Wonder Woman: The Contest (Artemis)
Wonder Woman: The Contest (Artemis)
/William Messner-Loebs /Mike Deodato, Jr. illustrator After losing the title of Wonder Woman to her rival, Artemis, Princess Diana continues to battle evil in a dark new costume. While Artemis, now wearing the familiar Wonder Woman cost.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars An enjoyable read.
This trade paperback collects Wonder Woman #90-93 and #0.
Diana returns to Themyscira and it seems that her mother, Hippolyta (queen of the Amazons), thinks she is no longer fit to serve the role of Wonder Woman. Hippolyta says Diana has failed to positively act upon the most important role of Wonder Woman, fighting to end all acts of hate on Earth. As a result, a contest is held in which every Amazon is invited to compete to become the new Wonder Woman.
The story is very well-written by William Messner-Loebs. Here, he has given the characters of Diana and the Amazons a little depth. They have believable emotions, and not once does the story escape into camp. The only downside is that once the contest ends nothing seems to make sense. If you are not an avid reader of Wonder Woman and know nothing of her supporting characters, then the last ten pages of this book will be confusing. Hawkman appears, too, out of nowhere; I guess, his point was supposed to be revealed in later issues.
The art is absolutely incredible. The panels are fast and exciting, and the Amazons are depicted as strong but delicate, sexy but independent … except for the many panels of “rears-in-the-air.” These are just a little too blatantly sexual. They are unnecessary because the Amazons are just as sexy without having to be drawn in such a manner. But, I’m sure most fanboys won’t mind.
Buy the book if you are looking for a great Wonder Woman story with the perfect balance of story and art, but don’t expect an intro that explains what has happened up to this point.
5 Stars Artemis: The New Wonder Woman
For those of you not overly familiar with the comic book, this is a great jumping on book to purchase. In it Diana goes back to her native island of Themyscira (Paradise Island) and finds everything in a shambles. A new tribe of Amazons have invaded the island in order to call it their own. Although unsuccessful, they still remain on the island living in a very uneasy alliance with Diana’s Amazons. Enter Artemis, a member of the new tribe who has a very big chip on her shoulder, but is very fair and seeks to find peace between the two tribes. Diana and Artemis soon form a bond and Diana’s life will never be the same. This a book that is very well written so that new readers of the comic can understand what is happening, as well as find lots of interesting story pieces to keep their attention. The art is beautiful as well. I highly recommend you consider this book as it is one of my favorite story arcs of the current comic.
5 Stars Wonderful Art by Mike Deodato JR! A Must read!
This DC comics tradepaperback features wonderful art by Mick Deodato Jr! Written by William Messner-loebs, This story starts in Paradise Island where Princess Diana meets her long lost Amazon sister, Artemis. Diana faces her greatest challenge with Artemis for the mantle of Wonder Woman! Artemis wins the contest and is taken to New york to become the New super Heroine! Princes Diana becomes a private eye and goes on her own crimial cases! Will Artemis, the New Wonder Woman be able to stop crime and stop Diana from interfering with her duties?! Will Artemis’s new mean streak be able to take care of crime in New York? Will Diana ever be able to reclaim the mantle of Wonder Woman? Find out! Buy this DC comics Trade paperback! Beautiful art by Mike Deodato Jr (he is known for drawing beautiful women in the comics feild!) Mike’s draws the Amazons, Artemis, Wonder Woman (Diana) with such great detail! They look awsome!
2 Stars Don’t buy unless you read the Wonder Woman series.
I’ve never read a Wonder Woman book before. What I know of her is what I’ve read from JLA, Superfriends, The 1970s Wonder Woman TV show, and the Justice League. This book reads as if it’s incomplete. It does a fine job with the characters from Wonder Woman’s home island even though they all look like and sound alike (ok, a few have different color hair)… but we are definitly missing a number of pages in the beginning and unless you read the series, you are lost at the end. I was looking forward to a good introduction to the series, but if this is how the series reads, I don’t think I’d be interested in reading more.
4 Stars Graphic SF Reader
The Amazons are non too pleased with that old mission to man’s world thing, and how Princess Diana has been performing in the role.
Recalling her, they decide she has to prove herself in a good old fashioned super powered Decathlon/Pentathlon/Bitch Fight all rolled into one.
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