at least it was better than the last one. More after the jump – and a clip from the forthcoming Justice League: War – where we discuss a decomposing Superman, an Amazon’s personal hygiene and the long-awaited return, in the British Museum on its 255th anniversary no less, of one of Wonder Woman’s oldest enemies.

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