GOOD THING: Simone's ability to perfectly capture a character in a one-page internal monologue.
BAD THING: I'm still lost as to how - on ANY level - Donna becoming convinced that Diana is responsible for her family dying works. Unless something major happened that I'm not aware of, wasn't all of Donna's bad luck due to an evil version of herself from a parallel universe putting her through hell in order to ensure her own creation? Or have they changed Donna's background again?
Aside from the inclusion of Donna Troy (who I am coming to believe makes any book worse for her presence), this was a very good issue and a very good book. I liked the shout-out to the end of last week's Secret Six issue, as Artemis and the rest of the enslaved Bana-Mighdall Amazons return home. The art seemed a little off this time around for some reason (is it just me or do the eyes look weird?) with none of the Amazons seemingly nearly as well-muscled as they should be.
And the last page shocked me so much that I'm not going to tell you what happened so that you HAVE to go and buy this book. :)
Donna Troy (who I am coming to believe makes any book worse for her presence)
ReplyDeleteYou know, Donna is one of my fav old school Titans, and I think it is sad what has happened. It looked like during 52 they were doing something really cool with her growing into the role that Diana had vacated. Since then ... well ... its been completely stupid.
Yeah. I was a fan of Donna back when she was a Darkstar and she was playing mentor to Kyle Rayner because she seemed like a real woman when Ron Marz wrote her. Now she just seems like Generic Heroine #7 and everything I see her in just doesn't jibe with how I see the character.
ReplyDeleteDifferent writers. Forward progress is discarded for simplistic approaches.
ReplyDeleteThis artist is no Lopresti, that's for certain.
ReplyDeleteNeed to see the good
ReplyDeleteDonna in the hands of a good writer would be a good thing, however they have borked her background up so badly it just doesn't work anymore. And frankly I would have liked to have seen her slogging it out in the mud in just her civvies. BE THE GODDAMN AMAZON. Its probably why I decided to play Hippolyta rather than worry about the saga that is Donna Troy.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the front cover, it IS Lopresti. Doesn't look like him, though.
ReplyDeleteTry it now. Image wasn't loading for some reason, so I re-uploaded.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the internal credits, though, it's Bernard Chang, with Lopresti doing the cover.
ReplyDeleteThat would explain it not looking like Lopresti.
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