Don’t Go Chasing
Charybdises
Written By: Amanda Deibert
Art By: Staz Johnson, Wayne Faucher, Kelly
Fitzpatrick
Letters By: Wes Abbott
Digital Price: $0.99
Release Date: March 28, 2016
*Non Spoilers and Score At The Bottom*
I watched Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice this
week, and I have to concur with the unanimous feeling that Gal Godot as Wonder
Woman was completely and totally freaking awesome. Sort of reminded me of
another version of Wondy, one I’ve grown quite fond of: the very Diana Prince
found in the digital pages of Wonder
Woman ’77! I don’t want to spoil too much, but like the character in the
film, 1977’s Diana Prince kicks so much butt. So let’s not fool around with
rambling introduction paragraphs and dive right into the story! Read on for my
review!
Explain It!:
Last issue had
Wonder Woman in her Diana Prince identity, going further undercover as wealthy
socialite Mrs. Bunn in order to get aboard a particular yacht. So it’s like she
was double undercover, which is no big deal when you can bust costume changes
just by spinning around. Now she, Steve Trevor acting as Mr. Bunn, and Some Guy
have been captured by the yacht’s captain and Ambassador Posner, who has
directed the other boats in this ‘round-the-Tierra-del-Fuego race straight into
the path of the mythical whirpool monster, Charybdis. Comics, ladies and
gentlemen! I would put the weirdness level of this story at “average to low,”
relatively speaking.
Now the previous two-chapter installments of this series
I’ve reviewed have followed a simple, satisfying formula: chapter one is setup,
chapter two is balls-to-the-wall Wonder Woman winning, and this one is no
different. So Posner is in control if Charybdis somehow, and tells the ambassadors
on the other ships caught in the cyclonic grasp of the giant leech monster to
contact their home countries and say how cool he is. While he’s crowing, Diana
slips away and turns into Wonder Woman, and then you know it’s on and popping.
The captain pulls a gun on her, which is probably somewhere in the top five
stupidest things you can do when confronted by Wonder Woman. I think attacking
her in any fashion is probably number one, but trying to shoot her specifically
is definitely a few notches down. She deflects his bullets, of course, and one
hits him in the hand with the gun and the captain is easily apprehended after
that. They come upon Ambassador Posner, who is holding Steve Trevor and Some
Guy at gunpoint, asking about Mrs. Bunn, so Wonder Woman lassoes the gun from
Posner’s hand and flicks it into the ocean. Some Guy complains that it was his
weapon, and Diana apologizes; she doesn’t like guns. Steve Trevor subdues
Posner, and now it’s time to Wonder Woman to handle Charybdis!
She whips into her
completely fantastic Water Woman outfit and dives right into the rushing ocean
water. First, she saves some guy who fell off his boat by flinging him right
back on deck, then she swims straight toward the gross, spiky maw of Charybdis
herself! Wonder Woman throws the lasso around its neck, and eventually subdues
it and rides it around like some kind of not-sucky Aquaman! Then there’s an
epilogue, where whatever treaty or agreement Posner was trying to thwart is
unthwarted, and Wonder Woman tells Steve she’s sent Charybdis to the Amazonian
Public Zoo. Steve asks about Diana Prince, and Wonder Woman literally walks
behind a curtain right in front of his eyes, and then emerges as Diana! It was
such an awesome, stupid scene and I loved it. The book ends with a winking
punchline and I am just swooning like crazy!
So this second
chapter wasn’t so much Wonder Woman throwing missiles around and punching kaiju
clay monsters into paste, but it was no less enjoyable. I just have a heck of a
lot of fun reading this series, and I’m glad I jumped onto it. Only problem
with this issue is that some of the art is a little too loose—looks like maybe
the pencils were loose and the inking did nothing to tighten it up. But the
action is still all there and the writing was splendid. If you like to see a
fun Wonder Woman that wins, then you should be reading this book! Come on!
Ninety-nine cents a chapter will bring you ten times the joy of the current DCU
series. Yeah, I said it. Again.
Bits and Pieces:
Once again, the second installment of a two-part Wonder Woman '77 story involves Wonder Woman taking charge and saving the day. She acts almost like a hero or something! The art looked a little rough in these chapters, but the story is great and very satisfying. Not unlike a Snickers bar. But unlike a Snickers bar, this thing costs only ninety-nine cents. Have you seen what they're charging for candy these days? It's a crime I tell ya! Anyway, buy this book or be an idiot, see if I care.
7.5/10
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