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Title: Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals by George Perez, Lein Wein, Greg Potter, Bruce Patterson, Tatjana Wood, John Tanza, Bob Wiacek, Len Wein ISBN: 1-4012-0197-0 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: March, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: George Perez showed what Wonder-Woman can be...
Comment: In 1987, George Perez reintroduced Wonder-Woman to comics and made her a charecter with rights and merits that made her as much a joy to write comics on and with greater possibilties to be a multi-dimensional heroine, greater then even Superman or Batman in many respects. In these early Perez stories, Wonder-Woman's cultural background is explored in greater detail with her origins on Paradise Island and coming from a culture where art, science, and technology had developed with a deep respect for both justice and with nature. It is from this background that Wonder-Woman jouneys to the rest of the world and tries to battle injustice and those forces which would bring the human race to their knees. George worked on these stories for about four years and it still remains as the best stories done on the character, Would make a great movie too. Are you listening, Warner Brothers?
Rating: 5
Summary: All hail the Warrior Princess!
Comment: Decades before Xena: Warrior Princess was even a twinkle in Sam Raimi's eye, there was Wonder Woman. Created in 1940 by Dr. William Moulton Marston (a Harvard-trained psychologist with a law degree and a PhD who also invented the lie detector) to be an inspiration for women everywhere, Wonder Woman remains the world's most recognizable female superhero, thanks largely to Lynda Carter's humorous but respectful portrayal of this feminist (and gay) icon in the 1976-1979 hit TV series. Together with Superman and Batman, Wonder Woman has retained her iconic status as one of DC Comics' three flagship characters through much of the 20th century. However, as a monthly comic, Wonder Woman had become something of a joke by the 1980s - no one really knew how to handle such a strong female character that Dr. Marston had intended to inspire women. In fact, Wonder Woman was treated with much indignity when she was first made a secretary(?!?) in the Justice League of America in the 1960s, stripped of her powers in the 1970s, and increasingly had her character defined by her on again, off again relationship with air force pilot Steve Trevor. Something had to be done, and one of the most acclaimed comic book artists alive today, George Perez, volunteered his services. Wonder Woman was spectacularly relaunched in 1987. "Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals" collects the first seven issues of George Perez's work on Wonder Woman and retells the origin of the princess of the Amazons, drawing inspiration from the rich fountainhead of fantasy that is Greek mythology. Born to the Queen of the Amazons, granted superhuman powers by their patron goddesses, and trained to be a warrior from childhood, Diana of Themyscira uses all her skills to promote the peaceful ideals of Gaia, the Earth Goddess, and to protect the innocent. In her first adventure away from her sheltered existence on Paradise Island, Diana must stop the mad war god Ares and his sons, Deimos and Phobos, from starting a nuclear holocaust that threatens to destroy all of earth. For someone like me who had loved Greek mythology from a very young age, George Perez's Wonder Woman was an absolute joy to read. Five stars and two thumbs up from me.
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Title: Batgirl: Year One by Scott Beatty, Chuck Dixon ISBN: 140120080X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 2 by John Byrne, Terry Austin, Marv Wolfman ISBN: 1401200052 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to the Amazon Princess by Scott Beatty, Roger Stewart, Scott Beatty , Roger Stewart ISBN: 078949616X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Wonder Woman: Paradise Found by Phil Jimenez ISBN: 1563899566 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds by Gail Simone ISBN: 140120192X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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