Author: Greg Rucka
Started: August 7, 2018
Finished: August 8, 2018
Pages: 176
Genre: Graphic Novel
First Sentence: Something's happening... in my memory... the story keeps changing.
Summary: [From BN] Heroic. Iconic. Unstoppable. Armed with her Lasso of Truth and imbued with the power of the gods themselves, Princess Diana of Themyscira—known to the world as Wonder Woman—is one of the greatest superheroes in history.
But who is she…really? Not even Wonder Woman herself knows for sure. Diana’s links to both the Amazons and the Gods of Olympus have been severed. Her memories are a tangle of contradictions that even her lie-detecting lasso cannot untangle.
To solve the riddle of her origin, she must embark on her greatest quest of all: finding a way back to her vanished home. To get there, she must team up with her greatest enemy, the feral beast-woman, Cheetah. Will this unlikely alliance shine the light of truth on Diana’s darkest secrets, or bury them—and her—forever?
Thoughts: My only history with Wonder Woman is the recent movie with Gal Gadot. I adore that movie. So, when I decided to start this graphic novel series, it was my first encounter with comic Woman Wonder.
I really like it.
Yes, my reading was definitely influenced by the film - I couldn't get Gadot's voice out of my head and the Steve Trevor in this version was to bulked out for my taste - but I liked the story. Rucka basically used this book to etch-a-sketch away previous stories about Wonder Woman. It was a reset told in a beautiful manner while still keeping with the ethos of Wonder Woman.
The art of this graphic novel is dynamic and saturated. It's incredibly cinematic and uses dramatic angles and motions. It's also rich in detail and background. I think it does a wonderful job of conveying the dramatic story and narrative.
This book set the scene for what's to come and I greatly look forward to what's in store.
Rating: 7/10 [Very Good]
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