I feel like Kevin Sorbo yelling out stage directions: DISAPPOINTED!
Wonder Woman: Earth One, Volume 2 is your run-of-the-mill Wonder Woman/superhero story: a Nazi superwoman threatens Paradise Island – Diana’s mom gotta punch her; Doctor Psycho’s up to no good – Diana’s gotta punch him. Hmm…
Wonder Woman: Earth One, Volume 2 is your run-of-the-mill Wonder Woman/superhero story: a Nazi superwoman threatens Paradise Island – Diana’s mom gotta punch her; Doctor Psycho’s up to no good – Diana’s gotta punch him. Hmm…
The story really is that generic and uninspired. Amid all that blandness Grant Morrison continues setting out his submitting-to-love thing that Wonder Woman’s creator was into way back in the ‘40s. Fine, but we saw all that in the first book. She saves oppressed girls, shows up some men – she’s the boringly unstoppable hero. Maxwell Lord is introduced, foreshadowing the conflict for the third and final book in the trilogy, but that’s by the by.
Yanick Paquette’s art continues to be glorious and he definitely draws the best representation of Doctor Psycho I’ve seen yet (not sure why he looks like Nick Cave though??).
I usually enjoy Grant Morrison’s comics but he didn’t bring anything special to the table with this one. Love will save the world… uh huh… snore… Wonder Woman: Earth One, Volume 2 proves that sometimes love isn’t all you need.
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