Wonder Woman Vol. 4: War
collects #'s 19-23
by Brian Azzarello, Tony Akins, and Cliff Chiang
One of the weaker trades in Azzarello and team's take on Wonder Woman. It mostly focuses on the rise of the First Born and his attempt to murder Zeke, the last baby fathered by the absent Zeus.
There's a lot of action, which I won't complain about to be sure. But if there was a story here, I mostly missed it. Also, apparently Orion has some kind of backstory with the New Gods, and he has some kind of crush on Wonder Woman.
BONUS PANEL: Wonder Woman does a Wonder body slam on the First Born, when he claims to know what she isn't. Are you ready to rumblllle!
Catch up on New 52 Wonder Woman:
Volumes 5 and 6: Flesh and Bones
The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2: Countdowncollects #'s 6-10 of the 2003 series
Spider-Man 2 had just come out, starring Tobey Macguire and Alfred Molina, to critical acclaim. It was probably one of the better Spider-Man films, and so "Countdown" comes off of that hype.
It doesn't come off quite hot, with a 5-issue build-up to a by-the-numbers pay-off. Dr. Octopus, frustrated that Spider-Man always bests him despite his superior intellect, kidnaps the Palestinian ambassador and gives Spidey a countdown to unmask before the world in Times Square. It's a believable plot point for Doc Ock, although his new design, perhaps taking a page from The Matrix school of black trenchcoats and sunglasses, doesn't quite stand as well to the test of time.
Jenkins writes a chatty Spider-Man balanced with a down-to-Earth Peter Parker and he certainly has the character down. It's just a lot of time spent for not very much that I would only recommend this story for completionists.
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