Having gotten the first 3 issues first
of the new JLA, as part of the new 52 launch last year, I knew I had to
continue reading and discover for myself what new things lay behind this new
Wonder Woman. Now this change comes in the wake of J.Michael Strazynski's own
take of our beloved Amazon that ended in her 611th issue before
joining the new 52. With my own knowledge of Diana Prince, from the early TV
series, the animated Justice League series, past readings of Gail Simone and
George Perez as well as previous animated incarnations of her and the League, I
was pleasantly surprised that this was not the Wonder Woman I knew.
For starters, issue 3 opens with our
Diana breaking out of the Pentagon office in pursuit of what she deems is a harpy after having seen on TV
that a winged monster has begun terrorizing downtown Dc. This time our Diana
dons silver wristbands and the gold that once adorned her now all red and
ribbed bustier is equally silver. Along with that she carries a sword that
could be mistaken for Frodo's Elvish sword, Sting, given to him by his Uncle
Bilbo. But once more I digress. The love of more than one fandom does have
cross-referencing advantages I must admit. J
Ok, moving ward, Diana quickly
discovers & relates to Col Trevor that while this new world she’s in has
wonderful things like ice cream and rock and roll, there is also Darkness here.
As if on point, the Winged monster appears atop a building, sounds off a Ping
sound and opens a portal, thereby ushering more mechanical Winged Demons. At this
time the same terrifying scene is equally happening at Metropolis and most
recently at Detroit. Back at Star Labs Dr. Silas Stone is unable to leave his
injured son, Victor, and instead ushers him down to the Red Room and administers
the grafting of a metal called Prometheum as well as the injection of nanobyte tech into his son’s body, who at
this point looks more like the nuclear burned kids from Resident Evil. Oops,
sorry, I did it again. Cross fandom reference.
The Metropolis carnage now being kept
at bay by the combined efforts of Supes, Flash and Gl has been made more effective
by the arrival of Diana, aka. Wonder Woman to which Flash is wowed and Lantern
calls dibs. And just when they think that they’ve scared the Darkseid-Chantng
creatures away, our heroes could only stare at their false conclusion as a
massive structure suddenly looms out of the sea before them. And in their
presence finally comes another formidable hero we know as Aquaman. But with a
Kingly demeanor to him, how well do we know the King of the Seas?
Like the
previous two issues, this next one is not without action or quips. Flash couldn’t
believe that Batman has no power and initially thought he was a Vampire. Superman acknowledges Diana's strength to which
she nonchalantly responds, I know. I don’t know about you but for me, I was
getting some subtext stares between Supes and Wondy. Can we expect a “pairing”
between the two inspite of the “couple” status insinuated between Batman and
Diana in the animated series?
Anyway, all
this banter plays well with the addition of anther would be JL Member. So what
happens to a group of powerful indivduals when you bring a King into the mix?
Well, we’re gonna find out next in Issue 4, aren’t we?
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