WONDER WOMAN #21Written by Gail Simone
Art by Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan
Wonder Woman is still doing an excellent job under the watchful eye of Simone and Lopresti has been more than worthy as the successor to the Dodsons. I absolutely love his attention to detail, specifically in regards to the frames for certain pages, which are similar to the swords and ivy on the cover image to the left.
However, the current storyline seems to be high on character interactions and completely lacking in plot development. Wonder Woman and Beowulf are excellent together and have some of the best chemistry I've seen between two characters in recent memory. I hope he sticks around after this storyline as a recurring character.
The plot, though, just doesn't carry any weight and is almost non-existent in my eyes. Wonder Woman has to kill the devil. That's about it. We don't really know why she has to team up with Beowulf or what the Stalker's goal or objective is, but they have a sorry attempt to explain it with a scene of the Stalker going to see an Oracle, complaining about selling his soul to the devil and the Oracle telling him he'll need four sword bearers to kill the demon. Beowulf is one and I'm guessing Wonder Woman is another. Once Beowulf joins the group, they are seen taking down what looks like a Conan type of character, but it's not really explained.
Verdict - Check It. While the plot is flailing, I still enjoyed this title and would recommend it to just about anyone interested in some good comics. It's not the best, but it's definitely worth checking out and good characterization always trumps plots in my opinion and this book has plenty of great character moments to make up for the story.
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