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Title: Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia by Greg Rucka, J. G. Jones, Wade Von Grawbadger ISBN: 1-56389-914-0 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: I wish this was an annual!!!!
Comment: I waited for this to come out in paperback. The story was enjoyable but a bit light in content for the price (even in paperback). What kills me is a few years ago this would have been an annual not a softcover.
The art is top notch and the paperback is the cheapest you are going to find it at!!!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Greek Tragedy on a Modern Scale
Comment: This trade surpassed my expectations. A modern story of a girl running from her past, running to Wonder Woman for aid, shrouding herself in Greek tradition, and binding Wonder between a rock and a hard place (Batman). The artwork is grand, the story is fast-paced yet gripping, and the ending will break your heart. I don't read a lot of Wonder Woman books, but this tale is a masterpiece.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Greek Tragedy
Comment: Well ... I just had to write a review and give it five stars, despite being tired and sleepy (almost midnight as I write this). Only two persons had reviewed this book, and one of them gave it only one star, grossly skewing the average rating and possibly affecting what unsuspecting potential buyers might think of this GREAT book. The Hiketeia is a dark and depressing story, very much in the vein of classic Greek tragedies. Wonder Woman grants sanctuary to a young woman, Danielle Wellys, and becomes bound to give Danielle protection without realising that Batman is after Danielle for having murdered several people who caused her younger sister's death. The story resonates with Aeschylus's Oresteia, with its theme of duty and vengeance and their consequences - Orestes was commanded by the Gods, through Apollo's oracle at Delphi, to avenge the murder of his father, Agamemnon, by killing the murderer, his mother Clytemnestra. He duly performed this horrendous duty, bringing the wrath of the Furies, ancient goddesses who hound murderers of blood kinsmen, upon his head in the bargain. Orestes was in a no-win situation - had he failed to kill his mother, the Furies' wrath would have also descended upon his head for failing to avenge the murder of his father. While the Oresteia ended on a happy note - Athena absolved Orestes of any misdeeds and placated the Furies by appealing to their egos - Greg Rucka goes one step further by giving The Hiketeia a bleak ending without any deus ex machina plot devices often used by the ancient Greeks. While the characterisation of the Furies as scheming witches plotting Wonder Woman's downfall is contrary to what the ancient Greeks themselves would have thought of them, I greatly enjoyed this story for being true to Wonder Woman's roots in Greek mythology. The colours used are muted to reflect the darkness of the story, but the art-work is gorgeous. Go beyond the S&M cover of Wonder Woman's heel on Batman's face and you will discover a modern Greek tragedy well worth reading and re-reading several times.
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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: Wonder Woman: Paradise Lost by J.M. DeMatteis, Phil Jimenez ISBN: 156389792X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Wonder Woman : Mythos by Carol Lay ISBN: 0743417119 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 31 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Wonder Woman : Spirit of Truth by Paul Dini ISBN: 1563898616 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice by Geoff Johns, David S. Goyer, Carlos Pacheco ISBN: 1401200400 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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