This is the way you introduce the lore of Diana of Themyscira to a new group of readers. ONE OF THE FEW ARCS I CAN READ WITHOUT WINCING Rucka manages to make the “contest of champions”, bullets & bracelets, and the invisible jet all less cheesy and antiquated and more magical, unique, and majestic. The Amazons live in a peaceful and idyllic society, but they train and prepare for war, lest they be subjugated ever again. Diana leaves her home and it is handled with the reverence and weight it deserves. Queen Hippolyta is the loving and honorable leader of her wise and resourceful people.
His care with depicting Amazonian culture paired with Nicola Scott’s amazing art (especially the classical greek profiles she does) made me giddy throughout reading WONDER WOMAN VOL.
Greg Rucka has delivered a Rebirth of Wonder Woman and Themyscira/Paradise Island that I can get onboard with. I’m emotional about Amazons (don’t even set a story in Themyscira without mention of Io or Philippus ), I’m picky about how Diana’s origin story is handled, and I’m a stickler for the details (Diana is daughter of Hippolyta and Princess of her people, so she should reflect that in word and deed). Maybe it’s time for me to sit down.Though I write about comics, I’ve hardly written anything about one of the characters nearest and dearest to my heart, WONDER WOMAN ! Why? Probably because of how deep my feelings run for the hero, symbol, and movement that is Diana, Princess of Themyscira. As much as I try to be self-aware and aware of my limitations, at the end of the day I’m another white guy who’s writing Wonder Woman. There’s a good argument to be made that it’s time for new voices to come in and re-examine and re-articulate this character. I’m 50, and I’ve gotten lots of bites at the DC apple. There are always gonna be more stories I would love to tell about Diana and those around her, but one of the things I was aware of when I was writing #750 is that in a lot of ways this is probably the last time I’m writing her. I have a vision and a take for that character, but as with all things in comics, you’re limited by time and you’re limited by space.
“One of the treats of doing the #750 story was I got to go back and do more with Circe, which was something I didn’t get to on that run. “I’ve easily got another 500 stories I can tell, I’m not exaggerating, about Diana or the things around her: Themyscira, Cheetah, Circe,” Rucka says.
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