World Famous Comics: Wonder Woman: Amazons Attack!
Wonder Woman: Amazons Attack!
By: Will Pfeifer Publisher: DC Comics Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Label: DC Comics Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 160 Publication Date: December 05, 2007 Release Date: December 05, 2007
The Nadir of Wonder Woman "History" I'm a Wondie fan of long standing. I've seen her through her good times and through bad. Unfortunately she's had a lot more bad times than the usual superhero and certainly the usual iconic superhero.
But Amazons Attack! was the absolute worst. It was hyped as bunches of warrior babes with swords, but doesn't even deliver for the (ick) T&A audience.
The plot has enormous holes, the action is almost nil (this is supposed to be a war?), what violence is shown is purely of the shock variety, especially when the evil Amazons slaughter an innocent kid after they behead his equally-innocent father in front of him, etc. etc. Absolutely no one -- NO ONE -- is in character. No superhero acts like they have any degree of sense or ability. The writer shortcuts his way through this and that, throwing out every ounce of continuity he can find. Noble, peace-loving Amazons become blood-thirsty robots who never question orders, to further the uncertain plot.
The war itself makes no sense. The reason for it. The tactics and strategies involved. The ending. The repercussions. Worst of all, for some reason DC Comics has left this travesty in place within WW continuity so she must talk her way around it or ignore it in order to proceed in a positive direction.
But this series did give us one memorable quote. Batman: "Bees. My god." That line has been howled at by every reader, though the line was not meant for humorous effect.
Do yourself a favor and skip this WW compilation. Get one by Gail Simone (one of the all-time BEST writers Wondie has ever been blessed with!) or George Perez (the king of the Post-Crisis Wonder Woman stories).
Amazons Get Brutal !! Wow...What a story!I had a hard time putting this book down,it was definately a page turner, I can't believe that this has received some of the bad reviews that it has, which almost influenced me not to get this, but after I read Love and Murder, which I really enjoyed,I went with my better judgement and got this...My only small complaint was that I wish they would have shown more scenes of the Superheroes battling the Amazons!! Other than that Very Entertaining!!
Graphic SF Reader Not quite as cheesy as it sounds.
An over-inflated Circe has revivified Wonder Woman's mother, who now leads an army of Amazons to attack America. We find out the Amazons have other allies working with them, who won't hesitate to destroy large areas of real estate and kill lots of people. Mother vs daughter, surrogate daughters, surrogate granddaughters and others such as Wonder Girl and Supergirl have to try and work out what to do, and some of the Amazon generals begin to question if their leader has gone nuts.
There is also someone pulling the strings behind all of this, in what is nostly a Justice League story that apparently leads into a presumably mega-storyline called Final Crisis.
The art here is reasonably attractive.
Still, pretty forgettable, and if you like the JLA less this is only ordinary.
3.5 out of 5
Horrid This story shows a true contempt for Wonder Woman and the character of the Amazons. Since Marston created the character in 1941, the Amazons have been enlightened and desiring to maintain peace and harmony. This series displays nothing but contempt for that premise. I am amazed that DC Comics accepted this story and further published it. It is nothing more than misogynistic tripe.
A Solid compelling story that had opportunity A peaceful day like any other and then... BOOM becomes a day unlike any.
This is a bloody tale, the Amazons had been attacked, pillaged and wounded in the event known as Infinite Crisis. Now we go to, Amazons Attack it is a series to read for entry level DC readers. It shows the destroyer aspect of the world's greatest warriors, the Amazons.
Leaving their technology on Paradise Island, the Amazon nation shows up in panoramic style with Hydras, Cyclops, and other mystic power ups.
The story was one about parents and children. What would a parent do to get a child back? What would a daughter do to save her mother? Can you still look a person in the eye after they kill and kill even if they are your mother?
People were shocked at some of the scenes in this ... or will be quick to point out its flaws.
Every work has flaws, but the artwork is solid and as a hardcover, you don't need to read anything other than the six issues included. The paper is high quality as is the coloring.
Pfeiffer tries to convey a sense of urgency and we see Amazons, warriors par excellance attacking in terrorist manner. It is not intended to be fun, or happy... it is intended to shock, gasp and make one think.
There are opportunities to be had but the ending and its surprise is most certainly a cliff hanger. This is a story that had to be told, the Amazons were violated by America quite severely at theend of Infinite Crisis... but what is a just war? What is revenge? Can it be justified all the time? At what point does it become better to think about how not to fight?
Those are all core themes to any Wonder Woman story and are explored here.
Where they will go, let's hope for the best.
I did sincerely wish Mr. Pfeiffer would have explored some of the amazon death traps or mystic items a bit better... or the mind set of the amazons but ultimately this is a tale about stepping up to the plate to do whats right and everyone trying and failing... everyone.
Ufortunately in a few areas so too did Pfeiffer, but he tried.
This is a story I think that would have worked better if scribed by the more sophisticated Jodi Picoult, rather than have her fill in some issues this would have sky rocketed under her pen.
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