kingdom come was quite good, even though waid so totally missed the mark with diana in many respects. i could see how in that reality she'd get to where we saw her when the story began. but for waid to paint her as a conniving woman out to vindicate herself at all costs...that was a bit much. still, he was building from the hackneyed loebs continuity of the day. she was still diana, though i could have stood with just a tad less of the bloodletting. the way she was shown in war? well, it was war. i like this story so much that the hardcover is still making the rounds of my friends and co-workers...many of whom never picked up a comic in their lives.

morrison? well, he didn't seem to have much of a grasp on diana, though some of the action was good. waid seems to be lost down the same path. his queen of fables ("my love song for wonder woman" was to have prominently showcased diana, which it did not. despite that, and the mucking about with continuity outside jla, it was an okay read. but for someone used to dealing with magic and "mythological" beings, diana seemed somewhat lost for most of the story.

the new jl diana...i like. she is as young as our own was when she left themiskyra, though her characterization sometimes seems slightly off, but i don't fault the writers, as i suspect there's more than we've been shown as of yet. i'm not fond of the powering down she's gotten or that just when we saw her apparently reaching for the lasso to compel the truth from some baddie, batman comes in and whispers to the guy until he whimpers. all of the players have gone through this to some extent, so it's forgiveable.

diana does need a second book, perhaps done in the animated style, which might appeal just a bit more to the casual reader. i'd even pay a dollar more for the monthly title if they'd expand the page count so that we got more story, and also had other stories featuring donna and artemis, who have become vital parts of the mythos.

thus far the only incarnation i've abhored has been the pander to the lowest common denominator-papercut deep-wanker book put out throughout much of the loebs run. he did so well with diana in dr. fate, but when he came on the book all went out the window. i find alot of that hard to forgive, as i know much of the behind the scenes story from many a conversation with dc staffers of the time. oh, then there was augustyn himself. at least i can say that i was viciously cursed at by a dc editor in what started out as a pleasant conversation.

-kassandra


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Originally posted by Rob Kamphausen:
kassandra! wait, wait! over here!