OH WAIT THERE'S MORE (Wonder Woman #200)

What.

Okay, a friend-turned-enemy coming at you stronger than ever and blowing out some windows in a few buildings while you both fly through the air and poke each other, sure, okay, very traumatic. The inner monologue vowing that no one else will die in your name while you engage in possibly the pussiest bitchfight ever, totes lame. The weird midget turning protesters to murder... okay, that was actually kind of cool, but since we didn't actually SEE the murder or have much emotion invested in either side of the argument (it was like a protest of librarians fighting over the Dewey Decimal system v. straight alphabetical, I'm sure both sides had valid reasons to be protesting but honestly, WHO CARES) and then the midget got dead right afterwards (also out of sight), the cool factor was instantly mitigated.

The Olympus bits. Really? Infidelity is still a valid plot point between a couple of gods who have been around for, let's think about this, literally thousands of years? I swear, by 800 A.D. the real Hera would have keyed Zeus' car and ditched his skeezy ass, or taken up with the pool boy. There's not a lot left to get angry about after the fifth or six-thouandth half-god baby. ("It's a miracle child!" "It's a miracle you don't have the syph, idiot. Don't wake me when you come home; I'm throwing a garden party tomorrow.") And plus, these guys are pretty stupid to even be in the same room as Ares anymore. ("So, a guy walks into a bar--" "LA LA LA I'M NOT LISTENING." "I'm just telling a joke!" "That's what you said last time, and then we had drinks with this guy named Napoleon." "Aww...")

My original beef still applies. Now all we know about Diana is that she's loyal to her friends and doesn't want anyone to die. Oh wait. So is every other superhero ever. I think the problem is that comic writers simply don't know how to write women. If the women have emotions, they're too weak. If they don't have emotions, they're too masculine. If they have characterization, they're get shoved in a refrigerator.

I think I'm done with Wonder Woman for now. Maybe if Joss did the movie, I'd be open to reading it again. (HINT HINT, DC.)

- RD