Wonder Woman #17 Review

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Wonder Woman #17

4 / 5

Sometimes I don't really know why I enjoy this book so much. There's a lot of nonsensical stuff going on in this series. It's not senselessly nonsensical like a Grant Morrison book. As a matter of fact, it's very appropriately nonsensical considering we're talking about hyper-violent Gods at one another's throats. Still, there's enough heart in the characters, there's enough of something fresh and different from other books out there, and there's enough good writing to keep it interesting. That said, this is another book in which little happens. We have the expected encounter between Diana and War that was prefaced in the previous issue… and that's about it. It's a good encounter. Some interesting questions are posed, but nothing really happens. Every time I read this book I wish it were either contained in more series or there were more pages per book. Azzarello is trying to put so many things into one story that it's both confusing and underwhelming sometimes. The newest major villain has been building up in a very pleasant way over the last few issues. The problem is that his bits are thrown in rather randomly amongst other situations, and I never feel like we're seeing everything there is to his character. I hope there's more payoff when the inevitable encounter between him and Diana eventually happens. The never-ending bickering between God family members and Diana - especially when it comes to Hera - is still plenty entertaining. 

All-in-all, a good book, especially if you're following the rest of the series. I'm beginning to wish we didn't have some book so on the stands like Red Lanterns, and instead had a book just about the Gods in this family.