![]() The first is a federal hit squad using what are essentially new Amazon-piercing bullets in the field. ![]() If that wasn’t enough though, the script also enables Sampere to cut loose with the art on some truly excellent action set pieces. Again, it’s all written very thoughtfully, to the point it left me thinking about this comic for days after reading, while also planning to do a re-read before Wonder Woman’s second issue. What results is a thoughtful book that is evocative of so much energy in the national climate of 2023, with shades of how politicized immigration and crime and gender have all become in our country. Using Steel in this way enables the book to play out the public, political and law enforcement reaction to all of it in a seamless and coherent way throughout the span of one oversized #1 comic. Steel, who is tasked with essentially rounding up and deporting all Amazons under federal mandate established amid the panicked backlash to the incident in Montana. ![]() There’s national and political backlash as a result, and the government makes some questionable choices. This, of course, becomes a national news story about a powerful Amazon murdering men. The premise here is that a rogue Amazon who was being harassed at a bar in Montana started brawling with her attackers, ultimately leaving all the men in the bar dead. And I thought the execution of the strong premise was just about perfect. This week’s Wonder Woman #1 is a thoughtful and intense read, one with a smart premise that enables the creative team to explore the character on a micro level as well as the implications of the Amazons existing in the world of 2023 on a marco scale. Well, if King struggled in scripting this first issue, it’s certainly not evident from the quality of the book. One of King’s answer was…Wonder Woman, a character for whom which he was about to takeover the ongoing title (you know, the one that is out this week and the subject of this very review).Īmong King’s list of reasons why writing her was tough was that Wonder Woman has had a sort of fluid continuity wherein her origin has changed often and it’s tough to pin down some of her foundational elements. It was an interesting panel with a lot of fun anecdotes, and then it wrapped up with a question about which is the hardest character to write. Scroll through to check out the covers, as well as their accompanying solicitations.I saw writer Tom King on a panel at Baltimore Comic-Con recently about what it’s like to write established characters. This is just the latest special cover that Birds of Prey has received, after Joelle Jones created a take on the film's entire ensemble (including Renee Montoya and Cassandra Cain) for the Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey trade paperback. The covers arguably reveal the best look yet at Birds of Prey's Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), after the trio were showcased in the film's costume teaser and teaser trailer. As part of DC's December 2019 solicitations, the company officially announced three new trade paperbacks, each of which will collect a past run of comics specific to one of Birds of Prey's main characters.Įach of the covers will be adorned by a new movie-centric cover, which is created by fan-favorite artist Tula Lotay. We still have to wait until February to see Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), but DC Comics is helping fans prepare for the upcoming film in a pretty epic way.
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