The Man who Never was

Wonder Woman, Volume 4: War by Brian Azzarello My rating: 5 of 5 stars Rating 5 out of 5 | Grade: A; In the grim world of the Olympian Gods, there is only Waaaar! Never did I think that Brian Azzarello’s run of Wonder Woman, which started off on such a lowkey note, would eventually snowball into something spectacular. I stand by my assessment that this run is a slow burn, something which you can appreciate, only across all the 4 volumes. Because in many ways, it reads like a Greek Epic, with new characters' allies and enemies being introduced and killed off, and the main roster of characters undergoing changes to their status quo, as well as their personality. Once again, my favorite character of the lot is Hera, who is a long way off from the scorned, vindictive wife of Zeus, who’d resort to any decree of violence to exact her vengeance. Events of prior volumes have turned her powerless, trapped in the realm of men. But being mortal is not all...

Wonder Woman, Volume 3: Iron by Brian Azzarello My rating: 4 of 5 stars Rating 4 out of 5 | Grade: A; A Dysfunctional family of Gods Brian Azzarello's run on the new 52 version of Wonder woman continues to be a slow burn. As I expected on reading Volume 2, it's the sort of story which starts off slow, and then starts building up more and more steam as the narrative progresses. His treatment of Diana, her Olympian heritage, as well as whole of the Gods, to be this sort of dysfunctional family, really makes for some great character moments. Once again, the stand outs have to be the God of War, as well as the Queen of the Gods. War is such a world-weary old man, who has grown tired of the countless millennia of conflict which he perpetuates, as a course of his role, and by his mere existence. You are made to question, how much is too much, as a conceptual entity defined by conflict, has grown tired of it. Then there is Hera, who, true to...

Wonder Woman, Volume 2: Guts by Brian Azzarello My rating: 4 of 5 stars Rating 4 out of 5 | Grade: B+; It's the Hades Horror Show Remember back in Volume 1, when I mentioned that Brian Azzarello's Wonder Woman run is a slow run, which requires some patient reading? Well, Volume 2 of Wonder Woman; Guts, is where you begin the see the dividends of your patience. After Zeus, in one of his latest Trysts, managed to make pregnant a moral woman named Zora, she becomes the target of the Queen Goddess Hera. Wonder woman, along with the God Hermes, and one Lennox, one of her demigod brothers take her and the child under her protection. But this task is not an easy one, considering how not only Hera, but Zeus siblings Poseidon & Hades, not to mention his children Apollo & Artemis are gunning for the baby. The yet unborn child somehow ended up being part of a prophecy upon Zeus mysterious disappearance. Now, afraid of what this unborn child...