Wonder Woman. Odyssey /

Readers who've become bored with Wonder Woman's recent exploits should check out this dynamic reboot. After Aphrodite withdraws her protection from Paradise Island, the Amazons are slaughtered by waves of mysterious enemies, so that the Amazon princess is now on the run, pursued by powerful creatures from legend as she tries to save herself and her few surviving subjects. To live up to her responsibility, she must fight high-tech mercenary warriors somehow allied with supernatural monsters. Whether the action is set in Middle Eastern ruins or American skyscrapers, Straczynski understands how to use the power of manmade and inherited myth, and he succeeds in creating fitting arenas in which a (super) powerful woman can show what she's made of. DC's art team lives up to the superior script from Straczynski (and Hester), and this presents the beginning of a genuinely exciting and satisfying rebirth of a great but frequently Surviving the Apocalypse is like a day at the mall in Colson Whitehead's new novel (reviewed below). (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

There has been a disturbance in Wonder Woman's time stream. Her homeland, Paradise Island, has been destroyed, and the young Princess Diana is being raised in exile by her Amazonian sisters. When we meet her, she is an angry, urban 20-year-old trying to understand who she is and where she comes from. But there is little time for reflection; she must stop the mysterious force that is hunting the Amazons before more people she loves are killed. Writer and television producer Straczynski (Babylon 5; The Amazing Spider-Man) hooks readers, slowly revealing the depth of the story beneath the fast-paced action. However, while the artwork in some panels is spellbinding, in others it is lackluster owing to the use of multiple artists in a single issue. Verdict Despite the inconsistency of the imagery, readers will not be able to help but root for this new Diana as she battles both mythological and contemporary foes. Some may scoff, but this well-told story is sure to grip loyal fans of Wonder Woman as well as those simply interested in seeing her new costume.-E.W. Goodman, Art Inst. of Pittsburgh (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.