Wonder Woman #17 Review

WONDER WOMAN #17
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson

Gail Simone was made to write this book. Her opening arc wrapped up in this issue and it was a exceptional finish to an amazing debut on this title.

Last issue saw Diana's mother shot and her former personal guard preparing to finish the job as Diana and her monkey friends took out the nazi infestation.

Turns out, those personal guard managed to procurse some, literally, godly weapons that are able to wound Wonder Woman with relative ease. They take her mother and prepare a funeral pyre ritual for her. As the leader handles the pyre, the other three pit Wonder Woman's 'new' Amazon teachings against their old school offerings that sees Diana go through several rounds of magic arrows, clubs and spears before she finally decides to use their own sneak tactics against them.

This leads to the inevitable conclusion with Alkylone, the leader of the foursome. Based on the interspersed flashbacks of the final night where they tried to kill the baby Diana to 'save' the Amazons, the group, Alkylone particularly, are a pretty tragic group. While the end battle with Diana sees her plunge to a 'there's no body' demise in the shark infested waters below, I'd wager we'll be seeing Alkylone again and look forward to it.

There's not much else to really say. Despite being quite enjoyable, it read fairly straightforward with little bad to say about it and most of the good is hard to quantify or describe. It's just well written and a fun to read comic with excellent art by the Dodsons.

Verdict - Must Read. Good, solid, fun comic book with great production values and excellent writing and art. I am curious to see where Simone goes with the new god Diana now worships and if it will affect the way the gods that birthed her from clay react or how her powers work.

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