Subscribe to Read | $0.00
Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!
Quick and Easy Sign Up!
It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.
Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!
Quick and Easy Sign Up!
It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.
Read Anywhere and on Any Device!
Rate this book!
Write a review?
I don't feel like the writer Messner-Loebs understands Diana's character. But if you're looking to see her with more human failings then this might be the book for you.
Not going to happen. Wonder Woman: The Contest was almost completely unbearable, and I just can't face another book from the same writer/artist team.
It was a good proposal...but it had not a great execution.
Once again, Wonder Woman day is upon us. And so, to honor this modern day Greek Amazon, I spend the day reading about the time Diane lost the title of Wonder Woman, but still retained her honor and duty to mankind.I read a few of the comics that make up this set back when they were release in the stores - I wasnt into DC comics as much as I was Marvel in those day, but I had enjoyed both the Death of Superman and Batman: Knightfall stories, so I figured I would give this one a try. Alas, tragedy...
I was reading a collection of of Mike Deodato’s Wonder Woman written by William Messner-Loebs and this is the closest thing I could find to that on Goodreads.I read "Power Couple" by Charles Soule and Tony S. Daniel along with this and the comparison between the two is a pretty good example of cultural evolution/imaginative decay between the 90's and the teens.In The Struggle Diana uncovers some creepy mysteries about her family and argues with her mum on Themyscria. Due to family and intra-Amaz...
This collection contains Wonder Woman issues #94-100--right before Byrne happened. (>.>) Sorry, if you're a fan of Byrne, I apologize--but I am not. So, why 3 stars? Overall, it's an "ok" read. I was never keen on the whole Boston Mafia thing, or Wonder Woman's new outfit and job, but I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction between Artemis and Diana; I loved how Artemis realized that donning the suit also means you need to have a inkling of compassion, because dealing with humanity isn't always bla...
I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I really liked Artemis (even if she is almost-unrelentingly hostile for a lot of the book), especially how she behaved at the end. Also, I liked how Diana handled herself as her mother expressed doubt in her, she lost the competition and the mantle of Wonder Woman, and had to find a way to cope in Man's World when she was no longer Themiscyra's representative.But I don't like that Hippolyta's character was completely sacrificed in order to
Okay this was a hoot. I am not an experienced comic book fan-- like, i've read some graphic novels, and a handful of comics here and there, but never anything in the DC or Marvel universes because there is just. So. Much. But wonder woman! I loooooove wonder woman!! (Not quite enough to watch any of her movies in which batman appears, but still!) So i was willing to jump in to this one, out of order, out of context, and give it a go. And it was great fun! I wish i had the artistic skills of thes...
Everything that is wrong with comics, everything that is a specific problem with late 1980s/early 1990s comics? It's all encapsulated right here in The Challenge of Artemis. It's like a laundry list of bad ideas:* Oversexualization of the female characters to the point of discomfort/absurdity? Check!* A hodgepodge of villains designed seemingly for no other reason for them to be there ("The Chauvinist?" Really?) or to cross-pollinate (why is the Joker here at all?)? Check!* Just a terrible, disj...
I found the language melodramatic and the women drawn in a very sexualized manner. I do appreciate the fact that the heroes and many of the villains are female but am concerned about how Diana and Artemis are dressed. Do all ladies want to fight crime in thongs and crop tops in very sexually provocative poses. The artwork was clear and the colors good, the story moved quickly with a number of twists that I was not expecting, but I could not fully enjoy the story for the reasons mentioned earlier...
All I have to say is thank God Loebs's run is finally over.
Eh, not my favorite Wonder Woman story, but it was interesting to see Artemis as Wonder Woman. She was much more methodical and hard core than Diana. It was fun to see all of the random guest villians; Cheshire, Cheetah, Joker, Poison Ivy.
