Review: Blackest Night Wonder Woman

SPOILER ALERT Amber reviews the first of the miniseries for BN: Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott.

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[ProzacMan]

I only flipped through the issue, but here is my take on the flaming lasso. The Black Lanterns could be considered the Ultimate Lie of people coming back from the dead. Thus the lie that empowers the Black Lanterns can not exist when confronted with the Lasso of Truth.

[amberthestylist]

I think that's really stretching it and adding a metaphor where DC probably didn't intend.

[ProzacMan]

Like I said, I only flipped through it and it didn't impress me enough to buy it. Did they give any reason why the lasso went all Ghost Rider on the Black Lanterns?

[amberthestylist]

Nope. A lot of weird new powers just seem to be cropping up though. Now some of the lanterns can teleport too.

[Joeybsmooth]

Aww you have a cat neat? Do you have any other pets . I have turtles .

[amberthestylist]

Just the cat. I used to have fish but lost them in the custody arbitration. (j/k)

[purplegrant]

I think love was a tactic for WW. With that "It can't be taken, only given" thing she was controlling her emotions rather than being all love.

Gail Simone's the queen of WW anyway. The current run's great. People say "oh there's no great Wonder Woman stories anymore" and they aren't reading it! May Simone and Lopresti do WW for many years to come (I don't want Rucka back)

BTW. Anyone can destroy a black Lantern. They just re form. As they did in this book after WW offed them.

[GAMEMENTOR]

It's sad when they don't write Wonder Woman well. She could have some AMAZING storylines but they just refuse to show her the respect she deserves.

[Vigilante9033]

Completely agree with the whole Wonder Woman being in the Star Saphire corps, it was total bullshit. Compassion is love in a general sense, and that's what Wonder Woman should have been. Ray Palmer? Really?

[ChristianNYC]

@purplegrant I love your post and agreeing with you all the way

[ChristianNYC]

I hate to disagree with you Amber. Wonder Woman does love life. Sometimes in order to preserve it you have to kill for it.

Say a mother trying to protect her baby/babies. She would KILL to preserve that life.

[ChristianNYC]

@GAMEMENTOR Oh agreeing with you 100%. I like Gail Simne's Wonder Woman to be honest.

But I am now sure how I feel about JMS taking over the reigns in June/July. He seems more excited about writing Superman than Wonder Woman. But I could be wrong.

And he plans on destroying Paradise Island. Like that hasn't happened a billion times before. But I will keep an open mind about it

[raporfest]

I definately agree with your review.

-The whole "love" thing would work if this was Perez's and Jimmenz's WW but not Rucka's considering that his WW is badass head chopping warrior type.

-I really don't like how Scott tries WW, she draws the nose extremly huge to the point where it is kinda disgusting.

-I was never a fan of Rucka's Diana because as I said before, she came off as being a hypocritical Ren Sonja rip off as opposed to how she was in Perez's, Jimmenz, and Simone's runs.

[DannyPhantomBeast]

I agreed with the compassion bit about Wonder Woman.

They usually have a mixture of emotions.

It would be easier to swallow if it was a reddish-violet.

[SGStohler]

I have been reading them, and, yes, without a doubt Booster Gold is the way to go!