Wonder Woman Vol. 1: Blood ) Author: BRIAN AZZARELLO Cliff Chiang | Language: English | ISBN:
B008J2GADM?pf_rd_p=1748073062&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=4366&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=05P4MB2VGHD25XZ4VVXM" class="img-wrap" title="Wonder Woman Vol. 1: Blood (The New 52) (Wonder Woman (DC Comics Hardcover))"> Description</h2><br />As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics—The New 52 event of September 2011, the first six issues of the critically acclaimed new Wonder Woman series are collected in hardcover! <br><br>Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, has kept a secret from her daughter all her life–and when Wonder Woman learns who her father is, her life will shatter like brittle clay. The only one more shocked than Diana by this revelation? Bloodthirsty Hera–so why is her sinister daughter, Strife, so eager for the truth to be told? Superstar writer Brian Azzarello creates a new direction for one of DC's best-known heroes, with spectacular art by Cliff Chiang and Tony Akins!<br><ul class=)
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- Print Length: 160 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics (June 5, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B008J2GADM
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Diana, Amazonian Princess aka Wonder Woman, finds herself protecting a young woman impregnated by Zeus from his vengeful wife Hera. But Wonder Woman is about to find out about her own dubious parentage, a secret her mother Hippolyta has kept from her for her whole life.
I got this based on the strength of Geoff Johns' portrayal of WW in "Justice League: Origin" where she came across as gung-ho, fun, and guile-less in a charmingly quirky way - Brian Azzarello however has taken that characterisation and thrown it out of the window. In place of that, the WW of this book is quiet and surly, often moody and dull. It wouldn't have irked me so much if Azzarello had given WW a decent storyline but unfortunately that too is missing from this book. The story is entirely about family, namely the family of ancient Greek gods, Zeus, Hera, Hermes, etc. and WW's place within it. Cue lots of scenes of familial conflict with WW relegated to the role of high strung teen yelling at her mother - groan.
I suppose if you like all that gods and monsters stuff from millennia ago, you'll enjoy this book, but I thought this was going to be a fresh, new take on the character and having all of this god-crap going on is not new or fresh. "Blood" feels like a poor facsimile of Neil Gaiman's Sandman.
Cliff Chiang's artwork is unimpressive to say the least. It's serviceable but a long way from what you would expect for this comics icon. Even worse follows when Tony Akins draws the final 2 chapters and makes everyone look like they stepped into a second rate manga cartoon. It's a bit counterproductive of DC to give one of their all-time most famous characters sub-par illustrators who don't illuminate the character or her adventures in an attractive way.
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